Brunson turned into a Potato
Simpson again crushed a top point guard- this time the NPOY- Brunson. Here was Brunson's stat line
26 minutes, 4-13 shooting, 1-5 3PT, 2 AT, 2 TO, 9PTS, 80 ORTG
If DiVincenzo hadn't been on fire or if we would have had an answer for him the game would have been much more winnable.
Villanova| STARTERS | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. PaschallF | 27 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| O. SpellmanF | 29 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| M. BridgesG | 36 | 7-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| J. BrunsonG | 28 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| P. BoothG | 23 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| D. Cosby-RoundtreeF | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. DelaneyF | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. SamuelsF | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. GillespieG | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D. DiVincenzoG | 37 | 10-15 | 5-7 | 6-10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
| TEAM | 27-57 | 10-27 | 15-20 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 79 | |
| 47.4% | 37.0% | 75.0% |
So note to all your time travelers; journey back to Monday afternoon and poison DiVincenzo's lunch.
Back in 2005 when Ronald Johnson blew out his ACl all the big time programs stopped sending mail and didn't offer...Except Michigan
Michigan (carr) invited Ronald to a game in 2005 when no on else would talk to him.
Ronald gave us a verbal that day....but soon after returning home is mother made him take it back.
During the next few months Ronald told Mallett and Terrance Taylor he was going to Michigan. (that exlains why Mallett came out on rivlas.cmand spilled the beans...So he wasn't lying its just that Ronald didn't want everyone to know yet)
Ronalds Mom wanted him to keep everything hush hush.
Dring RoJos recruitment his High school coaches were whispered to be keeping mail and phone calls not Michigan related from RoJo....His family heard these rumors and the relationship was damaged severly between RoJo and his high school coaching staff.
During his official visit on December RoJo gave a second verbal to English in the UM weight room in front of many defensive players... but told everyone to keep it from public knowledge.
Terrance Taylor made sure to tell RoJo on his official visit to take all of his visits.
Ronald had no interest in taking more visits because he was set on his school he would go to.
What seems to have pushed it over the edge was the florida visit.Ronald was...and I quote "Blown away" from the visit...
Yesterday at Muskegon high school rojo was visibly upset...and told his muskegon coaches that he had to talk to them...(FYI if you havent picked up by now his high school coaches are pro michigan)...
His mother showed up and wouldn't let the coaches peak directly with RoJo during which time she told them that Michigan was out of contention with Ronald....A small verbal war soon happened between the Johnsons and the coaching staff.
Later on yesterday Johnsons mother went to a Muskegon udge (family friend) and had him call the Michigan coaching staff that Ronald was done with Michigan and they had no chance in getting him....
The Johnsons also had cut off all contact with Michigan and cancelled all visits with the coaching staff.....They refuse to talk to anyone with Michigans staff and remain that Ronald is done with them.
It's clear that the rumor of the muskegon high school coaches holding back info from ronald info (which was rumored) had an impact in Mrs Johnson feeling betrayed.
PS. Ronalds mom called Michigan a few days ago and led them to believe her son was still very interested.....so either she was telling the truth and Michigan was still in the lead at that point are she was lying to them to set them up for this great fall.
English and Carr are now in Cali and even though they cannot speak with the Warrens they feel the presence could help in getting him...
After he had a quick 4 points I overreacted and posted in the game thread that "Brunson is going to be a problem." I guess I was wrong about who was going to be a problem.
I guess you could say Zavier Simpson was the Brunson burner.
I don't really care whether Brunson could've been a potato or a tomato, the results of that game aren't going to change. It's just one of those burn-the-tape games that I'd perfer not to even try replaying in my mind. I only hope that there will be a miracle outcome for the Wolverines in the Frozen Four this week in St. Paul. Go Blue!
For now, I'll forget about that Villanova game and watch this.
Brunson was unlikeable to watch. Like Rob Gray. At least Gray didn't throw his beef around as much and act like he was the one taking the hits. The refs could have fouled out Brunson very early in the game but their treatment of him was a microcosm of their overall performance. Biased. Reprehensable. Momentum-shifting. Forgotten in the end.
Michigan fans whine
others win
Once again, tiny-minded humans from opposing fan bases see the same thing as Michigan fans and come onto our board and try to invalidate what everyone in the world saw on Monday night. Referees that shifted the momentum of the game at the end of the first half by calling ticky-tack fouls, putting two of our best players on the bench, and shifting the momentum to our opponent.
We get it. You don't like Michigan. A lot of refs don't like Michigan. Jealousy is stil part of the human condition in the year 2018. Take a bow douchebag. And head back to the Rape Cedar Message Board where you belong.
Also acted like a soccer player. Any contact and his head snapped back like he was shot...Unimpressed.