dolphins can't stand suckas like this
THE ESSENTIALS
| WHAT | #35 Michigan (10-3) vs #337 Jacksonville (5-10) |
|---|---|
| WHERE | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| WHEN | 6 PM ET, Saturday |
| LINE | Michigan –27 (KenPom) |
| TV | BTN |
Dolphins worldwide are livid at the poor performance of the Jacksonville Dolphins, who do not viciously dunk on people like dolphins frequently do in the wild.
THE US
Michigan is finishing up its three game holiday swing against various groups of Russian WWIII POWs who have never seen a basketball against Jacksonville. Jacksonville, which has really and literally adopted the Dolphin as a mascot, is better than Alabama A&M(!) but worse than Detroit(!) per Kenpom.
As a result this should be a desultory affair immediately forgotten. The main thing Michigan fans will be hoping for is at least some playing time for Moe Wagner, who's missed the last few weeks after twisting his ankle late in the Texas game. It would be nice if he got ten minutes and looked on track to return at full force for the (re-)beginning of conference play on January 2nd.
THE LINEUP CARD
Projected starters are in bold. Hover over headers for stat explanations. The "Should I Be Mad If He Hits A Three" methodology: we're mad if a guy who's not good at shooting somehow hits one. Yes, you're still allowed to be unhappy if a proven shooter is left open. It's a free country.
| Pos. | # | Name | Yr. | Ht./Wt. | %Min | %Poss | ORtg | SIBMIHHAT | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 0 | Tanner Rubio | So. | 6'0, 170 | 60 | 24 | 82 | Sort of | |||||||||||
| Just A Shooter except he has an inexplicable, post-like TO rate to go along with 31% from 3. | |||||||||||||||||||
| G | 1 | JD Notae | Fr. | 6'2, 180 | 82 | 25 | 93 | No | |||||||||||
| Shoots almost as well from 3 (36%) as he does from two (37%). Gets a lot more twos up. | |||||||||||||||||||
| G | 3 | Devin Harris | Sr. | 6'4, 200 | 66 | 24 | 87 | Very | |||||||||||
| Bull in a china shop has top-30 FT rate, astronomical TO rate, and can't shoot. | |||||||||||||||||||
| F | 14 | Jace Hogan | Jr. | 6'6, 225 | 55 | 28 | 109 | Quite | |||||||||||
| A-Sun Branden Dawson is by far JAX's most effective offensive player but might be out? | |||||||||||||||||||
| F | 33 | Cody Helgeland | Sr. | 6'8, 185 | 90 | 14 | 90 | Sort of | |||||||||||
| Stretch 4 is another perimeter oriented player hitting 31%. Does not rebound. | |||||||||||||||||||
| G | 10 | Corey Romitch | Fr. | 6'4, 205 | 31 | 9 | 82 | Yes | |||||||||||
| Nonexistent on offense. 29% from three and 1/2 from two. | |||||||||||||||||||
| F | 25 | Jaylin Hinton | Fr. | 6'5, 195 | 46 | 14 | 107 | Very | |||||||||||
| Low usage garbage man hitting 61% from two. | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | 13 | Radwan Bakkali | Jr. | 6'10, 250 | 30 | 20 | 91 | Very | |||||||||||
| Post can't DREB and hits 46% from two with astronomical TO rate. | |||||||||||||||||||
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