# 9 Michigan vs. Concordia mens baketball open thread
October 29th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
I am disappointed...didn't get 60 in the second half.
October 29th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^
Blew it!
/s
/jk
#GreatEffortBoys
October 29th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
73 pt win. Alrighty then.
October 29th, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
Recap:
Everyone looks pretty darn good
October 29th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
Nik Stauskas +/- tonight: +103
October 29th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
Negatives ....
Donnal is really thin, to the point that I don't know if he should play this year. J-Mo & Horford still have bad hands. McGary's back ... arghhhhh. Irvin looked pretty raw, but physically ready. Walton looked pretty skilled, but undersized physically.October 29th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
He's a lot more intriguing than Bielfeldt
October 29th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
He'll get eaten alive by B1G teams. Donnal is paper thin.
October 29th, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^
- Yee buddy
- Walton will take over the starting point guard position before Big Ten play starts. Spike's stroke still looks pure and at times he looks more poised, but Walton is a better defender and is oh-so-creative. Both will impress.
- Irvin reminds me of THJr. his freshman year. Good tools, just needs to work on decision-making. But he's got a quick release, great athleticism. Defensively he gets lost on off-the-ball screens sometimes, but experience will cure that.
- You know what's awesome about that bullet? THJr. was our second option offensively his freshman year. Irvin looks to be our fourth option ON THE WING. Stauskas, LeVert, and GRIII all look like they can fill it up quite well. Without much pressure, Irvin will be able to pick his spots and I think he will come up big when we need him to.
- LeVert will not average 10 assists a game this year. But 4 is not out of the question. He has great court vision and when he drives the defense cannot be sure whether he will pass or take it himself. He still looks a bit skinny (and this could limit him offensively against some teams in the B1G) but defensively he looks like the monster we expected. Quicker, long, and much better instincts this year. We are going to be able to cause some fits with the length of LeVert, GRIII, Irvin,
- Horford is Horford. Long, suffocating defender who occasionally leaves his feet too early. Not a great offensive player. Good rebounder. Size and rebounding is all we need him.
- Morgan looks to have improved though. Looked better shooting free throws and even looked comfortable dribbling the ball a little bit. Between him and Horford, we should be able to weather McGary's storm.
- Oh yeah, Mitch McGary didn't play and we won by 73. Just thought I'd mention that.
- At this point, Donnal should play over Bielfeldt. I think this will be like the Vogrich/LeVert situation last year. Vogrich's experience gave him the benefit of the doubt, but in the end the talent difference was overwhelming. Donnal has a pure stroke from downtown, looks physically ready, is taller, and a heady offensive player. I don't think he should redshirt.
October 29th, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 11:21 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
22 missed shots seems like quite a bit, but when you shoot 82% in the first half and 53% in the second for a 65.1% average I guess that's not bad eh?
October 29th, 2013 at 10:11 PM ^
22 missed shots isn't many to begin with.
October 30th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
Maybe it isn't, I might not be calibrated correctly and expectations could be out-of-whack. When I saw 22 missed shots I thought "seems like a lot" but then didn't compare it to anything. I'm certainly open to it not being a lot.
October 29th, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
I mean, the students from Concordia always seemed ike pleasant folk. Not very polite of us to eviscerate their basketball team
October 29th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 11:13 PM ^
You don't think they scheduled the game to win...do you?
I'm sure they scheduled for some of the same reasons me, you and 3 other MGoBloggers would schedule to play the #9 Michigan Wolverines if we could.
Are you going to be hurt when we lose by 100?
October 29th, 2013 at 11:26 PM ^
You'll hear people talk about how they played so-and-so in high school, and so-and-so is now in NFL. Those guys from last year will be telling their grandkids how they played against the one and only Burke in Crisler and gave UM a scare.
October 30th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^