That loss is on Beilein

If he was 2-8..well you get the idea

Arkansas being unconscious from everywhere on the floor in the first ten minutes. Give them some credit.

the team has to learn how to play threw adversity in that type of environment to prepare for the tournament , b1G and NCAA where the atmosphere will be very similar. I have no problem with Beilien testing his teams meddle under those circumstances and hey, it almost worked! Bottom line is you have to learn how to win on the road. This will help them going foreword.

I set the over/under on useless cliches in this thread at 1000

 

100% agree, he did not do enough at the start of the game, regardless of the TOs. Hope he is able to make some adjustments. We can't afford to fall apart like that; looking for #4 over MSU will add some reassurance

Perhaps you are overestimating the powers of the timeout? Timeouts don't score baskets or play defense. And there's a lot more to coaching than calling timeouts.

i agree with the OP.  we start so slow on the road, show no fire and play no D for the first 15 minutes.  happened at IU, happened at Iowa.  that's coaching.  i love beilein, but he has to fix that.

I won't put this on Beilein. For us to be in this game to the end, with how we are shooting threes, is incredible. The team did not give up, and dug itself almost out of a huge hole. I do believe that Hardaway and Smotrycz will turn things around soon, which will reflect itself in the win column. I also don't think we will face another team like this for some time, if at all.

Beilein has this team believing in themselves. After today, I believe we will end the year with 21 or 22 wins, win at least one and probably two in the Big 10 tourney, and win at least one, possibly up to three, in the NCAA tourney.

I think that this loss is critical in a good way. It is going to toughen us up enough to win at least three if not four or five games on the road in the conference. I think that this loss will pull Burke, THJ, and possibly Smotz, into a higher plane and different dimension.

or another decent big man.  Why we dont have another like Morgan is a recruiting gaffe I think.

But why do we have to spot every team 20 points while ON THE ROAD?

Seriously.  We get blown off the ball for every road game. That isnt a good team when it cannot win on the road.

And when I saw Burke play at start of season, I said to myself that he'll be the best player on the team.....and he is, but you know, this seems to be to the detriment of Hardaway, who seems to be void of the offense with Burke playing. Burke must EFFECTIVELY get Hardaway involved, otherwise kiss the season goodbye.

We're gonna get blown out by MSU in EL, unless they stop spotting teams 20 pts.

The idiots really just come out of the woodwork after a loss. Arkansas shot 70% in the first half. They ran like demons in the first half, especially because this was the biggest home game so far this season. That translated into fatigue and weak legs in the second half which resulted in missed shots and lazy defense from Arkansas, which allowed us to come back in the game. Against a team like Arkansas, and the way the play, a timeout really only benefits them by giving them a breather. Our guys were trying to slow the game down in the first half and conserve energy. Please, feel free to have an opinion, but when you clearly know nothing about the opponent, basketball or the coach, expect to get ripped. =)

This poster must be on an account that Jay Bilas and Tommy Amaker share.

The thing is, this is the game you want to lose if you're going to lose one right now. By forcing the team to play through the adversity, you gain that experience for later in the season when you might not have time-outs to use.

I'm not thrilled with the performance today, and obviously it would have been awesome to get this win, but in the grand scheme of things, dropping an out of conference away game is not going to hurt us.

Michigan, outside of Trey Burke, doesn't have the athletes to handle pressure that well.  I'm surprised more teams don't press Michigan because of this.  You saw MSU make a comeback last year when they started to press (and Michigan only really had Morris to handle the rock against it), and then Arkansas.  They actually adjusted to it very well.  

The problem is that they didn't respond quick enough, and they should respond quicker.  This isn't a moral victory type of thing, they still lost.  But I still don't mind not calling a timeout in that situation, it helps a team grow and next time they face pressure like that they will be much better off.  It's a game they should have won, ok, but in the long run they will be better.  If something they don't respond well to happens come tourney time I expect a timeout and things to be fixed sooner so they can win these games they should, but in this situation it just sucks they lost, nothing more.

I'm interested in hearing Belien's rationale for no timeouts early on. But that game had trouble written all over it from the get-go. To come back as Michigan did was remarkable.

I've been watching Michigan hoops since the 70s and Belien is the best coach we've had since at least Johnny Orr. When something he does turns out badly, that's unusual. I am grateful to have him, and I love this team. All its parts may not mesh enough of the time to reach elite status this season. But we are headed in the right direction.

 

But you gotta bring it STRONG on the road. This lack of intensity (especially by Novak) is infuriating. Don't these guys want to win. It kills me that they don't give a shit when they stink up the court. Did you see the happy look on Burke's face when his shot rattled out. Total fucking apathy.