Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

Purdue wanted to win.

Depressing day....

Im sure they wanted to win, but obviuosly didnt want to do what it takes to do so...hence the effort comment. Fitting Senior day for this group though IMO. Been pretty underwhelming quite often this year.

Badgers were WAY too over-confident today, especially after their hot start. They just went through the motions at that point.. Once their shots starting to clank the rims hard they started to force even worse shots. Just awful playing from everyone and awful Bo for not keeping their heads screwed on tight.

They'd better learn from this one, and maybe the team needed a reminder that they really don't look very good if the shots aren't falling.  It's probably a good wake up call right before the tournament.

I don't understand how the coaching staff can tolerate the team basically bashing their head against the wall for the entire game launching three point shots. Does anyone on the bench ever think to insist that the ball go inside the paint? When Berg went inside, he scored. Why stop?

Also, effort on defense was weak compared to the last few outings.  Northwestern couldn't even get a shot off.

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  It's too bad that Jared Berggren and Mike Bruisewitz had truly awful games on Senior Night.  And Traveon Jackson once again hit his turnover quota.  While this game effectively kills the Big Ten Title hopes, it's not all bad.  I think it's safe to say after the last 3 games this team was feeling its oats and was due for a wake up call.  I would rather get it out of the way now then in the NCAA Tournament.  I mean, missing 18 3's in a row?  That's a once in a year event.  Lick the wounds and move on, that's all you can do.

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

This gets my vote for idiotic post of the year.

Dekker gave up all the points.

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

Dekker probably did, but it was hard to tell considering he didn't get the ball. 

This game hurts our NCAA seeding in a big way. We're going to need that win in East Lansing or a fantastic B1G tournament performance if we want to be anything better than a six seed.

The good news? We know our team can play much better than this. The bad news? Our team CAN play like we saw today, and it will likely be our downfall at some point in the tournament.

IMustBreakYou wrote:

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  It's too bad that Jared Berggren and Mike Bruisewitz had truly awful games on Senior Night.  And Traveon Jackson once again hit his turnover quota.  While this game effectively kills the Big Ten Title hopes, it's not all bad.  I think it is safe to say after the last 3 games this team was feeling its oats and was due for a wake up call.  I would rather get it out of the way now then in the NCAA Tournament.  I mean, missing 18 3's in a row?  That's a once in a year event.  Lick the wounds and move on, that's all you can do.

How many teams actually take the 18th three after missing the past 17?  Needed to take the ball inside.

UWpride wrote: Im sure they wanted to win, but obviuosly didnt want to do what it takes to do so...hence the effort comment. Fitting Senior day for this group though IMO. Been pretty underwhelming quite often this year.

Amen to that.  I know everyone is going to be super butthurt about this comment but I feel like these seniors are getting a perfectly fitting send off.  Of course they deserve to go off with a win due to all the hard work they put in but in general, a "blah" send off for a "blah" group of seniors.

I think berggren could miss 18 threes in a row without any problem, repeatedly.

You seem like a real bright guy. So tell me, what was idiotic about it?
Purdue waltzed into the kohl center dropped 70 and outhustled, out rebounded, and outEFFORTED a Bo Ryan coach team the entire day.
The only silver lining is that we won't shoot this poorly again this year (hopefully)
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Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

This gets my vote for idiotic post of the year.

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Purdue punched them in the mouth and they didn't respond. They played slow, and with no concept of how to get back into a game. This game is a good wake up call and hopefully they have a good week of practice and take it to MSU. Cant dwell on it now.

Gregdawg wrote:

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

Dekker probably did, but it was hard to tell considering he didn't get the ball. 

This game hurts our NCAA seeding in a big way. We're going to need that win in East Lansing or a fantastic B1G tournament performance if we want to be anything better than a six seed.

The good news? We know our team can play much better than this. The bad news? Our team CAN play like we saw today, and it will likely be our downfall at some point in the tournament.

Disagree, think a 4 or 5 seed is still very likely.  Today probably does kill a 3 seed though.  The only way Wisconsin gets a 6 seed is if they lose out.  This is their first bad loss of the year and they have a boatload of quality wins.  How many teams have gone to Indiana and won?

Just a bad game all around but the disconcerting thing is how Purdue scorched our defense. Yeah one guy was hot from three but other than one or two of them he was pretty open.

They consistently got in the lane and were able to either hit a floater or kick it out. And when they missed they got every rebound, seemingly.

Bo adjusted, sort of, but not until like 7 minutes in the game.

Reminded me of several NCAA tourney games.

Bo had a real bad effort too. Bruiser should have been on the bench. Also,why did he pretty much give up and let Purdue run the whole 35 under 2 minutes?

Berggren and Bruiser should be absolutely embarrassed by this display. They were just lifeless. No defenders in front of you on a fast break steal and you miss a layup? Just absolutely inexcusable.

JamaicanJake wrote: Purdue punched them in the mouth and they didn't respond. They played slow, and with no concept of how to get back into a game.

Once again disagree, Purdue did not play lockdown defense or anything of the sort.  Wisconsin missed open shots and got out hustled.  This is not like Purdue teams of the past.  There are 9 teams in the Big Ten what would have beat Wisconsin today.  I know it is easy to not give credit to your opponent, but outside of D.J. Byrd Purdue did nothing out of the ordinary today.  Wisconsin was just that bad.

Goodgers wrote:

UWpride wrote: Im sure they wanted to win, but obviuosly didnt want to do what it takes to do so...hence the effort comment. Fitting Senior day for this group though IMO. Been pretty underwhelming quite often this year.

