Michigan vs. UNLV basketball open thread

Houstan is borderline unplayable. How many damn times are you going to lose your man on defense? Jones is also trying to do too much.

Sigh. We just aren’t very good right now 

Man, I know it's game 4.. but I am starting to get the sense Jones is going to drive fans crazy this year. Way too many high leverage mistakes in the first half that directly lead to UNLV points or killed possessions. Can't have that from your point guard.

And there’s the inevitable collapse before the half. This is a joke. I’m not staying up to watch this shit show. 

comfortable lead disappears in the final minute.

Jones has probably cost Michigan 8-10 points himself.

Jones is a foul magnet 

Can't say that I'm impressed with Jones so far this season. He plays out of control, almost like a guy who has never had good teammates to rely on. When he recognizes that he's at MICHIGAN, maybe he'll settle down some.

Every, what, 30 or so games we as Michigan fans can claim officiating truly went our way.  Every other goddamn game it's battling those batards in stripes.

Dickinson got a charge while the defender shuffled and was in the arc.  Jones gets a wretched charge that...well maybe we need to get him in the bench.  But it also led to a 3pt bucket for UNLV.  

This team lacks a bit of killer instinct.

Jones has managed to foul out in one game, pick up 4 in another, and has I think three in one half so far.  That's not even against good teams.  WTF?  Did they not call fouls in the Sun Belt or where ever?  He almost single-handedly flushed a ten point lead.  And yeah the last call was questionable, but still. 

Johns/Houston/Williams 1-7. Playing 3 on 5 when 2 of them are in. 

Jones should barely be getting minutes

 Diabate goes out and our offense stalls

 more Kobe

Disappointing to watch another 10+ point lead melt away (and quickly). Hopefully can get some things ironed out in the second half. 

The Jones push off was on him, terrible foul but the one under the basket should have been on the defender. Regardless though, need a lot more from him, Houstan, and Johns. TBD on where we wind up but not playing well at this point. 

Devante Jones is costing this team possessions, leads, & keeping them from consistent offensive flow.  Not what you expect from your point guard. 

smh

UNLV hit an unmanageable amount of shitty shots in the first half yet Michigan is still up at half so I'll take it.  Not pretty but people seem to have forgotten that at this point of last season Michigan had to go to OT to beat an 0-3 Oakland University team.

Juwan will need MUCH more time this year to find the right subs & lineup configurations, that is clear 

Howard might have to do the Izzo thing (well, it used to be his thing)  where the team fiddle-fucks around for like a quarter of the season and then gels. 

Frustrating to play 3 on 5.  Johns, Jones, and Houstan seem to not know what the hell offense is. 

9 turnovers and giving up 6 offensive rebounds has given UNLV 7 more possessions than us. Not great.

I really think Bufkin should be eating into Jones's and Houstan's minutes. Houstan, outside of his passing, has been so bad. I would expect growing pains from a freshman, I would just think for a top 10, first round pick guy, there would be way more good right away.

I know it is early in the season and we have a lot of young players, but I'm getting the urge to recalibrate expectations downward a bit for this year.

At the beginning of the season, I thought "Dickinson and Eli back and Dickinson might be able to drop some shots from further out. They will be complemented by some new blood freshman that could elevate things if they run well early, especially if Jones turns out to be another good transfer pickup."

After the Seton Hall game and the first half of this one, I'm thinking, " Dickinson and Eli can't do it all, freshman are freshman, Jones needs work at both ends of the court, and nobody can shoot threes. That Diabate though........"

Trying not to imagine next year without Dickinson and Brooks. 

Hopefully they can work things out and get into a groove as the season progresses, but there is a lot of work to do and a lot to fix.

JOHNS...USE THIS.  Confidence young man.

Michigan needs to develop a PG who can consistently drive the ball to the basket. 

Michigan needs to develop a PG who can consistently drive the ball to the basket. 

Jones with constant fuck ups

Jones TO.  Ouch.  So want this dude to work out.

Hey, there you go Johns!  Jones, what the shit?

Johns comes out fired up. Jones comes out still a dumpster fire.

Houstan you need to fucking switch.