February 6th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
Thats the spirit! maybe the Michigan hockey team will shoot 70% today in the first period... Now that would be sweet!
February 6th, 2010 at 4:52 PM ^
Infinite fucking pain watching this team half ass go through the motions. Dong punches would feel good compared to watching this. How in the hell do we give up 40 points to Wisconsin in the first half?
February 6th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
But Wisconsin's has awkward snare drum humping.
February 6th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
I still cannot understand how bad this team is. Lee and Merritt are not responsible for bad shooting and bad defense. So dont give me that whole leadership crap.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
Opponents should never shoot 68% against us at home
February 6th, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
any coincidence the Viagra sponsor ad was during the shot of the honey cheerleader?
February 6th, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
I like CBS much more now after they showed the hot cheerleader when mentioning viagra.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^
are we sharing a cranium? and if so, my apologies.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:06 PM ^
back from the stripe..
February 6th, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^
more fouls called this half than all last half
February 6th, 2010 at 5:11 PM ^
i know a lot of people love novak but he just isn't that good. And this team isn't going to be good until the raise the level of talent on the floor.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:13 PM ^
rake the eyes, run over another dude, sweep the leg. no foul. keep up the good work refs.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:14 PM ^
underrated it is ridiculous. If we had a team full of 5 Novak's we would be a markedly better team I think..
February 6th, 2010 at 5:30 PM ^
if we had a team full of Novaks we would lose every game because every shot would be a three pointer
February 6th, 2010 at 5:39 PM ^
If we had 5 Novak's we would get a lot of hustle and about 18 points per game. It would provide much more effort, but not much else. He has become remarkably worse on offense from his freshman year.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:18 PM ^
25 minutes into the game we have 4 rebounds!?!??
Is this real life?
February 6th, 2010 at 5:18 PM ^
At least they are calling the hand checking/mugging that Wisconsin's guards call defense.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:19 PM ^
everyone seems to enjoy playing us so much...
February 6th, 2010 at 5:20 PM ^
Although Darius Morris looks absolutely nothing like a 4* player he is a freshman...and I remember what Deshawn played like as a freshman.
But what happened to Zack and Stu? I thought eventually one of them would work out of their slump.
I want to believe in what Beilein is doing, but for the life of me I cannot point to one player Beilein has recruited who would be more than a bench player on an ncaa tournament team.
I dont want to be impatient, but how many years does last year's tournament win buy Beilein? Does he get 6 more to make the tourney again? Or does his first real recruiting class(zack and stu) have to be successful?
February 6th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
Wisconsin's offense is slow, their plays are annoying, their scorers are boring, let the pwn us. I'm f'n sick of it.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:22 PM ^
every bit the 4 star as a freshman. He is going to be very good.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:41 PM ^
He needs to stop passing up on all the open looks he gets. Yeah he's not the greatest shooter but he's getting into bad habits.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:23 PM ^
I find it very annoying that Wisky players are literally laughing at us while knocking down 3 after 3. Plus #33 just gave Stu a bit of a forearm shiver. This blows...
February 6th, 2010 at 5:25 PM ^
hate Wisconsin.
Hopefully we can get them in hockey.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:26 PM ^
the rough season is starting to affect their willingness to shoot... they need to catch a break one of these days
February 6th, 2010 at 5:30 PM ^
I just vomited in my mouth.
I have coached baseball and football for over 15 years now. I don't understand this game...how can you sit there and watch your team do this 2 games in a row and not even get "T'd" up?! I would have definitely been chucked by now.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:31 PM ^
these free throws
February 6th, 2010 at 5:32 PM ^
Bohannen missed a three? I didn't know he was allowed to do that.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:40 PM ^
This is seriously making me hate life.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Fuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!
Is the hockey game on yet?
February 6th, 2010 at 5:46 PM ^
So is Belien doing a bad job this year or did he do a miraculous job last year. I honestly don't know, not trying to be a smart ass.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:47 PM ^
I'd say both
February 6th, 2010 at 5:49 PM ^
I would say a little of both, but Beilein can't shoot the ball for these guys. At some point it falls back on the players.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:48 PM ^
were more valuable than people think, is the problem.. Morris should fix this as he is getting better by the day, but not there yet.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:55 PM ^
I think they miss Grady. Don't think they would have beat Duke last year without Grady, his ball-handling bedazzled them. Had Grady stuck around and bought into Belien's system things might be a lot different this year. Sometimes things click when a player becomes an upperclassman, I miss Grady's speed, ball-handling, and 3 point shot.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^
I miss his musk.
We suck.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:55 PM ^
And the Wings gave up a 3 goal lead??? What a year in Michigan sports :-(
February 6th, 2010 at 5:58 PM ^
by the benchwarmer to end the game.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^
I really like the way that this team plays defense (Stu and early non-conf. not included).. Wisconsin just does this to people. They've shut down Manny and hit shots with the clock running out.
However, I can't stand a team that doesn't make FT's and has bad shooters launching so many 3's. Stu, honestly, shouldn't be on the floor anymore.. I've held back saying this, but it's true. He needs to be ~40% on threes to see court time. He hits 31% and is much worse against good teams (10-16 against Coppin St and IU), he doesn't rebound and can't play d.
Morris is going to be very good and might carry this team the next couple years, but he still needs shooters to dish to. I don't see where they'll come from.. LLP?
I've been to a lot of games this year and have cheered the team on the best I can (don't blame me). I think basketball will be fine in the long term under Beilein. Wright and Gibson have become serviceable, he brought in Morris, and got a tournament win last year. I just think it's going to be rough next year and this year just seems like a big, disappointing step back.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
Jordan Dumars is supposed to be a really good shooter
February 6th, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
Jordan Dumars is not ready to play in the Big Ten yet. He struggled at USF in non-conference garbage time against other teams' benches. Luckily, he has a year to sit and adjust to the speed of this level in practice.
Once Dumars adjusts, you never know. He could be a late-blooming second coming of his Dad. My thoughts are that he will probably be a solid role player as a senior. I hope I am very wrong and he turns into a star.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^
Whenever 2 of your starters don't make a single basket, you are most likely in for a long day
February 6th, 2010 at 6:09 PM ^
Fastforwarded through 90% of the second half. Should be the formula for the last leg of the season, too.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
This team needs a Phil Jackson type Zen master or Pat Morita from The Karate Kid to come in and do a little Eastern hyp-no-tizing.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:53 AM ^
Sad thing is, we actually played pretty good defense most of the game. I've never seen Wisconsin commit so many shot-clock violations. They just shot the lights out from 3. At one point they were 11-15 from downtown. At that point you just look heavenward and scream "Why?"
BTW, did anyone else notice that we didn't attempt a single three until there were like 5 minutes left in the first half? It looked like we made a concerted effort to take higher-percentage shots . . . at least until UW built the gigantic lead.
February 7th, 2010 at 3:04 AM ^
I feel like Wisconsin would happily take a shot clock violation every possession while they're still up double digits.
February 7th, 2010 at 3:10 AM ^
Given that Wisconsin commits the fewest turnovers of any team in the conference, I doubt that's their strategy.
February 7th, 2010 at 3:16 AM ^
I was half-joking, but it wasn't a mistake that they would not shoot with more than 5-10 sec left in the shot clock. They're always minimizing possessions. I felt the same way that our D was pretty good and they were just hitting everything they jacked up there. I hate Bohannon.