Wisconsin BBall Postgame Thoughts

I don't know that covering the inbound guy would have made a difference.  After a made basket, the inbounder can run the baseline, so it's not that hard for him to get the pass off.  

We simply needed to foul.  It was common sense, and Beilein apparently was calling for it.  LeVert for some reason didn't get the message. 

It never should have come down to that prayer 3 by Brust.

Before Hardaway Jr. made his 3 (which really was fortuntate becuase we didn't run a good play at all there) we had missed our last 6 shots. A couple were layups. 

Same thing in OT. McGary gets the steal but misses an easy one,...Hardaway Jr. too hard off the glass. ...ugghhh...

Agree with the other posters that we need to guard the inbounds play. Way too easy for these guys (Turner and Brust) to catch, take a dribble of two and get the shot off. 

Oh....and....WILL YOU RUN SOME DAMN BOX OUT DRILLS IN PRACTICE! 

Can we all agree that Horford does not deserve to start again this year

That likely seals our conference fate combined with the Indiana loss. Don't think we can win it if the rest of the season plays out as expected.

we've seen it multiple times- he struggles at end of games.  how many games have ended with wild  3point misses by trey burke?

And you have a much shorter pass or a long pass w air bound to get picked off. D1 coaches and their staff outthink themselves.

After THJ's three, I thought we had a good shot at finishing this tough four game stretch at 3-1, which would have been huge. Now we have to hope 2-2 with the next one being one the road in very hostile territory. Le sigh.

day is almost ruined...

How about we just got beat on an incredibly lucky shot? I let him have that 100 times and watch him miss 99.

Dakich makes Dick Vitale very bearable.

Sometimes team get lucky and make 35 footers. But on the plus side GR3 draft stock is falling off a cliff and Morgan will be back next week. I think we can all agree that is very important after seeing how we look I paint without him

How the hell did that happen? Also, I am sure teams have gone entire games without any FTAs but it can't be often that a team gets only 2 in a OT game.

Just an all around annoying game.

I just don't get it. You have to, have to, have to put somebody (McGary) on the inbounder. Bruesewitz almost fell in bounds making the pass and easily caught Brust in stride. That doesn't happen if somebody is in his face. I am so pissed off right now. When will Beilein learn????

Upgrade the bandwidth of this sight or go with a new web hosting company altogether.

504 errors all around!

...our so-called half-court offense. That's all I've got.

Wisconsin took 5 times as many free throws as us

He's the difference maker in all of this.  Somehow, somebody with a nice shot, relatively thick 6'7" frame who can jump out of the gym can completely disappear.  Everyone else is playing tough and the guy formerly known as GRIII looks like that middling pick in school yard ball that you pick just to not screw up.

First, against OSU, I figured "Ehhh....first big pressure road game...no big deal." Then at Indiana, I figured, "He has some sweet athletes guarding him....and hes on the road....no big deal."  Then at HOME against OSU, I was discouraged and figured, "I guess he just can't hack it against equivalent athletes yet."  

Now, here we have Wisconsin.  A team that can't get 12 inches off of the floor, and this guy can't play defense, rebound or create any sort of a shot.

I'll just chalk it up to being a soft freshman.  Nevertheless, when Morgan comes back, I would be surprised if Beilein didnt start going to more 2 big man sets b/c at this point, even Zack Novack (we miss you Zack) has a bigger presence on the interior.

1. Guard the inbound pass

2. Mitch, I love you, but you ARE allowed to dunk it.

3. Can anyone create their own shots besides Burke and Hardaway?

4. Can anyone play "angry" besides Hardaway and McGary?

5. You cannot win games by talent and stars alone. Guys have to start doing the little things.

6. GRIII, where art thou?

7. I miss you, Jordan Morgan

8. Big Ten refs, man...

9. Bo Ryan is an actual badger.

10. Dan Dakich is a sack of buttholes.

We'll be okay in the B1G picture which is what matters. indiana will lose tomorrow and state will lose tuesday. 

My only question is-

Y U NO FOUL DAMMNIT?!?!

I can't even be on this website right now. Why did that shot go in? Why did we get no calls from the refs? Why didn't we foul? Why couldn't we man up and win it in Overtime? Why does God hate me? But why did that shot go in?

We seem to be solely a guard weave and dribble-drive offense.

Stauskas & Robinson are statues in the corner.

life trolling.  

This will not be popular and this is not a knee jerk reaction to this one loss, but this team will not be winning the national championship this year. It does not matter what happens at MSU on Tuesday. It does not matter that they beat OSU. The past three games have proven Michigan is not a team that can impose its will on another team. You can not make it through 6 games in the tournament without being able to impose your will on the opponent. The Indiana game, OSU game, and Wisconsin game were all played how the opposing team wanted to play.
Beilein chose to shorten the game against OSU and it almost cost him. He chose to shorten the game at Wisconsin and it did cost him. Both of those decisions played right into the opponents strengths.
I believe Beilein is a great coach and has a great coaching staff. I believe Michigan has very talented players who play hard and want to win. I don't think they know how to play at an elite level consistently and that's what it takes to win it all. No excuses about the schedule. That's what the sweet 16 through the championship will be like.