Michigan Basketball Open Thread

Submitted by MGoBeer on

BTN. Stream on that other thread. Should be an easy one. Let's hope it is.

MGoBeer

December 22nd, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^

He doesn't have the skillset right now to take the ball to the hoop with a man under the basket to contest. He's a great shooter so he draws his guy to the shot then blows by him. Then he panics. He needs to either pull up and take the uncontensted mid range shot or get much better taking the ball to the rim, or else he should drive and kick. As I said though, I think he panics. His handle is weak so he drives with little control and rarely gets the ball up. If he can figure it out, it will be a huge addition to his game but until then it's frustrating to watch him turn it over every time.

Mannix

December 22nd, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^

He's not strong and his game really is on the 3 pt line and finding spots against zones; but that short corner shot he took a bit ago hit the side of the backboard (from roughly 15 ft) so yikes.

McLimans got a look inside and got that blocked, so Mitch, get here quick!

KAYSHIN15

December 22nd, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^

his all season struggles shooting last year on top of his early season struggles this year????? Does that mean he just can't shoot??? I see he's trying to do other things and make up for it with his hustle, but coming out of highschool he was suppose to be lights out. He's been anything but throughout his career at UM.

MGoBeer

December 22nd, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^

I agree. Most of what Vogrich brings to the table is his 3-point shooting which hasn't been good this year. Eso has looked good as a scorer. I would rather have him in at the 2 then Vogrich. His last outing though did not make him look like a good backup for Burke.  As long as all you want from Akunne is some scoring off the bench, he's a pretty solid player.

MGoBeer

December 22nd, 2011 at 7:13 PM ^

Aah, they were definitely expecting the out-of-bounds baseline pass and Douglass got the free look. Couldn't get it in but that was some great awareness.