Mamma Mia - BB team
If the refs are going to shrink the basket on the Michigan side, they should do it for BC as well.
I have 10 bucks. Who wants to pitch in and buy a basket?
EDIT: I wasn't insinuating the refs has something to do with poor shooting - just making a bad joke about the inability to get the ball to go down, almost as if the basket was smaller on the Michigan end of the court. Regardless, these guys are out of sync and can hopefully find the answer before the next game. This reminds me of two years ago.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 PM ^
Forget the bucket. I'll take a few three pointers going in. Team is out of sync.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:59 PM ^
you seek fairness in ACC challenge.
Good luck with that.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:59 PM ^
The team does not look good tonight. This is bad. When they can't shoot, they have no chance to win. This is not the same shooting team from last year. The defense looks a little shaky at times as well. I expect them to improve.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^
What are you talking about - it is the refs' fault, not our team!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 PM ^
I tend to completely ignore the ref calls and try to focus on the actual play of our team. Why did the ref decide to miss all of our shots for us on purpose? That's not fair is it?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 PM ^
game you're watching, but the network is nice enough to put the futility count up every time the team misses a 3-pointer. What are they, 5-21? Nobody's going to win like that.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 PM ^
sarcasm
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:03 PM ^
They'll come around eventually; they're a young team overall, and making the tournament won't be a problem. They'll have the NIT bid wrapped up by mid-February.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 PM ^
Being a jerk comes pretty natural to you, yeah?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:25 PM ^
We can't all get into Michigan.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 PM ^
+1 to the comedian
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:51 PM ^
For giving props to the unpopular comedian.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 PM ^
Honestly, I didn't think Watchmen was that good.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 PM ^
I just can't believe that we are playing this bad of defense. It looks like our football team out there. I know our system calls for 3 point shooters and the 3 ball, but good lord. We have shot our way out of the last the 3 games. We just keep shooting them. Its like the coach calls timeout and we come out and shoot another freakin 3 pointer. Take the ball to rack, somebody. As I say this Gibson just hits a 3. Zach Gibson, are you kidding me. He plays hard though. I wish everyone else was as scrappy as him. Oh shit, he hit another!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 PM ^
i swear the first person to claim we need to bench manny harris to get the team to wise up will become the target of my ire for months. MONTHS. months.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 PM ^
We need to bench Harris to get the team to wise up.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:32 PM ^
Note: THE SUBJECT WAS A JOKE, THIS WAS NOT EDITED....
Question: If you benched the whole team, then would the shooting percentage actually be that much worse?
Please use your BO-Da skills and get these players to use the force.
Go Blue!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Has anyone else seen Maizeman? Close relative of Greenman.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 PM ^
Does Brandon Graham have any eligibility left to play basketball this year? Or can we at least bottle his talent and intensity and give it to DeShawn Simms?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 PM ^
No joke, at one point during the second half we were talking about how much we wish Sims was a heady player like Novak. Very frustrating to see Novak doing everything he possibly can to the very limits of his physical ability while Sims continues to play like a tentative shooting guard on both ends of the court. So frustrating to watch. I really hope they can turn things around quickly. A win @ Utah will be huge for us at this point.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 PM ^
Rumor around campus is that there are some things going on in Sims personal life (not him doing anything wrong, just typical college student issues with school and girls) that may be a distraction on the court. As much as we like to forget, these guys are still students and kids like us. It can be hard to bring your best every night.
Also, all these losses took place in the span of a week. To me, this is the equivalent of one bad football game.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 PM ^
this team would be much better if they had 7 manny harris'. and a few greg odens, and maybe a chris webber.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 PM ^
Why is it all night we shoot 3's then stop when we need it the most? I just don't get that sometimes. Manny just had an open 3 then decides to take in the paint to get his shot blocked. Go up strong and stop pumpin in the air so much. I like the way we didn't quit though. I really hope we get better. I can't take another disappointment this year.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
I wondered the same...it doesn't seem logical to jack 3s all day until the end just because you "need points" on a certain possession. Apparently he thought he'd be more successful driving instead of taking the 3.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 PM ^
We can't catch a break in either sport right now
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
I think they really need to play Simms and Gibson together more. The inside defense is horrible and it would help with rebounding and more inside presence.
I still don't get Simms being benched for so long in the 2nd half.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 PM ^
Gibson played well today, that's for sure.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 PM ^
Sims gave us absolutely nothing today on either end. Why should he have played more?
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 PM ^
i think commentary about Sims is the only thing i can put up with right now. i think he's regressed a lot this year, both in play and maturity. he's constantly staring off to blame someone else for poor play and has basically just walked around in a daze most games. he was taken off the court for good reason today.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 PM ^
At least they looked like they weren't going to give up until the very end, especially LLP.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 PM ^
I can't believe I'm saying this but, the bball team could really use these two right about now.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:42 PM ^
We definitely seem to miss their leadership. Where's it going to come from on this team?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
Not exactly looking forward to Kansas in a few weeks....
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
scare some wins up. Seems like a bit more balance with the threes would help. Five solid makes in the paint and better D early in the game we win.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:37 PM ^
The 1-3-1 makes us very weak on the boards.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
Missing 25 3-pointers also skews the rebounding stats immediately into the opponents favor. Even the best rebounding teams in the nation would end up out-rebounded under those conditions... seriously, we missed 25 3-point shots. 25. You have got to be kidding me.
*sigh*
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 PM ^
The question is, if you're missing 25, why are you taking that many?
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 AM ^
because in order to miss 26, there would have to be more time on the clock. therefore we were left to miss 25.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 PM ^
Not to be overly dramatic, but they can't shoot, can't shoot free throws, can't defend and can't rebound. At Utah, at Kansas and home against UConn, not to mention the rugged Big Ten schedule, has me scared. I'm afraid there's a little part of this team that patted itself on the back for being ranked #15 preseason. It's Coach Beilein's job to get them hungry again.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 PM ^
Clearly if RR understood the importance of our rivalry with OSU we would've won tonight. That bastard!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 PM ^
FIRE BEILEIN
GO BACK TO GERMANY, THIS ISN'T THE BIG EAST ANYMORE
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 PM ^
Gibson is awesome,
Too bad we miss every three.
Need to beat Utah.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 PM ^
Change "Gibson" to "Cronin"
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:16 PM ^
Good ol' Ben Cronin
May be gumpier than Gibson,
But is my hero.
From now on I'm doing haikus following soul-dong punchings, I find it emotionally cleansing. I feel better already.
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:42 PM ^
Second line has 8 syllables. Does that matter?
December 4th, 2009 at 11:13 AM ^
It does, but I'm poetically challenged so I get a free pass.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 PM ^
Will we ever recover from the Fab Five? I would love to see an athletic team again. A la UNC last night.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 PM ^
Not the way were recruiting now...