Game 27: Michigan at Minnesota Open Thread

I was hoping that we would see the double-pass inbound there toward the end.

Wow has Bill Walton aged.

Looks like Dawkins bout to lose

Discussion: Time will tell over the next year, but is Teske officially Beilein’s best development project at UM?

I have it between Teske and Caris based on not being highly coveted recruits. Most fans saw Teske as an oaf (similar to Doyle, Donnal, Austin Davis). LeVert was just a total string bean and a hidden gem in the making.

I think its between Teske and DJ Wilson.

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I strongly disagree on Teske being viewed as an oaf. I was pretty happy with him as a recruit (and I think most people were?) due to his combination of size and agility. The big concern was rebounding, but he seemed like an elite defender coming in as a recruit.

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Not that I disagree that you SHOULD be right, but who do you think we would replace on the 1 line? I don’t see Duke, KY, Gonzaga, UVA, or TN being replaced given the way the polls have gone.

EDIT: I completely forgot about (disrespected) Nevada.

Ah, yeah. I cant believe I forgot Wilson already. He was a total resurrection into the 17th pick of the draft.

Teske’s upside is tremendous. To bring an old school reference, I think he could become similar to Michael Doleac (Utah Utes '98) if he develops a serviceable post up game.

Polls don’t matter too much but I agree with your overall point. One line is tough this year, not much of an opening unless UK and UT lose a couple

Yeah, Wilson was a guy that people were speculating would transfer for PT. A year later he was a first-rounder.

Lot of bb left. Not improbable that two of those teams lose 1or 2 more games during season. Nevada has no shot at a 1 seed.

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One thing I am having trouble with lately is the basketball universe seems to be falling in love with all things ACC (again) and tending toward downplaying the difficulty of playing in the B1G - at least in the polls and on the broadcasts outside B1G network.

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I respect your opinion but a lot of fans saw Teske as not a B1G player when he came into the fold. Especially his freshman year at Crisler when Ethan Happ made him look like a lost kid in the forest. He was Shaqtin’ a Fool.

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X and CM 4-4 on free throws rest of team was 2-7

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I feel we’re being disrespected a bit but we’ve not looked like the juggernaut of the first 12 games. Still to be shooting so poorly and still grinding is impressive to me. Just a little nervous we might never reach our offensive peak.

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Minnesota message board:

“Beilein is so good. Must be fun to cheer for a well-coached team.”

“We got Tubby the same year they got Beilein. We thought we won that one.”

http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?87175-I-ve-Seen-Enough

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The Penn State loss brings that shade. Also lack of depth. But if we can go 9 deep, which looks like it’s in the works, that shade will go away.

9 deep??? the 7th guy played 1 minute in the second half :wink:

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Kinda nine shallow. But I thought it was fairly ballsy to play Castleton and DDJ early tonight. And it went. . . okay.

Nunez? Nunez did not play.