UW about to lose to Milwaukee

[bleedbluegold03]

my only point in bringing up the fact is that in scheduling so few OOC "quality" games, you need to make sure you're winning them.

[Markedman]

I'm still trying to figured out how UW lost that game. They had a higher shooting percentage, they shot a higher percentage from 3 and they out rebounded them by 16!

Panthers made more 3s and shot a higher percentage from the free throw line. Neither team turned it over much. 10 for UW only 8 for UWM.

It 's hard to shoot 35% from the floor...29% from 3 and get killed on the boards and still win on the road.

UW had 7 assists for the entire game.

[Halo]

When is the last time UW has lost two in a row at home? How about two in a row losses to non-conference teams?

Not going to be pretty Saturday for MU. Bo will make the adjustments.

I do like that Duane Wilson is shooting better. But UW allows so few 3's taken typically that it will be tough to get many good open looks. So he can't just be jacking 3's up there.

[Markedman]

Let's throw out the name opponents for each team, then look at the preseason schedules.

Wisconsin plays Western Illinois, Siena, North Dakota, Prairie View, T&AM-CC, Green Bay and Milwaukee in the preseason.

MU plays Belmont, IUPUI, Jackson State, Grambling, Maine, San Jose St., Chicago State, Presbyterian and Stetson in the preseason.

Really, before the season, can you say that one teams lineup is any worse than the other? I would suggest that Belmont and a MWC team will tilt the preseason schedule towards MU, but it is really a toss up. You can't honestly say that MU's buy games are any worse than UW's or any other school for that matter.

Now, the team coming off the final four has played more marquee, made for tv games. Granted. But, the lack of marquee games is a consequence of MU being so stinky last year. Plus, MU is stuck playing home games to fund their budget, a problem UW doesn't have. UW can play more home-homes than MU can. They can play Temple, home-home and travel to OU this year. Unfortunately, MU can't. We get an extra conference game, but we have to fill in the schedule with a Stetson, while UW can travel to Norman. That's life with BCS football.

Last year MU had home and homes that finished up with Ohio State and ASU so lets not say this is the best we could do because of funding the athletic department.

It's a choice they made because of the youth of the team and not wanting to have another 13-19 season.

[MUwarrior1090]

When is the last time UW has lost two in a row at home? How about two in a row losses to non-conference teams?

Not going to be pretty Saturday for MU. Bo will make the adjustments.

I do like that Duane Wilson is shooting better. But UW allows so few 3's taken typically that it will be tough to get many good open looks. So he can't just be jacking 3's up there.

Lost 3 in a row at home two years ago (2013-2014). Not sure about non conference.

[IrwinFletcher]

Although I am not all too confident about Saturday, it isn't because Madison is going to be "focused" and Bo is going to get things corrected.

This is their second stunning loss at home in a month. The first time something like that happens, it is a wake up call, the second time it happens, it is the beginning of a trend. Simply put, Madison isn't all that good, especially in comparison from teams past. If anything, the players are likely to be questioning themselves, the team, the strategy etc and that can bit them moving forward.

The one thing that gives me a bit of hope, but it is based on a small sample size of one, is that Wojo put a really good plan together last season in this game. Now, we had more experience and were at home but Madison was supremely talented. Maybe, Wojo has an answer for what Bo is doing with his team.

I think we are at a huge disadvantage due to our youth, inexperience and being on the road. That will lead to a 10-12 point loss.

[Phantom Warrior]

MU has basically as much experience as UW does.

Koenig and Hayes have an advantage in experience over Luke and Duane because they both have two years of significant playing time whereas LF and DW have basically one each.

But JJ and Sandy have an edge in experience over both Brown and Showalter in terms of mpg last year. Both JJ and Sandy averaged double-digit mpg, while neither Showalter nor Brown averaged even 10 mpg.

The three frosh on each team who see decent mpg are probably a draw, even though Happ has an advantage having spent a year as a red-shirt. However, Henry's stint with the national team means he has a bit more experience against quality competition than most freshmen. (Plus our frosh had an advantage in terms of the trip to Italy, even though HC wasn't able to play.)

Inexperience comes into play against Iowa and Belmont and ASU, but it shouldn't be a factor against UW - except that this is our first true road game (hostile environment) while the Badgers have already played at Syracuse and at Oklahoma.

[Djgoldnboy]

When is the last time UW has lost two in a row at home? How about two in a row losses to non-conference teams?

This is not your fathers badger basketball team!

We shall see, like I said, I've been wrong in the past, will again in the future, I just have a good feeling about this one.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

When is the last time UW has lost two in a row at home? How about two in a row losses to non-conference teams?

As noted, they lost three in a row at home in their 2013-14 Final Four year. Two non-con teams, I'm thinking this week will be the first time in quite awhile

[Goose85]

This is not your fathers badger basketball team!

We shall see, like I said, I've been wrong in the past, will again in the future, I just have a good feeling about this one.

Actually, it is better than my fathers Badger basketball team (ha). The Badgers were terrible until Bennett arrived.