Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Wisconsin-Michigan thoughts

Are you in a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full mood tonight? Whatever your answer will dictate how you feel about the Badgers' too-close-for-comfort win over Michigan.

Let's start with glass-half-full: nice to pull out a close win; lots of different guys hit big shots, none bigger than Landry's; TV viewers got to see Erin Andrews work a power auger.

Glass-half-empty: we almost lost at home to a 5-14 team we beat in our sleep three weeks ago at their place; we looked sluggish, giving up 21 - 21! - offensive rebounds; we let their precocious freshman - their only scoring threat - get in too much of a rhythm. This might be the #11 team in the country right now, but I don't see them staying undefeated in the Big Ten much longer, and the efforts against Northwestern and Michigan suggest the Badgers are not serious conference title contenders.

Which isn't the end of the world, really. Better get to the highlights before I start sounding like a spoiled fan.

-After the NU stinker, I said that we needed Stiemsma against Michigan - just didn't think we'd need him that much. His big block on Ekpe Udoh's dunk attempt made sure Michigan never got the lead, which was so important. His other block, on DeShawn Sims, continued Sims' frustration. He made a nice layup, took a charge. And he and Greg Gard took the ESPN gang ice fishing (more on that later).

-Flowers' shot looked good again tonight. No reason he shouldn't be averaging 12-14 points a game (currently at 9).

-Twenty-one friggin' offensive boards! Credit Michigan for going hard, but some of those were a lack of effort or execution breakdown on our part. Case in point were Zack Griffin's two boards, in which he didn't have a Badger within five feet of him.

-Another indicator of subpar effort: nine free throws attempted, after 37 against Northwestern. Then again, credit Michigan's defense and a well-refereed game. And just in time for a State Journal story about free throw shooting.

-I thought Hughes' and Flowers' back-to-back steals were the dagger, but Michigan showed heart in not folding at that point.

-Michigan is much-improved since the first time we met. Still, they have about three legit players right now in Sims, Udoh, and Manny Harris. Sims is a 45% shooter and went 4-for-19. Udoh looked comfortable shooting jumpers. Harris was obviously great, but we seemed a step slow coming over to help, except for the two charges drawn by Krabby and Stiemsma.

-Down the stretch it was nice to see a variety of guys hit clutch shots: J-Bo, Krabby, Landry. J-Bo's runner was pretty, I'd rather see him do that than take 3-pointers nowadays. Krabby's move in the lane was strong. And Landry looked so confident and quick after taking that pass from Pop on the late 3.

-Twenty-one offensive rebounds!



-The ice fishing segment featuring Stiemsma, Gard (and his uncle), Erin, Lavin, and Musberger was entertaining. It's fun when ESPN does goofy stuff like that, I wonder whose idea it was. Really wish Greg would have shown a little personality, though. At the end of the segment Erin says "... cook them in the, uh, microwave? Can this go with wine, Lav?"

Also, how about that kid in the polar bear suit? That thing has gotten out of hand, although it does ensure Lav and Brent are talking about our players and team in other games they do, which is good for building recognition for the program.

16 comments:

Mr.Man said...

One thing I thought was interesting was the odd line-up on the floor for the last five minutes or so. Four guards basically-- Hoft, Hughes, Flowers, Bohannon-- and Landry. That lineup is not about to solve your defensive rebounding woes. I wonder why Bo went with that group?

Craig Pintens said...

"s*it big shots"

Robert Horry must be the biggest s****er of them all.

What does that mean? Freudian slip I guess...

Coach Scott Tappa said...

Typing too fast and spell check didn't pick it up ... corrected. But Big Shot Bob is the biggest s****er of them all, you're right.

Craig Pintens said...

I figured it out, but it was a great sentence as you had it.

Toohey said...

At the end of the segment Erin says "... cook them in the, uh, microwave? Can this go with wine, Lav?"

- Not even close. While it was silly of her to suggest to "microwave them up" she makes no mention of the tasty fish being accompanied by wine. How dare you insult Erin Andrews...

Someday. You'll see, someday...

Coach Scott Tappa said...

Actually, Tim, she does go on to say something about wine a few seconds after the clip I showed ends. In the future I'll clear all Erin Andrews paraphrases with you.

speaking of Erin, check out this comment someone left on my YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDNRnOT9PbM

Was that you Tim?

Toohey said...

Sadly it's not me Tappa. I already gave my left nut to see the Vikings win a Superbowl. I got screwed on that deal. :(

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