Rabbit21

March 1st, 2017 at 9:40 PM ^

That was Wisconsin level bullshit right there.  Michigan completely fell apart at the end and lost their minds on offense, they had a great chance to win, but let it slip through their fingers, there was no reason to lose on a hail mary pass.

Joined: 11/12/2009

MGoPoints: 30303

Mongo

March 1st, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^

Thought the call against Walton was a crap call. Mo had the ball at the line but he looked back to the bench like a timeout might be called. His feet were not set and he was not yet in the act of taking the throw. So Ref could have just waved Walton back. Thought the call was garbage. But ... the defensive gaf at the end? Ugh. Why was Walton covering a 6'10" center? Not a great coaching end to this game, IMO. Not Walton's fault being 6'0" covering that tree on a Hail Mary.

Joined: 06/25/2016

MGoPoints: 9585

BornInA2

March 1st, 2017 at 9:58 PM ^

Looks like Beilein defense to me. I've had enough of his monochrome scheme. Works okay when you hit the recruiting lotto with a Stauskas, but otherwise it's this.

Joined: 02/15/2014

MGoPoints: 12802

Maizen

March 1st, 2017 at 11:24 PM ^

That team had 3 NBA players on it, this team has none. Stop making dumb arguments. This team has a .500 record in an average conference. Beilein is what he is at this point, a guy with a nice offense who doesn't have a fucking clue on defense and whose recruiting decisions will severly limit the ceiling for every team he coaches.

Joined: 08/15/2015

MGoPoints: -99993347

bronxblue

March 1st, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^

You know, it never fails after a loss to see a bunch of people come to the comment threads to bitch and moan about Beilein with the same tired cliches.  At least if you are going to complain about him, try some new material.

Joined: 11/22/2008

MGoPoints: 171381

Grabelnyc

March 1st, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^

And this loss alone was about Collins. In the first half. 2nd half adjustments are about the Coach. Too much Walton. Too little twin towers. Too little Irvin. Too much Duncan on the defensive end. Don't you agree? Not saying jb could have turned the table. You can't shoot from the sidelines but I saw adjustments he missed. Did you?

Joined: 03/30/2016

MGoPoints: 177

harmon98

March 1st, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^

Lots of pissing and moaning on the board. You can act like a man! What's the matter with you? Is this what you've become, a Hollywood finocchio who cries like a woman? "Oh, what do I do? What do I do?" What is that nonsense? Ridiculous!

Joined: 07/24/2008

MGoPoints: 9886

Bertello NC

March 1st, 2017 at 10:49 PM ^

Does anyone else feel like this- I just want to get into the tournament to face a team outside of the big ten, play at a neutral site, and to escape at least some of these officials. I know we should be better in crunch time and rise above it all, but for whatever reason we just don't seem to think about the situation and what the best decision is in that moment.

Joined: 09/13/2011

MGoPoints: 958

Grabelnyc

March 1st, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^

I've felt that Walton and Irvin, maybe even Duncan have gotten a few calls but the bias against our best player moe has been unbelievable and unmatched in my 25 years of watching Michigan hoops. They lost the ND game and many, over 15 calls, walks and fouls, have been extremely questionable. Dj and Donnal have been as or more physical, yet moe gets called and the others walk. It's perplexing, upsetting and makes me look at the osu hall of fame list.

Joined: 03/30/2016

MGoPoints: 177

Grabelnyc

March 1st, 2017 at 11:04 PM ^

Props for jb aren't justified during the good wins, the jb "fired" posts aren't justified during the losses. Collins deserves a lot of credit for the first half defense. Forcing us late into the shot clock on seemingly every possession. We played good defense throughout. Hard as we could. The 2nd half I thought jb sat the two bigs too long, despite Duncan's hard play and tap out re-boards, Collins exploited him down the stretch on the switch intentionally, obviously. To criticize jb for the defense on the last play is to criticize Moeller for not playing toomer against hail Cordell. Obvious after the fact. This game was changed and potentially lost with the bs call on moe at 1915 in the first half. He played "with 4 fouls" the rest of the game, on the block. Letting himself get used. Resorting to offensive foul tactics. Dwalt, as good as he's been playing took the offense into his hands way too early in the 2nd, way too early in the shot clock. Zak was on, finally, and the ball stagnated at the point. Again the lack of size on defense hurt us 2nd half, but the offense wasn't what it should have been. This team is most successful with following sub pattern: 1-2: Walton maar X 3: Irvin / Duncan (the two of them should NEVER be on the court together) 4-5: Donnal / moe / dj. (Teske when there is major foul trouble) Cut my mgoblog points as much as you can boys and girls, these are the facts.

Joined: 03/30/2016

MGoPoints: 177

Michifornia

March 1st, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^

I was ready to say FINALLY Irvin played a decent game.  i.e., he didn't force many shots, make bonehead turnovers.  In other words, didn't hurt the team.  But then the last possession came and he flashed back to one of the lucky shots he hit last year near the end of a game.  DUMB.  DUMB.  DUMB.

YOU ARE NOT A GOOD SHOOTER.  YOU ARE EVEN LESS OF A CLUTCH PLAYER.  NOT BAGGIN BECAUSE WE LOST.  THESE ARE FACTS.  STOP TRYING TO BE A HERO!!!  YOU SHOULD NEVER SHOOT WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LIINE.  EVER.

MAAR should have driven to the basket.  That's a much higher percentage.

Painful freakin ending to boot.  I still say we're dancing.

Joined: 10/03/2013

MGoPoints: 13813

Grabelnyc

March 2nd, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^

There is no better player on this team, even in a bad game like tonight, to have the ball last second than maar. He missed moe once or twice earlier, uncharachteristically tonight, but Irvin should not have the ball, then, or any last second, anymore. Even so, game shouldn't have come down to that. Front ends and two bigs.

Joined: 03/30/2016

MGoPoints: 177

uofm4lyfe

March 1st, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^

I just don't understand how folks can continue to defend this coaching staff. The free throw violation was their fault. The defensive set up at end was their fault. Offense is chaotic. No discipline. Running big man out on defense never has and will never work. This team has talent, but poor coaching is dragging it down.

Joined: 02/04/2017

MGoPoints: 5

havkarl

March 2nd, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^

has them at 30th in KenPom, a top ten offense, and the ability to turn no name athletes (Robinson, MAAR, and Wagner) into a squad that handed the top two teams in the league their largest margin of defeat. They also developed Walton into an all big ten performer. Its pretty dense if you quite literally cannot comprehend why someone might support that.

Joined: 07/09/2011

MGoPoints: 879

umfanchris

March 2nd, 2017 at 8:40 AM ^

That last play was just a ballsy call by Collins and Northwestern. If no one touches the ball and it is thrown out of bounds, then Michigan gets the ball under their basket with no time taken off. Most coaches in that same position just throw a short pass and let them throw a prayer up and settle for overtime.

Joined: 01/21/2011

MGoPoints: 311

VAWolverine

March 2nd, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^

please diagram and discuss how to defend the full-court inbounds pass for us. Our team appears to have difficulty doing this in key situations.

No references to Rick Pitino allowed.

Thanks.

Joined: 11/06/2008

MGoPoints: 9927

Goblueman

March 2nd, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^

Why no Mich players along the lane? Was Wagner shooting 2 or was it a 1 & 1? If 2 then I assume Mich players would line up after 1st shot.Did I just answer my own question?

Joined: 11/09/2009

MGoPoints: 4182