OLA PA'ANI LOPI: Wisconsin vs. Arizona
by Adam Hoge on Nov 23, 2009 10:51 PM CST
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Arizona Wildcats at Wisconsin Badgers, Nov 23, 2009 10:59 PM CST
Maui Invitational First Round: Wisconsin vs. Arizona
Tip-off: 11 p.m. CT (7 p.m. Hawaiian Time)
Location: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Hawaii
TV: ESPN2
Radio: Badgers Radio Network
Opposing Blog: Arizona Desert Swarm
Coverage: Check out our Wisconsin-Arizona Game Page
Ola Pa'ani Lopi. We think that means Live Game Thread. At least that's what this Hawaiian-English Dictionary says. Anyway, that's what this is -- our live game thread for tonight's late-night clash between Wisconsin and Arizona in the first round of the Maui Invitational.
Here's what you need to know about the Wildcats:
Sean Miller is in his first year as head coach at Arizona after five ridiculously successful seasons at Xavier -- yes, the team that ousted the Badgers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in March. Miller was an assistant at Wisconsin during the 1992-93 season and one his student managers that year was James Whitford, who graduated from UW-Madison in 1994 and joined Miller's coaching staff at Xavier in 2005. He migrated with Miller to Arizona this season.
While Arizona's coaching staff might be familar with this Badgers' team, his players aren't. They also happen to be really young. Nic Wise, Arizona's best player, is the team's lone senior while fellow returning starter Jamelle Horne is the only junior on the team. As a result, the Wildcats' streak of 25 straight NCAA Tournament berths is in jeopardy this season, but it won't be if a talented recruiting class contributes immediately.
After Tim Floyd was forced out of USC, Sean Miller swooped in and alertly grabbed a couple of recruits who were released from their letters of intent at Southern Cal. The end result was Rivals.com's No. 12-ranked recruiting class -- impressive when you consider Miller was hired April 7.
The freshman you want to watch is 6'6 small forward Soloman Hill who is averaging 15 points in his first two games. Also watch out for 6'10 center Kyryl Natyazhko, 6'7 forward Derrick Williams and the speedy 5'11 Lamont "Momo" Jones -- all freshman.
We'll be here all night (and morning) long. The Badgers are four point favorites but this promises to be a good game. The winner faces Gonzaga tomorrow.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
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Let's just hope they start the game on a different channel or switch away from this awful Iowa-Texas game
Bucky's 5th Quarter. SB Nation's Wisconsin Badgers community.
hear here
I didn’t stay up this late to watch texas finish off a 20+ point win.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
by Kyle Lobner on Nov 23, 2009 11:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Good thing I randomly came here at midnight.
I would not have known this game was today otherwise. I saw 11/24 on ESPN and didn’t figure on Hawai’i time.
Still showing the 18 point Texas-Iowa game right now. =\
Badgers are "coming up next"
~4 minutes to tipoff.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
Word from Hawaii is that there is still two minutes of warm ups left
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The Maryland-Chaminade game went a little long
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Apparently Badger fans are taking up one whole side of the stands while there is only a small group of AZ fans
The building only seats 2,400.
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OK here we go... Badgers lead 2-0 as ESPN2 goes to the game
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Well, good thing we got to watch the end of that game.
Wouldn’t want to risk missing a 3-minute, 20-point comeback to watch the first minute of this game.
Oh well, 2-0 Badgers. Let’s go!
good effort by nankivil
Shame it was wasted.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
by Kyle Lobner on Nov 23, 2009 11:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Need Jon Leuer to make those shots
AZ is long and athletic. We need to hit outside shots and REBOUND!
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Yeah I always wonder how he doesn't have bad knees
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Well 9-0 after the first quarter of the half... not bad
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5 minutes of shutout ball.
Called by Bo Ryan. >_>
Fun Maui fact: Maui was once conquered by the first king of Hawai’i—King Kamehameha I.
Nostalgic name, that.
Arizona has to be wondering what the hell is going on
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Leuer and Nankivil both with two fouls... not good
Whistles very tight early… both ways
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Evans will 2 fouls now
Bruesewitz checks in.
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Fould trouble a big issue right now...
Leuer, Nankivil and Evans all out until halftime with 2 fouls. Mike Bruesewitz looking good early. Here’s to hoping he proves me wrong about redshirting
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Third foul on Evans
Wisconsin is finding out it’s pretty hard to run the swing offense without Leuer and Nankivil in the game. As a result UW is taking bad shots and Arizona is getting back in the game.
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Shots aren't coming as a result of the offense at all.
They get the ball to someone, and then 3 or 4 seconds of standing around later he shoots a contested jumpshot.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:40 PM CST up reply actions
Uh oh. That's 3 on Nankivil really early on.
Arizona is causing all sorts of havoc on inbounds passes.
That's Nankivil's third foul
Called by the sideline official behind the 3-pt line. That can’t happen. Fouls are not even.
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Wisconsin has 10 fouls, Arizona has 5
Officials are not calling it even and that’s the difference in the score.
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Interesting decisions by Bo
He almost never lets any of his players with two fouls keep playing the first half. Tonight, he put Nankivil, Evans and Leuer back in there and now all three of them have three fouls.
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I think he saw things going bad in a hurry.
Put them back in to jump start the offense again and hope the reserves can keep the momentum going. Hopefully they can build a big enough lead that them fouling out halfway through the 2nd half won’t be an issue.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
I've never seen this team break so many of Bo Ryan's rules and still have a lead
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J-Bo for 3!
Bruesewitz—who is in dire need of an easily thought up nickname—takes the charge. He’s doing everything tonight.
That would be the obvious one.
