Game 6: Jackson State at Michigan Open Thread

i don’t know how to explain this but i feel like JL’s never talked with a single other player on the team outside of games. there’s just such an awkward vibe on the court

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Very nice close. Nice defensive steals and turnovers for touchdowns. Maybe Jett gets some confidence from that going down. Baby steps.

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This team has more holes than a slice of swiss :cheese:

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Damn, that was fun by Jett.

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We finally got a Jaelin, and we have a Kobe, only for them to struggle with confidence shooting the ball

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All is fixed! Booking rooms in Houston for the Final 4!!!

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I mean Michigan is winning the four factors pretty well. They just need to ball out. Pitt is much better than Jackson State and Michigan stomped them. This team has talent just needs to put it together.

Am I crazy for just wanting to give the keys to Dug and see what happens? It might be a disaster but maybe his aggressiveness would wake everyone else the eff up

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Natty confirmed

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Ten point lead isn’t bad. Utter domination is always better

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Dickinson has one bucket and we’re up 10. Just need to see a few shots drop this half and it’s a blowout.

He needs to keep playing and potentially playing more as he improves, but did you watch him out there?

The team is nowhere actually this bad. This is a team that simply has no confidence and has no one who wants to step and play with confidence.

I think some of it falls on Hunter since he probably needs to be a more vocal leader, but Juwan and the staff has to find a way to get these guys back to playing with some confidence.

So many good shots were passed up in that half. No one wanted to be the one with the ball.

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Michigan plays a lot of ‘hope’ basketball. On defense, hope they miss and don’t get their own rebound. Not a lot of speeding the other team up, being physical, getting in passing lanes, or contesting shots. On offense, a lot of hope we make it shots. Who can drive or create for others? Or at the least, confidently knock down an open shot. This team doesn’t dictate anything at either end

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Get some confidence by playing the five guys who try the hardest. Get some defensive stops. Easier to be confident when you know have defense to fall back on.

Ball sticks a lot with JL. Coaches will tell you if you keep the ball for over 1 sec, you lose continuity. Looks like JL has problems deciding what to do. Not good.

Seems like we turned off Hunter post ups in an attempt to work on other stuff. So maybe in that light we’re doing ok? Then again, if this team is just gonna be hunter post up city maybe we should just do that so we can get better at that

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Right now this team is struggling to realize they can’t shoot and everyone is lacking the paint so getting Hunter involved is harder. I am less concerned about their shooting confidence because they suck at shooting. I want the guards to try and get a foot in the paint with the ball more often. Too much passive perimeter play. Maybe we need to pick and pop with Hunter.

The reality is that we have three guys around Hunter who can’t shoot. I would like to see Baker on the floor with Hunter some.

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They’re clogging the paint. The guards just have to hit some shots and put that on tape.