January 5th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
I hope you guys are both dudes, NTTAWWT.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
I'd like to see us break harder to the basket after setting picks. I think that's open.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:47 PM ^
they need to wear a sports bra ...
Go Blue !
January 5th, 2011 at 9:47 PM ^
Wisconsin misses a lay-up, Novak nails the 3. That could have been curtains.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
Is flipping out about the reffing.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:49 PM ^
This team lacks the ability to get a stop when they need it. Need to work on moving their feet.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:50 PM ^
I guess we're not calling over-the-back today
January 5th, 2011 at 9:51 PM ^
definitely having a night to forget
January 5th, 2011 at 9:54 PM ^
I see online that Morgan is only 1-2 for the night. Has he been shutdown by the Wisconsin interior D? Sorry, I have no BTN and a mac.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:11 PM ^
FWIW - you can do sopcast on mac. You just need something like Crossover, Wine, etc.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
jesus. have they missed a 3?
And they make us look like puppies chasing a ball when they pass it around like they do.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
well the first half was positive
January 5th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
Not much you can do if Wisconsin isn't going to miss any 3's.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:57 PM ^
Nice to see that our 3-point shooting has picked up, but we've got to find other ways to score.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:58 PM ^
damn, we get a good defensive play by deflecting the lob and it lands right in Bill Walton's hands.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:59 PM ^
They keep fighting and playing hard to the end. They've yanked 5 points off that 9 point lead. Come on Blue!!!
January 5th, 2011 at 9:59 PM ^
All I can think of is "Man, I can't wait until these guys are a couple of years older." They're already impressing me by keeping it close at Wisky.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:00 PM ^
Honestly I would've taken being only 6 down with 7 minutes to play. We're still in this.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
let's lay off the touch fouls.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
No wonder it's so hard to win at the Kohl... you've gotta take on 5 Badgers and 3 refs.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
Hardaway is becoming a black hole and Douglass always finds a way to take a bad shot at an inopportune time.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
off the ball only happens on Wiscy's offensive end. Of course, Michigan settling for trey after trye really takes away much of the opportunity for contact in the lane.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:07 PM ^
And, refs, two Wiscy guys just ran through to Blue guys on their way to retrieve a ball...
January 5th, 2011 at 10:07 PM ^
and Smotryz, but it's kinda nuts how quickly they gun from outside. They catch and shoot almost immediately nearly every time they come in off the bench, usually with a guy in their face
January 5th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
Hardaway's shot selection is still a little early Manny-esque. He'll get it together. He's shown flashes and he's coachable. I bet he takes off like a rocket next year.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:08 PM ^
I didn't think there could possibly be a more annoying PA guy than ours at Crisler, but Wisconsin's found him.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
Sigh.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:10 PM ^
For the first time in awhile, the offense got really bogged down when Morris was dribbling all over the court. When he was out in the 1st half, the offense had a good rhythm to it, with good passing and good cuts.
I know he is going to carry and run the team, but tonight he dribbled too much; Wiscy has a very good man with excellent help principles.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:11 PM ^
But when your opponent can't miss...
January 5th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
ok... we're 4 years in to Beilein's tenure and ..... this is starting to look a lot like Tommy Amaker's stint. I keep hearing how young we are and wait until these guys are older. I will be honest I have watched a lot of basketball and I don't see this team competing for an NCAA bid this year or next. They lack an ability to play shut down defense, shooting will come and go, but you have to be able to get stops, kind of like football.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:14 PM ^
I think you may be doing what psychiatrists call "projecting."
John Beilein is not Rich Rodriguez.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:21 PM ^
I would take RR in year 4 over Beilein's year 4 every day. This team will struggle to make the NIT.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
Have you watched any games this year? There defense is actually quite good. If these younger guys mature well, who knows. They could be real good.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:23 PM ^
easy to play defense when your opponent is overmatched. Beilein's defense has continually struggled in Big ten play.... and we are in year 4.
