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    01/06/13 - Wisconsin Report card

      USC Game




      OFFENSE: F

      What offense? 36% shooting. A lack of free throw attempts (five, of which we missed two) Six poor shots by Dylan Talley (two charges, two threes that were way off, and two shots that just were out of any offensive rhythm) Missed layups and tips. Dribbling out the clock on our last possession. In this game a five-six point lead was insurmountable.

      One positive note was to see Gallegos take a drive to the basket. That shot has been open for him ever since the 20-pt games because EVERYONE's scouting report says overplay off the screen. Needs to happen more.

      The thing that is funny to me is the talk about the slow-down game, but we had 49 shots in this game and 56 against CMU, so it wasn't the pace of the game, but the difference between shooting 36% and 57%.

    DEFENSE: D

    B for the first 30 seconds of most possessions. F- for the last five. 15 fouls for Nebraska to 9 for Wisconsin but Wisconsin's FT shooting was 3 of 13 so our best defensive strategy was to foul the Badgers. Our biggest defensive disappointment was when Shields fouled Evans late, allowing the basket and his made FT.

    REBOUNDING: B

    Nebraska lost the rebounding battle 38-35, which is impressive considering the size and depth mismatches but eight offensive boards for the Badgers in a game where possessions were at a premium was a killer. Nice work by Shavon Shields on the boards matching Brandon Ubel's eight boards in seven fewer minutes.

    BALL HANDLING: C

    Eight turnovers to four assists isn't bad, but this might be the stat of the game, Wisconsin has eight assists and six turnovers. That's how slim the margin is in this game. Four more assists and two fewer turnovers and the Badgers win by six. Take out the turnovers coming from three charges (Talley 2 and Gallegos 1), replace them with smart passes to the man trailing or pull up jumpers/banks, and both these teams are 1-1 in conference.

    COACHING: C-

    What was the play for the last minute? Dribbling exhibitions make for a great halftime show. Not so much at the end of the game.

    We played close and had a number of chances to take control of the game, but there seems to be a lack of execution by our offense at decisive moments. Poor shot selection, lack of patience, lack of court awareness.

    No Almeida. No Vucetic. Minimal Rivers. I understand we don't have much depth, but playing just six deep we are shooting 35% over the last three games and we are just two games into the conference. If we are trying to contend for postseason play then Biggs should have been on the floor from game one. If we are trying to build for the future then Vucetic should play and Rivers should play more. Right now, all we are doing is burning out our seniors and wasting developmental time for our younger players. I didn't see anything that Rivers did that made him a liability on offense or defense this game even though some of the players who did get 30 minutes sure did have some lapses in judgment.

    OVERALL GRADE: D

    PLAYER OF THE GAME: RAY GALLEGOS

    2012-2013 PLAYER OF THE GAME RESULTS:

    RAY GALLEGOS - 7

    DYLAN TALLEY - 3

    BRANDON UBEL - 3

    DAVID RIVERS - 1

    SHAVON SHIELDS - 1




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    I thought that the Huskers came out with a lot of energy on offense to start the game and did some good things even though they didn't score a lot of points.  Where I was most disappointed about the offense was towards the end of the game.  They just stood around too much and took some bad, bad shots.  It was like they were waiting for Gallegos to get hot and just start draining 3's. 

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    Not sure if the Honeymoon is over, However... mom-in-law has moved in, kids are screaming, and the honey-do list is pretty long. ;)

     

    Nah.  We're still in Cabo sunning on the beach.  Our mother-in-law is still a couple thousand miles away freezing in the snow; there aren't any kids for several years yet; and the honey-do list is still limited to scheduling dinner, ordering drinks at the swimming pool bar, and various private activities! 

    Coach Miles and the staff have garnered a lot of good will by superior performance in just about everything thus far, and the honeymoon period will survive the brutal Big 10 schedule (though by early March we will all be more than a bit frustrated). 

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    I was thinking more along a 3rd or 4th marriage for some of us old timers.

     

    And for me and the Husker basketball it will always be a honeymoon. ;)   Think that will get me anything? :P

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    Sorry guys I'm sticking with the D on defense. I agree that we played solid defense for a good part of the game but that part was not a half or a run. It was the first 30 seconds of each possession when Wisconsin was just moving the ball around, but I lost count of the number of times we gave away baskets with < 5 seconds on the shot clock. That's unacceptable.

    It was frustrating for sure, but down the stretch I think you have to tip your hat to Wisconsin's players for making some difficult shots.  Berggren, Evans and Jackson all made difficult shots against good defense.

