As much as anything, the travel and short turnaround are what concern me the most. all things being equal I like Michigan as I think Simpson in the ball screen is too much for Louisville to handle.
JJ long time no talk! Hope all is well buddy!
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Where do UNC and the Zags and ISU tank defensively?
43rd, 57th, and 97th without preseason projections.
I agree. And I think thatāshort of or even including a blowoutāthis game is taking place with house money. Michigan will more than look forward to seeing them on a neutral court down the road.
Having said that, Iāll be looking to see whether the guys are loose in the pre-game. If so, Iāll ratchet up my hopes that they steal a win.
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Good start for Lavall Jordan and crew at Butler this year.
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We are still playing with house money at least until the conference season starts as far as I am concerned. Hoping for a competitive game. Not even sure what I will do with myself if we winā¦seems like it would be hard to be in āhouse moneyā territory if we do.
Honestly think this would be a pretty bad loss from Louisvilleās perspective given they are at home and we are coming off a lot of travel.
Iām going to cringe the first time I see a jumpshot come up short or pushed. Just hard to imagine we are going to have great legs with the schedule we have been on, travel included.
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I believe preseason numbers are based on returning production/experience (incl transfers), past performance and recruiting rankings (mostly for freshman). So itās based on numbers, not assumptions.
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Iām looking for the first ābig gameā for Franz Wagner tonight. Hope iām right lol
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Thank you. That put a pretty rough work day into proper perspective.
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lol that comment
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The preview on Louisvilleās SBNation site was actually well done. Had a few @eric_shap tweets and similar breakdowns.
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With all the respect to DeAndre, the development of our guards definitely took a step back after Lavall left (and in contrast, our big men have faired better since, with a lot of credit to Saadi). It is good to see Lavall doing well at Butler.
The Michigan/Louisville 2nd round tournament game from 2017 is on Big 10 Network right now.
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louisvilleā¦ the same team that was 20-14 last year, has no new 5 star recruits and lost to a minny team we housed?
get weāve lost some pieces too, its a coming out game for them and a let down spot for us, but this isnāt facing Duke last year on the road
They do have a new 5-star. 6-6 Samuell Williamson coming off the bench.
They have an incoming 5*, beat MSU last year who we lost to 3x, add an elite grand transfer, and return all but 1 rotation player.
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k point taken on 5* and the the selective biasā¦ still a seven seed adding a rotation 5 star and returning a bunch of dudes, doesnāt scream unbeatable number 1 team to me
that said i expect we lose lol