Michigan vs. Northern Michigan Mens Bball Open Thread
November 1st, 2012 at 8:38 PM ^
Especially the zoom in's to her eyes
November 1st, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
"Guys, I spoke to the NMU coach and he said although they're losing, he is proud of his team. Back to you, guys" is way more than the sideline reporter in Lincoln was able to give us about Denard's injury.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:30 PM ^
Seems like the two major takeaways here is McGary is someone who can maybe protect the rim, which is a new thing for us and most importantly it looks like Albrecht can spell Burke without having the offense totally stall, which should let us play Burke big minutes in March without losing effectiveness.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:32 PM ^
Man, Vogrich can't buy a bucket tonight.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:34 PM ^
Morgan is looking pretty good.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:36 PM ^
That's what Hardaway needs to do.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
Hardaway has handles now!? B1G better watch out this year.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Im geeked!
November 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Wow, Nik ..another 3 most impressive of the night.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Stauskas is a straight baller.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
Do we have a different PA guy? He sounds a little different than the "FREE PIZZA!" guy.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
I want moar awkward closeups of the sideline reporter.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
I can't wait for this team to take on someone with a pulse...I really want to see them play at 100%...It just seems like they are toying with Northern....and by toying, I mean destroying.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
The freshmen with 54 of Michigan's 80 points.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
Add a 1st team All-American to this team? Yes, please!
November 1st, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
lol ya for real. It is crazy this is without Burke.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
80-45 Michigan 2 minutes left and Beilein is emptying the bench.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
I'm glad we'll be seeing less of Eso this year.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
Do those white brace things provide any actual support or are they just knee pad type things?
November 1st, 2012 at 8:46 PM ^
83-47 Michigan final.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:46 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^
I love you Coach Beilein...
November 1st, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
As a captain is wrong. . I don't care how hard he works in practice or how whether he's an upperclassman you don't name the least talened player (by a longshot) on your team captain.
Neg me to Bolivia it's true.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:53 PM ^
he is only captain for the night foolio...
November 1st, 2012 at 8:58 PM ^
I think the announcer said that he is the permanent captain and then a new player will be named before every game to be the co-captain.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
wrong
November 1st, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
wrong
November 1st, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
I think you're giving Corey Person too much credit.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
The best players doesn't necessarily mean that they're a good captain. It's about displaying leadership and is a calming influence to the team. Bartelstein displayed that characteristics. The players voted for Bartelstein so he earned it.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:30 PM ^
You sure it was the players? It appears the coaches made the choice:
Colleen Thomas
@colleenthomas_Beilein says Bartelstein was a unanimous decision among coaches for captain.
Beilein on captain selection: "We thought long and hard about this. ...(Bartelstein) is the most selfless person I've ever coached."
November 1st, 2012 at 9:08 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
captain of ass?
November 1st, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
Russell Byrd is a captain for MSU. He's been riding the bench his career. Being a captain isn't about talent, its about the intangibles.
November 2nd, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
he was on the bench because he was hurt for most of his career, not because he was not talented. He'll play because he is a very good shooter.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
With Burke this team is lethal... I love it can it be March Maddness already???
November 1st, 2012 at 8:50 PM ^
Very, very promising start. Very happy to see a lot of our holes filled. Rim protection, check. Viable back up PG, check and then some. True three point assassin, check. Athleticism, check. Morgan looks like he's really stepped up his game. I'm really looking forward to this season. Also, Backwoods Bastard is delicious.
November 1st, 2012 at 8:55 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
Good showing, especially with no Burke or Horford. Great to see Hardaway having a very balenced well played game. Go Blue!
November 1st, 2012 at 8:55 PM ^
Are there going to be enough basketballs to go around for this team?
We laid 83 on NMU without Trey Burke or Jon Horford. It will be interesting to see how Trey distributes and gets his points with so many scoring threats up and down the bench.
It should be a lot of fun watching this team throughout the season and we shouldn't see those long scoring droughts that we have seen in seasons past.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
I expect the rotation to get smaller as coach B figures out what is his best 9 or so guys. You are right though, with Trey and Horford coming back it is going to squeze the min from other players.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:36 PM ^
Trey, THJ, GRIII, McGary, Morgan, Stauskas, Horford and Albrecht. The last spot would go between Vogrich and LeVert with Vogrich getting the edge with experience and shooting ability.
November 1st, 2012 at 10:14 PM ^
Levert may redshirt
November 1st, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
"It's not like football where you can redshirt freshmen."
What do you mean? Players can be redshirted in basketball
November 1st, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
November 1st, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
"On using exhibition games to determine redshirts:
We’ll probably look at them. I think we have necessities in a lot of areas where it would be tough to redshirt some, but if we feel somebody’s not going to get significant playing time and he’d be a great one to have in a fifth year, we’d make sure they had all the information they needed to make that decision."
Link - UMhoops - http://www.umhoops.com/2012/10/31/video-quotes-john-beilein-previews-ex…
November 2nd, 2012 at 12:34 AM ^
it's not very common to redshirt freshman unless they are hurt.
November 1st, 2012 at 9:00 PM ^
This team is absolutely loaded. Optimism is further secured because Michigan honestly has the best coach in the country. Nobody gets their guys to play defense, make adjustments, and get open looks better than Johnny Basketball. Coaching is key.