Michigan-Virginia B-Ball Open Thread
Game on ESPN2, and maybe the last good one till almost the new year (Iowa State isn't what they once were, and lost to Drake). So might be the last exciting game with a month's worth of development (maybe more...how do we start AND end the Big Ten season with Penn State?). And if I'm wrong, there's always Rudolph at 8 pm. (Oh who am I kidding, set your dvr).
November 29th, 2011 at 8:34 PM ^
Down 13, under 4 minutes. No way they will overcome this.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
Sene is holding guys like crazy!
November 29th, 2011 at 9:35 PM ^
with so much junk all night. Uggggh so pissed at the crap not called on them and the small stuff called on Michigan.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
F this game. Unbelievable
November 29th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
THAT was the dagger, down 7 give up an offensive board that turns into a 3. For future reference, please box out and learn to jump when the ball is coming, the defender can't get it without an over the back call.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
shot selection of any Senior in the Nation and games like this will guarantee THJ comes back for his Junior year. He looks average out there
November 29th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
Tough to travel this soon after Hawaii. They just look out of sync on both ends.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
Michigan shouldnt need those...
November 29th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
beat Iowa State on saturday
November 29th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
somehow they get away with murder on defense
November 29th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
THJ never even got off the bus.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
Hell, he's still in Hawaii. In retrospect, JB probably kept him out too long in the first half. Oh well...
November 29th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
Tough to win shooting 33% with 0!! offensive rebounds. This team is bound for better nights then tonight
November 29th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
Shit. That is all.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
what would a season be if we weren't on the tourney bubble.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Our confidence is so fragile. Most embarrassing half of basketball I can remember in a long while. Bad coaching (Novak on Scot), bad focus (travels, turnovers) and bad shots (hardaway forgetting that passing is a valid option, too). Putrid putrid basketball.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Credit Virginia they have smothered us on defense, but my god Stu Douglass has the worst shot selection ever, you would think 4th year in the offense would make a difference but it hasn't.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Look tired and lazy oout there. No offensive sets, too much dribbling
November 29th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
Seriously, does every team wait until they play Michigan to start knocking down 3s? It is like Duke all over again.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
See all those offensive rebounds, they're out hustling us. Dropping 3s isn't the issue
November 29th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
Forget this, I'm going to take out some aggression in MW3. Stupid basketball...had to ruin my football high.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
It's one game, they have plenty more left. Relax, this is still a young team aside from the Novak/Douglass combo.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
The Island of Misfit Toys was on the OTHER channel? I must have tuned into the wrong thing after all...
November 29th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
How much would this loss hurt us?
November 29th, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
Depends. If we play up to expectations this year it shouldn't matter at all. For the top tier of team that are going to make he tournament, any given regular season game is borderline meaningless.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
a lose ball is not a foul i guess wtf
November 29th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
Let's be honest we've had one game where we weren't shit all year: Memphis. I trust we'll get it together but not much to inspire confidence so far.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
We played tough against Duke. They just hit everything. They're good.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:46 PM ^
UCLA too. Not a real good team, but we didn't let them look good either.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:41 PM ^
Anyone want to talke about that???
November 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
I like where thats going
November 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
there is no way we should have played this game away.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
You can thank Nebraska.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Because we had a choice...
November 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
Well this is no fun.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
Until I see who it ISN'T, When they talk about Virginia having Tony Bennett on the sidelines, I think to myself, "That's awesome!"
November 29th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Just a bad effort all around.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Well that was fun got our ass's kicked now Im going back to getting my ass kicked in biochemistry what a great night
November 29th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
Word. Horrible day of class, this, and now four more hours of studying.
Kill me.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
I just don't even know what to think after this steaming pile. We came out with no heart and no effort. Virginia looks horrible, this could really end up haunting our RPI. I think anyone would beat us the way we played tonight.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:46 PM ^
Yeah, Morgan and stu look super wimpy tonight. Scared of their own shadows.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
I just had my 'double post' cherry popped.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
Nothing you can do when a team shoots the lights out like this. Major match up problems with thus team. That dudes hair just killed us.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:46 PM ^
Losing to the unranked UVA boys kind of dampens the fun a bit. Maybe they'll turn out to be a good team, but this seems like a let down following Memphis & Duke performances.
Doesn't seem like we had much luck hitting our shots, and there were a few silly calls.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:46 PM ^
this VA team is not that good. they have 1 maybe 2 decent shooters. we just got completely outhustled on the boards and constantly dribbled into traffic, turning the ball over or forcing bad shots. beilein will have a field day with this in practice this week.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
Who else wants a drink?
November 29th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
As much as I hate to say it. We'll never be a consistent team until we get a big man down low that we can go to when we are struggling to find our shots. We don't have that and it hurts as you can see tonight. We let that skinny ass 5th year senior Scott take control of this game and I doubt he has another game like this the rest of the season. I am so disgusted losing to this team. I really hope they prove me wrong and end up being a decent team. (UVA that is)
November 29th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
If Beilein teams were only judged by how they play in December he'd have been fired 5 times over. It's how he has them playing in February and March that matters.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
I am a bit concerned with this performance, but I have confidence that we will be fine when the NCAA tournament rolls around.
November 29th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
Anybody else think we are expecting way to much of Hardaway? I mean he was above average last year and had a good summer, but he no longer has Morris to feed him the rock and he has appeared to disappear from parts of games. He will be good but hes not a superstar yet.