Edey staring at Reed after dunking, while Reed can’t defend him due to foul trouble is comical. You also can’t stop him from offensive rebounds because he is allowed to discard people.
I don’t recall a team worse on defense ever. Can’t rebound, zero communication, unable to stay in front of their man. It’s a wonder they’ve won 8 games.
It’s going to get worse and worse. You’ll have to have 4 different streaming services to be able to watch all 12 Michigan football games during the regular season within the next 5 years would be my guess. Best part is you will pay for the subscription and still get to watch a bazillion commercials. Yay!
currently, I’m a plus handicap and about 6 years ago I was low single digits and went through the shanks. I’m talking 7-8 times a round, if it had a hosel I was panicking. Basically driver and putter were my only friend. This went on for a couple months and it slowly got better, but it would sneak in. Mentally it took a looooong time to get over it. Occasionally it happens, as it will with anyone but I no longer think about it.
All this to say there is light at the end of the tunnel!
Spartan - Cassius Winston. Great player obviously, kept his head down and when all the Nassar stuff happened he seemed to handle it better than anyone at the institution including leadership.
For those that listened to the podcast, this is exactly what Alex was talking about. Crunch time is absolutely a real thing, even though it may not be quantifiable, and this team hasn’t handled it well all year.
I was 14 when this song came out so obviously a really impressionable time in my life. From the very first string being picked, this song sucked me in and I loved it.
At one point a buddy of mine and I were talking a number of years ago about if we could hear one song for the first time all over again, what would we choose? I chose Mr. Brightside.
Flash-forward a few years and this song became an anthem for Michigan football. During the time of 2004 and 2021, it had obviously been very dark for the football team both in being unwatchable then just heartbreaking. I don’t remember the name of the author in the fall who wrote on the blog about Michigan football and how it has connected every time of his life, and it is no different for me.
This song, paired with this video, gets me emotional every. single. time.
Don’t care what Brian or anyone else says, Michigan is much better off without their potential lottery pick. The offense functions better without him, the defense has less breakdowns. Ceiling is lower without him, obviously, but he is nowhere near his ceiling.
I still think that Howard deserves criticism despite one win against a not great MSU team. You can be happy about a win and not have to hop back on a coaches bandwagon at the same time. great team win, coaches and players alike.
It’s not great that with only one personal foul, Reed played 13 total minutes, only 3 more than…. Jace. With how Reed was playing it makes no sense.
JH’s substitutions still continue to boggle the mind. He seemingly never uses the rotations in anyway that makes sense. Spent about 5 minutes with a McDaniel, Baker, Jace, Jett, Reed lineup in the first half which is when Wisconsin built their first lead. Where is the scoring coming from there? Jett, can’t be expected to iso ball for 5 minutes with any kind of success. So we have multiple hero ball moments from Dug and Baker because nothing is happening on offense. I just don’t get it.
Howard isn’t going anywhere this year. Team is not good this year. Sucks but that’s the reality.
Program could be headed south quick, but we are on the Howard express like it or not
they’ll either show improvement next year, or we’ll know it’s gonna crash and burn.
Right. And to be clear, I think Hunter is a great player and this team would be awful without him, but we’ve been living through him for 3 years. Teams have adjusted, we need to as well.
Stand by my take that this team is worse off when trying to force the ball to Dickinson. Got railed for it in the snowflakes post from this weekend by a few people saying we should be having him take 23 shots a game.
exactly how is he gonna get 23 shots a game when he can’t prevent being fronted by the other teams centers? Not all his fault as the refs just let every other team get physical with him (that I think is partly his fault as he’s rubbed people including refs the wrong way for a long time now).
so we just stand around with the ball on one side of the floor for 15 seconds of the shot clock trying to get him the ball for 3 outcomes.
1. Double team and a pass to someone else anyway.
2. Successfully get it to him but has to rush because it’s so late in the shot clock. Hopefully he can make something happen.
3. Can’t get him the ball. End up jacking up a one on one shot.
this team NEEDS ball movement, more so than probably any other team in the big ten to create shots.
IU scored 62 points, not exactly a model for great offense, especially against this Michigan team.
Basketball is run by guards now, and in case you haven’t noticed TJD is a much better player than hunter Dickinson this year.
edit: I’ll also add that when TJD was doing almost all the scoring himself in the first half his team was down 12. When Hood-schifino started playing well they came back and ultimately won the game.
meanwhile good guard play from Michigan in the first half equals a lead.
You can’t win in 2023 by trying to constantly get the ball to your big man unless it’s Edey.
I’m pretty tired of watching this team look like lost puppies who only know how to throw the ball down to Dickinson when the game gets close at the end.
Burn 20 seconds of shot clock or just throw it away to get it to a guy who’s gonna be doubled immediately. Meanwhile, wide open players on the opposite side of the court.
Ball movement absolutely stops with this team any time the game gets close cause we gotta get it to our best player!!!
Drives me crazy that simple things like stopping the ball seem so difficult for this team. Then they all look around at each other rather than take responsibility.
