2015-16 UW Badger Basketball Discussion Thread

HaroldinGMinor · Post #341 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:31 pm

Defense is starting to look suspect. Seems to be a combination of guys not moving their feet to help and guards not able to stop penetration. Maybe they improve on this but seems to be going the other way for whatever reason.

RiotPunch · Post #342 » by **RiotPunch** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:55 pm

I thought Showalter came in and did a great job last night.

Almost choked, but didn't. We looked the part of a great team when we started that overtime though. Straight for the throat.

buckboy · Post #343 » by **buckboy** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:44 am

Showalter was OK last night. Which makes it his best game ever.

HurricaneKid · Post #344 » by **HurricaneKid** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:20 am

Mi lost to NJIT at home when Levert was still playing. Wisconsin has just been too inconsistent for my tastes. MI and Rutgers have been nightmare games against subpar teams. But they completely dismantled Iowa in between. Usually Bo's teams are far more consistent.

skones · Post #345 » by **skones** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:34 am

HurricaneKid wrote:Mi lost to NJIT at home when Levert was still playing. Wisconsin has just been too inconsistent for my tastes. MI and Rutgers have been nightmare games against subpar teams. But they completely dismantled Iowa in between. Usually Bo's teams are far more consistent.

Michigan also pushed Villanova to the brink. You can't expect blowout after blowout.

trwi7 · Post #346 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:38 am

skones wrote:
HurricaneKid wrote:Mi lost to NJIT at home when Levert was still playing. Wisconsin has just been too inconsistent for my tastes. MI and Rutgers have been nightmare games against subpar teams. But they completely dismantled Iowa in between. Usually Bo's teams are far more consistent.

Michigan also pushed Villanova to the brink. You can't expect blowout after blowout.

Wisconsin also beat UWGB, who beat Miami, who beat Duke which means we beat Duke.

Johnlac1 · Post #347 » by **Johnlac1** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:05 am

skones wrote:
HurricaneKid wrote:Mi lost to NJIT at home when Levert was still playing. Wisconsin has just been too inconsistent for my tastes. MI and Rutgers have been nightmare games against subpar teams. But they completely dismantled Iowa in between. Usually Bo's teams are far more consistent.

Michigan also pushed Villanova to the brink. You can't expect blowout after blowout.

Sometimes it just comes down to hitting your shots. I turned on the game in the second half with Wisconsin ahead by eleven pts. The Badgers then proceeded to miss open shot after open shot. Not just threes either....Hayes was missing wide open ten-twelve footers. And Michigan, naturally, went on a tear hitting shot after shot, many of them from the outside.
In short, for a while it looked like the Badgers were going to blow Michigan out. Didn't happen. That's basketball.

midranger · Post #348 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:41 am

How often do road teams in the Big Ten win by 10+?

It's probably not higher than 15% of the time. I'm just guessing though. Any road win in conference play is a good win in my book.

KidA24 · Post #349 » by **KidA24** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:28 pm

Dekker being assertive today. He's looked more aggressive whenever Koenig sits.

neiLz · Post #350 » by **neiLz** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:30 pm

Dekker playing well.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #351 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:41 pm

Crazy first half, they shot 65% and are down by 6. Iowa can't feel great about that.

neiLz · Post #352 » by **neiLz** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:59 pm

Yeah. I love Koenig at pg. Offense is so much better With his shooting and ball handling

Turk Nowitzki · Post #353 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:02 pm

Dekker needs to slow his roll with shooting some of these 3's. He's not that good of a shooter. Dukan has returned to being totally useless. If he isn't hitting the wide open 3's, then he is a massive negative out there because he cannot defend at all.

neiLz · Post #354 » by **neiLz** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:07 pm

Yep dekker loves those quick catch and shoots needs to stop and drive morw. Dukan is a spaz out there

neiLz · Post #355 » by **neiLz** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:08 pm

And how are the badgers 7th in ppg allowed. Their defense has looked suspect

Turk Nowitzki · Post #356 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:09 pm

This is when we need to be feeding Kaminsky the ball on the block every possession. Not happy with the way we're playing these last few minutes.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #357 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:11 pm

GTFO DUKAN

neiLz · Post #358 » by **neiLz** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:12 pm

Good move by dekker. gotta feed Kaminsky and Hayes in the post. Iowa missing shots now.

MikeIsGood · Post #359 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:14 pm

There's some winner sitting court side complaining about literally everything. Even when the refs do call a foul in Iowa's favor, he stills stands up and yells.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #360 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:15 pm

I don't think you can overstate enough how much Kaminsky is carrying this team. The other guys take turns playing well at times but this is probably not even a top 25 team without Frank.