MSU outplayed us negbang
February 24th, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
FUCK ALL OF YOU!
February 24th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
M is playing with no physicality. If shots aren’t dropping, it’s ugly.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
It all went downhill when my wife started playing canasta on her ipad.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
Look on the bright side...
at least now we don't have to worry about being the #2-seed in Duke's region.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
Seems like we're below .500 when someone starts a "posbang" type thread before actual games. Jinx factor!
February 24th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
I take full responsibility for this loss. I'll try to do better going forward.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
I don't think the doubling Winston strategy worked. Left too many open shots, especially under the basket.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:06 PM ^
Fully agreed. I didn’t understand that strategy
February 24th, 2019 at 6:35 PM ^
That was a garbage defensive gameplan
February 24th, 2019 at 8:19 PM ^
The more frustrating part is I came to that conclusion at halftime.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
McQuaid dominated Poole. That was the difference. Got outcoached too.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
No sun shine blowers today. They love to pound their chests when we barley beat the shitty teams. This team is just so unappealing to watch.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:12 PM ^
Leave barley out of it.
It was clearly rye's fault!
February 24th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
So flustered I can’t even type
February 24th, 2019 at 6:32 PM ^
Is this your first season watching big ten basketball? This season has been great. 24-4 after losing so much from last season.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:34 PM ^
No sunshine blowers, just bleach-drinkers, apparently.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
Our offense is sporadic. In other news, water is wet. Whatever. Win the next three.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:03 PM ^
Not surprised our horrendous three point shooting finally bit us in the ass. And way to much switching on ball screens, the sequence with Johns was particularly painful to watch.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Sparty shot 25% from three, worse than us. That ain't it, chief
February 24th, 2019 at 6:54 PM ^
So we wouldn't have won if we made all our threes? I get your point but many of us expect a Beilein team to shoot better.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^
We’re supposed to make all our 3’s against a very good defensive team? Yep
February 24th, 2019 at 6:04 PM ^
Very disappointed with our recruiting class . Got no better as year went on . We had 6 pt lead and poole turnover and 2 straight bad shot ,and a teske missed layup changed the momentum
February 24th, 2019 at 6:04 PM ^
Won't be ordering pizza tonight. I'd rather not deal with that wretched fanbase at the moment.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
Poole has sucked all conference season.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:06 PM ^
Stupid fouls and going ice cold from the last 13 mins onward. This was a team loss, not a Jordan Poole loss. No one could get a basket. Winston was the best player on the floor by several miles. You could tell he was motivated after getting blanked by Michigan last year.
Have a really hard time seeing us win in EL in two weeks. And then if Ward is back in the lineup, our chances are even lower.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:17 PM ^
I would rather have the ball in Ward's hands more than Cassius. I'll take Ward post ups all day instead of watching Cassius run around throwing his head back begging for a call every possession
February 24th, 2019 at 9:29 PM ^
Truth. That *throws head back as if he was punched in the face* move is infuriating. For a dude that uses his off arm to push-off or hook on 90% of his drives, it's really surprising to me that isn't brought up more. I was beginning to think I wasn't being objective in my annoyance.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
We did get baskets in the second half when guys on the wing drove and looked for contact. Then that stopped in favor of chucking threes and The Charles Matthews Midrange Extravaganza (CMME). Matthews versatility has won us some games, but the CMME is a show of highly variable quality.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:53 PM ^
Yeahhhhhh I didn't understand that at all. We had them in a decent amount of foul trouble and needed to keep attacking the rim.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
Tough shots went down for MSU, and didn’t for Michigan today. Otherwise a pretty evenly played game. However we all expected UM to play better than sparty today, not play even. So that’s disappointing. MSU seemed quite comfortable in their approach, while UM never seemed to get much rhythm. I wonder how much the extra day of prep helped MSU. Also Matthews seemed fine, but didn’t seem to be as aggressive after the ankle turn. Hope it’s a minor thing.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
Can’t shoot and no go to player. At least the True Detective season finale is later.
February 24th, 2019 at 11:29 PM ^
The no go to player is what is going to end up being the demise of this team. You need a guy to step up and make a shot when you desperately need it. Mo Wagner was that guy last year. MAAR could take it to the rim and get a bucket. There is no one on this team that can do either. Poole and Matthews want to be, but aren’t.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
WHY THE FUCK DID SOMEONE HAVE TO JINX US AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH A POSBANG BEFORE THE GAME WAS PLAYED???!
February 24th, 2019 at 6:11 PM ^
Simpson got eaten up by Winston, couldn't contain him and didn't really bother him at all.
February 24th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
I wish I could figure out what JB’s vision off this team on offense is. Our primary action is a 1-5 ball screen with either a pop for three or a dive to the hoop. I get that. But when that doesn’t work, I am sure he has secondary and even tertiary action that he drills—he’s a legitimately brilliant offense coach. But I have no clue what those actions are, because the offense collapses into one-one takes by guys like Matthews and Poole, which is inefficient as shit.
February 24th, 2019 at 7:07 PM ^
Refs helped.
February 24th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
Right. If it wasnt for that home cooking in east landfill, we win for sure.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
While I thought the refs sucked as usual, I don't think they helped or hurt one way more than the other.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:10 PM ^
Blah blah blah....next!
February 24th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
The telling sign for me was when we got into the 1and 1 with like 13 minutes left in the game and didnt take advantage. We started jacking up threes. We really could have broken their back by continuing to draw fouls, shoot free throws and win the game of attrition.
We had nobody in foul trouble, and the home court advantage. All we had to do was drive at them. We didnt. We chose to take contested jumpers and missed nearly all of them. We deserved to lose.
February 24th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
It still surprises me that our basketball and football teams can never figure out a game plan that would surprise our biggest Rivals. Same old vanilla play without anything they haven't already seen. Why we can't get into the paint with a 7-foot center is beyond me.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:09 PM ^
I've been saying similar comments for years. Coach B just doesn't seem to care much for low post offensive plays. Our players aren't really taught to throw the ball to our center for low post plays.
Our center could have a 6 foot point guard checking him and our guys will still sometimes not throw the ball into the paint and it's been that way for years.
It's just not really a part of Coach B's offense. We're trying to develop Teske's 3 point shooting instead of his low post game because that's how Coach B runs his offense.
Though low post scoring is needed this season because we don't have great outside shooting.
February 24th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
Kind of reminding me of that team that lost to Ohio in the first round. Hope I'm wrong
February 24th, 2019 at 8:43 PM ^
Make your bunnues Teske !
February 24th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^
Teske was 3 for 5 yes he missed a layup but 5 shots? He should have gotten 15 shots not 5!
February 24th, 2019 at 8:47 PM ^
Considering what they were missing and it was at home this was a tough pill to swallow. That was a war of attrition and I feel like we were spent at the end. IF MSU gets Ward back for the rematch they could run Teske out of gas easily.
February 24th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
Sometimes youth - freshmen, sophomores and their playing experience can be a plus. Today, it was not. As much as I absolutely despise and hate Izzo, Dantonio & anything MSU, they came with a better plan and played excellent defense which is supposed to be our forte’. Disappointing to say the least. Especially when you think about the way Z played one on one against Winston the past couple of meetings.
February 24th, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
This team lacks that guy who can take over and score consistently when things bog down, ala Wagner. Matthews is the closest thing, but he disappears way too often.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:31 PM ^
I prefer the term dingleberries but that’s just me
February 24th, 2019 at 9:53 PM ^
This may sound odd - but MSU played and acted like us and we played and acted like Sparty