Big ten basketball is brutal. There should be no more than 4 teams to get into the tournament and I have my doubts that anyone gets to the sweet sixteen.
The officiating in this game is exactly why the big ten struggles in the NCAA tournament. The amount of physicality allowed in the big ten is outrageous. As soon as these guards can’t put hands on players up top (which is almost every big ten team) they can’t stay in front of people.
Honestly as good as it feels to beat OSU and win the big ten, I think what I’m most happy about over the last few years, is that all of the rhetoric about hasn’t won on the road against an X ranked team, or as an underdog are all done.
It really got annoying to hear that every single game over the last 5 years. As if any team has a great winning percentage on the road, as an underdog, against a top 5 team (especially at the end of the year when rankings are actually worth something).
I’m rather enjoying the talk about Ryan day can’t win “the big one”. What the big one is, who really knows? A moving target that, at this time, Michigan no longer has to hit.
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It’s gonna be like little giants, if you’ve seen the movie, where the big kid just drags the little ones.
I’m really tired of every goal being reviewed
On a positive note, Michigan basketball won more games in 2024 than all football programs outside of Michigan. That’s something, right?
I took OSU -12. Felt dirty but I can’t pass up free money. Wish I would have emptied the 401k on the bet.
Edey staring at Reed after dunking, while Reed can’t defend him due to foul trouble is comical. You also can’t stop him from offensive rebounds because he is allowed to discard people.
I don’t recall a team worse on defense ever. Can’t rebound, zero communication, unable to stay in front of their man. It’s a wonder they’ve won 8 games.
Jackson is an absolute disaster factory. This isn’t new news but it’s so bad.
It’s going to get worse and worse. You’ll have to have 4 different streaming services to be able to watch all 12 Michigan football games during the regular season within the next 5 years would be my guess. Best part is you will pay for the subscription and still get to watch a bazillion commercials. Yay!
Loved JJs look when they asked harbaugh about his future at Michigan lol
Reed has some bricks on the ends of his arms tonight.
It’s amazing what happens in basketball when you don’t spend 20 seconds of the shot clock trying to get the ball to a guy who has one move.
Well big ten officiating still blows. Looks like another year of ticky tack games and I’m sure the football style officiating will come as well.
The fact that MHJ wasn’t the number one wr coming out of high school is just crazy to me in hindsight. He is unbelievable.
A deep cut here. I like it.
This line of thinking is embarrassing
I’m not the only one it seems. The write up for the MSU Rutgers game would have been glorious.
Just work at it, that’s all you can do.
currently, I’m a plus handicap and about 6 years ago I was low single digits and went through the shanks. I’m talking 7-8 times a round, if it had a hosel I was panicking. Basically driver and putter were my only friend. This went on for a couple months and it slowly got better, but it would sneak in. Mentally it took a looooong time to get over it. Occasionally it happens, as it will with anyone but I no longer think about it.
All this to say there is light at the end of the tunnel!
Spartan - Cassius Winston. Great player obviously, kept his head down and when all the Nassar stuff happened he seemed to handle it better than anyone at the institution including leadership.
buckeye - I’ll join the spielman bandwagon.
For those that listened to the podcast, this is exactly what Alex was talking about. Crunch time is absolutely a real thing, even though it may not be quantifiable, and this team hasn’t handled it well all year.
zavier…
2019-2020 team had:
zavier simpson
john teske
isaiah livers
eli brooks
Austin davis
colin castleton
david dejulius
IMO that team absolutely finishes this season top 4 in this years big ten, is not on the bubble, and could make a run in the tournament.
JB didn’t leave behind a bad squad.
I was 14 when this song came out so obviously a really impressionable time in my life. From the very first string being picked, this song sucked me in and I loved it.
At one point a buddy of mine and I were talking a number of years ago about if we could hear one song for the first time all over again, what would we choose? I chose Mr. Brightside.
Flash-forward a few years and this song became an anthem for Michigan football. During the time of 2004 and 2021, it had obviously been very dark for the football team both in being unwatchable then just heartbreaking. I don’t remember the name of the author in the fall who wrote on the blog about Michigan football and how it has connected every time of his life, and it is no different for me.
This song, paired with this video, gets me emotional every. single. time.
The one that took them from down 14 to up 12 in about 15 minutes of game time. The one that was generating open looks.
When has constantly forcing the ball down low worked for this team down the stretch of games all year long, especially from behind?
The games that they have won have been because of perimeter shooting and continuing to run the offense normally rather than forcing things.
The miss on purpose there is so unforgivable.
Intentional foul now down the stretch from Illinois. Won’t even have a chance to tie.
That missed free throw killed.
Hey guys, in case you missed it during the broadcast, Michigan is projected first four out. Arizona state is projected first last four in.
Baker……. What are you doing?
can we just isolate Bufkin already in that situation? Hold for the final shot and let him go
How is that not a play call to get Bufkin going down hill?
Don’t care what Brian or anyone else says, Michigan is much better off without their potential lottery pick. The offense functions better without him, the defense has less breakdowns. Ceiling is lower without him, obviously, but he is nowhere near his ceiling.
