One man beating the team
I think Brian pointed this out, but in recent games against MSU, IU, Iowa, OSU, and now Wisconsin, there has been that one guy we cant stop.
MSU: Harris 27 points 36% of team's points (win)
Indiana: Ferrel 27 points 43% of team's points (loss)
Iowa: Marble 26 points 31% of team's points (loss)
OSU: Ross 24 points 40% of team's points (win)
Wisconsin: Kaminsky 25 points 33% of team's points (loss)
Our record is 2-3 on these 5 games, but that could also be attributed to the play of Nik Staukas. However we would have beaten IU if we could somehow contain Ferrel to a good but not great 15-17 points. If we could have cut Kaminsky's production by 10 points, we are in the game till the end. I dont know if this is a major problem or not, after all our offense made up for it vs MSU and OSU, but it's really frustraring seeing one guy seemingly effortlessly beating out team.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
Understandable, but Im pretty sure Iowa was trying to stop Lavert too. We've just been unlucky to catch a few guys who got hot and stayed hot. It be nice to find a way to stop a good jump shooter but if they aren't missing, not much you can do (IF THEY ARE ALWAYS LEFT WIDE OPEN). As for Kaadamfukmofosonofabinsky, if the refs would have remebered you can not hold the defender and hook around him, he might of had 10 - 15 points.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:14 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 8:16 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 10:58 PM ^
Guess that explains why they could't stop him lol. Levert is what I meant to type.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
Wow, I don't think opposing players have ever reached the 25 point mark in the history of college basketball till this hoops season.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
February 18th, 2014 at 2:15 AM ^
Are you guys trying to neg JBT back to -64,000,000?
February 17th, 2014 at 8:16 PM ^
I think we have a very good team with a fan base still stung by our football teams follies.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
Michigan is not good at defense. I wish they had a more effective zone defense to fall back on. The 1-3-1 is all or nothing and their version of the 2-3 is not intimidating. Puts a lot of pressure on the team to shoot well offensively.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
Just not sure...wut?
February 17th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^
JP report to the Crisler immediately, its time for a lock-down defender, baby!
February 17th, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^
February 18th, 2014 at 7:58 AM ^
Has (s)he transgressed egregiously in the past? Are there things I need to know about?
February 18th, 2014 at 8:18 AM ^
I do know that he holds the record for most threads deleted. Perhaps people want to delay his return to 100 points in order to hold off that nonsense for as long as possible.
February 17th, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
You do know you named five of the highest usage players in the conference, right?
February 18th, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
February 18th, 2014 at 7:56 AM ^
score a lot.
February 17th, 2014 at 10:39 PM ^
I'm trying to follow the OP's point but failing. Is he saying that if good players who score a lot of points scored less against us we'd do better? If so I have to agree but.....um...ok.
Or is he saying that if Nik scored more than he did in those games we'd do better regardless of how many points their best player scored cause we'd have more? And again if so yes but......um...like....yeah.
This reminds me of the ATT "more is better than less" ad. It's not complicated.
February 17th, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
I think he was meaning the defense should not let players score a lot. Also, Nik Stauskas should score more.
KThanx, OP. I had to put this to use.
February 18th, 2014 at 8:36 AM ^
you have a real future in coaching.
February 18th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
February 18th, 2014 at 2:26 AM ^
I'm pretty sure we'd be equally frustrated if 5 guys spread out their destruction of our defense equally. That's not usually how basketball works, though.
Find any decently high scoring basketball game, and the winning team is probably going to have a guy with a really impressive box score.
February 18th, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
This is what happens when you switch everything.
At this level, if you are switching everything, a good coach is going to run his offense until he gets the match up he wants, and then exploit it.
That is what's happening to us right now.
February 18th, 2014 at 10:44 AM ^
If you look at our own box scores, we've had a guy drop 20+ in a lot of games, too - usually Stauskas, but also LeVert in both Wisconsin games, GRIII against Arizona, and so on.
In some of the games cited, one guy really did take over the game (as in the case of Ferrell and Kaminsky) but in some the guy just happened to use a lot of possessions without really dominating. I didn't feel like Ross or Harris took over the game against us. Actually, we held both of them in check down the stretch, when those games were won.
February 18th, 2014 at 11:21 AM ^
1) The B1G is a really good conference that in many years is won with 4 or 5 losses,
2) We are without our best interior defender and rebounder,
3) We still have a good chance to beat Sparty this Sunday and control our own destiny
4) JB's teams will probably always lack a little defensively and on the boards as he seems to prioritize players that can shoot, share the ball, not turn it over and not foul a bunch,
5) We have seen firsthand how successfull that strategy can be, especially in the NCAA tournament where more fouls are called and good guard play is rewarded at a greater rate.