2024 - 25 Wisconsin Basketball Thread

[young guns]

Gonna need to start making some shots.

[adambr2]

Brick, after brick, after brick. 

The wheels are going to come off if some of these don’t start falling.

[OldHeidelberg]

Can't hit a shot, same ending in the tourney every year.

[adambr2]

Demin straight up shoves Blackwell right in front of the official who does nothing. 

[adambr2]

Nice defense. This team was way overseeded as a 3.

[adambr2]

Bricking the front end of a 1 and 1 and then giving up 2 reloads on the next possession is a great way to kill a rally.

[adambr2]

My god. You can’t miss the first shot of a 1 and 1 yet again. That’s 4 points off the board in the last 2 minutes just from the stripe.

[OldHeidelberg]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Bricking the front end of a 1 and 1 and then giving up 2 reloads on the next possession is a great way to kill a rally.

They are giving up way too many extra possessions. 

[adambr2]

Why are you rushing a shot with 10-15 seconds left instead of holding for last shot? Just so incredibly stupid.

You had an 8 point deficit at worst heading into the half and you just crapped on it.

[pitchleague]

Well, that was an ugly half.

gonna have to hit some shots or it’s “goodnight, Irene”

[adambr2]

Someone help me understand why they rushed a shot on the last possession with the shot clock dark and as a result gave up a 3 to end the half to stretch the lead back out to double digits when they could have just held the ball and only been down 8.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Pretty happy to only be down 11, but no excuse for Crowl to shoot a jump hook instead of holding for the last shot. Worst case scenario you're down 8. We lose by 3, that's a huge deal.

BYU was clearly the better team that half. Better shot making and more fluidity. We obviously can't win shooting like this, but the good news is this is going to be played in the 80s or 90s. Lots of possessions left. I would not feel safe with an 11-point halftime lead.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Someone help me understand why they rushed a shot on the last possession with the shot clock dark and as a result gave up a 3 to end the half to stretch the lead back out to double digits when they could have just held the ball and only been down 8.

Yup. Crowl did bad.

[young guns]

The refs have been weird.  Seeming to go on spurts of calling it tight and then letting them play.

[adambr2]

You know what would have been super helpful right now? Holding for last shot at the end of the first half instead of rushing a shot and not only getting zero but giving up 3 on a possession that you never needed to give them.

[young guns]

Well that was disappointing.  That end of the first half end up huge.

[wallus]

BYU guys know where the weight room is and beat the piss out of the Badgers.

[LouisEly]

2 minutes ago, wallus said:

BYU guys know where the weight room is and beat the piss out of the Badgers.

They also know where the jerk store is.  A flagrant 2, a technical, and one guy waving goodbye after the final buzzer. 

[adambr2]

Another good Badger team that didn’t amount to a fart in the wind once the tourney started.

[LouisEly]

5 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Another good Badger team that didn’t amount to a fart in the wind once the tourney started.

Given the millions and millions of brackets that have been submitted and not one ever has been perfect, there is more randomness to the NCAA tournament than any other sporting event on the planet.

[Oxy]

Great season! Good game.  BYU deserved to win.  UW wasn't great, particularly in the first half, but they weren't terrible either. Took care of the ball and shot okay.  Tonje did his thing.  Fun finish, but it would have been a stolen game had we won.  If you HAVE to lose in the 2nd round, this was a good way to go.  I'm happy to cheer for BYU and the B1G the rest of the tournament.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Wow. What a crazy finish. Hated the last sequence. Rather have a step-back three. At least you get it clean with a chance to win.

The end of the first half and the offensive glass killed them. 

That's March. They couldn't defend, BYU hit more shots, and the late run failed. Not bothered, really. BYU was better. Chippy game comes with the stakes. The F2 didn't seem dirty to me. McGee got burned on one of those too early in the year. 

All year, I felt like this team was really good, but something was missing. Call it magic, call it confidence, I don't know. Tonje and Blackwell are stars. They needed a third guy to really take the reins, and they just didn't have it. 

[LouisEly]

If BYU shoots 46% from 3 and 94% from the free throw line like they did tonight, they're going to be very difficult to beat.

[adambr2]

4 minutes ago, Oxy said:

Great season! Good game.  BYU deserved to win.  UW wasn't great, particularly in the first half, but they weren't terrible either. Took care of the ball and shot okay.  Tonje did his thing.  Fun finish, but it would have been a stolen game had we won.  If you HAVE to lose in the 2nd round, this was a good way to go.  I'm happy to cheer for BYU and the B1G the rest of the tournament.

I can handle the loss with the exception of the 3 points and possession that they just gave away for no reason at the end of the first half. That's what makes it hurt to me.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Aside from the offensive boards we gave up, some key first half FT misses stung. Janicki missed a pair in the second half. Just fine fine margins in March. Could go round and round all day. We played a B game, they had an A one. That's probably the hottest team in the country save for Colorado State and Florida.