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This Week in ‘Re(ar)view’

It seems University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan has finally figured out what virtually everyone else in the state already knew; that he should put his 5 best players on the floor to start the game……….and that Tim Jarmusz isn’t one of them.
Ryan reinserted recently returned forward Jon Leuer into the starting lineup at [...]

This Week in the Rearview Mirror

After last night’s loss at Minnesota, I think we can safely put the Wisconsin Badgers’ chances of winning the Big(11)Ten basketball championship to bed. Given where they’re at right now with trying to work forward Jon Leuer back into the lineup, I’m not sure those were realistic expectations in the first place. As [...]

Leuerless and Still Winning

If it’s possible, I think the Badger basketball team is better than their 18-5 record suggests. Even when they’ve lost this season they’ve looked solid. This team just appears to be focused, rock steady and consistent. Of course, great guard play will do that for a team, and having a pair of seniors like Jason [...]

Rationalizing a Badger Win

I heard a lot of explanations on the airwaves this morning for how the Wisconsin Badgers were able to defeat the University of Miami 20-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday evening.  Commentators, including ESPN analyst Todd Blackledge during the game broadcast, cited everything from the unseasonably cool weather in Orlando to the condition of a [...]

Badgers Take Down “The U”

Color me impressed, not just with Wisconsin’s Champs Sports Bowl win over Miami, but with the entire season Bucky put together. After last year, I didn’t believe UW was going to be markedly better in 2009; I figured they’d be lucky to win six games and sneak into a fringe bowl. I guess I was [...]

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