Michigan v. Villanova Basketball tonight 6:30 FS1

I kinda like the way this looks!!  

Lulz Poole still Poole!  It was actually a helluva stutter/fake and he got Pashcal off him for an open shot...then air mails it

Matthews is good at basketball!

Stuck ball on an oop.  Wow, things you don't see every night.

Ohhhh nice steal Matthews

Love being wrong about this game so far. Keep it up in the second half boys. 

This is going to be another fun season.

I'll take this TO to ask whether Nova is actually good, like they're current ranking says they are, or if their just living off last years success?  I don't know...

But UM looks pretty good in the first half, here...

too bad we can't time warp this back to last April

January February Beilein Beilein may June July Izzo September October Beilein December  

Revenge tour revenge tour revenge tour

Wow. Hard to top a half like that. 

we can't let their defensive pressure in the second half effect them like the Ohio State game last year.

Sometimes intermission comes at the worst time.

Keep up the energy and take care of the ball! Go Blue!

Wow...can they just call the game now, please? Can we mercy rule them? 44-17 at the half is amazing to see given all the negative prognosticators on this thread about an hour ago.

This is fun.

One of the best half’s that I can remember. Defense was incredible. 

I don't care how raw 'nova is - they're national champs, have a bunch of good players and a tough home court. 

Michigan played an incredible half of basketball!

Amazing, suffocating defense, aggressive rebounding the likes of which we haven't seen from a Beilein team, and smart offense.

With Mathews, Iggy, Livers and Teske, we're gonna be able to swarm the basket; if we can generate just enough outside shooting, we're gonna be damn tough.

ty butterfield, we’re gonna have to really pour it on to lose by 20 at this point

So, I counted 30 first half possessions for Michigan and 29 for Villanova.  Michigan, despite throwing up two air balls from 3 and missing the front end of a 1 and 1, managed a stunning 1.47 ppp in the first half.  Villanova?  0.59.  That's... I don't even.

Michigan is shooting 14/20 on 2s; 'nova is 4/15.

Michigan with 1 turnover for a 3.3% turnover rate; Villanova has 10, for a 34.5% rate.

The only place where Michigan is trailing a bit is on the offensive glass; Michigan is rebounding 31.3% of their misses whereas Villanova is getting 40%.

Even if you assume the pace picks up a bit in the second half, and you figure Villanova might get 1.25 ppp at the top end -- 61 points might win this game.  Basically, if Michigan can score 0.5 ppp in the second half, they've got a good chance to win, and if they can manage 0.8 ppp, it's almost a foregone conclusion.

Go Blue!

This just makes me laugh thinking about all the people calling the season after the first two games. 

College basketball is fickle, and I bet this game sort of finds a mean in the second half but it's nice to see the team gel more and more every game this year.

This is so much fun!  Michigan b-ball is a juggernaut. 

So I just finished up at the plant I am visiting and got to place to watch the second half.  Holy shit!

This defense is impressive. Did Coach B call in Don Brown to coach them up?

Holy shit this is fun - wow!

Iggy is da bomb! I love him almost as much as Mo already!

Quick hands Z

They are so damned aggressive. This team has some serious dog in them.

Am I the only one who wants to be really excited about this game then just keeps thinking about the championship game?

go back to that small ball line up

OMG POOLE!!

Hope Livers is ok

Smart play by Poole to not be the first one to touch the ball but offense in the second half is too much Simpson dribbling

Paschall is a bad match up Teske. Not surprised to see coach go back to the small ball line up

That didn’t look good hope Livers is ok