Wisconsin predictions

[tower912]

Let's start this party.     I am going to kick off the buzz-kill part of the predictions.   I think the Kohl hole wins.  First true road game for this team will be in a hellhole.   I think the young guys are going to go in there, get in foul trouble, fall behind and struggle to not get rolled, a la Iowa II.     Bucky 67- MU 52. 

[RushmoreAcademy]

With :25 on the clock and down 1, we go inside to Fishy who gets fouled and makes both.  Wis has a chance to win and misses the shot and gets not one, but two offensive rebounds and misses both of those shots.  It will be the most maddening possession of the season but MU steals a W.
69-68.

[tower912]

I like yours much better. 

[naginiF]

Up 8 with 3:00 to go we show our young side and wind up down 2 with :20.  JJJ drives the lane and kicks to HE for the "NOOOO not a 3!!!!!......YES!" one point victory.  71-70

#noredforOwen

[GGGG]

8-10 point loss.

[wadesworld]

74-70 Rodents

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Bucky 75 MU 71. Scoop melts down after Bucky makes 90% of their FTs and Marquette makes 65%. Debates break out on the importance of hitting FTs. Jay Bee laughs at everybody involved.

Don't like the prediction but its what my guy is telling me. I will say that my prediction preseason would have been a much bigger loss so I think we are trending in the right direction. The game is winnable. We just need some luck....and Nigel Hayes to pick up three fouls in the first half.

[BM1090]

Would be very surprised if we lost by 10+ but would also be surprised if we win.

I'll go 68-62 Wisconsin

[Da 'Lanche]

1.  Wojo rolls out a starting lineup made up of all Wisconsin kids just so the PA announcer in the Kohl hole has to publicly recognize all our in-state commitments (followed by at least 14,000 of those in attendance whispering to each other that Bo cooled on all of them and none of them could get into the Harvard of the Midwest).
2.  Bo Ryan goes ballistic when he realizes the foul differential in the first half is ONLY 3-1 in favor of the Badgers.
3.  Many in Vegas watch the final minute with intensity as they bet the over on UW flops at +/- 36.5 and the number is at 36 with Fishy backing in to the basket.
4.  A fight breaks out in the stands when someone suggests Henry Ellenson has a higher upside than Frank Kaminski.
5.  Unfortunately, in all seriousness, UW somehow finds its 3 point touch (which is the key to this game...if they hit them they win, if they are cold, they lose), the Kohl/Bo Ryan advantage is too much to overcome for a young team and although a valiant effort, we lose by 5 in the end....giving annoying UW-Stout graduates across the State bragging rights for another year...but, giving us a glimpse that our program is on the rise with Wojo and UW will decline under Bo/maybe Bo/maybe somebody else over the next 5 years and balance will be restored in the force.

[79Warrior]

First true road game for the young Warriors. Kohl is very though environment. Hopefully we can keep it close but Wisconsin wins this game.

[mubb3434]

77-71 UW. Some home cookin gets Luke in foul trouble early.

[MUfan12]

UW, 81-68.

[warriorchick]

[forgetful]

More of being hopeful of what I would love to see than a prediction, but:

Duane Wilson gets out of his shooting funk to go 7-10 from 3 and drop 30 pts and 5 steals on route to an easy 12 point MU victory.

For good measure HE adds 22 and 10.

[wadesworld]

More of being hopeful of what I would love to see than a prediction, but:

Duane Wilson gets out of his shooting funk to go 7-10 from 3 and drop 30 pts and 5 steals on route to an easy 12 point MU victory.

For good measure HE adds 22 and 10.

When's the last time somebody scored 30 or more  points against the Badgers?  Did Curry even do it in the NCAA Tournament?

Bo isn't going to let a "rental player" come in and outshine his star junior.  Look for Hank to get early foul trouble and have the worst game of his career so far.

[fjm]

Listen... I think Duane and Luke will take this game personally. I think Duane will come off that bench like a man on a mission... and go 2-7 from 3 because his energy will be too high... HE, The engine and Haanif will be sweating freshman bullets as it's the most hostile crowd they have ever been at.

Unfortunately I think we lose by 8 unless we can get fischer and HE going early. I really hope WOJO has loud music and students at practices this week throwing eggs at the players to get them used to the intensity and the diversity they will experience.

