Very frustrating season suddenly. I get livers is hurt but they should have had these last two. Foul shot discrepancies, some odd coaching decisions, along with missed chances late. Really burns.
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I feel like Iāve been watching my buffalo bills the last few games . I look at the scoreboard and am like āwtf just happened? How did we just lose thatā
57-11 fta over the last two games is beyond absurd
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Not so sure itās all to do with free throws. We donāt attack the basket that often. At Minnesota we shot 6, and vs. Purdue we shot 24, but DDJ shot 10 of those! We were losing and he, our second best playmaker, was on the bench in favor of Davis, who collected one rebound and didnāt make a single stop on defense. Hard to stomach. But Iām being emotional right now 
More like 30 ft to 5 had nothing to do with anyoneās play on the floor.
I really like Davis but I agree. Ddj needed to be out there.
While the substitution pattern at the end was bad, I did like the play Howard Drew up out of the TO to get Brooks a catch and shoot corner three.
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DDJ is your bucket getter on this team. Hard to understand.
Broadcast announced that points in the paint was approximately equal tonight. So clearly thereās something else up.
We definitely didnāt deserve as many free throws as Minnesota or Iowa, but 57-11 FTA is ABSOLUTELY laughable. Thatās possibly 2 Wās if officiated fairly.
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I think being down one and Iowaās next two possessions getting a Kreiner three and a shot clock violation while Michigan got two open threes from Brooks and Wagner resulting in Iowaās lead extending to four is the stupidest fucking thing Iāve ever seen.
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I thought substitution patterns were bad throughout the game. Itās like we were dead set on matching up to Ryan Kriener, a bench guy, even though our best runs (all season) have been with small lineups.
Make them guard US!
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Yeah, execution (shooting really) down the stretch has not been great other than when X went off vs Purdue, thatās a problem the team has to be accountable for. Of course, it shouldnāt have come down to that if the FT disparity was even somewhat fair, but nonetheless winnable if we had made our open shots.
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Yup, just missed the big shots inside 3-4 minutes again. So similar to the MN game. Right there for us, they made a few tough shots, we missed really good looks. Dems the breaks, I guess.
Welcome to life as a Michigan fan. Expect to be let down and you wonāt be disappointed!
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DDJ played okay I think, but only had 10 on 12 shots. Brooks put up 25 on 17. Seemed like a good number to call in the situation.
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DDJās shot, when off, is really off (wide mostly). Thatās why Iām sometimes skeptical to believe he can sustain his shooting. Iād like to see him drive more and create for himself and others that way. The three should come off of open looks rather than forces.
Thatās a good point re: DDJās shot. When he misses itās a baaad miss. I recall the FTs he missed down the stretch of the Purdue game were way to the side.
UM away b1g games
110(opponents )-39(michigan) FTA
UM home b1g games
34(opponents )-53(michigan)
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Thatās ā¦ thatās quite a stat. Wow.
I bet that stat is similar every year. Just the way it goes on the road.
Iāll go back to this: if weāre losing in crunch time, why play two bigs when neither are rebounding or playing defense particularly well? Letās get the guy who can create off the dribble.