Michigan/UConn Game Thread

Why are we worse at defense and rebounding and everything else from last year.

Belien's 2 foul policy is terrible.  Cost us the NC game and we were tied when Caris went out tonight.

i understand why everyone looks good at shooting the 3 in practice.  it's because we can't defend it.

and I hate having to do it....I appreciate that Coach B has made us better but this program seems to be regressing now for a 2nd year.

I realize injuries and attrition blah blah blah but we have yet to have a dominating big man under him, Mitch for half a season maybe, it just seems like we'll never have one with Beilein.

We don't crash the boards and when we can't shoot well we're hosed. I'm getting tired of not getting top recruits, U-M used to be a blue blood from the early 60's to the late 90's, we've upgraded the facilities, we need to do better than this, maybe Beilein has reached his ceiling?

How patient are folks willing to be if this shit continues year after year?

they looked absolutely terrible even when he was in there. 

JB and the staff have surprised me before with the way they've been able to pull a team that looks bad together into something better, but they look fucking horrible right now. 

started yet. For many reasons.

It wouldn't make a damn bit of difference if Caris were out there. This is a mismatch either way. The rotation needs to be trimmed significantly. No one can get in a rhythm. Also, someone needs to be the alpha. Until someone becomes the lead dog, our offense will continue to look like a bunch of guys playing pickup ball who are just looking for enough space to jack a three.

I like how this channels idea of a halftime show is trying to sell time shares for a resort lol. Well boys biggest bar night of the year enjoy your holiday weekend.

I'm really disappointed that Cassell Jr doesnt have alien head.

At least basketball was good when football was terrible the past 7 years. Made it less painful

How the fuck do we get worse over a year, we brought back just about everyone and on top of that we added a few good ones. THIS TEAM IS FUCKING PATHETIC, and trust me I've seen a few bad Michigan teams with no where near the same same talent we have right now. It's unacceptable, the players just don't look like they want to play, I guess we're back to being a football school.

Sucking down hard drinks. Actually that sounds good after watching that first half...

I usually try to break games down while watching as I used to coach some basketball. But damn, I don't know, this team has some serious issues I'm not sure can be fixed. On the ball defense is awful, non inside presence and rebounding, and we're just not at all athletic.

Per Burkhardt: 61% of UM's shots are 3's & making those at 21% clip.

Lots of L's coming with this consistently poor shooting.

I missed the Xavier game, and only saw the last 8 minutes of the 1st half here. Improvement should be easy, because that was horrific.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=400827676

• 14:58 Rodney Purvis made Two Point Tip Shot.
• 14:09 Daniel Hamilton made Layup.
• 11:47 Shonn Miller made Layup.
• 11:19 Rodney Purvis made Layup.
• 9:20 Kentan Facey made Layup.
• 6:25 Daniel Hamilton made Layup. Assisted by Sterling Gibbs.
• 1:09 Rodney Purvis made Layup. Assisted by Sterling Gibbs.

The game still has another half. I'm hoping for more from the team.

It's not over yet.

i would let him play with walton/levert more instead of irvin, so he can get the kickouts.  irvin can play more with maar/spkike where he his a better driver.

i would almost start DRob and bring irvin in off the bench.

Yeah guys, I think we're just not that good. This is a few games in a row now that this team just looks like a bad team.

It's early season, but I just don't see a leader out on the court. Nobody has any toughness.

It feels like we are shell shocked when people play defense against us. Almost like we are surprised that teams won't just let us run our sets without harassing us. Makes us look so soft. New Flash - in an actual game, the other team tries to stop you from scoring and they really want to score and get rebounds against you.

"Fell in love with the 3 point ball" -Coach B

Uh, isn't that a major emphasis in this offense?

I really though there'd be more backcutting (since there seems to be so much overplay off ball).

I digress

In the shoot-around before the 2nd half, six shots went up . . . all six missed.

Tells you all you need to know about tonight.

this team looks like its coached by brady hoke

I'm not confident at all

Solid start. Stiff defense...

Irvin and Spike are both a shell of what they were at the start of last year. That's killing the team. We need those guys badly.

Otherwise, not enough talent out there to make up for the horrendeously soft defense these guys play. MAAR's done some things offensively, but doesn't play defense. Ditto for Wilson. I think Wagner will eventually bring some toughness to this team, but is still figuring out college ball and needs some S&C.

Get Doyle out already

layup given up before the cameras was set

They can't miss. Unreal.

Stupid white lettering causing disorientation