Which Wisconsin sports team will win a championship next?

[adambr2]

If I were to tell you that one, but only one Wisconsin professional sports team will win a championship in the next 3 years, which of the Brewers, Packers, and Bucks would you bet on it being?

 

I'll say Bucks. I would love to say Brewers, but the hurdles of the large payroll teams in MLB are a real and enormous obstacle. You still can't count out Rodgers winning one more in Green Bay if the pieces fall into place, especially when parity rules the NFL.

 

The Bucks have probably the best player in the world who is still improving, have made steps already to keep their core in place, and are a team who could realistically challenge the Warriors if they made the Finals.

[MrTPlush]

Packers, tough it is fun to think that isn’t such an easy answer. Someone posted this a few years ago too.

 

I’d go:

 

1) Packers

2) Bucks

3) Brewers

 

Sorry, but I will never bet on the baseball team to win it all. Especially a small market like the Brewers. I’d usually put the Bucks last, but I actually think they have some kind of outside chance here in the next few years.

[OldHeidelberg]

FWIW these are the odds I could find to win next title:

 

Bucks 8:1

Brewers 18:1

Packers 20:1

Marquette BB 40:1

Badger FB 50:1

Badger BB 80:1

 

 

I remember having a bar conversation in La Crosse shortly after the Brewers lost to the Cards in the NLCS where it was agreed that the Packers are the only team in Wisconsin that has a realistic shot. Everyone else is at a disadvantage. Since then Bucky BB came oh so close and now the Brewers/Bucks are contending but I think the Packers are still the best bet, they have Rodgers and a hard salary cap and you only have to get hot and win 3-4 in a row at the end.

 

Edit: Just reread and saw the OP was about pro teams but I will leave all the odds up anyway

[nate82]

1. Bucks

2. Brewers

3. Packers

 

 

The Bucks probably have the best chance to win it all with the Brewers coming in a distant second. The Packers are getting old and there is no guarantee that Rodgers will continue to be great going forward he may just be an above average QB as he ages instead of an elite QB. I believe Rodgers will age more like Manning than Brady.

 

The Bucks have a nice core with Giannis, Middleton, and Bledsoe and they also have a very nice supporting group of players. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks win it this year or at least make it to the Finals this year.

 

With the Brewers I think this all relies on how well their young pitchers progress and if they are able to replace some of their aging veterans in Braun and Cain. I think the Brewers have a nice group of younger players in Hiura and Ray but I don't see either of those players being superstars. The Brewers might be able to squeak by and win one World Series but it will be tough and everything will need to fall in place for them. I am fine with the Brewers being competitive enough to just win games and be in the playoffs.

 

The Packers are just an injury to Rodgers away from being the Raiders.

[stoutdude04]

Badgers hockey should be pretty good in the next few years, hopefully they get some solid goaltendys.

[DuWayne Steurer]

The Packers are bad. They won 6 games with a hof qb and now have a new coach that we don't know a lot about yet. They could win the division... Or they could go 6 and 10. The Bucks realistically could be in the NBA finals a few months from now as slight underdogs but with home court advantage.

 

I'm picking Bucks.

[RollieTime]

1. Bucks

2. Brewers

3. Packers

 

The Bucks have one of the top players in the game that gets better and better each year. They have a strong supporting cast that fits nicely around Giannis and his game. The Bucks have a legit shot at it this season.

 

Brewers have a ton of talent with the best GM in baseball. Stearns truly is a perfect model of how to build a contender with a small market team while keeping the pipeline intact to sustain an extended window of winning baseball. The team he has put together could really do something special this season.

 

Packers are a couple years away from being legit Super Bowl contenders again in my opinion. They need to hit on a couple young guys in this draft and give them a year to get acclimated to the NFL game and learn assignments. I think there will be another season of growing pains, but 2020 could be the year they get back to the top of their game. But by then, hopefully the Bucks or Brewers have already won a championship.

 

It is a great time to be a Wisconsin sports fan.

[lcbj68c]

Milwaukee Bucks: 2019 Central Division Championship

 

Book It!

[stalton]

Packers, Bucks, Brewers.

 

Bucks, Brewers, Packers to make it to the championship game however.

