The hole - perhaps grave is a more fitting term - being dug by the Wisconsin men's basketball team continues to deepen

The hole - perhaps grave is a more fitting term - being dug by the Wisconsin men's basketball team continues to deepen.It deepens not by inches or feet but rather by missed shot, after missed shot, after missed shot."It is baffling to think that we could get that many shots in the paint, wide-open jumpers," UW coach Bo Ryan said Sunday after the Badgers struggled through a third consecutive ugly offensive performance,Michael kors outlet, 66% off cheap Michael kors handbags sale this one resulting in 59-41 loss at Michigan."They're just beating themselves up mentally. We've got to get through this."Let's be blunt. If the Badgers (12-5, 1-3 Big Ten) don't find a means to score consistently, the race for the Big Ten title will go on without them.UW is 1-3 in league play for the first time since the 2000-'01 season. That came under the direction of interim coach Brad Soderberg, who was promoted after Dick Bennett retired.UW shot 34.8% in a 72-65 loss to Iowa on Dec. 31 and 33.3% in a 63-60 overtime loss to Michigan State on Tuesday. The Badgers followed those clunkers by shooting 31.4% against the Wolverines (13-3, 3-1), who entered the day allowing 45.7% shooting in league play."Work harder; forget about," guard Jordan Taylor,Michael kors handbags, cheap Michael kors handbags sale who led UW with 12 points but missed 10 of 15 field-goal attempts, said when asked to describe the remedy for the shooting woes. "We've all made shots before."Right now, they're not falling for any of us. The only thing you can do is get in the gym and try to improve that."The point total for UW was the lowest in a regular-season game under Ryan, who is in his 11th season at UW. The lowest came last season in the Big Ten tournament, a 36-33 loss to Penn State.UW was awful from three-point range in the losses to Iowa and Michigan State, shooting a combined 16% (8 of 50).That wasn't the issue Sunday as UW made 7 of 20 three-pointers (35%) but struggled inside the arc, particularly in the lane.UW hit just 7 of 17 shots (41.2%) in the lane and as a result did little damage at the free-throw line (2 of 5).Forward Jared Berggren made 1 of 6 field-goal attempts, with only one three-point attempt. Forward Ryan Evans made 3 of 9 field-goal attempts.