Xavier Simpson goes for 59 points in a single game!
December 15th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
Holy crap.
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December 15th, 2015 at 10:28 PM ^
Go Blue!
December 15th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
... is one hell of a lot of points in a high school game. Those games aren't very long. Damn.
December 15th, 2015 at 10:41 PM ^
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December 16th, 2015 at 5:34 AM ^
Beilein's never had a problem with the backcourt. It's the big man recruiting he gets criticized for mainly, no?
December 16th, 2015 at 6:44 AM ^
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December 16th, 2015 at 9:25 AM ^
He can't - he needs to drop Simpson in favor of a 6' 11" project.
December 16th, 2015 at 9:41 AM ^
Jesus you people are annoying. Xavier Simpson might be the next Trey Burke when all is said and done but he wasn't the staffs top choice either. that would be cassius winston who signed with msu. They also wanted josh langford but he is with msu after Tyus Battle dropped us for Syracuse. The number 3 recruit in the country is from Michigan and is strongly considering msu but we aren't even in his top 10. Another top 10 guy in the nation was from Michigan too in Miles Bridges, he is going to msu.
We have the 28th ranked recruting class in the country with a 4 person class. There are mutliple schools ahead of us with 2 commits and Xavier Simpson is the only top 100 guy. The staff missed on their top targets. Sometimes that works out but its not like Beilein didn't go after other players first and miss. Recruiting is fine, but with msu and Maryland and ohio state and even Indiana recruiting at an even higher level it is going to be difficult to maintain success. Coach came to Michigan because he didn't feel he could recruit good enough players to win a national championship at wvu. He understands that to be elite you have to have elite players not just good coaching. We aren't landing elite players and when we did (Mitch McGary) it was the springboard we needed to get the final four. If jordan Morgan is our starting center we don't make that run that year even with Burke playing at the player of the year level.
December 16th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
December 16th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
Yeah we also lost to Kentucky because they rebounded 50% of their missed shots and got whooped by msu the only time we played them at full strength that year.
December 16th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
December 16th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
Well now I know you don't really follow the basketball team. We didn't win the big ten the year we went to the championship game. And of course injuries matter, I'm not saying we didn't win the big ten but I am saying that with Morgan at center we weren't a national championship caliber team.
December 15th, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
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and 8 assists
December 16th, 2015 at 6:32 AM ^
How can you be respondble for 59 out of the 67 points, and get 8 assists on the 8 points you didn't score?
December 16th, 2015 at 7:10 AM ^
December 16th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
There are two games referenced in the OP. The game where he scored 59, the team scored in the 100s. Then there's a second game mentioned that finished 67-66
December 15th, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^
Just go full Loyola Maramount since we dont play defense or rebound anyhow.
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December 15th, 2015 at 11:40 PM ^
Xavier looks like a great player. Unfortunately he can't rebound or play interior defense.
December 15th, 2015 at 11:42 PM ^
December 15th, 2015 at 11:49 PM ^
I hope they work out, but they seem like they fit in the same mold as the Ricky Doyle types. Neither seems like a truly impactful player. And either way, I don't trust this coaching staff's ability to get the most out of their big men.
December 16th, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
Yeah, they really struggled to do that with Mitch McGary and Jordan Morgan.
How about we wait to see what they become before we question their quality as recruits and the staff's to develop them at the same time?
December 16th, 2015 at 12:15 AM ^
You have 2 examples, out of how many big men we've had during the Beilein era? Not exactly a glowing endorsement
December 16th, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^
Since Beilien's been coaching with these assistants, those are about the only two bigs they've had play major minutes. Other than last year and the first half of this year when they've had entirely FR and SOs to rely on. I can go back further before Jeff Meyer, Bacari Alexander, and Lavell Jordan became assistants to Peedi Sims too, if you'd like.
Regardless, you're writing off David and Teske before they even set foot on campus, as well as Wilson, Wagner, and Doyle before they've completed half of their eligibility. That seems pretty unfair. Constantly bashing the coaches seems to be your perogative though, so don't let logic or reason get in the way of that.
December 16th, 2015 at 12:45 AM ^
Doyle has regressed. Wilson hasn't shown anything yet. I've admitted that Wagner looks like a good prospect and I think he will be a good player. McGary was an elite prospect before he arrived. So really you're looking at Morgan as the shining example of big man development under this coaching staff, and he didn't blow up until his senior year. 1 example is an anomaly, not a trend. I really can't believe some on here still defend Beilein's big man development, but I guess there really is a faction here that believes he can do no wrong.
December 16th, 2015 at 12:57 AM ^
It's incredible how in one sentence you crush Beilein for his recruiting, but with the next decide he doesn't get credit for McGary playing well because he was an elite prospect. Morgan blowing up his senior year, as many players do, is further evidence that you should probably wait before labeling the young bigs we have as failures.
I definitely don't think Beilein can do no wrong. I also don't have an anti-Beilein agenda that causes me to bring up the development of his bigs in a thread about Xavier Simpson and then stand behind my false assertions despite evidence to the contrary and the fact that we don't really know how two FR, a SO, and two HS kids are going to turn out yet.
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December 16th, 2015 at 1:10 AM ^
What evidence to the contrary? You've given me 2 examples. Yes, he successfully recruited McGary. Where are the other elite big men that he's recruited? He's been here for 9 years after all, so McGary being the only elite big man he recruited is not evidence that he can recruit big men. Just like Jordan Morgan turning into a quality player his senior season isn't evidence that he knows how to develop big men in light of the number of big men that haven't turned into quality players. If you're seeing signs of development in the bigs we have on the roster then you're watching a whole different team than I am. And I brought up the bigs because we will never be a great team again until that problem is fixed, no matter how many great players we get at the guard and wing spots.
December 16th, 2015 at 1:23 AM ^
I've seen impressive spurts from Wagner and that's about it. A reasonable person, though, would hold off on deciding whether Wagner, Wilson, Doyle, Davis, and Teske will ever be good until they've been on campus for a little while. For some reason, you refuse to do that.
You brought up the bigs because you enjoy complaining about Beilein, which you find a way to do in every single basketball discussion. It's really annoying.
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December 16th, 2015 at 3:26 AM ^
December 16th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
Lets table this discussion until Beilein goes through Purdue and MSU. Our lack of defense and rebounding will most likely be glaringly obviousy. However, maybe we can have an insane shooting night and compete.
My guess it will feel like OSU/MSU football for the past few years when our DL was overmatched and we got mauled.
Lets see how strong the hopium is after Sparty dances around the floor for the next two years.
Beilein is an average recruiter when you look at his body of work at M.
IMO he has had 2 elite recruits where he won the battle:
D . Morris, McGary
He has had 4 gems who he discovered and after they committed to M they became "hot" recruits:
Stauskas, Burke( this is tough because he was a really good recruit, but he wanted to go to OSU but they had Craft), Robinson and Hardaway.
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December 16th, 2015 at 9:02 AM ^
Conference titles:
1974, 1977: Johnny Orr
1985, 1986: Bill Frieder
2012, 2014: John Beilein
From a conference championship perspective, it seems like we're at the same level as the 70's, 80's...and better than the 90's.
December 15th, 2015 at 11:49 PM ^
December 15th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
I'm with you on that. A guy like Deyonta Davis (who was an unheralded recruit when he signed with MSU) would really take this team to the next level. Getting an athletic big man who focuses on rebounding and defense would be huge. It's not like we run our offense through the bigs anyways.
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