Game 17: Northwestern at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan Basketball
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Tough to get rhythm and keep it when 3 starters miss 5 mins each with foul trouble.

Edit: My bad, the 3rd was Frankie.

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Donā€™t think either team had a run bigger than 4-0 in the first half. Thatā€™s exactly what Northwestern was shooting for in the first half on the road.

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What Johns did was one of the dumbest things Iā€™ve ever seen on a basketball court, and I watched the 1993 NC Game

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I hate Northwestern, I hate Young, I hate Boo Bouie, I hate that dumb school, I hate wildcats

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Twill was what we hoped twill would be just 3 days ago

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Trap game here for a team not good enough to have those.

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But given how long Michigan was in foul trouble, if Iā€™m NW I might be irritated to not be in front.

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Twill and Jace are the same class and twill is already a rotation level player lol

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Very little Moussa = 0 offensive rebounds

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Johns is way into his own head

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No but itā€™s certainly not good at all if they lose. They need to win all if these non-Q1 games if possible.

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Stauskas throws his shoe into the student section and keeps playing.

Brandon Johns stands in the paint giving up a 5 on 4 which turns into a 3 for them.

SMH.

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I feel Dickinson and Diabate will make huge difference starting second half.
Only thing that can stop Dickinson is foul trouble. I would not have him setting contact screens in the first half. Too darn risky and not much upside from just doing a safe slip screen.

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I would say this is a canā€™t lose game for my morale. If they donā€™t pull this one out I donā€™t know how much emotional investment I can put into this team going forward

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This team is so frustrating. With Jones finding his game a bit , eli and him should he an above avg back court. Pair that with Hunter and Caleb finding his aggression/ shot and they really should be much better.

I say it all the time but it kills me that this version of Johns has shown up every game outside of Nebraska. Good Brandon is exactly what this lineup needs and he just is so far in his own headā€¦.

Pair those four mentioned before with Diabate, Johns. Frankie, t will, Kobe, Zeb and they should be so much better.

Is Zeb still out or just not getting any burn?

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Have to think the first four minutes here are crucial. Michigan needs to put a run together to create a bit of distance or it runs the risk of letting Northwestern make a run which would make things dicey very quickly.

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Officials turned the first half into the kind of choppy slog that suits Northwest. Iā€™m hoping for better flow in the second half.

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Northwestern is Wisconsin level annoying tonight.

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Iā€™ll be looking for a Jace stint maybe after the first or second TV time out. Gin up some effort for the whole group

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There is just no chemistry/rhythm. Letā€™s hope they find their game here in the second half.