Michigan's RPI takes a big hit in Maui
From an RPI perspective, Maui is going to be a total disaster for Michigan. Always a chance the Wolverines are better served building confidence and chemistry, but an LSU loss and D-II non-win will anchor a bubble Michigan team. https://t.co/leebCWfofn
— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) November 22, 2017
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:32 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 2:29 AM ^
The musical fruit.
November 22nd, 2017 at 3:06 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 9:36 AM ^
...and the dude toots a lot.
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:33 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:37 AM ^
If Michigan can shore up that defense and find a solid PG, I don't think the LSU loss will be an issue moving forward.
Matthews is playing out of his mind too.
November 22nd, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
John Beilein has shown time and time again that he can overcome those "massive ifs" by the time the Big Dance rolls around.
People also forget that there was significant coaching turnover for the team this past summer. The new coaches are going to have to make sure their practices are sharpened as the year goes on.
November 22nd, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
We still have NC, Texas, and UCLA on the schedule. Maizen needs to take a chill pill.
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
The Duke-MSU game was tied with 4 minutes left and Duke ended up winning by 7.
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:33 AM ^
For a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich assembly, by Zach Shaw.
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:35 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 1:35 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:56 AM ^
They won 10 games last year and just lost by 40 to ND. Anyways, I don't understand the boat anchors we consistently put on our schedule like Alabama A&M. If we scheduled Buffalo or Nevada instead, we'd still win.
November 22nd, 2017 at 2:19 AM ^
...and of course came crashing back to Earth vs ND. They had open 3 and after open 3 after open 3 early in their game vs ND.
How many did they make, you ask? 0 for 7 to start the game, and by the time they finally hit a fucking trey the rout was on.
The LSU player who scored double-digit points and suffocated Robinson on D last night badly sprains his ankle literally 30 seconds into the game.
Last night's Demonte "Allen Iverson" Waters looked like just another typical frosh tonight.
LSU looked like a completely different team, and it had little to do with ND's defense.
WTF.
November 22nd, 2017 at 2:20 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 8:11 AM ^
We went through this all last year. Michigan shot 26% from three; LSU shot over 40%. How often do with think Michigan is gonna get outshot by 14% from three? And these were largely *not* wide open, easy looks. They hit a bunch of contested threes with hands in their face. And Michigan forced them to make a bunch of trick shots from two as well. They made them. It sucked.
So yeah, Michigan should have beaten LSU even with all that, but it's basketball, so shit just happens sometimes. If Michigan hits a normal percentage of three pointers and LSU doesn't make damn near everything they throw at the backboard, Michigan has an insurmountable lead going into those final critical minutes. Instead, they left the door open just a little bit, and didn't play well enough to seal the deal.
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:06 AM ^
it wouldn't surprise me if it happened often. Worst shooting team in JB's tenure here by far.
November 22nd, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
You must not have watched Beilein's first few teams.
November 22nd, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:39 AM ^
That is inarguable. But there's also a hell of a lot of season left to play. There's no need to panic right now. And I'd bet a lot of money that this team improves as the year goes on. Most of the players are just getting acquainted right now.
November 22nd, 2017 at 2:32 AM ^
Right on; if Michigan does well the rest of the pre-big ten season, and then has a positive conference record, they will likely be in the tourney. It's way too early to talk about this 5 games into the season.
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:41 AM ^
The OP does not surprise me.
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 1:51 AM ^
Of course Maizen is the bearer of bad news.
November 22nd, 2017 at 5:38 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
I think it was Preparation H
November 22nd, 2017 at 2:58 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 5:23 AM ^
We've played 4 games...and yet people are already saying how many games we cannot win. We still have plenty of games coming up to make up for this. I remember an elite 8 team losing to Charlotte in a holiday tournament and a Final 4 team losing to a bad PSU team. People have to relax, this is not Football where 1 loss could derail the season. Yes the LSU loss looks worse now, but a convincing win over a potentially decent VCU team will help boost the RPI back up.
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:14 AM ^
3-2 and playing in the 5th/6th place game in a tournament that is pretty weak, Your decent and my decent are two different things. We still have four major anchors left on the schedule and of our four wins one is against a D2 school and the other 3 don't have a win againsta D1 opponent. Gotta love that bottom of the barrel scheduling regularly done during JB's tenure.
November 22nd, 2017 at 7:55 AM ^
Maizen's gonna bitch like a grumpy old man and Beilein is gonna develop his team. Rinse. Repeat.
November 22nd, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
Michigan doesn't quite have as robust an OOC as MSU did last year, but they lost to Northeastern in the OOC slate. That team was 114. LSU probably won't be any worse.
As always, there are people here who like to complain for no good reason. This is absolutely a bad loss in that Michigan lost to a team they should be better than. But it astounds me that people get so worked up about OOC games when it comes to a bubble and sort of ignore the conference losses that tend to weigh even more. Like, Michigan was on the bubble last year because they lost to OSU and Illinois and, until late, didn't have a big scalp in the conference slate. Sure, losing to LSU isn't optimal, but this season is so long how you play in game 4 doesn't really matter, and people who say otherwise just want to get a reaction.
November 22nd, 2017 at 3:31 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
hater but soon as I read that title I thought "guaranteed Maizen, and this is gonna be interesting".
Surprisingly, the vitriol is so far at a minimum.
Edit: woops, now that I've read further I see that I am wrong.
November 22nd, 2017 at 5:28 AM ^
I do not agree with the word "anchor". Nothing has to anchor this team. It is capable of some very big wins, and if they get them, LSU and Chaminade will be nothing but memories.
Last year's team made great improvment during the year; this team is primed to do the same.
November 22nd, 2017 at 5:50 AM ^