Hand checking emphasis an issue so far for a lot of teams.
Cosidering I am a football fan first I have yet to watch anything ther than highlights of Michigan Basketball so far. How are we looking with the new hand checking rules in place. It seems that many teams are struggling with this. My thought is that we will flourish as we did in the NCAA tournament. I can see lots of foul issues with a guy like Aaron Craft. This is certainly to our advantage.
Here is a post on the topic I came accros this morning.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
Wait...so this doesn't have anything to do with Da'Shawn Hand?
November 7th, 2013 at 10:34 AM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 11:11 AM ^
This post is not about the SEC?
November 7th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 11:17 AM ^
What is Hand checking? Is he emphasizing a lot of teams? I thought it was down to Michigan, Bama, and Florida.
November 7th, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^
Damn, confused me too. Wrong board.
November 7th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
The title clearly stated that Da'Shawn is checking on "emphasis" now and the fact that he is checking "emphasis" is now an issue for a lot of teams, probably the ones recruiting him.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
Well if they had enforced this rule last season, we'd have a national title in our trophy case.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
Hate to disagree, but Louisville is not the "hand-checking" type. In fact, Rick Pitino has been the most vocal coach in changing--or enforcing--the hand-checking rule (even moreso than Beilein).
Louisville is not Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, or Ohio State--those are the types of teams that are going to be affected the most.
We lost last year because Louisville was the better team that played better that night.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
Every time Burke tried to get in the lane Siva would hand check. Every. Single. Time.
November 7th, 2013 at 12:07 PM ^
got into the lane on so few occasions due to 3 phantom fouls.
Sincerely;
N O T B I T T E R A T A L L
November 7th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Did you not watch the game? If you did, you need to watch it again. It is pretty blatant in their use of hand checking and grabbing.
November 7th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
Louisville basically held Burke the entire game. If handchecking had been disallowed, half of Louisville's team woudl have been fouled out by halftime and we would have shot about 40 free-throws.
Louisville's entire strategy was based around having refs that didn't call obvious fouls on them. That is why I still can't believe the game was allowed to have 2 Big East refs in it that were clearly Louisville homers.
With regular officials, I think Michigan wins that game. WIth tight officials, like from the ACC, I think Michigan wins easily. By drawing officials that allowed thug-Big East-style ball, it really skewed the entire game to Louisville.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:33 AM ^
But I get the impression when watching that we are getting to the foul line more often than we have been the past few years.
Honestly, I think this is a very interesting topic for a diary to compare FTA/FGA from previous seasons to this one as we get into B1G play and see if there's a difference.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
we are good.
proceed.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:51 AM ^
Most were called on Walsh, but Craft had four fouls in 28 minutes.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
Very exciting.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:11 AM ^
This may make Craft's tenth and final year on campus a long one.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
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November 7th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Seriously though, the hand check rule should greatly help Michigan and I think it's a good rule to force coaches to prepare for.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
Does Craft get away with physical, hand-checking defense at times? Absolutely. But let's give credit where credit is due. Aaron Craft is a terrific on-ball defender and I would still consider him the best in the nation at on-ball defense. Shannon Scott is probably the second best. Both are great at moving their feet and anticipating what the ballhandler is going to do and where he is going to go.
I personally believe Wisconsin is the biggest culprit. The only reason their slower, less-athletic wing players are able to stay in front of quicker, more-athletic wings is a direct result of hand-checking. Bo Ryan may lose his streak of top 4 finishes in the B1G as a result.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
I can live with OSU. Wisconsin, on the other hand, drains all joy from the game. I would not watch basketball if most teams were like the Badgers.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
Gonna have to disagree with you. What makes Craft a great defender is his lateral speed and beating the ball handler to the spot. He is very fundamental in his stance with his arms out. At times, he gets overly agressive and picks up fouls with his body or for reaching in, but very rarely does he ever have his hands inside where hand checking occurs.
November 7th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
That is false. You are right about him having good lateral speed and beating the ball handler to a spot well. However, he hand checks A LOT. The real question is, is it because he could get away with it? Or is it because he needs it to be a good defender? If its the former then he will be able to adapt and play well, but if its the latter, then he may be in a lot of foul trouble this year.
November 7th, 2013 at 5:29 PM ^
B1GPOTY torn jersey,either.
November 7th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
This is good for a team like Michigan. We dont' tend to hand check a lot. So far this year we haven't had any troubles adapting, because there wasn't much adaptation that needed to be made.
November 7th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
face is red.
November 7th, 2013 at 5:28 PM ^
The Craft Rule. He'll be render by this decision.
November 7th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
"Early on, the refs will be the game, not the players," Miller said. "Refs will be operating as the evaluated people. To be honest, it's going to backfire and refs will be attacked not by coaches but by fans and TV [commentators]. They will become the bad guys."
Simple solution:
November 7th, 2013 at 2:27 PM ^