Matthews/Simpson - best defenders in UM basketball history?
After watching Charles Matthews eat Indiana's lunch in the 1st half of the game on Sunday, it got me wondering if he and Simpson may be #1 and #2 on the list of best defenders in Michigan basketball history. They're definitely the best I've seen during the time I could actually analyze the game.
I assume Gary Grant may also be in the conversation, but I was probably too busy playing with my blocks when he was showcasing his skills.
Old guys, any other names that you think would be ahead of them?
January 7th, 2019 at 1:46 PM ^
Had season tickets 75-76, 76-77, and 77-78. Hubbard was not a JUCO transfer, I don't believe. He was straight out of Canton McKinley high school. He was really skinny as a freshman and had to guard Kent Benson in those Indiana games. Lost to Indiana 3 times that year. Ugh.
January 7th, 2019 at 1:06 PM ^
HOW COME NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT ANTOINE JOUBERT IN THIS THREAD
January 7th, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
Defensively, he was slightly better than the Ball brothers.
January 7th, 2019 at 1:47 PM ^
Don't Judge....
January 7th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Career steals:
1. Gary Grant 300
T2. Daniel Horton, Jimmy King 187
Career steals pg average:
1. Grant 2.33
2. Horton 1.70
3. Rumeal 1.50
/mic drop
January 7th, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
Wayman Britt is said to have been the only player to ever hold Adrian Dantley to single digits in scoring... ever... It was the 1974 NCAA tournament second round. AD went 1 for 7 scoring only two points. Dantley didn't even make it to the free throw line. Britt absolutely smothered him. That was the year that ND snapped UCLAs 88 game win streak.
January 7th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
Wayman Britt was really good back in the day he was from Flint
January 7th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
gary grant was a tremendous defender.
January 7th, 2019 at 2:29 PM ^
Cool tangential fact of the day: I have saved a Thano's Lamplighter take-out menu w/ Gary Grant's signature (we were there at the same time back in the day).
January 7th, 2019 at 3:16 PM ^
The basketball team was there all the time. I think they lived on pizza.
I always thought that Chris Webber would never have needed money for pizza if he played for Johnny Orr.
January 7th, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
Instead of pizza for Chris and Jalen it was delivery after delivery from Mr Spots