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Nebraska will face 9th/14th ranked Badgers

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Here are some opinions from Badgers fans on how to beat Wisconsin:

 

"I'm in the camp of hopeful, but not confident.  Nebraska likely has a lot more on the line than we will on Sunday (first round BTT bye & NCAA bubble), but that can be both a motivator and a stressor -- UW should be comparatively loose, but they do have NCAA seeding to play for. I love that Nebraska has made a big commitment to hoops with the Taj Mahusker arena and that fan support seems to be escalating. However, I don't believe this fanbase will be too intimidated by the gaudy home record -- UW is a good road team, having lost only twice (@ MN & IN) and beaten some really good teams too (@ Virginia, Mich, and Iowa - could include UWGB in that list, too). What's more intimidating is that Nebraska has a good team capable of beating anyone, including Sparty at the Breslin Center. UW can't expect its B-game will be good enough if Neb brings its A-game. I like our chances if UW's A-game shows up, though -- sorry if that's perceived as a slight, but I don't think we're equals quite yet."

 

"Honestly I have only seen the Huskers play for a few minutes this year so know very little about their strengths, but in the Badgers losses/close games these three seemed to be factors:

1) Opponents ability to defend the perimeter (or a Badger team that is cold beyond the arc)
2) Have guards that can penetrate and score
3) Hope the Badgers have the flu and come out lacking energy"

 

"Wisconsin's interior defense has been suspect for much of the year -- several games have featured the opponent scoring a huge percentage of their points in the paint, so pound it inside. The defensive philosophy is to make the other team shoot long twos -- the keep-the-other-team-from-trying-open-3s part of that philosophy has been way more successful than the keep'em-out-of-the-lane part.

Guarding the Badgers is tough -- the scoring is very balanced among the top 6 guys. When UW gets into trouble, it's when they start becoming too perimeter-oriented. If you can keep Kaminsky and Hayes from getting good looks in the low post, that's a good start. We will be our trademark patient selves and we don't mind using 30 seconds of clock if we need to. You'll also know you're somewhat successful if Traevon Jackson is taking a lot of shots -- he's the go-to guy when nothing else is available (maybe go-to guy is not the right term - he's the one that takes it upon himself to create -- sometimes Dekker will do this, but it's usually Jackson)."

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