Go Ugly Early

It is safe to say that Wisconsin has gotten off to better starts than they did Tuesday night, missing their first five shots and not being able to establish any rhythm on offense. But luckily the Seminoles started even worse, not getting on the scoreboard until the 15 minute mark of the first half. The Seminoles also committed 14 turnovers in the 1st half.

Against a quality opponent, Wisconsin would have found themselves behind in the first half. In fact, the first half looked eerily reminiscent to the Badgers' offensive performance in the Missouri State game, except the Seminoles' guards could not play the part of Blake Ahern and the hot shooting MSU Bears. The Badgers will have to improve on the offensive end if they are going to hang with teams like Pitt and Marquette.

As Rick Majerus pointed out, the key to stopping Wisconsin on offense is to force them to make outside shots. FSU did a good job in the first half mixing in a 2-3 zone to the base man-to-man defense. Bo Ryan and the coaching staff should expect to see more opponents use zone defenses to disrupt their offensive flow. I still believe that Jason Bohannon could be the guard to join Kam Taylor legitimate three point threats.

The Badgers flexed their muscles in the second half and extended an 11 point lead at half to 20. The Badgers shot a blistering 57.7% (15 for 26) in the second half, when they had 11 assists. So as bad the Badgers were on offense in the 1st half, they more than made up for it in the 2nd half.