Was not a surprise, but the margin was. Oregon was playing good ball down the stretch and they were an athletic, tough defending group from the little I had seen.
Oregon was shooting out of their minds in the second half. Badger defense was not the best but Oregon was just on fire and the under-performing Badger offense just had nowhere near enough firepower to keep up at the end. The offense had been a problem in a number of games before and that trend continued to some extent.
That's probably the most disappointing thing about this group of upperclassmen, for me. I haven't really seen the sort of individual improvement offensively over time that I was expecting from a number of players. Not sure if it's just the players or the coaching. Simple things like Happ not being able to shoot free throws or any shot from beyond 8 feet. Iverson as well has developed no shot outside of the paint. Pritzl was supposed to be a shooter, but his streakiness hasn't improved. Fortunately Reuvers is kind of the exception. Kobe King, who is essentially a freshman and still super tentative, was still somewhat of a disappointment. I had expected a bigger jump from him, but am hopeful for the future.
