Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 9 weeks 1 day ago | Shocked and saddened here. |
Shocked and saddened here. Never thought Smotrycz would transfer. He's a Beilein 4-man all the way, had contributed some good play, had afew things to work n, and was likely to be a contributor going forward. Where did that come from? I also thought Brundidge had said to a newspaper in the last month that he would definitely be back next year. We have minutes to be won in next year's backcourt ... What happened? I get Christian trying his luck elsewhere, but still sad to see him go. I appreciated his play when he got on the court. That was just overly often and looked unlikely going forward, so i guess that makes sense. Seriously, best of luck to each. Thanks for what you've given. You will be missed. |
| 9 weeks 5 days ago | Early v Late |
The starting 5 will probably evolve through the season next year, mostly because we have a lot of talent coming in who will need to learn the offense. I think the coaches will start the more experienced guys initially, but i expect the freshmen will crack the starting line-up eventually. We've seen several freshmen come right in and start recently (Burke, Hardaway, Morris, Morgan, even Douglass and Novak). But they did so because there was no one else competing with them for the starting roles. Next year there will be a lot of competition at every position except PG, so I expect a lot of movement in the first part of the season. Still, here's a guess: 1 - Burke (obviously) |
| 10 weeks 3 days ago | Not gonna happen |
The last time Beilein lost an opening round game in the NCAA tournament was 1996 at Canisius. The last time in the NIT was 1994, also at Canisius. He has won 9 consecutive opening round games in those two tournaments, going back to 1998 at Richmond. Sorry, Ohio. |
| 10 weeks 4 days ago | Be careful ... |
... I'm just saying, we know he'll take you down without warning. |
| 10 weeks 4 days ago | Classy |
That was classy on your part, Dan. I'm excited to see MSU and Michigan competing at the top of the B1G in both football and basketball. That's how it should be. Congrats on the tourney title and the 1-seed. Good luck, brother. |
| 13 weeks 6 days ago | Everyone |
The best answer is "everyone". Every player would have done better under Beilein because he is. Ash superior in (1) developing talent and (2) game-planning than either Ellerbe or Amaker. We play an offense that just plain gets guys open, and in a variety of ways. Beilein has coached not only the famous 1-3-1 defense, but also stout man-to-man, 2-3 zone. Every player would have benefitted from playing for a much better coach. |
| 14 weeks 5 hours ago | Colorado |
Bill McCartney was the HC at Colorado 1982-1994. He was national HC of the year in 1989 and shared the National Champoinship in 1990. In his last year, he came to the big house and beat us on a last second 64 yard Hail Mary. It was epically crushing. He left coaching to oversee a ministry he founded called Promise Keepers. |
| 15 weeks 10 hours ago | Dull Road Blowout represents progress |
Fellow fans, This dull road blowout represents progress. We didn't do this the first four years of Beilein ball because we just weren't good enough yet. But the beauty of what's happening is easy to miss. Michigan is 3rd in the Big Ten (top conference RPI in the country) and it's reasonable to predict that's where they'll finish the year. That would be one slot higher than last year, but probably a whole standard deviation better than last year. Remember that last year's Big Ten was 3 teams at the top (OSU, MSU, PU) and 4 teams in the middle (MICH, ILL, MSU, PSU), all of which went 9-9. We are presently 8-3 in conference. [EDIT: ... having played KenPom's #3 toughest schedule in the nation thus far]. They are accomplishing this with seemingly unglamorous wins. They are accopmlishing this while going only 6-8 guys deep most games, 3 of whom are in the midst of major shooting slumps: Hardaway, Smotrycz, and (until last night, perhaps) Vogrich. We have just three 4-star players on our current roster (Smotrycz, Burke, and Brundidge), only one of whom is getting substantial and productive playing time. And it looks like this team will make a Sweet 16 run. Let that sink in again. THIS team will make a SWEET 16 run. We last witnessed that in 1994, friends. This is a great year of Michigan basketball. It's the last year of Zack Novak and Stu Douglass, who both unexpectedly took big steps forward in their individual games (I guess staying for 4 years DOES make a difference). It's a year in which we don't/shouldn't have wildly high expectations for what the team will accomplish, which makes it fun to root for them because we aren't constantly disappointed that they didn't win by 40. So enjoy this year, fellow Wolverines. This is a great year of Michigan basketball. And we can look forward to even greater things when next year rolls around ... but that's next year. Let's savor this moment. |
| 16 weeks 10 hours ago | Big impact |
As you said, Green will likely be out or severly limited in this game due to the injury. Obviously, that's a big loss for MSU. He's their emotional leader, their leading scorer (14.9, Appling is #2 at 12.0), leading rebounder (10.3, Dawson is #2 at 4.6), and #2 assist man (3.5, Appling is #1 at 3.9). Their team goes through him, so on the face of it, this should be a big boost for Michigan. On the other hand, this presents a game-planning problem for UM. We've been effective limiting Green in the past three match-ups, which has really helped us win each time. If he's scratched from their line-up, we need a new game plan. I like Beilein as a game-planner, so I expect this to be "advantage Michigan". I'm guessing that Austin Thornton will get the nod to take Green's place as a starter. But it could be Gauna, Kearny, or Byrd. On the whole, it looks like MSU will have to play "small ball" on Sunday. It'll be interesting to see what effect that has on us, since that's the strategy we've used against them to good success of late. Basically, it drastically changes the game. How exactly is unclear. Is it a big advantage for Michigan or an opportunity for Michigan State? Looking forward to Sunday! |
| 32 weeks 6 days ago | 1. Wisconsin 2. |
1. Wisconsin 2. Michigan 3. Nebraska 4. Michigan State 5. Illinois 6. Iowa 7. Northwestern 8. Penn State 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Purdue 12. Minnesota |
