Predictions for Mich/Cle St bball tonight

Submitted by goblue85 on

Michigan takes on Cleveland St tonight at Crisler 8pm ESPN2HD and with a win will be back to the Garden.   I like this team could be very lethal.

 

Michigan 84

Cle St 60

PS:  Anyone catch this week's Inside Michigan Football episode was it good?

 

 

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ClearEyesFullHart

November 13th, 2012 at 11:21 AM ^

I think they hold Michigan under 80.

75-52 Michigan wins.

From http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/Cleveland-StMichigan-Preview-91882004

(Cleveland State (2-0) needed overtime to get past Bowling Green 79-73 on Monday.

"We probably train harder than any team in the country. That's who we are - we work hard and we train," said coach Gary Waters, who signed a seven-year contract extension last week. "When you get down to the last minutes and get to overtime, you need the extra. I thought our guys had the extra that allowed us to pull the game out."

Cleveland State is 5-11 in 16 meetings against ranked opposition in six seasons under Waters, but it used stifling defense to beat No. 7 Vanderbilt last November in Nashville. The Vikings held the Commodores to 35.3 percent shooting while forcing 21 turnovers.

They'll likely need another strong shooting performance from Tim Kamczyc, who went 5 for 10 from 3-point range to score 21 points Monday. The senior hit both of his 3s three days earlier, when he totaled 12 points as Cleveland State cruised to a 92-49 victory over Grambling State.

Guard Charlie Lee has made 12 of 17 field goals through two games, totaling 34 points while adding 17 assists.)

From http://www.umhoops.com/2012/11/13/game-3-cleveland-state-at-michigan-preview/

(The Vikings will get after it on defense with an in-your-face pressure defense and while they’ll rarely be described as pretty, they are certain to be tough. 

 Ken Pomeroy projects a 70-57 final score with a 89 percent chance of a Michigan victory.)

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Raoul

November 13th, 2012 at 11:24 AM ^

I predict more alley-oops:

Alley oops a priority now (w/GRIII video)

Although Burke and Robinson might spend time on their own joking around with lobs to the rim, Head Coach John Beilein is serious about them. Beilein is serious enough that he’s implemented the high-flying play into drills in practice in order to aid in the Wolverine’s completion percentage.

“For the first time we actually practice them now, ‘cause I realize it’s a really good play against help defense that you have, if you have athletes,” said Beilein. “They’re more spontaneous that they happen, but we’ve thrown so many away that we actually have started to practice them more and get more confident—because they are an important part of today’s basketball.” 

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cadmus2166

November 13th, 2012 at 11:40 AM ^

I think this game will be a lot closer than Michigan's first two.  Cleveland St. gives us a good game before failing down the stretch.

 

Michigan 81, Cleveland St. 73

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LSAClassOf2000

November 13th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^

This time, I think I'll go on average production of the the starting five (exhibitions included) and say that Michigan pulls this one out in 87-63 fashion and hope I am pleasantly surprised when we have three players make 20 or more points.

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funandgun

November 13th, 2012 at 1:07 PM ^

Michigan 85-59 is my prediction.  I really enjoy watching this team play.  Burke's Eurostep was incredible.  Very few players eurostep back to their weak hand and he made it look sooo easy. 

 

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Mich Mash

November 13th, 2012 at 1:16 PM ^

...to start with: Michigan 88 Cleveland St. 63.

Addendum: I'd like to see McGary get more time so he can polish his skills a bit.  Get him comfortable with the offense.  I was surprised at how few minutes he got last night.  He might be a bit of a project, but he's not far off.  Get the rust knocked off in the preseason so he can be a major contributor during the B1G season.

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gopoohgo

November 13th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^

McGary and Horford definitely need more PT.

Did McGary get hurt or something?  He his junior year film was unbelieveable,  but how he looks on the floor reminds me of when Oliver Miller was playing with the Pistons (footspeed, not body shape).

As a random aside, Olive Miller is in jail in the county we used to live in (Anne Arundel County, MD) for pistol-whipping someone at a party

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TheGeneral

November 13th, 2012 at 1:34 PM ^

My prediction is a win with more minutes played for Albrecht, Horford and McGary. Frankly I'm a bit confused by their light minutes last night considering it's a back to back. Not that I'm second guessing coach, I'm sure he had his reasons I just don't know them. You could bring up the knee with Horford but I doubt coach would have played him at all if he was at risk. And that is backed by Stauskas getting 25 minutes. Horford(5), Albrecht(6) and McGary(11) could have kept legs fresh for tonight by eating up some minutes. We had 3 players play 30 or more minutes. I suspect coach is adopting Hokes gamesmanship with the media. I think he isn't comfortable with how this team is playing together and he's trying to force it until it becomes more natural. You can look to the preseason to see more of this gamesmanship. He constantly glowed about Levert while it always seemed clear he would redshirt if at all possible. It came off as if he was trying to build his confidence and Caris play looked very forced. My thought is there is far too much media invasion in both programs now so both coaches have taken use of it as a propaganda tool to shape the team. Look at the booboo thing. Now a player would feel foolish sitting without a significant injury. My point to this rambling is take what these coaches say with a grain of salt, while honest men in general they are saying what they need to say for the good of the team to the media not necessarily the truth. I apologize if anyone read all this and thought "no *#*# dumb*#*"

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Bb011

November 13th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^

I could see Mcgary and Horford getting a lot of minutes tonight to rest Morgan and robinson a bit so they will be frresh for the semifinals and finals. Then again who knows. maybe they will use the normal tight rotation just to get more practice in.

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madmaxweb

November 13th, 2012 at 5:24 PM ^

Don't mean to threadjack here but I can't make my own thread nor is this worthy of its own thread, but anyone know of a good place to watch a Michigan at or around Disney (In Orlando) down in Florida? Fortunetly I will be down there when it's cold up north but unfortunetly it will be the weekend that Michigan plays OSU. Any sugestions would be great or a link to somewhere else it has been discussed.

 

Thanks in advance.

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