Official UW Season Thread ('08-09')

[TroyD92]

Originally Posted by Jwill535

Wisconsin sports sold its soul for the Brewers this year

Ah baseball my fourth favorite sport how nice....

[TheFresher]

Originally Posted by BooWade4life

I no longer even get upset when we lose or excited when we are winning towards the end of a game because i am so positive that we will find a way to lose the game when it is all said and done...jarmusz playing the number of minutes he played in the second half was one of the most frustrating things i have ever seen as a badger fan...playing tim J. over jon leuer the last 3 minutes or so was just ridiculous and highlighted by jarmusz passing up what was one of the more wide open looks i have seen our team get all season (im sure you all know what look i am talking about)...lastly, why is there not a greater emphasis placed on whom we foul when we are down towards the end of the game...i just cant understand why we would let Moore shoot all of their free throws down the stretch...how do we not double team them and force northwestern to pass the ball in to anybody else...i just feel that no one else on northwestern would have made all 6 of the free throws and yet we had j-bo guarding him in single coverage, essentially the equivalent of niles brinkley attempting to cover randy moss...

that's funny cuz that's exactly how I felt during football season.. and during football season I could always say "at least there's basketball".. so much for that

[Heavystarch]

Its just mind boggling that Rob has not seen the floor in the last two games. At this point Rob should at least be getting 10 of JBos minutes. I would love to see a +- score for Bohannon - every game is a career night for their two guard (Pringle, Moore, Westbrook, etc). Gully should ride pine while Markolf should be getting those 5 or so minutes as well. This season is lost barring a huge turn around, and the only way we are going to turn it around is with a different line up.

[Bernini]

Originally Posted by Heavystarch

Its just mind boggling that Rob has not seen the floor in the last two games. At this point Rob should at least be getting 10 of JBos minutes. I would love to see a +- score for Bohannon - every game is a career night for their two guard (Pringle, Moore, Westbrook, etc). Gully should ride pine while Markolf should be getting those 5 or so minutes as well. This season is lost barring a huge turn around, and the only way we are going to turn it around is with a different line up.

J-Bo continues to suck, yet Bo-R continues to increase his minutes. Coach is even more stubborn than usual this year and seemingly wants to give Jason every chance to prove starting him was the correct decision initially.

Craig Moore is about the best match-up he's going to see in the Big Ten, so if he can't out-perform him, will we win a head to head battle at the 2 all year?

I agree that Wilson should eat into his minutes, even though I've expressed a lack of fondness for Rob's game as it stands today. He's the lesser of two "evils".

Services generate only archaic statistics still for college basketball, so I agree, it's frustrating that we can't quantify just how harmful J-Bo is via +/- or PER differential. 82games.com (pro basketball) should launch a 35games.com offshoot. I consider their site an ultra valuable tool as a Milwaukee Bucks' fan myself.

[Heavystarch]

Originally Posted by Bernini

82games.com (pro basketball) should launch a 35games.com offshoot. I consider their site an ultra valuable tool as a Milwaukee Bucks' fan myself.

This is an awesome site I never knew existed - nice find

[coyote_5]

Originally Posted by TroyD92

not to mention our opponents ability to not miss in the last 2 minutes of the game, I hope karma strikes next year and we get every break imaginable.

Actually, this is karma from last year. Flowers v. Texas, Butch v. Indiana, etc...

[TroyD92]

Wait a minute? Who is that man in the #12 jersey wow, JBO finally comes through this is awesome to see.

[Bernini]

Originally Posted by TroyD92

Wait a minute? Who is that man in the #12 jersey wow, JBO finally comes through this is awesome to see.

The six game losing streak was well worth it for this kind of payoff.

[Bernini]

That kind of crap is why Rob Wilson gets yanked quickly in games. He was lucky he didn't travel after starting to move before he put the ball on the deck. Then as he often does, refrains to change directions around an awaiting defender. What was the urgency anyways? We're up like 16 points.

[TroyD92]

Originally Posted by Bernini

That kind of crap is why Rob Wilson gets yanked quickly in games. He was lucky he didn't travel after starting to move before he put the ball on the deck. Then as he often does, refrains to change directions around an awaiting defender. What was the urgency anyways? We're up like 16 points.

I agree he is aggressive to a fault I think thats why Bo, doesnt give him consistent minutes and you can tell the coaches are trying to work on it you always see Rob sitting right next to coach Gard so that is a great sign that he is trying to learn.

[Bernini]

That should just about do it. Good win, although it was aided by some horrific shooting by the Illini. They hit a few of those open 3's and it's nail biting time. Bucky needs to do a better job of fighting around screens, but we did do a little bit better on that end than previously, attributed largely to the fact that Jordan Taylor was hounding their backcourt, not allowing them to penetrate and draw the double team, or even see inside for a post pass.

[Bernini]

Press breaking was also much more effective with Jordan Taylor on the floor. He has the best combination of quickness and handles on the team. Also better awareness than Trevon when players are breathing down his neck. The Illini couldn't press us all night as a result. Taylor won't have big stats but he was a difference maker because of his ability to bring the ball up the court comfortably, disallow penetration on defense, and get his own on offense to draw the double team and find the open man.

[TheFresher]

I was watching this game with some of my buddies and I was telling them how Bohannon is usually useless and horrible and how he never plays like this. We could be a much better team if Bohannon can keep this up (I realize he won't go 6-7 every night). Who else thought it was hilarious when he tried to dunk?

[Jwill535]

He actually can dunk very easily. There is a highlight tape from his senior year that shows him dunking on it. The player he was in high school to now are way different. I have to think that his knees are pretty shot.

Edit: Here is the YouTube of him. The dunks are at the end around the 9:45 mark. If you watch the tape you have to wonder where the "street ball" in him went?

YouTube - 23: The Final Year

[Heavystarch]

I was told that "he dunks all the time in practice" - looks like he might need a little more practice lol