Seth Davis Article

[Benny B]

You guys call it traditional, whatever that means.  We have quality kids, good basketball players and we win.

UW-Madison: We're not racist, we hate everyone.

[BobBadger]

You would think Badger Bob would know that basketball existed before the year 2000.....his badgers style of play is remiscent of the 1950s.

Serioulsy,   they have had great success under Bo Ryan but I would think if you ask any objective fan of NCAA basketball which program is more likely to return to the final 4 in the next decade....it would undoubtedly be MU.

Their fan base is delightfully delusional...I will give them that...I was at the KU/Texas game last night at the Phogg and a couple wayward UW fans were in attendance sitting behind me (this is a true story)....one guy leans over and said something to the effect of "wow....imagine Kansas if they had Bo as their coach."   

First let me congratulate the Gold Warriors Hilltoppers Avalanche Golden Eagles on getting to the Sweet 16.  Thought you were going to gag a bit there today (what the hell was Mayo thinking at the end).  I do cheer for your team when you are not playing us.

To no surprise, we are in the Sweet 16 again.   Yes, we are fully aware there was basketball before 2000.  There was also basketball before 1954 if wish to go there, an era in the 20's, 30's and 40's where we were very good and you weren't.  I chose 2000 because it is a new century and it is what kids remember.

You can cut on our style all you want, but it has made us the dominant program in the state the last 12 years.  Slow and steady wins the race.

Here is the updated table.  Good luck in your next game (I do mean that).  I think we can take Syracuse.  We beat Vanderbilt today who walloped your team.  We are playing well right now.



Oh yeah, the table indicates the final point you reached before being knocked out.

[BobBadger]

First of all, the Seth Davis column was fantastic.

Let's try this again. Surprised no one else has done this yet ...

NC2A berths since 1955 - MU 29, UW-Madison 15
NC2A wins since 1955 - MU 36, UW-Madison 19
Sweet 16s since 1955 - MU 14, UW-Madison 5
Elite 8's since 1955 - MU 6, UW-Madison 2
Final 4's since 1974 - MU 3, UW-Madison 1
Championshp games since 1974 - MU 2, UW-Madison 0
Championships since 1977 - MU 1, UW-Madison 0

Primary goal of a legitimate national operation is to do damage in March.

Why didn't you go back to the 20's, 30's, 40's when we were much better than you?     You accuse me of selective stats and you do it yourself.  Since 2000, dominant program.  Bucky.  Sweet 16 again for us. Congratulations on getting there yourselves.

[wadesworld]

First let me congratulate the Gold Warriors Hilltoppers Avalanche Golden Eagles on getting to the Sweet 16.  Thought you were going to gag a bit there today (what the hell was Mayo thinking at the end).  I do cheer for your team when you are not playing us.

To no surprise, we are in the Sweet 16 again.   Yes, we are fully aware there was basketball before 2000.  There was also basketball before 1954 if wish to go there, an era in the 20's, 30's and 40's where we were very good and you weren't.  I chose 2000 because it is a new century and it is what kids remember.

You can cut on our style all you want, but it has made us the dominant program in the state the last 12 years.  Slow and steady wins the race.

Here is the updated table.  Good luck in your next game (I do mean that).  I think we can take Syracuse.  We beat Vanderbilt today who walloped your team.  We are playing well right now.



Oh yeah, the table indicates the final point you reached before being knocked out.

Yeah that's a better way to determine who's better than, you know, head to head matchups (an away game for Marquette, no less) 

[muwarrior97]

Bo is still a grinch lookin' mo-fo BUT yes he can coach

[BobBadger]

Yeah that's a better way to determine who's better than, you know, head to head matchups (an away game for Marquette, no less) 

Last year we beat you at the Bradley Center.  Does that mean we were better than you last year?  It's about post season gentlemen.  Getting there and what you do there.  Good to see you hanging with us for the first time in a long time.  

