Washington is strea-ky, though. Not loving him being on fire recently.
Usually I agree but not today. He absolutely has his way with them. The offense wasnât the issue it was the defense and some missed bunnies/ free throws ( again).
Itâs always funny to see the same posters creep out after every lossâŚ
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The offense was good, entirely because of X and some Franz. His scoring so many points had nothing to do with giving up 80 points.
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They were willing to give up the lanes to not give up the three and z saw no one on their roster could contain him. I was actually happy with that decision cause it was clear no one could stay in front of him. If we defended better or they cooled off even a little we win.
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The problem with Michiganâs home crowd is they are only loud if things are going very well. If youâre down at all they donât do anything.
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Yeah, thatâs what I mean. Not that itâs bad for him to score, but when heâs looking to shoot every time down itâs usually because weâre not getting much from other guys. Wagner stepped up but those two were about it.
2014 was only six years ago and I donât think weâve played them every year in Value City since then, considering how Big Ten scheduling goes.
#stopfootballschoolmentalitynow
Credit to Wisconsin. They played great. I do think Juwan made some major tactical mistakes playing big to start, having Davis out there with Potter and waiting way too long to finally go small.
Didnât help that DeJulius and Johns were both subpar tonight but I donât think Juwan did them any favors with the lineups for the majority of the game.
Livers was kind of exposed too. Good shooter but when he was forced to put it on the floor, his attempts were very low percentage and he couldnât handle their guards at all when he got switched.
We made some great runs but Wisconsin answered every time. Thought Simpson and Wagner played outstanding. Brooks was sorely missed.
We definitely need more guards. I know a lot of people crave the big lineups but I will take a smaller lineup over a big one any day.
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I feel like I see Johns make a nasty drive and dunk once per game. Why canât we see more of that?
This game means so little in the grand scheme of the season. Sometimes teams shoot 50% from three on you. It happens. Barely a blip to the tournament committee. I loved Michiganâs fight. I thought Juwanâs late game coaching was a positive and that it was light years ahead of where it was earlier this season. Still not loving some of the lineups though. Wouldâve been nice to make some clutch free throws and steal a win, but oh well. ÂŻ\(ă)/ÂŻ Time to move on and beat OSU.
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Davis and Nunezâ minutes pretty much killed us tonight. Wisconsin did seem to make all the plays they needed to make, but take out the runs when either of those two were on the court and the game looks a lot different, it seems.
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Johns confuses me. Not giving up on him but deff not as high on him as others.
Love him as an energy bench guy, not in love with him as a starter. We saw how Liversâ recovery impacted everyone elseâs roles in a positive way. That was undone tonight. Shouldnât be a problem once Brooks returns.
Probably because karma does not exist.
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Matchups dictate lineups, of course. Iâve never been one to clamor for the big lineups, but it was useful against Rutgers.
Agree with this post entirely. We looked flat right from the start but it felt like a lot of that was due to guys not being comfortable. Iâm not surprised a big like Juwan prefers the bigger lineup but I havenât liked it much at all and especially not against that Wisconsin lineup tonight. Kills us not having another guard with Brooks out (besides ddj) but I would have much prefered keeping Franz as a 3 and Livers as a 4 for the majority of the game and then moving them as substitutions dictated it.
I donât think Wisconsin wouldâve been fazed by the crowd anyway. When the crowd was at its loudest, Trice would either hit a contested three, or our defense would break down. At a certain point I started dreading the crowd getting loud because theyâd shut us up every time.
I donât think itâs right to blame the students on this one, especially considering itâs midterm season
There wasnât a ton we could do lineup wise. We literally only had 2 guards who were healthy and capable of playing