Wisconsin thoughts

[mileskishnish72]

Couldn't get on the website but have repressed thoughts.

Great opening energy/defense
Great 1st half Van
Excellent pressure first half
PO'd about big smiles before end of first half

Second half

It's over - lackadaisical
JUNIOR!!! Saved our bacon

SOTG - Jr., the Sr.

Grades:
Otule - B - Nothing offensively, but always battles position
Ox - B+ - great first half, great breakaway
Van - B+ - need 40 min.
Jamil - C+ - couple of good hoops, lot of time no mention
Junior - A+ - SOTG
DWil - B - nice teardrop
Jake - D - probs on D, still tentative on 3's
Steve - B
Juan - C+ - hurt us on D twice 1st half, nice block late
Lockett - D - the missing link

We had a numerical and athletic advantage today. We opened up a lead but did not have the maturity to come out in the second half and put them away.
This is better than Fla but there is still a lot of maturation needed.

Onward and upward!

[bilsu]

The reffing changed in the second half, which to me is bad reffing. In the first half UW barely got into the bonus. In the second half they were in the double bonus with over 8 minutes to go. The taller greyed hair ref was calling everything possible on MU.

[nyg]

You were generous with a D grade for Lockett. 

That was a depleted Wisconsin team which MU had at home.  Blue in first half and Junior in second half saved the day.  Defense in first half was outstanding, second half gave up too many offensive rebounds after making a defensive stop.

Yes, free throws were brutal by both teams, but only care about MU free throws.  7 for 17 (41%) and was 1 for 9 at halftime.

Three point shooting was atrocious.  MU was 3 for 10, two of which were prayers by Blue.  The other was a wide open make by Lockett, very early.  Thomas missed two, Lockett missed two and Junior missed one, all of which had no defender in front.  Heck, Gardner even took one and was immediately yanked. 

I hope they start making shots soon, otherwise it may get ugly. 

[brewcity77]

The reffing changed in the second half, which to me is bad reffing. In the first half UW barely got into the bonus. In the second half they were in the double bonus with over 8 minutes to go. The taller greyed hair ref was calling everything possible on MU.

Jim Burr was driving me nuts. As soon as the game tipped, I said to the guy next to me "crap, is that Jim Burr?" I'd never met him before, but we both knew instantly. The guy in front of us, also some I've never met before turned around and said "It's amazing how every fan knows who Jim Burr is. When you're an official, that's not a good thing."

Anyway...he made some calls that really looked like he was behind the play and almost like he wanted to slow the speed of the game. If he can't keep up with play when Wisconsin's at one end of the court, maybe it's time to hang up the whistle.

[GGGG]

Wisconsin sagged their defense even more in the second half, which completely took away driving lanes.  This is not only why Vander struggled in the second half, but why we had so few foul calls. 

And to the OP, don't give me that "need 40" crap with Van.  He played 40.  Give UW some credit for collapsing on him every single drive in the second half.  Seriously, he played 35 minutes...no fouls, no turnovers, four steals...  That is exactly what you want from the guy.

[connie]

Wisconsin sagged their defense even more in the second half, which completely took away driving lanes.  This is not only why Vander struggled in the second half, but why we had so few foul calls. 

And to the OP, don't give me that "need 40" crap with Van.  He played 40.  Give UW some credit for collapsing on him every single drive in the second half.  Seriously, he played 35 minutes...no fouls, no turnovers, four steals...  That is exactly what you want from the guy.

+1.  Lets give some credit to Bo's halftime adjustments, and MU's ability to overcome them and win the game.

[tower912]

Wisconsin sagged their defense even more in the second half, which completely took away driving lanes.  This is not only why Vander struggled in the second half, but why we had so few foul calls. 

And to the OP, don't give me that "need 40" crap with Van.  He played 40.  Give UW some credit for collapsing on him every single drive in the second half.  Seriously, he played 35 minutes...no fouls, no turnovers, four steals...  That is exactly what you want from the guy.

Amen.   He played hard for 40.   He didn't force anything.   He made some good drives into contact and the shot didn't fall.   He continued to do all of the glue things, the defense, rebounding.    8 games in, he is MU's MVP. 

[bilsu]

One could argue that the Badgers sagging their defense in the second half was a good half-time adjustment. Howeveer, everyone one knows MU cannot shoot and wants to take it inside. I for the life of me cannot see why UW did not do what they did in the second half in the first half. That is bad preparation by Bo.

[Stretchdeltsig]

The Marquette guards were simply no match for the Badger guards.  Marquette exploited the biggest Badger weakness by attacking their guards.  Marquette's quickness and defense were too much for UW.  The score should have shown Marquette winning by 20.

[mileskishnish72]

Brew, you are right on re: Burr.
On TV, they made a big deal out of a play where he had the angle and another ref made the call. Burr was right in front of Bo and got an earful.
The point was, Burr barely moved once we had the steal - the other guy HAD to make the call to cover him.

[jeffreyweee]

Couldn't get on the website but have repressed thoughts.

Great opening energy/defense
Great 1st half Van
Excellent pressure first half
PO'd about big smiles before end of first half

Second half

It's over - lackadaisical
JUNIOR!!! Saved our bacon

SOTG - Jr., the Sr.

Grades:
Otule - B - Nothing offensively, but always battles position
Ox - B+ - great first half, great breakaway
Van - B+ - need 40 min.
Jamil - C+ - couple of good hoops, lot of time no mention
Junior - A+ - SOTG
DWil - B - nice teardrop
Jake - D - probs on D, still tentative on 3's
Steve - B
Juan - C+ - hurt us on D twice 1st half, nice block late
Lockett - D - the missing link

We had a numerical and athletic advantage today. We opened up a lead but did not have the maturity to come out in the second half and put them away.
This is better than Fla but there is still a lot of maturation needed.

Onward and upward!

Junior plays one half explosively (the 2nd) and he gets an A+, Vander plays one half explosively (the 1st) and much better D throughout the entire game (4 steals) and he gets a B+.

What?

[ronald dragon]

Vander has to get an A if not an A+. His 4 steals were really impressive and had two 3's that beat the shot clock that got that place screaming and the momentum rolling.

[Dr. Blackheart]

While MU actually lost three of the four factors, the gap in eFG% was telling.  Just a great defensive gamepan and gameplay to pressure their perimeter, built from the inside out.  This was a top 7 worst offensively efficient games in Bo's UW head coaching career as a result.