The Simpson threes were so open or late in the clock that he had to shoot them. No offense looks good when the other team can cheat off a spot and not get punished for it.
Beilein is still a great offensive coach. We just don’t have the shooters that we have had in the past. Even after tonight if we’re 22-3 I think any offense that is winning 88% of its games is probably ok.
Psu is getting the hustle plays, the bounces, and a hot shooting night. Sucks to have run into them today.
They can lock down on d and grind it out maybe?
That’s a fair take.
I think there’s something in there to fire the team up. Quiet crowd, PSU playing team off the court, nothing going right, gotta do something. Don’t think the ejection was intended though, for sure.
Simpson is the only good passer. Poole and Matthews aren’t great, and Iggy is a black hole. Hard to take advantage of space when you can’t get the ball to the open man.
3/4 press taking time off shot clock, going small allows for switching every screen, Stevens totally abusing Teske as small ball five.
And…Watkins is scoreless. OMG.
Well…we’ve now reached “the Michigan basketball sky is falling according to message boards” game. Big point in every season!
Seriously. This game is worst case scenario, but people need to maintain some perspective
They’re ripping off Iowa’s playbook with the 3/4 press.
Sky isn’t falling, but this game drops our B10 title odds significantly. Purdue and MSU will be massive favorites after tonight.
It is just their playbook. They run it all the time.
This game scared me - trap game for us, the whole season basically for them but this is a nightmare
This is the real bummer. Such a missed opportunity in what was already a slim margin for error. Could make the MSU games moot, outside of pride/seeding
Games not over folks.
To be honest I had a bad feeling when they stole the opening tip and immediately scored. I got the feeling like they might be jacked up.
BUT we do have 20 minutes to go and PSU doesn’t know how to win close games. Can we make it close?
Would we have been as stressed if psu has Rutgers record? They’ve played better than their record.
We aren’t making up a 17 point road deficit.
Ok! Cut it to 10 by the under 12! LET’S GO!!!
Fuck that ref - that was ridiculous from that guy, to boot
The whole team needs to wake up and play focused, but damn if we ever needed Brooks it is tonight! He needs to become a man and quit playing JV basketball.