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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last edited by Phantom Warrior; 12-10-2015 at 04:10 PM.