MBB 2nd Half Thread vs. Indiana
Alright, Shaky start but good play by our boys most of the way, we need to keep it going.
I figured I'd start another thread cause the other one was getting slow per usual.
Go Blue, let's put up another banner!
Go blue!
Anyone else notice that the refs game IU a fresh 35 after McGary's block that went out of bounds? It didn't end up hurting them, but Beilein and crew need to be on top of that.
holy fuck i love mcgary. I dont even care that he is playing reckless, i love intensity and the pure anger he's playing with. That slap on cody zeller's ass after the charge was the icing on the cake.
There's no defending Zeller without getting a foul called.
I thought that when Morgan was injured and people were suggesting that somehow getting him back would substantially improve our defense it was wishful thinking.
Pretty clear that I was wrong.
It hasn't helped our rebounding.
You had plenty of time...
What constitues an offensive foul with an elbow?
This is embarassing on the boards. 2 more offensive rebounds
They act like our bigs don't know how to play proper defense by now!! I don't think that they should all be charging, but half of those misses should have been no calls.
Would love if we could rebound the ball, Indiana is going to triple up on us for offensive rebounds.
Edit: 19 offensive rebounds to our 6, so, yeah, they've more than tripled up on our offensive boards and doubled up on our defensive boards.
He needs touches.
Problem today is that we can't...because Zeller is going to foul them all out.
Our guys are afraid to rebound the way the fouls are being called
But it was Zeller so it was okay.
WHAT THE FUCK! HE GOT SLAPPED ACROSS THE FUCKING HEAD!!!
Burke got pushed on that layup attempt...no call. Zeller is breathed on...foul every time.
I don't think GRIII's production totals are so much a product of him playing exceptionally well or poorly. I think they are a symptom of whether or not Michigan is playing the kind of game that it wants to be playing.
Trailing. Yuck.
It would be nice for Michigan to learn positioning on rebounds.
Wide open 3's two possessiona in a row
Please get the lead back. I can't take trailing the rest of the game.
This has been a terribly officiated game, but if Michigan doesn't get better on the defensive boards, the Sweet 16 might be the best they can do.
You can't rebound when any time you get near that flopper Zeller you get called for a foul. He is going to get killed in the NBA. He'll get whoever drafts him fired.
We were scoring when he was bringing it up...
Trey is working so hard to get up the floor we can't get into an offense.
We need to swallow our pride and acknowledge Oladipo is a GREAT defender and just move Burke to SG again...
Michigan is once again going into a rut with forcing up shots, and Indiana is staying calm and taking open shots....why do they continue to do this for large stretches of the games? They were doing great attacking the basket, and now want to move back to heaving up fast 3s.
I hope they get Stauskas involved on offense some more.
Zeller would be the perfect fit for the Heat and their flopping offense.
come on BLUE.. i can't stand the idea of facing penn state again
ooh a fould on Indiana, really?
Every time I see Zeller he is either flopping or complaining.
they continue to maul us on the offensive glass, I have a bad feeling about the outcome
Probably a bit concerned because they are accumulating fouls very quickly, but I agree.
What we lack in rebounding and drawing imaginary fouls we MORE than make up for with the MAIZE RAGE!!!
Morgan/Horford
Robinson/Horford
Stauskas/Hardaway Jr.
Hardaway Jr./Burke
Burke/Albrecht
....I'm riding those guys in those positions until you get under 4 min and can put McGary back in.
Hardaway doesn't come off the floor IMO.
Burke doesn't bring the ball up UNLESS Oladipo is out of the game.
Gotta make some shots is really the bottom line (probably duh), but we were shooting at just under 50% (49.2%) at halftime, that's dropped to 37.7% and Indiana is now shooting better than us. Take care of a couple of those shots and we're fine.
We need some more drives and kick-outs. Indiana is crowding the paint
Needs a nice hard foul.....maybe two
Not a NPOY-type game for Burke so far. Oladip hasn't exactly set the world on fire, but Burke is limited with Oladipo defending him.
Trey with the trey!
That's not a fucking foul...