ugh

at least from TV, looks like a good crowd is at the game, despite the early 11am start.

Atchley scores inside on the hook. I like him going inside.

Speaking of which, James has also had a number of post-up plays. I know some of you wanted James to post-up more, so there you go.

Hopefully by the end of the season, we'll have Connor, James, and Johnson all scoring inside for us. Maybe even some Pittman!

goodness

Nice block!

DJ just canned a three in transition. That's actually the second three he hit in transition.

Then James scores off a great block by Connor.

Wiscy will have trouble containing us if we play like that.

We might beat the 7.5 line after all.

Transition has been the key. DJ and now AJ just hit a three off the fast break. We've been making a great effort at pushing the ball, and it's single handedly padding our lead.

We left Bohannon open and he canned a three. That's like a layup for him, so we should probably stop doing that. He reminds me of Brian Boddicker. If he's open, he's probably going to make it.

The crowd is active for once. Probably the first time I've seen the crowd like this all year.

Internet out all morning. Just now back online.

UW just got an and one. We're still leading, but they are dominating us inside, while we're hitting our outside shots. If our threes stop falling, the Badgers could steal this one.

SEXY DEXY jams another one! 47-42, 12:43 left.

Jay Bilas is correct. UT needs to drive more often. There is an athletic disparity favoring UT. They can't guard DJ, AJ, and James off the dribble.

DJ TO DJ! WOW! Sensational pass from Augustin to James for the dunk plus the foul.

It's all about transition for us. Wiskey is playing good half-court defense, but is not nearly athletic and fast enough to stop us on the open floor. Barnes is doing a great job at encouraging us to run.

Especially if James hits the +1.

Let's bury these guys...

James missed the FT. We're only 1-4 on the game on FTs.

he's trying man. He's trying.

They are going inside most of the time and Bohannon is nailing his threes. We're having trouble with their half-court sets that's getting them the ball in point blank range.

Connor misses front end of a one and one. That's a killer.

Missing free throws and lay ups all day.

another ugly offensive performance. Just missed a three that he could've drove. He's 0-6.

Badgers lead 52-51 on another easy layup from Butch. 7:20 left.

how is the game even this close

The tempo has slowed down again, allowing them to come back. Missing FTs, easy baskets, not rebounding well, allowing easy baskets. That's the formula for losing a college bball game.

Augustin needs to start carrying the offensive load. Only has 8 shots attempted for 9 points.

James already with the double-double. 18 pts, 13 rebs.

Damion! Big bucket. And the free throw.

Let's play some effing defense.

James is carrying us on both ends of the floor. He's the MVP if we win this game.

And he makes the FT.

Winning 54-52, 6:40 left in game.

Great block by James, but they consistently get the ball back.

This is a chess game. Their strengths are our weaknesses and vice versa. They came back because they're using their strength with the slow tempo, rebounding, and size.

We have to speed the game up.

Easy baskets galore. Their size advantage is killing us. I know we say this every time, but it can't be said enough. We freaking need Gary Johnson!

60-56 FT pending. Great drive by Augustin. We need more of this. They can't stop our speed, so we need to run.

That kid slid under DJ after he'd already left the floor for a layup. Terrible call

he was still moving AND directly under the basket.

DJ called for an offensive foul I thought was bullshit!  That should've been another DJ and one. Huge break for UW.

But hopefully DJ doesn't stop driving. That's what he does best, and he needs to step it up in the scoring department.

Butch is demolishing us inside. I don't even think Gary would stop him. Too tall. Only Wangmene could stop him because of his long arms.

Still angry about the call. In the NBA, that'd definitely be a blocking foul because he was under the basket!

Maybe they should use that circle in college too.

61-60, 2:45 left.

What do you know? Another off. rebound and layup.

TIMES 2! UW now up 62-61 on another off. rebound and put back by Butch.

OK now we're up 63-62 on a DJ drive and layup.

Sometimes you have to throw away the rankings and home court and just look at the matchups.

Their superior size and rebounding is dominating us.

It's 63-62, 1:33 left.

Over the back foul on Connor and they're in the bonus.

BUT THEY MISS front end of 1 and 1! Huge break.

I can see why it's so easy for them to score inside. Abrams was stuck trying to guard a posting up Landry. That basically sums up why UW is in this game.

I'm pretty nervous here.

AJ with 2 FTs.

WOW missed first FT.

UW should go for the win if I'm them. AJ makes 2nd, so we're up 66-64.

I'd shoot a three with Bohannon if I were them.

In so many ways

Wisconsin goes for the three as expected and they win.

Were we out of timeouts?

Oh well. I'm not surprised. Definitely a trap game. Their size absolutely demolished us.

2 game losing streak after 11 game winning streak. Huh?

This is an example of how flawed a team is without size. Will Johnson cure everything? Unfortunately, I don't know...

If we face a team like this in the tournament, are we done? Sometimes it's all about matchups (actually, it always is).

We just lost to an unranked team without their best player, who's their starting PG. Think about that. Ugh. FUCK!

I was in favor of benching AJ and Mason starting because of his defense.

But if I'm going to talk about AJ being a liability on defense, then I must mention Mason being a liability on offense. WTF happened to this guy? He's completely lost his shot. Zero confidence, and he's not driving to the basket.

The good news about getting Johnson: hopefully I'll NEVER have to see Mason, Augustin, and Abrams on the court at the same time ever again. That's a horribly small lineup, and any big team like UW would destroy us and they did.

AJ misses a FT and that's the difference in the game. Of all people, Abrams chokes at the line. Basically describes our day.

so you would voluntarily allow them to tie the game? We were up by 2 points, not 3. No one fouls in that situation. No one.

Tip your cap at Flowers for draining the three and then making a heads-up senior play on defense right after that.

We deserved this loss. Our problem at the end was not fouling. It was AJ missing a FT.

lets face it. We're a pretty damn good, but flawed team. Given our schedule and the teams we've played, I'll take a 11-2 start. And this is all with horrible depth and size.

Thank you Rick Barnes for consistently challenging the team with the rough schedule. This is what we need. Not only are we playing good teams. We're playing against different styles of teams. We've played small, offensive teams like Tennessee. We've played big, defensive teams like UCLA and Wisconsin. We've played slow teams like Oral Roberts and fast, athletic teams like Michigan State. We've seen everything, and that's what helps prepare you for the tournament.

But back to the game. Think about the missed FTs, and all the missed layups we had during the game. Augustin was called for two absolutely horrible offensive fouls in the game, with one being very late that SHOULD'VE been an and 1. We gave up so many offensive rebounds, but I don't know if there's anything we could do about that.

Mason did nothing on offense, and Connor had his second straight ineffective game. I thought DJ should've been a little more aggresive on offense. He did drive a lot more late in the game, and we probably win if it wasn't for that horrible call. asdfoiyuawserlkjsdf!

if you're up by 3
especially on a 1 and 1
and the way we were rebounding
that would've been the same as giving them the 3
the smartest thing to do would've been to take aj out of that line up
on the defensive end for the final
but we'll learn
there's lot of room for improvement
and as a team we can go from there
and we have a coach that's not satisfied with the results
so i doubt he'll accept this kinda loss