MU takes underdog role against UW-Madison

[LON]

The vegas line has yet to be posted for this game but it has to be a push or slight edge (i.e. no more than 2 pts) for the badgers.  #22 vs. #26; MU at home......We cannot be that much of an underdog, if at all.

The whole point of the line is to inspire as much betting as possible...

[jmayer1]

The whole point of the line is to inspire as much betting as possible...

Yep, the object of a line is to get equal betting on both sides.  That's why you see lines change often, sometime dramatically.  Basically  its not what Vegas thinks will happen but the median of what all people betting think will happen.

[MuMark]

Mu will be a slight favorite in the game when the Vegas line is posted. My guess is 2-4 points.

My guess is Buzz has coached the players to view the game as if they are the underdog.

Give respect to your opponent and approach the game like everyone expects you to lose. Play loose and with an edge.

Not a bad strategy. IMO

ps. I doubt there is one player(on either team) that really thinks they are in fact "the underdog". Both teams think they can and will win this game.

[jce]

And most gifted scenarios ever in the NCAA tournament.  You should go to Michigan State boards as they outline it very well.

He's had the benefit of playing in a Big Ten that is a shadow of it's former self.  He walked into a UW-Madison job coming off a Final Four and inheriting top 5 NBA pick Devin Harris, All Big Ten player Mike Wilkinson, etc.  He didn't even recruit those kids, they were there for him to inherit.


Is he a great coach?  Yes.  Has he been in the right place and definitely at the right time?  HELL YES.  Has he been to a Final Four with the big boys?  HELL NO.  Has he beaten ONE, just ONE better seed in the NCAA tournament to show off his coaching prowess.  Even an 8 seed?  HELL NO.  At some point I'd expect the coaching genius of his to be able to beat a team in the NCAAs that he wasn't supposed to.  Hell, even the incompetent Tom Crean pulled that off...twice.


And I don't think anyone is calling you a Badger lover but sometimes the love that comes from the press and the media for Bo is a bit hideous when compounded by attacks on our coaching staffs.

I really have no arguments for anything that you have said.  Well put.

[Eye]

Rosiak must have an anti-MU bias.

I prefaced my comments Red by saying this is the first time I've seen something of this ilk from Rosiak. You care to make the argument on either of the first two points? I don't necessarily disagree with his third series of points, but I'd like to see the statistics to back them up. In the form they're presented, that comes off as his opinion, not fact. A rare less-than-his-best piece from Rosiak.

[Eye]

Buzz was hyping up Bo more than anyone...dont blame rosiak

Then quote or paraphrase Williams as calling Ryan a Hall of Fame coach. The way it's presented is that it's fact and/or Rosiak's opinion.