Wisconsin Basketball Thread 2021-2022

[yourout]

Jordan Davis did more in 10 seconds than Carter Gilmore did in 26 minutes.

[Oxy]

.500 and a NIT invite is probably the ceiling for this year.

 

You have an odd definition of "ceiling." That result would be higher than the floor for this team and considerably lower than the ceiling.

[brooks_quichenick]

I was pretty impressed considering there's no Johnny and this team is extremely young. They battled till the end. There's going to be lots of growing pains, but I love the effort so far.

[bjkrautk]

Badgers go on a 13-point run to tie the game in the first half vs. Texas A&M. Glad I was able to tune in when I did.

[homer]

Badgers on a 43 - 16 run the last 18:23 of game time

[homer]

I forgot that Buzz Lightyear was coach for Texas A&M

[homer]

Wisconsin wins by 11. That is quite the turnaround after being down 16 in the first half. They are pretty darn quick on defense - gonna get a lot of steals this year. Too bad they don't have a nice big-bodied dude other than Vogt.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Wisconsin wins by 11. That is quite the turnaround after being down 16 in the first half. They are pretty darn quick on defense - gonna get a lot of steals this year. Too bad they don't have a nice big-bodied dude other than Vogt.

 

Yeah, they looked great outside of the first 10 minutes or so.

 

Houston next, which is a good barometer. That's a legit team. Davis makes a lot of difference.

[stoutdude04]

Davis hot start. Badgers up 20 and go into their classic slump for 5 minutes and are only up 10.

[homer]

Never in doubt

 

Resume builder

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Davis was awesome today. Wow. All over the court. Big play after big play. He showed talent last year, but he looks like a different player.

[OldHeidelberg]

Maybe Davis is finally that star that the team has really been lacking the last few years. The Davison/Reuters/King class was a bit of a disappointment and Happ sort of faded due to no jumper and band FT’s. Under Ryan seemed like we had a long run of first team big ten players.

 

Big win, nice to be playing for a tourney title tomorrow, didn’t expect it but maybe it is the beginning of a surprisingly good team this year.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

It's weird, but Saint Mary's might be the preferred matchup from a schedule standpoint. The WCC might get more bids than the Pac12.

 

Really been impressed with these last two games. Played great two and a half halves, then took Houston's best punch and held on.

[Oxy]

That was an unexpected surprise. The Providence loss is now basically moot considering that Jonny D didn't play and is quite clearly the only reason the offense might be good. Beating Houston is going to go a looong way toward securing a tourney bid. They aren't going to have many more Ls on their resume.

 

Mostly though it makes me smile thinking that I am going to enjoy following the team all year. With that defense they have a chance to win going into every game.

[yourout]

Watched the replay. Nice win.

 

Davis reminds me a bit of Orlando Tucker.

[yourout]

Really terrible officiating.

[wallus]

Watched the replay. Nice win.

 

Davis reminds me a bit of Orlando Tucker.

 

Is that any relation to Alando Tucker?

[yourout]

Watched the replay. Nice win.

 

Davis reminds me a bit of Orlando Tucker.

 

Is that any relation to Alando Tucker?

 

Evil twin..

[wildcat83]

Saint Mary’s is an extremely good defensive team. Nothing easy for the Badgers right now.

 

Carter Gilmore just looks like he doesn’t belong. Not sure why he’s getting minutes.

[yourout]

These refs really suck

[yourout]

Heck of a gritty win.

Nice to have a group that is lethal at the line

[homer]

great win. badgers we're down 37 - 27 and win it 61 - 55

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Saint Mary's always among the slowest teams in MCBB. Wahl had a great night, which is great to see.

 

This has been a GREAT start to the year. One Q1 win, one that will be close, and one that will probably end up Q2, but who knows if A&M can win a few in a good SEC.

 

I'll say this: the last three days looked like vintage, Bo Ryan Badgers. One legit scoring threat, strong guards who rebound and can iso in the post, and grind it out team defense. We'll see how they play in league, but am encouraging start with a lot of power conference competition coming over the next month.

[wallus]

This Badgers team, win or lose, is much more enjoyable to watch than last year's group of whiners. (minus Brad Davison of course)

[LouisEly]

.500 and a NIT invite is probably the ceiling for this year.

You might want to take a long break from commenting on Badgers sports until you get to know their teams better.