Comments on: Game 16: Indiana at Michigan Preview

By: KDavis

KDavis — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:08:47 +0000

I don’t remember ever seeing an uglier blowout win. Manny’s game reminded me of a young Jalen Rose. I remember a couple games where Jalen played awful in the first half (vs Illinois and Iowa, sophomore year, I think), only to dominate the second half.

I’m still waiting to see a complete game from the team. Sunday would be as good of time as any. I see an ass whoopin’ in UConn’s near future. Go Blue!

By: JimC

JimC — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:18:29 +0000

@biakabatuka, no shock, but we should split with MN. That raised floor always messes with our (already shaky) shooters.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:52:07 +0000

LLP needs to look to finish when he gets in the lane. I feel like there are so many instances where he is right there in the paint but unncessarily kicks the ball out, and it seems to not have great results. Just go up with it!

By: biakabatuka

biakabatuka — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:59:41 +0000

I’d love to go to a game at Crisler. Here in Toronto I have to content myself with finding the occasional, fuzzy online stream. I can report that the crowd sounded pretty decent on TV.

By: Tweeter

Tweeter — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:51:53 +0000

Just got home and too tired to really comment at length about the game. But really good effort tonight defensively. Guys moved their feet and cut off the drive, close outs were solid and people were in passing lanes. Offensive reboudns were really IUs best offense.

On the other side, I agree that we saw some guys attack more than usual. Novak and LLP in particular. I have noticed Novak lately looking to drive more, and it was nice to see him finish once around the rim. Turnovers are still an issue though, and unfortunately its not just one guy. Everyone seems to be getting sloppy with the ball.

One last thought, the crowd was pretty pathetic tonight. Dont know how it sounded on TV, but there were far less people than were at the NW game. I know that this team and UM bball in general need to earn their fans back after the years of futility, but still its tough to see such a poor showing for a national tv game against IU.

By: Kevin in GR

Kevin in GR — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:28:38 +0000

Think we see D-Mo starting on Sunday? I think so! Something I noticed tonight was that it seemed when we really got things going, we were looking to drive the ball………Novak did it a few times, as well as D-Mo and LLP’s sweet drive and layup. It seems like in the past we were so focused on shooting the 3 and not looking to drive…I think they’re a much better team when others (than Manny) look to drive.

By: timeout1993

timeout1993 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:07:45 +0000

Drew speaks the truth. Solid finish but I hope that toothless IU team didn’t slacken us too much for the Connecticut game. Also, anybody notice Morris made some great backdoor moves but never got any passes?

Team needs to keep their heads up.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:03:00 +0000

That was the worst 24 point win ever, lol

By: biakabatuka

biakabatuka — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:00:12 +0000

Question looking to the future (beyond UConn):

What do you guys think are out chances in the Minnesota series? They seem like a bubble team to me. Are we better?

By: AG2

AG2 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:56:07 +0000

Sigh, all I can think about is that NW loss. We really should be 4-1 going into that UConn game. But nothing can be done now. Just gotta beat UConn and then grind out 8 more Big Ten wins.

Man, can Novak hustle!

Oh, and Drew FSN has some Pac-10 Basketball, then again you said you wanted *quality*, lol.