Post game thoughts IU

Can't get down by 15 early.  Came back but no need to play that game again.

My limited impression is that Michigan has had trouble playing its best style of team basketball in tight situations on the road. That is, against Indiana and Ohio State after closing to a tie. Of course, the road is a hard place to play.

Here's the thing about GRIII: People talk about how he's "physically ready" for the NBA. Scouts talk about him. He's good, an asset to the team... but if he goes pro the closest analogy I can think of is Marvin Williams.

Of course, if we win a title like Williams did, I don't care. GRIII is a fabulous player, but he's raw and could really use another year here. NBA players don't go 0-fer in the biggest game of the year.

I think we definitely shouldnt fill Oladipo's twitter mentions with links to Meatspin. Definitely shouldnt do it...

It's already been said but Oladipo's dunk was classless...FWIW Tom Crean's reaction as he was going in for a handshake and heard the dunk was a head turn with an expression that said "What the fuck are you doing." 

Obviously upset. I felt like Burke was forced into the position of doing everything. I don't know, it just seemed like the world was on his shoulders. We'll get em at home.

Quick question since I didn't watch the whole game: Did Morgan play and, if he did, was he hurt again? I hope not, because we need him down the stretch.

grew up tonight. We needed to get off to a strong start (didn't), limit Oladipo from taking over the game in spurts (nope) and keep Zeller off of the offensive boards (nada).

Those were the keys to the game. Most important thing now- beat Ohio.

F*@$ING F*%@ERS MOTHER F*@$@ DAM@$T!

That is all.

Oladipo deserves to get hammered by someone next time we play them

I'm not overly disappointed. It's so hard to win on the road in the B1G, especially at Assembly Hall. Burke and McGary played extremely well, but GRIII was nowhere to be found. A little upset about that, but he's a freshman. It happens.



We shouldn't drop any lower than 2-3, and we'll be fine as long as we don't go out and lay another egg against OSU on Tuesday. Being back in front of the home crowd against your biggest rival that gave you your first loss of the season may be exactly what this team needs to get back on track. They should come out angry and fired up, ready to make a statement. We can count on Crisler being a madhouse come 9pm Tuesday night.

Also, I think having Morgan out hurt us a little more than I expected, although our bigs played decently.  Still, I think Morgan could have done better defensively against Zeller.

I screamed so much I have to sleep on the couch. Wife not happy. I need a life.

I think some Michigan fans need to quit getting on J-Mo's case. He is a key player to both the offense and defense. He contributes a ton to the squad but it doesnt show up on his stat line. His positioning and box outs on defense help other guys (Hardaway) swoop in to grab boards. On O he knows where to be and when to set picks. McGary and Horford are flashier players but Jordan is the glue guy.

damn...we need to learn to stop being "star struck" at the beginning of big games on the road. No reason to panic but something that must be done with such a young team.

We'll take care of ,  and next time in AA.

Toughest game on the schedule

The Ohio State game is arguably more important for the B1G title and a #1 seed. No shame in losing to Indiana in Bloomington, but a loss to OSU at home would seriously dent both of those goals. How the team responds to tonight's loss will tell us quite a bit about them, moreso than against the cupcakes they played after the OSU loss. 

This is the stretch that is tournament prep; hard games against hard teams. Consistency over the next two weeks is key.

The thing I like best about college football is that every game matters.  You only get one shot. You lose a big game and you are most likely out of contention for the National Championship for the year.

Um, never mind.  Heh, heh.

I think this is a top 5 top that can beat anyone. its only the 2nd loss and doesn't hurt that bad. regroup and beat Ohio. everything is still there for the taking. calm down everything is fine.

and we did not. If you let a margin get away early, it's hard to make up late, and their inside presence was more productive in terms of points (though the low foul calls on IU is suspicious).

the most frustrating part was actually when we tied it up. Tie it up and then...give up 11 straight? Have to be better.

I do think that with Morgan in Zeller wouldn't have had so many putbacks.