Michigan 97, Central Arkansas 53
The record-setter. [Marc-Gregor Campredon/MGoBlog]
Ibi Watson's first career three-pointer was the program record-breaking 18th with just under four minutes left to play. On the ensuing possession, Sean Lonergan's miss gave Michigan their program record-breaking 44th three-point attempt. One trip later, Brent Hibbits made a three for his first career points.
Here is a box score.
Central Arkansas isn't quite as good as UCLA, in my opinion.
December 13th, 2016 at 11:06 PM ^
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December 13th, 2016 at 11:15 PM ^
The weather in Arkansas isn't necessarily balmly this time of year either.
December 14th, 2016 at 11:41 AM ^
Living in Arkansas isn't necessarily balmly any time of the year.
December 13th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^
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December 13th, 2016 at 11:35 PM ^
thanks for the lolz
December 14th, 2016 at 2:55 AM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 2:56 AM ^
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December 13th, 2016 at 11:14 PM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 12:05 AM ^
Uh, were there even 100 paying fans in Crisler when the "record breaking" shot was hit? Sheesh, that place is near-empty.
December 14th, 2016 at 1:24 AM ^
With proper advance publicity, you could probably get 100 people to watch a high school senior beat up a middle schooler, which is about what this was.
December 14th, 2016 at 2:11 AM ^
Nice weather, too.
December 14th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
finals start Thursday.
December 14th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
Sudents make up only a small portion of the attendence at Crisler. This is bad no matter what demographic fans are in.
December 14th, 2016 at 5:36 AM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 10:43 AM ^
They drive the bus, and it's their dollars (along with super rich alum donations) that essentially built all those shiny facilities, including the revamped Crisler Center.
And, based on previous games, do you think we'd have had much of a different turnout if it was 7pm start? Instead of about 2,000 people, maybe we would have had about 2,500.
December 14th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
The women's team played a game at Crisler immediately prior, with a 6:30 tip. So this was a double-header. Worked out well for attendance numbers, obviously.
December 14th, 2016 at 12:10 AM ^
Nice win for our N.I.T. resume ! Go Blue.
December 14th, 2016 at 1:08 AM ^
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Highlight video??
December 14th, 2016 at 2:32 AM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
If you listened to Beilein interviewed after the game, his concern was jet lag from the UCLA trip. To avoid an upset, it sounds like they scheduled the absolute worst team they could find. Congrats, John. If this was the only game on the schedule like this, OK, but it's not.
I liked how they played the starters for the first 7+ minutes together. It seems like every game I've watched there has been an early substitution. That makes it hard to develop chemistry and get into the flow of the game.
I was shocked at how few times Wagner got the ball in the post. He could have scored 30+ points easily if they would have only fed him the ball. I'm starting to wonder if he's a ball hog in practice and the players know that if they pass him the ball, they're not getting it back. Otherwise, how to explain not getting him the ball when he's in the post with a clear size and skill advantage.
We got an extended look at Xavier. I hate to say this, but he reminded me of Tum Tum Nairn. I wonder if he's big enough to play in the Big 10. Walton is tough enough, but Ace is right, he just disappears in the lane. Instead of getting big to draw a foul, he shrinks down and makes his shot that much more blockable.
I don't know what to make of this team yet. I hope we show up at Iowa for the first Big 10 game. We need to get the Big 10 season started on the right foot with a W. The first 5 and last 5 are manageable. The middle 8 games of the Big 10 season is a death march.
December 14th, 2016 at 11:51 AM ^
Beilein does not like tough games during exams. I approve.
December 14th, 2016 at 3:00 AM ^
Are those names on the opposing roster accurate or did the scorekeeper pass out and smash his face into the keyboard?
December 14th, 2016 at 8:21 AM ^
wow, 14 minutes of playing time without a point.
it would seem hard to do, in a game like that.
December 14th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^
it hit me last night, he reminds me of Mike Griffin if Griffin was forced to play center.
December 14th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
I think he looks like sheldon cooper
December 14th, 2016 at 10:01 AM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
Do people not follow college basketball? Literally every Power 5 team schedules "garbage" teams like this.
Here is Michigan State's home non-conference schedule:
- Mississippi Valley State
- Florida Golf Coast
- Oral Roberts
- Youngstown State
- Tennessee Tech
- Northeastearn
- Oakland University
Here's Ohio State:
- North Carolina Central
- Providence
- Western Carolina
- Jackson State
- Marshall
- Farleigh Dickinson
- Florida Atlantic
- UConn
- Youngstown State
- UNC-Asheville
Home games, in December, are basically always going to be against medicore to bad opponents -- there might be one exception (e.g., when we play UCLA next year), but that's it.
December 14th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
December 14th, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
and stupid RPI which determines who makes the tournament and seeding thinks the difference between the #1 and the #100 is the same as the difference between the #200 and #201. So us playing #2 and #330 or whatever is considered as tougha s playing #155 and #157 instead. We screw ourselves every time we play a team this bad instead of scheduling a bunch of #150ish teams who we sould still easily beat.
December 14th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Great offensive output
Didn't play down to low level opponent
Did ucla teach us to play aggressive on offense?
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December 14th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
8 assists and 14 turnovers for C. Arkansas. Not the formula for winning basketball.
December 14th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
Michigan's 3-pointers 57
Central Arkansas 53
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