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Michigan 79, Illinois 69 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1443189" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>Who did I throw under the bus? No one. The team IS making a ton of execution errors whether you would prefer to sugar coat it or not. Is saying we're 4-12 running the team down? Just stating a fact around here seems to make people emotional. We were down 12 with 4 minutes to go, and I personally never felt Michigan was doing any more than needed to keep the game under control. And why would they? They simply didn't need to assert themselves much against us. So while I suppose you can spin it that we made a game of it because we "only" lost by 10 our own home floor, I disagree. </p><p></p><p>To directly answer your question, we played about where I expected, but my expectations are really low. We lost right about where the line was --think when I checked it was +8.5, but it moved a couple points depending on the site.</p><p></p><p>You are free to evaluate this team and say they're getting there where ever "there" might be for you. In fact, every team needs that kind of support. More power to you. I'm looking for certain signs of improvement as well, believe it or not, and I saw things that you probably did not and formed my own opinion. What i saw said we're a long way from where we should get to, and might struggle just to stay out of last place. I sure hope they improve enough to do so, but I could see it happening, and that concerns me because the worse we are, the farther we need to go to get back to the dance in a future season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1443189, member: 4069"] Who did I throw under the bus? No one. The team IS making a ton of execution errors whether you would prefer to sugar coat it or not. Is saying we're 4-12 running the team down? Just stating a fact around here seems to make people emotional. We were down 12 with 4 minutes to go, and I personally never felt Michigan was doing any more than needed to keep the game under control. And why would they? They simply didn't need to assert themselves much against us. So while I suppose you can spin it that we made a game of it because we "only" lost by 10 our own home floor, I disagree. To directly answer your question, we played about where I expected, but my expectations are really low. We lost right about where the line was --think when I checked it was +8.5, but it moved a couple points depending on the site. You are free to evaluate this team and say they're getting there where ever "there" might be for you. In fact, every team needs that kind of support. More power to you. I'm looking for certain signs of improvement as well, believe it or not, and I saw things that you probably did not and formed my own opinion. What i saw said we're a long way from where we should get to, and might struggle just to stay out of last place. I sure hope they improve enough to do so, but I could see it happening, and that concerns me because the worse we are, the farther we need to go to get back to the dance in a future season. [/QUOTE]
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