Michigan vs. Arizona OPEN THREAD
Michigan vs. #1 Arizona Wildcats
Noon
CBS
Kenpom predicts Michigan by 1
December 14th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
NASTY!
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
That was a charge wtf
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Seriously... It feels like they watched the Syracuse game last year in the tourney and decided that "stand in a place and get run into" should be penalized with free throws. >__<
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Do yourself a favor and NEVER take basketball officiating seriously. The older I get and the more I watch, the more nauseating basketball officiating becomes.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Spike!
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
garbage call. He didn't even have the ball and J-Mo was in position.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Team seems to run more smoothly offensively with Spike running the point.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Spike has twice the steak.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
3 times.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
More timeouts.
/s
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Hmmmm...I'm all for fair officiating and less home cookin but Morgan I think should have gotten the charge there..(replay to be sure)
December 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Wow what a bullshit blocking call... How can you foul a guy when you're just standing there with your arms up? Is he supposed to run out of the way?
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
I just watched I back. Morgan was there.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
Would be awesome if at some point someone made a Spike Albrecht highlight tape. He's made a lot of great plays in his short career.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
They took the charge out of the game. We need to stop trying to draw them because they will all be blocks under the new rules.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Arizona was called for a charge in the first 2 minutes of the game. Charges are not dead.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Impressed with the energy we've played with defensively so far. Really limiting the easy baskets for a team that's used to getting whatever they want inside.
Albrecht makes this offense hum. Walton is the better defender, probably a better scorer outside of the games where Spike is really hot from the outside. But Albrecht is so crafty with his passes... gives his teammates a lot of easy looks.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Yeah, you'll never convince me that wasn't a charge.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
That is one big kid...we're going to need all 3 post guys.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Spike and GR3 are playing great. If McGary does Mcgary things and Stauskas gets hot, we will be unstoppable today.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
We're not going to be unstoppable unles '94 Jordan comes walking through the doors to meet 96' Jordan in a maize and blue uniform.
It's going to be a good game, but yes, if they play well...I like our chances.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
How was that Arizona ball? Did we just chuck it out of bounds like that? I'd assume it was tipped?
December 14th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
He was trying to gather the ball and just lost it...happens all the time. But if he DID gather it, he may have dunked on someone. And it would've been BAD (for that person).
December 14th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Crowd needs to get HYPE again
December 14th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Wake up Nik!!
December 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
Yeah Nik needs to assert himself somehow. He sort of disappears against longer more athletic defenders. I'd love to see a set play for him out of this timeout.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
to watch Rip/Reggie tape.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
do to get pulled so quickly?
December 14th, 2013 at 1:22 PM ^
Should've actually been pulled quicker. He picked up an early foul and Beilein hesitated, but clearly thought about calling for Spike. Then he missed a floater. Then went under a screen and the kid hit a 3.
It was time to sit.
Spike should start every game, even if Walton plays more minutes.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
Stauskas needs to foul there.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
We need to rack up the fouls on them...takes the team pressure off and they can't defend as hard.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
fouling is not an example of why the other team is good on d.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
Please God let this be a coming-out party for GRIII
December 14th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
He slipped, I know, but it was because he was trying to recover from being so far out of position.
Spike-LeVert-GRIII-McGary-Horford
December 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
I'm fine with Spike playing mor minutes than Walton today.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
big board glennnnnn
December 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
Arizona needs to change the brightness of names on their jerseys
December 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
over the back call on Arizona? Bestill my beating heart
December 14th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
Shoot it young fella.
Howcome it's always THAT basket where the net gets tangled?
December 14th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
Therreeee we go...
December 14th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
by horford there
December 14th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
HOrford gettin a lot of minutes...He's doing pretty well with them.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:45 PM ^
he's getting abused on the glass. one basket and one block doesn't make up for that.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
Boom. Crowd's back.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
Love that foul by Horford. No easy buckets.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
Roof would've blown off if he had made that 2nd 3. Ah well, Stauskas is that last piece, he starts scoring and we're going to be in good shape.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
i'd say stauskas is the first piece.
but in this game i guess you're right
December 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
If they had about 5 more rows. Noticeable loud on TV now but could be so much more.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
The refs went from not calling anything down low to calling handchecks all around the three-point line.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
When is the crowd going to get that JABRILL PEPPERS chant going?