Scholarship table
There is one high level player and a bunch of role players. The remaining guys are not high level D1 players and the coach does not have the game to coach them up. This is Wojo’s program and at some point he has to be evaluated on overall team success. I do not see a great of progress in the state of the program.
Honestly, I knew the game was over when Bailey missed the left handed finger roll instead of just dunking it. Theo falling over while guarding Davidson iced it.
I hate using the term this was their "Super Bowl" but it really was. We beat them the last 2 times including one at their house. Whether or not Wisconsin is a good /decent team they stepped up probably more they most expected. They also wont shoot 50% from 3 again this year. It was a combination of everything lining up. The thing that concerns me the most is the defense gave up 77 points to them but again they hit the 3's at a ridiculous clip. The next big test is Davidson. If that happens there then we might have an issue but until then I remain optimistic. I fully expect to be playing Maryland in the champioship game and beating them. Anything less than playing Maryland in that game would in my mind be a disappointment. What we have in Howard is worth the price of admission every game. He had a stinker but the Badgers D was suffocating.
Theo, Jayce, Ed, Brendan, and Sacar combined for 84 minutes, 7 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Really, unless Markus had gone into 'God mode', what else do you need to know?
It is like in the Do We Miss the Hausers thread, I cannot believe that anyone can truthfully say they are not missed. While I would not agree anyone on this, but if they said not missed because they were a cancer, that is an opinion. But, to think they are not missed as basketball players seems crazy to me.
He kept starting Joey late last season when Brendan was clearly playing better. Yesterday, Greg got 26 minutes. Cain and Bailey both got 19. It is my recollection that Cain was playing well in the first half, but picked up his second and Bailey had to come back in. I won't swear to that, though. There was no good option between Jayce, Theo, and Ed.
UW hedged & helped aggressively on Howard and we never made them pay. Never fed Theo or Morrow on a roll to the hoop. The fact that they aren't threats from the outside also makes it easier for defenses to guard Howard. That is where the Hausers are really missed. Could use one of them as a screener for Howard and defenses can no longer aggressively crowd Howard or you leave a deadly shooter wide open on the pop for 3.
I really dont think Joey is going to do much at an elite program. He is still working on not traveling to start his move to the hoop. Sam on the other hand was fantastic and sorely missed.
Joey was a freshman last year. Freshmen do that kind of stuff. Joey will eventually be a great player.
It would be nice of one of the bigs could be a semi-reliable scoring threat.
It's hard to score when no one passes you the ball.