Time to Take Hoops Seriously

Yep. I was optimistic about this season's Michigan team (even though many were doom and gloom). Olivier Nkmahoua and Tray Jackson were what a sophomore Moussa Diabate would've been for us (but sadly he was one-and-done and couldn't benefit from NIL as a foreign player). And Nimari Burnett looks MUCH improved. Perhaps Burnett is coming into his own as an upperclassman. I hope he finds an enduring home at Michigan.

Tonight was an a promising performance. 

Question: did Stephen Bardo say Michigan shot 15/26 (57.6%) from 3 against #5 Marquette in the scrimmage? 

If so, that's further proof that this Michigan team might be an excellent 3 point shooting team which would be a major surprise.

Perhaps this Michigan team will be greater than the sum of its parts. It seems to me we have a deep team.

I like George Washington III. Even though his shots weren't falling, it's clear he sees the game well.

And Dug McDaniel was AWESOME. I was super stoked when he committed to us because I had seen him play in HS. He looked like 2013 Trey Burke tonight. I hope this is the start of a new era of Michigan Hoops.

please pardon my ignorance, I didn't watch. 

Where was Juwan? 

I personally view even a chance to get into the tournament this year as a positive outcome. Last night was a good start and we didn’t even have everyone out there. I can’t imagine where we’d be without the portal thank god. 

Sums up my feelings as well. The basketball program has run out of confidence based on prior years and quite frankly it's bankrupt. Any confidence will have to be earned by proving it on the court.

I could tell within 5 minutes that Nkoumhoua was an upgrade at the 4. TWill looks much more comfortable at the 3. Dug has made the leap. Nimari >>> Llewellyn. Tarris allows us to play up tempo. The team last year was hamstrung by Dickinson trying to play 36 minutes per game. They didn’t run, he didn’t play aggressive defense, the whole thing was stagnant. There were too many freshmen forced to contribute. 

We can still make fun of sparty for losing their first game tho right? 

I will get ahead of myself. I know what I saw. We will contend for the Big Ten title, we will make the NCAA tournament, we will at least make the Elite 8.  After that, who knows. Don’t kill my expectations already. 

Completely agree with this.  Although the team looked great last night, I still want to see how repeatable last nights shooting can be throughout multiple games.  They were draining their 3's last night and that was the one question mark going into this season......where is our outside shooting going to come from.  I did love our defensive effort and we got a lot of rebounds.  Nkamouah is going to be a problem and I actually think we are going to have some depth this year.  T Will played very well last night so that is encouraging.

Optimism is good ! I like what I saw and am excited 

Why dont you just wait 32 games before thinking their good then.  Jesus fuck.  Its not hard for people who know basketball to watch these players and see how good/skilled they are, and watch the chemistry they have together.

I don't need to wait until the season ends to form a strong opinion of the team.  

Yes. We knew they were going to attempt to make the ball go in the basket so we deliberately arranged our defensive to stop them.  As you can see, it paid off handsomely.

Not really. A bad loss far outweighs an expected win.

There are good highlights on YouTube

Be sure and let us know when we can start.

Downvoted for the PG-13 edit. 

Whip 'em out boys 😂

I'm disappointed, I was hoping for the quadruple Dutch rudder.

Anyone predicting dumpster fire was not paying attention to the type of roster Howard and the other coaches were putting together. 
Michigan will have some nights where they struggle to score, just like every team does. There will be some teams that take advantage of Dug’s height. 
This will also be a team which works hard and has a chance in most games all season. 
Very excited to see how this season plays out. 

The Big Ten doesn't look that tough or deep this year.

Agreed.  It's far from clear that there's a functional backup point guard on this roster right now (Burnett looked fine to me, but not as a PG); still to be proven if a healthy Llewellyn can play that role, but there's reason to believe he can...if he's healthy.

Michigan is a G short in the rotation and JL could be that guy. If JL can play at Princeton level of play, Michigan will be a much better team for it. The frontcourt and wing are in good place at the moment.