New Badgers guard Max Klesmit shows his grit, tenacity and skill in Wisconsin’s overtime victory over Marquette

Wisconsin coach Greg Gard and his staff recruited Max Klesmit to Madison for these games, these moments.

Toughness, both physical and mental, can often prove to be the deciding factor in a game featuring two teams playing with tenacity for 45 minutes.

“That is one of the reasons we recruited him out of the portal,” Gard said after Klesmit scored the go-ahead basket in UW’s 80-77 overtime victory over Marquette on Saturday at…