Comments on: Game 7: Michigan at Maryland Post Game

By: Kevin In GR

Kevin In GR — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:50:56 +0000

Nope, not the elder Grady here! (I can’t be, because I don’t drink)

I like KG and would like to see him do well since he’s from the area, but think rebounding will improve a bit with a bigger LLP in there instead of KG running the baseline.

By: Justin C

Justin C — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:47:28 +0000

I hope Kevin in GR isn’t the elder Grady throwing his little brother under the bus

By: AG2

AG2 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Its not that I don’t like Wright or Gibson, but I feel like Shepard seems to be earning his playing time a bit more than they are. And starting Sims is a no-brainer at this point.

BTW, UCLA vs. Texas tonight in the Big 12 Pac 10 Hardwood Series. A win over a good Texas squad would totally validate Michigan’s victory.

By: Blazerine

Blazerine — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:48:15 +0000

“We are coming off of a 10-22 season and expecting even one win this week was probably asking a little much.”

Spot on. Love this webpage. GO BLUE

By: Kevin In GR

Kevin In GR — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:28:46 +0000

The rebounding should improve a bit should LLP be running the baseline over Grady/Lee/Merritt

By: Ken in Vegas

Ken in Vegas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:15:53 +0000

We may have lost, but this game bolstered my confidence in the team. So far this year it’s looked like we have turned a corner and are a legitimate team that people will be scared to play. I was just waiting for the wheels to fall off and prove our start a fluke. I thought it might happen against an athletic Maryland team on the road. Well, it didn’t happen. In fact, it could be argued that with more even officiating and a normal Manny, this game would have been ours. I finally feel like we are legit, even after a loss. Now that being said, we could lose by 15 again to Duke and that wouldn’t surprise me. They are just in another league. We can’t win by having a lights out game. We need them to have a sub-par game as well, which makes things difficult.

What I’m lovin is that we will be playing meaningful games in the Big Ten all season long. We have a chance to finish in the top 4 or 5. There’s no doubt about that. We’ve played better against Duke and Maryland than the top two teams in our conference. (Purdue, Michigan State). There’s going to be a lot of parity this year, which should make for an exciting season. Go Blue!

By: EchoWhiskey

EchoWhiskey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:10:16 +0000

I think the defensive rebounding will get better as the players get more comfortable boxing out from the 1-3-1. The fact is, when you have one of your smallest players running the baseline – as is the case in Beilein’s 1-3-1 – you’re going to give up some offensive boards. And rebounding out of a zone is always tricky. Like I said though, it’ll get better with time.

By: Go Blue

Go Blue — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:46 +0000

Go BLue? Are you kidding me, all the handles and you have to copy mine? Why?

By: Bluebufoon

Bluebufoon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30:33 +0000

I don’t mean to pile on but there are many more problems to Anthony Wright’s game than his inability to shoot the basketball. I would actually go with a smaller line-up with C.J. Lee(as the back-up to Jevohn Shepherd) at least there you get much better defense and ball-handling than Wright.

By: Giddings

Giddings — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:45:03 +0000

Just to clear something up – Beilein DID make a change to the starting lineup last night, starting Peedi over Gibson, and it paid off with us taking a lead into the first media timeout. I don’t see any reason why Deshawn would go back to the bench.

As far as Shep… he did have 3 turnovers last night, and some were critical. I think that may be the reason why he didn’t get in much down the stretch, and may also hurt his chances of starting on Saturday. Still, if I were Beilein I would start him over Ant and see if coming off the bench is the cure to Anthony’s shooting woes.