ijohnb

November 24th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^

did no such thing.  Duke dominated that game.  The final score was respectable because Duke just coasted.  State was never in that game.

Trice is a baller.  Other than that, State may be in a bit of trouble this year.  They were very..... non-threatening.  Unless Dawson miraculously develops a mid-range game soon I don't know about State this year.

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Monocle Smile

November 24th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^

He's an athletic freak and assaults the rim like it insulted his mother, but he shoots from the elbow and beyond about as well as I do.

I don't even think Trice's production is sustainable. State won't be terrible, because they rarely are, but I see what you mean.

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Lampuki22

November 24th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^

I hate me some Sparty but they were generally down 5-10 in that game. Down by seven at the half lost by 10 in the end. It's not a blowout simply because you could've blown them out they hung with them the whole game

Franz Schubert

November 24th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^

Duke dominated and was up by as much as 16 and coasted. Where did you get they hung with them for 40 minutes? MSU had a run to get it close at one point but Duke had at least a 8-10 point lead for 80% of the 2nd half.

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goblue16

November 24th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^

C'mon man give them credit they hung tough I don't think we would keep it that close at this point in the season

denardogasm

November 24th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^

All this tells me is that Michigan finally has some name recognition again when it comes to basketball and voters are finally recognizing Beilein's ability to develop guys. We're definitely not top twenty at this point in the season because we have zero depth. Looking just at minutes it appears that Oregon does. I'm worried about tonight.

Franz Schubert

November 24th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^

Has the best backcourt in the conference and potentially the nation. Much is made of the weak interior but the defense is better overall this year than the last two years. Post defense was non-existent last year even with Morgan.