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    *SIGH*  This one hurts more than most, why??  We had a winable game, in the Big 10, to go 1-1, at home, right before a stretch that is probably the most brutal of the season, and we folded.  We need someone to step up, or it will be a longer Big 10 season than I even thought. 

     

    Ray is streaky and takes tooo many shots when they are not falling.  What I would like to see a little more of is when Ray comes off a screan, stop, pump fake, get his defender in the air, and drive.  I think that this helps to get him even more open, and will open up a lot more looks for the team.

     

    Brandon, thank you for keeping us from shooting 0% as a team from 3 point land, but bud, we need those 2 footers bad.  The effort is there, and I realize the shots sometimes do not fall, but man on a team that struggles to score, every missed lay up hurts that much more.

     

    Dylan, you are a great leader, but please understand that you do not need to put all the weight on your shoulders.  Play loose man, and do not get into the "I need to get a bucket for the team" mode.  On those scoring droughts, if you are open shoot please... but you do not have to force up a deep three that is contested.  Think more like "The team needs a bucket, so let's find a way to get one."

     

    To the team, hey play hard guys.  We may not be the best offensive or defensive team, have the best athletes, or win all of our games, but playing hard will give us opportunities to win.  We played hard in this one, but just ran out of gas I think.  I would like to see us jump stop and pump fake on some of our drives.  We seem to drive in and go right up and get blocked quite a bit.  Lastly, have confidence... we seem to lack confidence, espicially in tougher situations.  When the game is close, have the confidence to go out there and make something happen.  You are playing Division 1 basketball... take it as an opportunity and run with it.  Let's shock some people the rest of this year!

     

    *** Hey I do not know if any players read the board or not, but if they do this one is for you.  It's my personal team speech.  We'll be behind you until the end!!  You guys can do it.  Still pleanty of time to reach your goal of 8 wins, so do not get down.  Keep fighting.***

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    Okay hsker4life where is that brick wall I need to run through. :)

     

    That speech and Norte Dame getting it handed to them has really fired me up.

     

    And I mean that, I am fired up. I wish I could give you more than one green +.

     

    In the words of "The Nature Boy" Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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    Why thank you... I would say that brick wall you needed to run through was Notre Dames front 7, but then I realized tonight that the illusion the painted curtain that is their brick wall is not very hard to run through.

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    Why thank you... I would say that brick wall you needed to run through was Notre Dames front 7, but then I realized tonight that the illusion the painted curtain that is their brick wall is not very hard to run through.

     

    I'm not sure that Notre Dame's front seven had faced a NFL offensive line before that game.

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    *SIGH*  This one hurts more than most, why??  We had a winable game, in the Big 10, to go 1-1, at home, right before a stretch that is probably the most brutal of the season, and we folded.  We need someone to step up, or it will be a longer Big 10 season than I even thought. 

     

    Ray is streaky and takes tooo many shots when they are not falling.  What I would like to see a little more of is when Ray comes off a screan, stop, pump fake, get his defender in the air, and drive.  I think that this helps to get him even more open, and will open up a lot more looks for the team.

     

    Brandon, thank you for keeping us from shooting 0% as a team from 3 point land, but bud, we need those 2 footers bad.  The effort is there, and I realize the shots sometimes do not fall, but man on a team that struggles to score, every missed lay up hurts that much more.

     

    Dylan, you are a great leader, but please understand that you do not need to put all the weight on your shoulders.  Play loose man, and do not get into the "I need to get a bucket for the team" mode.  On those scoring droughts, if you are open shoot please... but you do not have to force up a deep three that is contested.  Think more like "The team needs a bucket, so let's find a way to get one."

     

    To the team, hey play hard guys.  We may not be the best offensive or defensive team, have the best athletes, or win all of our games, but playing hard will give us opportunities to win.  We played hard in this one, but just ran out of gas I think.  I would like to see us jump stop and pump fake on some of our drives.  We seem to drive in and go right up and get blocked quite a bit.  Lastly, have confidence... we seem to lack confidence, espicially in tougher situations.  When the game is close, have the confidence to go out there and make something happen.  You are playing Division 1 basketball... take it as an opportunity and run with it.  Let's shock some people the rest of this year!

     

    *** Hey I do not know if any players read the board or not, but if they do this one is for you.  It's my personal team speech.  We'll be behind you until the end!!  You guys can do it.  Still pleanty of time to reach your goal of 8 wins, so do not get down.  Keep fighting.***

    +1

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