14-1 in games decided by 6 or less.
Very tough to beat late.
Very tough to beat late.
Unbelievable Wisconsin stat
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It’s really amazing. I am guessing they lose early in the tourney. Can’t wait.
I’m not so sure they are great, but they play well together. They could easily beat anyone, but it also wouldn’t shock me to see them lose to a 13 seed who had a very hot shooting game.
Wisconsin plays a slow down game that lessons possessions by the opponent .They have 3 point shooters and players that make foul shots at crunch time.Davis is a difference maker in the last two minutes getting to the foul line or shooting off the dribble making jump shots.On defense they make the adjustments to stop drives to the basket forcing opponents to defeat them from the 3 point line.A well coached team with one elite player and complementary players that can make shots .
Some preseason Big Ten predictions had Wisconsin pegged for a 10th place finish. Wisconsin’s defense was great down the stretch. This article from the Madison WI newspaper is pretty fair handed and includes many great photos of the evening.
https://madison.com/sports/college/...808496b51.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
https://madison.com/sports/college/...808496b51.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Think that helped us out but the difference between games was in our win we shot uncharacteristically well. 51/58/89.
I’d say they’re great. Yes they had a ton of close wins but they played an extremely tough schedule and we are by far the worst team they’ve lost to. Providence, Houston, A&M, Marquette, Saint Mary’s OOC plus us twice (when we were actually playing well), MSU twice, Purdue twice, Indiana twice, OSU twice and of course the rest of the B1G gauntlet.
They’re easily a 3 seed right now and I don’t see any 14 seed having the length/athleticism to contain Davis, Crowl, and Wahl so even if Davison has an off shooting night, they should still be able to win ugly. A 6 seed they can certainly lose to, it’s March after all, but like you said they can also make a very deep run.
They know how to close tight games, which is useful come March.
We saw it late in the game against us. They hit the big shots they needed to to put the game away.
I saw in their game after we beat them they were like 11-1 or whatever the number was. Was thinking we were the 1 but we beat them by too many points.
They are a tough and well coached team for sure. We play a lot of great teams.
Also saw in the pregame Saturday that many of their players do nothing for 2 years and then are big contributors. They were talking about Crowl but said it’s a thing at Wisconsin. So let’s not give up on our bench players for the future.
They are a tough and well coached team for sure. We play a lot of great teams.
Also saw in the pregame Saturday that many of their players do nothing for 2 years and then are big contributors. They were talking about Crowl but said it’s a thing at Wisconsin. So let’s not give up on our bench players for the future.
183. So what are there 350 teams?
Rutgers is neither lucky or unlucky. ;-)
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I would agree with most of that, except that they really don’t have many three point shooters. In conference, they’re 31% for the year. Compare that to RU at 36% for the conference year. This game is just an anomaly.
Hey, I don’t know why I checked back in, but just wanted to correct one thing. This year’s Badgers are not a slowdown team. Last I saw, they were ranked #202 in tempo, which is lightning fast for we fans who are used to them being in the 340-350 range. At one point, a couple weeks ago, they were the 4th fastest tempo in the B1G (!).
As to why they win close games, I really don’t have a handle on it. These happen against all kinds of teams, home and away. Some of them shouldn’t have been close in the first place and they hang on.
As to why they win close games, I really don’t have a handle on it. These happen against all kinds of teams, home and away. Some of them shouldn’t have been close in the first place and they hang on.
RU needed to speed the game up..didnt do it until the 2nd half and they paid dearly
I do a stats-based review on Buckyville with a couple of other people. I happened to do the write up for this game. Would it surprise you to know that the first half had one more possession than the second (i.e., it was almost the exact same pace both halves)? There really wasn’t any speeding up in the second half.
I think we did and then we stopped. Baker went aggressive and then we fell back into ****** possessions with the ball in the hands of the wrong players
Ru needed to get scorein the 65-70 range to win after that woeful first offense
Ru needed to get scorein the 65-70 range to win after that woeful first offense
Closing games is definitely a skill. They have a lot of options on the floor and play smart and composed for the most part. I haven’t watched all their games but guessing some of those wins are the opponent losing it as much as wiscky winning it. In any event with an extreme stat like that I think you have to chalk some of that up to chance.
I believe some of it is chance, too, but at least half of these were of the variety of holding off a late comeback from the opponent after having had a comfortable lead. I guess you could say the other team had lost it in the first 35 minutes in those situations.
Do you feel UW won or Rutgers lost on Saturday? In the game at Madison, I thought you guys won it more than the Badgers lost it - I think you were the best team in the league at that point in the season.
I actually did not watch it as I had a conflict. RU sure had a lot of turnovers and missed shots down the stretch but would need to see it to decide whether I thought it was wisky d there that was the difference or more poor execution on rus part. In any event wisky won the ball game and they deserve credit for that.
I went back to look at UW's 14 close wins. They were leading at the last media timeout in 12 of them (tied in one and behind in one). So, to me, those are should-win games, not necessarily "luck".
In the RU game, the Badgers led 59-55 at the last timeout, so, the rest of the way, it was 7-6.
In the RU game, the Badgers led 59-55 at the last timeout, so, the rest of the way, it was 7-6.
We threw away a bunch of key possessions coming down the stretch and did not handle the last possession well at all. I think most see it as a missed opportunity. Need to hit shots.
The alley op pass with over 2 minutes left was dumb. Need to have good passes late in game.
You know luck is going your way when you hit two banked 3 pointers on your last two shots to win the B10 regular season championship.