Comments on: Game 3: Michigan vs. Creighton Post Game

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:52:05 +0000

I hate being overly critical of college kids but A Wright should not play except for emergencies. While on the offensive side of the ball he is adequate when he has to play D he is horrible. He is constantly out of position and he doesn’t have the quickness or athleticism to make it up when he is out of position. I think the Creighton scored every time he was on the court.

By: ToBlav

ToBlav — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:25:18 +0000

One more thing on the last play, Stu didn’t foul which was very smart and it was not an easy shot, even if it was near the basket. You don’t let them beat you with a three point shot or play in that situation, so I think it was done right.

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:30:28 +0000

I second all those who noticed that Creighton’s a good team. Nice ball movement and shooting, and they play hard. So definitely a good, if not terribly pretty, win.

Manny gets all the accolades and deserves them, but I think Sims is the key to this season, just as he was last season. We desperately need his game in the paint – without it we’re a pretty one dimensional team that can’t afford a cold shooting night. When I heard him saying he had the green light to shoot more threes this year, I kind of cringed. He’s not a bad shooter from out there, but it’s not what we need.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:35:42 +0000

I was really happy with the win today – Michigan came out without any previous tests, withstood an inspired performance by a good team with a lot to play for, on the whole didn’t shoot all that well, and still got the win.

One thing I found curious was the assist stats: Manny pretty much got all of them. Darius Morris, for example, played 25 minutes without getting any. Granted, Stu had a couple of real nice looks that just weren’t completed, and Manny played every minute and is rightly the first, second, and third play-making option when he’s on the floor. But I’d really like to see Laval and Darius and Stu step up their play-making.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:11:16 +0000

definitely that screen was distracting, I kept seeing Peedi look up at it when Manny was shooting. Pretty terrible idea to have a live feed up there like that.

By: ChE

ChE — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Hopefully the FT shooting improves along the course of the season.

This game wouldn’t have gone to OT if not for the abysmal FT shooting.

Looks like Minnesota just got a signature win early on in the season.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:06:20 +0000

The issue with the screen is that it was a live video feed. So he was looking at himself while taking free throws essentially. When I went to sweet 16/elite 8 games at Ford field they would turn the end zone video screens off during free throws.

By: Tweeter

Tweeter — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:51:56 +0000

I know, I know. I was just pointing out one of possible reason. Sometimes you just go in an arena or gym and the background just does not gel with you. Obviously they have to shoot better regardless of what the actual problem is. A lot of this is just on Manny. He has really struggled compared to last years shooting numbers. I dont remember his pre-freethrow routine from last year, but it seems like he is taking a long time to shoot them this year. That routine is usually key to consistency from the line, and maybe he changed something?

By: ChE

ChE — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:43:02 +0000

Well, they have to get used to shooting FTs in different venues if we are thinking of winning any away games and progressing the post-season.

We sure as hell are not going to be shooting FTs only in Crisler.

I’m just nitpicking by the way.

By: Tweeter

Tweeter — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:41:04 +0000

dont know if it is good or bad. We will get help in the rpi from these quality out of conference games plus several big games in conference, yet we still get 8 conference games against pretty bad teams. Like I said before, I feel like we should get at least 11 wins in conference because we should be able to grab 6 or 7 out of those 8.