Michigan UCLA open thread
winner gets 3rd place in Maui and a nice confidence booster.
starts at 7:45
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:46 PM ^
Strong win there. BEAT OHIO chant keeps things in perspective. Basketball wins are nice beating ohio is paramount.
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:46 PM ^
Get some experience against Duke. Pretty good trip.
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
UCLA hasn't beaten a Division I opponent this season. Little surprised about that stat.
Good win for Michigan.
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
and haven't even really come close. They've lost to all 4 D1 teams by double digits: UM 16, Duke 16, Middle Tennessee St 20, Loyola Marymount 11.
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:49 PM ^
Kansas program likes to move balls. That pretty much covers it.
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:50 PM ^
November 23rd, 2011 at 10:00 PM ^
you mean direction right?
November 24th, 2011 at 7:26 AM ^
it's looking up ....
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:52 PM ^
Good trip overall, found some offense and a legit point guard(Trey Burke). Wouldve liked to beat duke but 2-1 isnt bad. Definately gonna be a good season and the BEAT OHIO chant at the end was the icing on the cake.
November 23rd, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
We bitch when the announcers slobber all over other teams like Duke. Well in this game, they slobered all over Michigan and especially Beilein. Perhaps even to excess. We need to recognize it when it's in our favor. The world is not always out to get us. I'll take that.
November 23rd, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
I think Hardaway Jr. looks so much like Brandon Roy minus the injuries...*knock on wood*
Just a smooth, well rounded, complete basketball player.
Can play the point if you need him to, can play the SF position as well. But just a natural fit at SG both now and in the NBA.
I've heard rumblings that he's really working on his game and looking to test the waters to the NBA after this season, but still, he looks damn good out there.
I've been trying to find a comparison to Burke. I landed on Chauncey Billups. Very similar playing styles, IMO. Billups is just bigger (and now slower) and now he resembles Mark Jackson more than anyone...but back in the day when he had a step on him, Burke looks a lot like him. Maybe Ray Felton with a jumpshot (although he doesn't have the command and feel Felton does, at least not yet).
November 23rd, 2011 at 10:22 PM ^
The Memphis game was HUGE, set the tone for the tourn and it was great to get some experience playing Duke. It's a nice reminder that they aren't there yet.
Burke has really impressed.
I was a little worried before this tourn started but they played well.
Now let's get the hockey team going!!!!
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:05 PM ^
everything about that game. No game is going to be perfect all the way through, but if we can do that all season long, NOBODY will beat us. That effort would've taken down OSU.
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:29 PM ^
Also I really liked the offense tonight, this team is going to be an offensive giant if they can run plays that get Stu driving into the lane. I think he drove to the basket more times tonight than he had done in his entire carrer.