Stricker Struggles
After switching back and forth Sunday afternoon between the ends of the Badger women’s basketball loss at Michigan St. on the Big(11)Ten Network and the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Speed Channel (can you tell there was no football on?), I tuned into the Golf Channel hoping to see Wisconsin PGA golfer Steve Stricker cruise [...]
Sunday Basketball Roundup
I hate to beat a dead horse, but all the elements I wrote about the other day were on display in the Badgers loss at Illinois on Saturday. The lack of a true post player affects everything upon which they normally depend. They’re interior defense is vulnerable to backdoor cuts, and they don’t anticipate well [...]
What To Do Until Spring?
I am a cynic. I have conditioned myself to prepare for the worse all the time and if it doesn’t happen, all the better. But when it comes to sports I am the eternal optimist.
UW Soft?
It was painful — even more painful than the fracture in my aching left arm — to watch the Wisconsin Badgers get the ball inside repeatedly in the first half of this afternoon’s game v. Illinois and fail to finish. Is it a lack of confidence? A failure of technique? Or is UW just soft? [...]
Dialing Down the Badgers
A month ago in this space I wrote that the expectations for this year’s University of Wisconsin basketball team seemed out of proportion to reality. After watching them lose their last three conference games (including two in overtime), I fear it may be time to lower those expectations even further. Following the Badgers this season figures to [...]
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