Michigan Basketball v Tarleton State Open Thread

Diabate makes me miss Chaundee Brown

It’s going to take plenty of pait

Finally doing some good things

If this game was against any Big ten team, and I mean any, they would be down by several points. So sloppy.

That being said, Collins definitely looks like a better option at PG than jones.

houstan how do you give that up!!

What was houstan doing there? Ever heard of boxing out?

They can leave Johns, Jones and Nunez in the locker room at halftime so we can find out who can play.

Free throw shooting and defensive rebounding remain a problem.

The competition is meh but Collins may be the best PG so far ? 

I'm not a shooting expert, but there's no way Houstan's shot getting that high of an arch is a good thing.

nobody wants to fucking rebound

Michigan is playing a shitty team playing nothing but guards and they have 5 offensive rebounds to Michigan's 0. 

williams is not the guy i want taking the shot there

You could see the TWII miss with about 25 seconds left as he was just standing there in corner waiting to hoist the brick.  You would think they could set up a higher percentage shot.

I know Houstan can stroke (although we've yet to see it), but he is just atrocious defensively right now. He won't be playable in the B1G without major improvement.

Is the audio behind the picture? Because the announcer is seconds behind on some of these plays.

Our best lineup includes Diabate and not Johns. I also would start to play Frankie a ton more minutes because Jones is just bad. Twill cannot shot for his life. 

Bad news: Michigan played like shriveled tortoise weiner in the first half:

Losing turnover battle 11-4.

Losing offensive rebounds 5-0 despite being significantly larger than the opponent.

Losing steals 5-0.

But winning the game by 9 at the half. Clean it up in the 2nd half and put this out of reach.

Played good for about 2 to 3 minutes and then decided to play like shit again at the end of the half.

What's going on with Dickinson,  he looks lost our there and is playing very passive.

I know guys are doing a bad job of getting him the ball but something is not right with him.

Watching this year has made me realize just how good last years team was though.

Sit Houstan's ass on the bench until he starts playing better. Seriously, the only reason I can see why he is playing is that he was highly touted out of HS

- Michigan's All-American Center with 1 FG attempt against a team full of guards. There hardly seems attempts to get him the ball. One play was triple-teamed into a wide open 3, guess that made too much sense to continue running? 

- This team LOVES to pass up the open look to dribble and take a stepback (looking at you TWill and Houstan) 

- Collins and Diabate need to take Jones and Johns minutes. Those two are unplayable right now. 

- This effort against any team with a pulse in the B1G and Michigan is getting blown out. This is unacceptable coming from a team with this much talent. 

First half Is over, and I think they should have a new PG and 4. Collins and diabate look like a better duo. 
Elsewhere, not sure why Houstan, even with the two early males and dish, is getting minutes like he’s Eli. He missed a box out badly and is still getting taken to the rack a lot, and Howard couldn’t even find one minute for Kobe bufkin. :/

Johns and Jones need to stay on the bench. 

juwan has to do a better job at getting some hi-low game with HD and diabate with 3 outside shooters.

I'm just wondering if Bufkin was late for class or practice or something to not have gotten any playing time in first half?

Is Bufkin hurt? To give Nunez minutes and not Bufkin is head scratching 

What's wrong with Dickinson?

Why are Jones and Johns out there to start the half?