Badgers edge Hoosiers in Bloomington

[TW]

Nice win by the Badgers in Bloomington. Indiana is always tough there. Behind most of the game, come into the lead late, and hold on.

Johnny Davis got 30, on a great shooting night. Davison was off on some shots, but was drawing the fouls. He got 21, and was 10-10 on the free throw line.

Good, but not great inside presence by our guys on the boards. Davis and Davison also led them in rebounds.

 

[FlaPack]

Nice win by the Badgers in Bloomington. Indiana is always tough there. Behind most of the game, come into the lead late, and hold on.

Johnny Davis got 30, on a great shooting night. Davison was off on some shots, but was drawing the fouls. He got 21, and was 10-10 on the free throw line.

Good, but not great inside presence by our guys on the boards. Davis and Davison also led them in rebounds.

UW had a rebound advantage. Crowl with 6. If I had one complaint it was Crowl was not strong vs Jackson - Davis low

2 things. Mike Woodson is a very average coach & nice adjustment by Gard the last 2 possessions. Way out the his norm

 

[TW]

UW had a rebound advantage. Crowl with 6. If I had one complaint it was Crowl was not strong vs Jackson - Davis low

2 things. Mike Woodson is a very average coach & nice adjustment by Gard the last 2 possessions. Way out the his norm

The point on rebounds is that Davis and Davison got 19 rebounds, the rest of the team only 17. Subtract Crowl's six, and the point is worse. We are NOT getting rebounds by our bigger players in numbers that speak of great runs in the tournaments. Crowl, Wahl, Carlson, and Vogt need to start crashing the boards better.

BUT... at the same time I say this about those four, we have to remember they're doing a helluva good job keeping the opposition bigs off the board so others can make those grabs. Kind of a catch-22.

Hepburn is really going to be a difference maker beyond this year. The guy plays the game without a lot of fanfare, but does all the things I wished were done last year, off the point. None of it is about him, it's all about the team.

Agree on Woodson. I don't see him as being a difference maker as a coach. Adequate at best. He didn't use his time outs effectively to stop the Wisconsin second half surge, and his play design out of time outs was atrocious.

 

[FlaPack]

The point on rebounds is that Davis and Davison got 19 rebounds, the rest of the team only 17. Subtract Crowl's six, and the point is worse. We are NOT getting rebounds by our bigger players in numbers that speak of great runs in the tournaments. Crowl, Wahl, Carlson, and Vogt need to start crashing the boards better.

BUT... at the same time I say this about those four, we have to remember they're doing a helluva good job keeping the opposition bigs off the board so others can make those grabs. Kind of a catch-22.

Hepburn is really going to be a difference maker beyond this year. The guy plays the game without a lot of fanfare, but does all the things I wished were done last year, off the point. None of it is about him, it's all about the team.

Agree on Woodson. I don't see him as being a difference maker as a coach. Adequate at best. He didn't use his time outs effectively to stop the Wisconsin second half surge, and his play design out of time outs was atrocious.

Your point is valid on the bigs. Crowl needs to get bigger so hopefully next year he takes that next step.

As to Woodson, why he allowed Johnson to continually jack up shots is beyond me.

 

[TW]

Your point is valid on the bigs. Crowl needs to get bigger so hopefully next year he takes that next step.

As to Woodson, why he allowed Johnson to continually jack up shots is beyond me.

Probably the same affinity of belief that we saw from Gard, with Trice, who, in my opinion, was not nearly as good as what Gard led him to believe he was. He had his moments, but when it came to working the ball at the end of a game, he totally sucked!

Coaches often become overly infatuated with slick ball handlers, not seeing their faults.

 

[FlaPack]

Probably the same affinity of belief that we saw from Gard, with Trice, who, in my opinion, was not nearly as good as what Gard led him to believe he was. He had his moments, but when it came to working the ball at the end of a game, he totally sucked!

Coaches often become overly infatuated with slick ball handlers, not seeing their faults.

Trice was at least efficient from 3 and I have said this before he was not a true PG but was forced into the role. Jackson’s ability to shoot the 3 resembles early Giannis

 

[TW]

Trice wasn't a shooting guard either to be honest. He was caught in the middle, because he had some seriously good ball handling skills. It's a shame we never got to see him actually play the game off the ball to be honest. He might have been pretty darned good. Just thinking out loud on that.

I blame Gard for quite a bit of Trice's problems with 3s. I think Gard kept throwing him in the role of having to make that game winner, and the guy didn't particularly want to be cast in that role. It didn't appear to be his game. He would have been much better off by driving to the bucket and dishing it off for someone else to take the shot. I have a hunch Gard was calling for him to take it, not dish off. Just a guess there.

 

[FlaPack]

Trice wasn't a shooting guard either to be honest. He was caught in the middle, because he had some seriously good ball handling skills. It's a shame we never got to see him actually play the game off the ball to be honest. He might have been pretty darned good. Just thinking out loud on that.

I blame Gard for quite a bit of Trice's problems with 3s. I think Gard kept throwing him in the role of having to make that game winner, and the guy didn't particularly want to be cast in that role. It didn't appear to be his game. He would have been much better off by driving to the bucket and dishing it off for someone else to take the shot. I have a hunch Gard was calling for him to take it, not dish off. Just a guess there.

Not sure there were better options. He’s was much more a 2 guard than PG.

 

[TW]

Not sure there were better options. He’s was much more a 2 guard than PG.

There's always someone open when you end up drawing double coverage with under 5 seconds to go and you're dribbling outside and have to throw up a desperation shot like he did. I'm not going to dismiss Davison, or anyone else as not being capable in favor of Trice. Sorry! That wouldn't be truth.

 

[FlaPack]

There's always someone open when you end up drawing double coverage with under 5 seconds to go and you're dribbling outside and have to throw up a desperation shot like he did. I'm not going to dismiss Davison, or anyone else as not being capable in favor of Trice. Sorry! That wouldn't be truth.

That’s fine when you have another option to run the point, which there was none. And no Davison does not have PG skill set. Anderson was the only there real option and he was limited.