Michigan mens basketball vs. Illinois open thread
a win tonight and we're # 1 in the nation and # 1 in the big ten
January 27th, 2013 at 7:16 PM ^
Great quality but actually *too* good.
Keeps freezing for me, my shitty WOW internet connection can't handle it.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
your passing lanes
January 27th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
with the silencer
January 27th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
I wish they didn't get so many offensive rebounds, also. Killer.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
Wow, I don't remember ever scoring on the last possession before halftime. That was sweet.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
Good half. Destroying Kenpom's prediction if we can replicated this in the second half.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
Michigan shot horrible from 3 and still leads by 8 on the road. I'll take it.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
We should be up by 12. The foot's gonna be planted firmly on the throat soon after halftime.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:50 PM ^
I feel like if Michigan plays their game, they're up 17-18...if Illinois plays there, they're probably up 6-7.
That half was kind of a wash. Whoever wakes up, wins.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
Actually they're only 5/15, which is 33%, which is about what their season average is. We need to limit the offensive rebounds.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
The big screen behind the halftime announcers says M - I.
Obviously this means good things for Michigan.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:48 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:51 PM ^
There is no good enough in Michigan basketball anymore. Until we're up by 25, I'll be looking for things to improve.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:51 PM ^
Great first half. They're looking good tonight. Regardless of the negative outlooks by many of you (McGary, Trey Burke) they're playing well. Illinois is dumb for going away from Egwu; haven't heard his name in the past 15 minutes. If the Illini think Paul and co. are going to win this game by jacking up three's left and right they've got another thing comin'. Go Blue.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:48 PM ^
Solid first half, but no one told me whether or not Spike Albrecht's dad was a great youth basketball player.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
That is true but at least we know that Stauskas can do more than shoot the three.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:49 PM ^
Once Tim gets it going in the second half this will turn into a blowout.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:49 PM ^
Really smart play by Hardaway there. I always hate it when a team has like 50 seconds left in the half and burns the clock down below 35. The obviously correct play in that situation is that if you have anything resembling a decent shot, hoist it up and leave more than 35 seconds on the clock. Michigan gets last possession out of Hardaway's smart move and makes it count.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:49 PM ^
Illinois is only 5-15 from 3 for 33.3%, I think they've just been timely. They were around 50% for awhile but cooled off the last few minutes of the half.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
Paul is 3-6 and Abrams 1-2. Richardson is only 1-5 and Griffey (the other two shots) is 0-2. Summary: Richardson and Griffey can shoot threes all day if they want to. Someone needs to shut down Paul.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 7:03 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 6:50 PM ^
BACARI SAID ITS HAMMER TIME
January 27th, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
BACARI SAID ITS HAMMER TIME
Last year...
January 27th, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^
HALOL.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:51 PM ^
I'll take the lead, but I've been yelling "NOOOOO, TTTTRRREEEEEYYYYY!" a bit too much with some of that shot selection.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
I love the speeches from Bacari. I swear that guy owns a costume shop with all the props he brings to pregame.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
just good friends with carrot top
January 27th, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
Execute offense - even if shots aren't falling. Still have to run something, too much standing around or Burke dribbling and chucking.
Match Illinois' effort, hustle and intensity. Losing too many 50/50 balls and getting outrebounded.
Do that and if Illinois wakes up we win by 10, if they stay sleep - we win by 20-25.
Just play Michigan Basketball. Period.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:56 PM ^
We get it.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
mich is up 20-16 in rebounds. they could box out a little better on D but you're going to give up a few more rebounds when you guard the 3 harder than normal.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
Are you sure that we're being out rebounded? The %'s are probably very close. In terms of sheer numbers, we have more boards.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
He is so creative with the pregame.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
like a bigger than 8 point lead?
Take away the last 4 shots they made, which were all about 25 foot 3's and we'd be up 35-15
January 27th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
It might feel that way because the final few minutes were pretty much all Michigan. Halftime came at a good time for the Illini because Michigan was starting to roll pretty well, hopefully we can continue on with that.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
But if Morgan makes his layup, McGary makes his, Burke makes his free throw on the and one, Horford and Max B. don't fumble offensive rebounds and we score...that's like 10 more points.
Just been a sloppy/ugly half.
One of those games were we could be up big like you said but we're letting them hang around. Which is dangerous on the road.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
The newspaper gig looks so much better when the students at Yost do it, just throwing that out there.
January 27th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
I wouldn't mind seeing Belein mix in a little more zone this half.
January 27th, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^
I agree. The first possession that they introduced it, the Illini threw the ball away because of the change in pressure.