Comments on: Game 24: Michigan @ Minnesota: Preview http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/ Michigan Basketball News, Recruiting, and Analysis Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dylan http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5864 Dylan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:44:24 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5864 I don't think anyone on this team "plays to get his" either. But sometimes they feel like they have to force to issue (Manny) and sometimes they don't know a good shot from a bad shot (DeShawn). But then again no one else on the team can score either, so what are they supposed to do? I don’t think anyone on this team “plays to get his” either. But sometimes they feel like they have to force to issue (Manny) and sometimes they don’t know a good shot from a bad shot (DeShawn). But then again no one else on the team can score either, so what are they supposed to do?

]]> By: NVE http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5863 NVE Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:23:30 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5863 RB - Agree wholeheartedly on the issues from last night's second half, but disagree on the motives behind it. Simply put, Manny and Deshawn forced it and it killed the team in the end. Deshawn hoisted up double digit treys, most of them guarded, while Manny put up that 1 to 5 turnover to assist ratio so the stats don't lie. However, I don't think either guy was 'trying to get his', but felt responsibility for the drought and made it worse by getting away from the aggressive play that worked so well in the middle 25 minutes of the game. Ultimately, this cost them the ball game, but nobody was playing to get their points. They were playing to win, and that was evident by the obvious intensity displayed all game long by two middling Big Ten teams. RB -

Agree wholeheartedly on the issues from last night’s second half, but disagree on the motives behind it.

Simply put, Manny and Deshawn forced it and it killed the team in the end. Deshawn hoisted up double digit treys, most of them guarded, while Manny put up that 1 to 5 turnover to assist ratio so the stats don’t lie.

However, I don’t think either guy was ‘trying to get his’, but felt responsibility for the drought and made it worse by getting away from the aggressive play that worked so well in the middle 25 minutes of the game.

Ultimately, this cost them the ball game, but nobody was playing to get their points. They were playing to win, and that was evident by the obvious intensity displayed all game long by two middling Big Ten teams.

]]> By: RB http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5862 RB Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:34:03 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5862 Valuable lesson learned about selfishness in this game. A couple of guys were playing to get their points in the second half instead of playing to win. And it became contagious as players starting jacking up the first shot they could because they didn't trust that the ball would come back to them. Pretty much everybody took at least one or two selfish shots in the second half. That leads to 10 or 12 wasted possesions and hence a loss and a wasted effort. Too bad because they were playing very well in the last 15 minutes of the first half. I think for a couple of guys this selfishness might be becoming a trend. Chalk it up to youthfulness, I trust Coach B will get them back on the right path. Other than the selfishness, there were many improvements since the last Minn game. Also looked like Coach mixed in some 2-3 and maybe even a box and 1... I like it. Valuable lesson learned about selfishness in this game. A couple of guys were playing to get their points in the second half instead of playing to win. And it became contagious as players starting jacking up the first shot they could because they didn’t trust that the ball would come back to them. Pretty much everybody took at least one or two selfish shots in the second half. That leads to 10 or 12 wasted possesions and hence a loss and a wasted effort. Too bad because they were playing very well in the last 15 minutes of the first half.

I think for a couple of guys this selfishness might be becoming a trend. Chalk it up to youthfulness, I trust Coach B will get them back on the right path.

Other than the selfishness, there were many improvements since the last Minn game. Also looked like Coach mixed in some 2-3 and maybe even a box and 1… I like it.

]]> By: NVE http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5861 NVE Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:09:18 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5861 Bummed, but not surprised that we struggled so much against that pressure D. We really figured it out towards the end of the first half, but settled for some awful shots over the last 10-15 minutes of the game. Gotta beat the Illini on Saturday to regain some swagger. Bummed, but not surprised that we struggled so much against that pressure D. We really figured it out towards the end of the first half, but settled for some awful shots over the last 10-15 minutes of the game.

Gotta beat the Illini on Saturday to regain some swagger.

]]> By: BenAA http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5860 BenAA Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:13:27 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5860 Awful shot selection in the second half killed us. Arrrgggghhhhhh! I am having flashbacks!!! Awful shot selection in the second half killed us.

Arrrgggghhhhhh! I am having flashbacks!!!

]]> By: old fan http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5859 old fan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:56:25 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5859 Not our night. Still seeing good signs, but we reverted in the second half tonight. Not our night. Still seeing good signs, but we reverted in the second half tonight.

]]> By: Dylan http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5858 Dylan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:55:53 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5858 Great half especially after the slow start. Let's get this road win. Great half especially after the slow start. Let’s get this road win.

]]> By: Dylan http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5857 Dylan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:43:53 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5857 JEVOHN!!!! Air Canada! JEVOHN!!!! Air Canada!

]]> By: Dylan http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5856 Dylan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:32:15 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5856 Again we are showing impressive composure on the road not to fall apart when we got down big early. Right in this one thanks to some hot shooting. Again we are showing impressive composure on the road not to fall apart when we got down big early. Right in this one thanks to some hot shooting.

]]> By: josh http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-5855 josh Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:11:47 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/2008/02/21/game-24-michigan-minnesota-preview/#comment-5855 72 to 65 Michigan. Manny and Deshawn keep it goin. They cant guard Deshawn when he has his confidence going let alone Manny. 72 to 65 Michigan. Manny and Deshawn keep it goin. They cant guard Deshawn when he has his confidence going let alone Manny.

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