I dunno, I have the feeling where this is a game where Swanigan will get his and Michigan needs to shut down everyone else to win.
Got to make Swanigan move his feet and play defense. Hoping DJ can accomplish that.
Moe? Post defense? Iām not with ya there
I was looking at the boxscores from last yearās 3 games vs Purdue. DJ and Wagner played 38 minutes combinedā¦like, all 3 games combined haha
I canāt imagine where weād be this year without those two.
Itāll be really weird if/when Spike gets into the game!
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Watching the Indiana game again and his defense wasnāt that bad. Will he get abused if the post guy is allowed 4 dribbles, of coarse. Anyone defending a guy with that many dribbles will. He has gotten MUCH better at being more physical before his man gets the ball and it has shown recently.
Iād just settle for the refs cracking down on the chicken wings in the post. Those were rampant vs. Indiana.
Mo had a very legit appeal for a hook, against Bryant. For all of the whining Mo does, he does seem to frequently miss out on the benefit of the doubt. The two are probably related
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YES. Itās the boy-who-cried-wolf syndromeā¦Mo ends up on the wrong side of a lot of calls (i.e. Guy rolls his ankle and Moeās called for foul, chicken wing, etc.)ā¦but when you complain about the obvious ones, you lose so much benefit of the doubt.
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Hopefully that will improve in the tournament, as Michigan will see refs who are not familiar with Mo and will just call what they see.
Mo seems to get a bad whistle, but Iām not sure itās because he whines. Plenty of players and coaches whine all the time and get better whistles. I think itās more because (a) heās the new kid and (b) he hasnāt figured out how to play the refs yet. Both those will change as time goes on. I bet he gets a much better whistle next year.
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