MBB: Michigan vs. Texas [snowflakes thread]
Nice win! Go Blue.
7:00 PM ET, November 27, 2015
Imperial Arena,
Top Performers
Michigan: D. Walton Jr. 13 Pts, 5 Reb, 7 Ast, 3 Stl
Texas: I. Taylor 18 Pts, 8 Ast, 1 Stl
November 27th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
And Wagner and Robinson have both gained some confidence over this trip.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
My story about Michigan Football:
Chile is good. Add beans and hot sauce. Mmmmmm! Every try it with cheese? Wowie, so delicious. Have some bread with it too.
Three Cheers for Chili
Hip hip hooray
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November 27th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
Final Four, here we come!
November 27th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
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November 27th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
Winning is fun.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
Man, if Texas only had a 200+ lb bruiser inside, they would have des... wait a minute...
Thank god Ridley was severely underutilized this game or else it would've gotten ugly.
Caris is a monster like usual. Irvin getting back in the flow of things and Wagner's coming out party were the nicest parts of the past 2 days.
Hopefully M can keep this going and the shitty shooting days are somewhat behind us.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
Give some credit to M's defense. Getting it to a post player is not a given. M's guards were much bigger and longer than UT's guards which makes getting the ball to the post a chore itself.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:09 PM ^
Eh... he was blatantly open at points in the 2nd half in which he could have easily scored. The Texas guards just didn't get him the ball... Now that could be good D by Michigan or just bad offense by Texas.
I'll go with mostly bad offense given what we have seen so far this season.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:23 PM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^
You put stock into these garbage announcers?
lol.
November 27th, 2015 at 10:01 PM ^
Is that a joke/sarcasm? (if so I'm not really seing the point of your post) ... but anyway Seth Davis did mention how Ridley was open at least once and said they should have been feeding him the ball multiple times.
November 27th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:08 PM ^
played great defense fronting Ridley and denying him the ball which led to Texas going away from him. Wagner is way better than we could have hoped.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^
That is true. Wagner did perform well on both ends compared to Donnal and Doyle.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:17 PM ^
mode of fandom.
Can't even imagine what a UM player would think reading these boards sometimes.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
Yeah let's just pretend Michigan didn't get destroyed the 2 games prior to 48 hours ago exposing the team's clear flaws that could have also been exposed tonight.
Head in the sand mentality of this fanbase is so fucking stupid sometimes.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
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November 27th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
Where did I say to shut the program down? The closest I came to claiming the sky was falling was debating a few folks in a snowflake thread a few days ago about whether Beilein is an elite coach.
Did you go to college in the past decade because if not, you would certainly fit in with your emotions clouding your judgment and reading comprehension.
November 27th, 2015 at 10:33 PM ^
I remain concerned about the quality of this team - but also recognize, as I said as the UConn game ended, that many of these guys are adjusting to the speed of the D1 game for the first time or readjusting to it.
I just think it's amazingly shitty to look for the most negative possible interpretation on a night when the guys actually got it together and played passably well.
The constant search for negatives, the pessimism, the always ready to turn on a dime on the program element of the fanbase - yeah, that's a total fucking drag ALL THE TIME
November 27th, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^
November 28th, 2015 at 1:25 AM ^
Offense wins you 9/10 games. Defense wins you 10/10.
November 28th, 2015 at 2:27 AM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
Important win.
Wagner = 5 of the future. Near future. By start of B10 season.
Still gettign healthy - no Spike. We're going to be a much better team in 4 weeks.
Lots a things to be happy about. All in all, we're 4-2 with no bad losses on the resume. Many "power conference" teams cannot say the same.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:12 PM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:33 PM ^
I don't have AXS so this is a genuine question. I thought Mo was sort of what you would stereotypically expect from a Euro true frosh: talented, good shooter, but not physically ready to bang as a 5. Did he hold up against Ridley/whomever he had to defend?
November 27th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^
i would say all of the 5's are not good defensively and likely to give up points or a foul anytime they have to defend one on one. the difference with wagner is he stays active and can at times be more of a positive force on the court--with his offense and active feet drawing charges--than a liability.
for me, his best attribute is his mentality. he's probably the most tenacious player on the team.
November 27th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
I don't really know if he looks like a "Euro true frosh." He just looks like a true freshman period. He definitely doesn't have the body yet, but he's still a very physical player. He also looks way more athletic than Donnal or Doyle. I bet his vertical is, no joke, roughly a foot better than Doyle or Donnal. Doyle and Donnal just do not get off the ground at all. Both near 7 footers and they consistently attempt to lay in what should be easy dunks.
Wagner has also shown an ability to drive to the hoop. He has shown nice touch and finishing ability. No one has done that since McGary.
Wagner has also already made a habit of sacrificing his body in attempts to take charges. He reminds me a lot of Novak in that respect.
It's just clear that the ceiling is so much higher with Wagner than it is for the other bigs. It almost seems certain he will be starting by the end of the year. What he lacks in size/strength he definitely makes up for with his motor.
November 28th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
6'9" may be a lot nearer 7' than I am, but for basketball players I wouldn't call them "near 7 footers." Especially when they seem to have whitemencan'tjumpitis. Though IIRC Doyle did have a dunk the other day, he's not really explosive. Just because other teams have bigs that can make "easy dunks" doesn't mean Doyle & Donnal can. Their games just aren't above the rim.
November 28th, 2015 at 6:28 AM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
Duncan Robinson and Wagner are real deal. I am glad Irvin is finding his rythm. They definitely went after rebounds today with that big dude Texas had.
This team still have time to improve and could look really good by the meat of the B1G schedule.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
I watched the ESPN Gamecast, so my only observation is that the graph thing made it look like we had the lead for nearly the entire game. That's good for something, right?
(Thanks for nothing AXS.)
November 27th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
November 27th, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^
I hate it, but it is so suspenseful. You watch for a minute and nothing happens, and you are waiting . . . waiting . . . then all of a sudden turnover, three pointer, missed shot, three pointer. What the hell just happened?!
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November 27th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
some have been asking for. I couldn't watch, but it looks like a good game by many including Irvin, Robinson, Wagner, LeVert and Walton. That might be our future starting five. Looks good to me.
November 27th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
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Walton/Albrecht
LeVert
Irvin / Robinson
Dawkins
Doyle / Wagner / Wilson
...Chatman/Donnel/MAAR all seem to be on the outside looking in.
At some point, I'd like to see Doyle and Mo play together.
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