February 11th, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
EDIT: Morris is basically getting killed every time coming up the floor.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
I blame the reffing for that intentional foul. Seriously - our guys are getting mauled and it's not getting called. If that's gonna be what it takes for Minnesota to get a foul called on them, of course it's what's gonna happen.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
damn this should be over
February 11th, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
is not a very good free throw shooter. I've noticed it a lot this year. Novak and Douglass aren't great either. Needs to be addressed in the offseason.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:00 PM ^
Knight was really holding his tongue there at the end. You could tell he wanted to keep going on about how much he hates refs. I wish he announced more of our games.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:01 PM ^
who is the girl in your icon?
February 11th, 2010 at 9:03 PM ^
My girlfriend.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:07 PM ^
Lucy Pinder ( ^ his girlfriend)
February 11th, 2010 at 9:54 PM ^
Me and Lucy go way back.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
What a great team-wide performance. Best of the season? It's this or UConn, I'd think.
Cool to win two straight at the barn. That place used to be a house of horrors for us.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
These refs suck. Sims has played awesome.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
...wow, not a very good coach.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
Gonna miss Peedi. Almost felt bad for him after that interview. He didn't deserve this.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:08 PM ^
He's brought it in Big Ten play, but he was AWOL in the nonconference season. If he'd played like this back then, we'd probably still have a shot at the tourney.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:07 PM ^
Six years down the road when we finally lose at the Barn, I expect to see a post on this here site with that title.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:09 PM ^
Excellent game by the guards Stu and Darius
February 11th, 2010 at 9:21 PM ^
Great decisions, good communication, good poise. Nice to see youngsters play so well.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:22 PM ^
I agree; watching Morris play the point was probably the highlight of the game for me. He looks to create, not to force things like Manny does sometimes. He's finally morphing into the player we thought he'd be, and hopefully will be in the future.
Harris and Sims played really well; Harris giving it up to Sims who was ruthlessly efficient in the second half. Excellent play by those two.
Good defense, the game was closer than it should have been (ticky-tack fouls and poor foul shooting) and I think it might have been the best performance of the year considering how poorly Michigan had been playing before tonight.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
Stu is much better at the 2 spot than he is running the point. The team is much better with Morris at the point.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
Was absolutely terrible. Knight had a very good point about the fact it seemed to not be going both ways. Lots of very ticky-tack fouls against us. It was very nice to see a well played game for once. When Sims and Manny are going like that its hard for anyone to beat us.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
terrible officiating is kinda redundant. Teams have to play over that shit and today Michigan did.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:20 PM ^
When we got a couple of charging calls our way early in the half, I was worried for the make-up calls. Even so, I didn't expect the slew of them that followed. At the end when Musberger asked Knight about consistency, Knight looked confused for a moment, and I thought he might go after the officials.
As well as Manny and Deshawn played, I loved seeing Douglass make some key defensive plays and was extremely impressed with how well Morris handled the defensive pressure over the course of the game.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:16 PM ^
After watching PU and MSU last night, I really felt Michigan just didn't have the speed of the upper third of the Big Ten. But the second half of tonight's game showed that we have both plays and players. We all know we haven't been executing well throughout the season, but tonight's game against a decent Minn team was a quality win for me. It showed good guard play, good pace and ball handling, good shot selection, good assist and extra passes, good help-D, and ultimately confidence in your fellow teammate. From the couch, it felt as if the team believed they didn't have to do everything individually but instead rely on the collective to achieve the "W". Nicely done and Go Blue!
February 11th, 2010 at 9:24 PM ^
does anybody know the state of michigan basketball recruiting? i know evan smotrycz and tim hardaway jr are committed, but what about trey zeiglar? or are there any top recruits that beilein is looking at?
February 11th, 2010 at 9:30 PM ^
a new way to watch michigan basketball... dvr the game, keep up with the score, watch it in the morning... makes the night a little bit less stressful... and they have won every time i have done it...
February 11th, 2010 at 9:36 PM ^
you shall do it from here on out for the rest of the season, no questions asked.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:34 PM ^
is playing his best ball right now. It makes me wonder why he wasn't running the point the whole year. Looks like the offense was flowing well tonight with him.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:43 PM ^
My boy Musberger said that Darius admitted that the game was moving too fast for him earlier in the season.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:39 PM ^
NIT, here we come!
February 11th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^
If we can finish 3-1 from there, we might not
have to win the BTT to make the Big Dance.
2/16 @ IOWA 9:00 PM
2/20 PSU 6:00 PM
2/23 ILL 7:00 PM
2/27 @ OSU 12:00 PM
3/02 MINN 8:00 PM
3/06 @ MSU TBA
February 11th, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
Where in the draft does everyone see him going?
February 11th, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
The Associated Press's supposed factual account of the game (http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300420135) includes:
"Michigan...used that confusing, smothering 1-3-1 zone defense to send the Gophers (5-6, 14-9) to a costly defeat."
Nice, only we played the 1-3-1 on maybe two or three possessions in this game.
From rivals (http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1051332):
" 'We played 100 percent man to man [until the last couple of possessions]. I don't know if we've done that in a long time,' said head coach John Beilein."
Um, Journalism 101 states that if you don't know the facts, try to find them out but don't use unsubstantiated claims, most especially your own.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
I think Knight mentioned how great our man-to-man was tonight. Did we play more because of the opponent or is it just Beilein trying something new?
February 13th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
...is simply going with what's working, both in-game and as evidence from the entirety of the season suggests. He does the same with offense, but little is working there. It seems obvious, but coach can only do so much; the players simply have to be able to put the ball through the hoop. When you shoot around 40%, it doesn't matter what your offensive sets are.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:56 PM ^
It's just painful to watch player's form regressing(see Manny)...only good can come out of it is him returning, at this point I do not see him going very high. Another year under Beilein could only help him, right, no?