By james art 
Wisconsin Badgers suffered a disappointing loss of 77-73 in the hands of Oregon ducks on Saturday, collapsing at the end of the second half and snapping a winning series of five games.
For the first half, after a 24-4 mileage, it seemed that Badgers had controlled, but the lead slowly slipped out in the second half, which led to the ugly last minutes, where Wisconsin was indicative and there was too many turnover offensive.
Let’s break what went wrong with the loss of Wisconsin 77-73 from Oregon’s ducks, looking at every half.
First half
Wisconsin started the game by attacking inside and forcing the game to run through the paint. Stephen Crole and Nolan Winter combined for the first eight points of Wisconsin.
Oregon, however, remained in the game with two threes for the first four minutes and continued with the slower than a normal crime than Wisconsin for the first 10 minutes of halftime. Jackson Shelstad, Jadrian Tracy and Nate Bittle combined for 15 of the first 17 points of Oregon, as Oregon kept a 17-14 lead over Wisconsin by 11 minutes to go to the first.
Wisconsin, continuing with one of its many incredible tracks throughout the season, continued to finish the half-time at 24-9 run with 14 points unanswered. It all started with a dip of Carter Gilmore, followed by a barrage of plays from John Tone. Tonje started with a contested three, who really switched the momentum back to Wisconsin and returned a little quiet crowd roaring to life.
He followed with eight straight points, the best of which was torn off the pass. Tonje finished the half time with 16 points and two threes, which were the only threes of Wisconsin that half. Crowle was second in scoring with 10 points, six of which came within the first 5 minutes of halftime.
Offensively, Badgers took care of the paint business as they scored a total of 20 points in the paint, with these buckets being part of their first 25 points. While the troops did not actually fall for Wisconsin, it was made up of their work inside and the large ball movement, which led to major discrepancies and opened players down.
Wisconsin did well to limit the turnover, but they had stretches at the first where they could not find a bucket and the insult to some extent stopped at the beginning. It was not a real problem for Badgers at the beginning of this season, as they could always go to one of their goalkeepers to get a bucket.
In the end, however, shooting 50 percent of the pitch, Badgers had a decent first half on the offensive side of the court, despite the lack of threes.
Defensively, the badgers were really trying to try to restrict Jackson Shelstad and Nate Beauty. While rotations were sometimes slow or delayed, the ability to limit Oregon to just one shot and force them to low-percent field goals make a big difference.
Wisconsin ahead of the ducks from 14 to 21 in the first and gave Oregon only three offensive struggles. While Oregon made four threes in the first, the big difference was to go 11-32 from the pitch and have zero free throws.
Badgers played a good clean basketball, not allowing unnecessary fouls and easy lines on the line. Entering halftime, Jackson Shelstad led the team in eight points and two threes. His ability to get off the first defender and hit the tape at high speed really put Wisconsin’s defenders in bond early.
2nd halftime
After a great end to the first half, Badgers came out of the gate shooting. Clessmith quickly placed his first 5 points of the game, starting with a clean angle of three from a double scenario.
Nate Bittle from Oregon continued to attack Crow inside and reach his place to get easy points, but it was not enough to hold Wisconsin until they continued to attack the paint offensive.
Camari McGie scored a huge angular threesome, giving Wisconsin a 16-point lead at 55-32 with 12 minutes to play, but Oregon began to answer back.
The Jadarian Tracy and Kaishaun Bartelema began their series with a combined three threes and a mid -range range, shortening Wisconsin’s lead to 12 minutes to get into the game. The big protective rebound, which helped limit Oregon’s chances in the first, disappeared as Oregon scored points from the second chance repeatedly in the last six minutes.
The ducks continued 9-0 on the back of Beatt to complete the second half without allowing a Wisconsin basket in the last three minutes of the game, forcing five turnover during this period. Down, Badgers’s crime is completely stagged, without a clear goal scorer who can really take the reins and go to pick up a bucket.
John Tonee, after scoring 16 points in the first, was limited to only four in the second half, and two down during the last four minutes. Oregon guard TJ Bamba was indeed the reason for playing great protection for the ball and not giving Tonje a place to shoot.
However, the biggest game was a bad turnover of John Blackwell, with only 17 seconds in the game, giving way to three three of Jackson Shelstad and forced the game to continue.
In overtime, Badgers continued to fight offensively, relying too much on the ability of Tonje 1 in 1, not to play a game to get more movement. There was some light, however, when Nolan Winter knocked a huge three when the shot clock rolled to bring the badgers 72-71, but a bad foul led to two free throw shots by giving the ducks and really let them run away with the game S
Nate Bittle was huge for Oregon in the overtime, scoring six points and really released the badgers of the game. Oregon finished the game 77-73, sucking up life from the center of Kohl and indeed ceases their ability to determine their own fate in the Big Ten ranking.
The key question for Badgers was their offense down the game. Throughout the game, there were too many moments where Badgers failed to get good photos and release real gameplane, and that really hurts when the ducks started their full court press.
The press delayed the rear game and forced the badgers in difficult situations in the front court. Oregon’s defense has been really exceptional in the last seven minutes, playing great defense of the ball and forcing the badgers in difficult, low percentage frames.
With only six turnover in the first half, Badgers did well to protect the ball and keep the possessions alive, but all this went down in the second half with a total of 17 rpm and a crow with four in the last period. Protecting the ball is a number one priority when you have a lead and the inability to make it to lost possessions, which allows Oregon to slowly climb back into the game.
Defense, the badgers were operated, their inability to switch and spin was clear in this game. Keeshawn Barthelemy managed to work on great screens and get this extra step to knock off his shots, scoring 10 points in the second.
Nate Bittle, who had a quiet first half with five points, also managed to reach the free throw line and get inside, a total of 18 in the second half and overtime. When the insult rotates, the badgers usually look at their defense to raise the pace and make them transfer buckets, but Oregon understood it well and kept the game set to their pace, allowing them to really make their way.
Badgers’s defense was not big, but it wasn’t all bad. They still finished the game with 40 rebounds, 3 more than the ducks and took three thefts, but that was just not enough because of the lack of insulting.
Definitive thoughts
This Badgers team is still very good and has shown it throughout the season. When they play team basketball and are in sync, they are one of the most fruiting crimes in the game.
But when their game becomes too one -dimensional and depends on single goal scorers, we saw how the crime could not remove the wheels from the ground.
As Badgers are preparing for the big match against Michigan State, the holes of their movie have become very visible and the team is to gather along the last section of the conference to get into a good position for the tournament.