An avid follower of most sports, Brian sees basketball as the one he has known most since his youngest days. He runs the Brewers column "Milwaukee Brewers: 250 Words or Less" and the Bucks columns "State of the Bucks" and "Milwaukee Bucks Mid-Week Report."
He graduated in 2008 with a Molecular/Cellular Biology degree from UW-Oshkosh.
I’ve resisted the idea of a full Milwaukee Bucks rebuild for the past few years. Especially with the need for a new arena on the horizon and the inevitable battle of paying for it, public support becomes hazy when the team effectively... read more »
April 30, 2013 3:15 pm / no comments
The Milwaukee Bucks kicked off their summer 2012 offseason, surprise surprise, with a focus on defense. Ok, so you aren’t surprised at all. For the majority of Scott Skiles’ tenure as Bucks head coach, the team has focused heavily... read more »
June 29, 2012 5:12 pm / 2 comments
If you’re a Milwaukee Bucks fan, it’s extremely easy to get lost in daydreams while watching the late rounds of the NBA playoffs. It’s even truer if you root for one of the small market teams, or one of the clubs shaking off... read more »
May 30, 2012 10:05 pm / 1 comment
Welcome to another week of “State of the Bucks.” Hope you all survived your St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
The Milwaukee Bucks sure did. Since we last spoke, the Bucks pushed their season-high win streak to 6 games and are looking... read more »
March 22, 2012 5:16 pm / no comments
It has been quite the week for the Milwaukee Bucks. First was the climb back into the playoff race. Then, amid a week of trade rumors, came the execution of a transition that ended the Andrew Bogut era in Milwaukee.
Where to begin? Last week... read more »
March 14, 2012 5:37 pm / no comments
Odds are that if you are reading this, you are one of the millions that will fill out a bracket for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Whether it’s through an office pool or something with your friends, you’ll go through picking teams... read more »
March 12, 2012 3:04 pm / 7 comments
The Milwaukee Bucks wrapped up a dismal month of February and hope to find an opportunity to turn their fortunes around as the lockout-condensed season winds down in the final two months.
For a small stretch near the end of January and beginning... read more »
March 7, 2012 6:22 pm / no comments
With the win last night on Senior Night, Coach Bo Ryan tied for the winningest coach in Wisconsin Badger history.
To compare his 11 years at Wisconsin against other teams during the same time frame, I looked at a scattering of 100 NCAA basketball... read more »
March 5, 2012 6:02 pm / no comments
Welcome back from our hiatus, and the NBA All-Star break, to another edition of “State of the Milwaukee Bucks.” We kick off the second half of the NBA season with a special Leap Year edition, because hey, it’s not every year... read more »
February 29, 2012 5:33 pm / 4 comments
The Milwaukee Bucks are as up and down as they’ve ever been.
A team of odd streaks, the 12-15 Bucks currently hold a road winning streak and a home losing streak. Seem a bit unconventional? The Bucks aren’t your typical NBA team.
It’s... read more »
February 12, 2012 10:17 pm / 1 comment