Brandon Johns drops 51 on Sexton
December 19th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
That's it? Pssshh...
December 19th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
That's one more than FAU put up on Akron in a 50-3 drubbing in the Boca Del Vista Bowl.
December 19th, 2017 at 11:11 PM ^
I heard there wasn’t a single open unit in all of Del Boca Vista.
December 20th, 2017 at 1:00 AM ^
There’s still units. They’re just all in Del Boca Vista, Phase Two.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
unit, garth. schwing!!
December 19th, 2017 at 10:21 PM ^
But John Patrick Beilein can’t recruit.
December 20th, 2017 at 1:55 PM ^
Michigan is 5th in the Big Ten and 37th nationally in recruiting over the last five years. Don't pretend he's a superstar recruiter just because he's had a few good recruits.
Source: http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/05/02/a-ranking-of-the-big-ten-progra…
December 19th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
And with that, he earned an apostrophe?
December 19th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
Psh. If he was any good he'd be heading to Lithuania.
December 19th, 2017 at 11:13 PM ^
With a shoe deal!
December 19th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
Nest year. Football and Basketball.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:06 AM ^
Year of the birds?
December 19th, 2017 at 11:01 PM ^
Hate those rich East Lansing kids. Unless they are really good and go to Michigan.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:58 AM ^
i went to ELHS. go trojans!!
December 20th, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
I went to Owosso and got destroyed by both schools on a regular basis, yay!
December 19th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^
The game highs these guys are putting up are nuts. High school still 8 minute quarters with no shot clock?
December 19th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^
Eight minute quarters and no shot clock, so there's a huge variation in gameplay from game to game. One game the score can be in the 80s with teams running up and down the floor. The next can be in the 30s with your opponent trying to pass the ball around for a solid two minutes, even in regional or state tournament play (at least here on the west side of the state). I must say it's nail-biting to watch when your team only gets possession seven times in a quarter and the score is tied at 25 in the fourth quarter when you're used to an fast-paced game.
December 20th, 2017 at 1:13 AM ^
our HS coach went four corners on a (far superior) team and there were like 10 possessions the whole game. Final score was like 12-4. It was embarrassing. The coach did not last long.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:00 AM ^
do you want to win or look pretty? smart coach, imo.
December 20th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
That coach is an idiot.
I didn’t read anywhere that they one the game.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:19 AM ^
not having a shot clock is lunacy.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
I don't know. I coach at HS level in MHSAA.
First, The logistics are a big hurdle. Getting all those shot clocks bought and operating would be a pain. Finding competent scoreboard operators can be difficult enough. Now, you're essentially asking home teams to have two competent scoreboard operators. Find for some schools, a challenge for others.
I don't see the "stall ball" strategy often. In high school, we had an opponent use it against us by holding the ball to force us out of a zone after they went up a basket. Our coach kept us in it, so there was about 7 minutes of absolutely nothing. Then they went for the last shot of the quarter, we got a stop and we then won in the fourth in a more normal quarter.
As a coach, we were a pretty big underdog on the road once. We knew we needed to minimize possessions and we had a good ball-handling and dribbling lineup. The first half we ran super-patient motion offense - like 60-second possessions. But, you can't just run it forever - you have to take your open looks. And we did and went into half up 13-7. In the second half they went with a zone press which we largely handled but sped up the pace. We ended up losing in the final minute, after leading most the game. Something like 42-39. Ended up being a very fun and exciting game.
Most teams that feel they need to truly stall are going to be so much worse than their opponent that they won't be able to pull it off and will turn it over plenty.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
shot clock would have growing pains but I would use 35-40 seconds for HS. That's plenty for a competent HS team to run their offense. It gets worse in final minute of the game where it's a close game where the team that is ahead are more apt to stall. That's not basketball to me.
Would there be a bad HS team that can't handle it? Sure, but that's HS.
December 19th, 2017 at 11:36 PM ^
The final score of that game was 114-82 which is absolutely bonkers. Defense must've been optional tonight.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
More like outlawed.
December 20th, 2017 at 7:29 AM ^
he dropped again in the rankings. Whoo.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
Loyer's name on the Mr. Michigan Basketball trophy.