Michigan 6-15 from three
January 13th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
Huh, I still think 82-72 is the craziest stat in the game, but whatevs...
January 13th, 2018 at 3:28 PM ^
January 13th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
From in close. Which really shows how freaking good this team played on the defensive end. Love the mixture of young guys and leaders. 40 minutes of focus. Love it.
GO BLUE!!
January 13th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
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January 13th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
Spoiler: this was quite the concerted group effort for MGoBlog to pull of this prank on you. Got 'Cha!
January 13th, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
That "top 5 national defense" of MSU might have been just a wee bit overrated. Yeah, they block some shots, but their perimeter defenders couldn't stay in front of us, at all.
January 13th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
I wonder if the reffing had an effect there. I wasn't watching closely enough to tell, but if their D is dependent upon being physical and that stuff was getting called, that can have a big effect.
I mean, it surely affected us, I'm not going to complain if it was bad for them too.
January 13th, 2018 at 9:34 PM ^
January 13th, 2018 at 3:16 PM ^
More interesting is that they made only one in the second half. Michigan pulled away with a ton of shots at the rim.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
making 23 straight FTs was big. forcing 18 turnovers was big. 11 offensive boards was big.
Speaking of big, can we get a team doc to examine Moe's testicles? I have to imagine they are massive...like when I buy grapefruits from Meijer and put them in a pastic bag.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
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January 13th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
To me, the crazier stat was Michigan shot basically the same number of foul shots in this game as MSU. In virtually every prediction I read for this game, the assumption was MSU would shoot more FTs and Michigan would fire away from outside. Throw in TV Teddy, and I'm amazed MSU didn't shoot 50 FTs in this game.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
sparty had at least 7 intentional fouls in the last couple minutes. back out those 14 attempts and you still get the actual effect of the crap officiating.
January 13th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
January 13th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
Let's not go crazy. MSU was in the bonus 5 minutes into the game. Lots and lots of phantom calls were made today, on both sides.
January 13th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
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January 13th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
The best defensive team we've had under Beilien as far as I can tell (kenpom agrees)
Masks the fact that this is not a great offensive team. But, I would NOT bet against this team being a great offensive team by the end of the year. Because that's what happens with John Beilein teams: they get better throughout the year, particularly on offense
January 13th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
The foul disparity in the 1st half was crazy. I think MSU was in the bonus at the 14min mark.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
We're getting there offensively. Simpson seizing control of the PG spot has been a big difference.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
Agree his progression has been great. But there is still no "alpha male" that Beilein offenses usually have at guard (you could argue Wagner, he certainly was today).
January 13th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
Even crazier is that I think that 40% actually outperforms by a few percentage points the team's season average, which hovers around 37%, as I recall, but as the OP said, this team seems like it is able to do things that some past Beilein teams struggled to do. It's fun to watch.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
January 13th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
Yeah, has to be low volume.
I agree with OP completely - 18 of our 82 points from 3 is pretty remarkable
January 13th, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^
We didn't let Langford and McQuaid get hot.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
And a lot of their 3 attempts were in the final desperate minutes. We did a great job of denying good looks when the game was in doubt.
January 13th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
but UM made only ONE in the second half after being down by 3 at the break. then they go and win by 10!
January 13th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
"We just gotta get tougher. It's pretty simple. Teams are out-toughing us. ...That's tough, especially to a school like that, that don't even focus on [being tough]." -- Miles Bridges
So, am I correct to assume that Izzo actually tries to coach "being tough"?? That would explain our recent success against these guys
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January 13th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
lol
I had to go look at a couple of houses today (only time the agent was available was during the game, sadly), so I listened to a fair amount of the game in the car, and George Blaha made it sound like we were just chucking up dumb, lucky threes. "This three ball has been really good for the Wolverines today!", over and over. Not the case at all.
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