Michigan at OSU Open Thread

Submitted by M-Dog on February 21st, 2021 at 1:03 PM

When Raff is calling a basketball game that Michigan is playing in, all is right with the world.

 

M-Dog

February 21st, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^

The star of the game so far: The Refs.  They are not calling loads of ticky-tack junk and interrupting the flow of the game.  It's not what I expected.

SD Larry

February 21st, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^

Really like how this team can take a punch, bad call, or a little adversity and come back strong. 

Hunter might have found his sea legs and Mike Smith has been terrific thus far imho.

WalterWhite_88

February 21st, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^

Sucks that Michigan has made 9 3's in one half and we're tied. That seems like a bad omen because there's no way Michigan can keep this pace up. Plus, it's also annoying that most of OSU's made 3's were not of the wide-open variety, while Michigan's have been. Shows how lucky OSU's shots have been. Maybe we can hope that they're luck starts to cool off? 

Ajcoss

February 21st, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^

Both teams very efficient on O. We are hitting at a high % but most solid looks. OSU hitting lots of hard shots, but they got a lot of guys on O who can ball. Important we defensive rebound and keep doing what we are doing on O, eventually those tough shots can’t keep falling at this rate.

Reality though, this is a true top 5 showdown and both of these teams good enough to win it all with the proper breaks that go their way. 

NJblue2

February 21st, 2021 at 1:42 PM ^

We can't guard these guys off the dribble at all right now. Defense really needs to step up in the second half since I doubt we can sustain shooting 70%+ from 3.

Nanook

February 21st, 2021 at 1:42 PM ^

Need halftime defensive adjustments to disrupt thier flow. I trust the staff will accomplish this. It will come down to offensive rebounding and turnovers

1VaBlue1

February 21st, 2021 at 1:42 PM ^

With both teams shooting so well, late game shots are going to boil down to defense.  M has been getting mostly open shots, while OSU has been tossing up some wild stuff against good defense.  Lets hope that balances itself out.