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Defensive rebounding: Rebounding on both ends of the court is the main area where Jackson State has excelled this season. Michigan?s defensive rebounding effort has been poor this year despite playing a schedule without many elite rebounding teams. The defensive glass is the area to watch where Michigan should shoot to grab at least 70% of the Tigers? misses.
Perimeter shooting: Teams are shooting 38.9% from 3-point range (304th) and attempting 41.4% of their shots from three (265th) against JSU. Michigan has struggled to make shots all season, and this is a great spot to get back on track as a shooting team. We know that Jett Howard and Joey Baker can make threes; it would be a great night if Kobe Bufkin and Jaelin Llewellyn can hit threes too.
Two good halves: If there was a ?good possession rate? stat, Michigan would probably be between 60 and 70 percent. That number needs to climb toward 90 percent for the Wolverines to win games consistently. Stringing together 40 minutes (against any opponent) would be a victory for Michigan. Avoiding those stretches of defensive lapses or wasted possessions would set the tone for what it?ll take to beat better teams down the line.
MATCHUPS
Adams ? Llewellyn
Watson ? Howard
Evans ? Bufkin
Young ? Williams
Mansel ? Dickinson
The big defensive question for each game on the schedule is what is the best role to minimize Jett Howard?s defensive issues. You probably go with a positional swap here and slide Howard down onto Watson because he?s less efficient than Evans (80.5 ORtg vs. 108.3) and less of a threat from 3-point range. Bufkin draws the top assignment (Evans), while Terrance Williams II has a more interesting one-on-one matchup than he?s had in a few games.
KenPom projects an 84-62 Michigan W. Hopefully it's more like a 35 point win since this is the worst team on the schedule.
GO BLUE!
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Defensive rebounding: Rebounding on both ends of the court is the main area where Jackson State has excelled this season. Michigan?s defensive rebounding effort has been poor this year despite playing a schedule without many elite rebounding teams. The defensive glass is the area to watch where Michigan should shoot to grab at least 70% of the Tigers? misses.
Perimeter shooting: Teams are shooting 38.9% from 3-point range (304th) and attempting 41.4% of their shots from three (265th) against JSU. Michigan has struggled to make shots all season, and this is a great spot to get back on track as a shooting team. We know that Jett Howard and Joey Baker can make threes; it would be a great night if Kobe Bufkin and Jaelin Llewellyn can hit threes too.
Two good halves: If there was a ?good possession rate? stat, Michigan would probably be between 60 and 70 percent. That number needs to climb toward 90 percent for the Wolverines to win games consistently. Stringing together 40 minutes (against any opponent) would be a victory for Michigan. Avoiding those stretches of defensive lapses or wasted possessions would set the tone for what it?ll take to beat better teams down the line.
MATCHUPS
Adams ? Llewellyn
Watson ? Howard
Evans ? Bufkin
Young ? Williams
Mansel ? Dickinson
The big defensive question for each game on the schedule is what is the best role to minimize Jett Howard?s defensive issues. You probably go with a positional swap here and slide Howard down onto Watson because he?s less efficient than Evans (80.5 ORtg vs. 108.3) and less of a threat from 3-point range. Bufkin draws the top assignment (Evans), while Terrance Williams II has a more interesting one-on-one matchup than he?s had in a few games.
KenPom projects an 84-62 Michigan W. Hopefully it's more like a 35 point win since this is the worst team on the schedule.
GO BLUE!
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