Michigan Oregon basketball game thread

Play some fucking defense

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38-35 Oregon at halftime.  Michigan has more offensive rebounds than Oregon but Oregon’s made theirs count down the stretch. :(

Jesus. Two offensive rebounds given up to a team that has two bigs out injured.

Just awful, almost unwatchable basketball.

TWill just just doesn't play smart sometimes. Why not throw that out top, play for the last shot?

This team lacks good coaching. They are undisciplined and have no identity. They have athletic players with talent who seem confused and hamstrung against every opponent that isn't physically inferior. Obligatory "I miss Beilein"

Just an observation and I may be totally wrong, but since Juwan came back it seems the offense is posting up with Tarris more than they did the first few games. Seems to bog down the flow a ton. The free flowing, shoot in rhythm offense of the first few games seems gone. Maybe its opponent, maybe its film on the new guys, but everything feels clunky on both ends of the floor the last 5 games 

They seem to be playing slightly better defense. Their 3 point shot sucks, which is further proof that those first couple games were just hot shooting and this what they really are shooting wise. 

Turnovers are an issue, but they're still getting good looks and the zone isn't giving them that many issues. It's great to have Llewellyn back so Dug can get breathers. Hopefully as he gets back into the groove he can take more of those minutes and initiate the offense more.

Overall, they look like a mediocre team playing another mediocre team.

Holy shit, Dug! He’s gone full Spike Albrecht.

Michigan on fire from 3 to start the second half, but a lack of defense is keeping them from pulling away.  Michigan 50, Oregon 47 at the under-16, Michigan ball.

Man Dug might be the best PG in the conference this season.

Stop leaving them open

It would be nice if Oregon wasn’t shooting 88% from 3.

We also need to stop getting dunked on by Oregon Stu Douglass.

The defense is atrocious. It's been an issue multiple years in a row now, so I have to think it's just a Howard thing. The same way how Iowa can't play a lick of defense.

Defense optional

Michigan bball defense=ok state football defense

unc wilmington taking the mildcats to the shed at least right now.  Go Blue!   Just tuning in.  come see the duck

Michigan goes cold and gives up a run to Oregon on the other end.  Oregon now 7/8 from 3, including 3/3 in the second half.  Michigan calls timeout with Oregon up 55-52, 12:38 remaining.

Watching this team on the defensive end makes my eyes bleed

Oregon has 2 bigs out and you get dunked on/over by a 6'3" white guy? Great defense, guys.

Every time I turn it to this game for a few moments all I see is terrible defense and a lack of fundamentals. Something that is becoming a trend now under Howard. Need to start having a discussion about his future if this continues all season. This team on paper does not have bad individual level defensive talent, zero excuse for how poor it is right now collectively.

And now the under-12, Michigan cuts it to 55-54 Oregon, Michigan ball out of bounds after the time out.

Tarris has completely regressed. Talent still there though.

Tschetter is an absolute sieve on defense and just can't make up for it enough on offense. not good enough for this level 

Playing hot potato with the ball the past two minutes. 

Oregon surges to a 62-59 lead at the under-8.  Officiating starting to look very strange — a couple of no-call maulings by Oregon, and a ticky-tack and-one against Tschetter the other way.

Stop the hard hedges, force the weak side defender to rotate early for help, go over the high ball screens and tag. Just watch the 2018 team defense, it's not rocket science!

Taking Dug off the floor at this point in the game does not seem smart.

Our D may be bad, but the O is completely effed, no flow, no nothing, dribble around and do something, Juwan used to run some nice sets, gone out the window

Final TV timeout, Oregon up 69-64 but Michigan going to the line to shoot 3.  Oregon’s hands-on defense has been derailing Michigan’s offensive sets, and Oregon’s gotten just enough on the other end to stay ahead.  Still anybody’s game, but time is running out — just less than 4 minutes left in regulation.

Out rebounding them by 12, hitting more 3s, but 14 turnovers is just a killer. They're wasting this insane Dug performance.

Fox got both photos wrong on that graphic.  Impressive.

I don’t know who FOX just put on that graphic for Oregon but it definitely wasn’t white-as-a-ghost Brennan Rigsby.