INSIDE MEN���S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
@BadgerMBB
SCHEDULE (7-4, 0-0)
Last Week
12/4
Omaha
12/8
at Marquette
This Week
Wed.
Green Bay
Jordan Taylor confident in this year���s team
O
ne of Jordan Taylor���s
greatest strengths as
Wisconsin���s point guard was
being able to pass up a good
scoring opportunity for a
great one. On a short break
from playing professionally in Rome, Taylor was in
town Wednesday to watch
the Badgers��� 65-54 win over
Green Bay and couldn���t help
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but keep that same patience
in mind.
Taylor had just watched
the Badgers overcome a slow
start to pull away with a comfortable win, but he���s seen
several of UW���s games and
knows all about the team���s
early-seasons ups and downs.
���It���s a long season,��� Taylor
said while watching Wiscon-
W, 65-54
Next Five
Dec. 22
Dec. 29
Jan. 3
Jan. 6
Jan. 12
Patience is a virtue
Badgers are learning
W, 86-40
L, 50-60
8:15 p.m.
1 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
TBA
1:15 p.m.
Milwaukee
Samford
Penn State
at Nebraska
Illinois
sin improve to 7-4. ���People tend to
over-react, but I know these guys will
be just fine.���
Taylor has seen firsthand how a Bo
Ryan team can come together after a
slow start. During his freshman season, the Badgers endured a six-game
losing streak in January, only to win
20 games and upset Florida State in
the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
���I���m confident that they���ll keep
getting better and better,��� he said.
���That���s the nature of this program.
The pieces are in place, it just needs
to come together.���
On the run
��In Wednesday���s win over Green
Bay, UW ended the first half on a
13-2 run and opened the second
stanza with the first five points.
In total, the Badgers ripped off an
18-2 run, turning a 14-21 deficit
into a 32-23 lead. Green Bay went
scoreless for a span of 6:39 during
UW���s run, including the final 4:00
of the first half.
