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@BadgerMBB: Another rematch is set... #Badgers will take on Kentucky on Saturday night in Indianapolis. #FinalFour

Bucky to make it 4.

@ESPNStatsInfo: Kentucky is the 13th team all-time to enter the Final Four undefeated. 7 teams won the title, 2 finished as runner-up, 3 lost in the semis.

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Here's my biggest fear- it's going to be just like last year. Badgers execute, play great ball, and do their thing. Kentucky does what they did last year- lower their shoulder on every possession (kinda like AZ did last night) and get calls all night.

 

I simply do not think this is great basketball- drive, plow into a guy, go to the line. Drive, plow into a guy, go to the line. That's what's coming. They're going to play one on one basketball for 3/4ths of the game and that's how WI will stay in it. Then depending on how many calls go who's way, that determines the winner. Really, what AZ did and the outcome of the game should mirror each other. If KY just flies into the lane looking for calls, it should be a 8-10 UW win. The team that executes fundamental basketball with great talent should be the winner.

Great Bo Ryan interview at halftime of Duke game. He was asked about Badgers low scoring and he reminded the talking heads that Badgers led the NCAA in scoring in last years tournament and they never mention that. CBS should do their homework he said.  They are very close to or may lead in scoring this year too. I LOVE BO RYAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ammo, I heard about that interview as well and good for Bo!  One mistake I think everyone makes is that they think UW is the slow and plodding team that can barely score 50.  Not this bunch and I think UK is going to be in for a battle right from the start. 

I live about an hour from Kentucky and there are UK fans everwhere here and every single one of them so far is telling me UW has no shot.  I just smile and say "underestimate Bo Ryan and his team all you want"

I agree with Music City. The game may come down to how the officials handle to "put you head down like an NFL RB and drive to the hoop calls." The free throws are one thing, but the foul trouble is probably bigger.

 

I don't think Kentucky has any one player that will go to the NBA and be a superstar (Towns might be an exception but he's no Anthony Davis). I believe Kentucky does have 10 guys in the top 100 NBA prospects as ranked by ESPN. In other words, they could get their starting 5 into foul trouble and still have more talent than any team in the country in reserve.

 

The Badgers have three guys ranked in the top 100 (Kaminsky, Dekker, and Hayes) and Koenig, Gasser, and Jackson (if healthy) are all Big 10 all-conference-type college players (at least HM type). The problem is that after the top 6 it drops off quickly. Dukan is serviceable, but if Kentucky gets Wisconsin in foul trouble and Showalter or Vitto Brown have to play extended minutes against Kentucky it could get ugly.

There's an awful lot of discussion about where this Kentucky team would sit amongst the all-time great teams if they run the table. What no one seems willing to consider is where the BADGERS would stand in the list of all-time great teams if THEY win it all. Let's assume they beat Kentucky, Duke wins, and they win it all:

Player of the year? Check.
Great record? Check
Other Star players? Check
All-time great coach? Check
Is who they best to win it all significant? Check

They would rank right up there with Dean Smith's first championship team, the Laettner Dukies, Phi Slamma Jamma, the Larry Johnson Running Rebels, and ANY of the recent champions. The opportunity this Badger team has is to put themselves in the pantheon of all-time great teams. No question about it.

Cannot wait until tomorrow...
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Originally Posted by MichiganPacker:

No matter what happens the last two years have been a great ride. Growing up watching lousy Badger teams in the 1980s, no one would have ever predicted Wisconsign becoming a legit elite program. 

Ditto.

 

House money. This has been a great three weekends...last years and this.

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