[tmwiese55]

Have to go Bucks. If they bring this team back they'll be the East favorites for the next several years, barring injuries of course and some drastic moves by other East teams. And NBA is the least likely to have upsets.

[CheezWizHed]

I'm going to say:

1) Badgers BB

2) Bucks

3) Brewers

4) Badgers FB

5) Packers

 

Because that is the order of the next five championships! (BTW, Wisconsin-rose colored glasses are now available in a Pro-shop near you).

 

But it is seriously nice to have realistic odds to win for the Bucks, Brewers and Packers. And a co-worker and I were just talking about the demise of the Illinois college teams compared to the relative success of the Badgers (20+ NCAA tournies and Bowl games in the last 25 years).

[owbc]

Agree with the majority...

 

Bucks

Brewers

Packers

 

The Bucks could win it this year, they are statistically the best team in the NBA and have the best player in the NBA. They might win 2 or 3 championships before another Wisconsin team wins one.

 

The Brewers are a solid playoff team but far from the best team on paper in MLB. But with the randomness of the MLB playoffs they will continue to be a championship threat in upcoming years.

 

The Packers have a brief window with Aaron Rodgers still on the roster. But they are definitely the weakest of the 3 teams and could potentially be in for a long stretch of mediocrity or worse in the post-Rodgers era.

 

In general it's much harder to win a championship in college so these would be below the above 3...

 

Wisconsin BB/Marquette BB (tie...neither coach has any proven ability to go on a deep tournament run, but with the field of 68 you never know)

Wisconsin FB (with Urban Meyer out of the picture they have a better chance to with the Big Ten and get into the playoff, but their odds of beating one of the top schools are essentially zero)

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I think the Brewers are most likely and thought the same last season. The Brewers are built to contend right now. The Packers have Rodgers, but I still think they are a ways off. Maybe not anymore with the FA adds, but who knows.

 

I'm not a believer in the Bucks. I hate to say this, but I think the Bucks are a prime candidate for what the NBA seems to have every year: A regular season power that fizzles out quickly. I don't think they are built for the NBA playoffs. None of the power teams in the NBA are as reliant on one guy as the Bucks. Losing Brogdon is a big, big loss. I'll eat my crow, but I think the Bucks will be eliminated in the 2nd round.

 

Just think the Brewers are the best top to bottom. And the nature of the sport, it is just easier to imagine them going on some tear and catching Boston etc. at the right time to pull off 4 wins.

 

The NBA is the league of "OK we have to actually try now." I think when that happens the Bucks will not be able to content with GSW, Boston, etc. IDK, losing culture bias could be getting to me here, but I just don't see the Bucks winning a title.

 

I'd go Brewers, Packers, Bucks.

 

I think the Bucks are a better team than the Packers. But the NFL is such a bipolar type of league I just find it easier to envision some 9-7 magic carpet ride than the Bucks actually beating someone from the West in a 7 game series.

[Outlander]

I would pick the Bucks first and then a huge drop to the Packers and then the Brewers. Giannis is one of the best and possibly the best player in the NBA, still very young and can determine if a championship is won more than any player on any Wisconsin team. I'll go Packers second because that is the league where a team can make the leap from non playoff team to Super Bowl caliber team the quickest and they still have Rodgers. The Brewers I put last because so many things have to go right to win a championship in baseball and I probably will never believe the Brewers will win a World Series until I see it.

[FVBrewerFan]

I would pick the Bucks first and then a huge drop to the Packers and then the Brewers. Giannis is one of the best and possibly the best player in the NBA, still very young and can determine if a championship is won more than any player on any Wisconsin team. I'll go Packers second because that is the league where a team can make the leap from non playoff team to Super Bowl caliber team the quickest and they still have Rodgers. The Brewers I put last because so many things have to go right to win a championship in baseball and I probably will never believe the Brewers will win a World Series until I see it.

 

+1 and exactly for those reasons.

 

I would slide Badgers Football #3 after Bucks/Packers. They've been in that "next" group for years and if this new QB is the real deal they have a legit shot. Badgers/Warriors BB I put last, just too many teams.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I suppose I looked at the question from "who will win one this year" rather than who will win one next. That would give the Bucks a better shot than I originally did. Once the Warriors are dispersed, which should have to happen soon, the Bucks window might get bigger. Maybe. Right now, I don't see any way the Bucks can take out that team in a 7 gamer once they flip on their playoff gear.