Dickinson heard that Michigan was on the bubble and decided it was a good time to mentally check out again. Very frustrating.
Seriously, do we have to have one of these threads either way after every game?
Rutgers is so embarrassing. Those unis look like generic video game “create a team” uniforms.
This is the lineup he throws out up 2 lol
I still think that Howard deserves criticism despite one win against a not great MSU team. You can be happy about a win and not have to hop back on a coaches bandwagon at the same time. great team win, coaches and players alike.
Watch only Jett while Michigan is on defense and you’ll lose your mind. I don’t know if he knows who he is guarding 50% of the time.
It’s not great that with only one personal foul, Reed played 13 total minutes, only 3 more than…. Jace. With how Reed was playing it makes no sense.
JH’s substitutions still continue to boggle the mind. He seemingly never uses the rotations in anyway that makes sense. Spent about 5 minutes with a McDaniel, Baker, Jace, Jett, Reed lineup in the first half which is when Wisconsin built their first lead. Where is the scoring coming from there? Jett, can’t be expected to iso ball for 5 minutes with any kind of success. So we have multiple hero ball moments from Dug and Baker because nothing is happening on offense. I just don’t get it.
Howard isn’t going anywhere this year. Team is not good this year. Sucks but that’s the reality.
Program could be headed south quick, but we are on the Howard express like it or not
they’ll either show improvement next year, or we’ll know it’s gonna crash and burn.
Right. And to be clear, I think Hunter is a great player and this team would be awful without him, but we’ve been living through him for 3 years. Teams have adjusted, we need to as well.
Stand by my take that this team is worse off when trying to force the ball to Dickinson. Got railed for it in the snowflakes post from this weekend by a few people saying we should be having him take 23 shots a game.
exactly how is he gonna get 23 shots a game when he can’t prevent being fronted by the other teams centers? Not all his fault as the refs just let every other team get physical with him (that I think is partly his fault as he’s rubbed people including refs the wrong way for a long time now).
so we just stand around with the ball on one side of the floor for 15 seconds of the shot clock trying to get him the ball for 3 outcomes.
1. Double team and a pass to someone else anyway.
2. Successfully get it to him but has to rush because it’s so late in the shot clock. Hopefully he can make something happen.
3. Can’t get him the ball. End up jacking up a one on one shot.
this team NEEDS ball movement, more so than probably any other team in the big ten to create shots.
IU scored 62 points, not exactly a model for great offense, especially against this Michigan team.
Basketball is run by guards now, and in case you haven’t noticed TJD is a much better player than hunter Dickinson this year.
edit: I’ll also add that when TJD was doing almost all the scoring himself in the first half his team was down 12. When Hood-schifino started playing well they came back and ultimately won the game.
meanwhile good guard play from Michigan in the first half equals a lead.
You can’t win in 2023 by trying to constantly get the ball to your big man unless it’s Edey.
I’m pretty tired of watching this team look like lost puppies who only know how to throw the ball down to Dickinson when the game gets close at the end.
Burn 20 seconds of shot clock or just throw it away to get it to a guy who’s gonna be doubled immediately. Meanwhile, wide open players on the opposite side of the court.
Ball movement absolutely stops with this team any time the game gets close cause we gotta get it to our best player!!!
Drives me crazy that simple things like stopping the ball seem so difficult for this team. Then they all look around at each other rather than take responsibility.
Big ten basketball is brutal. There should be no more than 4 teams to get into the tournament and I have my doubts that anyone gets to the sweet sixteen.
Iowa fans are approaching IU levels of annoying.
I am so tired of Michigan’s 7 footers not only being incapable of blocking shots, but seemingly useless at even altering shots. Very frustrating.
Except jace wasn’t going after the ball.
The officiating in this game is exactly why the big ten struggles in the NCAA tournament. The amount of physicality allowed in the big ten is outrageous. As soon as these guards can’t put hands on players up top (which is almost every big ten team) they can’t stay in front of people.
Honestly as good as it feels to beat OSU and win the big ten, I think what I’m most happy about over the last few years, is that all of the rhetoric about hasn’t won on the road against an X ranked team, or as an underdog are all done.
It really got annoying to hear that every single game over the last 5 years. As if any team has a great winning percentage on the road, as an underdog, against a top 5 team (especially at the end of the year when rankings are actually worth something).
I’m rather enjoying the talk about Ryan day can’t win “the big one”. What the big one is, who really knows? A moving target that, at this time, Michigan no longer has to hit.
You can’t be serious with this take. You don’t think it’s possible that a college football player could have gotten better in a full calendar year?
Tough to commit tough fouls when every shot is a jumper.
Ran into a buzz saw tonight. Michigans fault for letting them get easy looks to start the game, but just turned into an absolute avalanche.
it’s disappointing to watch these types of games where Howard has no answer if a team makes it difficult for hunter to get position.
also Horne has about the ugliest jumper I’ve ever seen. Infuriating that it’s going in lol.