Badger Hate Week, 2023

[tower912]

A holiday tradition unlike any other.  Feel the power of the dark side.  Who cares if fans look past Southern?   Fire it up.   Start early.  Put the interwebs to their best use.

[duanewade]

Love the hate! 🕺

[GoldenEagles03]

This is going to be such a good game.

OMax had 14 in this game but was very inefficient. Kam was 9-12 from the field with 26 points in 40 minutes.

Kolek had just 6 points, Oso with just 9. Need our 2 Seniors to shine and the defense to actually show up in the game this year. Should be a blast!

[MUfan12]

Marquette Worrier checking in here. Bad feeling about this one. I know we're the better team, but it seems like UW is starting to figure it out. And if they shoot it well from three it's gonna be very difficult to win there. MU has tended to concede a good amount of open threes after trapping. Bucky killed that double in the post last year... Crowl had something like 7 assists.

Hopefully the boys come out firing and make them play catch up from the start.

[zcg2013]

It's my son's 2nd birthday on Saturday. Last year we celebrated his first at Fiserv. This year we are hosting a party for family but made it clear that it starts after the game ends and anyone wearing red cannot attend.

[MU82]

Kolek and Oso are SIGNIFICANTLY better now than they were a year ago. That difference alone will be enough to beat Madison ... but they won't be alone.

Double-digit victory for Marquette.

[Jay Bee]

#2 vs #10

Minutes Continuity

Hopefully we fall down from #2 as we let our frosh & Sophs get plenty of run with the game in hand early

[Goose]

82

I will be walking into the Kohl Center with a very arrogant swagger and cannot wait.

[tower912]

Borrowing from Buzz...... we are more athletic than they are.    F with them. 

[Viper]

Kolek and Oso are SIGNIFICANTLY better now than they were a year ago. That difference alone will be enough to beat Madison ... but they won't be alone.

Double-digit victory for Marquette.

I was thinking the same...MU is such a better team now than we were last season at this time. Their place is a tough venue, but Marquette is the better team.

[Tyler COLEk]

Very easy W for MU.

[MU82]

I was thinking the same...MU is such a better team now than we were last season at this time. Their place is a tough venue, but Marquette is the better team.

Every returning Marquette player is not just better but MUCH better than a year ago.

Last Nov. 27, nobody here - even Kolek's biggest fans on Scoop - was predicting that TK would be the 2023 Big East POY and a 2023-24 preseason All-American. And for good reason - he wasn't a scoring threat at all, and it would have been a ridiculous prediction! Oso was still adjusting to his role and was nowhere near what he is now. Right on down the roster.

Marquette has won plenty of games in Madison, with much worse teams than this. Hell, Wojo won twice there with teams that weren't good enough to make the NCAAT.

Looking forward to watching our guys do to Madison what we did to Kansas.

[Uncle Rico]

Big Ten team, so I've set my expectations low

[MuggsyB]

I honestly think Wisky has a pretty good team and can hurt us on the glass.  I expect a close game on Saturday.  Clearly last year Hepburn played out of his ass.  They've added a couple of pieces on the perimeter, that true Frosh looks pretty good.  I know we're the better team but we will have to play a solid game to get the victory imo. 

[Jay Bee]

Looking forward to watching our guys do to Madison what we did to Kansas.

...hopefully including Shaka giving Gard a piece of his mind!

[Shooter McGavin]

I honestly think Wisky has a pretty good team and can hurt us on the glass.  I expect a close game on Saturday.  Clearly last year Hepburn played out of his ass.  They've added a couple of pieces on the perimeter, that true Frosh looks pretty good.  I know we're the better team but we will have to play a solid game to get the victory imo.

I agree Muggsy.  I think the Badgers are a decent team.  But I also think Shaka will have MU ready to play well.  And I also think Oso, Kam and Tyler are not going to want to lose three times in a row.  There will be a great deal of motivation to get this W.  They will win by 10 on the road. 

[MuggsyB]

I think tomorrow is an important game.  It's an excellent opportunity to get out guys in rhythm from downtown before Saturday.  This MU team will be extraordinarly difficult to beat if we can get the 3-Ball rolling.  UCONN with Castle may be better?  I dunno.  But when I look at all of our intangibles let me just say this:  We're not losing to ANYONE if we start finding our range.   We're much, much, better than we have shown to this point draining tbe triple.  It's time to go to work, mince the mesh from distance, add that to our already potent arsenal, and take zero prisoners moving forward.  THIS IS OUR TIME!!  LFG!!!

[MuggsyB]

I agree Muggsy.  I think the Badgers are a decent team.  But I also think Shaka will have MU ready to play well.  And I also think Oso, Kam and Tyler are not going to want to lose three times in a row.  There will be a great deal of motivation to get this W.  They will win by 10 on the road.

Fair points Shooter.  I feel strongly we're the better team. 

[BCHoopster]

Fair points Shooter.  I feel strongly we're the better team.

Not if our secondary shooters are 1-12 or so last game, the bench was 0-7 and Mitchell and Jop were not much better,
but at least Stevie hit one, a start.  Hard to believe he has not improved yet, hope his confidence is not shot. We were
told he put up a ton of shots this summer,  Needs a confidence building game.  Had a high school teammate that could
not miss in high school  practice, lights turned on and he could not make a shot either, happens.

[MUbiz]

I am not worried about our 3 point shooting. The combined 3 point percentage for all teams during the tournament was under 30%. Apparently the humidity along with the unfriendly rims make a huge difference.

[Jay Bee]

I am not worried about our 3 point shooting. The combined 3 point percentage for all teams during the tournament was under 30%. Apparently the humidity along with the unfriendly rims make a huge difference.

Opponents went 41.2% against us

[MUbiz]

Opponents went 41.2% against us

That was quite the anomaly since through the first 10 games of the tournament, the field was about 25% from 3. I am sure Shaka is preaching 3 point defense this week as Bucky can get hot from 3.

https://twitter.com/PaintTouches/status/1727129749468921972?t=1dgGEa3rDBMmESgruEbTVQ&s=19

[PointWarrior]

Always got to be one in the crowd...

Marquette Worrier checking in here. Bad feeling about this one. I know we're the better team, but it seems like UW is starting to figure it out. And if they shoot it well from three it's gonna be very difficult to win there. MU has tended to concede a good amount of open threes after trapping. Bucky killed that double in the post last year... Crowl had something like 7 assists.

Hopefully the boys come out firing and make them play catch up from the start.

[MUbiz]

Always got to be one in the crowd...

It would not be MU Scoop if there was not at LEAST one.

[MuMark]

" luck and variance........luck and variance"

https://kenpom.com/blog/3point-defense-should-not-be-defined-by-opponents-3p/