Game 4: UCF at Michigan Open Thread

Today’s crew: D.J. Carstensen, Rob Kueneman, Donnie Eppley

Carstensen had his first day off of the season yesterday. He worked 9 straight games at Mohegan Sun before doing Friday’s MSU-Detroit game.

Please Juwan start Hunter today.

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Wonder if he is going to call a jersey grab flagrant on X just because…

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CJ Walker makes Manny Harris look like he had calf implants.

Same starters for Michigan: Smith, Brooks, Wagner, Livers, Davis.

Impressive @umhoops. You don’t blink when watching stat broadcast.

:rofl: Benefit of multiple screens.

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Austin covering Jamille Reynolds will be interesting. He looks pretty athletic if he decides to crash the offensive glass, not having to worry about Davis in transition.

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Would love to see Johns get some actual run today. I think he’s made a pretty good jump but it’s hard to see it when he gets 3-5 min runs at best.

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Here’s the hard thing with Johns…

He has so much potential that you are so excited to give him that first 3-4 minute shift but the problem is that he has the tendency to take those initial 3-4 minutes and make enough mistakes that the coaches aren’t excited to play him more.

He’s gotta eliminate some of the mental hiccups if he’s going to get Juwan’s trust IMO.

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Terrence Williams rocking a headband is new.

What is Juwan seeing that causes him to continue starting Davis? I can’t imagine he would do something that he thinks is worse for his team, rid? So what could make him think Davis starting is the best move? I just don’t get it.

He’s starting but he’s not playing more than Dickinson. Perhaps he likes Dickinson with the 2nd unit. It’s a very NBA style sub pattern

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It’s extremely hard to play sound when you know if you make a mistake you are going back to the bench. He honestly should have let him play stress free in the last game. Play through those mistakes. I don’t know if anyone else on the team has to play like that.

Davis is a captain so it’s possible he feels he brings better leadership? Or likes Dickinson coming off the bench so he doesn’t start off jittery and commit a quick foul or two to get himself autobenched?

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Not running the right play is a tough kind of mistake to play through.

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Podcast shoutout

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Davis finishes in the face of the why is he starting crowd

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D not established. No charge.