Open Thread: M Basketball vs Iowa at home
Game at Noon eastern/ 11 Central. Some Iowa fans smell an upset. I think they will be upset after we win. Go Blue!
January 6th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
someone should have hit him earlier. Has been en fuego since he returned.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
This team can score so easily. If we can up the defensive intensity a little we can challenge for a title.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
Nice break to end the half.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
thank you very much
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
McGary is playing with confidence....you can see why he was a top prospect!!!
That is how you close out a half!
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
Hey, this team is alright...
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Iowa is playing out of their minds, hitting every shot, got every call in the first 15 minutes of the half....
...and is still down 11.
What is this, I don't even...
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Great last few minutes
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
McGary leads a three minute stretch where we just take over this game. Iowa did just about everything they wanted to do for 17 minutes, and they are down 11 at the half. Woudl be great to look back in a month or so and see this as McGary's welcoming party.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
White Thunder's passing is rock solid, love how he quikly gets the ball up court after a rebound.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
boo on you, even if true.
And, I like Levert a lot, especially for this UM team:
I think sometimes looking at comparisons as one vs. one matchups isn't as accurate. Yes, Marble maybeat Levert head to head, but sometimes teams need different things. We will need some players that will be here all four years, giving us senior leadership to carry the younger 1/2/3 and done players. Also, we have tons of scoring, and while Levert can score, his defense and all around play makes him a better than avg. team player - which all teams need, but UM needs even more b/c they already have so many "stars" that can score.
January 6th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Y U NO COAST 2 COAST AND BREAK BACKBOARD, MITCH??
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Bacari should just punch Mitch in the nose before every game. Kid plays amazing after getting hit in the beak.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Dear Iowa,
Thank you for hitting Mitch in the face.
Love,
Michigan :)
January 6th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
This is why this team is so great. Played at times a pretty crappy first half. Burke and Stauskas were non factors for a while. Some bad defense. Morgan in foul trouble. Iowa hitting a lot of shots. And we're still up 11.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
smoking is bad, mmmmkay?
January 6th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
no shit, sherlock. But that Big Mac you ate is healthy, so it all evens out in the end.
January 6th, 2013 at 1:17 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
Man how did they get 35 shots off? And, forgive my basketball ignorance, but at what point does it change from 'a team plays bad defesne' to 'a team is just on fire'? I ask because it seems that teams that don't shoot very well seem to against us, suggesting bad defense. But when I eyeball it during the games, it's not like we're giving up easy shots, just that other teams are making a lot. Anybody with more basketball knowledge feel free to chime in.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
Yeah, we definitely have some room to improve, but it's also frustrating to look at the IU-Iowa game and see Iowa go 33% from the field and 17% from 3-point range. As far as I know IU isn't known for their defensive prowess either.
January 6th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
IU is like 8th in the country in terms of defensive eficiency according to kenpom, so they are pretty good this year
January 6th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
Well sometimes teams do go off against us, but Iowa is a solid shooting team and we gave them too many easy looks early on.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:57 PM ^
Our team is good for missing 4-5 rotations a game leading to uncontested dunks, but other than that I'd say our D is solidly above average. Freshman will get more experience and begin anticipating where to be on the defensive end as the season progresses. People seem to forget that we are great at not fouling and pretty good at forcing turnovers.
Good O beats a good D all day long. They can hit fadeaway 12 footers with a hand in their face all day long; doesn't mean we didn't play good D.
January 6th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
the refs start taking a look at what Woodbury is doing on the block. He is getting away with murder down there.
January 6th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
Played pretty shitty to start (by our standards), slept walked though a big portion of the 1 st half, were down 7-0 anf proceeded to outscore them 46-28 the rest of the way....just effing wow, we can turn it on so quick, it's scary
January 6th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Dang BiG Ten is tough this year
January 6th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
Yeah I wouldn't want to block him today. No way the Raven lose today, imo.
January 6th, 2013 at 1:03 PM ^
January 6th, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
...what happened?