Duke V Bucky Tonight

[chapman]

I don't know how we deal with Kaminsky. We don't have anyone strong enough to contain him physically, and he's more athletic than Steve. Who on this team guards him? He could score 40 on us.

Juan is the only one I would think stands a chance.   That chance being that he would only go for 30.

You guys who wanted to see Duke win, is your desire of seeing Wisconsin lose stronger than your desire to see MU succeed?

Call me crazy, but I'll take an RPI boost over seeing disappointed Badger fans every single time.

You're crazy.

[4everwarriors]

Classic trap game for Bucky. Musta been lookin' ahead to Saturday's match-up, aina?

[GooooMarquette]

You guys who wanted to see Duke win, is your desire of seeing Wisconsin lose stronger than your desire to see MU succeed?

Call me crazy, but I'll take an RPI boost over seeing disappointed Badger fans every single time.

You actually think Wisky losing to Duke will have ANY impact on whether we get a bid in March?

Crazy.

[Let's Go Warriors]

Good news:
UW D is not very good.  No quickness on D on the outside to contain quick guards.
Slow rotations on help side.
Almost no effort to recover after help.
Soft team that doesn't go after loose balls.

Bad news:
MU is even worse on D.
UWs offense is great and will likely score at will.

[ATL MU Warrior]

RPI and Kenpom and all that stuff is for geeks anyway.  Win your games and the rest will take care of itself.  If you have to worry about RPI rankings of every team you play and every team they play, then 1. You have way too much time on your hands, 2. Your team probably isn't that good anyway.

As far as Wisconsin, they could lose every game by 30 and rot in hell and I would be just fine with that.  That goes for football and any other sport as well.

Agree completely.

[SuddenSam]

OK, Crazy.

I'm sorry, but it was impossible for me to root for Wisconsin. I rooted for a good game first, and then, as it progressed, I was enjoying Bucky getting beat on their home floor.

As for a subject brought up in a couple of earlier comments ...

Wisconsin definitely is better than Ohio State and Michigan State. Duke is clearly one of the best two teams in the country.

+1

Good thing we are playing #2 team and not that #4.

[Loose Cannon]

I still think Bo is the grinch, but I did see this on twitter:

Paint Touches retweeted
Joe McCann ‏@JoeMcCann3  25m25 minutes ago
@PaintTouches not true. I rewound ESPN. He did go to the back of the line because players were still celebrating after he shook K's hand...

Thanks for This.  Always nice to stop a snowball from rolling down hill.  its only fair and and then adds value to future posts.  Thanks again.

[Loose Cannon]

You guys who wanted to see Duke win, is your desire of seeing Wisconsin lose stronger than your desire to see MU succeed?

Call me crazy, but I'll take an RPI boost over seeing disappointed Badger fans every single time.

Not to overthink, but just win the game in front of you and good things happen.

[Loose Cannon]

Good news:
UW D is not very good.  No quickness on D on the outside to contain quick guards.
Slow rotations on help side.
Almost no effort to recover after help.
Soft team that doesn't go after loose balls.

Bad news:
MU is even worse on D.
UWs offense is great and will likely score at will.

I think the X-Factor is we have many players that we have no idea of what their ceiling is, but we do know about the Badgers.  Hopefully our coaching staff seen somethings we can use.

[Groin_pull]

Where did I say this happens often?  I'm only commenting that it is the case when it happens (it's notable because he will complain every time, and even for a team that gets more than its share of calls, if you complain about every bad call, significant or not, it will pile up).

Relax. We're in agreement.

[KenoshaWarrior]

In life, it is good to have rules to follow. It makes questions like the one posed initially easy to answer. I have a 10 very simple rules in my life:

1. Never root for Cincinnati unless they are playing Louisville, Duke, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech (2014 Amendment), Indiana or Wisconsin.

2. Never root for Louisville unless they are playing Duke, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech (2014 Amendment), Indiana or Wisconsin.

