Comments on: Talking to SpartansWeblog's KJ

By: U-M in N.Y.

U-M in N.Y. — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:18:19 +0000

Robert asked an excellent question about next season.

When is U-M going to be strong enough inside to compete with tournament-caliber Big Ten teams? Wisconsin destroyed us inside, making 66% of their twos. So did Ohio State, home (64%) and away (71%). Until this changes, until U-M can regularly beat Wisconsin, OSU and the like at home, we’ll never be more than a bubble team. There will never be enough Iowa/NU games to get over .500 in league play.

Will our interior defense improve enough next season? We’ll have more bodies, but they’ll be awfully young …

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:07:16 +0000

ok you win this one

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By: Ken in Las Vegas

Ken in Las Vegas — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:20:04 +0000

Dave, I will concede that some teams like Akron pulling in a good recruit now and again can be a bit of a head scratcher, but using Xavier as an example does not strengthen your argument. Having lived in Cincinnati, I can tell you that they are one of the premier basketball schools in the nation. Excellent fans, who travel way better than us. Great facilities. Superb coach. Tournament exposure every year. The only point that I’m trying to make is that we shouldn’t expect high school basketball stars to pick Michigan on academics alone (or because we have a good football team). They don’t remember the fab five and were 7 years old the last time we were in the tourney. I’m pretty grateful that we’ve been able to recruit the way we have. Here’s to better recruiting now that we’re actually earning it.

By: bf1118

bf1118 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:28:46 +0000

We really need this one and it would be awesome to finally stick it to Izzo for the first time in a very long time. If they come out with the same type of aggression and tenacity that they had against UConn on Saturday, there is no doubt they will have a great shot down the stretch to pull the upset. I think this game is just as important as any on this schedule coming up and the players should treat it as such.

GO BLUE!!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:34:49 +0000

Benjamin, you clearly either did not understand me or simply didn’t read my whole post. As I said, I am the biggest supporter of Beilein that I know. I would be the last one to call for him to be fired. I was saying that to make a point about how good we should be next season. I think we will be very solid in all aspects and should really be a shoo-in for the Big Dance. Beilein is too good a coach to screw it up next year. I, in fact, still think we will make the Big Dance this year, and it will start with a win tomorrow.

GO BLUE, KILL STATE!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:06:55 +0000

yeah dar tucker is definitely pissed

By: AG2

AG2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:59:02 +0000

Well, I’m sure Dar Tucker is wondering why he chose DePaul.

Btw, MSU is a 4 point favorite tomorrow night.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:22:07 +0000

if teams like akron, la salle, or even xavier who obviously is a solid team year after year, but still play in a terrible conference………….if these teams can attract big time recruits especially xavier then michigan should be able to be in the mix for anybody…. there is no way that xavier is more appealing to players than michigan

By: AG2

AG2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:16:40 +0000

I direct your attention to FSU’s pounding of Michigan in Amaker’s last game in the 2nd round of the 2007 NIT. They haven’t made the tournament for just as long as we have so I’m assuming Leonard Hamilton has recruited pretty well to still be employed.