Good game
We dug ourselves a hole in
We dug ourselves a hole in the first half, but I think Duke could've beaten anyone tonight playing / shooting the way they did (52% from three!). I have good feelings about this team though going forward, and Burke looks like he's getting better and better every game.
Yep, sure came out quickly in the 2nd though, 51 points
in the half for us.
Duke was amazing from 3pt range though. Even more amazingly, if we make our FT's and shoot a little better from distance (we were 31%), we might have been able to withstand that great shooting performance.
Trey Burke could be the Kemba
Trey Burke could be the Kemba Walker of the NCAA this year. He was relatively unknown until Maui.
I was really pleased with UMs performance today and hope we can secure third place tomarrow.
Go Blue
Actually Kemba was fairly
Actually Kemba was fairly well known since he was a freshman 5 star kid coming out of high school, averaged almost 15 as a sophomore....
I took out of this game that
I took out of this game that Tim needs to have someone else create his shot...not quite the offensive god I envisioned...Kinda goes with the idea that his plan is to stay for three years...
I also took out of this game an immense hatred toward Kelly
I'd have to disagree, granted
I'd have to disagree, granted in the first half his shots weren't falling and he did take a couple questionable shots. Once he hits his flow he can be unreal, ala that pushoff tre near the end of the game -- all him.
fuck duke.
This is home...
I wish I could "Like" the
I wish I could "Like" the score of the comment...calling it insightful haha pretty funny
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She will oblige
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A foul
It looked worse than it was. But you cant come at a guy like that and not expect it to look bad to the ref.
Those Who Stay Will Be Champions
Super encouraging loss
Duke usually isn't going to shoot anywhere near a 65% eFG% (or whatever they ended up with) taking the shots they were taking. On a lot of nights that game ends up a win for Michigan.
They should be a major factor in the Big 10 this year.
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
Duke had an answer for every
Duke had an answer for every shot we put down and quashed much hope of any comeback. Hats off to Duke, but after evaluating both games, our season and our future looks realy bright. Very proud of this team's no quit attitude, long season still ahead so lets go blue!
I didn't get to watch it but
I didn't get to watch it but it seems to Burke is going to be awesome. 17 pts and 9 assists vs #6 Duke and 14 pts and 4 assists vs #8 Memphis. If we're going to go far this year, it seems like we might live and die by Burke
Burke
If you think hes going to be awesome without seeing this game then just wait til you watch him play like he did tonight. He's more elusive than morris and can actually make a pull up jump shot or runner. He's the real deal.
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REFS! Rabblerabblerabble!
REFS! Rabblerabblerabble!
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Blocks to Charges
If one of those blocking calls (pick almost any one of them) was called a charge...ughsigh.
Concur refs rabble.
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It felt like
Duke was getting some calls early..... They seem to get away with going over the back on a lot of rebounds but, overall, fouls were getting called both ways. If not for having to foul them at the end, Duke would have finished with more total team fouls. The discrepency at the stripe was to be expected.
Key stat...... Michigan out rebounded Duke. That's impressive.
All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.
Refs called it both ways IMHO
The only problem I had was the duke dribblers pushing the defender with their "off" forearm...other than that, refs seemed to call everything both ways.
Good Game
I won't pace around the family room with a stern look over this one. The guys played hard, it's early in the season, and we saw a lot of things in this game that are definite positives.
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Abort, Retry, Fail?
Its too bad
Its too bad we cant capitalize on opportunities. Fergodsakes make horford put on 40 lbs or tell him to not post up and tell Smotty hes not allowed to dribble or for that matter touch the ball unless hes wide open for a three.
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1-1 vs. Duke this year
First victory was Mitch Mcgary
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
He committed this year?
He committed this year?
Good Things to Come
9 assists out of Trey Burke, 6-7 and 12 points from Jordan Morgan and some aggressive play against a Duke frontline
I think Burke will be Big Ten rookie of the Year and in contention for 2/3rd team All Big Ten, and if Jordan keeps this up with Hardaway giving us his 15-ish pts/game and actual bench production....We can be really good THIS YEAR is what I'm saying
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They played hard, but Duke
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organized.
This looks like a 4-6 seed
This looks like a 4-6 seed with more potential if Smotrycz can figure out what to do with his skill set. Get hot from outside in a one and done situation and they can make some serious noise. With a guy we can post next year and Morgan's quality minutes off the bench? Sky's the limit.
I'm excited.
I'm willing to wager McGary
I'm willing to wager McGary puts Smotrycz on the bench, not Morgan.
Michigan is and will always be every BIG schools' measuring stick.
I wouldnt be shocked by a
I wouldnt be shocked by a Burke-Hardaway-Smot-McGary-Morgan type of lineup
I agree with this
I thought both Morgan and Smotrycz did some nice things yesterday, but I was especially impressed with Morgan. I thought he looked very comfortable taking the ball at the Plumlees -- that baseline spin-reverse in the second half was particularly nifty, coming against one of the more imposing bigs in college basketball. I also think that the frontcourt of Morgan and McGary will complement itself nicely -- we see that Morgan can score on the block against anyone, and McGary can do a lot from the high post/wing.
