MICHIGAN-WISCONSIN GAME OPEN THREAD
M-Wolverine seems to have dropped the ball (teasing) so here is the open thread for today's game. Talk amongst ourselves. And give regular score updates if you all will, for us chumps at work that are relying on this threads for following the game.
Worst part is that Wisconsin went on an 11-4 run to end the half, Michigan is in big trouble, they're totally playing into the hands of these bastards.
This game is so Wisconsiny right now.
Can someone post a pic of our guys in their new unies?
i don't have a good feeling about this
No chance in hell Wiscy gets away with this in the NCAA tournament on national television. They will be one and done.
This is exactly where Wisconsin wants things to be. If they can keep it within 3 within the last 30 seconds, they'll win the game.
This team is absolutely mystifying.
This game is like the running joke in Airplane where everyone Ted Striker talks to kills his or herself.
This game is Ted Striker.
Or is Bo Ryan Ted Striker?
This game really does have Wisconsin written all over it, doesn't bode well for us. They're not going to shoot 17% all game and they ended the half 11-4.
That theorg goes both ways. We won't go 0-4 from the line or 0-6 from 3 either.
I just finished watching first half and haven't read this thread, but Wisconsin fouls every single trip up and down the floor. I'm sure it has been repeated by everyone else, but this is brutal basketball to watch. That being said, I love the effort so far. The switches on defense have been very good. Hopefully, we get it going in 2nd half.
why do the referees allow this to happen. i am not afraid of that raging bastard bo ryan. ignore him or call a freaking techincal on him. the refs from charlotte-richmond aren't technical shy.
Michigan missed all of ther 3's and free throws... really?
Depends on the guy taking that shots.
How do the locals / U-W faithful react to the abomination of the game of basketball I'm reading about? Are they so accustomed to the drawing and quartering of the game of basketball that they're cheering this on with enthusiasm?
Enquiring minds want to know.
0-5 from three
0-4 from FT
35% overall
8 turnovers
3 turnovers by Burke
3 fouls on Horford
We could get our doors blown off if we aren't careful
fair enough. we have missed plenty of wide open shots as well. i hated seeing timmy's ankle injury, but other than the dunk, he has played pretty poorly too.
except that every single game wisconsin plays is goes down exactly like this. but the only time a michigan game goes down like this is when michigan plays wisconsin
No not all of there games go down like this. They played similar against MSU last week, but msu ran there offense and made shots. Are we 0-5 from the line, or unable to hit any open shot, because "Wisconsin plays such bad basketball." No, it's because WE are playing bad basketball.
The real problem as someone noted above is that things always even out eventually. No way Wisconsin shoots 20% from the field for the game. They're going to start making shots and Michigan is going to have to do the same.
Michigan shot 34% to Wisconsin's 17%, yet we're only up 3. Wisconsin should dramatically improve their FG % and ours won't improve as much as Wisconsin's will. That's the point.
Will it? I mean, we seem to actually be playing good D this game. It's not like we're given them a bunch of bunnies and they're missing them like NW did with us. And keep in mind, we haven't hit a single three yet. A couple of those and actually make some free throws and we should be OK. Provided the D continues to actually seem OK.
2 for 8,had a bad shooting 1st half yesterday.....frustrating game
Anyone know where Morgan is? They brought in McGary, Horford, and Biefeldt, but not Morgan?
wisconsin literally takes all the joy out of me watch basketball in general, and more specifically my favorite team. Fuck Bo Ryan and his band of misfit toys
watching wisconsin basketball is like watching a football team that runs iso up the middle on every single play and is guaranteed 3.33 yards on every single play and the only way to determine whether they win or lose is whether they can get 3.34 yards on one of their plays.
i refuse to believe that wisconsin fans watch wisconsin basketball and enjoy it
i agree the bigs need to play better d, but seriously can we get a foul call down low? plus levert and robinson need to make those free throws. inexcusable.
....secretly, in a meeting just now, and did some quick math:
Wisconsin effective FG% - 20.7%
Michigan effective FG% - 34.5%
Offensive Rebound Pct. for Wisconsin - 25%. For Michigan, it's 30.4%
Not even that many assists either. We have 4, and the Badgers have 3.
Mich asst to FG ratio usally below 45%,most other teams ratio is about 50%....too much heroball?
I can live with the lead. Hopefully we'll get the right people to the FT line and start hitting some threes.
As if this game wasn't ugly enough, espn3 tacks on a Calvin Klein banana hammock ad. Thanks guys.
...our clandestine statistician.
Well done.
"clandestine statistician" == insubordinate nerd
/said with love
We make free throws we're up 7 or 8. We're a one point favorite and we're up by 3 at half. Seems to me like the game is going pretty much as predicted.
As shitty as Wisconsin is playing we're playing exactly 3 points better and we've missed a TON of shots we should've hit. Period.
How does Jim Jackson's son just throw up absolute shit and it goes right in....what. the. eff.
that's the wisky way. bs shots go in at the buzzer for wisky