3. Never root for Duke unless they are playing Notre Dame, Virginia Tech (2014 Amendment), Indiana or Wisconsin.

4. Never root for Notre Dame unless they are playing Virginia Tech (2014 Amendment), Indiana or Wisconsin.

5. Never root for Virginia Tech unless they are not coached by Buzz.

6. Never root for Indiana unless they are not coached by Crean.

7. If Virginia Tech plays Indiana, hope for a tie, or hibernate until news reports on the outcome are no longer readily available.

8. Never, ever root for Wisconsin regardless who is coaching.

9. If Virginia Tech plays Wisconsin or Indiana plays Wisconsin, curl up in the fetal position, suck thumb and quietly sob, "no, no, no, no, no, no" over and over. NOTE: Happens at least twice per year. \

10. Never, ever, ever, root for Wisconsin. Or, Michigan football.

I dont get all the Buzz williams hate on this board.  Didnt he land some great players that brought us to back to Back to Back Regional appearances?

[KenoshaWarrior]

In Michigan we have the term Walmart Wolverines for diehard UofM fans that never went to the school.  Walmart Wisconsin fans doesn't work as well.  Any ideas on a store that starts with a B that these fans would get their Badger gear from?

Big Lot Badgers?

[4everwarriors]

Bumstead's a phony, self-centered, prick who runs his program on a laser edge of legitimacy. Not a good fit for MU. Thank you also goes out to the mofo in Bloomington who infested the convent to begin with, hey?

[Benny B]

You actually think Wisky losing to Duke will have ANY impact on whether we get a bid in March?

Crazy.

If MU wins the BET, no, it won't.
If MU goes 17-1 in conference play, no, it won't.
If MU goes 2-16 in conference play, no, it won't.
If MU goes 12-6 or 13-5 in conference play and finds itself squarely on the bubble come SS, it absolutely could... especially if Becky is our only good road win all season, Duke stays in the Top 5 all season, and Becky stumbles during conference and falls out of the AP25.  I'd much rather have our best road win against mediocre team who beat the #2 team at home than a mediocre team who doesn't have a good win of their own.

Listen, I'll happily put my hatred for the Badgers up on the line against anyone else's.  But the bottom line is that I love MU more than I hate UW.  It's puzzling why people are so anxious to shut the door on the NCAAT during the first week of December just so they have no regrets in watching a rival wallow.

In other words, hate on the Badgers all you want.  Take joy in their misery if you must.  But don't allow the spite of red in your eyes to tarnish the gold in your heart.

[GGGG]

Good news:
UW D is not very good.  No quickness on D on the outside to contain quick guards.
Slow rotations on help side.
Almost no effort to recover after help.
Soft team that doesn't go after loose balls.

Bad news:
MU is even worse on D.
UWs offense is great and will likely score at will.

Yeah Duke stymied UW with the length and quickness of their bigs.  Marquette isn't going to be able to do that.

Pack in a zone...pray they have an off shooting day.  (Which does happen occasionally under Bo.)

[GooooMarquette]

If MU wins the BET, no, it won't.
If MU goes 17-1 in conference play, no, it won't.
If MU goes 2-16 in conference play, no, it won't.
If MU goes 12-6 or 13-5 in conference play and finds itself squarely on the bubble come SS, it absolutely could... especially if Becky is our only good road win all season, Duke stays in the Top 5 all season, and Becky stumbles during conference and falls out of the AP25.  I'd much rather have our best road win against mediocre team who beat the #2 team at home than a mediocre team who doesn't have a good win of their own.

Listen, I'll happily put my hatred for the Badgers up on the line against anyone else's.  But the bottom line is that I love MU more than I hate UW.  It's puzzling why people are so anxious to shut the door on the NCAAT during the first week of December just so they have no regrets in watching a rival wallow.

In other words, hate on the Badgers all you want.  Take joy in their misery if you must.  But don't allow the spite of red in your eyes to tarnish the gold in your heart.

