Wisconsin Badgers Thread

midranger · Post #761 » by **midranger** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 11:17 am

MVP2110 wrote:I like adding a plus shooter. 41% ofrom 3 last year would only be topped by Kamari McGee & Steven Crowl. We had a lot of capable shooters last year but not many actual plus shooters

Crazy. Was told impossible.

MikeIsGood · Post #762 » by **MikeIsGood** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 12:25 pm

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Kerb Hohl · Post #763 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:30 pm

MVP2110 wrote:I like adding a plus shooter. 41% from 3 last year would only be topped by Kamari McGee & Steven Crowl. We had a lot of capable shooters last year but not many actual plus shooters

I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this right now.

He shot 100 3s last year which is kind of that Crowl and McGee territory of, "only if they let you shoot it." Blackwell also shot over 40% on limited attempts as a freshman.

I am stoked about the pickup. He looks like a good player and we get him as a senior. He was a hot commodity 2 years ago that there were question marks of stepping up a level...which seemed like he struggled with in his 2nd year. Some shots fell in year 3, but I think Blackwell and even Klesmit (with a large enough sample) are better shooters than Crowl and McGee - they just have to chuck tougher ones and it waters their percentage down.

chonestown · Post #764 » by **chonestown** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:34 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:Peak 2001 photoshop skills.

Gard looming in the red-saturated background like Upper Midwest Suge Knight.

Mags FTW · Post #765 » by **Mags FTW** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:39 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
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MVP2110 · Post #766 » by **MVP2110** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:51 pm

Kerb Hohl wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:I like adding a plus shooter. 41% from 3 last year would only be topped by Kamari McGee & Steven Crowl. We had a lot of capable shooters last year but not many actual plus shooters

I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this right now.

He shot 100 3s last year which is kind of that Crowl and McGee territory of, "only if they let you shoot it." Blackwell also shot over 40% on limited attempts as a freshman.

I am stoked about the pickup. He looks like a good player and we get him as a senior. He was a hot commodity 2 years ago that there were question marks of stepping up a level...which seemed like he struggled with in his 2nd year. Some shots fell in year 3, but I think Blackwell and even Klesmit (with a large enough sample) are better shooters than Crowl and McGee - they just have to chuck tougher ones and it waters their percentage down.

To be clear, I certainly wouldn't qualify McGee or Crowl as plus shooters for the reason you stated, in fact I'd probably call Tonje our only true plus shooter last year. That said I think part of Rohde's low attempt amount is because Virginia played a much slower pace than Wisconsin did

Kerb Hohl · Post #767 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:54 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:I like adding a plus shooter. 41% from 3 last year would only be topped by Kamari McGee & Steven Crowl. We had a lot of capable shooters last year but not many actual plus shooters

I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this right now.

He shot 100 3s last year which is kind of that Crowl and McGee territory of, "only if they let you shoot it." Blackwell also shot over 40% on limited attempts as a freshman.

I am stoked about the pickup. He looks like a good player and we get him as a senior. He was a hot commodity 2 years ago that there were question marks of stepping up a level...which seemed like he struggled with in his 2nd year. Some shots fell in year 3, but I think Blackwell and even Klesmit (with a large enough sample) are better shooters than Crowl and McGee - they just have to chuck tougher ones and it waters their percentage down.

To be clear, I certainly wouldn't qualify McGee or Crowl as plus shooters for the reason you stated, in fact I'd probably call Tonje our only true plus shooter last year. That said I think part of Rohde's low attempt amount is because Virginia played a much slower pace than Wisconsin did

Yes and no...a guy that shot 33% on modest volume in a bad conference as a freshman and then 26% on 100 attempts at UVA his first season makes me feel not entirely confident about that 41% on 100 3s as a junior. He's certainly not bad and lots of guys have this trajectory, but I hesitate to prop up that 41% number.

MVP2110 · Post #768 » by **MVP2110** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 1:55 pm

Kerb Hohl wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:
I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this right now.

He shot 100 3s last year which is kind of that Crowl and McGee territory of, "only if they let you shoot it." Blackwell also shot over 40% on limited attempts as a freshman.

