Post M v Wisc lamenting thread
Bummer game, frustrating to watch, too many bad shots, bad passes and another lacking performance from Nik. What's wrong with him lately, I hope he wakes the hell up soon, if we're gonna do anything worthwhile, we need a stellar Nik, not nonchalant Nik.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
Start playing basketball closer to tip-off.
There was a lot of resilience in shaving that 18 point deficit down to a 3 point deficit, but in the end it was too little way too late.
Maybe Nebraska can do us a solid and beat MSU.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
could have played a lot better- we will need him against Sparty. And I hope Horford/Morgan figure out how to play post defense in the next 7 days
February 16th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
I'll admit I'm a pretty casual fan when it comes to basketball, but when was the last time we had a post game on either side of the floor? Our bigs just seem so small out there and non-physical. I don't want to rag on Morgan or Horford but I just feel like we have no inside presence and haven't in years.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
Gotta give it up to Caris, I'm not his biggest fan but he was the only one creating and doing something on offense.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Both teams played hard.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
Dynamite drop-in Monty
February 16th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
Now with them being pissed, they will beat State. But then come up flat again. Fortunatly, it out opponents wont be as good as Iowa or Wisconsin so maybe coming out flat wont hurt us as much. However last years team went 6-6 down the stretch in the B1G 10. We all know what happened next. The B1G 10 is really fucked up.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
Oh come on. We were just like this late in the Big Ten season last year. Sometimes, you don't play well. That's sports.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
¡despedida Borges!
February 16th, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
there I said it.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:16 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
I'm not mad, we're a better team than this. Let's get the bad losses out of the way now.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:36 PM ^
You mean as opposed to when the conference title is completely out of reach?
February 16th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
That went well.
I should have watched ice dancing.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
may now commence.
February 16th, 2014 at 4:56 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
What's the answer on post D? We get owned in the post.
Frieder and Fisher's teams were very good at instantly doubling the deep post without leaving open three looks . . . albiet with generally more athletic and older players.
Don't know what Beilein can do at this point, but if Payne has 10 seconds alone with the ball deep in the post every time, we are going to lose no matter if we shoot well on the other end or not.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
play better. they constantly let kaminski catch and go to his right hand. overplay that. or front him on occasion. they let him get wayyyyy to comfortable.
that said, i would have liked to see caris be the guy to help out on occasion since jackson is not a good shooter.
imo, gr3 has never been a good help defender. on that one drive from kaminski from the 3, gr3 stood there and watched him blow past morgan for the layup. if he takes one step toward the basket, he gets a charge.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
Going from memory . . . State, Wisky, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio State, maybe even Purdue, all had good games against us in the post the last two years where it looked like we had no answer. I won't even mention Kansas and Lousiville, that's not fair. But it has been our weakness - defending the post on D and attacking the post on O.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
Michigan won the 2nd half 43-41, so there's that?
February 16th, 2014 at 3:21 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:21 PM ^
Appling in the game now for Staee
February 16th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
in the B1G. Need to play for a better seeding in the tournament.
Doing well in the tournament is a bigger boast to recruiting than winning the B1G.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
Sparty will play an uninspired game as well, crossing my fingers.
February 16th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
Drop everything and go play the lottery right now.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:27 PM ^
Well, for what it is worth...
Wisconsin eFG% - 50.86%
Wisconsin OREB% - 30.30%
Wisconsin free throw rate - 36.21%
Wisconsin turnover % - 2.89%
Other stuff - 10 assists and only 2 turnovers - 58 possessions for 1.25 PPP.
Michigan eFG% - 46.00%
Michigan OREB% - 22.58%
Michigan free throw rate - 36.00%
Michigan turnover % - 13.45%
Also 5 assists, 9 turnovers - 58 possessions for 1.05 PPP.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:32 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
i wonder if beilein is going to break out the two-man game for nik/caris come tourny time. have them set picks for each other than dish and drive or kick out for the 3. not sure how teams could defend that.
February 16th, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^
Mitch McGary was a liability?
February 16th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
Mitch McGary had some good games in the tournament last year. That's really it.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
he had some all american games in the tourny. he was never a liability out there when he played. even when he was missing bunnies early on, he still grabbed a ton of rebounds and steals.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
deshawn sims was pretty bad too right? basically, we had one year in between sims and mcgary. and i think morgan got all big 10 on D that year. but whatever.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:51 PM ^
It's very frustrating that you don't appreciate the success we've had under Beilein's time at UM.