Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2016-2017
I'm very behind in getting on the forums and instead of quoting a bunch of different posts, I'll do my best to answer the stuff I remember seeing.
While the schools do have SOME leeway in their schedules, what whky doesn't have control over is what's happening with men's basketball and men's hockey - both of those revenue sports get their pick of times/dates before the women do. For the Minnesota weekend, they're waiting for the men's bball schedule to fill out before they can figure out when they'll play. In this case, the men's bball team is hosting Oklahoma, which is a rare matchup. So we're probably waiting for tv to decide when they want that game to be.
As was mentioned, the way I understand it is that nothing can be happening simultaneously at Kohl and LaBahn. Parking/traffic/flow of people is one of those reasons, but the other is that much of the staff is the same for the two buildings.
IF the Minnesota game ends up being Friday afternoon, which I can assure you is not something UW wants, it would be one of maybe two Friday afternoon games all season. Over the past few seasons UW has managed to do fewer and fewer Friday afternoon games. They should get credit for making that a priority.
Because of those Canada/USA camps, this week was the first time all the girls were on the ice together. IIRC, that was Tuesday, in fact. The team also started a week earlier than in year's past. I wouldn't put too much credence in what lines did or did not do on the ice.
I'm not sure which goalie will secure the 2 spot, but in talking to Baldwin and having her teammates "scout" her, she is a very aggressive goalie and uses that to help offset how small she is. My prediction is that she'll learn a lot behind ARD this season - you'll remember that ARD was very aggressive outside the crease and seems to have found a happy medium and I think Baldwin will benefit.
I hope to have freshman intro pieces up on B5Q this week.
I'm very behind in getting on the forums and instead of quoting a bunch of different posts, I'll do my best to answer the stuff I remember seeing.
While the schools do have SOME leeway in their schedules, what whky doesn't have control over is what's happening with men's basketball and men's hockey - both of those revenue sports get their pick of times/dates before the women do. For the Minnesota weekend, they're waiting for the men's bball schedule to fill out before they can figure out when they'll play. In this case, the men's bball team is hosting Oklahoma, which is a rare matchup. So we're probably waiting for tv to decide when they want that game to be.
As was mentioned, the way I understand it is that nothing can be happening simultaneously at Kohl and LaBahn. Parking/traffic/flow of people is one of those reasons, but the other is that much of the staff is the same for the two buildings.
IF the Minnesota game ends up being Friday afternoon, which I can assure you is not something UW wants, it would be one of maybe two Friday afternoon games all season. Over the past few seasons UW has managed to do fewer and fewer Friday afternoon games. They should get credit for making that a priority.
Because of those Canada/USA camps, this week was the first time all the girls were on the ice together. IIRC, that was Tuesday, in fact. The team also started a week earlier than in year's past. I wouldn't put too much credence in what lines did or did not do on the ice.
I'm not sure which goalie will secure the 2 spot, but in talking to Baldwin and having her teammates "scout" her, she is a very aggressive goalie and uses that to help offset how small she is. My prediction is that she'll learn a lot behind ARD this season - you'll remember that ARD was very aggressive outside the crease and seems to have found a happy medium and I think Baldwin will benefit.
I hope to have freshman intro pieces up on B5Q this week.
It's hard to believe a guy as smart as MJ wouldn't value puck possession highly. I may have to do some research on this if I can find any stats to go back on and look. It's a big pool of info, perhaps I'll just look at the rodent and sue games as those are the ones where gaining possession on faceoffs is the most crucial.