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Wisconsin game

woolridge

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Feb 24, 2016
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I rewatched the Wisconsin game and I didn't think we played that badly. Mike Gessel took a lot of blame from fans after the game but he really played pretty well. He did a great job on defense against Koenig, and he was very aggressive in the first half attacking the basket. He missed three lay ups, two were contested. I guarantee you that if he is in that same position the rest of the year he won't miss those. In my opinion, after watching the replay, we were a little unlucky in not getting those to fall. If he just makes those three we probably win the game. We had eight turnovers in the first half that I counted were all unforced turnovers. Wisconsin players had no effect on those plays. They were all self inflicted, and Mike wasn't responsible for any of them. Uhl, Jok, Clemmons, and Ellingson were responsible for them. Pete and Dominique have a tendency to play loose at times, or in other words, they like to relax. That was are biggest problem on Wednesday night. Those guys need to watch Mike, Anthony, and Woody and the effort they give all game long on defense and offense. That's something the coaching staff has to get thru to them. To be Big Ten Conference champs or Final Four participants you have to give it all every possession. After re watching the game I don't think we are that far away and our problems are correctable. Our man to man defense was actually really good. Jok, Uhl, Ellingson, and Uthoff had critical mental lapses where they lost track of there man and Wisconsin players got uncontested dunks and three pointers. We just need Jared to stop thinking and play.
 
I think Fran is leaning on our starters way too much and not trusting Dom and Baer enough. There's no doubt were gassed right now, and rightfully so when the last 6 games or so our starters have been averaging mid 30 minutes per game. (Uthoff only played 23 vs Wisconsin but only because of foul trouble). Our first meeting with Michigan State our starters only averaged 27 minutes and we put up 83 points. Hopefully we find our second win and our bench starts clicking again.
 
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