Video & Analysis: Frank Kaminsky vs. Michigan

Am I the only one who thinks Kaminsky looks like the older brother of "Sledgehammer" from the movie Rebound?

The threat of Kaminsky's three-point shot exacerbated this issue, as his most successful drives came when Morgan 

I've never seen Ace give up on a sentence mid-sentence like that before.

Morgan or Horford is what really made me mad.  He just stood there and let Kaminsky get relatively easy baskets.  I'd much rather he help out and risk a pass from Kaminsky than let him get an almost certain layup.  With our lack of size and shot blockers in the paint, it's essential we show more teamwork than that.  

Msu has had trouble with their 3 point shot the past few weeks. I say we double Payne early and then adjust if they are making us pay from the outside. Harris in particular has had a rough month shooting the basketball. But I'm sure he'll shoot 80% from deep now that I said that.

I thought ole Frank used his off-hand to get separation a lot, Am I the only one who saw this more than once?

Beilein on defending bigs: "If we played (Frank Kaminski) again, (doubling him) would be under consideration. How about considering that at halftime on Sunday? 

At some point during a game, when one player is just killing you, have to say "F*** it", double him, and make someone else beat you.

I was frustrated by Frank's ability to blow by our guys away from the rim.   But what made me even more upset was that 'OMG there's a 7 footer dribbling toward the hoops from 19 feet out' happened more than once, but yet very little off-the-ball help materialized.   He's a 7 footer....DRIBBLING!   Even some semblance of defensive help could have pestered him enough to cause a turnover, dump-off, or made Frank feel slightly uncomfortable handing the ball in traffic.

I must admit that I've been very impressed by Kaminsky's development this year.   He's a legit B1G player, and I never dreamed he would amount to anything other than a decent bench role player.   Player development, man. 

unhealthy levels.

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Cheer up folks. Here is a goat.gif

Thanks Ace

That was a horrible offensive foul with 3:48 left. If it's called, that's a 3 point swing and Michigan with the ball down only 5.

If he can stay out of foul trouble, I think Horford will be able to handle Payne. We will see.

set a few off the ball screens and mix up the offense...this is getting to the level of Borges predictability: set on the ball screens and hope someone is open to shoot the 3

"This matchup choice confounded me, as John Beilein chose to put Robinson on Kaminsky when Nigel Hayes also took the floor for Wisconsin."

Three pointers. Kaminsky is now 25-61 from three, Hayes is holding steady at 0-0. If there's one thing your video makes clear, it's that defending the three point line is not Jordan Morgan's strength. In fact, he's a great matchup for Hayes, a shorter, weaker, less experienced post player. Unfortunately, GRIII can't stop Kaminsky in the post and there was no confusion in Wisconsin's hive mind about where the mismatch was.

"With MSU giving plenty of minutes to a lineup featuring Gary Harris, Kenny Kaminski, and Travis Trice—all 40% or better 3-point shooters—surrounding Payne, they face similar issues this weekend even if Keith Appling sits out."
Harris has been awful shooting the 3 of late, in fact he is shooting only 32%.

It's kind of funny that Grant (who is known for his assists, steals, and causing turnovers) was honored during this particular game. 

reading this brought back deep painful memories.

Michigan has good games and bad games. This one was a bad one. Why harp on it? The team that turns the ball over less and shoots better wins the vast majority of the time. All this post does is remind us of this fact. I'm getting tired of the faux-analytical nature of this blog. Basketball is a sport full of unpredictability. Shoehorning statistical analysis into it is a fool's errand. Kaminsky had a great game, Stauskus had a bad one, and that's basically it.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate some of the meta analyitics like Kenpom. However, this game isn't explained by them as effectively.

shit happens in college athletics, no matter what the sport. Without that realization, there are only a few things you can take from a game. Victory is easy:u r among the party, however, it appears due to the "shit happening" thing you prefer to be the next tear off on the Charmin roll. U got to learn to deal with it or you will contine w/unintended trips to the restroom or you can get a grip and realize the result of the cycle, no matter the sport, no matter the decade tends to run in our favor. If u can't accept that, then, of course, you deserve that unpleasant odor.  Grow the phuck up.