MBB vs. Illinois OPEN THREAD
Illinois at UM 1 p.m. Crisler Center
TV: CBS
Let's get to 14-0 at home! GO BLUE!
February 12th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
This is getting ridiculous. Just let the game end.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
Why would you call a foul there, why?
February 12th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
Sad thing is they were fouled harder during the game then these intentionals and they werent called.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:15 PM ^
Hmm, what's the Vegas line for this one?
February 12th, 2012 at 3:15 PM ^
These refs must really want their TV time to let this game go this long.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:16 PM ^
Illinois is intentionally trying to foul us on every possession and the refs are calling each team for the same number of fouls.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:16 PM ^
Get this game over.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:17 PM ^
gg refs /s
February 12th, 2012 at 3:17 PM ^
Horford was dressed today. Good sign for the future maybe or too late to burn the red shirt?
February 12th, 2012 at 3:56 PM ^
Horford's been dressing for weeks. He said they're not burning the redshirt unless they absolutely have to
February 12th, 2012 at 3:17 PM ^
Beileins West Virginia team the last year he was there looks exactly the same statistically as it does at M
February 12th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
Score?
February 12th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
We won, 70-61.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
Nine B10 wins . . . I think we are in the tourney.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
Beat Ohio!
February 12th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 3:20 PM ^
Finally its over. Good win today from the guys, being able to overcome that many BS fouls and still get the win. There is no way this game should have only been a 9 point win. THJ had a nice game looks like he made extra effort today to drive rather than settle for threes and long twos. Looks like those bench players are starting to pick their games up at the right time.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
good win boys
February 12th, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
good win boys
February 12th, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 3:29 PM ^
Michigan could conceivably win the conference. Didnt see that coming.
February 12th, 2012 at 3:34 PM ^
Man i am not one to complain about refs, but damn that was poor. I have seen less pulling in a tug of war game
February 12th, 2012 at 4:21 PM ^
That Turner shot was two seasons ago.
February 12th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
Anyone want to give a recap for those of us that missed it?
February 12th, 2012 at 4:40 PM ^
M took control early behind some good shooting by Hardaway (!) and Smotrycz (!!). Never really blew it open, but the lead was between six and fourteen for basically the entire game after the 10 minute mark or so. Key was Illinois turnovers leading to fast break points, which we won like 19-0 or something silly. They killed us on the offensive glass, unsurprisingly. Vogrich made both of his three point tries and I think is 5/5 in the last two, so that's a good sign.
Officiating sucked, at one point calling nine straight fouls on us and getting Morgan, Hardaway, and Novak in foul trouble.
The major takeaway is that Hardaway and Smot might be breakout out of their slumps, and Vogrich making threes. If those things are true, we're a much more dangerous team. Have five days off until Ohio comes to town.
February 12th, 2012 at 4:59 PM ^
Sounds like we played well...
Against Ohio we're going to have to shoot well again. But I'm worried about the boards we're giving up. I think we're relying on the starting lineup too much and we're not mixing it in with the old starting lineup (Stu out, Smotz in) enough. We can't play the whole game with Morgan/Novak or Smotz/Novak...we need to play Morgan/Smotz more...and if that means play Novak at the 3 and Hardaway at the 2, so be it.
February 12th, 2012 at 4:43 PM ^
Stat of the day 7-16 from 3. If we shoot like that from 3 the rest of the year (and limit our 3 point attempts), we will be a force. Hopefully Smot and THJ broke out of their slumps today.
February 12th, 2012 at 5:21 PM ^
Need the hot hand to continue into Saturday night. Also, whoever mentioned the offensive boards is right. It's one thing to give them up due to Leonard swatting the ball to teammates who miss the 2nd and 4th chance opportunities, but OSU does and will capitalize (as we've seen already) on 2nd chance shots. Sullinger is a beast on the glass, along with the a few of the other awesome athletes they have. Michigan needs to find a way to neutralize them on the glass somehow.
One thing Michigan St. was able to do yesterday that helped them was garner most of OSU's misses -as they were cold as ice- and not let them get offensive board after offensive board. Michigan is infamous for giving them up and it kills them. We'll see next weekend if we can even out the rebounding margin, but it's a crucial matter in OSU's ability to beat us and for Michigan to win it needs even out.
February 12th, 2012 at 5:39 PM ^
Team really seems to have it at Crisler. Trick is going to be to use these last few road games to establish the ability to win away. THJ starting to take better shots and make those he takes is a big, big deal. Rebounding sounds like a big problem, but I think Belein is purposefully sending fewer guys to crash to limit transitoinal buckets and make opponents work the court to earn their points against us. Given the size we give up to almost everyone, that seems like a sound strategy.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
Hypothetical:
If we win out, OSU beats MSU... we all finish 12-4 and 1-1 vs each other. How does seeding work for BTT?
February 13th, 2012 at 6:27 PM ^
Tiebreaker is in games played amongst all the teams. Right now we are 1-2 vs. them.