57 nailed it thaf this is a flawed team. First on Gard. I am going to give the guy a pass on last year. Reuvers should have not been forced to play, King was our, Trice was was out, Davison played with one arm and yet this team down the streach beat Purdue and finished strong with a team that resembled a scout team.
The issues with Happ are well documented but it is what it is. But the reality of it is this a very young team. Reuvers is more advanced at this stage than Kaminsky, King is better offensive player at this point than Devin Harris. Potter will really help this team next year.
Under Gard this team made the Sweet 16 twice. The thing is fans (some) are still living the fantasy of the 2 Final Four runs and that should be the gold standard for Wisconsin basketball. Thaf team was a perfect storm. Two highly ranked in state recruits, two 3 star kids that developed and one other in state kid who was a perfect compliment. Under Ryan we did not recruit well at all in comparison to the rest of the conference. Looney never considers UW. I get we missed on Herro but when Kentucky calls not a shock. The Heuser thing was a miss and that’s on Gard and the staff
This is still the same team that beat Oklahoma and played Virginia even for the majority of the game. Wil it win the conference no. After MSU and Michigan the next 6-10 teams are about equal.
In March it’s a 5-7 seed, ceiling is a Sweet 16 depends on matchups, to me sounds like a average Bo Ryan team
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