I am stoked about the pickup. He looks like a good player and we get him as a senior. He was a hot commodity 2 years ago that there were question marks of stepping up a level...which seemed like he struggled with in his 2nd year. Some shots fell in year 3, but I think Blackwell and even Klesmit (with a large enough sample) are better shooters than Crowl and McGee - they just have to chuck tougher ones and it waters their percentage down.

To be clear, I certainly wouldn't qualify McGee or Crowl as plus shooters for the reason you stated, in fact I'd probably call Tonje our only true plus shooter last year. That said I think part of Rohde's low attempt amount is because Virginia played a much slower pace than Wisconsin did

Yes and no...a guy that shot 33% on modest volume in a bad conference as a freshman and then 26% on 100 attempts at UVA his first season makes me feel not entirely confident about that 41% on 100 3s as a junior. He's certainly not bad and lots of guys have this trajectory, but I hesitate to prop up that 41% number.

Yea that's fair.

Kerb Hohl · Post #769 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 3:55 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
To be clear, I certainly wouldn't qualify McGee or Crowl as plus shooters for the reason you stated, in fact I'd probably call Tonje our only true plus shooter last year. That said I think part of Rohde's low attempt amount is because Virginia played a much slower pace than Wisconsin did

Yes and no...a guy that shot 33% on modest volume in a bad conference as a freshman and then 26% on 100 attempts at UVA his first season makes me feel not entirely confident about that 41% on 100 3s as a junior. He's certainly not bad and lots of guys have this trajectory, but I hesitate to prop up that 41% number.

Yea that's fair.

To add here and marrying this + the discussion of ditching a lot of HS recruiting...sure, Cooper Flag is probably the best player at age 18, but there is a development process for most guys and it's kind of nice if you can just get your starters at the end.

Tonje as a sophomore took 79 3s and hit 32% and as a junior hit 36% on 86 attempts. Nothing about that really stands out...then senior (COVID senior) year hit 37% on 152 3s and also got better with his 2s. Now that's a mostly developed player. So Missouri took him, then the injury, so we did.

McGee had a similar trajectory. So, while it may make sense to have your own developmental pipeline and get your own 22+ year olds churned out every year...why not pluck them from a huge pool of mid-majors or other major programs that have lost them for whatever reason? So this does give me reason to believe that we're going to get Rohde's best season.

Still take your ~3 HS recruits every year to develop if they're legit, but don't bother with as much of the recruiting process.

MVP2110 · Post #770 » by **MVP2110** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:07 am

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Matches Malone · Post #771 » by **Matches Malone** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:10 am

The portal runs through Gard 8-)

Post #772 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:17 am

I can't believe how bad those graphics are.

MikeIsGood · Post #773 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 1:34 am

Nice! Love this. He's got some work to do to clean things up - poor efficiency - but he's a Freshman. And he won't be the 1B guy on the team like he was at Portland.

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dbrodz7 · Post #774 » by **dbrodz7** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 1:35 am

Matches Malone wrote:The portal runs through Gard

He seems to know what he's doing with this portal thing? I don't follow this as close as you guys though.

RiotPunch · Post #775 » by **RiotPunch** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 2:54 am

The Kirk Penney Down Under Pipeline in underway!

Wisky4life · Post #776 » by **Wisky4life** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 3:02 am

MVP2110 wrote:

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Living in Portland now. Never heard of him.

But then again. I dont follow any basketball in PNW

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Post #777 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 3:07 am

How do you shoot under 40% as a big?

tski1972 · Post #778 » by **tski1972** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 11:48 am

ReasonablySober wrote:How do you shoot under 40% as a big?

11fg/g but 7.5 were from three.

Mtsportsfan · Post #779 » by **Mtsportsfan** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:36 pm

Looks good , doesn't miss a shot ! Lol. Question is does he play defense and can he block shots occasionally! That was the think about Crowl , for a 7ft guy and blocked shots he had! I realize he played decent positional defense , would not have minded a few blocks just to let people know that it won't be easy!

MVP2110 · Post #780 » by **MVP2110** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 1:06 pm

Mtsportsfan wrote:Looks good , doesn't miss a shot ! Lol. Question is does he play defense and can he block shots occasionally! That was the think about Crowl , for a 7ft guy and blocked shots he had! I realize he played decent positional defense , would not have minded a few blocks just to let people know that it won't be easy!

I'm not sure how he is defensively as a whole, but he averaged about 1.5 blocks per game last year