- Lure of Pro Ball Still Tugs at Pittsnogle
Great read from the NY Times on Kevin Pittsnogle - Interview: Pete Tiernan of bracketscience.com
Greg Dooley talks NCAA tournament and Michigan with Pete Tiernan - …Is This Thing On?
A new U-M blog on the radar, ThoseWhoStay.com. Be sure to check out articles on Greg Robinson and The Barwis Beach. - Escape from Evanston
Purdue has their IU/Savannah State moment - Uggggh! Cats Collapse, Fall to Purdue-63-61
The Northwestern reaction… - The Missing Ingredients
“What a choke job from the Badgers. Wisconsin made Minnesota look like high schoolers for 33 straight minutes in the middle of Thursday’s game. With about three minutes left, Tubby Smith FINALLY reapplied full court pressure and the wheels came off.” - On a trip
Did Suton trip Talor Battle? - Hoops Recruiting: Regan, Brandt, ‘11s and more ($)
Rivals with some tidbits on many hoops recruits - Michigan at Illinois 1/14/09 SD
Illinois torrent.
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That interview with Peter Tiernan is very interesting. The profile of tournament winners over the last 20 years pretty much explains why the B10 has struggled so much to actually win the whole thing. As a B10 fan, I’ve been so conditioned to think (1) we have to pound the ball in side, (2) slow the game up, (3) play tough defense, and (4) get rebounds. This way of thinking, of course, leads to the seeming inability of B10 teams to average more than 70 points a game. And yet national championship winners average closer to 80 points a game.
Also it’s fascinating that overachieving teams are the ones who take the most 3 pointers, but not necessarily shoot the highest percentage. What matters is taking the shots!
My take away from all of this is quite simple: Thank god we hired John Beilein! Someone who is focused on offense and not beholden to the tried and true Big Ten way of ugly, slow, pound it inside basketball.