 

I am kinda surprised on the pessimism regarding the Brewers though. They have as good a shot as any team to win the NL this year. Of course they might not, but they are loaded right now. Once you get to a series, anything can happen.

[nodakfan17]

Packers

 

I’ll be rooting for all of the others, but the Packers are the only team in my lifetime who has proven they can actually do it.

[adambr2]

I suppose I looked at the question from "who will win one this year" rather than who will win one next. That would give the Bucks a better shot than I originally did. Once the Warriors are dispersed, which should have to happen soon, the Bucks window might get bigger. Maybe. Right now, I don't see any way the Bucks can take out that team in a 7 gamer once they flip on their playoff gear.

 

I am kinda surprised on the pessimism regarding the Brewers though. They have as good a shot as any team to win the NL this year. Of course they might not, but they are loaded right now. Once you get to a series, anything can happen.

 

I think you kind of answered your own question on the Brewers. They have as good of shot as any, but so do the Cubs, Cardinals, Dodgers, Braves and Phillies. It's just a loaded league, whereas the Bucks at full strength and full health do appear to be a cut above everyone else at least in the Eastern Conference.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

In the East, perhaps. But I think the excitement of the Bucks season has sorta blinded people to how much better the West is, and that GSW isn't going full throttle. They've done this numerous times and know when to turn it on. I suspect in an NBA Finals, they'd make venison of the Bucks. I hope we get to see that series so I can be wrong.

 

I have a gut feeling the Bucks won't get there though.

 

Yeah, the Brewers definitely have a harder path there, but that's an extremely good roster that is thoroughly battle tested and has some unfinished business.

[tigerbrew]

Bucks win the NBA championship in June 2019, and the Brewers win the World Series in October 2019.

[OnTheBlack]

FWIW these are the odds I could find to win next title:

 

Bucks 8:1

Brewers 18:1

Packers 20:1

Marquette BB 40:1

Badger FB 50:1

Badger BB 80:1

 

 

I remember having a bar conversation in La Crosse shortly after the Brewers lost to the Cards in the NLCS where it was agreed that the Packers are the only team in Wisconsin that has a realistic shot. Everyone else is at a disadvantage. Since then Bucky BB came oh so close and now the Brewers/Bucks are contending but I think the Packers are still the best bet, they have Rodgers and a hard salary cap and you only have to get hot and win 3-4 in a row at the end.

 

Edit: Just reread and saw the OP was about pro teams but I will leave all the odds up anyway

 

 

Is it really though? With the money that's carried over from year to year and all the ways around it, it's more like a firm cap. But that actually benefits the Packers. There are rumors that the reason why the Raiders didn't re-sign Mack was they simply could not afford to put 100 million dollars into an escrow account for his signing bonus. That'll never be a problem with the Packers. There are a few teams that are gonna spend more than them, but if they want they can spend with anyone.

 

 

Anyway, I agree with everything else. The Bucks are close, but they just took a huuge hit with Brogdon, though Giannis just keeps getting better. I can't even imagine what he could do if he would shoot a few more 3's, but shoot them without thinking about it and shoot in rhythm instead of dribbling twice and then shooting like it's practice almost.

 

I could see the Brewers finishing 4th in the division this year. I don't think they will, but baseball is so much luck and momentum. And of course healthy pitching.

 

The Packers, well, Rodgers probably missed more throws last year, throws that could have changed games, overthrowing guys on deep balls by just a yard or two than probably every other year combined. I doubt that happens again. He was still a top 3-4 QB last year in what I believe was his worst year and the Packers have done so much to address the D, they are in a great spot with draft picks, and I still think you see a couple veteran signings either after the draft, or after roster cuts. I think Gute is gonna keep being aggressive.

 

And given how quickly you can turn things around in the NFL, teams seem to go from first to worst every year and then worst to first(Jags last year for one example).

 

 

It's easy to imagine things going wrong, but lets just imagine a few things go right.

