Wisconsin Thoughts

[ChicosBailBonds]

Non-conference losses, I believe you are correct. This was our third win over Bo at the Kohl Center. 2007 and 2011 were the others. So...pencil in a win in 2019?

Yes, non-conference

[wadesworld]

Free throws were just brutal.  6 for 14 with two frontend misses under five seconds. 

Got crushed on offensive boards, 14 to 6, but some of them were missed threes that just landed in Wisky's lap

MU only took five three pointers. 

Carter, well..... 0 points, 0 assists, 4 turnovers.  Get em next game.

Cohen/Cheatham played awesome defense and Cheatham will be very, very good in few years.

Skill set of Ellenson is just remarkable.  He will be a very rich kid next year. Start looking for a PF Wojo.......

Great learning experience for a young team today.

Yup.  Meant to mention that as well.  The kids are buying in.  Oh, and we made 3 of them.

[warriorchick]

12.  Luke accomplished an unprecedented feat in college basketball history:  Fouling someone behind him while standing still and holding the basketball.

[wadesworld]

12.  Luke accomplished an unprecedented feat in college basketball history:  Fouling someone behind him while standing still and holding the basketball.

Lol.

[BossplayaOtto]

12.  Luke accomplished an unprecedented feat in college basketball history:  Fouling someone behind him while standing still and holding the basketball.

Funny

[rocky_warrior]

# 0.5 ) MU won without playing it's best game.

Lots of optimism right now.

[🏀]

13. One of the cleanest defensive games I've seen from MU since Crean. Played smart, didn't commit the ticky-tack.

[cven7]

That's a thing of beauty, Dan Walsh.

[brewcity77]

Free throws were just brutal.  6 for 14 with two frontend misses under five seconds.

1/4 for the game was even more brutal.

# 0.5 ) MU won without playing it's best game.

Lots of optimism right now.

We had periods where we were really on top of things. When we had the 14-point lead, I was actually nervous because I felt a bit too invincible. What I love about this is this team now KNOWS they can win on the road. Road games at Creighton, Seton Hall, DePaul, and St. John's will likely go a long way to determining how our season ends. Glad the boys now know they can go into a hostile environment and come out with a W.

[CountryRoads]

# 0.5 ) MU won without playing it's best game.

Lots of optimism right now.

They did and it was a gutsy win on the road (first time for many of the guys). Marquette really, really needed this one. This won't be a "good win" on section Sunday, but it may have been a "bad loss". I can't see the Badgers finishing above 500. So, good win and hope they continue to get better. I think each player is starting to mold into their roles.

[We R Final Four]

Wojo and staff had a great game plan today.

[AZMarqfan]

-Team looked composed after first two possessions. 
-would be nice to find Sandy involved a bit more throughout the game, but he sure seems to show up at the right moments
-Carter should have been out there at the end.  We needed a true ball handler and distributor.  Forget the early struggles. 
-Fischer seemed shocked that the refs weren't calling stuff down low at the end.  He needs to go up a bit stronger in traffic.  But he's been so huge!
-glad to see we didn't force up endless 3's. 
-FT's....come on now.  Should have won by more
-still, great win

[brewcity77]

Wojo and staff had a great game plan today.

Had you told me Hayes and Koenig would go a combined 7/29 from the floor with 6 total rebounds, I would have expected a 15-point blowout win. Great defense on their stars, weathered the contributions of Showalter, Happ, and Brown.

[MU-Warrior-2005]

Wuck Fisconsin! First time ever losing 3 non-con games under Bo. Couldn't be happier!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pbIR51_J_qY

[GB Warrior]

Wojo and staff had a great game plan today.

Switching Fischer and Ellenson when Vittoria started feeling it turned this game. A lot of winning individual performances

[SuddenSam]

Great to see us deal with opposing home court, should help instill experience and some confidence later.  Missing front ends on the other hand....  The "W" streak continues, hopefully a few more should follow.  Realistically, all games a threat but not another serious challenge until 1/6 (and only because another road game)??

[Newsdreams]

1.   Great win.   Mmmmm, crow.    Tastes like rodent.   
2.   All hail the twin towers.
3.  Make your bleeping free throws.
4.  Haanif is a complete player.    Great, game changing defense on Koenig.
5.  Better team without Traci or JJ on the floor today.
6.  Quit giving up so many bleeping offensive rebounds. 
7.  Down to a 7 man rotation today, and basically 5. 
8.  Got away from feeding the bigs when Wiscy made its run.    Getting the bigs a touch in the post needs to be made a requirement.    9.   Best defensive effort of the season.
10.  A win over Wisconsin is the best early Christmas present possible.   
11.  Well done, Warriors.

Paint touches, hey?

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Just a massive win. Best game Ellenson has played yet. He is an impressive beast.

As an aside, I thought the Marquette fans they showed during the broadcast were much better looking than the Wisconsin fans.

Sounds like an ignorant Keefe comment.

[GB Warrior]

Switching Fischer and Ellenson when Vittoria started feeling it turned this game. A lot of winning individual performances

Edit: Vitto to Vittoria is a great autocorrect

[jsglow]

Sandy made Hayes his bitch. I remember earlier in the week Wojo mentioning how Sandy would take on the opposing team's best player and they always put up below average numbers. Today was no exception. Don't care about his stats or lack thereof, Sandy was a stud today.

Absolutely correct.  And to have a wing that can play shutdown D on the opponents best exterior player is a huge benefit.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Al would be very pleased with this teams toughness today. Hope we gave him and Hank something to smile about today.

[keefe]

Absolutely correct.  And to have a wing that can play shutdown D on the opponents best exterior player is a huge benefit.

I couldn't agree more. Cohen doesn't deliver today and we lose. People look at offensive production but Cohen's defense was the key to the game.

[brewcity77]

Absolutely correct.  And to have a wing that can play shutdown D on the opponents best exterior player is a huge benefit.

I expected Henry to put up numbers. Maybe not quite 16.7/8.8, but numbers. I expected Fischer to be the best center in the league. I expected Duane to score. But I didn't expect this from Sandy. And while his all-around numbers are very nice (9.3 ppg/4.1 rpg/3.3 apg/42.1% 3PFG%), his defense has been the part of his game I've been most impressed with. I think he will be one of the keys to our season, knowing he will likely end up drawing assignments like Hart, Blueitt, Bullock, and Dunham.

[tower912]

Box Score
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400827761

[warriorstrack]

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_222_Men.html

Is this site for real?
They have us at 165?????