A three game winning streak sure sounds better than a three game losing streak. Especially when the two most detestable teams in the Big Ten + 6 are in that winning streak.
*****Michigan vs Iowa Game Thread*****
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Helluva coaching job by Fran. He found and played the hot hands. Sandfort and Dix.
Everyone who said in the first 35 minutes that we were playing bad defense can screw themselves. Fran took a calculated and smart move in shutting down Dickerson, giving up some outside shots. It worked. Michigan shot ungodly well or we would have won by 15.
Really impressive and nice to see game by Payton. We all knew he was too good of a shot to keep Missing. I’m impressed by his tenacity. He’s an underrated rebounder and passer as well. Just a complete player.
Who knew Josh Dix was a point? Good job young man, very poised and efficient. Love his game. I see a little Bobby Hansen in him. Very poised, no intimidation and he plays tough defense.
Everyone who said in the first 35 minutes that we were playing bad defense can screw themselves. Fran took a calculated and smart move in shutting down Dickerson, giving up some outside shots. It worked. Michigan shot ungodly well or we would have won by 15.
Really impressive and nice to see game by Payton. We all knew he was too good of a shot to keep Missing. I’m impressed by his tenacity. He’s an underrated rebounder and passer as well. Just a complete player.
Who knew Josh Dix was a point? Good job young man, very poised and efficient. Love his game. I see a little Bobby Hansen in him. Very poised, no intimidation and he plays tough defense.
There's a lot more to PS's game than "filling it up", a lot more, say, defense, passing, & always in motion.The Payton Sandfort who can fill it up and playing confident bball??
He's an all around player that demonstrates high bkball IQ on the floor & passion while on bench.
Iowa won and that is icing on the cake. That was as good a college game that I have watched all year. Great individual performances for both teams.
Hot damn. It is going to be hard to go to sleep tonight! Go Hawks!
Hot damn. It is going to be hard to go to sleep tonight! Go Hawks!
so WRONG….
IOWA gives up 53% in 1st half and 56% in 2nd half….
that is by every definition really really bad defense…
I tuned in with 3 minutes left in regulation. They played great d from then on.
Obviously not so much in the rest of the game based on stats and posts.
They tightened it up in the clutch though.
which kept him out of further foul trouble and enabled him to be on the floor in the late going.
WRONG. you do know that every player gets 5 fouls….
the jail kept Rebraca OFF the court, that’s OFF the court, he was still able to play safely and aggressively with 3 fouls
Fortunately Sandfort saved Frans blunder in Rebraca usage tonight
Wide open shots is an indication.
They played zone against Rutgers and got away with it, they didn't get away with it tonight they just managed to over come it.
no RIGHT. you adjust, try to stay close so you have him down the stretch. he stays in and picks up another foul and now you are in major trouble late in the game. especially when micigan would have gone right at him to get that next foul. i do think it might have worked out ok…think we won.
The wings at the Vine were awesome as always.
So was miss Mrs Vandenberg and the halftime show
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So was miss Mrs Vandenberg and the halftime show
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1 out of 3 for this early comment,... Honestly, I thought the same thing.
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You know, sometimes teams just get hot. I think when you are hitting shots from the mid court decal that’s a sign you’re hot. So every time Iowa shoots well it’s just bad defense?
MoHawk, ask yourself why Iowa is last in defensive points per possession year after year, It’s a well established metric year after yr.
if you can answer that, you will see the last might Michigan scoring above their avg is the norm , not the exception vs Iowa.
No, no, no definitely WRONG,
“he stays in and picks up another foul” WRONG, he did play the rest off game with out picking up another foul, therefore everything you say after that is also by Definition WRONG.
im very sorry to make that clear. What’s actually correct and right is that Rebraca did play the rest of his minutes clean, and still managed no fouls. This results in a significant reduction in his minutes played, and he’s IOWA best post player,
fran must be much better at managing IOWAs 2nd most productive asset. This unnecessary limitation of his PT is a blunder that was only obscured from view by an exceptionally rare event of a bench player scoring 24 points in 2 half.
The question that must therefore be asked is, why can’t the defense be played the 1st 37 minutes like the last 3?
why is it IOWA always seems to close hard at the end spurred by ferociously aggressive defense?
Ask yourself why is that?
just an FYI. 9 out of 10 coaches take him out and let him rest in that situation. Michigan with out a doubt goes right at him if he stays in with that much time left. just because he doesnt pick up a foul after coming in fresh has no bearing to how things would have developed with so much more time left. with reduced time and only 3 fouls there was no need to play tentatively. it’s about michigan having a dominate center and how much time remained. was the right decision based on play when he returned.
Laughably wrong…
You are what your record says you are. -Bill Parcells
Rebraca ends up with only 3 fouls, clealry plays well offensively and defensively with 3 fouls,, Fran Sat his best player too many minutes. All facts And not conjecture.
in the absence of an incredibly rare and improbable 2nd half by Sandfort, which bails out IOWA and Frans benching, we’d be talking about why Fran sat his 2nd best player so long.
I was judging the Michigan game, while you apparently were judging Frans entire 13 year tenure. Maybe you should not prejudge based upon past performance? I stand by my statement. Our defense wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible. Michigan got a little lucky from the 3.
Personally, after living through Lick I’d much rather watch the best offense in the Big with an average defense than the opposite. Fran ball is entertaining, he’s an offensive genius. You should enjoy him while you have him.
ok, understand you just have never been there so don’t understand the need for fresh legs and that Michigan would have immediately taken advantage with so much time left.
The simple and obvious answer is that Mulvey was playing well and not hurting us. The whole team was playing well. And I think most, if not all that time in the 2nd half, Dickinson was sitting.
LOL, the old “ you’ve never been there so don’t understand” cliche, really…?
and neither have you so everything you say is invalid using the rationale, correct?
but I’m in agreement that sitting a guy that picks ups his 3rd foul in before 10 min mark in 2nd half is sound,
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