I agree with the overall athleticism not being of elite level and it really shows up in the paint defense and our drives to the basket. We are a good team but will need off nights by more athletic teams for us to advance on the big stage.
Michigan 84, Illinois 70 Postgame
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Underwood’s post game pressers are so bad. Never critical when we play horrible. So passive. Is he trying not to hurt anybody’s feelings? Nobody is learning from this loss lol
Michigan is a great team but why is Landeborg in college? He was a first round NBA draft pick last June. He's 23 years old. I know he got NIL money but what if he got injured like the Toppen player? Something seems off unless they paid him a ridiculous amount of money. Still, you go to the NBA and you shine the money you make dwarfs NIL.
Or MSU OR Wisconsin. Losing three OT games flipped the narrative a bit.
No it's clearly not true. Only one of the insiders flogs this horse. The fact is that Morez happily signed a contract to play a second year for us, then refused to honor it when UM offered him more money. He broke his second year contract, end of story. The "didn't want to end up like Kofi" nonsense was just likely made up by a know-nothing blogger who has a bad rep. It was just money, that's it. You don't want to waste time on players like that. It turned out OK for UM but usually it doesn't end well for anyone.
Pretty sure Kendall also thinks the Bulls are a solid team.
You’re right … Teams have bad games … Players have bad games …
And sometimes … It all comes together …
Shhhhh doesn’t fit the narrative!
From the game thread:
This is really true honestly. And it’s not just a talk point — there’s some instances where if he just goes down… he’ll get the whistles others get.
This is really true honestly. And it’s not just a talk point — there’s some instances where if he just goes down… he’ll get the whistles others get.
Look. Tonight is the night of all nights to rant and be very disappointed.
But we ain’t dropping to a 6 seed. We do t need to be hyperbolic
LOL wow no. Unless we lose out there is no way.
Kinda funny how today’s team (assuming they win two Q3 games) will finish with a better overall AND Big 10 record than the team that hung a banner
Why not go to a zone in the second half?! They were driving and dishing for dunks at will.
Our players were too soft, not athletic enough, outhustled and didn’t hit threes the way they had to against a very good team.
Our coaches didn’t make changes. Ridiculous.
Our players were too soft, not athletic enough, outhustled and didn’t hit threes the way they had to against a very good team.
Our coaches didn’t make changes. Ridiculous.
Ironically, probably the same conference record, better overall record, and better tournament seed.
There’s some logic to, just get it in bounds and run your offense when you score like we have.
That being said, I hope we have something in our back pocket come March because somebody is gonna send an off ball defender to get one of those lobs in bounds.
The difference is there was no superteam in the Big 10 that year. This team is most likely gonna finish with the same record that team did.
What’s the narrative ???
2-4 in our last 6 ??? Getting out
handed to us on our f’ing home court ??? No toughness … Getting blasted on the glass …It’s unacceptable !!!!!!! Losing is unacceptable !!!!!
If you want to write some other narrative about how great losing is … That’s on you man …
I mean… this team could easily wind up with a better seed.
That team went 15-5 in B10. You know what we’d be if we beat Maryland and Oregon? 15-5.
There wasn’t a team nearly as good as Michigan that year.
Very true. Mara’s got real skill that should translate to the next level. That said (and yes, this neither here nor there) the best way to capture just how absurdly dominant Edey was is this: he would’ve eaten every single big man in this basketball game with a fork & knife.
That’s hilarious and there’s zero chance.
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