LIVE GAME THREAD: No. 15 Wisconsin at Illinois
by Adam Hoge on Mar 7, 2010 11:55 AM CST
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LIVE COVERAGE FROM ASSEMBLY HALL
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Big Ten Basketball No. 17 Wisconsin at Illinois |
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| 22-7 (12-5 Big Ten) | 18-12 (10-7 Big Ten) | |
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March 7, 2010 1:00 PM CT Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill. |
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TV: ESPN (Dave O'Brien and Steve Lavin) Radio: Badgers Radio Network (Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas) Opponent Blog: Hail to the Orange Coverage: Our Wisconsin-Illinois Game Page |
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All-time Series: Illinois leads 108-74 Last Meeting: Illinois won 63-56 (Feb. 9, 2010) |
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| Probable starters: | ||
| Trevon Hughes | G | Demitri McCamey |
| Jordan Taylor | G | D.J. Richardson |
| Jason Bohannon | G/F | Bill Cole |
| Tim Jarmusz | F | Mike Davis |
| Keaton Nankivil | F | Mike Tisdale |
Welcome into our live game thread from Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. It's Senior Day for the Illini and it also happens to be Unofficial St. Patrick's weekend on campus so the students here will either be extremely hungover or still drunk. Either way, the Orange Krush will likely muster up enough energy to make this a tough environment for the Badgers this afternoon.
The Illini have lost four of their last five games and as a result, today's game turns out to be the biggest game of their season. To get into the NCAA Tournament, Illinois will likely have to beat Wisconsin at least once this week as the two will likely meet again Friday in Indianapolis.
For a complete list of what is at stake today, as well as the keys to the game and my prediction, check out our game preview.
For now, feel free to leave your comments and predictions below. We'll have complete coverage all afternoon!
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Injury note
Mike Tisdale was dealing with sore achilles tendon this week and was wearing a walking boot as recently as Friday, but he is expected to be good to go today.
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Well the courtside students are here and ready to go.
Little quiet during the senior ceremonies though.
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The good news is that the press seats at Assembly Hall are courtside.
The bad news is that there are three rows of press in front of me.
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The even better news is that the Badger Herald and Daily Cardinal didn't show up.
Which means I just got upgraded to first class.
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Yeah the seats at the Big Ten Tournament are just as good.
And two years ago Bo got T’d up twice in two days. It’s always fun to ACTUALLY here what they saw when they get T’d up.
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Adam’s the one with the white shirt and the black ThinkPad. We got a quick closeup of you, Adam, during the shot clock time out.
by rahchgo on Mar 7, 2010 1:22 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
OK, starting lineups are done.
Here we go!
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Apparently Illinois has retired every number possible.
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No. 1 has been retired twice.
And yet D.J. Richardson is wearing it today. :)
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I don't know why, but I love Illinois' white jerseys.
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Turnover by Tizzy on first possession.
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3 offensive boards for UW early.
Has led to 5 second chance points.
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Bo Ryan just gave it to J-Bo for being out of bounds there on that catch.
Apparently they went over that in practice yesterday.
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Bill Cole is guarding J-Bo.
They gotta exploit that.
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Well UW has a matchup advantage when Weber goes with 3 bigs against UW's 3 guards.
Cole is forced to guard either Pop, J-Bo or Taylor and it’s hurting Illinois early.
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Leuer just shot that with his left hand. Didn't work.
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Illinois seems a step slow rebounding
Maybe they were out last night with the rest of the students??
Jordan Taylor calls a huddle and directs his teammates.
Great leadership from a sophomore. This team is his in just a few weeks.
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I wonder if that is what Taylor just called in his huddle.
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Bo really not happy with the refs right now.
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2nd foul on Hughes
9:17 left in the half. Rob Wilson in the game.
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Evans is doing some good work out there right now.
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Badgers 1-for-7 from three.
Don’t like that they have shot 3 threes and I don’t like that they’ve only made one.
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Apparently Lavin just said Leuer would be a lottery pick?
Someone just texted me that
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I heard it.
He definitely said some NBA scouts and brass are projecting Leuer as a lottery pick.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
That was a huge 5 point swing in about 5 seconds.
