Michigan v Penn St BB Game Thread

Submitted by Nervous Bird on January 22nd, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Uhh, is everyone late to the party?

bluegary

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:41 PM ^

We have to have a winning record to get into the nit. I’m not sure we can even do that with this crap team.

downtownjohn

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:43 PM ^

Juwan looks lost and confused and just not capable of fixing this. 
 

And it’s pretty clear not why Martelli is an assistant now. 
 

Juwan is starting to look like an awful hire - the team has regressed everywhere and he isn’t making any changes to stem the tide. 

downtownjohn

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:45 PM ^

Literally the only team that can’t hold serve at home in the B1G SMFH

The team shooting is worse

The team defense is worse

Individual players are worse

This doesn’t look good for Juwan

J.

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:46 PM ^

X should have let that go.  Michigan just traded a 30-second possession to start the second half for a four-second possession to end the first half.

AMazinBlue

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:48 PM ^

The offense has no movement.  No one cuts to the basket.  They miss out on so many fast break opportunities.   We are going to disprove that the home team wins 85% of the time in the conference.

Guy Fawkes

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:56 PM ^

He said Simpson is what he is, meaning not a player that can "lead" his team to the national title game. He just so happened to be the pg on a team with like 5 guys who were better than he was. Simpson is great when he is only required to take like 4 shots a game 

bluegary

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:49 PM ^

I can see all our recruits decomitting after watching that fucking display of basketball. If we lose this game witch is highly likely I will not waste my time watching another game this year. Makes me want to throw up. 

J.

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:51 PM ^

If you promise not to come back and comment on the game threads, it would almost be worth it.


Or, you know, go ahead and stop now — no need to throw up, though — and find another team to “support.”

Ham

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:51 PM ^

22-9 run for Penn State over the final 10 minutes of the half. Howard just doesn’t have any answers to the offensive and defensive woes. The team seems like they’re playing worse every game.

Nervous Bird

January 22nd, 2020 at 7:52 PM ^

Howard doesn't seem to have many set plays. With 4 seconds left and the ball 30 feet from the basket, his choice is to let Zavier just try to get to the lane for a layup? No one running off of screens to free a guy up for an open 3 or layup? 

This was my biggest concern with hiring Howard, no previous head coaching experience at ANY level. He doesn't seem to have a philosophy, and he always seems a step or two behind - strategy wise. I thought Martelli would help with Howard's transition, but his influence is invisible. Wow, I didn't anticipate this steep of a learning curve for Howard.