Michigan minnesota snowflakes

Submitted by ThadMattasagoblin on January 12th, 2020 at 2:53 PM

This was Howard's worst game as Michigan's coach. Let Minnesota back in the game with the weird lineup at the end of the 1st half. Brooks playing most of the game over DDJ and not doubling Oturu when Minny doesnt have many shooters.

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ijohnb

January 12th, 2020 at 2:55 PM ^

Just such a winnable game.  There aren’t that many games on the road in conference that are right there for the taking.  We flat out blew that game.

I also need to note, I don’t recall a recent college game where a team went an entire game without a dunk.  That kind of says it all.  

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xtramelanin

January 12th, 2020 at 2:56 PM ^

let them back in with davis fumbling two perfect passes under the net at the end of the first half, brooks playing at all, going 1-7 from the 3 pt, 4-12 from the field, as per usual (as you mention), and teske shooting woes even when he was under the hoop himself. 

and getting whistled 19 times vs 7 for them, you have to expect that and play through it. 

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Bluenin

January 12th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^

Ummm not really.  Minnesota’s 17 to 7 foul advantage and 24 to 6 free throw advantage was the difference in this game.  This is the reason why home teams in the BIG win 90 percent of their games.  When Michigan is on the road the games are unwatchable because of the shit ass BIG refs!

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Ham

January 12th, 2020 at 3:08 PM ^

Who cares what State did today? Michigan is now below .500 in-conference again. That’s all that matters. Had an opportunity for a rare road win i the B1G and the coaches blissed it away. And now they play Garza on the road. Geez, I wonder how that’s gonna go?

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cbutter

January 12th, 2020 at 2:59 PM ^

1. Beilein left Howard a bunch of system guys and we are seeing that play out. 

2. Michigan’s bigs are too unathletic. 


3. Brooks doesn’t bring anything on offense to warrant his PT.

4. I would like to see Michigan go zone against teams who can’t shoot.

 

 

 

 

 

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DetroitBlue

January 12th, 2020 at 2:59 PM ^

brooks is just a completely deficient player - he has no business taking minutes from ddj. between that, the fact that teske is slow and can’t guard anyone anymore, and a total ref job and you get a 10 point loss to a shit minnesota team

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Ham

January 12th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^

DDJ should get Brooks’s minutes. Manuel needs to start complaining about bad officiating. And Howard needs to stop letting one man beat them. 

Had an 11-point lead late in the first half and then lost the next 25 minutes by 19. Had a 1-point lead late in the game and then let Minnesota go on a huge run to win easily thanks to extremely sloppy play. 

Winning on the road is going to be nearly impossible in the B1G this year. Pissing away a game they should have won is going to hurt later. This game was right there for the taking and Howard turned it away. 

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Toledo_M_Fan

January 12th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^

This team is bad. Davis and Nunez are not big 10 caliber players. Substitution patterns are awful. Defensive scheme is awful. Offensively, players are sloppy and careless with the ball. NIT bound

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MaineGoBlue

January 12th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^

this team is not bad, we’re missing our best 3pt shooter and a solid defender.  Nunez and Davis are not B1G players, totally agree.  Substitution patterns are way off kilter because of no Livers.  Beilein left no bigs in this roster after Teske.  D scheme isn’t horrible, but it’s certainly not good.

One thing that concerns me is the poor timeout management, I felt the same way vs MSU, not that it would have mattered.  We were up 1, they got a layup, a turnover, a layup, a turnover, a foul, hit 2 free throws... no timeout down 5.  Piss poor offensive set then a 3... 73-65... ball game.  Timeout was needed after the 2 FTs IMO, you’ve got 2 left with 2 minutes, you’re down 5 on the road with no momentum, what are you waiting for?

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Denard In Space

January 12th, 2020 at 3:53 PM ^

i rarely think refs influence games enough to mention, but this game was a shit show. body checks uncalled for minnesota, ticky-tack shit called against us. sometimes literally in consecutive plays. absolute trash game from the refs. it was both, in my opinion. 

doesn't mean we shouldn't have been able to win and play better D. i have no idea why teske is so bad one on one this year, but he can't stop anybody. i agree with most that double-teaming the post is important to look at, but i wonder if juwan is reluctant to do that with his most versatile, switchable, and mobile defender in street clothes. seems like he should still have confidence in guys like X and DDJ to at least shade the box consistently. it's not like the gophers had a ton of snipers.  

time to adapt now. 

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maize-blue

January 12th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^

Season is going to be a grind with plenty of ups and downs. The Big 10 is good.

Tread water until the tournament and hopefully win a game or two there then collect this killer recruiting class. 

This is just an ok team.

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TheCube

January 12th, 2020 at 3:03 PM ^

Nunez needs his transfer papers ASAP. Castleton right behind him. 
 

Those two are unplayable in Big Ten play. I understand that Howard is trying to give players rest in the first half but you gotta go to DDJ sooner especially if Brooks is sucking. 
 

Teske is making Howard look stupid by playing soft as shit down low. Howard has to stop giving him the benefit of the doubt and should start double teaming stat. 
 

Lastly, the roster is what it is. Beilein didn’t recruit any shooters or athletes and left. It won’t be fixed until next year with Howard’s guys. 
 

 

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