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Did he miss it or was it blocked?
I couldn’t tell.
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Illinois had two Olympic medalists available to the media before the game.
I got to see those medals up close. Pretty cool.
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Yeah not the best pre-game speech I imagine.
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Wow that was a weak foul call on Leuer.
Happened right in front of me. He nicked Tisdale’s hand about a second after he released the ball. Had absolutely no effect on the shot.
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Leuer now has 2 fouls along with Hughes.
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Stays in the game with the Badgers on offense with 31 seconds left in the half.
Small gamble.
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Timmy J can't stay with Bill Cole by the way.
Seriously?
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Wow, Illinois had two fouls to give and they just let Nankivil take a wide open three.
33-27 at the half.
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Can somebody please tell
ESPN’s guys that Leuer’s name is not pronounced LORR or LURR?
Say it with me: LOOOOOO-URRRR.
Apparently I'm missing a crazy Blackhawks game.
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Hawks were up 2-0, then down 5-2, now it's 5-4.
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Mike Lucas just told me that he thinks Bo Ryan and Thad Matta should share the Big Ten Coach of the Year Award.
Thoughts?
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Lavin picked Matta on-air in the first half.
I’d say either pick is defensible — but I’m biased, so I’d definitely go with Bo.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
Thoughts
Matta had the best team, especially when Turner is healthy. Ryan took a team predicted to finish 9th to the Top 25 most of the season. It’s tough not to be biased.
Badgers up 10. 3rd foul on Leuer. That is huge.
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Evans
I like how he played the rim perfectly on that ‘pass’ to Hughes
That was a frustration foul.
He got fouled by DJ Richie on the possession before, but there was no call. He gave Jim Burr a deathly stare and then missed a layup.
Taylor and Nankivil did a poor job of communicating on defense and few seconds later and Hughes just went down the court and hacked Tisdale downlow.
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Taylor always shows up when Hughes is in foul trouble.
It’s a guarantee.
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McCamey is playing a lot harder now than he did in the first half.
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Yeah we saw nine games of no post touches.
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J-Bo continues to struggle.
Still no points.
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Hockey team down 1-0 after 1st period in Minnesota.
Apparently they knocked the puck into their own net.
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Leuer and Hughes back in for the Badgers.
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If he gets going then this game is over.
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Bo knows Illinois has no answer for Leuer.
He wants to put this thing away now.
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New drinking game: take a shot every time Lavin uses the adjective methodical to describe Wisconsin?
4th foul on Leuer.
He can’t believe it. What does the replay look like?
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Coaches not happy with Leuer there.
Moore told him shoudl have stayed on his feet (which he should have) and Bo said: “That’s just a dumb play.”
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Illinois fans are some of the dumbest fans this conference has.
Every time a ball gets knocked out of one of their players’ hands, they think it is a foul. And they were screaming for a travel on Hughes there, even though that is not a travel as long as he goes up for a shot, which he did. That was the patented Alando Tucker move right there.
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Illinois bugs me in general. For some reason there team just annoys me, but I can’t really point out why.
Yeah
Five years ago, I would’ve screamed for a travel anytime the other team did that. But by now, you just have to know they don’t call that a travel anymore. Like, ever.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
Hughes now has 4 fouls.
That’s about all Illinois has going for them right now.
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Does anyone have a +/- for Hughes this season?
It feels like the Badgers have had a handful of games this season where he’s missed extensive time and they’ve been better without him. Wondering if that’s true, or it just feels that way to me.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Bo not happy that Hughes didn't get back on defense.
Yeah the feet got tangled, but he had a good point that if Hughes had already been down there it wouldn’t have happened.
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J-Bo was holding Tisdale as he went up for the tip.
It was a good call.
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Tizzy makes both so it doesn't matter, but that should have been a shooting foul.
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Badgers caught a break there with the shot clock violation.
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There 10 total fouls in the 1st half.
13 here in the second with 9 minutes left. Ridiculous.
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Bo wasn't happy. Ref said he hit him in the head.
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The game is just as physical as it was in the 1st half.
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It was 10-4 on the fouls so now they have to call some cheap ones on the Illini and they will.
