Badger Hate Week, 2023

[MU82]

Opponents went 41.2% against us

True, but take away Purdue's ridiculous first half, which included a 75-footer that rattled in, and our opponents shot 33.3% (14-42) in 2 1/2 games.

Unfortunately, we can't take away that first half by Purdue.

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

That would be outstanding!

[muwarrior69]

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.

...or what Purdue did to us in the first half. Lets shoot 3s like that and take them out of their game!

[NCMUFan]

Looking forward to seeing Shaka jumping on the scorer's table raising his arms in victory.

[tower912]

I want to see Stevie Mitchell with a volleyball spike, a la Dominic James. 

[warriorchick]

Ugh! I am away from my computer for the rest of the week! Someone go to the old Badger Hate Week threads and post the classic memes!

[Dr. Blackheart]

https://alumni.marquette.edu/mbb-wisconsin-2023?srctid=1&erid=5e62cdf3-64f3-4658-8363-0fef36521aad&trid=5e62cdf3-64f3-4658-8363-0fef36521aad

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Ugh! I am away from my computer for the rest of the week! Someone go to the old Badger Hate Week threads and post the classic memes!

As. You. Wish.

[Badgerhater]

Who can forget Madison's efforts in addressing diversity.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uw-booklet-student-added/

[NCMUFan]

They tried.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Who can forget Madison's efforts in addressing diversity.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uw-booklet-student-added/

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

[GoldenEagles03]

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.

I don't think these guys care about this game like we do.

They are wired by Shaka to treat every game the same. They'll go in like they are the hunted and give their best effort without anything but winning THIS game on their mind.

That being said, I think UW-Madison is plenty capable of getting the win. Have to find a way to put our fingerprints on the game right out off the jump, or they will.

[Class71]

Saw Wisconsin last week against West Virginia. Wisconsin showed their typically solid defense with their typically slow/low scoring offense and their very loud fan base.

MU keeps their composure and we win this one going away.

[MU82]

I don't think these guys care about this game like we do.

They are wired by Shaka to treat every game the same. They'll go in like they are the hunted and give their best effort without anything but winning THIS game on their mind.

That being said, I think UW-Madison is plenty capable of getting the win. Have to find a way to put our fingerprints on the game right out off the jump, or they will.

Of course Madison is capable of beating us. So were Illinois, UCLA, Kansas and Purdue (though Madison isn't as good as any of them).

I agree that Shaka and the players don't think of this the same way fans do. They want to win EVERY game. Kolek and Kam aren't gonna try extra hard because they lost the last 2 to Madison; that implies they didn't try extra hard the last two times. They're gonna try hard, as they always do, because if you do that and you have more talent you'll win most times.

When Kolek went up for that 3 vs. Purdue, he wasn't thinking, "You know, I really want to beat Madison after losing to them the last two years; I don't have quite that feeling in this game." Clang!

[OnlyGetsTheEasyPosts]

https://youtu.be/FH2XWiaosZs?si=vW4WmXv9HXLthDX2

[GB Warrior]

What does Kenpom say about this one?

[MuMark]

What does Kenpom say about this one?

MU by 1......so a toss up.

[HowardsWorld]

I don't really know what to expect in this game to be honest. These games are usually just coin flips with the home team winning more often than not. I feel less confident against Wisconsin than I did against Purdue. Maybe this is there super bowl of the season but having #3 come into your house you know its going to be one of the harder venues to play over the last two years. If Marquette pulls it out it will probably be in the last minute however I could see Badgers getting hot from 3. Key this year is to stop Chucky Hepburn from going nuclear in the 1st half like last season. Wisconsin won't have an answer for Oso as Tyler Wahl has been terrible to start the year. On paper Marquette is night and day better than the Badgers however, I could see this game going either way.

[1SE]

I am looking forward to grinding them into badger pulp because Shaka hasn't done that yet.

[Goose]

Over the past few weeks I have mentioned that I think the strength of this team is experience, depth and poise, after Maui I will add a business like way of taking care of things. For UW to win I think it would take a monumental effort by Bucky and a meltdown my MU. I think the odds of that happening are near zero.

Last year I thought chemistry was 95% the reason for their success and that has matured into an experienced team taking care of business. I fully expect an outstanding performance by the team on Saturday.

[NolongerWarriors]

Badgers blow MU out of the Fiserv is Hepburn plays the whole game last year.

And Gard completely outcoached Shaka.

Losing 3 in a row to UW would be humiliating for MU

[wadesworld]

Badgers blow MU out of the Fiserv is Hepburn plays the whole game last year.

And Gard completely outcoached Shaka.

Losing 3 in a row to UW would be humiliating for MU

Not as humiliating as missing the NCAA Tournament while the team you beat gets a 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Congrats on your semifinal loss in the NIT to North Texas, though.

[GoFastAndWin]

Who can forget Madison's efforts in addressing diversity.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uw-booklet-student-added/

And in a Tark-ian or McGuire-ian predictable twist, the ncaa/Onion punishes Cleveland St/ Iowa State again for the larger, actually culpable school's infraction!!!  I realize it's the satirical ONION, but something this sensitive should've just used the factual information with all the actual Red guilty parties...

and then maybe the humor would be an asterisk *"due to a writers' strike at the Onion, we were forced to use an actually factual article...yes this really happened 😬 "

[GoFastAndWin]

Over the past few weeks I have mentioned that I think the strength of this team is experience, depth and poise, after Maui I will add a business like way of taking care of things. For UW to win I think it would take a monumental effort by Bucky and a meltdown my MU. I think the odds of that happening are near zero.

Last year I thought chemistry was 95% the reason for their success and that has matured into an experienced team taking care of business. I fully expect an outstanding performance by the team on Saturday.

Goose, I wholeheartedly agree with your first sentence, but i have disagree with the rest. I wish I were wagering this year bc I have successfully predicted every MU game this season versus the spread. I'm no savant (maybe an idiot though 😂), but you just know something is different about this game. Many years the better team doesn't win. I will be so happy if everyone here piles on me after we whip Red by twenty! Whisky is just so good at taking people out of what they do best. And that slow down swing just makes it harder for an explosive team like MU to make up deficits, should our shots not fall early. All this being said, we have a TON of weapons, and can play our B game and still prevail against UW's best. Just not a game I would bet. Make some noise in Madtown, Goose and help get us the W!!

[barfolomew]

If you are attending the game, please consider bringing a "Welcome Home, Bagders" sign.

Probably even subtle enough to avoid confiscation.

[Goose]

GoFast

Well done on being 6-0 against the spread this season. I definitely get your points and do not fully disagree. That said, as a rule I do not think many of the games have been close ones over the past 10-15 years. The last two at the FF have been close, but it seems like many of the games have been double digit games. Again, going from memory, aside from the two close games, I do not remember a real good game of late.

All that said, I think the trend of bigger margin win/loss will likely be the case this year. There is a major difference in talent level and experience this year and think it will be difficult for UW to have a chance. IMO, the gap in talent is bigger than I can remember in recent memory.