Michigan basketball vs. Eastern Open Thread
December 20th, 2012 at 10:09 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
BOOM!!!! Hardaway'd!!!!!!!!
December 20th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
We.Are.Good.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
HELL OF A PASS BY MITCH
December 20th, 2012 at 10:11 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
YES
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December 20th, 2012 at 10:11 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:14 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:15 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
Double Double for Mitch! First of many hopefully.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:23 PM ^
you know there's a 99.5% chance he's going to take a 3
December 20th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
we're gonna cover the spread in this game, Ace you shoulda trusted your instincts
December 20th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
This is the best shooting Michigan team I can remember. We have so many guys that can make it rain from 3 . . . it's beautiful to watch.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
BLAKE THROWIN DOWN
December 21st, 2012 at 1:07 PM ^
When McLimans throws down, it's like the Pistons playing Darko. You know you're celebrating a win.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
Team is shooting .500 from the 3. cool.
[edit]: That's the same rate that Eastern is making their free throws
December 20th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
And all is well in Washtenaw County once more.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
I just wish this team had a killer instinct and could close out teams. That's what is keeping us from being elite.
/s
December 20th, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^
40 pt win and BTN is now showing the 97 NC...great stuff! link:
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/159729/1/watch-eastern-michigan-vs-2-mi…
December 20th, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
Interesting note...
Burke and Thjr combined for 10/27 shooting (2/10 from 3pt)
Rest of the team was 25/42 (10/14 from 3pt)
Seemingly, our 2 best players had somewhat off games and we won by 39 - not too shabby.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
We have 4 other guys that could be the best player on other teams. 4 other guys that were still the best players when on the floor if you take Burke and THJ away.
December 20th, 2012 at 11:00 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
Off games? Maybe they didn't shoot very well, but they had 4 more assists than the rest of the team, 15 (Burke 8, THjr 7 - career high) to 11.
THjr was also a perfect 6-6 from the line (4 more attempts than any other teammate) and led the team with 17 pts.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:45 PM ^
In short - we played one of our better games of the year when you consider the defense we were going up against.
McGary came of age tonight, he's only going to get better. Next year, he'll be very good...I think his Junior year, Hansborough status.
No recap from me, we play outstanding --- my only snowflake is that THJ played waaay too many minutes in the 2nd half. With that said, he had a #beastmode dunk after struggling the previous 4-5 minutes.
I thought the rotations in the first half were literally perfect - I also liked leaving McGary in during the 2nd half even when he was tired. He had to learn how to maintain the way he plays through the fatigue and I thought he did a tremendous job.
Oh, 2nd snowflake...MOAR McLimans. Not sure why he didn't get in until the very end. I like his game, when he did get in, he played extremely well in mop up duty.
Again, nothing to truly complain about, we handled business and I think playing a game vs. a funky defense is going to help us down the road. We could face a Syracuse in the Elite 8 or something and playing EMU tonight will only help.
We simply have too many weapons...we have 6 guys that are All-Conference calibur. Toss in LeVert for some good minutes, Horford, Max B and McLimans as serviceable big men and a heady backup PG...not sure what anyone can do.
Again, I think Duke and Indiana are the only teams that can truly play with us. Not saying we can't be beat, but those two are the only ones that I think would give us a run if we played best of 9, 11, etc.
Great win - GO BLUE!
December 20th, 2012 at 10:54 PM ^
Great day for Michigan Basketball.
Women's team destroyed valpo 73-32 and the Men beat down eastern like they should.
Michigan is now 50-8 all-time when ranked AP #2.
Kind of had a shock wave shoot through my brain when the BTN announcer said Michael Talley. Brought back memories of from a long time ago. I guess his son is on EMU now.
December 20th, 2012 at 11:14 PM ^
2. Michigan '97 season special
3. Basketball classic. 2012 Michigan vs MSU
December 20th, 2012 at 11:16 PM ^
I remember all the recruiting buzz about the 7ft Riley. He has an athletic build but is pretty useless at both ends of the court.
I also can't imagine how bad Purdue must be.
Lots of the usual UM positives but I am concerned about Spike's inability to play point and how Vogrich has totally disappeared. Don't even want to think about what this team would be like if Burke gone to the NBA.
FInally good size crowd and always love hearing the alumni band.
December 21st, 2012 at 8:47 AM ^
December 21st, 2012 at 11:01 AM ^
but Vogrich was Stauskas (one of the top 3 point shooters) in high school and part of his freshman year. It is "nice" that he can be not used and UM doesn't appear to need him now, but I think his problems are all between the ears - no shooter's confidence anymore. I would have liked to see him play a few more minutes in garbage time and try to run plays to force him to shoot.
December 20th, 2012 at 11:23 PM ^
December 21st, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
to be sure, and Beilein is a good coach. Burke also deserve great deal of credit for managing the game as well as any PG. Loved when Beilein took Stauskas out after his behind the back pass late in the game yesterday... I wish our bigs played defensively as well as Indiana's. Our bigs also need to finish stronger offensively. Not sure we have a player like Victor Oladipo either that is our shut down defensive guard. UM IU will be a great matchup and it will be mostly about our open outside shots falling.