1-Rodgers is re-invigorated with the new offense, the Packers add a TE like Hockenson, Brown, Fant in the draft, the two freakishly big, athletic WR'ers make a big jump next year, Bulaga stays healthy and Turner is an improvement at guard, Adams is Adams, and the running game is as effective, just used more.

 

2-Defense, King stays healthy and you have a combo of Alexander and Kevin King together finally. A stud in Amos at safety. The two OLB'ers we signed continue their development. Preston Smith who has 60 QB hurries last year, an elite number and Za'Darius Smith also takes his next step. Clark, Daniels, Wilkerson, Adams and Lowry are the type of DL we expected going into last year. Just have to hope that a few other guys emerge from the draft or be it Josh Jackson, Josh Jones, or whoever it may be.

 

None of those things are exactly long shots. And with Pettine's history, it'd be a bigger shock to me if they're NOT top 10 than if they are.

 

 

And it's always possible with the 12th, 30th, 44th pick and 2 4th rounders, it's hardly a reach to think that we draft some real impact rookies.

 

 

I just think Rodgers is too good to not win another SB and I think we have a number of guys who are ready to make big jumps this year.

 

I love the Bucks, I think Giannis is going to be the NBA's best player for a long stretch, maybe 5-6 years, but it's real tough to see them getting past the Warriors and while I think he's going to sign at least one more deal with the Bucks that takes him through age 30...it's not a given.

 

The Brewers pitching worries me. Nelson looks good, but Jeffress is a huge concern and even though they were a game away from the WS last year, they were way more than a game away from WINNING the WS last year. Houston, NYY, Boston are all so loaded. Then add in that the Cubs under-performed last year and we still had to go on a historic run last year to win the division and I would personally put the Bucks odds on winning a title at about 10 pct, the Brewers shot at making the playoffs at about 33 pct and the Packers could easily win the NFC which looks pretty up for grabs to me. The Saints and Rams look like the two best teams, but Philly sure didn't look like the best team two years ago.

 

Like you said, a 3-4 game hot stretch could give you another big shinny trophy.

 

 

It would be nice to see a Boston like run though and get a few titles from our teams in the same year. If all 3 won in the same year, I think I could die happy!

[OnTheBlack]

In the East, perhaps. But I think the excitement of the Bucks season has sorta blinded people to how much better the West is, and that GSW isn't going full throttle. They've done this numerous times and know when to turn it on. I suspect in an NBA Finals, they'd make venison of the Bucks. I hope we get to see that series so I can be wrong.

 

I have a gut feeling the Bucks won't get there though.

 

Yeah, the Brewers definitely have a harder path there, but that's an extremely good roster that is thoroughly battle tested and has some unfinished business.

 

 

Right, it's hardly a given that the Bucks even make it out of the East. I disagree that the West is that much better. Denver is tied as the top team in the West. Houston is better than them most likely, and I think our best chance is if somehow Houston or OKC upsets GS in the WCF. Remember, the Rockets were just a pulled leg muscle away from possibly ending the Warriors in 6. And I do like the Bucks shot vs the Rockets. Snell defends Harden as well as anyone in the league the past 4 years other than Tony Allen(just a mostly useless stat I read somewhere).

 

But getting past potentially the Celtics in the 2nd round and then a much deeper Raptors team OR a Sixers team that boasts the 2nd best top 5 in the NBA IMO could be pretty damn tough.

 

I agree the West is definitely a better conference top to bottom, but I don't know that the difference 1-5 is really that big.

 

 

I just really have no clue what to expect from the Brewers. I've been a Brewers optimist in the past, but they're just not built like a normal contender. They have no Max Scherzer, Jon Lester, Nolla, pitcher you can count on. But last year I thought the Brewers top end was 88-90 wins and a WC spot and their downside was 75 wins.....so I'll stop pretending to be able to predict what Stearns talent and CC's coaching can accomplish.

 

Side note, how great is it to see Jimmy Nelson not just throwing a couple innings, but hitting 95 and throwing some absolutely filthy sliders or cutters. Whatever they were. The biggest X-factor in the NL IMO.

[nate82]

Looking like the Bucks will be the right answer.

[OldHeidelberg]

Yeah I am changing my pick to the Bucks

[coolhandluke121]

ALL OF THEM