I was worried about the matchup with Ayo. Assumed we’d out talent then without him but credit to Illinois they are playing incredible defense. But 2 foul auto bench needs to die. Although I couldn’t entirely blame Juwan considering Kofi.
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Because we don’t have a stretch 5 to draw Kofi and Georgi out of the key?
Heck, I’d just like to see an offensive possession where the ball actually reverses.
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This. Any time those guys are guarding Franz or Livers should be an automatic post up. Use the size advantage. Otherwise you’re letting them exploit their advantage without exposing their weakness
The bigs can set high screens to give Franz/Isaiah room to post down low if they’ve got a smaller defender. Ultimately, we need the ball movement and the 3-ball
Davis outscored Dickinson but had 3 TOs. Brooks was ripped in the chat but tied for high score on team and flawless from the line. Also deserved two more on the Coburn goaltend. Some bad calls hurt our rotation.
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Just shocked that the sour grapes of Brad Underwood motivated that team more than clinching motivated ours. Better come out on fire in the second.
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Amen. If our adjustment is “remove the best off the bounce creator we have”, that’s a recipe for disaster
Starters not name Livers shooting 3 - 19 will win very few games let alone a top 10 team in the country. Run the offense, fight through contact and take quality shots. An 11 point lead is not too much to overcome, Mich has won second halves against top level teams by more than that.
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At least we got that famous home court Chrysler whistle
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Not giving up. This team has had some incredible 2Hs. Cut it to 6 quickly and let’s see how tough Illinois really is
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This times 100.
It’s easy to say “fight through contact,” but it’s a little more difficult to do it, especially when the contact is getting ignored by the refs.
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Illinois is building their defense around preventing that.
You are right, just give up why come out for the second half.
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Michigan alt line -13.5 and margin of victory 14-6. Ive had better tickets 
For sure. Never count out 2nd-half Michigan
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We are historically bad home favorite against top ranked teams…based on my gut feel recollections.
That is the shape of it right now, and it’s shocking.