'13-'14 Michigan Basketball Snowflakes/Posbang/Appreciation Thread
our weaknesses were exploited, are strengths shined, a great game was played and it was going to end memorably and one team would win and one team would lose.
And we were the ones that lost.
Great game, Kentucky, you earned a well deserved victory.
Congratulations Michigan on a fine season, congratulations Jordan Morgan on a great season, Nick wouldn't it be great to come back for a possible national championship? Love you guys, see yas next year...
March 30th, 2014 at 10:35 PM ^
Agreed. Kentucky played out of their minds to win, and we made them have to play out of their minds to win.
Remembering that 67 teams walk away as losers helps, but not very much. Great season.
This has been an great year! We played our hearts out. Too bad we ran up against the most athletic team in the nation. We definitely held our own. In the end, it was Kentucky's three point shooting that made the difference and not ours!
March 30th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
Because we had to lay off their shooters to try to protect the lane. If we had McGary and did not have to help as much in the lane, they would not have had so many open looks that even Rec league players can make.
Kentucky had 8 assissts to 11 turnovers. It was essentially a bunch of extremely talented kids playing one-on-one basketball. I hate that a team like that advances.
you can drive right by your defender??
Michigan's below average defense finally caught up with them. They scored on their last 6 possessions down 4 and lost by 3. At some point, get an effin' stop.
Yeah, get a stop, because it is as easy as just saying it...
drive right through defenders?
I don't subscribe to the "woe is me . . everyone's out to get Michigan" crap that gets spewed on here too way much. It wasn't the refs. The defense has stunk all year. Today was more of the same and they finally played a team with (just) enough offense to make them pay.
Their fairly random 3pt shooting was the difference. Young and a Harrison were both ridiculous.
We do it to teams, but sucks that it happened to us
us, but I think the goal-tending, I mean, multiple put-backs, might have been worse. Gave them confidence, kept them in it when we were having our way offensively.
who'd a thought that UK would hit all those threes? Very gutsy to stay with them and almost get them at the end, considering how they outplayed us inside. I am sure Nik is gone (thank you and good luck!) but it will be time for LaVert, Walton Jr. and Irvin to step up next year. And please, MITCH MC-GARY! (clap-clap, clap-clap-clap!)
That was depressing. Loved this team, though. Fuck Kentucky and Randle for being allowed to charge every time he got the damn ball.
Amen to that brother.
At least I get to reflect while on vacation in Danang, Vietnam. The lane today looked a bit like Nam.
Football time!
That was tought to take, but there's no reason at all to be ashamed of this loss - it was a hard-fought game, and we should still be excited for the future of this program. As we know, back-to-back runs to the championship game are statistically very unlikely, but look at it this way - we outlasted the team that beat us in the NCG last year.
Thanks, Wolverines, for an excellent season.
In the event anyone would like the Four Factors at the end, here they are:
Michigan eFG% - 53.51%
Michigan OREB - 43.75% not a typo)
Michigan FTR - 24.56%
Michigan TOV% - 9.98%
Kentucky eFG% - 59.48%
Kentucky OREB% - 62.96%
Kentucky FTR - 18.97%
Kentucky TOV% 14.90%
In the end, Michigan's PPP was 1.29 to Kentucky's 1.33. Close indeed.
I think you left out one other factor, possibly the biggest.
*Kentucky 3pt FG's - 7-11 64%
They couldn't shoot that percentage in warm ups, yet they get it in a huge game. That sucks.
and good motivation to go win it all next year.
You can't fault Beilein for getting owned inside. We lost McGary and we were planning on having him. We had to play with who we have. The lack of defense was puzzling but we were really good at defense with Novak and Douglas so I think it's just a one time thing.
I can't wait to see how many charges Wisconsin draws. O/U should be set at 10.
Nah, they'll call maybe 2 or 3 and the rest will be blocks or no-calls.
My liver is going to hurt after this one...
most of the year. They brought a lot of happiness to this blog.
Thanks to JMo for all his efforts through the years.
Also thanks to Nik, GRIII, Caris, and Derrick along with the rest of the team.
Wish everyone the best of luck in the future whatever it may hold. You made us proud.
We need to have at least 4 6'8" players on our team at all times. Jordan and Jon are from the tail end of the bad years for Michigan and the one and only talented big man is Mitch McGary. Mark Donnal is a true power foward and we are going to need at least one big elite big man our team.
Nope. You hire Beilein to run Beilein's offense. It'd be nice to be slightly bigger, and if we could find a Payne or Kaminsky somewhere we'd be utterly unstoppable, but you stick with what you're great at. And each of the last two years, we could have won a national championship doing this. Defense will improve if we can ever stop turning guys into lottery picks after their sophomore years so we can end up with some experience. This is, as I have said before, one of those good problems to have.
so you trust this Beilein guy even after losing a game???
Agree, this offense is sick, I can't believe more recruits aren't choosing Michigan with Beilein's success and style.
Why can't you have your Max B's of the team be made for these type of games?
Does every single player have to be Beilein system approved?
I don't see why you can't have one MAULER inside and one super athletic can't shoot a lick wing player on the team.
You put those two types on the team as your #8 and #9/10 players...and this team can play with ANYONE.
Instead our bench is full of lesser versions of the guys who play. McLimans, Bielfeldt. Trade those types for kids one HUGE kid who's out of shape, can't shoot, but can block shots and grab rebounds...and one kid who's long, athletic, can't shoot, but can guard like a motherfucker and this team is WOW.
Your bench celebrations may not be as good, but I'll trade that for some guys who can play spot minutes in games like this.
despite the tough loss. Great season, great career JMo. I just know we would have won it in OT had he missed that shot.
Great season...
we should have fouled them and sent them to the line...we would have had the ball back with 20+ seconds
we shouldn't have let them have a riskless last possession
Please tell me you're joking.
You'd do that in a tie game? Then (assuming they make the FTs) you've got to score just to tie it again. Why not just play defense?
Great Team. Go Blue!
If you would have told me that my team would lose 3 first rounders (POY Burke, Hardaway, McGary) and still make it to the elite 8, I would have slapped you. This was a fun ride.
Still wouldn't trade coach Beilein and the players on this team for anyone else in the country.
But I do have several defensive issues, and they are glaring:
Why can't we play two legit 4's or a 4 and a 5 at the same time on the floor? I'm not even talking about all game - but for like 5 minute stretches. Does it really hinder us that much?
Why do we play a 1-3-1 and put our PG basically on the wing of the 1-3-1? So that we have Spike trying to guard Julian Randle? It makes no sense. Absolutely none.
Coach B sets us up for success on the offensive side of the ball. But on D? He's our worst enemy. I've never seen a coaching staff literally try and have 5-11 guys guard bigs or Glenn Robinson (6-7 and a legit wing) guarding a 6-10 behemoth. It literally makes no sense. Glenn Robinson and Morgan are warriors but the coaching staff gives them zip help on D and we get abused. It's like watching a Community College versus an NBA team at times. I'm sorry, it doesn't make any sense.
Our margin for error is low other teams can play a crap game and win because they rebound and dunk all over us while we're on defense. It is a bit sickening to watch. It has to be addressed.
to assume that you are heavily drunk - go sleep it off