Morgan was gutting it out on one leg and if you watched he defended Nix beautifully when he was in there. He is a problem only in the sense that we miss having him in the game at 100%
here's one vote for "John Beilein's head in a Futurama jar"
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February 13th, 2013 at 12:54 AM
#102
Morgan was gutting it out on
February 12th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
#103
Thanks for jinxing MSU's win tonight with a premature thread
We totally are coming back from 30 down with a few minutes to play now.
Well played.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:14 AM
#104
Fuck
I reversed jinxed it.
Sorry everyone. My bad.
Piss poor effort from me as well as the basketball team tonight.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
#105
Just a thought
Is it possible that this team is just totally and utterly exhausted? Think about this stretch they have played since last saturday. @Indiana, OSU, @wisco, @msu. Plus going to overtime in two of them. They are off until Sunday, I want to see this team get rested, get pissed and come back strong to finish off this season.
February 13th, 2013 at 8:48 AM
#106
Many if us probably have wet
Many if us probably have wet dreams about this team playing pissed off so let's hope that happens. But we've seen no indication that that us in their genetic makeup. They are more worried about trying to remember what option 13(b)(4)(D) is off the high pick and roll than they are about kicking someone's ass.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
#107
This is why you don't make an
This is why you don't make an "Izzo's team is garbage" thread in November.
Hopefully this game wakes this team up. They aren't doing anything in March looking like they did tonight.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:55 PM
#108
You can only say "this was a
You can only say "this was a wake-up call" or "the freshmen grew up tonight" so many times before accepting that this team just isn't as good as we all hoped.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:12 AM
#109
I'm not saying this was a
I'm not saying this was a wake-up call. I'm saying I HOPE it is.
This team is way too talented to get blown out like they did tonight.
If they get it together, I still think this team is capable of doing big things. However, if this is what we look like in March, we ain't doin' shit.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
#110
Beilein
I look at this team the last 3 weeks and see a decent Beilein WV team. I'm not sure what happened over the last month, but I don't like it. Our guys are scared out there. They don't rebound, they don't defend, they don't go to the basket. Its unfortunate that we haven't really improved or grown during b10 play. If anything we've regressed.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
#111
lol ap#1
lol ap#1
February 12th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
#112
Running the table the rest of
Running the table the rest of the way and parlaying it into a B1G tourney championship and a strong NCAA tourney showing will most certainly make tonight and Saturday forgettable.
Just don't feel M has what it takes. The next 3 vs. PSU, vs. ILL, @ PSU will be key to kickstarting it.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:11 AM
#113
Disagree. Beating up on
Disagree. Beating up on average to below average teams does nothing. They did that for the majority of the first 60% of the schedule. They have beaten no one (Minn) on the road. They have been exposed from the OSU game forward on how to be beaten. Pressure Burke, take away options, punch GR3 in the mouth (he disappears) and out work Michigan.
Defense always travels. Offense will go into a funk. OSU with 1.5 freaking offensive options almost beat UM on the road. WIscy always is tough to beat with almost no offensive talent. Michigan is a fun offensive team against inferior talent, but does not show the defensive effort or drive to play with big boys. Beating PSU by 15 wont change that.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
#114
what a...
fucking joke this game was... yet another game that JB does not have this team prepared for...
February 12th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
#115
Everything is still terrible.
Everything is still terrible. No reason to alter my hatred of it yet.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:55 PM
#116
Worst loss of the Beilein era.
Probably have lost worse, but those teams weren't good. No reason for this team to get run out of town in the biggest game of their season to date.
Backs are against the wall now and have to win out just to share. But this doesn't look like a team that's even going to be able to protect home court right now. More likely we're just trying to get our shit together because all this ugly gets erased with a nice run in March. But it's sad to be playing for March before mid-February with this team.
We may not be #1, but we're not playing to the level of our talent either. We can keep using youth as an excuse, because guess what- this is college basketball today. You're almost never going to have a talented and experienced team. You have to find a way to win with freshmen, and sophomores.
And everyone dissing Izzo and MSU back a month ago, uhm, yeah....
February 13th, 2013 at 8:39 AM
#117
Anyone who counts MSU out
In January is an absolute idiot
February 12th, 2013 at 11:55 PM
#118
I'd watch this tape every day
I'd watch this tape every day if I was Trey Burke. See those "things" laughing at us. See all those, terrible things.
February 13th, 2013 at 2:17 AM
#119
Effort
How do you come out so flat in the three biggest road games of the year @ OSU, Indiana and MSU games with absolutely no energy and effort. There are two big differences from this year to last, 1. Novak and company had heart and effort but almost no elite talent - 2. This team has elite offensive talent but no heart and effort which is really what defense, rebounding and hustle create.
I would almost rather watch last years team at this point as at least you would count on the kids hustling after almost everything 100% of the time. At this point, it seems like everyone wants to only hustle to get down to the 3 point line to try to get a long-range shot, way too man y offensive boards due to simply not blocking out and putting in effort, and what appears to be a distinct lack of effort and aggresive play around the basket.
There is no killer instinct that has at least been displayed at this point, and it would be nice to see someone finally drive effort around an almost insane level of effort at hustle plays and defense.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:55 PM
#120
Rest
The team will be in Ann Arbor for the next 15 days or so. They need to get some rest now and watch highlights of this game everyday till they meet these guys again.
They ran out of gas last year, hopefully they can get back some momentum over this break.
