MBB vs. North Carolina Game Thread

Well, we already made the switch at the 4 for tonight’s game. Now it’s time for Frankie to start at the 1

Is Dickinson playing himself into a four year college player?

The best five for Michigan might just be Collins-Brooks-Bufkin-Houstan-Diabate, which is certainly… worrying? surprising? exciting? Sort of all three?

Collins is a better PG than Jones

Just for those who aren't flipping around, Davidson just grabbed a player on his way down. So fucking dirty. He lost the ball and bear hugged the guy to drag him down. As a former baller with some injuries over the years, this guy should be banned, not given 9 years

Dickinson and Johns Jr who is actually a senior need to wake up.  I live the Energy from Diabate.  Houstan looking good

Juwans rotations. Ugh. Collins & Jones + Terrence? 

I'm glad they're scheming more sets to get Dickinson some more post touches. 

This a terrible line up for spacing though. Why would you ever put a line up where not a single person can hit a 3?

Yikes what an ugly lineup 

I’m not sure Johns is even remotely the same player who filled in last year. 

Looks like Jones isn’t playing point at all anymore.  Maybe less responsibility will help open up his game.

I was expecting Dickinson to be buff and NBA ready.  I don’t know if he will be NBA bound after this year, please prove me wrong big guy!

Steady Eli!!!

Eli is smooth as butter!

Brooks stepping up

Brooks gets slapped  in the fucking face and no call

That guy clearly hit Eli in the face when he tried to run out to contest and then Diabate mugged under the basket.

Just because UNC throws up wild junk doesn't mean we have to.

13 for UNC is the personification of Nefarious Eduardo from the recruiting posts. That’s my main takeaway so far

After 6 early turnovers, Michigan didn't have another one to finish the half. Maybe it's because they took the ball out of Jones' hands, and stopped giving it to Hunter 25 feet from the basket. 

Neither of these teams looks Top 25

Could someone please explain to me how Hunter Dickinson only has 3 shot attempts in the first half?

Jones declines to pass to an open Houstan so he can throw up a contested runner.  It’s looking less like he’s overwhelmed as a point guard and more like he’s just overwhelmed.

Jones is a liability at this point, no two ways about it 

21-12 type team . Hunter seems not engaged , jones is a bust , we just not a scoring team . . 

I will say that UNC's "defensive play" that last 90 seconds was basically "hit people when they come into the lane", not that Dickie V would care.

Anyway, they gotta figure out how to win one of these games and that probably means planting Jones on the bench because seems absolutely out of control right now.

This team does nothing well on offense. Like what do guys like Johns and Williams even give you on that end?  They stand in the corner and do nothing 

The right before the half desperation shot seems to go in every time against us

Love has hit 2 really bad 3s, so you just have to live with that. Jones continues to not do much and be ineffective. Dickinson continues not to get many shots, since our spacing remains really bad.

They don't look like they're having fun. I get that it's a road game but not feeling a lot of good juju

Damn I know we lost a lot but talk about regression by every returning player. Rough so far this year. 

This Jones guy transferred here to be the man and then can’t even make a layup.  He was averaging 19 points with Coastal Carolina and has o points, 0/5 today.