Last Night, Steven Crowl added another impressive performance to his game log this season. Crowl, the junior forward, put up 21 points and 11 rebounds, his 2nd game with 20 and 10 on the season. While Crowl’s numbers aren’t quite what Frank “The Tank” was doing in his Wooden Award-winning season, the trajectory is starting to take shape.

Crowl’s ascension on the offensive side of the ball came almost immediately after an abysmal 3-10 shooting performance during the Badgers third place finish at The Battle 4 Atlantis. Since then, Crowl is averaging 15 PPG on 55% shooting from the floor. An increased efficiency inside has allowed Crowl to dominate and put up points for a Badger offense that lacks as many weapons as the National Runner-Up team that Kaminsky was a part of in the 2014-2015 season.

For Crowl, if you delete the season prior to the trip to paradise, his stat line would read the aforementioned 15 points a contest, 55% shooting, along with 6.5 rebounds, three assists all per game. What about Kaminsky’s 14-15 season? 19 points a game, 54.7% from the floor, 8.2 boards, and 2.5 assists a game. The difference is slight. It comes from Crowl struggling from deep where Kaminsky, who took a full shot per game more in total, thrived. If Crowl can raise that percentage from 3 back to or above 30% he’s in lockstep with Kaminsky.

Look, Kaminsky is a generational talent. A 7-footer who shot 41 percent from 3-point range his final college season. That’s not something that occurs often and why Kaminsky was a lottery pick in the 2015 NBA draft. However, it is undeniable that Crowl has been playing at as high a level as we’ve seen from a Badger big in what feels like a long time. Crowl continuing this trend would be a huge bump for the Badger’s postseason hopes.