UW about to lose to Milwaukee

[Markedman]

Brutal game for UW. I would expect them to play a lot better on Saturday.

Obviously was a trap game for the Badgers before their "Super Bowl"... ....��

[Markedman]

Jeff Goodman is such a clown. Trolling Kaminsky after a badger loss? https://twitter.com/goodmanespn/stat...04751406501890

[TedBaxter]

This hurts MU. A win or even a loss Saturday will not move the NCAA needle much for MU. Wouldn't be a bad loss and more importantly, wouldn't be a great win. UW will need to do well in the Big Ten.

[MulliganMusings]

This is not a good outcome for MU on many levels not the least of which is that you will have a group of very pissed off Badgers at the Kohl Hole on Saturday. This was the ultimate trap game for UW after coming off some very impressive wins. They will be primed on Saturday making an already difficult task an even more so. Will be interesting to see how Coach Wojciechowski gets them ready and how they respond. The first five minutes of this game will be critical.

[kneelb4zerg]

Guys it will still be a good win or not a bad loss. One loss to a decent mid major doesn't significantly undermine Wisconsin's status. Come on now.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

Guys it will still be a good win or not a bad loss. One loss to a decent mid major doesn't significantly undermine Wisconsin's status. Come on now.

I don't think it will be a bad loss, especially on the road, but I don't know how good of a win it will ultimately be. We looking at a potentially below .500 Big Ten team that already has home losses to Western Illinois and UWM...

[TedBaxter]

Add the loss to the Western Illinois loss at home and Wisconsin is a bubble team if they have a .500 record in the Big Ten. The bottom half of the Big Ten, Rutgers, Illinois, Minnesota and Penn State are not godd this year and Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern are average so they have to win most of those games and hope to beat a Michigan State, Purdue, Iowa and Maryland along the way.

Not unlike Marquette's status right now in that they don't have great wins and the conference record will determine their fate. The Syracuse win was a good win, but at the end of the year may not be a great win.

[bleedbluegold03]

According to Kenpom, our SoS is 332. That is beyond abysmal.

With Wisconsin's bad losses, Saturday is nothing short of a must win if people still want to entertain the idea of making the tournament.

[Phantom Warrior]

Add Nebraska to the list of not very good teams. Creighton pretty much crushed Nebraska. Not quite sure where to put IU, but the Hoosiers have enough talent to finish among the Top Five in the Big 14.

[Phantom Warrior]

bleed,

After we play Presbyterian (330), Chicago State (339), and Stetson (312), our SOS could be even worse. It will not surprise me one bit if our SOS ends up being the lowest of any team in the ACC, Big 12, Big 14, Pac 12, SEC, and Big East (74 teams).

That is beyond pathetic.

And to all the apologists for this travesty of a schedule, there is no rationale - none - for playing a schedule that includes seven games against non-conference teams that could well end up below 300 on RPI.

And if/when this team does not make the NCAA Tournament because of this abomination of a schedule, you can all go right on trying to justify it in your own minds.