MBB vs. Oakland Open Thread

These guys are looking like they are playing with confidence.

Way to finish strong!

The defense is so much improved.

win.

Good closure even when things got a 'bit shaky for a minute.  Awesome victory, keep it up BLUE.

All of my Sparty co-workers were telling me that Michigan was gonna get pounded today. We have our company x-mas party tonight. I am going to enjoy this.

We just held the 19th ranked team in points per game (averaging 80.5) to 29.5 below their average, and 12 below their previous season low.

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hmmmm......

Listened to the game on the radio.  Sounded like a great game.  Would have been nice to see it. 

I was worried about this game after watching Oakland against the Vols. 

Took UM 16 games to get their 9th win last year.  This team is gonig to be good.

I know MSU had Magic Johnson, but I think Darius "the Magician" Morris is appropriate.

He coaches them up big.  Wonder if he can coach defense on a football team...

Just saw in the stats that Oakland attempted 31, 3's. Holy crap that's a lot. 

A great win.  Very impressed by this team, and definitely think they have exceeded expectations so far.  An outside chance at the NCAA tournament is there if they get some breaks. 

Had a great defensive gameplan today. Benson was frustrated all game and never got into a groove. Its nice to have big guys that can bang down low if need be. Novak had a great game rebounding, defensively and cleaning up at the end

it's good to see the unselfish, know your role, play out there! The D is really spectacular!

Go Blue!

What a great thing to wake up to

I haven't followed the team that cosely yet but this is another impressive win. Are people changing their expectations for the Big Ten season based on the non-conference performance?

this was a big win for us. Oakland is a solid team who will probably win the Summit League and make the NCAA Tournament. I love the way our young guys play together. Really impressed with Morris (the Denard Robinson of the basketball team in terms of offseason improvement), John Beilein's coaching ability, and our low post defense against Benson.

Now where are all the people who questioned coach B's contract extension?

Count me as impressed with that win.  Oakland will more than likely be a tournament team and that was a convincing win.  I like what Beilein is doing and I'm very impressed with the improvement of Morris.  Good things are coming...

The NCAA Tournament has gone from being a pipe dream to a possibility.  A .500 record in conference - can we do it?

Very impressive performance!  Horford's frame, though lanky, gives him leverage to play some great defense, and his overall decision-making ability has improved, as has our defense. 

Darius is going to be a special player, and Morgan and Smotrcyz look like they're beginning to blossom.

The B-ball team is only going to get better......

future is bright indeed

... dosent look so good for oakland now, since UT lost to another mid-major last night.

we're spreading the ball around.  I would much rather have everyone on the team averaging near 10 points than 2 players averaging 30 because if they're off, you're toast.

And not good tasty toast.

Burnt toast.

it was great to see this team in person. I thing the future is very bright.

I apologize if this  is in the thread somewhere, but does anyone know if this game is going to be shown on BTN/elsewhere as a replay?