how you let an opponent go on a 25-0 run and not take time outs to try to kill the momentum is beyo nd my comprehension!? Love Beilein but WTF!? Regroup Blue and beat MSU!

How does Crean have our number?  He doesn't seem like that good of a coach against other teams, but somehow his team always brings its A+ game against us.

Caris LeVert, please return ASAP.

 

It's another data point. At the end of the day though it is one loss. We were absolutely shat upon in the Breslin center one year and went on to have a good ending. This game sucked but there is still a lot of season left to get the taste of this game out of our collective mouths. Hope the team can bounce back. We shall see.

to win when you give up 50% shooting and go literally a quarter of the game without scoring.  The 50% includes going only 10-30 from 3.

right now. I have anger that this just happened.

But this is not a good one either.

I NEVER post overly negative comments about coaches or team direction in the forums. Posters lose their shit all around me and the most I do is close MGoBlog for awhile and await new threads.....

... but this game is a little different. I have loved Beilein, but the way our defense played was a turning point for me. If he were fired tomorrow, I'd be fine with it. Not saying I want it or that it should happen any time at all. But I'm a little emoji-shrug about the whole matter now. We need a team that can fight and get at it with defense. This game felt historically bad and I just couldn't ignore what I was seeing.

Live by the three... Die horribly when you ain't got a big man and they aren't falling

It takes a whole lotta bad for Denard not to smile.

Two things:

1. I'd take that shitty loss in a heartbeat in exchange for any sort of victory over MSU
2. I hope that happens
3. I don't see how we'll beat MSU
4. I'm not good at math

I would've liked to have seen Kam/DJ/anyone different earlier in the second half when it wasn't working with the starters (& Dawkins seemed to be regularly lost on D). Oh well, learn from it and move on. Here's to a good day tomorrow.

poor, utter shit coaching job tonight by Beilein. He watched the team get their asses kicked and took 2 timeouts with him to the locker room at halftime.

Say what you want about Beilein, but if you don't think he's gonna light into the team and have them pissed and ready to fight on Saturday you're selling him severely short.  The team will have a short memory and will be ready to go.

Dawkins what a liability tonight. wow. shoudlve been benched

5vs 4 on D. Dawkins was HORRIFIC. my gosh. they baited him on D and every fucking time be took the bait then an uncovered man. baffling that JB kept him on the floor

annoying to see beilfelt out there

 

It's ridiiculous to read all the comments from basketball illiterates on the game thread talking about how Beilein and this team suck.

That's the way the ball bounces sometimes.  Sometimes, you're out of sync and the other team is in sync.

It wasn't really even one game, just a 10 minute stretch with a 28-0 run leading to a 13 point loss.  Michigan even missed 5 straight free throws (including the front end of a one and one) and Indiana kept hitting ridiculous threes, including one by Bielfeldt.  That is unusual.

Even Kentucky went through a similar drought tonight blowing a 21 point lead to a crappy Tennessee team and losing by 7.

Michigan probably isn't a top 20 team this year without their top lottery pick player.  But he should be back.  They will play a lot better.  They should make they tourney.

 

 

One thing that drives me absolutely nuts about this team is the lack of movement on offense.  All basketball these days has too much standing and not enough movement, in my opinion.  But Michigan seems worse than most, if not all, to me.  Meanwhile, the other team has guys cutting and hitting layups.  It's painful to watch sometimes.  I understand I coached (high school) and played (high school) long ago and the game has evolved (like travelling on every possession being okay now).  But, man, it drives me nuts.

As for the complaints about Beilein's recruiting, folks need to remember that basketball recruiting is horrible, dirty business.  If we assume Beilein is clean (which I do and I admire him for), then he has done remarkably well, considering much of his competition.

As for the lack of defense...ugh!

On here think Caris would have helped tonight or is even a guy who can carry a team like Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway . He doesn't have the strength to take over games like that and create his own shots against good teams. I mean his health speaks for itself. He is hurt way too often. I love the guy and if you pair him up with one of those type of ballers, I think that's where he can kill teams...but not by himself. I am stumped by the Maryland win because our athleticism on this team is putrid. My gut tells me the sparty game is gonna be bad. JB better get a little dirtier and recruit because more loses like this and it won't last much longer. Last thing. Dear lord please don't let this mean tomorrow is gonna be sad.

