Wisconsin versus Michigan - open thread
February 16th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
wow, can't believe people are blaming the refs for the lack of defense, lack of shooting, and disappearing act of GR3 and Stauskas
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
but the "what if" question remains if that shot clock violation had been called properly a couple minutes back. Instead of held ball .
February 16th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
is regressing towards the mean
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
Ryan cryin' about now?
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
wisky, iowa and Msu a few weeks ago. Got my hopes up! Boo expectations!!
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
Jordan Kaminsky?
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^
Or we ran out of gas near the end after a run. This was lost in the first half when we didn't pass the basketball.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
were non-factors today. Little surprised about Walton; his game had really been moving in the right direction lately.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
I thought Walton was solid defensively, but not much going on offense (as was the case for most of the team.) Irvin... the problem for him is that if his shots aren't falling, he doesn't give us anything else. He's not anything special defensively, doesn't really rebound, doesn't get to the basket particularly well or set up teammates for open shots. Either he's hot outside or he's just a body out there. Not dogging the guy - he's young and has plenty of room to develop.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
Out played out coached, lost virtually every loose ball..GR3 in another disappearing act..inconsitency..only LEVERT plays like he wants it
February 16th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
Wisconsin doesn't defend, they throw their chest at you and dare the officials to call it. Always.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^
They also totally fucked up the sound mixing in the first half so you could hardly hear Raftery, who is like the one guy I actually want to hear.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:06 PM ^
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.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
The good news is we've been alternating wins and losses, so we should win next week!
February 16th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
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
February 16th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:10 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
Dekker's a pro.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Dekker will play in the league, and Kaminsky will likely at least get a shot just because of his size and shooting ability.
But yeah, we still played like crap.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
i would rather have levert than a "dog"; a guy that can go off for 20+ pts and carry a team. mcgary and morgan are clearly tough guys. bielfeldt too. this team is still really young, like one of the youngest in the country. there aren't many freshment "dogs" out there. plus, we go only 8 deep. it will be a lot different next year.
this team just doesn't get after it from the opening tip on a consistent basis; youth. but i expect they will come tourny time. walton and irvin stunk up the joint today, but their confidence and game have improved a lot this past month. and i expect it to improve more this next month.
February 16th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^