Comments on: Game 23: Wisconsin at Michigan Preview

By: intrpdtrvlr

intrpdtrvlr — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:16:58 +0000

AG, even if Izzo believes that I doubt he’d say it publicly unless it was egregious. Again, I think it was meant to suggest Izzo doesn’t want to hurt Lucas by re-inserting him too early. I still don’t think it was dirty. Stuff happens.

Oh, and I don’t come here to debate UM fans, but I don’t really think you can call MSU serial floppers. That just doesn’t hold up from watching their games. I don’t see MSU players on the floor all the time. Green is even drawing fewer charges this year.
MSU’s “D” is something you can complain about as an opponent, for sure. Flopping? No way.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:38:14 +0000

agreed old style…cant stand that “d”…i actually am impressed with how wisconsin plays d…position over physicality

By: Old Style

Old Style — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:12:12 +0000

I don’t believe Ryan teaches that. That sounds like a Spartan conspiracy theory. Izzo’s big men “beat the s*** of your opponent then flop when they bump you back” is the hardest thing for me to watch in the Big Ten.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:38:30 +0000

wow that would be low if true… what coach in their right mind could encourage that?

By: KevinTh

KevinTh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:22:00 +0000

Michigan couldn’t win the MAC this year. Just pathetic!

By: AG2

AG2 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:39:53 +0000

I’d heard that Bo Ryan teaches his players to put a foot underneath a guy coming down and that’s what I thought Izzo was referring to.

I’d like to know what Beilein has in mind if he can’t bring in either Williams or Plumlee fo 2011. Those are the kind of recruits that can legitimize a program.

By: Junderground

Junderground — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:56:55 +0000

As for the frontcourt next year, I expect Smotrycz to be a prime contributor–probably a starter all year. It’s hard to know what to expect from Morgan except that he’ll get minutes. McLimans will probably average less than five minutes per game and won’t play in close games. I expect us to land one more scholy player, and he could be big. A frontcourt of Horford, Smotrycz and Morgan would give us some great games and some off games, but those guys could embody *part* of a pretty good team in upcoming years–if Brundidge and Hardaway pan out and if Morris develops apace, you’d have an up-and-down team that would ultimately put quite a few wins on the board. But it’s more a matter of which big recruits we can bring in in ’11-12 and ’12-’13. We absolutely need at least one more four-star player and two to three three-stars.

By: maxwell's demon

maxwell's demon — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:07:18 +0000

Erik – It wasn’t remotely dirty. Hadn’t even cross my mind until I read your post.

By: intrpdtrvlr

intrpdtrvlr — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:26:06 +0000

Misread, AG2. I don’t think that was a swipe at Wisconsin by Izzo. I think what he meant was “I’m not going to put Lucas into the line-up before he’s ready and risk tweaking the ankle and injuring it further so it effects him the rest of the year.” That’s the right read.

Some MSU fans will swear up and down it was dirty. Some will call them delusional. I’m in the latter camp.

By: JimC

JimC — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:13:44 +0000

Erik i’ve seen talk on either side of that injury. Stoney said on the Ticket 97.1 that he thought it was dirty, and Stoney still knows more about sports than most other folks know.