I’ll be adopting it.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:50 PM CST up reply actions
Boy, he is making me look bad for saying he should redshirt
And I’m loving it…
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It's always nice to eat crow
After something like that.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
Hughes gets something inside.
Arizona is basically making Wisconsin feed the ball to the sideline in every inbounds play and then instantly trapping. I’d like to see Bo try and make them pay for that predictability.
The officials are awful!
They don’t call the travel on the drive, and then call a foul on the clean block.
Oi.
Another one
Seriously, LeBron James would get called for some of these walks.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 23, 2009 11:56 PM CST up reply actions
Wow these are some phantom fouls
Thank goodness they can’t shoot free throws
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Arizona finishes the half with 4 FGs and 23 points... wow
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Arizona is 12-of-19 from the FT line while Wisconsin is 2-for-5
Nankivil, Leuer and Evans all have three fouls. Natyazhko has three for AZ, while Wise and Fogg have two.
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For those of you that don't know this, one of Bo Ryan's goals every game is to make more free throws than the opponent attempts.
Safe to say that won’t happen tonight.
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Although if they can turn it around and do that in the second half, they will win the game.
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Did Doug Gottlieb just say something nice about Wisconsin?
I can’t believe it.
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If not that, I wonder how they let that 1993 Rose Bowl shirt past. You would think something that old and smelly would be a security hazard
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At this rate this game will end at 5 a.m.
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Well no matter what effect it has on the outcome on the game, the officials have officially taken the fun out of watching the game.
If there is anyone who isn’t a Wisconsin or Arizona fan still watching this crap then God bless them.
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And Hughes just got tackled and there wasn't a foul... unbelievable
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Some of those fouls were weak but he didn't play smart after he picked up his third
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I’ve been watching and following here. Too tired to type. Impressed that some ET zone fans are here.
by rahchgo on Nov 24, 2009 12:54 AM CST via mobile reply actions
I'm on central time still.
Just back to EST for Thanksgiving.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 12:55 AM CST up reply actions
And the foul actually HURTS the Badgers.
Taylor misses both, and they lose the easy layup off the offensive board.
Tie game.
And how late was that whistle? I actually thought Nankivil had been fouled on the rebound
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Two missed dunks by Nankivil and seven missed free throws by the team.
That’s 11 points.
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Moisture on the floor is always a problem at this tournament.
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8-17 from the line.
Free throws? Gonna have to start calling them “Half-off throws”
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:04 AM CST up reply actions
Wisconsin is 17-for-51 from the field... wow
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Hughes goes to the line... only 2-for-6 on FTs
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If Wisconsin loses, they will look at those last three empty possessions
Went from a 3-pt lead to a one pt deficit and AZ has the ball.
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I am here!
55-55 Tie
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:20 AM CST reply actions
It's been an excruciating trip.
Welcome to what is hopefully the good part.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:20 AM CST up reply actions
Looks like the Badgers had a good first half
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:21 AM CST up reply actions
59-55 though. :)
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:21 AM CST up reply actions
Debatable
It’s hard to say anyone had a good anything. The refs took over this game early and haven’t let go.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:22 AM CST up reply actions
Ah.
Was just looking at the Yahoo Sports scores. Badgers had a 31-23 lead at half.
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:22 AM CST up reply actions
There was some nice D.
Held them without a field goal for maybe 9 minutes.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:23 AM CST up reply actions
Is this an Arizona team of old or one that is rebuilding?
And that was wild 3 pointer. >.<
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:23 AM CST reply actions
KEATON BABY
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:24 AM CST reply actions
Nank looks like he put on some muscle in the off-season
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:24 AM CST up reply actions
Something's making him look mean.
Ugh. Another 3.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:25 AM CST up reply actions
YES!!!!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:24 AM CST reply actions
Great defense!!! Way to finish the game
Even on the three AZ made, that was a good defensive possession.
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Deeeeep 3
Not over yet. Need to make free throws.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:25 AM CST up reply actions
5 points with 16 seconds
crap they made a 3
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:25 AM CST reply actions
Get the ball to Bohannon!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:26 AM CST reply actions
Double Bonus too
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:27 AM CST up reply actions
Sink 1 here please...2 for security
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:27 AM CST reply actions
Absolutely 2.
I will not accept 1 given those last 2 hail mary 3’s.
by Ben Buchanan on Nov 24, 2009 1:27 AM CST up reply actions
There is 1!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:27 AM CST up reply actions
CALL TIMEOUT!
Why force a pass to Nankivil when you have 2 timeouts left and only 8 seconds on the clock?
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THE HUSTLE!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:28 AM CST up reply actions
NICE HUSTLE!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:27 AM CST reply actions
Badgers ball and 3 seconds tick off the clock...
Can’t argue with that.
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:29 AM CST up reply actions
That steal by Hughes saved us the foul with a 3-point lead argument
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4 point game.
That’ll do it.
First real game of the season out of the way with a W. Not pretty, but we got it done.
Even though I was late to the party. Glad to see the Badgers win this one.
Arizona is still a big name team. Looks like we get Gonzaga
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:31 AM CST reply actions
Hey I give you the game-ball
You showed up and Wisconsin ran away with it.
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LOL awesome!
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by Bush League All Star on Nov 24, 2009 1:35 AM CST up reply actions
Wisconsin wins 65-61!
Tough game against the Zags tomorrow night after such a hard-fought win
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That was a two and a half hour college basketball game by the way... without overtime
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I thought I’d be in bed a half hour ago when I decided to stay up and watch this. Go Badgers. Good night.
by rahchgo on Nov 24, 2009 1:35 AM CST via mobile reply actions
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