MBB@OSU: Anyone watching? Bueller?

Submitted by GLORY on March 3rd, 2024 at 4:19 PM

 

This is our Super Bowl,  I'm ready for the pain!  

Go Blue?  

mfan_in_ohio

March 3rd, 2024 at 4:24 PM ^

3 minutes in and I’m already contemplating turning it off. OSU is only up 2 but they’ve blown a layup and an open 3. Meanwhile M just took a long fadeaway 2 in transition, which is one of the dumber shots I’ve seen this year, and that’s saying something. 
 

Everything we do on offense just seems so difficult. It’s hard to execute an entry pass, then it’s hard to do anything with the ball without turning it over, then the play goes well you have a contested jump shot. But it’s ok, because apparently “this shit works.”

Gandalf

March 3rd, 2024 at 5:33 PM ^

My son’s middle team coach would never have a team play defense as bad as Michigan.  Don’t stop the ball, you’re on the bench.  Can’t box out, you’re on the bench.  The lack of any defensive fundamentals or effort on this Michigan team is something that wouldn’t be tolerated by any decent middle school club team.

JBLPSYCHED

March 3rd, 2024 at 4:33 PM ^

I like to watch and I'm not watching. But I just got done watching Caitlin Clark become the all time leading scorer in NCAA D-1 history, men and women. Pistol Pete handed over the crown from his (too early) grave.

Perkis-Size Me

March 3rd, 2024 at 4:33 PM ^

I find it ironic that just a few months ago, Michigan and OSU faced off in a football field as arguably the two best teams in the country. Far snd away the two best teams in their conference. 

Meanwhile, their respective basketball teams are the bottom of the barrel and while Michigan is a notch or two below OSU this year, OSU is still a bad basketball team and good for second to last in the conference. 
 

GLORY

March 3rd, 2024 at 4:39 PM ^

So, when do we start the fire Juwan conversation, and bring Warde along?  Wait til 2nd half, when we inevitably crumble?

ST3

March 3rd, 2024 at 5:09 PM ^

Every game it seems like we get doubled up on the “points in the paint” statistic. Reed could be a defensive presence inside, but he’d rather be a perimeter defender. Once the other team gets him chasing guards around the 3 point line, the middle is wide open because this team doesn’t know how to help defend or rotate. Offensively, we can’t get any points in the paint because our options are Dug’s ridiculous scoop shot or Reed waiting for someone to knock the ball away from him as he holds it at his waist. 

DetroitBlue

March 3rd, 2024 at 5:11 PM ^

His basketball IQ leaves a lot to be desired. Can’t count how many times he leaves his man to go for a block that he has no chance of getting to and then gives up an easy offensive rebound/put back. He’s aggressive when he should be patient and stands around when he should be aggressive. And don’t even get me started on his lack of development on offense; he still looks like a freshman out there