Game 14: Michigan at Purdue Open Thread

MichiganMan2424 · January 23, 2021, 2:03am

Now comes the nail biting for the next week plus to see if we get any COVID positives popping up

jgrohoski3 · January 23, 2021, 2:03am

The rotation the whole game was near perfect

Actualelguapo · January 23, 2021, 2:03am

If I’m not mistaken, the whole 2nd half was played within a band consisting of an 11 point - 17 point lead.

jemblue · January 23, 2021, 2:03am

They got it down to 10 at one point (42-32)

J11 · January 23, 2021, 2:04am

Correct on Higgins — he did the Nebraska game, and no Michigan games last year.

Kelly Pfeifer did that game also, plus Northwestern and Wisconsin.

buckets12 · January 23, 2021, 2:04am

Comfortable wire to wire wins at Mackey Arena: ladies and gentlemen, Juwan Howard.

silverblue · January 23, 2021, 2:07am

I really hate games like this where one team is clearly superior and the other team just tries to muck it up and mug people.

BigBoutros · January 23, 2021, 2:07am

hot take: that is Juwan’s best single-game coaching performance at Michigan so far

I could be convinced otherwise because of the Stefanovic absence, but:

Utterly weird circumstances
True road game against a hot opponent with traditionally elite HCA
No self-doubt coming off our own road steamer
Ref nonsense
Great rotations
No panic with foul trouble

etc etc.

therealmirman · January 23, 2021, 2:08am

Great result. Not saying any of the calls on us weren’t fouls, but man, if you’re going to call everything… gotta call it both ways. The standard they were holding us to, a team like Purdue shouldn’t be able to make it through a possession without getting whistled.

Tom48160 · January 23, 2021, 2:08am

I expect more of the same when this team travels to Breslin.

kellen.hayes · January 23, 2021, 2:08am

Before you lift the pivot foot off the floor ball needs to be down.

J11 · January 23, 2021, 2:09am

“We’ve got to do a better job of defense.” — Juwan Howard after holding Purdue to 53 points on about 67 possessions.

I think I like Coach.

Slyboogie · January 23, 2021, 2:09am

This team is scary. They didn’t even shoot well or finish a lot of looks they normally do and the refs were very shakey yet they still win at Mackey by 16.

CursedBlue · January 23, 2021, 2:10am

Yes. Everyone needs to re-up their subscription to this site after that rotation staggering.

Voltron_Blue · January 23, 2021, 2:11am

With the officiating the way it was, and some sloppy turnovers, that was an impressive win to simply just control the game wire to wire against a hot team on the road.

One tiny nit-pick…when Johns was at the 5 against Edey, we still had him in the post on offense. At least pull Edey out of the lane…he was really effective for them.

buckets12 · January 23, 2021, 2:11am

Highest floor and maybe even highest ceiling of any non Baylor/Gonzaga team. Just stay healthy please.

silverblue · January 23, 2021, 2:12am

Ref nonsense. For sure. At one point I wondered LOUDLY why the hell they were even out there.!

therealmirman · January 23, 2021, 2:13am

Terrifies me. I don’t really understand how Purdue can claim a guy they live practiced with isn’t a spreader, but what do I know.

HustleCat · January 23, 2021, 2:13am

This was a man’s game this evening. Purdue had three freshman starting tonight, and five freshman in their rotation. You could tell. But could also tell Purdue is going to get a lot better and be good for a long time.

Glad we have the experienced team we have. The difference tonight!

BigBoutros · January 23, 2021, 2:13am

Yeah I mean I usually try to ignore and/or stay silent on the topic but tonight was beyond the pale