Question on tonight's matchup
I can't help but think of the mismatch Hutchinson (and Diabate) have against Villanova's front court. Their tallest player is 6'9". Villanova lost to Purdue where Edey put up 21 points.
Am I overlooking something?
I am having trouble believing that their back court can keep up with that.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:03 PM ^
Jordan Bohannan morphed into a basketball god for a night. Yeah, we lost the game, but unless somebody on Villanova goes 5-5 from 30 feet I am not looking too much into that.
You make it sound as if some rando shooter going off from 3 land in the NCCA tournament against us is implausible.
Well for one, their 2 6' 9" guys don't even play. Their ideal rotation is only 6 guys, with the bigs being 6' 8", 6' 7", and 6' 7".
But yeah the Edey box score is pretty crazy. 21 points in 20 min on 13 possessions.
Villanova was actually winning by 10 with 10:40 to go and then Purdue really started pounding the ball in to Edey. They also put in a 6' 10" freshman for 24 min, when he only got 10 mpg in big ten play. Probably trying to overwhelm them with size.
Playing Edey only 20 min was probably a mistake, but given it was in November, Purdue probably hadn't figured out their rotation yet.
March 24th, 2022 at 10:03 AM ^
I suspect he will foul out within 5 minutes.
March 24th, 2022 at 10:42 AM ^
If Villanova gets in bonus early , we will be in trouble ! They don’t miss
March 24th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
This is a thing. I haven't seen them miss a free throw this year I don't think. I am putting the odds pretty high that the have missed a free throw this season but I know it is not a regular occurrence.
March 24th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
God, if the fucking commentators talk about FT% the whole game, i hope dickinson and hutchinson start just chucking chairs at them. my god - i get that FTs matter, but acting like that's Nova's calling card and that's the pure difference in the game, is irritatingly simplistic.
What if they go 29-30 but miss one at the buzzer for the win?
Rant over.
March 24th, 2022 at 11:12 AM ^
The scary thing is that Purdue shot the shit out of the ball in that game and only won by 6pts.
52/43/85 line for the Boilermakers. Oh and 'nova only hit 52% of its FTs!!! And they only lost the OREB battle by 2 boards. Crazy game.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
I know. The more I look at this game that harder I am having to squint to find a Michigan W.
March 24th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
If they take a lot of free throws, they win easily. Run them off the three point line, shoot well, and don't foul. That is the sauce.
March 24th, 2022 at 11:59 AM ^
So I came across this "injury report" while looking up the station for tonight's game. I assume whoever put this together is on crack or something, right?
March 24th, 2022 at 12:07 PM ^
Wow. Would certainly want to know more about that.
Edit - two other sites list the Nova guy out but list M with no injuries.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
SS33, that is scary looking stuff, but i don't see how it could be true, at least for us. it makes no mention of d. jones, and lists guys that were jogging off the court and celebrating, and seen at practice yesterday. unless the team bus from the hotel hit a semi, i'm thinking this has to be wrong. either that, or our collective fan base is going to need medication.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
I mean, that's what I was thinking, but how do four players randomly appear on an injury report? I have no idea where the information came from; it's what comes up when you search for Michigan basketball on Bing. Unless it's just some kind of algorithm error? Or maybe just really outdated information? I can't remember, were those players out for a time earlier in the year?
It would be accurate as far as the players out for the home Rutgers game, but I don't remember either Eli or Jace being questionable for that game.
In any case, Bing still has that up. If it is simply just an error I would expect it to be corrected in the next hour. If it isn't, there may be some reason for concern.
Pre-Covid I would not believe in a million years that injury report and would say 100% mistake. We can't be too sure with that anymore.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
This is a great post and worth everything.
Also I'm worried about tonight's game because Ojabo got hurt at the Combine.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:29 PM ^
Yes, you are overlooking somethng. We have no Hutchinson on our basketball team.
March 24th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Uh...they can hit 3s like no one we've played. And 3 is more than 2.
it goes both ways, they're going to force Hunter to guard the perimeter. They've got a handful of good 3pt shooters, so they'll obviously try to get Hunter to have to switch onto one of them to either shoot or drive past him.
Sounds like the right time to implement the classic 3-2 zone defense :)
Yes, this goes 2 ways though: they have no one that can guard Hunter, neither do they have anyone that Hunter can guard.
Kind of OT, but does anyone know which is the Michigan hotel in San Antonio. We are in the Arizona hotel, unfortunately.
Please, please, PLEASE don’t lose this game because you shoot 25% from the free throw line. If you’re going to lose, let it be because Villanova is just flat out better.
Missed bunnies and free throws are the difference right now. Michigan could easily have a slight lead right now.