OSU beats Purdue
February 8th, 2018 at 6:54 PM ^
All that could be true but I don't see him facilitating OUR offense to the tune it needs via the pG. Ohio St. gets away with it with other ball handlers/athletes. Hell Jaesean Tate (spellin??, sorry big fella) can bring the ball up for them when in a crunch. We've Rahk and...Poole, who isn't in enough. Matthews can't handle the ball well enough nor Livers nor Mo other than making a slick move to the basket with his mind made up (I would replicate that thought with Duncan).
Dakich is performing well for OSU and I'm happy for the kid and actually am rooting for him/them a times (I was last night and jumped when he scored that baseline layup!). But his ball handling still leaves too much to be desired to get true minutes as a player in Beilein's particular offense. Brooks handles the ball well and of course has his issues but I think an upgrade over Andrew on this team. Simmons....clearly has not answered my rooting for him to finally click and has been a black hole.
February 7th, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
February 7th, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
Agreed. Purdue wins out in the regular season and osu will lose at least one or two more games. Tonight was just ugly and they got the breaks at the end.
February 7th, 2018 at 11:23 PM ^
As much as I hate to say it, MSU is right in the thick of it. Purdue goes to East Lansing this weekend.
February 8th, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
They need to beat Purdue and then have OSU lose one (likely) and then win out (likely against their pitiful schedule) for at least a share of the title.
Go Boilers!
February 7th, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
to first in one year? It's really unbelievable how their coaching hires have worked out. I'm hopeful that we can beat them at home in a couple weeks, but I truly doubt it happens. They play a very physical style of defense with quick hands. I don't think we'll be able to score enough to win. Hope I'm wrong. Also, I'm too depressed to look it up, but I believe Beilein has had little success against UOS even when they haven't been very good.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:17 AM ^
He's 7-15 against them if I've got my records right. We haven't beaten them since 2015. There was a three to four year stretch in there where we usually split with them, or in the 2013-14 season, swept them. But other than that, yeah his record against them has been pretty rough.
February 7th, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
anyone else think Dakich looks much bigger this year? I know we hear about camp Sanderson, but holy crap Dakich looks like he's 20lb heavier and more muscular than last year.
February 8th, 2018 at 3:12 AM ^
February 7th, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
I think the easiest way for us to win the BTT is to face OSU in the semis and the winner of Purdue/MSU for the title. If OSU finishes #1 and we can stay in the #4/#5 game (preferably as a #4 seed), we could have a good shot at repeating as tourney champs.
February 7th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
Good point but I doubt they win the conference.
February 8th, 2018 at 9:29 AM ^
If MSU beats Purdue tomorrow, which is very possible, OSU can lose one more game and still win the conference. My guess is we beat OSU, MSU beats Purdue, and the top three teams win the rest of their games. That would mean the top three teams are: OSU, MSU and Purdue.
We just need to handle our business and win out.
February 8th, 2018 at 7:16 AM ^
Michigan is 2 games out of the 4 seed right now, and doubtful they'll make up that ground on a Nebraska team that plays no one down the stretch. 5th place is our ceiling, yay!
February 7th, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Concerned about this season..Wisconsoin on the road no matter what could be bad news..THEN Iowa which is improving and only lost by 3 to MSU, then OHIO St is the real deal and at Maryland and Penn St that are VERY good at home...we could be in real danger here
February 8th, 2018 at 8:12 AM ^
What's awful is that Michigan has the potential to beat all of them. When they play their best game, they can whip any one of those teams. We saw Michigan play like a Final Four team against Purdue and MSU. But when they have an off night, anyone can come in and shove them around like rag dolls. Minus the Purdue game, they've been awful ever since they played MSU.
If they play sluggish the rest of the way, especially if they play the way they played on Tuesday, they could legitimately be on the outside looking in come Selection Sunday.
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February 8th, 2018 at 12:19 AM ^
I'll allow it.
February 8th, 2018 at 6:19 AM ^
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February 8th, 2018 at 6:47 AM ^
Calling it now: OSU’s entire bracket region all inexplicably comes down with IBD right before their matchups with OSU. OSU waltz’s its way to a Final Four to play for a national championship.
February 8th, 2018 at 7:21 AM ^
Funny how a team picked 12th in the conference goes on a run like this isnt it? OSU no less, meanwhile here's Mich looking like trash on the road at NW. When will it ever be Michigans time? Seriously, Will they ever be 12-1 in the conference? OSU depends on like 6 guys, they arent deep at all and still win every damn game
February 8th, 2018 at 7:28 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 8:58 AM ^
I know it wasn't 12-1, but '13-'14 was certainly Michigan's time in basketball. Started 9-1 and cruised to a 15-3 record, winning the B1G by 3 games where it seemed like everything was going our way.
February 8th, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
I live in Columbus and Holtman was in my undergrad class at Taylor Univeristy (a small liberal arts college in Indiana). Just salt in the wound. With NSD, yesterday was rough. Buckeyes on top of the world and I just have to watch it all day every day.
February 8th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
LOL. Of course they did. My god. Does any school have more luck with new coaches than OSU? So fucking annoying.
February 8th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
But I would love to see them coming into Crisler as high as can be and then seeing us shut them down. We just gotta win. Watched a bunch of old osu/Michigan classic football games this week. Man, I miss those days when they would come to Ann Arbor ranked number two and we had the guys to flat out beat them. Here's to hoping we turn it around (and soon).
GO BLUE!!
February 8th, 2018 at 2:47 PM ^
in sports for me. Pats lose to Philly and now that trash can of a city is throwing a parade today.
Michigan plays one of the worst games of basketball ever and loses to NW. That game had our fourth sub-25 point half in the last seven games. Vomit.
Purdue, my sister and best friend's alma mater, loses to OSU.
To top it off, my furnace stopped working in the middle of the night last night! Woke up to the thermostat reading a balmy 51 degrees. Fuck this week.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:25 PM ^
OSU does have arguably the best player in conference in Bates-Diop, is well-coached with a good recruiting class behind this one, will likely win the BIG, win the BIG tournament, and hell, win the national championship in basketball and football this year.