Simpson profile
I loved this Zavier Simpson profile, especially the anecdote about him letting the rest of his high school team run a length ahead of him before starting the 10 suicides in 60 seconds drill. Also, I liked but wasn't surprised by the way he embraced the internal competition with Brooks and Simmons, and externally when facing Winston, which just reinforces what makes him so important to this team
https://www.michigandaily.com/section/mens-basketball/doubt-zavier-simp…
March 22nd, 2018 at 10:55 AM ^
Oh no, Livers sucks! he can't even post up a guy who might not even be 6 feet.
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
He has an unusual inner confidence. He is such a winner by nature. The kid tries harder than everybody, and he has an incessant desire to outcompete both teammates and opponents. I saw some brief interviews with him on BTN’s The Journey. I was struck by how confident he is. We are very fortunate to have him as our starting point guard. The best thing is that his career at Michigan is still just starting.
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^
Especially in basketball, when the old bunch graduates or moves on, I look at the new kids and wonder how I'm going to warm up to them. In the pg example, Darius to Burke, Burke to Walton, now Walton to Z; I think it's a testament to beilein's ability to see these kids already in high school. He definitely has a specific personality type that he goes for and it's awesome. I think it's almost limiting in a way for the big name recruiters; Izzo, Calipari and ksexzhwepfhsky get the physical 5 star specimens and to some extent they already are what they're ever going to be, but Beilein gets to pick the character guys and build them into something better.
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:31 AM ^
Simpson, Eh???
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:16 PM ^
Don’t forget everyone was freaked out when Morris left after his sophomore year
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
Wonder what that guy is doing these days. IIRC, he is from California. He should stop by the game.
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:32 AM ^
I'm so woke right now
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
after Burke many were expecting a huge let down, Walton stepped up bigtime. After Walton (and watching Z last year) another let down was expected, Z is stepping up like a boss
Coach B, 'nuff said.
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
People were expecting a huge letdown in 2013-14 (the year after Burke left)? We were the preseason #7 that year.
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
Pretty sure he mean so specifically at the PG position.
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
period at the PG position is what I think he means. And Walton wasn't the alpha dog as a freshman (that was Stauskas), but Walton was a better role player than most expected.
It's tough to be a top 10 team with a hole at PG.
Walton had a lot of buzz coming in. People didn't think he'd be a star right away, but a solid starter, which he was.
Burke, Walton and Z all playing PG, I didn't see a need to elaborate.
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
10 suicides in 60 seconds........?
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
but it says 10 lengths of the court "suicide-style" so pretty sure that means, run down, touch the far baseline, run back, touch the near baseline and repeat nine more times.
Definitely impossible to do ten traditional suicides (touch FT line, back, touch half court line, back, touch other FT line, back, go full court, back) in 60 seconds.
March 22nd, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
Michigan basketball player, 23, who had to learn to walk and talk again after surviving TWO plane crashes that killed all his immediate family, is now heading to the Sweet Sixteen as a student coach.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5531797/Michigan-player-survive…
I first read your username as Pint a Minute. Was really impressed momentarily.
The kid has moxy and my son went to Michigan Basketball camp and Simpson was worth the price of admissioon watching him coach. He's just as intense.
Love his defensive intensity and ball distribution. Hope he develops his jump shot and free throw shooting in the offseason.