Imagine letting a 6’2 Italian import drop 15 on you. We knew Culver was going to get his tonight. Well played by him.
Offense was just dead. I’m sorry but Jon Teske has some of the worst ball skills I’ve ever seen from a D1 player ever. I don’t care if you’re 7’1. You should be able to simply catch the ball in the post and go up strong at the minimum.
and just lol at Matthews crying at the end. We know it wasn’t cause the team lost but because he let any ounce of hope for playing in the NBA sputter and die tonight. Not sure what jersey Matthews will be wearing next year, but I pray for whatever team he winds up on. It was a good season with some bright spots, but to win games against good teams, we need to have everyone “on” at the same time. Matthews, Simpson, Livers, and Teske all laid a fat egg tonight. Poole wasn’t ridiculously awful and at least Iggy showed an ounce of heart.
plan of attack is figure out who’s coming back next year, hit the gym, and have them start shooting. Great season boys
Also, I just wanted to make another (slightly off-topic) comment about BODY LANGUAGE. I feel like the team this year just shows it so much when the momentum is swinging away from them. I know X is usually like that and keeping an emotionless facade is pretty much his MO. But I'd like to see Matthews, Poole, and Teske keep the energy up. We saw Big John get hyped in last year's BTT and Matthews in last year's tourney run, and even JP in the B1G regular season. I just feel like someone has to take some damn leadership and pick up the team when things are down.
You see it sometimes with Livers, who always plays with a smile on his face. And Iggy obviously lacks no confidence, but he is a freshman. I just think of MAAR last year who was cool as in ice cube especially in end-game scenarios. I always felt confident when the ball was in his hands. Duncan was fun and Mo was obviously an energizer bunny. Those guys were leaders. We need some of that this weekend. Go blue
Just watching the coverage on ESPN already makes me sick to my stomach. I feel like every ESPN analyst (namely Jay Bilas or Dick Vitale) HATE UM. This time it was Seth Greenberg saying that "the winner of Florida/Nevada poses a tough matchup for UM and will take them out". I feel like these guys say this same **** every year on UM's second/third round matchup.
One instance that stands out to me as quite obvious was 2013 when we had the 4 seed and faced S Dakota St. in round 1 and analysts were saying UM was on upset alert to the jackrabbits cause they had Nate Wolters. I will never forget that name. Then the next round they played VCU and analysts were saying VCU's fast break could break Michigan's will. I guess they have to provide some sort of possibility for the underdog but they were acting like VCU was a natty contender. Michigan dismantled VCU that game in one of the most enjoyable UM games I've ever watched.
Last year, I think this was the loudest when we faced A&M in the sweet sixteen. We were toast because they had two tall dudes who were gonna dominate the boards. We had no shot. I think this was probably the most reasonable upset possibility. But we dismantled them as well. Granted, we had one of the best shooting nights I've seen from UM in a postseason game.
But what gives? Do analysts hate UM? Any good press is just "Simpson has a fun hook shot, so fun!". Snooze
I wouldn't even call last year's BTT title team "on fire". I recall a first round BTT nailbiter with an Iowa team that was 4-14 in the B1G. That game had 10+ lead changes. If you told me then that team would go to the NCAA championship let alone get out of the first weekend I'd have said you were crazy.
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Imagine letting a 6’2 Italian import drop 15 on you. We knew Culver was going to get his tonight. Well played by him.
Offense was just dead. I’m sorry but Jon Teske has some of the worst ball skills I’ve ever seen from a D1 player ever. I don’t care if you’re 7’1. You should be able to simply catch the ball in the post and go up strong at the minimum.
and just lol at Matthews crying at the end. We know it wasn’t cause the team lost but because he let any ounce of hope for playing in the NBA sputter and die tonight. Not sure what jersey Matthews will be wearing next year, but I pray for whatever team he winds up on. It was a good season with some bright spots, but to win games against good teams, we need to have everyone “on” at the same time. Matthews, Simpson, Livers, and Teske all laid a fat egg tonight. Poole wasn’t ridiculously awful and at least Iggy showed an ounce of heart.
plan of attack is figure out who’s coming back next year, hit the gym, and have them start shooting. Great season boys
Love to see that cheeky smile from Mr Matthews!!!
and yeah, Montana looks horrible
Also, I just wanted to make another (slightly off-topic) comment about BODY LANGUAGE. I feel like the team this year just shows it so much when the momentum is swinging away from them. I know X is usually like that and keeping an emotionless facade is pretty much his MO. But I'd like to see Matthews, Poole, and Teske keep the energy up. We saw Big John get hyped in last year's BTT and Matthews in last year's tourney run, and even JP in the B1G regular season. I just feel like someone has to take some damn leadership and pick up the team when things are down.
You see it sometimes with Livers, who always plays with a smile on his face. And Iggy obviously lacks no confidence, but he is a freshman. I just think of MAAR last year who was cool as in ice cube especially in end-game scenarios. I always felt confident when the ball was in his hands. Duncan was fun and Mo was obviously an energizer bunny. Those guys were leaders. We need some of that this weekend. Go blue
Just watching the coverage on ESPN already makes me sick to my stomach. I feel like every ESPN analyst (namely Jay Bilas or Dick Vitale) HATE UM. This time it was Seth Greenberg saying that "the winner of Florida/Nevada poses a tough matchup for UM and will take them out". I feel like these guys say this same **** every year on UM's second/third round matchup.
One instance that stands out to me as quite obvious was 2013 when we had the 4 seed and faced S Dakota St. in round 1 and analysts were saying UM was on upset alert to the jackrabbits cause they had Nate Wolters. I will never forget that name. Then the next round they played VCU and analysts were saying VCU's fast break could break Michigan's will. I guess they have to provide some sort of possibility for the underdog but they were acting like VCU was a natty contender. Michigan dismantled VCU that game in one of the most enjoyable UM games I've ever watched.
Last year, I think this was the loudest when we faced A&M in the sweet sixteen. We were toast because they had two tall dudes who were gonna dominate the boards. We had no shot. I think this was probably the most reasonable upset possibility. But we dismantled them as well. Granted, we had one of the best shooting nights I've seen from UM in a postseason game.
But what gives? Do analysts hate UM? Any good press is just "Simpson has a fun hook shot, so fun!". Snooze
I wouldn't even call last year's BTT title team "on fire". I recall a first round BTT nailbiter with an Iowa team that was 4-14 in the B1G. That game had 10+ lead changes. If you told me then that team would go to the NCAA championship let alone get out of the first weekend I'd have said you were crazy.