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If I was Bo, I would keep Hughes and Leuer out right now.
They are calling everything.
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5-0 run for the Illini. All on free throws.
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They said on the air
Illinois hasn’t made an FG since 17 minutes left or so. But they’ve hung in there thanks solely to foul calls.
And their fans have been booing the refs the entire time. Morons.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
Whoops
Just saw that stat was posted above.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
Would you quit freaking talking about Murphy's Law, Lavin?
Murphy’s Law for Illinois would be none of these 13 fouls getting called in the first place.
What's amazing is that Leuer and Hughes haven't fouled out yet.
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Intentional foul on McCamey.
And that was a good call. No argument from Illinois at all.
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Wisconsin needs to hit their free throws.
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I think I yell more during Badger games than I do during Brewer games.
And if you made a list of things I yell, “Make your f#$%ing free throws!” would be #1, and more than #2 and 3 combined.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
And again!
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
One downside
to Taylor’s emergence this year is the gigantic crush my girlfriend has developed on him. And yes, this game would feel more comfortable if we hit our throws too.
I tell this to my wife all the time.
When something’s in the freezer, it needs time to defrost before you can microwave it.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
UW and Illinois play again in the B10 tourney, right?
If Illinois loses today, then turns around and beats UW in the tourney, I’d bet they’re still in.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Yes they do. Unless Michigan beats Michigan State today.
They definitely have to win one of them. I think this one is more important though. Protecting your home court is greater than winning on a neutral floor.
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Especially because a conference tourney win against the Badgers
Would probably be immediately followed by another loss.
by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
It looked like it happened when he went back to get the loose ball. He limped for a second then finished the play before going down.
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Holding lower part of right leg.
Cramp? Maybe. Not sure.
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Did he roll it when he went back to get the ball and got bumped?
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Yep.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Rolled ankle, they showed it on TV.
Least popular opinion in the room: I think the Badgers might be better (short and long term) without him.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
He might be a 1st team All-Big Ten Selection.
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I know a lot of people think he's very talented, which is why I noted it as an unpopular opinion.
I just think he’s a strong Ewing Effect candidate. In some of the biggest meltdowns and shortfalls of the season, he’s the guy taking terrible shots and making poor decisions.
I might be wrong (basketball is, after all, my second sport) but I think a year from now we’ll be talking about how great Jordan Taylor has been in his place.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
He's a player
were is highs are really high, but his lows can get get pretty low. I look at his progession over the last few years though and its pretty great. I was always wary of him frosh and soph years, but he has really grown over the last yeear.
Agreed
I’m not saying he’s terrible. He could be a phenomenal player if he could keep himself in check a little more and improve his decision making.
But I do think, because of said lapses in decision making and emotions, that this team might be better off with Jordan Taylor, who’s a little steadier, running the point.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Any reason
for Wilson’s absence in today’s game? Just thought he might show up with all the fouls
He came in a little bit in the first half.
Missed a layup. Sometimes that’s enough to sit on the bench.
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I'd be interested in seeing a study of this
Because it seems like the bench rotation changes game to game, and severely so. Rob Wilson, Bruesewitz, Berggren, Evans and Jarmusz all seem to be 20 minute guys one game and completely absent the next.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
If anyone is interested in continuing this conversation
I moved it over to a FanPost.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Not sure how that was a shotclock violation. The whistle was blown for a timeout before te buzzer went off!
UW saves a timeout though.
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I always knew you were Jim Burr in disguise ;)
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Illinois fans waving the white flag.
Chanting we want “Bubba”
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Wisconsin will be in 2nd place no matter what.
It’s just a question of if they will be the No. 3 or 4 seed.
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If Michigan beats MSU (game starts now on CBS) then UW will be the No. 3 seed.
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Quite frankly, I would rather be the No. 4 seed and play this Illinois team again.
If they are the No. 3, they will likely play Minnesota Friday.
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How classy was that. We gave Him the layup.
by rahchgo on Mar 7, 2010 2:59 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Point taken
I was pretty shocked at this one.
I WAS right about the line though – 3.5 to the Badgers.
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