Curious as to how people are feeling. I’m at about a 7 right now. I probably started at about a 5 (toss up). Michigans offensive improvement has given me +1, michigans perimeter defense -1, revenge for last year +1, smu’s results so far this season +1, michigans plane fogged in -1, Walton probably not playing -1, caris will be the best player on the floor +1, Michigan fans are due for something good to happen +1. How about you?
That’s a bummer if Walton can’t play. Losing Walton by itself wouldn’t be a big deal but when you combine that with a less than effective Albrecht, now that’s a huge hurdle to overcome. Beilein is absolutely cursed these past 2 years with injuries.
I have to go 7. Watching smu a few games and then looking at their schedule, Michigan has played much better teams(which is sad) and with the way Dawkins has picked it up, I like our chances a bit. Definitely will need Doyle to be pretty productive and rebound well but he has been improving as well.
Their best wins are @tcu and @Stanford. If you know college basketball then you know both of those teams are pretty bad. It will not be easy but Michigan can definitely win this game.
This team, to its credit, has shown some tenacity. Still, if we come out bombing/missing threes and make nothing happen underneath I fear it could be a long night. Three or 4, eager to be surprised.
Well, it seems we will never “like” our size, defense, or rebounding but we still need to win the big games if we want to make the tournament and have a successful season. This is a huge game and I am optimistic that some of the guys will step up. So I will say “6”.
Yeah, they lost quite a few games before making the second round of the tourney. That win was huge for U-M though because they had lost both games in Atlantic City I believe.