Oso planning to go pro
That was some b.s.. silly nonsense. Now, can guys from MN like Crowl and Carlson work in the uw-madison extension system? Sure.. plug n play nh. Johnny Davis can be very very good.. his brother is there only because of him. It's an OK class *for them*.. maybe top 30-35 nationally when all is said and done. Lots of mid-tier guys. Congrats!That "8th ranked" is like saying, "we're the top team in the NCAA tourney" when you just won the First Four game of the tournament
UConn and UW are terrible matchups for us. Even though we’ve been told they are bottom 1/2 of Big ten team and the recent success they have had was due to Bo, not Gard. If we don’t rebound……..
UW isn’t going to be world beaters this year. They have less talent than previous years but still play good team basketball. They will only be as good as Davis can make them. They are a low ceiling/high floor kind of team. They had a good run at Maui but if you look at their best opponent Houston was horrible in the first half. UW got destroyed in the second half but UH failed to get a shot off to tie or win the game.UW might be in the top half only because the Big Ten will be down this year. The game will come down to whether MU can make consistent baskets on the road as this is their first true road game. I think we are a worse matchup for UW than they are against us but it will come down to MU’s offense hitting shots.
I agree for the most part but generally they don't beat themselves and they appear to be a pretty decent rebounding team. We should get plenty of open shots and our guards absolutely need to step-up. I also have some concern that Morsell will have to guard Davis.
Concern? That’s why we got Morsell - aka The Man Who Stopped Markus - to take on the opponent’s best player.
Let's take out any scenario where someone goes off like Rex Chapman did against the 1996 Bulls which throws the game analysis out the window.UW is not a good 3Pt shooting team (knock on wood) as the currently sit at 28.8%. Their best shooter is Johnny Davis.UW as a team has a negative assist to turnover ratio which is unheard of for UW. They don't have a lot of turnovers but that just shows their lack of assists. Again knock on wood. This is also very unUW like. Their leader in assists is Johnny Davis at 2.2 per game. Rebounding is a misleading stat on its own because someone has to miss a basket in order to get a rebound. If one team is shooting the lights out their offense rebounding number in aggregate is going to be low. If the other team is brick city, they will likely get a few extra offensive rebounds. A defensive rebound is relatively meaningless if 1. you make your shots 2. you stop them on the other end. UWs leading rebounder Johnny Davis.It appears that UW is a good defensive team as they average 12 more points than their opponents but that is mostly one game again GB. Again barring anyone player other than Johnny Davis (he will get his) going off it is going to whether MU makes shots or not. My biggest concern with this game is it is our first true road game which typically causes shots not to fall.
MU will be sizable underdogs and deservedly so.
Not to mention this being MU's first true road game.
I just watched the Rowsey game at the Kohl hole. Man.....that dude had some serious swagger. And unlimited range. When I'm really down I watch the bam, bam, bam, sequence vs Creighton. Anyway he absolutely shredded the weasel/rodents in the 2nd half. They had no answer to that tommy-gun attack and looked quite frustrated.
Sounds like we need somebody to take care of Davis ... if you catch my drift.
I was at both of them and they were two of my favorite games of the Wojo era. The badgers sucked that year but it was so fun to watch that complete ass kicking. It’s an absolute travesty that wojo failed to get that team to the tournament.
The day of the Rowsey game I called a big rout W for MU. I am predicting MU wins by 10+ on Saturday. I think Shaka finds a way to control the tempo and we will convert on quick transaction baskets early. I am going with the Shaka factor being the difference in this game. He has won over a lot of fans this far and spanking Bucky would be a great signature W in his first season. Again, Warriors by double figures on Saturday.