Game 12: Michigan at Minnesota Open Thread

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More TWill minutes = :roller_coaster: :roller_coaster: :roller_coaster: :roller_coaster:

Buckle up. :rofl:

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The foot strain happen in practice? He seemed fine against Wisky

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Yep ā€“ official report is ā€œhe strained his (right) foot in practice; he is day-to-day ā€¦ā€

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In all seriousness, I think this is a matchup where you can play Johns for extended minutes as a four without being too concerned.

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Even if we pull this out, all the Eli doubters (if any remain) are finally going to understand how important he is.

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if there are still Eli doubters I donā€™t wanna know em! Eli rules

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I think anyone who is actually watching our players on the defensive side of the ball gets the total value that Eli brings to the table

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Thereā€™s definitely a ā€œmore Chaundee Brown minutesā€ narrative out there that I donā€™t completely buy into. It will be nice to see him play a 30+ minute game though because you probably will need that again at some point.

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I was already worried about a home whistle and now Eli is out, DJ is one of the refs, and they are bringing in a ref that hasnā€™t seen a big ten game all season? Ominous.

I think Chaundee needs to be careful with his aggressive pressing defense today because we canā€™t afford for him to get in foul trouble.

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LOL. Slow down on the officiating conspiracy. The guy who does more Big Ten games than anyone reffing the game doesnā€™t mean that the fix is in.

(Honacki did the Toledo and Ball State games FWIW.)

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Which seems like a really good thing for today. Any foul trouble 1-4 means Johns is going to have to play as a 4, and maybe even some minutes with him and Zeb/TWill as well.

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Minnesota playing DJ Carstensenā€™s walk up music in pre-gameā€¦great

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While I will readily admit to having scars from too many Valentine and Hightower games from the 90sā€¦it wasnā€™t just a conspiracy theory. MN has relied heavily on FTs all year and is averaging 28 trips to the line in ten home gamesā€¦including some solid wins. Meanwhile, Eli is great at not fouling and Carr is good at drawing fouls.

Not saying it will happen, but I can see this being the recipe for how Michigan loses a game and I see the ingredients sitting out on the counter.

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Iā€™d expect these revenge games for Minnesota, NW and Wisconsin to have pretty good intensity when we go their house

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Yeah I mean the teams we blew out must be eager to get some dignity back. If I was betting iā€™d look up if going over on total turnovers for games like this makes sense since a guy like Carr embarrassed after last time and worried about his draft prospects might try to do a lot (possibly too much) on both ends.

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I feel like Smith on Carr is a bad matchup even with Smith defending better lately, so Jackson might play more than Williams. 28 minutes of Brown and 12 minutes of Jackson on Carr, say.

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If they stay out of foul trouble, I think Smith-Wagner-Livers-Brown all play 35ish+ minutes.

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I canā€™t imagine us trying to put Zeb on him. Would guess Smith will get some time to spell Brown. Then Wagner if neither is on the court.

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Makes sense, yeah. More Johns at the 4. I just think throwing a fresh Jackson at Carr for 10 minutes might be our best option as 2nd off the bench behind Johns today.