MBB vrs Delaware State Open Thread
Walton out. First UM start for Duncan Robinson.
5-0 early.
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
DJ Wilson out.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
So was DJ the mystery injury from yesterday? What's he got?
December 12th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
Right Ankle Injury. Don't know how severe.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
DROB on the lob! This dude is fun to watch!
December 12th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
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DSU is a ridiculously bad team. Kind of embarassing we still can't we still can't attack the paint.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
In all honesty, we are a mid-major team as of right now.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
Until he figures, his shot out, I'd love to see him creating more plays for other guys and driving when the lane is open, like those dunks. As far as aking open threes, I wouldn't be upset if he elected not to shoot a few.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
The last few minutes have been difficult to watch aside from a couple cuts by Irvin.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
Irvin, MAAR and Aubrey need to drive to basket more throughout the season.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
December 12th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
Maybe it's because I don't often frequent open threads, but I'm trying to figure out how a first half where we are up by 20 (and saw the first mini signs of life from Kam Chatman) has a majority of super negative comments.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
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And there is a whole half to play. They only lost to Nebraska by 15 (over the whole game). If we play a sloppy second half and that's the margin, then that's fine to be disappointed. But the Kenpom margin was 25 and Vegas was 29 so to be upset to be up 20 at half is ridiculous.
December 12th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^
This is sort of similar to the football team playing a really bad FCS team and being up 17-7 at halftime. Yeah, technically they're up a couple scores, and I'm sure you could pick out a couple guys playing well. But when you consider the competition and think about all the plays that weren't made (that would hurt us against better competition,) some level of criticism would be warranted.
Delaware State is one of the worst D1 teams there is. They've yet to really make any kind of play offensively, and aside from one pretty good blocked shot they haven't done anything special defensively, either. Any halfway decent major conference team would have this game more or less over at halftime.
That said, if you've watched this team in previous games, I'm not sure how anything you've seen today could be considered surprising. This is basically what I'd expect in this one. With a healthy Walton, we'd likely have it even more firmly in hand.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
I'm not sure what world where a 20 pt halftime lead in basketball is equal to a 10 pt lead in football. We outscored them in the paint 20-0. They only rebounded 20% of their misses (off of ugly shots that produce weird bounces). They didn't get a FT. I'm not saying this team is going to the Final Four or even the tournament, but to be displeased with that first half performance (I'm not bringing the 2nd half so far into account) is to fundamentally misunderstand basketball and how Beilein teams have performed against this competition usually. I can point out many better UM teams who struggled much more against equivalent competition (Concordia game from a couple years ago, 2008 team against Saginaw Valley, etc.).
December 12th, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
Honestly, a pretty meh half. DSU is AWFUL. They can get any look they want out there any time they're patient, and defensively all they really have to do is try to avoid giving away any free open looks, because there's nothing going on offensively that is going to create easy opportunities.
It concerns me that it was an 11 pt game with 4 minutes left in the half. I mean, it's no greater concern than watching them get shelled by three different non-conference opponents. It's at least been nice to see them attack the basket a bit more late in the first half, but like I said, they can get anything they want against this defense. Will they be patient and poised enough to play aggressively against better teams?
December 12th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
They are hilariously awful. I almost feel bad for them.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
has done nothing to alleviate my growing fears of a LONG season ahead...Its a low energy team...We are really going to miss Spike and his hustle and energy
December 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
Delaware State..blurgh.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
Just turned the game on. How're the guys playing? Judging by the comments pretty horribly, yet they're up by 40 lol
December 12th, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
If Kam can blow up and push Irvin to the 3, we can go some places. Defense would be more key for Kam than offense IMO.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
I really hope Kam gets going. He's been one of my favorite players because of his skillset. If he gets his confidence and really attacks I think he can be really good. I hate seeing people rip on him because he has a ton of potential and he's still really young.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Don't you know if a player isn't very good by his sophomore year there's no hope for them? I mean look how bad JMO was as a senior
December 12th, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
an MGoBlog boycott of MBB today?
Less than 50 posts in the game thread with 7 minutes left in the game?