MI vs. Syracuse Open Thread

So far, looks like Kris Joseph is tearing us up. Probably a matchup problem honestly. Are we playing mostly 1-3-1 or man so far?

Under 8 Time out:  U of M shows a little 1-3-1 from man, which they've pretty much been in the first part of this first half.  Struggling a little on the defensive glass.  But doing great work on the offensive glass.

Stu has looked a little overmatched when handling the ball...  Vogrich hits a triple (he needs to stretch this zone!!)  Trailing 21-20

Whew, this offense sure has stagnated without Hardaway and Smotrycz in the game.  I dunno if having Douglass and Vogrich in at the same time is the greatest plan, but at least they can possibly bail you out with a 3pt bomb like Vogrich did.  If anything, this second group has bought some great time in the game without giving up a run.  Defensively it's no surprise they switched to the 1-3-1 with the second unit.  It'll be interesting to see if they go back to man when the starters return.

STUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

STU!

Under 4 Time Out:

Stu hits a triple, a long 2, and a 3 from about half court, looks like he gained some confidence during the break!  Forcing a Time OUT by SYRACUSE!!!    30-25 BLUE!

Timeout Syracuse!  Well done boys!

30-25 M with 3:43 remaining.

Wow Morgon....I mean...wow.  Where did THAT come from?

Stu Douglass from 25 feet?  me likey. 

from Morgan

I've ever seen.

I guess there are some positives that come along with HDNet's terrible under-the-basket cam (which they stay with way too long)

Stu off the bench is good for us. He/we struggled last year with him in the starting lineup. He's much more effective coming off the bench as a sniper/backup PG.

they'll keep it up.

Worst we've looked all season, and that includes against UofD.  They better wake up.

... is just fun to watch, maybe it's because we are winning but im having a great time watching.

Really looking like we can play with this team.  I know they might not be the true #9  team in the country.  But this is a great start for this team!

Morgan slips after a great feed from Morris. Would have been big.

This is my first chance to watch the team.  Douglas looks confident.  Morgan looks very good.  I would like to see more touches for Hardaway.  I have been pleasantly surprised thus far.  Hopefully Michigan can continue to impress!  Go Blue!

But Smotrycz has to know the situation and not shoot that 3. We could have held it til the last shot of the half. Hopefully, we hold Cuse here.

If neoavatara makes a thread about Syracuse going down I will make him eat his parents

At the half:  playing quite well, rebounding well, especially on the offensive end.  novak tried a 2 for 1 possessions and we had the ball with a chance to run the clock down, but smotrycz took an open triple.

Syracuse continues to try lobs into their bigs throughout the half.

31-29 lead at the half! and only 31% from behind the arc!

To win this game we'll need to hit those open threes in the second half. Other than that, they are playing very well.

FIrst BB I've seen this year, and just curious; is the name "Hardaway", or is it actually "Hardaway, Jr"?

Getting outrebounded 10-4 on the defensive glass is unacceptable.  Michigan is outworking them.

What is up with these John Anderson orchestra weird singing commercials.

What the hell is HDNet anyway?

I am going to extrapolate this half of basketball and say UM is a top ten team in the nation and deserves a #3 seed.

Ugh... not a great start to the half.  TO and Smotrycz and Morgan pick up their second fouls.  Need to slow the game back down.

33-33 with 17:43 to go.

Fuck.

9-0 run.  So much for slowing it down.  Dumb turnovers.

Calling a blow-out already?

Did the announcer just say that Michigan is now in danger of a blowout? Down by 3?

First time seeing them in action (finally having cable access is nice), and I gotta say, I really don't like these adidas unis.  That little collar deal makes zero sense.  Along with the stripe on the jersey and shorts.

Get a big 'ole Fab Five-era M on the side of the shorts and call it a day.