MBB: Lineup changes going forward?
It's possible that a lineup/rotation change or two could help this team get back on track. Perhaps the most logical thing to do would be to get Matt Vogrich more minutes. He's an upperclassman, is a fairly good shooter, and plays significantly better defense than Stauskas. After the latters' exposure vs. Penn State combined with his poor shooting of late, it might not be a bad idea to see what Vogrich can add to the team.
Any other suggestions? What say you?
but has he done a single good thing this year? All I remember from his time on the court this year is "Why is Vogrich out there. Will he stop being out there soon?"
Respect to Vogrich because he's here and a Michigan guy, but he really shouldn't be on the floor unless a game is out of reach. In my mind he's more of a MAC level player.
Perhaps the most logical thing to do would be to get Matt Vogrich more minutes. He's an upperclassman, is a fairly good shooter, and plays significantly better defense than Stauskas.
What exactly do you base this bolded part on?
You know Vogrich has shot 25% from 3 last year and this year combined, right? I appreciate all that he's done to make our basketball program successful in his time at Michigan, but a "fairly good shooter" he is not.
that--when playing with confidence--can do all right. But for the most part we've hit our ceiling for the year. If there were good zone to be played I have a hard time believine Beilein wouldn't have brought it out by now. And if you think about it, we were in every game but MSU.
The sky is not falling. Remember 2011 UConn ... They lost 7 of their last 11 games and were a #9 seed in the Big East tournament. Boom, Walker plays like he can and puts a young athletic team on his back. A month later, national champions. That story could have a sequel featuring Burke.
What I don't understand is the need to keep starting GRIII and Stauskas. Put Mitch in the starting lineup and let him play the 4. Move GRIII to the 3, play Hardaway at the 2, and Burke at the one. Bring Stauskas in off the bench. There's so many substitutions options a little ways into the game with this starting lineup. Bring Nik in for Hardaway and let him play the 2. Bring him in for GRIII if he's non-existant on the offensive end for a while(as we've seen he can be sometimes) and let Hardaway play the 3 and Nik the 2. Bring him in for Mitch and you've got the starting lineup now.
I like Nik off the bench because his defense is horrendous, but he does bring you good offense. But Mitch can rebound and play defense, and he's barely worse on offense overall. So there's a lot of benefits of letting Mitch start. Two big bodies down low is going to help the defense already because we'll match up better with teams. GRIII shouldn't have to keep playing a ton of minutes at the 4, he's a true SF.
Came in with as much shooter's hype as Stauskas and hasn't proved to even come close to being worth the hype in 4 years. He's also substantially undersized for B1G basketball. I'd look in another direction.
We need to play two bigs more often.
Rebounding and toughness. We need to play 2 of Morgan, McGary, and Horford A LOT more than we do.
I'd also play 2 bigs with GRIII at SF for 3-4 minutes a game.
We have to play 2 bigs to match up. Zone would be great too.