Cool by me. Starting five returning know the offense. I think one thing they need to all improve on offense though is waiting for the picks Whether it’s off the ball or on ball they leave to early when the pick is being set allowing the defender to get around this easier. Also coming off tighter.this minor detail will low them to get open more. State does a great job of this and that’s part of a reason their sets are more effective,
What will be interesting is the offense took a step back last year. Beilein lamented the 30 second shot clock really hurt the team. He really didn’t anticipate the shot clock playing that big of a factor. With possibly a new defense and having to address the offense can both get done or is one going to suffer? It’s not like Michigan has the talent to pull a Villanova and be top 10 efficient in both offense and defense. Also what would constitute defensive improvement in regards to efficiency? Top 50? Probably. Top 75? Maybe not.
That’s interesting because the only 2 guys that have experienced any real type of winning are Derrick and Zak but that was back in 2014. This group still needs to learn how to win imo. It isn’t easy to win and as you mentioned the lack of depth is a question mark. Once we know who’s coming back and who isn’t we will get a better picture of things. For example if Swanigan and Edwards come back you would probably have to give Purdue an edge over Michigan.
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Don’t disagree with the pick comment in general, but I do wonder if we move early by design (sometimes)…seems like our bigs try to use that opportunity to roll to the basket and get a step ahead of the defender, and also avoid the possibility of a moving screen (which is called extremely inconsistently by officials)
True i forgot about Edwards. I’d take Purdue over us as well with both of them.
Purdue wasn’t that great last year and they lose their go to guy. I’ll take us, at this point.
If Swanigan comes back, I’ll take Purdue 4/5 times.
Is Painter still the coach?
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We’ll let you dictate, Bear.
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Local column on Billy Donlon
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Nice article. Thanks for posting that. He sounds like a real nice guy.