[BobBadger]

Bo is still a grinch lookin' mo-fo BUT yes he can coach

Buzz is still a Curly looking Quasimoto lookin' mo-fo.  We'll see if he can coach.  The NCAA is typically slow ball kind of stuff.  Wisconsin rarely is blown out in the tournament.  You guys when you lose typically lose in fantastic gas can fire episodes like last year.  That's coaching.  Of course you have a layup to the Elite 8 if you do things correctly.  We have to play that first place Big East team.  Scared. 

[The Process]

You can cut on our style all you want, but it has made us the dominant program in the state the last 12 years.

I look forward to Syracuse and their style of play giving Bo and his band of thugs a nice bit of comeuppance this week.  There's a reason why Bo's peers in the Big Te-eleve-elve don't respect Madison, and at some point it's going to blow up badly for Bucky.

We've seen the photographic proof of what Bo teaches his team and how to play dirty.  I think that a physical team that is as dirty as Bucky (i.e. Syracuse) would take those players who are pinning a rebounder's arms rather than boxing out and cause an "accidental" collision between the Bucky players.  That would send a sharp, firm message to Bo and his crew about their style of play.

[Dawson Rental]

I thought all of this was settled when Vander dumped Madison for MU.

[BobBadger]

I look forward to Syracuse and their style of play giving Bo and his band of thugs a nice bit of comeuppance this week.  There's a reason why Bo's peers in the Big Te-eleve-elve don't respect Madison, and at some point it's going to blow up badly for Bucky.

We've seen the photographic proof of what Bo teaches his team and how to play dirty.  I think that a physical team that is as dirty as Bucky (i.e. Syracuse) would take those players who are pinning a rebounder's arms rather than boxing out and cause an "accidental" collision between the Bucky players.  That would send a sharp, firm message to Bo and his crew about their style of play.

Band of thugs?  Peers don't respect Bo Ryan?  Some point blow up badly for Bucky?  How many years have we heard that from Big Ten and MU fans?  

[BobBadger]

I thought all of this was settled when Vander dumped Madison for MU.

The way he shoots layups and punches MU students for calling him names, you can have him.  He's a nice defender but absolutely terrible on offense.  He would not fit into Bo's system.  Every time I see that guy play he has at least two or three missed no footers and a charge that is right out of the 7th grade CYO stuff.  Someone needs to coach that kid up.

[The Process]

Wisconsin rarely is blown out in the tournament.

Because they hold the ball for 34 seconds and fire up shots at the end of the shot clock.  You know it's bad when Madison's football team scores almost as much as the basketball team.  Milking the shot clock constantly the way Madison does implies that they do not have the talent to consistently beat the top teams.

This is like the Broncos' offense this past year in the NFL:  It's not like they had a good team but would rather run the clock via Tebow and the running game.  You can win for awhile, sure, but it catches up in the end.

[AZWarrior]

Buzz is still a Curly looking Quasimoto lookin' mo-fo.  We'll see if he can coach.  The NCAA is typically slow ball kind of stuff.  Wisconsin rarely is blown out in the tournament.  You guys when you lose typically lose in fantastic gas can fire episodes like last year.  That's coaching.  Of course you have a layup to the Elite 8 if you do things correctly.  We have to play that first place Big East team.  Scared. 

BobBadger - Do you have a position on the "Wisconsin Walk-under" maneuver?

[MUMac]

Band of thugs?  Peers don't respect Bo Ryan?  Some point blow up badly for Bucky?  How many years have we heard that from Big Ten and MU fans?  

Why are you here?  Seriously?  Why?  Seems a bit pathetic to me.  Not much of a life for little badger there, eh?  Go away.  This thread was dead and buried and all your obnoxiousness has done, besides showing your childishness, is bring a wasted thread back from the dead.

Man, we banned chicos and let this idiot survive?  Seriously?

[The Process]

Band of thugs?  Peers don't respect Bo Ryan?  Some point blow up badly for Bucky?  How many years have we heard that from Big Ten and MU fans?  

What's the matter, Bob?  Don't like it when Bo's game of thuggery is called out on a national level?

Do we need to pull out the sock puppets to explain this to you?

[BobBadger]

Because they hold the ball for 34 seconds and fire up shots at the end of the shot clock.  You know it's bad when Madison's football team scores almost as much as the basketball team.  Milking the shot clock constantly the way Madison does implies that they do not have the talent to consistently beat the top teams.