I really appreciate when Alex writes these after a loss and there is an actual column instead of a rehashed set of "welp that sucked" remarks.

Anyone know what Devin Gardner is up to? He was on the Steelers practice squad but released.

Robinson is shooting 37% from 3 in B1G. Guards beat time and again off dribble. Thankful for that fairly easy schedule.

Michigan may get torched again Saturday. Going only 7 deep (per Beilein) without Levert is catching up to them.

I saw the last 10 minutes first. So when I watched the 25-0 run, I knew it was coming. That let me keep my sanity through it. I'm a big believer in Dylan's 5 key plays. I hope 1 (or 4) of them, were the 4 terrible calls in the middle of it. First Robinson's 2nd foul, which put him on the bench, of course, was terrible.

But UM did a good job of getting some good looks early in the run where there were a couple of non-calls that led to a couple of run outs. One on Walton where Beilfelt killed him, and one on MAAR whee he got hacked. Add in the 1-1 call on a shooting foul, and IU opened the lead from 8 to 15 and rout was on. The team lost their composure from there.

So give Walton and MAAR credit for going to the hoop and doing it the right way early in that run. If they get the calls, we are looking at a 6-10 point halftime deficit (or less) and we have a completely different game.

It really seemed like the team and Beilein were just ill prepared for this game. I mean you have a top 25 team rolling into your house and you let this happen. The two time outs left in the first half is not good.
I agree that we lack overall athleticism with this team. It's one thing when you're an offensive perimeter oriented team yet have good athletes, but when you lack the athletes and can't score in a variety of ways and do not place enough onus on D and play a quality opponent that has good athletes, it is a recipe for failure. I can't however bash on JB too much given the amount of early exits this program has endured. The staff just needs to identify better athletes at certain positions. Example kam Chatman- I cannot fathom or wrap my head around what they were seeing in him that they thought he would be a good fit for this level. Maybe he pans out but I'm not seeing it. It's taken Donnal 3+ years to even be adequate. I believe this team will be ok but I will agree that JB and the staff need to attack how they recruit a tad bit differently. I'm not saying changing anything drastically but we have to get better athletes year in year out. Bottom line. Find a way. Defense was awful. I think Beilein will continue to work on this team and they will get better. Getting into the tournament would be a big accomplishment. Defense, and when we play quality teams I think we really need to slow the game down as much as possible. hard to do when the outside shots aren't falling and you have seemingly no other component to go to on offense. No PF's or C's who can make something happen when shots aren't falling. This game felt like SMU round two.

Please!  The rules for football and basketball are different.  You do not get three timeouts per half; you get four timeouts for the game, of which up to three carry over to the second half.  (Last year it was five, with up to four carrying over).

Michigan used its full allotment of timeouts in this game, two in the first half and two in the second.  Beilein called the two first-half timeouts during the 25-0 run, to try to break momentum and draw up a play for his team.  It didn't work.  And between this thread (2) and the game open thread, I bet I've seen 10 people complain about Beilein's use of timeouts.

There were many problems with this game.  Timeout usage was not one of them.  In no particular order, they include bad offense, bad defense, hot shooting by Indiana (admittedly, on some very good looks), cold shooting by Michigan (free throws are never contested), the fact that nobody knows what a foul is anymore, fatigue, injuries to LeVert and Albrecht, and probably ten more things.

If you want to fault the coaches, talk about game preparation -- Michigan looked flustered by the intensity of Indiana's man defense, and they looked confused by Indiana's offense, especialyl in transition.  But it's silly to call out Beilein for his in-game coaching during a blowout.  Michigan did not lose this game due to timeout management.

National Championship game. I thought Michigan would win that one back when I was 13. They seem to play well against us. If our shooting is cold we lose to the half the teams in the B1G. If the team shoots well they can beat even the elite B1G teams.  Hopefully the team shoots the lights out against MSU!