Opponent Q&A: Previewing Wisconsin with Bucky’s 5th Quarter

Phil Mitten has been blogging about Wisconsin basketball for quite some time, most recently at Bucky’s Fifth Quarter, and he agreed to answer some questions about Michigan’s upcoming home match-up with the Badgers. I answered a few questions over there if you want my opinions on Michigan’s season to date. The traditional game preview was also posted earlier this morning. 1. By my eyes, the story in Madison is the three point shot. Wisconsin has been attempting more and more threes in recent seasons and the Badgers seem to finally have discovered the “die by the three” side of mantra. Talk about the prominence of three point shooting in Bo Ryan’s updated swing offense and how it has affected Big Ten play to date. Bad marksmanship from deep already cost Wisconsin two Big Ten home losses, when the Badgers went a combined 8-for-50 on 3-pointers against Iowa and Michigan State. Ben Brust gets most of the heat (he was 1-of-13 in those games), but starting center Jared Be...