Michigan Nebraska open thread
January 9th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
These frequent close games overwhelm me.
January 9th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
GRIII had a pretty complete game; came back to finish strong after starting that way. Nik has got some nice stuff going with the bigs. Great to see Walton take the ball to the rack at the end on the road -- we'll need lots more of that to do well in the B10. He's moving smartly in the right direction.
BUT, we have got to get better defending guards off the dribble. Got to get better at that, or Craft is gonna go 30/10 on us. Twice.
January 9th, 2014 at 11:13 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
Glad you missed that but please make that shot the next couple times this year.
We all would appreciate that
Thanks
January 9th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:11 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
Answer: Yes! Still not sure how I got it going again.
What an exciting game and hopefully a good learning experience.
January 9th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
Because mine was going so fast I had to take some good calming breaths to stop myself from shaking.
January 9th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
3-0 in the league with 2 road wins.
Doesn't matter against who.
January 9th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
Winning is always good on the road, but against OSU, MSU, and Wisconsin, I'm just not sure this team can do a whole lot.
January 10th, 2014 at 3:04 AM ^
The team needs to improve in all areas, no doubt. As of now, they're probably an 8 seed in March. But it makes me laugh when there's this common assertion that poor FT shooting equals death in the tournament, or that shoddy D in January spells doom for the future.
They couldn't shoot FTs when it counted last year, either (remember Indiana? Hell, remember Syracuse?) and they almost won the title. Their defense was mediocre all year, too, not far from where it is now (and that's with 2 NBA players on the roster). The defensive collapses of 2012-2013 at the hands of CMU, PSUx3, and Wisconsin faded from memory pretty quickly once the tournament rolled around.
Like I said, the team definitely needs work. However, these minor issues don't necessarily portend to any future failings. A win is a win, and everyone will forget how sloppy it was within a week or two. Getting lit up by Nebraska in January isn't great, but it isn't a death sentence, either.
January 10th, 2014 at 3:15 AM ^
BTW, out of 351 teams, we are 32nd in Team FT% (.745). This news surprised me, but there you go.
January 10th, 2014 at 8:14 AM ^
P.s I only played through 8 grade.
January 10th, 2014 at 7:03 AM ^
I know we've still got to go to Sparty, OSU and Wiscy on the road, but we've played a few tough road games this year already. Beilein will have them as ready as they can be.