Article this morning on Wisconsin senior Joe Krabbenhoft. Krabbenhoft, according to teammate Jason Bohannon, does all the little things to help his team win."He brings to the table so much," Bohannon said. "He gets those little putbacks. . . . He gets all those garbage points, all those extra rebounds."
Assistant coach Greg Gard:
"He's kind of the utility guy. You can play him at first, he can catch a little bit, he can play in the outfield. So he's kind of done whatever we've needed."
Here is some more from the article:
Passing is obviously one of Krabbenhoft's strengths. But so are free-throw shooting - he is at 84% against the Big Ten and 87.2% for the season - and rebounding, two categories that lead to easy chances.
He also knows how to throw his 220-pound frame around.
What's harder to discern is his movement and how that affects the offense.
"He has a pretty high basketball IQ, so he understands the hard cut may not get yourself open, but draws a lot of attention," Gard said. "Basketball 101 is, a hard cut will usually help get a teammate open."
That appeared to be the case in the first half of the Iowa game when Keaton Nankivil got a wide-open look for his only three of the game, in part because Krabbenhoft drew extra attention with a cut to the basket.
Consider it another example of Krabbenhoft helping the Badgers put the ball in the basket.
"He is definitely better than people give him credit for because he doesn't look for his shot at all," Hughes said. "He's looking for the best interest of the team and if it calls for him to score points, he will do so."