We will have to agree to disagree on this.  If we beat Wisky, it will be a "good win" regardless of last night.  And if we lose to Wisky, there's no way it would be viewed as a "bad loss" based on last night.  Create all the far fetched scenarios you want, but the reality is that Wisky will be in the top 2 or 3 of their conference, and that will definitely be sufficient for this to be viewed as a high quality opponent.

[GooooMarquette]

Yeah Duke stymied UW with the length and quickness of their bigs.  Marquette isn't going to be able to do that.

Pack in a zone...pray they have an off shooting day.  (Which does happen occasionally under Bo.)

+1

[Silkk the Shaka]

Good news:
UW D is not very good.  No quickness on D on the outside to contain quick guards.
Slow rotations on help side.
Almost no effort to recover after help.
Soft team that doesn't go after loose balls.

Bad news:
MU is even worse on D.
UWs offense is great and will likely score at will.

Yeah, pretty much what it comes down to. The opportunity is there for Duane & Carlino though. The only question is, will the badgers miss enough for it to matter.

[MU82]

Bumstead's a phony, self-centered, prick who runs his program on a laser edge of legitimacy. Not a good fit for MU. Thank you also goes out to the mofo in Bloomington who infested the convent to begin with, hey?

OK, I hereby go back in time and un-enjoy the S16-S16-E8 run. I un-enjoy all the un-entertainment Jae and Jimmy and DJO gave us. I un-enjoy Vander's buzzer-beaters. I un-enjoy Junior's shot against UConn. Their coach was a phony, so I should have been rooting against Marquette the entire time like you obviously did.

For that matter, I hereby un-enjoy Wade, Diener, Novak and the Final Four run because their coach was a mofo unworthy of our fine institution.

[Galway Eagle]

OK, I hereby go back in time and un-enjoy the S16-S16-E8 run. I un-enjoy all the un-entertainment Jae and Jimmy and DJO gave us. I un-enjoy Vander's buzzer-beaters. I un-enjoy Junior's shot against UConn. Their coach was a phony, so I should have been rooting against Marquette the entire time like you obviously did.

For that matter, I hereby un-enjoy Wade, Diener, Novak and the Final Four run because their coach was a mofo unworthy of our fine institution.

Well apparantly some people (Willie warrior) never enjoyed them to begin with no matter what the success was.

[jakeec]

Dekkers ankle clearly an issue also. 

[GGGG]

OK, I hereby go back in time and un-enjoy the S16-S16-E8 run. I un-enjoy all the un-entertainment Jae and Jimmy and DJO gave us. I un-enjoy Vander's buzzer-beaters. I un-enjoy Junior's shot against UConn. Their coach was a phony, so I should have been rooting against Marquette the entire time like you obviously did.

For that matter, I hereby un-enjoy Wade, Diener, Novak and the Final Four run because their coach was a mofo unworthy of our fine institution.

Remember, for 4ever it is all about how someone shook his hand.  He blames Crean for "infesting the convent," but tell me who was a better representative of MU?  Crean, O'Neill or Deane?

[rocky_warrior]

... especially if Becky is our only good road win all season, Duke stays in the Top 5 all season, and Becky stumbles during conference and falls out of the AP25.  I'd much rather have our best road win against mediocre team who beat the #2 team at home than a mediocre team who doesn't have a good win of their own.

Benny, check your tickets, it's a MU Home game on Sat!!!

[willie warrior]

Well apparantly some people (Willie warrior) never enjoyed them to begin with no matter what the success was.

That's right Bagpipe, your key word is the misspelled apparently. You do not know but are good at speculation. I have enjoyed past successes and failures all the way back to Eddie Hickey (go ahead--look him up), so please let my recent criticism of Buzzster be your basis for what I enjoy or do not enjoy.

[willie warrior]

Remember, for 4ever it is all about how someone shook his hand.  He blames Crean for "infesting the convent," but tell me who was a better representative of MU?  Crean, O'Neill or Deane?

But wait, Sultan, you forgot to include the Buzzster in your question. That can be answered by Buzz's all time hit parade quote: "I will be at MU as long as they want me."