I think it’s fair to say there’s been some regression on D by Teske and Simpson. Their increased usage may be a contributing factor–I think that came up in a previous piece by Dylan. Who knows, definitely not the same
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Had that stretch when the small ball lineup generated like 5 open 3s in a row and none of them went down
Also the Adrian Nunez stretch.
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Carr dusted him quite a few times, actually.
Yeah we didnt double last year either when he was dominant, its what made this scheme so dominant.
MSU got their butts kicked today but they are still the class of the league. They aren’t going to lose 6-7 more times.
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I don’t know about that. I mean would you take 30 minutes of Teske but him fouling out with 3:00 to go, or 27 minutes but him on the floor at the end?
3 straight career highs allowed with another matchup against Garza…anyone want to bet over under on Garza? I’d place it at 25 and bet the over 
Agh frustrating. It’s one thing to lose when your opponent outplays you… it’s another thing when you play poorly.
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Teske hedged the last 2 years. He’s never had to play low post defense every trip down the floor. They started hedging in the 2nd half.
And Minny figuring out the favorable matchup with Wagner vs. Amir.
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There were a lot of things we could do better, but this is the story regardless:
Shooting percentage and FT discrepancy
Edit: we took 34 twos and drew 6 FTs. And we all know we don’t have many guys shooting midrange jumpers. Numbers don’t always tell the whole story, but they don’t lie.
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75 points is way too many to give up to a team as limited as Minnesota, garbage time fouling aside. But the offense is setting up open shots that need to fall.
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27 FT attempts to 6!
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We started out 4/4 from downtown and were 25% the rest of the game, ugh.
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Something in the defensive schemes has to change. This is alarming.
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Small ball giveth and small ball taketh away.
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Yeah. The FT Rate discrepancy was the biggest deciding factor of the game.
So looks like the misses at the rim actually hurt more than the missed 3s.
Just not sure this is the right scheme for the b1g this year. With how good the post play is in league and the general lack of shooting. Unless you have a difference maker defensively at the 5 which teske clearly isn’t.
Teske was a big problem today. He had way too many unnecessary fouls down the stretch. Hitting a few more open 3s may have won us the game too. There were A LOT of them in the 2nd half to be made.
Officiating was very suspect down the stretch too. One of those games where it seems like the refs are anticipating contact every time Minnesota has the ball, and the opposite for Michigan. The few possessions before and after the under 4 timeout are examples. Brandon Johns with the tie up gets called for a foul, Simpson in good defensive position on the fast break gets called for a foul. Teske is held while going up and no foul is called. I get that there’s generally a home bias, but I’m only complaining because we received the opposite against Purdue a few days ago.
Michigan led 31-20 late in the first half. 55-36 run for Minnesota thereafter made for a very tough watch, especially when adjustments and counters were minimal at best. Coaches gotta learn, too.
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