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Wisconsin vs. Arizona: A Late Night Affair
6 days ago by
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So I’m staying up late and watching the Badger on TV at the Maui Invitational tonight. Those crazy Hawaiians are making things tough with their time zone, which I'm told is four hours behind my life in central standard time. Technically, I suppose I’m not live-blogging, since...
Wisconsin vs. Oakland: The First Good Game
11 days ago by
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Last night I got another chance to take in a Wisconsin game. Thankfully, we’re still in the part of the non-conference season when there’s something exciting about every game. My first look at the Badgers in their exhibition against UW-Superior was fun because it was my first chance...
Wisconsin vs. IPFW: Opening The Year on My Couch
14 days ago by
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Finally this weekend we got to the basketball games that count. And finally, we had the last Wisconsin home football game of the year. The latter fact would not be significant for basketball purposes, save for the fact that I have Wisconsin football season tickets, and not having to...
Wisconsin vs. UW-Superior: The First Look
18 days ago by
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As alluded to earlier, last night was my first chance to get a look at this year’s Wisconsin team. With Marcus Landry and Joe Krabbenhoft gone and leaving big holes to fill, it was finally interesting to see a Wisconsin team that needed to mix in some new blood. So with the best...
Wisconsin Pre-Game
19 days ago by
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Tonight I’m heading to see my first Wisconsin game of the year, their exhibition against UW-Superior. In lieu of doing any sort of preview this year (let’s face it–if you’re reading this, you probably know just as much, if not more about the Badgers than I do), I’d like to...
UWM vs. Cardinal Stritch: Opening the Season With My Old Friends, The Panthers
25 days ago by
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Ah, it’s finally here. I suppose I sort of kicked off basketball season a few weeks back on the opening evening of practice, but last night was my first opportunity to go to something resembling a game. Both Wisconsin (vs. Bemidji State) and UWM (vs. Cardinal Stritch) were playing...
Feeling Blue...
October 20, 2009 by
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With college basketball opening this past weekend, it’s probably time to dust off the old keyboard and crank out a few words from time to time again. I had planned on kicking off the season by documenting my trip to Duke’s “Countdown to Craziness” event this past weekend, but...
2009 NCAA Tournament Picks
March 16, 2009 by
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Yes, the NCAA tourney is here again, and it’s time to start filling out those brackets. While I’ve largely gone silent this year for reasons due mostly to my own laziness, tourney time is no time to stay lazy. So I’m again posting my tournament picks for the world to see. Those...
Syracuse vs. UConn
March 13, 2009 by
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And that, friends, is the greatest basketball game that I've ever watched. If my Syracuse-loving grandfather was capable of staying awake for this, he'd be pretty happy right now. I guess he'll just have to enjoy Sportscenter tomorrow. As for those notes I was thinking...
A Suggestion For Your Pointless Conversation
March 11, 2009 by
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One of the most annoying conversations that I hear every year is the one about who's going to take over coaching at Wisconsin when Bo Ryan eventually retires. Trying to use today's information to figure out what to do at a point that's an undetermined number of years away...
Marquette vs. UConn: The Injury Bug Bites
February 26, 2009 by
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It was a rough night for Marquette last night, losing not only a big game, but also one of its key players for the rest of the year. There was a buzz of excitement in the air last evening that is rarely seen at a basketball game around here, and it’s a shame that things didn’t...
Three Minutes of Ineptitude
February 19, 2009 by
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While I’ve been to plenty of entertaining games over the past several weeks, for some reason it was not until last evening that I was moved to actually write about something that I’ve seen (actually, that’s not totally accurate, as below I also had the chance to recap the Marquette...
Marqutte vs. Seton Hall: A Surprising Entertaining Game
February 18, 2009 by
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Ah, it’s been awhile. I’ve actually had some great game-watching experiences over the past few weeks, be it my trip to Iowa, my evening in Madison watching the Badgers end their losing streak, or this past Saturday when I managed to catch much of the UWM game on the radio before...
Finally...
February 06, 2009 by
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Had I known that all it would take for Wisconsin to end its losing streak was for me to attend a game in person, I'd have headed to the Kohl Center long ago. It's not a great season, and last night wasn't a marquee game, but I can recall few happier drives home after a...
Going Forward...
January 27, 2009 by
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Huge win for Marquette at Notre Dame last night. As usual, my DVR saved me, as I had to fix a relatively minor, but relatively peculiar problem with my car. Rather than recapping last night's game, or delving into any of the games that I attended over the weekend, I think today...
Wisconsin vs. Iowa: So Much For That Northwestern Miracle
January 22, 2009 by
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Here's the weird thing about last night's Wisconsin-Iowa game--if I wasn't a huge Wisconsin fan and was simply a disinterested party tuning in to watch a random hoops game, I'd have been cheering for Iowa. The Hawkeyes' toughness and hustle were apparent on a night...
Ouch, and Other Random Thoughts
January 16, 2009 by
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A few quick thoughts on a bunch of things on this, the day after a soul-crushing Wisconsin loss:1) There’s not much that I can say after a loss like the Badgers had last night. That was about as hard a loss to take as I can think of. At the four minute time-out I was sitting at a...
A Night That Did Not Disappoint
January 08, 2009 by
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Well, the greatest night of televised basketball in my lifetime did not disappoint. Indiana put up a far better effort against Michigan than anyone expected, leading the entire game (well, except for that end part) and taking the Wolverines to overtime. Rutgers, beaten down by the...
The Greatest Night of Televised Basketball Ever
January 07, 2009 by
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I’m not sure if I’ve ever encountered a night like tonight in terms of the volume of televised basketball that I want to watch being played. There are no less than five games on tonight that I would normally plan my night around, and a sixth that I would seriously consider watching...
Backing Up A Week: A Snowy Night In Germantown
December 26, 2008 by
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Last Saturday my friend T.J., one of my favorite basketball watching pals, flew into Milwaukee from his North Carolina home and we set forth on one of the longest days of basketball watching that I've done in some time. He arrived at my place just before 2pm, and the basketball...
On The Road...
December 26, 2008 by
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Prepping for the holidays has made life pretty crazy for me over the past few weeks, hence no recent updates. Floating around my computer somewhere are some thoughts on last Saturday, one of the most basketball-centric days that I've ever had. So I hope to post some belated thoughts...
Oops...
December 12, 2008 by
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Not sure where I was getting my info from, as I'd thought the UWM game was starting one hour later than it did. Thus, planning my night around heading out to watch the second half on TV turned out to be a poor move. On the bright side, I instead got to watch the final 10 minutes...
Tosa East vs. Menomonee Falls: Battling Through the Snow
December 10, 2008 by
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It was a busy night for me tonight–first I shoveled snow. Then I changed clothes. Then I headed to the Tosa East-Menomonee Falls game at Tosa East. Then I went home and shoveled some more snow. Then I watched the Wisconsin-Idaho State game. Then I went to bed. Below are my thoughts...
Marquette-Wisconsin: My Belated Rivalry Thoughts
December 09, 2008 by
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The Marquette-Wisconsin game is always one of my favorites, as there’s nothing more fun than an in-state rivalry. This year was a bit more intriguing to me, due to the dynamics of the season so far. Back two weeks ago when Marquette was regularly dropping 100 points on opponents...
...And I Give Another Excuse For My Incompetence
December 08, 2008 by
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No Marquette-Wisconsin thoughts today. No, it’s not because I’m bitter that Wisconsin lost. Of course, I’d have rather seen Wisconsin steal a road win from Marquette, but even I have to concede that it’s entertaining to watch a team with only two semi-competent healthy players...
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