I love the roster next year. Wilson, maar, and Mathews all have to be ready to take on bugged scoring roles. Maar has to be searching for his shots. I think next years team could be awesome, particularly defensively. I hope that Belein adjusts his offense accordingly and recognizes his strengths more. Lots more post action, fast breaking, slashing and overall a higher lefty commitment to defense, this is how this squad wins and wins big. If they try to shoot 30 threes a game and just outscore teams were in trouble. Even teske bring the big off the bench will be interesting and solid defensively.
I mean not just being a homer here but bamba is the perfect fit for next year. First off thereās no doubt in my mind Belein will make him a superior all around player than any other coach in terms of skill/ improving his body, but on top of that he would be the perfect anchor for this team. Trying to score on a line up of x,maar, Mathews, wagner/Wilson, and bamba would be ridiculous. Dj starting would make a lot of sense defensively and his offense is great but I think you have to start moe in that scenario still. Heās just too good offensively and you want to ensure that lineup can put up points. Bamba would counter his poor d perfectly.
Man what a. Embarrassment of riches weād suddenly have. Iād bet on us to win it all preseason with good odds.
Mathews is going to be very strong at the 3 but I am more and more convinced that DJ can/might play 3 in spots next year, especially with Bamba on the team.
Wagner and DJ will make a jump next year and will know what to expect. What they will need to do is continue to get stronger and improve their defense. With Matthews sitting out this year the team really needed Ibi to give them something. I think the team lost at Minny partly because of tired legs late in the game. Both Walton and Zak were gassed. Freshman will have to perform next year period. Hopefully they can get any shakiness out of the way during the preseason part of the schedule. Will need solid defense and the ability to knock down open looks and run offense through the Wagner and DJ.
Random question but when can we take another preseason trip? Believe it is every 4 years but might be wrong and cannot remember the last time they went to Europe. Think it was less than 4 years, would be great if we could do next year for the extra reps with the freshman.
Lol Iām watching the Kentucky mizzou game and valentine is reffing. They just referenced him as TV teddy and mentioned his controversial calls from Sunday. So far this game has been called well. Maybe he felt the heat from Sunday. If they called this game on Sunday we win by ten
That sequence was straight out of pro wrestling. All that was missing was Jimmy Hart (yes, Iām old) sneaking over by Beilein, smacking the floor, and scurrying away. The ref turns around and slaps the T on Beilein. The crowd pops.
Why did Teddy feel the need to come over to the announcers and explain the tech? Technical fouls should be pretty obvious calls, right?
Not that I agree with the call AT ALL, but I do think Saddi was throwing a very minor tantrum up on the main floor (though walking away), and obviously Teddy had enough. JB didnāt seem to have a beef with it as much as the in-game calls.
Again, extremely ticky tack call - one that certainly had an impact on the game (coupled with the fact Saddi was upset about a terrible call in the first place).
There was a call earlier in the game where MN was called for an offensive foul right in front of Pitino and he LOST IT. The whole arena could hear him. Twice as bad as what any Michigan coach did.
I thought Duncan was intimidated last night. He didnāt want anything to do with Rutgers. I thought he went into full Mike Griffin mode, and heās not of any value to this team if he does that
Robinsonās shot fakes were horrible last night. Not ready to shoot=not ready to shot fake. The off balance and awkward pumping in the air is just a waste of time. It is not going to fool anyoneā¦
I wasnāt able to watch the game yesterday but his pump fake game is much worse than last year IMO. He needs to be able to attack off the dribble after it to take the next step in his development.
Heās resorting again to standing still and not moving a lot on offense. Of course he still really hasnāt developed any type of game off the bounce so heās still limited on what he can do to a defense.
Yep, thatās exactly what I was thinking of. I believe it was against Maryland at home last season where he hit two huge threes after getting his man to fly way past him from a pump fake, and he replicated it several times throughout the season. I havenāt seen him do it this year in a while.
Maybe because defenders are told in scouting reports if you donāt leave your feet heās not going to go by you he will just merely step aside and youāre still close to him.
It also seems like heāll hesitate a little bit on the catch a lot, and if that happens he practically never ends up shooting it. I feel like our team needs a lesson in tendency breakers.