You just do not comprehend basketball then.  CBS said it best today.  "Wisconsin epitomizes basketball.  They don't win with the 5 best players, they win with the 5 players that play the best together."

We milk the clock to get good shots.  Leads to smarter basketball and victory after victory.  Please, take a look at that table again.  The name of the game is winning and the postseason.  The table speaks for itself.  Bo's teams speak for themselves.  They just win.

[BobBadger]

Why are you here?  Seriously?  Why?  Seems a bit pathetic to me.  Not much of a life for little badger there, eh?  Go away.  This thread was dead and buried and all your obnoxiousness has done, besides showing your childishness, is bring a wasted thread back from the dead.

Man, we banned chicos and let this idiot survive?  Seriously?

Wishing you luck in the future.  I originally came here just to do that but after reading some of the anti-Wisconsin stuff thought an update was in order.  We're happy for little brother. 

[Dawson Rental]

Band of thugs?  Peers don't respect Bo Ryan?  Some point blow up badly for Bucky?  How many years have we heard that from Big Ten and MU fans?  

So... what you're saying is that there is a consensus among the fans of all of the institutions that play Wisconsin on a yearly basis.  Hummm...

[BobBadger]

BobBadger - Do you have a position on the "Wisconsin Walk-under" maneuver?

Please explain what this is.  Never heard of this term, cannot find it on Google either.

[WildBill77RT]

On St. Patty's day, everyone expects a leprechaun.  No one expects a troll.

Congrats to us for beating Murray State.  Congrats to Wisconsin for beating Vanderbilt.  Both have a sweet-16 season again., which one expects from a 3 or 4 seed.  It should be celebrated.

My suggestion to all is to use that little ignore button, and not feed the troll.

Find a leprechaun, and give him some lucky charms instead.  

[BobBadger]

So... what you're saying is that there is a consensus among the fans of all of the institutions that play Wisconsin on a yearly basis.  Hummm...

If that was written it must be in white type because it isn't there.  Year in and year out fans say this is the year Wisconsin hoops will blow up in their face, no athletes, boring basketball.  Year in and year out they are wrong.  Again.

[The Process]

You just do not comprehend basketball then.  CBS said it best today.  "Wisconsin epitomizes basketball.  They don't win with the 5 best players, they win with the 5 players that play the best together."

Isn't that like Dukie V going on and on about Coach K and his band of self-entitled players?

And really, if you want to play that card... what about having a starting lineup with 2 Juco transfers?  "5 best players?"  Bo had a more highly recruited starting 5 than Buzz did.

Again, Bob, perhaps sock puppets would help, as it's painfully obvious that you never graduated from Madison.  If you did, perhaps you should ask for your tuition back.

[muwarrior97]

Last year we beat you at the Bradley Center.  Does that mean we were better than you last year?  It's about post season gentlemen.  Getting there and what you do there.  Good to see you hanging with us for the first time in a long time.  

Long time.......like last year?

[muwarrior97]

Buzz is still a Curly looking Quasimoto lookin' mo-fo.  We'll see if he can coach.  The NCAA is typically slow ball kind of stuff.  Wisconsin rarely is blown out in the tournament.  You guys when you lose typically lose in fantastic gas can fire episodes like last year.  That's coaching.  Of course you have a layup to the Elite 8 if you do things correctly.  We have to play that first place Big East team.  Scared. 

He can coach, did it today and all year...Love our goofy lookin' goofy talking coach, you can keep Grinch in Madtown

[Eye]

I'm not sure how these message board things completely work, but I'll try and do the same.

NC2A berths since 1955 - MU 30, UW-Madison 16
NC2A wins since 1955 - MU 38, UW-Madison 21
Sweet 16s since 1955 - MU 15, UW-Madison 6
Elite 8's since 1955 - MU 6, UW-Madison 2
Final 4's since 1974 - MU 3, UW-Madison 1
Championshp games since 1974 - MU 2, UW-Madison 0
Championships since 1977 - MU 1, UW-Madison 0

Primary goal of a legitimate national operation is to do damage in March.