2015-16 UW Badger Basketball Discussion Thread

Kerb Hohl · Post #441 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:50 am

Turk Nowitzki wrote:Koenig is so good. We're only seeing the tip of the iceberg with him.

If he can become a little stronger at the basket and on the ball defense in turn, he may win conference POY in the next 2 years.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #442 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:50 am

humanrefutation wrote:
GB_Packers wrote:Does Nebraska run anything resembling an offense? This is terrible to watch. I'll be disappointed if we don't win by 25-30 points.

They don't have anyone who can hit shots besides Pettaway. And he's not that good.

Shields is a decent player, if anyone should be jacking up shots it's him. But yeah, they mostly suck.

Bernman · Post #443 » by **Bernman** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:09 am

It's kind of worrisome, especially with the home crowd, and the foul calls that trailing teams get in the B1G, that Nebraska will chuck their way back into this. Yes, the shot selection seems horrible, but Petteway and company can make 30+ in a half with that crap if they're on, so we need to be ourselves, and stay controlled aggressive. We didn't pull away as much as we should have.

Sam has been beastly in spite of nagging injuries and adjusting to the new body. He's going to be a major asset for someone, either us or a pro team, when he has a little time and can put it all together.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #444 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:12 am

Nebraska has done a great job defensively slowing us down. They've just been so pathetic on the offensive end that it hasn't mattered yet. I agree this has a chance to get interesting. The crowd wants to get into it.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #445 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:14 am

Koenig absolutely has to finish that.

Bernman · Post #446 » by **Bernman** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:15 am

Way too much aimless passing with a lead and missing bunnies. I feel like we had the former happen a lot there last year.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #447 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:19 am

This is where we miss someone like Ben Brust.

Bernman · Post #448 » by **Bernman** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:24 am

Petteway is an arse. He's just shooting every time he gets it regardless if there's a defender there, often times running straight thru them. And he should have gotten at least one tech so far.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #449 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:29 am

They've done a great job limiting Kaminsky tonight.

Kerb Hohl · Post #450 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:41 am

LOL @ the makeup call there after the Kaminsky debacle.

Nebraska basically wins over the course of the season solely if Petteway can hit shots I'd imagine. They bring great defense every night but have nothing on offense.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #451 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:41 am

Dekker doing good things tonight.

Ill-yasova · Post #452 » by **Ill-yasova** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:46 am

I feel like I rarely see the Badgers clicking on all cylinders. Really frustrating.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #453 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:47 am

Our team demeanor is so interesting. It's so relaxed, sometimes almost too relaxed.

Ill-yasova · Post #454 » by **Ill-yasova** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:49 am

I feel like the individual talent just doesn't transfer over to team play on a regular basis.

Kerb Hohl · Post #455 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:02 am

I'll take any sort of win @Nebraska. Tough environment. Hopefully Dekker is good to go as the season goes by.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #456 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:07 am

Ill-yasova wrote:I feel like the individual talent just doesn't transfer over to team play on a regular basis.

I know what you mean but at the same time we're 22-2 and the offense is scoring with record setting efficiency. A lot of teams won't play us in a straight man to man anymore.

Bernman · Post #457 » by **Bernman** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:10 am

That was stressful. This team could use a better killer instinct and of course bench (2 pts tonight I think, Dukan where have you gone?). There is a tendency to miss bunnies, just sit on big leads, and then tighten up with to's, missed ft's, reckless fouls, etc. down the stretch of games to make games much closer than they should. Just keep playing the way that got you there, I say.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #458 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:42 am

Bernman wrote:That was stressful. This team could use a better killer instinct and of course bench (2 pts tonight I think, Dukan where have you gone?). There is a tendency to miss bunnies, just sit on big leads, and then tighten up with to's, missed ft's, reckless fouls, etc. down the stretch of games to make games much closer than they should. Just keep playing the way that got you there, I say.

The bigger tendency is that this is really an average team defensively.

Ill-yasova · Post #459 » by **Ill-yasova** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:46 am

Turk Nowitzki wrote:
Ill-yasova wrote:I feel like the individual talent just doesn't transfer over to team play on a regular basis.

I know what you mean but at the same time we're 22-2 and the offense is scoring with record setting efficiency. A lot of teams won't play us in a straight man to man anymore.

I hear you... It just feels like a letdown waiting to happen.

gbmb34 · Post #460 » by **gbmb34** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:57 am

The fact that Dukan has gone AWOL in conference play is concerning for their Final Four prospects, especially if Tre doesn't come back 100%. Should run through the BIG though.