has anyone seen them play? they have had an impressive start to their season. I thought they had a bunch of their top players leave last year and that Gard might be in trouble.
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- Thread starter kurt cloverdales
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I'm like you..
Only seen impressive scores..
We're about to find out where IU stands this week...
I chuckle when the "Wisconsin is surprisingly good" post start. They're solid, to good, basically every single year. They play a style that's difficult to play against early in seasons. But they're Wisconsin. They'll compete for a B10 title. And they'll lose early in the NCAA. Purdue is likely back to that as well.
they lost Storr to Kansas and I think the dude with the Bleach spot left for Louisville. seemed like both were late transfers which puts the coach in a difficult spot. thought there were a lot of complaints they weren't being competitive in NIL
There was...they get undervalued early in every season. Their program gets them to the point where they're overvalued by the end of the season. It would be emotionally difficult to experience, I would think, being a Wisconsin bball fan.
Wisconsins Tonje is having a MVP type year, their guards now are probably the best in the BT, combined with a veteran Crowl at center they are going to be really tough out. This morning ESPN has them as a 1 seed! Purdue is a 5 seed, Ohio State as a 6 seed, Oregon a 7, Nebraska and IU tied as 9 seeds. Purdue, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Nebraska have played tough schedules. Michigan has played a average schedule, the rest is weak!
Yup...fairly predictable trend. Wisky picked middle of pack in B10. Wisky has 2-3 players emerge as "stars". Wisky wins a lot of games, competes for a B10 title, gets top 4 seed in NCAAs. Wisky fails to make 2nd weekend in NCAAs.
They run a very efficient style. Gard, I'm sure, is a process guy and they can run all their principles in their sleep. Early on in seasons, when most teams are still learning together, Wisky takes advantage because the swing offense, and the pack line defense, when executed, are hard to prepare for, and they produce great metrics for Wisconsin.
Then they play teams like Illinois or maybe Rutgers?? at the end of the year, and lose. And then run in to an athletic team like Florida or Baylor or a rematch with Baylor, and they get bounced early from the tournament.
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