[BubbaWilliams]

Its been awhile since we have had a last second, heart-wrenching loss. So I guess I'll go with that.

[CTWarrior]

Don't see this team challenging UW on their court yet.  UW by 15.

[moomoo]

Philly tough Carter shows how tough he really is, and in a brutally hostile environment, runs circles around the Wisconsin guards, who look like they're running in mud. He finishes the game with ten points and ten assists.

Bo Ryan's brilliant tactic of zone coverage, with quick doubles on the bigs, completely backfires as Sandy goes off for 24 points (6 of 10 three pointers).

Duane plays like a veteran, with smart plays, calming advice, and a clutch three down the stretch.

Henry and Luke own the boards, both with double doubles.

As the Marquette players walk off the court in victory, I hear a badger fan sigh, and say:  "I wish Diamond Stone had the grades to come here. We could have used him."

[dgies9156]

Good God. Between the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism and the Rodent Trolls, I'd think I was on a Rodent Board, if I did not know better.

Let's be realistic. The rodent hasn't taken any steroids lately (we think) nor has he trolled the NBA for incremental talent. For the rodent, this is another game that's less important than the B1G season. The rodent has some series talent losses from last year and his reload was mediocre.

Admittedly, the rodent is at home, in his garbage pit over in the People's Republic.

For us, we're more talented. The Iowa game may have been the best thing that ever happened to us in that we learned what would happen if we did not stay in our game, play defense and handle the ball effectively. The rodent may be a bit better than Iowa but we're a lot better than we were that night. Our team is coming together -- we're playing within ourselves.

Yes, we filled up on cupcakes, but the cupcakes were things we needed to find our rhythm. Marquette needs this game for its tournament resume. Our guys have a chip on their shoulder and the cheeseheads (the Ellensons and the Fish especially) would like nothing better than to turn the rodent into road kill. This game means something for us (especially since Notre Dame won't play us).

We're going to have to play the best 40 minutes of basketball we've played in more than two years. But Wojo and the team are up to the task.

We win 77-73. Now, if Wojo flips off the Rodent crowd........ (like Al did to old man Hughes!)... my checkbook really comes out!!!!!!!

[forgetful]

When's the last time somebody scored 30 or more  points against the Badgers?  Did Curry even do it in the NCAA Tournament?

Bo isn't going to let a "rental player" come in and outshine his star junior.  Look for Hank to get early foul trouble and have the worst game of his career so far.

That's what I actually think will happen.  So I agree.  I just really want to see D.Will (who has been maligned by the Badger posters), do something unbelievable.

[moomoo]

Listen... I think Duane and Luke get them used to the intensity and the diversity they will experience.

I think you mean adversity, not diversity, unless it's photoshopped, the badger way.

[nyg]

Probably a double digit loss.

Koenig, Hayes, Brown, Showalter been to two Final Fours and especially with Koenig.  Going up against true MU freshman PG, gonna be tough for MU.

Hayes gets Henry/Luke in foul trouble and that would be extremely problematic.

Can never tell though, maybe some MU player goes off like Sandy did last game and changes everything. 

[wadesworld]

If we can get Luke the ball in good spots he can dominate this game.  And Haanif and Wilson could both go to town on Showalter if they stay within themselves.  Those are 2 spots we'll have a very big advantage.  But Koenig is very good, they're at home, and we'll be playing 8 on 5 all game.

Marquette wins if: They control the ball, they take advantage of Showalter being on the court, Luke breaks Vito Brown in half, and Hayes plays like the Serge Ibaka of college basketball and instead of dominating down low like he should/can, he roams around and shoots 3 pointers at a 30% clip.  Here's a vocab word for Hayes, since the media got all infatuated with his lame post game pressers: "SOFT."  As in, what his game turned into between his freshman and sophomore year.

Marquette loses if: They get in foul trouble, turn the ball over, Hayes finds the post, and Wisconsin hits their jumpers.

[fjm]

I think you mean adversity, not diversity, unless it's photoshopped, the badger way.

I sat here for atleast 4 minutes knowing that diversity wasn't what I wanted to say... but I couldn't find the word adversity in my stupid brain... thank you for correcting me!