Michigan Basketball Snowflakes Thread

Submitted by San Diego Mick on January 26th, 2022 at 8:54 PM

Well that was stressful, gotta a lot of things to clean up but that was a ref clown show for sure.

I'll take the win, Go Blue!

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Maize and Luke

January 26th, 2022 at 9:06 PM ^

Did Johns get put in the dog house for losing his shoe and trying to put it back on instead of hustling down court? They could have really used him with Diabate and Hunter in foul trouble.

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bronxblue

January 26th, 2022 at 9:06 PM ^

I only caught the last 6 minutes live and it was stressful but they found a way to win.  The refereeing seemed awful throughout but that's never going to change.  I'm sort of done with the Johns experience at this point, so not a huge deal he wasn't out there at the end.  

On to MSU.

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SF Wolverine

January 26th, 2022 at 9:07 PM ^

Good thing that they only play 40 min in college.  8 more and they'd have been going into the stands to see who had the hot hand in IM's recently.  As Gil Thorp would say -- Sheesh!

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VintageRandy

January 26th, 2022 at 9:10 PM ^

What a weird, painful, stressful game. This may be reading a little too much into it but the mental toughness to hold on to this game while rotating through the bench says a lot about the attitude of this team. Maybe the corner has actually been turned.

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Kilgore Trout

January 26th, 2022 at 9:33 PM ^

It's the in game inconsistency that is killing them. They just go off the rails for 10 possessions and kill themselves. I would like to see Howard use more timeouts when these meltdowns start. They seem pretty obvious when it turns south. 

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Kilgore Trout

January 27th, 2022 at 6:43 AM ^

You can rebuild after a collapse... I don't know what else to call 4 straight turnovers after you have a 10 point lead. Look at the play by play. Jones hits a jumper to make it 50-40. Next 5 possessions are Jones TO, Jones TO, Diabate TO, Collins TO, Dickinson 1/2 FT, Collins TO and now it's 51-48.

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Dwarrior

January 26th, 2022 at 9:13 PM ^

When Faulds gets crunch time minutes, and Johns rides the pines, I think you can assume BJJ is clearly in the doghouse and might not see the floor going forward. 

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Bob_Timberlake

January 26th, 2022 at 9:15 PM ^

How sad that Brandon Johns has fallen below Faulds on the depth chart. Still don’t understand why Johns isn’t in there on Nance’s FTs. You know NW is gonna foul on a miss and Johns makes FTs. I don’t remember ever seeing Faulds make one.

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Bob_Timberlake

January 26th, 2022 at 9:15 PM ^

How sad that Brandon Johns has fallen below Faulds on the depth chart. Still don’t understand why Johns isn’t in there on Nance’s FTs. You know NW is gonna foul on a miss and Johns makes FTs. I don’t remember ever seeing Faulds make one.

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MgoHillbilly

January 26th, 2022 at 10:15 PM ^

I ripped my palm off my hand this afternoon in a freak, non-masturbatory accident, and I found watching my palm get stitched back on to be more enjoyable and less painful than watching this game.

That said, I love UM basketball and even this team.  It's good to see the them overcome obstacles.  Go Blue!

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UMinSF

January 26th, 2022 at 9:17 PM ^

The bad:

- Of course, officiating.  Refs made this a very ugly game where neither team could really do much of anything. Absolutely no reason for refs to impact a game this way.

- Michigan reverted to their bad tendencies of too many turnovers and missed FT's. Nearly cost us the game.

- Offense looked completely lost when Dickinson had to sit - despite the fact Hunter didn't do much offensively tonight. He takes so much pressure off everyone else by eating double teams and always finding the open man.

The good:

- We won! Saved the season. Losing today would have made their path so much more difficult. Really, a huge difference at a key point in the season.

- Clutch play. We needed a hero when the chips were down, and Brooks really came through. Made a key bucket/steal/bucket to lead the comeback, then calmly stroked a huge three. Jones kept things in control, and made some BIG FT's. Senior leadership, man. Williams' three was confident and important, too.

- Poise. Earlier in the year Michigan had bad stretches then just collapsed. Tonight they dug deep and turned it around.

- Shooting. Not fantastic, but Michigan is so much better when we can hit some threes. Houstan looks like a different player, and Jones is really making good decisions.

- Resilience. Won a game despite losing both bigs. Tough, gritty win. 

Go Blue! Keep notching those W's!

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MGlobules

January 26th, 2022 at 9:20 PM ^

I'll try to remember the way they wrested the game back from NWestern down the stretch, and not how they fumbled around in the last few seconds. :) Would have been deflating to drop this one; instead, we go to MSU--a team that's not nearly as good as their ranking--with a chance for a signature win. 

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Nothing Special

January 26th, 2022 at 9:31 PM ^

I feel like I just had birds shit into my eye holes. That was an absolutely painful last 30 minutes of that game. The refs sucked so badly. Were there more than three straight possessions without a whistle the entire second half? 

The turnovers were out of control in the second half as well. Good shooting from Houstan again. I know I was down on Jones and Houstan through 10ish or so games, but the last few have been much improved for both, obviously.

I still think Jones is more a natural SG than a PG, but gotta make lemonade outta lemons. I just wish Collins would take that next step that seems just out of reach. He has that play or two every game that makes you "wow" but also that play or two every game that has you scratching your head.

Johns must really be in the dog house. Putting in Faulds with the game on the line can't mean good things for Johns.

It must be really hard for both teams to keep up the intensity when the whistle is being blown every 30 seconds. Good fight in both teams. Go blue!!!

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MGlobules

January 26th, 2022 at 9:34 PM ^

Hope you were listening to Robbie Hummel noting that Jones is almost level with Smith through the same number of games last season. People kinda see what they want to see, remember what they want to remember. Everyone was still on tenterhooks about Smith, too, but there were a bunch of NBA players around him. 

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Nothing Special

January 26th, 2022 at 10:02 PM ^

I didn't hear that. My wife decided that vacuuming the house had to happen throughout the second half of the game. I swear she does that just to grind my giblets.

Yeah, I was never big on comparing Jones to Smith, but I really don't see too much difference in their effectiveness at this point. Different styles, obviously. Jones started the season soooo poorly, but I am really impressed that he has improved this much so quickly. I can admit I didn't hold out hope for him.

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