2015-16 UW Badger Basketball Discussion Thread

Johnlac1 · Post #1441 » by **Johnlac1** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:16 pm

buckboy wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:Stone will likely be fine when he gets some learning in, but he was terrible last night. Got yanked early 2nd half for getting absolutely abused in the paint by Georgetown. Looked stiff and slow. Came in with about 8 minutes left and jacked a terrible shot, got yelled at, yanked again. Showed zero emotion on the bench.

Yeah, Stone looked terrible. His body language is what concerned me the most though. He better pull his head out, or he could waste all that talent. Emphasis on could--lots of time.

Having said that, I still wish he was a Badger.

I saw one of his games last year and noticed that he lacked a little enthusiasm. On offense he moved well enough, but on def. he took his time getting up and down the floor.

Kerb Hohl · Post #1442 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:29 pm

Surprised to see UW as (very slight) favorites against Georgetown. I know they're 0-2, but I worry about this one slipping away early and the Badgers not having firepower to make a comeback. The Badgers may get abused in the paint.

Kerb Hohl · Post #1443 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:27 pm

Bookmark this for the lulz later: the top 4 streak is done. About 50/50 on calling the tournament streak over. You cannot win with this few shooters in Bo's current system given that they are not an elite defense. They need Pritzl to be healthy and good very soon.

trwi7 · Post #1444 » by **trwi7** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:33 pm

The Badgers are shooting even worse than MCW in that game against Brooklyn last year.

Kerb Hohl · Post #1445 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:39 pm

trwi7 wrote:The Badgers are shooting even worse than MCW in that game against Brooklyn last year.

Vitto needs to keep chucking.

Dcebucks11 · Post #1446 » by **Dcebucks11** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:44 pm

i know its no surprise but dam this team looks like trash

vital_signs · Post #1447 » by **vital_signs** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:20 pm

I see nbadraft.net has Hayes mid 2nd round next year, if he stays they should be a pretty solid team if Happ continues to develop.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1448 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:34 pm

What the hell is up with Koenig today? We are DOA in these games against tough opponents if he is going to play like this.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1449 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:39 pm

Finally cut the lead to 7 and Vitto instantly commits a trash foul to give them an easy two points.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1450 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:41 pm

We can't get a **** stop to save our lives. No chance at a comeback.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1451 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:55 pm

Down nine, deperately need a basket, Vitto takes two horrendous shots.

CJTURT · Post #1452 » by **CJTURT** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:18 am

Bronson and vitto are turrabull

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1453 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:46 am

Koenig took some shots tonight that even JR Smith would find questionable, not sure what was up with him.

buckboy · Post #1454 » by **buckboy** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:55 am

Yeah, they're pretty bad right now. Tomorrow is going to be ugly regardless of opponent.

At least I'll likely win another $200 betting against them.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #1455 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:13 am

The thing is you can see flashes of good basketball by people other than Hayes/Koenig. I think once those two start trusting the other guys the team will gel. I can see them struggling early in conference play and then finishing strong. They may not make the tourney but I'm guessing they'll be on the bubble.

El Duderino · Post #1456 » by **El Duderino** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:52 am

Kerb Hohl wrote:Bookmark this for the lulz later: the top 4 streak is done. About 50/50 on calling the tournament streak over. You cannot win with this few shooters in Bo's current system given that they are not an elite defense. They need Pritzl to be healthy and good very soon.

I think 50/50 on them making the tournament is to high. If Bo gets this team to the tournament, it might be his best coaching job at Wisconsin.

The Big Ten looks like it will be very strong and i have a hard time seeing the Badgers being able to win pretty much any game vs a good team if Hayes or Koenig have an off night at all shooting/scoring and that doesn't take into account the lack of interior defense once they play teams with quality size.

It's weird watching a Bo Ryan team without a 6'10 to 7' white center who can shoot from the perimeter and play at least solid defense. Bo has always had one or more of them.

midranger · Post #1457 » by **midranger** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:17 pm

There are no athletes (other than iverson) or shooters on this team. The recruiting has been abysmal up until last year.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #1458 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:22 pm

midranger wrote:There are no athletes (other than iverson) or shooters on this team. The recruiting has been abysmal up until last year.

So recruiting has been "abysmal" yet they went to a Final Four and a Championship game in the last two years. Dekker left early and Uthoff transferred. I'd say they had one bad recruiting year

midranger · Post #1459 » by **midranger** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:44 pm

Every team has their good players leave early and transfers. That college basketball. It takes more than one bad class to result in zak showalter and vitto brown getting 30+ minutes

BUCKnation · Post #1460 » by **BUCKnation** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 3:03 pm

Two F4 appearances should return better recruits than we got.