Michigan Basketball Snowflakes Thread
January 13th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
is officiating but sometimes it is bad and has an impact on the game. It did today. The officials did not "cost us the game" as the saying goes but it certainly did not help.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
your logic is not welcome here.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:48 PM ^
Meh. We're better than them, we'll win in Crisler. Stauskas won't have that awful a game and if we get two obvious calls (Burke and 1, THJr gets clotheslined) they have to make a shot to win at the end which they wouldn't.
Team was overamped to start and made mental errors. Once they settled down we kicked their ass. I am unconcerned on the macro level after the last 30 minutes.
On the micro level, I think we lose Thursday, before getting everything under control until we go to Bloomington.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
The Burke and 1 you're right, but we hit a three on the possession where THJ got fouled, so it's hard to say that call would have changed the outcome. We actually benefitted from the no call as we would have been shooting free throws otherwise.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:48 PM ^
Just could make shots. That's all there is to it. Make a couple of those threes in the first half, and it's a completely different ballgame.
Losing by 3 after being down 21 in the first half on the road in the Big Ten tells me that this team will be just fine.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
Oops double post.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:48 PM ^
That was probably the most selfish game I've ever seen. We didn't play like a team one bit. Trey Burke gets all "I need to beat OSU by myself". It would be nice to see Michigan step it up in a big game and knock a team out like OSU with this much talent. But like the first post said , JB was outcoached...
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^
Ohio was better prepared...played like a team...that's a coach preparing his team. Michigan never could settle down...they kept taking horrible shots....a coach needs to make the right moves to prevent that from happening.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:56 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
I'll apolgize...I will not have any reason in my comments today. I hate losing to Ohio State in anything...and a game like that...with a team like ours is just disheartening. I will now go buy beer and calm myself down before the Patriots smoke the Texans out of the playoffs.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:26 PM ^
Well your comment wasn't that unreasonable. Michigan did come out mentally unprepared, and it's at least fair to question what the coaches did or didn't do to cause them to come out so flat. Still, it's not like coaches can completely prevent players from making bad decisions.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
Disagree with this comment re: mental preparation.
The coaching staff gets too much credit and too much blame in these instances.
We're a young team. Playing our first big road game of the year. I don't care what a coach says or does, there's only so much you can do to prepare someone for a game like this.
The players have to execute...and, in the first 15 minutes, they didn't. Even the normally sure-handed Burke was bobbling and mishandling the ball quite a bit. They were nervous and, as a result, they made mistakes. It happens.
Doesn't negate the fact that we clearly proved that we are a top team...one that will contend for the Big Ten title and be a factor in mid-March and beyond.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:38 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 4:31 PM ^
...watching different games.
UM was obviously tight coming out. Jitters led to poor decision making, turnovers, ill-advised shots, etc. Understandable with a young team that has yet to face a real road test.
It's a credit to the coaching staff and the poise of the team that we came back from a 20-point deficit and made a game of it. Yes, we lost. But, we did "step it up in a big game."
On a side-note, did anyone catch Clark Kellogg's comment to Matta about how much he sweats during games? Funny stuff...
January 13th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
I hate this part of being a sports fan. Although it sucks, this isn't the end and our team will learn from this. The season will go on.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
Looked like the ghost of Stu Douglass posessed half of our offense that game.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
Escaping with a 3-point win at home hardly constitutes "ownage." They were lucky as hell to survive today.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
You can't play like garbage for any amount of time on the road against a solid team and expect to win. Playing uphill the whole game is taxing. Hopefully, this will give our younger guys some needed experience for the b10 season so that the game slows down on the road a bit.
We weren't going to win every game this year, and this was one of the harder on the schedule along with @IU, @MSU and @Minny. This doesn't kill us in the b10 race, but we need to win some of these tough road games.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:56 PM ^
Its nice to see some rational thoughts!!
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
This was basically a carbon copy of the Arkansas game last year. Another horrific start and 20-point deficit and then missed 3 by Burke in the final minute that would have won it.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
Our passes were floated more often than not and easy to deflect/pick off. We were also weak with the ball in our hands.
At the end, take it to the basket to score/get fouled to extend the game.
We play them again and we will win.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
The guys were too amped up at the start of the game which is a result of youth. What did you guys expect? Even the Fab 5 didn't win every game. I do like the facebook comments from MSU and Ohio fans pretending to be Michigan fans saying that we'll lose every game now and won't make the sweet sixteen.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
I'll probably get downvoted for this but I feel okay about Thursday. We've had Minnesota's number at The Barn.
2009 - LLP with the clutch 3 to boost our tourney hopes
2010 - another W
2011 - another W
2012 - DNP
January 13th, 2013 at 4:06 PM ^
This is a way better Gopher team than those teams. They basically played the same game we did today yesterday, but @Indiana, who is much, much better than Ohio.
January 13th, 2013 at 7:49 PM ^
True, but this is also a better Michigan team than the ones that won at Minnesota those years, too.
It can be done. Sparty very nearly won there a week ago.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
Albrecht played some meaningful minutes, as a freshman, in a tough Big Ten road game. He's already exceeded my expectations.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:56 PM ^
I really like when he is on the court with Burke at the same time. I actually would like to see Spike eat into Nik's minutes a bit. He doesn't have the 3 point shot, but he takes care of the ball a lot better.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^
Albrecht's actually not a bad 3-point shooter. He was 5-14 on the year entering today and I think he went 1-2 in this game.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
outplayed Stauskus....by alot...He turned it around by attacking the defense in the middle of the first half....great confidence building game by Spike
January 13th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
Spike
January 13th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
I am as mad that they lost to Ohio as anyone. It sucks. Please quit finger pointing with the coaches did this the players did that. They lost. On the road in the big ten. To a quality team. It will happen again this season so be prepared. Life goes on and Michigan will have at least one more chance to play them. Grow the F up and be rational.
January 13th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
You're in a snowflake thread, what did you expect to see here?
January 13th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
Completely.
This would really suck if it were 1 of 8 B1G games and the only game against Ohio. But it's not.
Go Blue!
January 13th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
guess what...this is a fan message board...if people want to second guess and finger point after a loss, they should...now is the time. Other times, I would support your statement. This very same process will go on in team meetings this week
January 13th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
What is a word worse than pathetic? That was our performance.
January 13th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
Your username explains your outlook very well.