Game Thread: Men’s basketball at Penn State - noon EST, BTN
The men’s hoops team returns to the hard court against PSU at noon EST with a broadcast on BTN.
Both teams are in the. Middle of the Pack in the B1G.
Any realistic chance for an NCAA bid, probably means this is a must win game.
Hopefully - the hoops squad can do what the hockey team did earlier this weekend - without a five minute major.
Go Blue!
January 29th, 2023 at 1:09 PM ^
It’s easy to shit on the NBA when it comes to college basketball because trying to do NBA things in college won’t work. The sport is not the same at all. Rules aren’t even close to the same.
January 29th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
NIT at this point is the goal. This team needs development and hopefully can be good next year. Go Blue!
January 29th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
there will be no development when you have dickinson, williams and baker getting loads of minutes. at this point you may as well give much larger minutes to reed, tschetter and barnes.
January 29th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
We need Yaklich back to coach toughness and defense.
This team is just soft with little confidence.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:00 PM ^
Dickinson shows so many signs that he's not well coached. He has a clear size advantage in this game (and many others this year), but voluntarily choses to shoot those pull ups and hook shots instead of aggressively pushing down low to get dunks and layup attempts. Worst case scenario is you get fouled and shoot free throws, which he's quite good at.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:01 PM ^
No fire at all from this team coming out of halftime.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:01 PM ^
lol. funk has 17. can't guard anyone.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:01 PM ^
1 TO left with over 17 minutes remaining, SMDH.
Please, you Juwan defenders, explain that one.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^
They wont explain shit...they'll remain silent whilst getting butthurt clenching their teeth through tears and just downvote anyone who's not still slurpin on JuwAn.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:02 PM ^
Beilein is like 70 years old now. It's like when people wanted to bring Lloyd Carr back during the Hoke years.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
Lmao right. There are so many on this board that never liked the Juwan hire and can’t fathom that Beilein left on his own volition.
This year is in the dumpster. Juwan will get another year at least. JUST LIKE HARBAUGH who most of these Juwan haters loved even though he sucked until 2021.
I wonder why.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
It’s his 4th year and the team has no identity. His recruiting has been mid at best and he can’t develop guards. That’s not even including the in game decisions that are peculiar to say the least. Seems to me like that’s a cocktail for disaster and it’s playing out right before our eyes.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:13 PM ^
I hated Juwan hire. Wasn’t great First year Covid bailed him out. Fantastic second year with a great team left over by JB but he added Franz Smith and Chaundee and I felt ok he knows what he is looking for. Last year was ok with a great sweet 16 run that covered up a lot. Now this year. This is alarming.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:59 PM ^
Any respectable coach is allowed 1 dumpster-fire season. Just not 2 in a row.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
I’ll take an 80 year old Beilein at this point . Atleast he will have spacing on offense
January 29th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
Shitty coaching. Shitty defense. Shitty effort. Shitty outcomes.
Howard needs to go.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
Bufkin is actually playing pretty good D so far.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
The JuwAn nut huggers are getting more silent by the game.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:09 PM ^
Is there a reason you capitalize the A in his name? Or are you just a troll? Sorry grandpa Beilein isn’t coming back
January 29th, 2023 at 1:13 PM ^
Haa, got one! I never said anything about Belein. Tell me again how awesome JuwAn's doing, I look forward to your flailing.
And the reason I capitalize the "A", is because I accidently spelled his name with an "o" once, and that really caused the nut huggers to get highly upset, so now I make sure I do it right...nobody wants to see upset nut huggers.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:16 PM ^
He’s about to be down 30 to Penn State. Down 30 to Penn state. All trolling of Howard is allowed
January 29th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
LOL. PSU fans changing overrated. Do they even follow basketball?
January 29th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
I'm guessing they were chanting at Hunter.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:17 PM ^
Nah, they're still chanting with Hunter on the bench.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
Yeah, when I said that they had only chanted after a HD turnover. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt haha.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
Time to go with the weird guys - nothing else is working.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
we're only down by 23 now. we've got 'em right where we want 'em!
January 29th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
Holy shit. They missed a three!!!
January 29th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
crowd is changing overrated. lol. are we rated or is it directed at HD?
January 29th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^
When you hear Martelli telling Sam webb stuff like “ if a players asks about NIL , they are not interested in them ! “ That’s all you need to know why we aren’t recruiting like we need to
January 29th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
And we wonder why football recruiting is in the dumps too.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
I just don’t recall Hunter being this Charmin sawft in prior seasons.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:10 PM ^
Hunter used to play with Franz Wagner, Isaiah Livers, Eli Brooks and Chaundee Brown.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
So uh.. Fire Juwan?
January 29th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
If Jett leaves after this season, yes. There would be nothing on the roster, combined with his coaching staff’s abilities, that gives any confidence in Michigan being good at basketball
January 29th, 2023 at 1:12 PM ^
I’d like to hear a defense of him. Had he not been with Fab Five he would have roaring fire on him. People keep pointing to a well developed Beilein who made a huge shift in style of play as their reason. Beilein struggled too is their red herring. He loves Michigan. So does XM. Place him in that spot then. Those expectations of improvement next year need to point to players outside of maybe Bufkin, that have developed under Howard.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:15 PM ^
He’s made the Sweet Sixteen every year until this point
This year has sucked, but he’s earned the right to fix this mess
January 29th, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
Making the Sweet 16 doesn't erase that they were very average last year and finished in the middle. Besides 2020, Michigan has not been good, they've been ok and this year they are bad.
January 29th, 2023 at 2:00 PM ^
The defense of him is obvious. His teams have been consistently good until this one season. You don’t fire a guy based on one bad season.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:08 PM ^
Do we know who coaches the defensive end? From the looks of it, nobody! We are openly getting punked and seem ok with it.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:08 PM ^
I love Juwan, but he’s just not a very good coach. Average, but not good. I blame Beilien, for leaving in May. If he’d have done what was best for Michigan, he’d have left in March/early April, and Michigan would have gotten Nate Oats.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:08 PM ^
They're doing to us what we did to Maryland at home.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:12 PM ^
I remember when U-M fans balked at the possibility of Ed Cooley being michigans coach after JB. I’d take hiM in a heartbeat
January 29th, 2023 at 1:17 PM ^
Don't care about Cooley. I'd take Matt Painter or Nate Oats though.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
I got so many negs on those old threads for advocating for Cooley. My view was that he was ascending with less talent than what Michigan had, and that no top 15 program should EVER hire a coach with no head coaching experience and absolutely zero college coaching experience. That's some MAC level shit!
January 29th, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
Penn State should never do this to Michigan in basketball.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:10 PM ^
It’s like we are experiencing a back door cut for the 1st time ever.
January 29th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
This team is a EMBARASSMENT...over the last 2 years whats Juwans record? He started out with Belien players and recruits and since?? AWFUL
January 29th, 2023 at 1:25 PM ^
Everything you said is true except for the whole part about Belien players. Howard went 23-5 his second year and Livers was the only significant Belien recruit on that team. Could add Johns and Davis to that list I guess.
Howard had one astronomical year but what he's missing is leadership, the last two seasons have been void of any real leadership and lack of any chemistry. Outside of a miracle, this will be the third year we failed to get to 20 wins in his four years of coaching.