2015-16 UW Badger Basketball Discussion Thread

StickeeFingaz · Post #221 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:15 pm

tski1972 wrote:The Badgers defense isn't nearly as good as they've been under Bo. This is most definitely an offensively built team.

Yea I thought early in the year that they really got back to their though and fundamental defense but as the year goes on it seems to not be the case, most definitely and offensive driven team, much like past year. Although I'm still confident we can win games that are ugly defensive grinding games.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #222 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:17 pm

tski1972 wrote:The Badgers defense isn't nearly as good as they've been under Bo. This is most definitely an offensively built team.

Defense is much better than last year. There have been three games where an opponents that have scored more than one point per possession - Georgetown, Duke, and now PSU.

buckboy · Post #223 » by **buckboy** » Fri Jan 2, 2015 6:49 pm

They're 18th in the country in adjusted defense. That'll do.

RayRayJones · Post #224 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 1:45 am

Pretty awesome turnout down at Northwestern for the game tonight

Frank fouls the opposing center for an and-1, comes back on offense and hits his own and-1. Slightly less celebrating from Frank..Olah acted like he won the lottery.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #225 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 1:57 am

Dekker is absolutely on fire.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #226 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 1:57 am

Dekker 4/4 from three so far.

RayRayJones · Post #227 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 1:58 am

That might've been the biggest heat check I've ever seen.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #228 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:03 am

RayRayJones wrote:That might've been the biggest heat check I've ever seen.

Bo did not approve

Turk Nowitzki · Post #229 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:05 am

Falling a bit too in love with the 3's and long jumpers now. Get the ball inside.

RayRayJones · Post #230 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:09 am

Gasser lost a contact in the eye? Uh oh, that sh*t hurts.

RayRayJones · Post #231 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:15 am

Sucks that Frank's 2nd foul, where he seemed to get all ball, has derailed his triple double quest. 5/6/5 at half..it'd be a sick accomplishment for ESPN to eat up and further improve his Wooden Award stock.

midranger · Post #232 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:22 am

Laugh if you will but Nigels new sf game reminds me of Washington wizards Jordan once he lost all his athleticism and just looked to post a guy up 12 feet from the rim.

RayRayJones · Post #233 » by **RayRayJones** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 2:26 am

midranger wrote:Laugh if you will but Nigels new sf game reminds me of Washington wizards Jordan once he lost all his athleticism and just looked to post a guy up 12 feet from the rim.

The announcer compared him to James Worthy when he went up and under the PF. He's really developed an impressive offensive repertoire.

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Turk Nowitzki · Post #234 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 3:11 am

This has been extended garbage time basketball in the second half.

trwi7 · Post #235 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 3:16 am

RayRayJones wrote:Gasser lost a contact in the eye? Uh oh, that sh*t hurts.

What in the ****? If that's possible I would never consider contacts. Granted I never would anyways because I'm not touching my **** eye to get it in. Give me the ugliest, dorkiest glasses you can find and I'd still choose them over contacts.

chuckleslove · Post #236 » by **chuckleslove** » Mon Jan 5, 2015 4:25 am

trwi7 wrote:
RayRayJones wrote:Gasser lost a contact in the eye? Uh oh, that sh*t hurts.

What in the ****? If that's possible I would never consider contacts. Granted I never would anyways because I'm not touching my **** eye to get it in. Give me the ugliest, dorkiest glasses you can find and I'd still choose them over contacts.

Yeah you can have a contact slide off to the back/side of your eye and it is painful. I wore contacts for about a month maybe 10 years ago, after a month and I would still flinch/inflict pain putting them in and my eyes never got used to them, went back to glasses and never looked back. Have been wearing glasses for almost 20 years now, no regrets there, will never wear contacts again.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #237 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Tue Jan 6, 2015 9:28 pm

Latest mock draft from DraftExpress has Frank at #14 and Dekker at #16

http://www.draftexpress.com/rankings/Top-100-Prospects/

HurricaneKid · Post #238 » by **HurricaneKid** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 12:00 am

trwi7 wrote:
RayRayJones wrote:Gasser lost a contact in the eye? Uh oh, that sh*t hurts.

What in the ****? If that's possible I would never consider contacts. Granted I never would anyways because I'm not touching my **** eye to get it in. Give me the ugliest, dorkiest glasses you can find and I'd still choose them over contacts.

I got colored lenses for Halloween a few years ago. It took me hours to figure out how to get them in. My eye closes when a finger is about to go it. I hope I never go blind because that was unbearable.

Badgerlander · Post #239 » by **Badgerlander** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 5:45 pm

Who’s That Guy? Maryland Freshman Phenom Melo Trimble!

So, why should you know him? Because he’s the best player on the best team in the Big Ten, and knowing about him will be highly valuable for bracketology purposes.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/whos- ... o-trimble/

so Grantland writer thinks the Terps are the best team in the Big Ten?

skones · Post #240 » by **skones** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 5:57 pm

chuckleslove wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
RayRayJones wrote:Gasser lost a contact in the eye? Uh oh, that sh*t hurts.

What in the ****? If that's possible I would never consider contacts. Granted I never would anyways because I'm not touching my **** eye to get it in. Give me the ugliest, dorkiest glasses you can find and I'd still choose them over contacts.

Yeah you can have a contact slide off to the back/side of your eye and it is painful. I wore contacts for about a month maybe 10 years ago, after a month and I would still flinch/inflict pain putting them in and my eyes never got used to them, went back to glasses and never looked back. Have been wearing glasses for almost 20 years now, no regrets there, will never wear contacts again.

I've been wearing contacts nearly every day for 14 years now, and I don't even notice them. It's a pain in the ass if I rub my eye and it folds up or something, and skews my vision but thats very rare. Wouldn't say it's painful at all.