Big Ten Discussion

adamsmit86 · January 12, 2019, 4:19am

Ugh. Gross. Those shots along with Evan Turner were devastating.

steve · January 12, 2019, 4:21am

That was the “Death To Backboards” game. Crisler was electric for that entire possession and then went dead silent aside from the Wisconsin players and fans. Just brutal.

That was a long, rough drive back home to the west side.

adamsmit86 · January 12, 2019, 4:23am

I thought that shot buried Michigan’s tournament hopes too. I was devastated.

kturnup · January 12, 2019, 4:24am

JMo was there for all of them

steve · January 12, 2019, 4:24am

EDIT: Wait no, that’s Trice.

CoryR · January 12, 2019, 4:25am

Davison was born to play 4 years at Wisconsin.

steve · January 12, 2019, 4:26am

Just another in a long line of annoying Wisconsin guards.

CoryR · January 12, 2019, 4:27am

I thought our first loss was going to be at Wisconsin. After watching this team tonight I’m changing that to at Indiana.

kturnup · January 12, 2019, 4:31am

our game at Kohl will be dumb, guaranteed

ReegsShannon · January 12, 2019, 4:31am

Does anyone remember how Teske handled guarding Happ last year? If he can guard him solidly without a double team, I’m not sure how Wisconsin scores points

steve · January 12, 2019, 4:33am

Painter might be putting a data point in the “foul” category. And he did.

steve · January 12, 2019, 4:36am

That win was huge for Purdue but also very helpful for Michigan. Thank you, Boilers.

BP3 · January 12, 2019, 4:38am

I feel like Livers and Johns would be better defensively on Happ. He’s closer to a Juwan Morgan mold in that he can take bigs off the dribble pretty well and Teske and Davis struggled defending that vs Indiana. Although Happ doesn’t shoot 3s

kturnup · January 12, 2019, 4:41am

Wisky will be a game where Davis 5 fouls come in handy

ReegsShannon · January 12, 2019, 4:43am

Teske handles ISO situations pretty well in my opinion. Gave up .875 PPP versus Morgan according to the Mgoblog breakdown from today.

I think Happ will just bully Livers and Johns pretty easily to get to his spots. I’m sure they won’t get roasted, but Happ just keeps working until he gets to his spot directly in the middle and just throws up his hook. Teske’s size, lateral agility, and general defensive ability make him a good matchup, IMO.

ReegsShannon · January 12, 2019, 4:45am

Looking at these highlights, Happ destroyed Teske last year:

BleedBlue · January 12, 2019, 8:08am

I feel like Dylan/every reader on this blog keeps waiting for teams to foul X and put him at the line, to close out games. But it hasnt happened yet. I’d think the Michigan staff is smart enough to hack Happ if we find ourselves down with 3 minutes left.

eric_shap · January 12, 2019, 3:02pm

chazer · January 12, 2019, 3:10pm

Thanks Reegs, what a great shooting team we had last season! Ethan Haap is a good player and gets to the rack with ease. I don’t know if Teske can slow him down but Big John is better than he was. I’ll be watching to see if Charles or others can help out on the backside of the play…should be a great game. IMO you let him get his two”s and shut down the three ball.

LosAngelesWolverine1 · January 12, 2019, 3:54pm

Teske is moving his feet on defense much better this year than he did in that video, so hopefully that will make a bit of a difference. But Happ is tough.

Watching that, it’s always remarkable how much body contact Wisconsin gets away with at home.