January 6th, 2011 at 1:23 AM ^
he was surprised or caught off guard by how "physical" the league is after losing games that should have been wins. C'mon, 3rd year here and surprised by the toughness. I think we are in for disappointment. He tries to win OOC games get at least a .500 in conference make it to the ncaa tourney, not building a team to win in the B10.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:17 PM ^
Dont take this the wrong way, but where have you been? This team was supposed to win 10 games this year, and they did that a couple weeks ago. If you're expecting a tournament bid this year, yeah, you're going to be disappointed. But with the talent Michigan has on the floor...its amazing they were even in this game. Wisconsin doesn't lose at home.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:25 PM ^
why is it acceptable that 10 wins was the expectation in year 4 of Beilein's tenure? And who have they beat outside of Clemson and Oakland?
January 5th, 2011 at 10:35 PM ^
It is acceptable because Beilein has fired his coaching staff and hired recruiters. It is acceptable because the practice facility starts to look more like a building and less like an archeological excavation every day. It is acceptable because a game changer is coming in next year, and no one is leaving. It is acceptible because there is a clear path to success.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:44 PM ^
Brundidge will put this team over the top? Call me skeptical. If Beilein can't win next year, and by win I mean a winning record in the big ten and an NCAA berth, then he should be shown the exit. I don't understand why we are so patient with basketball, and so unbelievably impatient with football. Basketball did have as much if not more tradition than MSU up until Izzo.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:46 PM ^
funds most athletic departments.
Football pays the bills.
January 5th, 2011 at 11:08 PM ^
If Rich Rodriguez had taken two walkons, two 12 year old white kids from Indiana, and a couple of kids from Detroit and beaten Duke as I stared up at the scoreboard in disbelief, I suppose I would be in Rodriguez's corner too. How many games in RR's tenure did you go to, and you didn't want to leave the stadium because it meant the magical moment was over? There have been a couple under Amaker I'll grant you. Several under Lloyd. How many under Rodriguez?
January 6th, 2011 at 2:37 AM ^
If you haven't noticed, the Big House is kind of a nice place and the Glick practice facility is kind of awesome too. The basketball team has had to deal with the hole that is Crisler and absolutely no practice facility for years now. Its kinda hard to recruit when your facilities suck worse than just about everyone else at your level. Now that the player development center is being built, the team is young and actually has post players, and new recruits are coming in the future is only positive.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:22 PM ^
I don't like their offense, as they simply run to spots without setting screens and rely entirely way too much on the 3, but they do play defense. They run their offense 30 feet from the basket for the first :20 of the shot clock
They are in the top 20 in scoring defense right now. Their length is an issue and little help in the post will be a problem in the B1G.
NIT this year, but if you recall, they have already been to the dance in JB's tenure.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:29 PM ^
if you recall TA would have taken a team to the dance in his second year, but they were on probation.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:38 PM ^
Amaker's second year, at 17-13, had a slight chance of getting into the NCAA tourney (you could cite his 10-6 record in the B1G but you have no basis for them making the NCAA). Maybe the NIT.
His best year, record-wise, was his 3rd year and they won the NIT.
Lots of under achieving there. NIT 3 of 6 years.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:39 PM ^
That team had a terrible RPI. It would have never gotten in.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:52 PM ^
how a team that returns every player and adds two top 100 freshman will improve very much either. Yeah, no improvement in these guys.... /s
Seriously, are you being purposefully ignorant? How much better could their D have been to this point, considering the age of the team? Even if their defense WAS bad, all these young players will develop on that end of the floor too.
January 5th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
Ok guy you go and take the worst facilities in the big ten and find a better coach than beilein to take this team forward. I'll let you know when things are acceptable.
The man had an a great, tournament year, followed by an off year, followed by a total revamp of the program, and now we're back on the up and up.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:15 PM ^
Whoa full-court press. Don't see that very often. Wisconsin looked pretty surprised too!
January 5th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
this team is a year away, i don't think they lose anybody of note and they look like a cohesive team.