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Posts: 105 11/02/09 11:54 AM |
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4616082&name=katz_andy
Nice article, lousy photo caption. (Edit: Nevermind...caption has since been changed)
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Posts: 2966 11/02/09 4:54 PM |
I like the spunk of our players:
"We've got two experienced guards this year and we're eager to prove people wrong," Hughes said at the recent Big Ten media day outside Chicago. "We like the challenge that the Big Ten is loaded and we're predicted ninth. That's bulletin-board material. We'll win the games we're not supposed to." I like the spunk of our coach: Ryan admits he loves being the coach of a team that doesn't seem exciting enough, doesn't have enough talent and supposedly won't hold up come March. "That's the Chester in me," Ryan said of his hometown on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border near Philadelphia. "That's OK. I won't change the way I coach. What it does is, when I get home, my wife will remind me all the time that we're not going to be very good this year. I don't like my wife saying that. It sends me off to the Kohl Center with an attitude of, 'We'll show them.'" |
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Posts: 1483 11/02/09 5:18 PM |
Excellent advice.
Purdue coach Matt Painter cautioned Wisconsin about not hyping the rare Duke visit too much. Purdue did so too much last season in the same event, losing by 16 to the Blue Devils at Mackey Arena. "They were tougher than us," Painter said. "Duke has games like that all the time, whereas we made it a big deal. That's the way their games are all the time. They enjoy coming into opposing players' gyms. It showed that Mackey Arena is not guaranteeing us a victory. Going into Wisconsin is going to be tough since it's a tough venue, but they [the Blue Devils] thrive on that and pulling out wins." |
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Posts: 1601 11/02/09 11:04 PM |
I love how Bo sets his wife up as the psychologist/motivator/brains of the operation. I get a kick out of that.
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"It is official - this is a rebuilding year." - St. Bucky a.k.a., The Seer, re: The Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Team, 12/8/07 |
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Posts: 3522 11/03/09 6:38 AM The Head of Alfredo Garcia |
Although they've obviously got to get something out of the big men, they'll go as far as their senior guards take them. I'm with Bo - it'll be
fun to see how this season plays out.
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Posts: 74 11/04/09 11:36 AM |
Whoever picks us ninth needs a brain scan. We have a much better chance of finishing third, than ninth. Talk about a total lack of respect. This is shameful. I
hope this team goes out and totally kicks ass. I see us as being a top 20 team and potentially could go into the Big Ten season undefeated. We are easily going
to get in the tournament and we are going to be an extremely tough out.
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Posts: 753 11/05/09 4:17 PM
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Very likely yes, chances are they'll finish in the upper half of the Big 10 again. The tough stretches they had last year will make them better this year.
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