They did fail in their most important stretch of the season to date though. They can turn things back around.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:55 PM
#121
Scared.
This team is playing
Scared.
This team is playing scared. Why I have no idea but you can see it in their eyes, their body language and their overall play.
They are scared.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:13 AM
#122
They are not scared, they are
They are not scared, they are small. And unlike scared, that can't be fixed easily.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:41 AM
#123
Scared. Watch the first ten
Scared. Watch the first ten minutes of all the important Big Ten games we've played this year.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:56 PM
#124
Team-building strategy
Can a team built around players out of their ideal size-based position really contend on the big stage? It seems clear that GR3 is not ready to play the Novak role (and I don't think many people ever will be--Novak was a special guy)
I think that the way this team is built sets it up for failure on the defensive end. We have no athletic bigs to cover our mediocre perimeter defenders. Ideally, McGary/Morgan would be a 4, and we would have a stronger 5 presence.
I see that I'm rambling. I dunno. I just think this team is doomed to be soft. I know I know they're allllll freshmen, but I just don't see where we can grow. To me it's like a 6 foot linebacker who could be really good but he's just too small
February 13th, 2013 at 12:14 AM
#125
Yeah, the small, athletic, shooting PF doesn't work
If he's getting 4 points a game solely on put-backs.
Guards rule the tournament, but eventually you need some down low presence.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:56 PM
#126
Is old man Paine still in?
Is old man Paine still in?
February 12th, 2013 at 11:57 PM
#127
Granny Harris put its fake
Granny Harris put its fake teeth back in.
February 12th, 2013 at 11:58 PM
#128
Okay. I'm going to bed
Okay. I'm going to bed
February 12th, 2013 at 11:58 PM
#129
THJ
He's like the Alfonso Soriano of basketball. When he's hot you can't guard him. When he's cold the basket could be 10 feet wide and he still wouldn't make it.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
#130
Game's not over, we can do
Game's not over, we can do this!
February 13th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
#131
All I really saw tonight was
All I really saw tonight was true freshmen playing like true freshmen. Couldn't buy a basket under the hoop, lots of thoughtless turnovers. They got flustered on the big stage because they're young and they're not ready. Hopefully this gets them ready.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:08 AM
#132
I thought getting manhandled
I thought getting manhandled in Columbus got the freshmen ready? Or was it getting blown off the court the first half against Indiana that taught them what it's like to play on the big stage?
It might just be that we're not a top-10 team.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:52 AM
#133
I don't know what to tell
I don't know what to tell you, but growing up takes time. I think the tough games are showing us that we probably aren't a top-10 team. When these guys are hitting on all cylinders, they're really tough to beat. When they're off, they can be beat by good teams. This is much better than previous years when if we were off, we could be beat by anyone.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
#134
Beyound stupid to play the
Beyound stupid to play the back-ups for such extensive minutes. Even if your in foul trouble you have to go with your main guys before it gets out of hand. Completely outcoached tonight.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:01 AM
#135
Soft
Got pushed around and couldn't do anything about it. Very early 2000s like.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:01 AM
#136
pussies
Michigan looked like the softest team in the country. What a joke. Well at least we know that GRIII and Hardaway wont be entering the draft. I doubt they could get minutes in the WNBA at this point.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:14 AM
#137
Agreed
Agreed
February 13th, 2013 at 12:36 AM
#138
Don't be an asshole
I get that you're pissed, but this kind of shit makes you look like an idiot.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:02 AM
#139
Burn the tape and move on.
Burn the tape and move on. Nothing to take from this one. They came to play and we didn't.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:07 AM
#140
We don't have the bodies to
We don't have the bodies to match up. It's not just a matter of not giving effort.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:11 AM
#141
I don't buy that. They came
I don't buy that. They came out making everything and we didn't respond. If nix shoots 70% in Ann Arbor ill freely admit I'm wrong.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:02 AM
#142
My silver lining
I will be happy if this team only makes the sweet 16 now.
They should fall out of the top 10 after this game. They have lost 3 out of 4...and have just been humiliated on the road.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:04 AM
#143
That Izzo is such a great
That Izzo is such a great human being. I love him so much.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:06 AM
#144
I don't watch much NBA, but
I don't watch much NBA, but after these last few games against high level competition how in the world in Burke considered such a high draft pick? His D is average, his outside shot is iffy and agianst tall, quick defenders he gets shut down.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:08 AM
#145
Go back and look at his stats
Go back and look at his stats and tell me he got shut down. He's the only one that shows up to play.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:14 AM
#146
A point guard needs players
A point guard needs players around him to do something. ANYTHING. He'd have that in the NBA. If they didnt have Burke tonight they would have lost by 25.
Oh wait. Ok 40. There was no offensive without him. NONE>
February 13th, 2013 at 12:52 AM
#147
You are fucking kidding me, right?
Trey had 18 points on 7-11 shooting (3-5 from deep) with 4 assists and 3 steals and you're mad at him!?
I just don't understand how you can write a statement like that. Trey Burke is the only reason this team didn't lose by 50 tonight.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:04 AM
#148
Outcoached, outhustled,
Outcoached, outhustled, outsmarted, and outskilled....
February 13th, 2013 at 12:05 AM
#149
We didn't play our best
We didn't play our best
February 13th, 2013 at 12:08 AM
#150
I'm still not convinced we
I'm still not convinced we even played.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:05 AM
#151
Izzo was pretty classy in the
Izzo was pretty classy in the post-game interview.
