Northwestern visits the Kohl Center late this afternoon in an important B1G match-up. Badgers need to play better, especially at home. This could be a dog fight as Northwestern always seems to give Wisconsin trouble. Game can be found on B1G Network at 5:30 CST.
F'UM BUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A little home cookin' will hopefully break the scoring slump. Brown and Iverson hopefully get rolling today, take the pressure off the big 3.
The Purple Haze are good, Collins has them playing well....I think they won at Madison last year. They probably smell blood.
Go Badgers, get back on track!
Their leading scorer is still out from mono... Badgers should pounce early and take care of this one.
A 16-0 run for Northwestern. Trice needs to see some bench. Too many mistakes by him.
Koenig is not right. Scoreless in the first. Going to be a challenge to come back down 9 at half.
Major ass chewing coming at the Badgers in the locker room. .
NW is playing great defense. You can tell Brown and Bronson don't fully have their legs under them. Brown has no lift on his threes, Bronson doesn't have the first step to burn past people.
Koenig needs to sit, and they need to pick up the pace. That's how you get the rhythm back and get Happ post opportunities. Play some D and get out and run.
The double team will be in every teams playbook till the Badgers can figure it out.
Gard is smart, the players are smart, they can get it fixed.
Right about BK, he is hurting.
The double team is an easy fix- dribble away and reverse the ball. They did it once, and Showalter hit a 3. Another time Koenig missed an open 3. But the double is not some enigma they can't solve... crisp movement of the ball destroys the double team.
Right on cue
Twice
Music City coaching them up!
It isn't complicated... and I think the pace is right where it needs to be now. They're more active at this pace.
Where's the Energy?!?! That's how they got the lead! Now they're allowing layups and dunks...
Ugh.......not watching.....
Nigel Hayes another no show...
BK back in
Trice is the only Badgers G playing ball right now.
Get Happ back in
Now all of a sudden they can't defend the P&R???
Better start defending or this one's a loss...
Is Happ sick?
Showalter has sucked this whole second half.
Ballgame...
Well there goes the win streak at home......man they are so hard to watch.
Door is still open
BullshοΏ½οΏ½*t call...
McIntosh killed them in the second half, and they once again shot in the 30s.
Ohhhhh... I sure hope this team remembers that little exclamation point. You just got showed the f up on your home floor.
Seems like teams have figured out Happ and this will continue until someone steps up to be a consistant threat. HAyes and BKneed to score in order to give Happ some operating room.
Well, Trice showed the rest of them what they need to do to get out of this offensive funk. Let's see who was paying attention...
Trice was a nice rebounder today.
thats it, all I got
Virginia Tech beat Virginia tonight too. Lots of highly ranked teams lost in the l;ast 2 weeks.
just finished the game on TiVo. The Badgers do look tired. Not much movement on offense and slow feet on defense. If the have to play like crap, I'd rather they get it out of their system now and start playing better come B1G Tourney. But the last few games have not been fun to watch. At Minny, At Rutgers, At Nebraska were ugly. NW played terrific defense and shot really well, hence they won.
Nigel Hayes seems perfectly content being the third or even fourth option. If this continues, this team will be done early this year and he may be lucky to find a pro team overseas.
Could his Bucky career be considered a disappointment based upon what we saw his freshman year?
Nigel Hayes chokes, that's why he doesn't want the ball. The game last week against Nebraska was a fluke. Kid can't hit the shots when the pressure is on. I've watched too many games where he's clanking shots late in the 4th quarter. He's a decent player in a good system.
chickenboy posted:Nigel Hayes seems perfectly content being the third or even fourth option. If this continues, this team will be done early this year and he may be lucky to find a pro team overseas.
Could his Bucky career be considered a disappointment based upon what we saw his freshman year?
No. He flourished in a role as a freshman on a Final 4 team and as a starter on another Final 4 team as a sophomore. What we saw was a good complementary player. He's been at worst a solid player in his overall career. He's a 6'6" inch great college player. He never had the athleticism of Sam Dekker. He was never really an NBA prospect.
He hasn't been terrible this year at all. Other than FTs, he's been a top 10-15 player in the Big Ten. He's had to sacrifice the best aspects of his game for Ethan Happ. Hayes should be posted up on the block and then drawing double teams to pass out of. Happ is so good one on one on the block that he's taken those opportunities. The struggles the Badgers have had recently is that Happ has struggled with aggressive double teams. He ends up holding the ball or dribbling out of it for several seconds and that bogs down the offense. Hayes is a better passer out of the double teams, but not as good with the post moves. Hayes is much better from 8-10 feet than Happ is. It will be interesting to see how Gard adjusts. As good as Happ is, he is a liability on offense if he's not within 5 feet of the basket. Hayes is at least a threat from 3 (31%).
Hayes also represents the university well. He's articulate and isn't afraid to voice an informed opinion. Whether you agree with him or not, he's clearly thought through some things. I think he likely ends up as an announcer on the Big 10 network.
Pikes Peak posted:The double team will be in every teams playbook till the Badgers can figure it out.
Gard is smart, the players are smart, they can get it fixed.
Right about BK, he is hurting.
Ethan Happ struggling with the double teams and Koenig not being right are what's bogging down the offense right now. I don't know what they are going to do to adjust with Happ. Until they do, that's a major problem.
Koenig is 14 for his last 55 from the field and 7 for his last 31 for 3. That would usually mean a lot worse than a 4-1 record for Bucky over that stretch.
I can't believe all the Hayes bashing. If he wasn't so outspoken would he be receiving this level of criticism? I doubt it.
Koenig is a hot and cold shooter and Happ can't hit a jumper to save himself. Yet it's all Hayes fault? Cmon now.
This team is very good but it has flaws and can be beaten. The word is out on how to play UW. Double Happ and make the Badgers beat you from the outside. Or foul them down the stretch and force them to make FTs.
Of course, the opposition needs to play well defensively and hit shots as well but it's an interesting team. If they get on a roll in the tourney they will be tough to beat.
