Wisconsin versus Michigan - open thread

What worries me about this team is we could win the B1G and shit the bed like this in the second round of the tourney.

wow, can't believe people are blaming the refs for the lack of defense, lack of shooting, and disappearing act of GR3 and Stauskas

is regressing towards the mean

wisky, iowa and Msu a few weeks ago.  Got my hopes up!  Boo expectations!!

but Kudos to Wiscy.  They pulled, pushed and generally played their game.  Did a great job getting ball in down low, and keeping the tempo of the game where they wanted it.  They are putting the wheels back on after a tough stretch.  Keep that up and they will be a tough out in the tourney.

MSU is a virtual must win now for any chance at the Big 10 title.  Probably should plan to show up for the first half of that one.

It's not trending well in rematches:  Beat Iowa close, embarrass ourselves in the rematch.  Beat Wisconsin close, embarrass ourselves in the rematch.  Beat sparty close, ??

We're going to squander what had been an incredible 8-0 conference start and those three huge consecutive wins we had earlier on.  I remember people talking about playing with house money after those wins. Well, that money's been spent.  No breathing room left.  Now we either win or say goodbye to any possibility of a Big 10 title.

Jordan Kaminsky? 

This team has the ability to make a deep tourney run as is, but I would be very surprised if any of this crew declared for the deepest draft since Bron, Melo, Wade & Bosh... I starting lineup of Walton, Stauskas, LeVert, GR3 & Mitch, with Zac and Spike being instant offense off the bench, should be a virtual lock for a Final Four run next year.

We haven't even made up ground from the 15 pt deficit in the first half. Pathetic

Now he makes one! Yeah!

were non-factors today.  Little surprised about Walton; his game had really been moving in the right direction lately.

Wisconsin had 1 turnover and played 2 halfs, not 1.  Credit to them - Kaminski is a tough matchup.  Quick enough to handle typical bigs, long enough to handle 3/4 type guys.

If we didn't turn the ball over and get disappearing acts from Stauskas and Irvin, it might have been a different story.

But we've got a week to prepare for MSU.  I'm certainly not writing that game off.

Out played out coached, lost virtually every loose ball..GR3 in another disappearing act..inconsitency..only LEVERT plays like he wants it

Why do we act so shocked and hurt when someone actually defends us?  It's like we think its not fair and are waiting for the refs to make them quit it.

This team is looking like an NBA team more and more lately. *that's a bad thing

Just travelled again.

Refs aren't too blame. Our D league defense, inept shooting from everyone not named Caris and stupid ass turnovers is why we lost. This team just doesn't seem to be mentally ready until 3 minutes left in the first half. They need leadership on the floor.

I'm worried about what Payne is going to do to our defense, seems we don't have an answer for bigs and Payne is much better than Kaminsky.

So muthafut-in annoying. 

The game? Yes, that too, but I was talking about CBS and their damn commercials at every play break. Plus I'm streaming, so I get the same 3 commercials every damn time. Almost threw my laptop against the wall during the last timeout.

So how about that 2014 thing....

Coach B will need the full week to get these guys ready for Sparty.  I recommend that he get them ready to start playing sometime in the vicinity of the opening tip.

We've got a full week to do some soul searching.  Beat sparty and win the Big 10, or lose that game and squander the hot start and big road wins we picked up early in conference play.

 

Stop blaming our guard play. Stauskas, GRIII, Lavert and Walton do a lot for the fact we have no ability to score in the paint.

 

Do you know how hard it is to make shots consistently with 2 or 3 guys collapsing on you because they have no fear of Morgan or Horford being able to do a little thing such as catch the ball and make a layup

 

These two are just not Big Ten caliber starters. They hustle and play extremely hard but are a liability on both ends of the floor most of the time as to why beilein is forced to play a 4 guard lineup often.

 

With Mcgary teams had to respect his ability around the basket and couldnt jailbreak to close out on Stauskas off the pick and roll.

It is what it is, until Michigan gets a competant low post presence we will see inconsistent games like this when the shots arent falling

We need some dogs on this team. The Boys showed heart coming back but didn't deserve the W. We make Waaaaaaaaaaay too much of a big deal about Nik Stauskas. He continues to show large cracks in his game and is simply a good college player. He needs more time and development before he realizes the NBA dream. This year is really house money when you look at the youth and massive McGary injury. We have played well and will likely finish in the top 2 of the B1G. Next season is an opportunity for Michigan to be a Title Contender. This season is one for developing and building to that point. We lost to a better and tougher team today. We need to remedy our Softness and find a leader. We don't have a leader right now. I'd also like to see a few guys on our bench that I would like to have in a street fight with me at some point....we definitely lack that. This is a strange roster but it's not as bad as today made it seem. One bad game can't define a group. We have an opportunity to bounce back next Sunday. We had better bring some gloves and eat some Wheat ties first. We have got to get tougher and recruit a couple of Dogs.

There goes the advantage of winning on the road. Can't defend home court against a mediocre team.