ThadMattasagoblin

November 27th, 2013 at 4:45 PM ^

I can't believe how bad the past 6 weeks have been. You just knew that Robinson and stauskas would get hurt in the same game. The only positive is that the selection commitee will take our game with Charlotte at a grain of salt considering our injury troubles in that game.

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Wolvie3758

November 27th, 2013 at 4:58 PM ^

we are looking at a 19-11 type year..when you look at the remaining schedule theres going to be a Blowout loss at Duke and alot of B10 road losses...Ive resigned myself to the fact that this year will not be very good BUT I can live with that after last year...

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AZBlue

November 27th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^

But I think this year will end up very positive. Like last year we have key new players or players taking a new role - LaVert, Walton, Irvin and that bodes well as the season progresses. Unlike last year we do not start off with 2 key leaders to close out games - a role I believe Nik and Mitch will take soon.

If there is an area for worry it would be with Morgan (and Horford?) who seems to have regressed.

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aiglick

November 27th, 2013 at 5:49 PM ^

Actually Year 5 but Morgan was not a highly rated player coming into the program. I think he's been a great contributor especially given the expectations when he first started. Also believe he came in injured so that may have hampered his progress somewhat.

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schone32

November 27th, 2013 at 10:09 PM ^

It's all about the emo all the time right now. Personally, I've lost more faith in our fan base than I have in al Borges that is saying something. Stepping back from the ledge...the b-ball team is going to be fine. I'm excited to see what Beilein can do with this young, talented team. I think they will make steady progress this year, be competitive& fun to watch along the way.

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PM

November 27th, 2013 at 5:17 PM ^

get blown out here and there, but Duke is not guaranteed to be one of those games. As noted above, they were lucky to win their last game.  What I do hope to see among the ups and downs of the season is progression and development of the team  (no comment re. football). 

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hvsiii

November 27th, 2013 at 5:25 PM ^

I remember everyone mailing our tourney run in after the last couple weeks of the regular season and the Big Ten Tourney last year.  It is November and things change.

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Tater

November 28th, 2013 at 7:47 AM ^

If this is a "19-11 year," I guarantee you that Michigan is going to be THE 19-11 team that everyone least wants to face in the tournament.  It is taking time for new players to fit in and old players to adjust to new roles.  This is almost like an entirely new team compared to last year.  

Players who are new now will have a season of experience by tournament time.  As long as they get in and avoid the dreaded 7 or 8 seed, this team should at least make the second weekend again.  

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jdon

November 28th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^

you should stop being a bitch.

its pathetic and makes us look bad.

love,

jdon

ps.  there are way too many bitches on this board right now... too many rookies, not enough pros!

 

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LSAClassOf2000

November 27th, 2013 at 5:14 PM ^

"If either injury is long-term, it would be a significant blow for the Wolverines. Stauskas is currently playing 85.3 percent of available minutes and is also the team’s highest-usage player, finishing 23.6 percent of Michigan’s offensive possessions according to Kenpom."

I've been just now catching up on my basketball trackers, but I actually didn't think about just how much of the offense Stauskas has been until I saw this. As the article said, having Robinson in there as a stretch four has been a great asset as well. Hopefully, these two get some time to rest and heal and are back at it as soon as possible. 

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goblue16

November 27th, 2013 at 5:18 PM ^

Both are the key to the season but I wouldn't freak out too much. They should both b back by the Duke game. We should beat coppin at without either of them anyways

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ThadMattasagoblin

November 27th, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^

Michigan fans are pessimistic about everything in general.  I'm not one of them, but the general mindset seems to be, "We lost to Charlotte, so we'll lose 10-15 games this year.  The same thing happened after PSU last year and before MSU a couple of years ago.

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goblue16

November 27th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^

The big ten is not as good as last season and we will improve by the time we get to big ten play. People need to relax it will all b good non conference games are just good to boost ur tournament resume and ISU, FSU, Charlotte, Duke, Zona, and Stanford give us one of the toughest non conference schedules in the big ten! Who has MSU played Kentucky doesn't look very good and even if they do there only other game is UNC at home. Wr gonna benefit greatly from playing tough games in hostile environments.

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laughingplace86

November 28th, 2013 at 9:05 AM ^

Yeah, yeah, we get it............

Big Ten is weak,

Michigan is young,

Michigan has injuries,

 

Sick of excuses, just like football.   I keep hearing about how weak the big ten is in football,  yet,  what's the record since 2008 against the big 10's top teams?  5-21!!!!!     Great record against a weak conference.  Here is the reality,  darn near everyone on this board would rather have MSU success in football since 2008, and MSU success in basketball, period.

 

 

 

 

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