Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Press Conference

[kwheele]

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Press Conference

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Badgers Men’s Basketball Coach Kwheele heads to the podium.

 

 

Thank you for attending this press conference on our Badger Men’s Basketball team. Going to be straight and not hold back any folks. We are a work in progress - actually we are more of a bless-your-heart candidate, but our players and staff will work hard to put the best team on the court each night.

 

Having seen what happened last season, we are going to focus heavily on player fundamentals, learning how to communicate with each other more effectively, learning and executing the systems, and being competitive.

 

Overall, we do have some talent on this year’s team and look forward to seeing how they adapt to the new systems we have going in place. Unfortunately, talent is a double-edged sword. It’s like seeing your mother-in-law driving off of a cliff in a brand-new Cadillac. You have mixed feelings about it.

 

From our initial off-season meetings and practices, we have been able to see some of what this team is capable of and will need work on. There are some aspects that are really good and then there are other aspects where we look like we just stepped off Snoop Dogg’s tour bus.

 

We aren’t going to surprise most people. We are going to focus on building a focused cohesive team that out works the other team. We will be slowing things down and being a lot like a woodpecker in a petrified forest - keep busy working hard and looking for opportunities to stay competitive and win games.

 

Overall though, we have a very tough schedule ahead of us and will be a lot of growth opportunities as we work towards winning the Big 10 West Division and look to get into post-season play - whether it is NCAA Tourney or the local Elk’s Lodge Spring League Championships. Extra games are extra games at this point.

 

The goal this season is to not be the kid playing second French Horn in the school band. We are looking to be better.

 

Once again, thank you for coming out and we look forward to seeing the students and fans in the stands as we take on the Big 10 and shoot for the post-season.

 

Any questions?

[TuscanSota]

Toucan, ToucanTimes:

 

What do you think were some of the team's challenges over the offseason? Do you see any players making big leaps in minutes this season?

[kwheele]

Well, as you can all see we are very average at things and overall lack consistency. Those are the two biggest hurdles we have to overcome. Luckily, we have a couple of returning players in Amos Quinn and Ian McCall kind of chomping at the bit to take ownership of this team. They are kind of like that young black lab on the first day of pheasant season - just pulling at the leash to get started.

 

Our out of conference schedule this year is intentionally tough in order to get our team ready for conference play. Away games at UMBC, Utah State, Miami, and Kansas is tough as it gets. Then you add in Butler, Georgetown, and Tulane at home. You would think we should be committed into an insane asylum or something. One thing this out of conference play will do is reveal who are real quick.