MADISON, WISCONSIN - Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 29: Johnny Davis #1 ntawm Wisconsin Badgers hnov qab tom qab qhab nia … [+]
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Brad Davison tsis tau hais lus tsis zoo thaum nug txog nws tus phooj ywg, tus neeg saib xyuas thib ob Johnny Davis.
"Nws yog tus neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws," Wisconsin Badgers tus neeg saib xyuas tua neeg laus tau hais tom qab Davis tau qhab nia rau qhov kawg ntawm Wisconsin 66-60 yeej dhau ntawm cov neeg sib tw Minnesota thaum yav tav su.
Kev sib cav Davison lub ntsiab lus yog ib qho nyuaj.
Davis, 6-foot-5 19-xyoo-laus los ntawm La Crosse, Wis. Nws ua tus thawj coj hauv kev sib tw nrog 21.4 cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib qho kev ua si - ib qho cim uas tseem ua rau nws thib ob hauv Kaum Ib Hlis thiab thib yim ntawm txhua tus neeg ua si NCAA Division 1 - 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 pab thiab 1.3 nyiag thaum tua 44% ntawm lub tshav pob thiab 35.5% los ntawm dhau lub arc.
Tab sis ib yam li feem ntau, Davis tus nqi mus tob dua li cov lej ntawm lub thawv ntawv xwb. Nws tau undoubtedly yog Badgers 'mus-rau kev xaiv thaum kev ua si tau nyob rau ntawm kab. Nyuam qhuav pib lub caij no, nws tau tshaj tawm Wisconsin qhov kev rov qab los loj tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm kev ua haujlwm nrog kev mus tom ntej 3-pointer hauv 64-59 yeej ntawm Indiana thiab ua ntej ntawd, tau qhab nia 19 ntawm nws txoj haujlwm-siab 37 cov ntsiab lus dhau 10 feeb kawg hauv 74. -69 txoj kev chim siab ntawm No. 3 Purdue.
"Kuv ib txwm hais tias nws tus yam ntxwv thib 1 yog nws qhov kev sib tw thiab nws txaus siab tso nws tag nrho rau hauv txoj kab rau nws pab neeg," Wisconsin tus kws qhia Greg Gard tau hais tom qab yeej ntawm Purdue. "Koj tau hnov nws ob peb zaug hais txog nws cov phooj ywg thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov nws ib txwm hais txog. Nws tau loj dua, muaj zog dua, tawg ntau dua. Nws yog ib tug zoo mloog, nws yog tus cob qhia heev. Thaum koj muab tag nrho cov khoom ntawd tso ua ke, ces koj muaj ib tus neeg ua si tshwj xeeb zoo nkauj. "
Zoo nkauj heev rau cov menyuam yaus uas tsis tau qhab nia ntau dua 17 cov ntsiab lus thaum nws lub caij kawm tshiab thiab tsis tau xaiv rau lub caij ua ntej All-Big Ten pab pawg.
Nws tsis yog tib tug snubbed los ntawm cov kws txawj. Cov Badgers, lawv tus kheej, tau raug xaiv kom ua tiav 10 nyob rau hauv qhov kev xaiv tsa ua ntej ntawm Kaum Ib Lub Rooj Sib Tham Xov Xwm tshaj tawm tom qab Wisconsin poob rau rau tus neeg laus suav nrog plaub tus pib thiab plaub ntawm nws tsib tus qhab nia saum toj kawg nkaus los ntawm pab pawg uas mus 18-13 ib xyoos dhau los.
Tab sis nrog Davis ua tus thawj coj, Wisconsin tau ua rau cov kws tshawb fawb pom tias ruam. Tom qab poob rau 2-1 nrog 63-58 kev poob hauv tsev rau Providence, Badgers yeej Texas A&M, No. 12 Houston thiab Saint Mary's kom tau txais Maui Invitational crown thiab ua raws li ntawd nrog peb yeej ntxiv ua ntej lawv poob thib ob ntawm lub xyoo. , a 73-55 rout by then-No. 21 Ohio Xeev.
Lawv tau poob ib zaug txij li - 86-74 tawm tsam No. 14 Michigan State thaum Lub Ib Hlis 21 - thiab Davis yog qhov laj thawj loj vim li cas.
Tom Oates, uas tau hais txog Wisconsin txoj kev pab cuam rau ntau tshaj 30 xyoo uas yog tus sau xov xwm rau Wisconsin State Journal. "Lawv cov ntaub ntawv hauv kev ua si ze yog 10-1 hauv kev ua si txiav txim siab los ntawm rau lub ntsiab lus lossis tsawg dua thiab qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov xwm txheej vim tias Greg Gard tau muaj lub tswv yim zoo hauv cov kev ua si: tau Johnny lub pob thiab tawm ntawm txoj kev."
Oates muab Davis nyob rau tib theem li qee qhov kev pabcuam txhua lub sijhawm zoo li Michael Finely, Devin Harris thiab Frank Kaminsky; transcendent players nrog ntau yam thiab zoo-paub kev txawj ntse uas muaj peev xwm los txhawb qhov kev ua si ntawm txhua tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig lawv.
Oates hais tias "Cov txiv neej nyiam qhov ntawd ua kom yooj yim rau kev ua si rau txhua tus," Oates hais. "Lawv ua kom qhov kev ua si yooj yim dua vim tias lawv tuaj yeem ua tau ntau heev. Yog li ntau tus neeg ua si raug txwv ... txhua tus players muaj kev txwv tab sis cov neeg zoo muaj qhov txwv tsawg heev thiab kuv xav tias Johnny Davis yog tus neeg ua si zoo li ntawd. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas nws ua tsis tau ntawm lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob. "
Cov Badgers yuav lean hnyav rau Davis dua hnub Wednesday, thaum lawv mus rau Champaign, Ill. mus ntsib No. 18 Illinois rau ib leeg muaj thawj qhov chaw hauv Kaum Ib Hlis thiab yog tias keeb kwm yog qhov qhia tau, lub hnub qub hluas yuav ntau dua li npaj rau. qhov kev sib tw.
Gard hais tias "Peb tuaj yeem muab lub pob rau hauv nws txhais tes thiab cia nws ua si," Gard hais. “Nov yog qhov koj sim ua. Nws tsis yog foob pob hluav taws science. Nws yog ib tug neeg ncaws pob zoo heev. Muab lub pob rau nws. "
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwagner/2022/01/31/johnny-davis-has-the-badgers-back-atop-the-big-ten-and-a-growing-case- for-player-of-the-xyoo-honors/