{"id":45371,"date":"2011-11-07T08:57:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=45371"},"modified":"2011-11-07T08:58:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:58:37","slug":"2011-wisconsin-badgers-season-preview-odds-predictions-71111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/2011-wisconsin-badgers-season-preview-odds-predictions-71111\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Season Preview:  Wisconsin Badgers (Big 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2011 CBB Predictions &#038; Gambling Preview:\u00a0Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)<\/h2>\n<p>The Wisconsin Badgers are always good but seldom great. \u00a0This seems like another one of those teams with Jordan Taylor leading the way. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He is a rare true point guard these days but he can score too and against mediocre teams he can be all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Against the better teams he is going to need some more help and right now I don&#8217;t even think coach Bo Ryan is sure where that is going to come from. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They do have some shooters but we will have to wait until the season unfolds to see if there is any real replacement to the production they got inside from Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankevil.<\/p>\n<p>Those two were an underrated post tandem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jarrod Uthoff &#8211;\u00a0A freshman forward scorer who will have to supply some offense.<br \/>\nEvan Anderson &#8211;\u00a0Big body will provide size if nothing else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subtractions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jon Leuer<br \/>\nKeaton Nankevil<br \/>\nTim Jarmusz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Players<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jordan Taylor &#8211;\u00a0The best point guard in the country.<br \/>\nJosh Gasser &#8211;\u00a0A good shooter and system player.<br \/>\nJon Bruesewitz &#8211;\u00a0Frenetic energy player who will need to be consistent as a starter.  [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strengths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>System &#8211; Every year this team does better than people think it will because it stays within itself and forces opponents to play a style they aren&#8217;t comfortable with or want to play. <\/p>\n<p>They are going to have really work the system this year as it feels like the overall talent level, other than Taylor, is lower than it has been recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weaknesses\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Athleticism &#8211; I know it plays into stereotypes but the Badgers are almost never the most athletic team on the court. \u00a0This is why their system is so key. \u00a0This is important to note because unlike other teams they can only really compete against good teams by playing one way &#8211; the Badger way. \u00a0If they have to run up and down they usually struggle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post Season\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I see at least one win the tournament but not much else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>40\/1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Projected wins<\/strong> 25<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NCAA Basketball Gambling\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>NCAA Basketball gambling<\/strong><\/a> season is right around the corner and we&#8217;ve got your back with tons of great\u00a0<a title=\"College Basketball Handicapping\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/ncaa-basketball\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>college basketball handicapping<\/strong><\/a> articles to help you become the best basketball betting expert on your block in the 2011\/12 NCAA Hoops season and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick article by The Wiesguy detailing the Wisconsin Badgers 2011 Season win total odds for over under NCAA Basketball betting futures and a season wins prediction\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":33169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[52918,52841,16374,52919,52920,50791,5364,37392,21162,36135,2571,52921,52922],"class_list":["post-45371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-2011-badgers-season-win-total-odds","tag-2011-college-basketball-odds","tag-badgers-odds","tag-badgers-odds-to-win-ncaa-basketball-title","tag-badgers-wins-2011","tag-big-10-conference-odds","tag-college-basketball-futures","tag-ncaa-basketball-future-odds","tag-ncaa-basketball-predictions","tag-win-total-projection","tag-wisconsin-badgers","tag-wisconsin-badgers-betting-odds","tag-wisconsin-badgers-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45396,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45371\/revisions\/45396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}