My thoughts exactly.
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Now that they got this W, I think they need to split the next four to feel ok on making the tournament.
Hopefully they play a competitive, close game Tuesday to keep a little positive momentum.
So our defense moved down to 180 on kenpom now. Yikes.
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Itās a weird year (or last 5 games). I read up to this point this is Beileinās 3rd best O amd worst D.
I donāt think our O is as good as theyāre showing and donāt think our D is this bad. Guess weāll see what progresses/regresses.
Iām pretty convinced our offense is as it appears. Despite what it sometimes looks like, Beileinās offense truly is a thing of beauty when it operates correctly, even without a Burke or Stauskas. Letās not forget we still had the number 67 offense in 2015 in the country with this as our lineup for half the year:
And this year itās not like weāre getting extraordinarily lucky on our threes or anything like that. Weāre just not turning it over at all and shooting well from every level. It really is too bad about our defense being so unfathomably abysmal, because if it was even like last years then I think weād be at least 4-1 in the Big Ten right now and feeling a lot better about the team.
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Very good point on '15. I agree that we have a great offense, I just donāt think weāre quite top 15. It is a beauty to watch knowing weāre putting up these O numbers without a NBA player.
Itās too bad we canāt exert a little more energy on D in order to sacrifice some O. I fully agree weād be pretty darn good with a top 100 D, even if our O went down a little bit.
Michigan basketball at crossroads: Will it languish or flourish?
Caveat, itās an editorial by mgoblog.
The article says itās by Anthony from Maize n Brew
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Michigan needs to decide if their basketball program is simply out to win more than they lose, get into the tournament and maybe win a game or two, or if they want to be a Big Ten and national title contender.
I see sentiments like this a lot, and itās a waste of time. No oneās going to hold a presser like Brady Hoke and say if Michigan Basketball doesnāt win the B1G every year, then that seasonās a failure. At the same time, no one is going to hold the same presser and say that just getting into the tournament is fine with them. At best, thereās going to be soft platitudes about high standards and expectations and blah, blah, blah. Actions will always speak louder than words.
oops, snafu.
I donāt think Iāve ever read more than one article per month from them so I have no clue if their basketball coverage is any good.
X defensively is what we need in the pg for the future
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15-0 run to end the game smh
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I have a feeling this game tears the soul out of this team and theyāre not even competitive for many of the remaining games.
Also to add seems like Derrick is hurt wonder what his status will be. Officiating killed us. Gotta win our next 3
If Walton isnāt hurt, I donāt think so. Illinois is up next at the right time. Plenty of revenge motivation there to keep playing hard.
Iāve said it before but I think their season almost rests on the Indiana game. A loss there and with @MSU, things could then look bad.
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Pretty impressed with the boardās lack of complaining. The refs were absolutely terrible, and so was Mark. Gotta hope Teske supplants him. Also, how about those seniors? They made some bone-head plays, but we were in it because of those guys. While the loss is frustrating, because a win wouldāve been so great, Iām pretty happy to beat the line. Hopefully @tarverine is right, and we dont get too disheartened.
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Weird, I feel like the opposite - stood toe to toe with a tough opponent on the road and fought until the end. If nothing else, it should give us some confidence we can beat those guys in Ann Arbor.
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We also āheldā them to 37.5% 3pt! Thatās only 1% higher than their season average!
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