Amen to that.  I know everyone is going to be super butthurt about this comment but I feel like these seniors are getting a perfectly fitting send off.  Of course they deserve to go off with a win due to all the hard work they put in but in general, a "blah" send off for a "blah" group of seniors.

Perhaps i'd be butthurt if there was anything sensical in there. This group has been apart of 95 wins. Let that sink in before you say anything else. They played scared today but don't let that affect your view of what they've accomplished.

They lost just about every loose ball today. I'm not sure it was effort or just being a step slow. What is maddening though is doing the same things over and over again when they clearly were not working. Shooting threes on offense, giving up floating jump shots from less than ten feet out defensively. Those Johnson brothers are one trick ponies, that is all they do and it shouldn't have taken 35 minutes to adjust to it.

I had wondered if the lack of competition in the last two games would bite us and it did.

IMustBreakYou wrote:
Disagree, think a 4 or 5 seed is still very likely.  Today probably does kill a 3 seed though.  The only way Wisconsin gets a 6 seed is if they lose out.  This is their first bad loss of the year and they have a boatload of quality wins.  How many teams have gone to Indiana and won?

Will be interested to see where BuckyRolo has them seeded......his bracket will be coming out later today

They played better when they pushed he ball in the first half, it's when they slowed down things went downhill
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Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  It's too bad that Jared Berggren and Mike Bruisewitz had truly awful games on Senior Night.  And Traveon Jackson once again hit his turnover quota.  While this game effectively kills the Big Ten Title hopes, it's not all bad.  I think it's safe to say after the last 3 games this team was feeling its oats and was due for a wake up call.  I would rather get it out of the way now then in the NCAA Tournament.  I mean, missing 18 3's in a row?  That's a once in a year event.  Lick the wounds and move on, that's all you can do.

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IMustBreakYou wrote:

 

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  

A million times this.  This wasn't UW basektball from the opening tip.  They never played good D at any point, really.  They had a chance to take control of the game by doing so and they never did.

I always got the feeling that UW expected to win, rather than going out and winning, even when it felt to the guys like they were trying to win.  At some  point it just gets away from you and you have no idea how to get it back.  Anybody who has been in that situation at any levelknows what I'm talking about.

terror5 wrote:
They played better when they pushed he ball in the first half, it's when they slowed down things went downhill
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--- IMustBreakYou wrote:

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  It's too bad that Jared Berggren and Mike Bruisewitz had truly awful games on Senior Night.  And Traveon Jackson once again hit his turnover quota.  While this game effectively kills the Big Ten Title hopes, it's not all bad.  I think it's safe to say after the last 3 games this team was feeling its oats and was due for a wake up call.  I would rather get it out of the way now then in the NCAA Tournament.  I mean, missing 18 3's in a row?  That's a once in a year event.  Lick the wounds and move on, that's all you can do.

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Let me fix this for you:

They played better when they made shots in the first half, it's when they missed shots that things went downhill.

Wrong. Today's loss to Purdue will probably cost Wisconsin a 1st round bye in the Big 10 tournament. If they can't win at least 1 game in their conference tourney then they will drop from a 4 to a 6 seed in the NCAA's. Why? The selection committee has screwed them before.

IMustBreakYou wrote:

Gregdawg wrote:

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

Dekker probably did, but it was hard to tell considering he didn't get the ball. 

This game hurts our NCAA seeding in a big way. We're going to need that win in East Lansing or a fantastic B1G tournament performance if we want to be anything better than a six seed.

The good news? We know our team can play much better than this. The bad news? Our team CAN play like we saw today, and it will likely be our downfall at some point in the tournament.

Disagree, think a 4 or 5 seed is still very likely.  Today probably does kill a 3 seed though.  The only way Wisconsin gets a 6 seed is if they lose out.  This is their first bad loss of the year and they have a boatload of quality wins.  How many teams have gone to Indiana and won?

We have a bunch of quality wins, of course. But we unfortunately also have 9 losses, and if we lose in East Lansing that becomes 10. No team currently in the top 25 (aka the 1-5 seeds) even has 8+ losses except us. A loss at East Lansing and a win at Penn State gets us nothing. We'll be sitting outside the top 25.

The game @MSU is huge.

Whats everyone going to do now? My afternoon is shot, what a downer. Any ideas?

I guess we"ll disagree. They move the ball a lot more crisper when they play with a little juice than when they slow it down. When the ball moves is when they get open shots.
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--- IMustBreakYou wrote:

terror5 wrote:
They played better when they pushed he ball in the first half, it's when they slowed down things went downhill
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--- IMustBreakYou wrote:

Wisconsinfan77 wrote: Fake effort today. No one wanted to win

That's a little harsh, I wouldn't say that.  However, even when Wisconsin was up 13 in the 1st half I hated the pace of the game.  Run and gun is not what Wisconsin does, and the defense was lazy from the get go.  It's too bad that Jared Berggren and Mike Bruisewitz had truly awful games on Senior Night.  And Traveon Jackson once again hit his turnover quota.  While this game effectively kills the Big Ten Title hopes, it's not all bad.  I think it's safe to say after the last 3 games this team was feeling its oats and was due for a wake up call.  I would rather get it out of the way now then in the NCAA Tournament.  I mean, missing 18 3's in a row?  That's a once in a year event.  Lick the wounds and move on, that's all you can do.

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Let me fix this for you:

They played better when they made shots in the first half, it's when they missed shots that things went downhill.

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