November 17th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
Ejim>>>>>Robinson
November 17th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
home court in college basketball makes too much of a difference than it should.
You have to play exceptionally above and beyond the home team if the visitors want a chance to win. If you're equal or below the home team, good luck.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
Flailing with the back towards the basket on a no way in hell alley-oop. Foul.
Effing come on refs.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
as you'd expect on the road, still only down 1 at half against a team that is projected to be a tournament team. We've got a shot to win in the 2nd half, I won't be upset if we don't win it though
November 17th, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
I wonder if the starting 5 is the same in the 2nd half. I hope Spike replaces Walton.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
The refs are bad!
/everypostever
Can we talk about the game on a little higher level in the second half? This thread is reminding me why I gave up on game threads last year :(
Basketbullets:
- Lol, UNC
- Good minutes from McGary, hopefully he has a solid 8-12 minutes in him for the second half.
- Need to hit a few threes, 4-15 not where we should be.
- Solid rebounding, but it would be nice to force a few more TOs...
- On the above point, perhaps the big lineup with LeVert running the point?
November 17th, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
When the refs miss a foul. Of course every single poster is going to post it.
It doesn't mean anyone is overreacting, just means everyone had the same reaction.
If GRIII does a 360 dunk of an alley oop from halfcourt, I'm willing to bet you'll have the same number of repetitive posts regarding the same event.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^
Well, refs missing a foul is a pretty subjective thing and we aren't the most unbiased people. A half-court 360 alley oop is objectively and unbiasedly an awesome thing deserving muppets.
I'm just saying we can bitch and moan about marginal calls or we can actually have intellectual discussion on game strategy, player development, and whatever.
I know, I naively live in a dream world. But there was a time where we actually could talk basketball on that level on MGoBlog.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^
A poster and I had comments about going to the 1-3-1
Everyone saw ISU hack the crap out of us in the post.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:55 PM ^
Game threads are tough to "discuss" anything. People post and that's it. Very few go back and re-read which is pretty much needed to have the discussions you speak of. I understand your point but the referee bitching we do shouldn't be the reason to abandon these, it's the fact that all threads are for is to vent while the game is played.
*Except at halftime
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
Michigan is SO young, even with a national title game appearance last year. Win or lose everyone is going to gain great experience from today.
I say play Walton and Irvin as much as possible today, no matter how much they struggle. It's so encouraging to see everyone doing what they're doing at the moment. And Levert might end up being better this year than THJ was at any point at Michigan. Not anything against THJ but if Levert is just so smooth at scoring.
Michigan Basketball makes me happy. So, so happy.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
Fouls are 8 for Michigan and 4 for ISU.
Freethrows 0 for Michigan and 7 for ISU.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^
Well, we've shot nearly twice as many threes as ISU, so this is not surprising.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
We need to have better defensive play in the 2nd half.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^
We're letting them get an entry pass way too low into the post almost every possession.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
If home court gives you +7, it's about right
I'd say we should be up a 41-32 if we execute, make some of our open looks and the refs actual call a foul.
So down 1 isn't terrible, but the refs have to blow a whistle or don't. They call us for 2 cheap moving screens and then allow ISU to hack us under the basket on 3-4 seperate possessions.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^
I couldn't agree with you more...we are deeper, and this rapid pace might play to our advantage in the second half
November 17th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:46 PM ^
I wonder if the starting 5 is the same in the 2nd half. I kind of hope Spike replaces Walton.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^
1) McGary looks great, despite being out of shape....he is going to be great barring any serious setback
2) Spike is a pillar
3) Robinson needs to play like NBA scouts are watching...yikes...he doesn't even look like the best PF on our team, much less in this game.
4) Freshman be Freshman
Overall, we are down by 1 on the road against a great team. I am encouraged and feel we have a great chance to win this...let our depth even the playing field in the second half and lets take over in the second half to seal the win
November 17th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^
Stauskas will be the reason Michigan wins/loses tonight
November 17th, 2013 at 5:56 PM ^
No way can you pin this game on him if it turns out to be a loss.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^
Spike-LeVert-Stauskas-McGary-Horford/Morgan
I also like the suggestion of going zone for a little bit. Make them make some shots, if they do, no worries, go back to man.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:55 PM ^
The only big lineup should be LeVert-Stauskas-Irvin-GRIII-McGary/Horford. It makes no sense to play two posts in this game.
Given Spike's defensive deficiencies and Walton's lack of an impact, I'd actually go with the 66 lineup to open the half.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^
Turn the 27% 3 pt shooting to 40% in the second half and we will be fine.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:56 PM ^
So I don't think it should be that hard.
GRIII, Irvin, Staukas and LeVert all took bad 3's and Walton took 2.
Take those away and get 6 points off those possessions and everyone's a little more calm.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^
The offense we run has no identity yet. We rely too much on passing it around and hoping someone can blow by their man than creating shots through offensive sets.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:55 PM ^
This is false. Michigan's offense is a highly complex high-big motion set that has counters for every way a defense plays a screen/weak-side help/ball screen, etc.
It's amazingly complex and the more I learn about it and have tried to implement similar things with the teams I coach, the more I am impressed with how well Beilein's players react to defensive tendencies.
3's didn't fall and we had more TO's than normal. If those two things didn't happen, we'd be in great shape on the road against a good team. Instead, we're in a 1-point game against a good team on the road.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
We had 4-5 possessions in a row with Walton on the floor when we never got into our offense.
With Spike and McGary on the floor we can run it through the post a little more.
November 17th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
Agreed - though I think the poster's original sentiment was more of a general "we don't even try to run an offense ever!" statement, which is clearly false.
November 17th, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
Completely concur. The "passing around the perimeter w/ no offensive meaning" meme should just be killed dead. And guess what...sometimes the defense actually plays good defense. We had a few quick 3 attempts that I would like back, but a lot 3 misses were wide open, quality shots.
My main 2nd half adjustment is improving transition defense. We let a few easy buckets in transition.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^
ISU is playing more aggresive and drawing more fouls. Happens everywhere, the more aggressive team gets the fouls called.
They also beat Michigan to the ball a couple times.
Great early test for this team.
With people bitching about the refs so bad I think I have already decided not to get on here the night they play Duke.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
Yea avoid Duke night.
To me Bitching =/= Calling out what we see as unfair calls. I don't think tonight has been terrible but there have been some shitty no-calls; I think we all understand that's what home court cooking does but it's never going to stop opposing fans from calling out the fairness advantage achieved.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^
He cost Michigan two points when he tried to do that highlight-reel dunk and got stripped on the fast break. Hasn't shot well, post defense has been mediocre...need a lot more from him.
Hoping the Stauskas threes start to fall ANY MINUTE NOW
November 17th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^
This is the type of game where Burke would take over in the second half. I wonder who is going to be that guy this year.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
I don't think Michigan needs 1 person to take over. They play team ball, move the ball around and play D and they should be fine.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
I'd like Levert to get a few more looks and maybe bring the ball up.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
We all know Michigan hasn't been to the line here on MGoBlog.
November 17th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
That big guy came to play
November 17th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
MITCH! So close....but it isn't no 360 alley oopp....that is for sure
November 17th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
In a few months he's able to elevate to the other side of the basket and make that layup.
November 17th, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
GOO STRONG!
November 17th, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
Come on guys!