Comments on: BTT Game 2: Michigan vs. Illinois Preview

By: South Florida Maize Rage

South Florida Maize Rage — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:50:05 +0000

Dylan

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/basketball/index.ssf/2009/03/ums_anthony_wright_brightens_y.html

Make sure you include that in amongst your links in your next blog if you haven’t already. Great story about Ant Wright. That is all legit because I am his facebook friend too and I saw the convo. I gained a lot of respect for Ant because of this.

By: WHATAP

WHATAP — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:48:37 +0000

Next year Cronin will stalemate most of the other bigs on our schedule. He will make it much more difficult for guys like tisdale, mullens, jujaun johnson…ect to score down low. He wont win every battle but we will be much better off.

By: WHATAP

WHATAP — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:39:27 +0000

cbs at 6pm I believe.

By: JRose5

JRose5 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:29:36 +0000

Dylan, thanks for excellent coverage of the Big Ten season and BTT! I look forward to your coverage and comments of Um in the big Dance!
Thanks

By: A.J.

A.J. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:26:14 +0000

What time is the selection sunday show on?

By: UMDC

UMDC — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:59:17 +0000

We’re in, there is no doubt about that.

I’m hoping to win one, and getting to the sweet 16 would be a dream!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:57:00 +0000

I was talking about Michigan running the 2-3 zone. I guess it wasn’t really that clear but I was referring to how Michigan will deal with Illinois’ size.

By: Bear Killer

Bear Killer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:55:07 +0000

AG2: Davis played at Ann Arbor, but wasn’t really prominent. He did have health problems in the middle of season. Now he’s 100% and it showed.

Illinois fan here, by the way. Good on your Wolverines for their little run, because the Illini were definitely smelling blood in the water for a while there. I, too, think that you guys should dance, but you never know with the upset bug going around.

Oh, might I point out an oversight in the game preview?

“think we will see a lot of zone, the 2-3 seems to be the zone of choice when opponents have a lot of size.”

Live and learn: Bruce Weber almost never zones. I’m not actually sure I ever remember him doing it. The man-to-man has good help and permits some switches, but no zone. Man, I hate to think how poor the Illini rebounding would be if we did zone. Ugh.

By: Chad Jones

Chad Jones — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:37:22 +0000

JOE LUNARDI ON ESPN SAID WE ARE A LOCK, JUST SAID IT 5 MINUTES AGO!!

By: AG2

AG2 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:23:32 +0000

I didn’t see the game but I can’t say I’m surprised. Tisdale torched them in the 2nd meeting in Champaign, and Mike Davis is MUCH better than him. Am I imagining that Davis didn’t play the first time in Ann Arbor?