Archive | 2013

Top 2012-13 Performances: No. 2 Davante Gardner vs. Syracuse

Statline: 26 pts, 8 reb, 7-7 FG, 12-13 FT, 33 min Quality of opponent: 8/10. Two thoughts here. 1)Syracuse came into the Bradley Center for the final time in a bit of a slump that would turn into a downright freefall, losing five of eight games and causing coach Jim Boeheim to blow up at the […]

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Top 2012-13 Performances: No. 3 Junior Cadougan vs. Wisconsin

Statline: 18 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast, 7-10 FG, 1 TO, 26 min. Quality of opponent: 7/10. If you had asked this directly after the game, the answer would have most likely been 6/10. If you had asked this during the Badgers’ conference season the answer would have been 8/10. With the benefit of hindsight, a […]

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Top 2012-13 Performances: No. 4 Vander Blue vs. South Florida

Statline: 30 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 34 min, 13-20 fg Quality of opponent: 3/10. If this were Jeopardy and the answer was South Florida, the question would be something like: What is turrible? That may seem a little harsh, but for a team coming off a two-win NCAA Tournament appearance, the Bulls took a giant leap […]

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Top 2012-13 Performances: No. 5 Chris Otule vs. Davidson

Statline: 11 pts, 11 reb, 4 blk, 4-5 FG, 3-4 FT, 22 min. Quality of opponent: 8/10. Davidson was a No. 14 seed in the East regional, but as we saw early this was not your typical mid-major. The Wildcats entered the NCAA Tournament on a 17-game winning streak, the longest in the country to […]

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Top 2012-13 Performances: No. 6 Vander Blue vs. Wisconsin

Statline: 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 7-14 FG, 2-2 3FG, 35 min Quality of opponent: 7/10. If you had asked this directly after the game, the answer would have most likely been 6/10. If you had asked this during the Badgers’ conference season the answer would have been 8/10. With the benefit of hindsight, […]

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MU commit Noskowiak makes dream come true

Last week 2015 point guard Nick Noskowiak picked up a scholarship offer from Marquette. Tuesday evening Buzz Williams and lead recruiter Brad Autry picked up a commitment from the 6-foot-3 sophomore. And soon enough, Noskowiak’s family will be picking up Golden Eagle attire to replace their Wisconsin Badger gear. For Noskowiak, the floor general for […]

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