Ya, I thought they both
Ya, I thought they both played well. Smotrcz only played 12 minutes as he was in foul trouble, so that seemed to make it tough for him to get in a rythm. I thought he hung in their besides that. Morgan had a couple of plays were I thought he had good post position against Duke but Burke didn't feed him the ball. Maybe Beilein just didn't have the confidence to have Morgan take Duke's defenders but, if not, once Burke gets more comfortable feeding the ball to his teammates then Morgan might get a few more chances. All in all it wasn't too bad. Duke was lights out shooting the ball and just dominated us the first half for the most part with some great defense and a few missed open shots on our part. Officiating was too bad. DIdn't like the last call on Novak, but that might just be my philosophic difference with basketball officiating.
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates.
Take tonight
Now add McGary and Robinson III. GET EXCITED!
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Trey Burke is all kinds of
Trey Burke is all kinds of awesome.
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Good Early-Season Play
I like the way the team looks so early in the season (against the likes of teams not named Towson and WIU). In Iowa I haven't been able to see the first 3 games but after Memphis and Duke I am pleased (and somewhat surprised) to see how well the team plays together; this starts with the Freshman point guard. As mentioned already Duke wasn't losing to anyone tonight. Duke was able to build leads up to 15 pts and the way the Michigan team responded was awesome. They didn't get down and lose faith, they were still out to win the damn ballgame (coach Beilein helps with thes of course).
All in all great early season test(s) to build this team into an all-around contender.
(note: Duke also looks like a great. Can't wait to see battles between them and UNC this year)
I'm happy to see Burke play so well.
Duke is a really good team and they shot lights out tonight. If we played them again, I doubt that they'd shoot so well and I think that we'd come out with the win. I'd like to see us shoot better though.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
Way ahead of schedule
Definitely thought we would feel the loss of Morris a lot more and take time to gel as a team. Burke is legit right out of the gate. At this point it looks like we can expect a performance much like last year's only without the early season struggles. Hopefully the fellas can keep it up.
It is spelled HOKEAMANIA. Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!
Agree
Thought it would take some time for this team to gel together -sans Darius Morris- like the way they were at the end of last year. it's great to see Burke step right in and control the point. Yes, he makes a few bad decisions and turns the ball over at times but overall, and considering how early it is, I love how this TEAM looks.
I'll be sad when we lose
I'll be sad when we lose Novak next year
Go Blue
agreed
I keep thinking that next years team can only get better, but we will lose a lot in Stu and Novak. I'm proud of their contributions to help get this team and program to where it is.
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I'm hoping Novak stays on as a grad assistant next year. We need his leadership, and he could help McGary since they know each other. No idea if this is even an option.
It looks like Horford and
It looks like Horford and Christian will need another year of seasoning until they will be able to provide quality minutes off the bench. We have to keep Smotz and Morgan out of foul trouble this year.
Horford's fine defensively,
Horford's fine defensively, but doesn't provide the screens that Morgan does and Morgan was playing very well tonight so Beilein rode him.
I didn't watch duke, but what
I didn't watch duke, but what I saw from the memphis game, I thought we have a bit of foul leeway between Morgan and Horford. Plus the weight Smoctryz put on makes him a different player.
I'm just glad seeing a number
I'm just glad seeing a number next to Michigan football and basketball teams again, the way God intended.
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the future is exceedingly bright for our big 3 sports
and its awesome
I liked how they didn't roll
I liked how they didn't roll over and die. For the most part, they remained competitive throughout the entire game. They made some mistakes, and Duke was on fire in the 2nd half. If they can get consistent and play better than they did today they should have a shot at the B1G title. The only thing I didn't like were those shoes and socks and weird warm ups. Anyone know the story behind that look?
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I believe almost every team
I believe almost every team in the tournament has a similar warm up, and a couple have similar shoes as well. The funky color is "Maui Blue," it's supposed to be a tribute to the tournament.
Duke is good, they were great
Duke is good, they were great tonight. HOWEVER, everytime Duke plays, the refs are hanging out and chatting away with Coach K, and they are probably in awe of him. Then they proceed to give Duke every call all night. They flipped a call out of bounds to Dukes favor, Duke called a timeout, we fouled after the whistle, they still got the foul AND the timeout. Novak grabbed Kelly so he wouldn't fall and get crushed, but that is a technical foul. Duke is hard to beat when they are shooting like they were, but it's almost impossible when the refs are on their team too. Still, we were close, played a great second half after sleepwalking through the first. Only lost by single digits with a freshman point guard, I'll take it. We stil will get a game against Kansas or UCLA, which if we win will boost our RPI like crazy.
This is tiring, childish, and false
stop.
USC sucks, but man I love SoCal!
Let's just stop the childish
Let's just stop the childish "refs love Duke" meme. It's not true.
Refs have their calls (and non-calls) video-analyzed by their supervisors and graded. They are scrutinized by themselves, their peers, and most importantly by their coordinators. This is what decides if they keep working in the NCAA or not (or in the case of good officials, how many post-season games they receive).
It's a profession. There are plenty of guys waiting in the wings dreaming of a shot. If a ref favored one team - even subconsiously - they wouldn't last long in the NCAA.
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Good game. Played a very mediocre first half, and tough to beat a top tier team when you do that. Burke has really impressed. Overall, I am very happy with the team's progress.
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