Hoops vs Rutgers

[thewolverines24]

7 PM ET on BTN.

KEYS

Hunter Dickinson: Play like a preseason All-American. Please.

Caleb Houstan: Don't go for 0 for the game again. Thanks. Also, guard someone.

Williams & Johns: Never play them together again. Never. Just play Williams as the backup 4, maybe give Houstan some minutes there in a small ball lineup, and let Johns rest his legs for the rest of the season unless there's an emergency shortage of players.

Offensive Glass: Attack it. There will be plenty of misses to rebound because we can't shoot.

Undefeated status against Rutgers: Let's hold onto that. Just do it.

KenPom likes us to win 68-64. I assume we'll lose by double digits, but here's to hoping KenPom is right. Go Blue!

 

[thewolverines24]

Great first two minutes of looking awful

 

[thewolverines24]

Defense is a foreign concept to this group of players

 

[UMRules06]

This team is terrible, not much else to say.

 

[UMRules06]

It'd be one thing if they just didn't have talented players out there, but this is just bad ugly basketball and not fun to watch. Team chemistry as a whole is at a zero.

 

[thewolverines24]

Rutgers might beat us by 35

 

[thewolverines24]

It's a miracle we're only down 9 at half

 

[Mitchrapp]

The team uninspired this season.

 

[thewolverines24]

Only Nebraska is worse than us in the conference. This team is terrible.

 

[tinselwolverine]

It occurred to me that with all the excitement surrounding football it?s been a bit overlooked that Michigan is the current reigning champs in the Big Ten of both football and basketball? Although it looks like that?s not going to last beyond the end of the regular basketball season.

 

[thewolverines24]

That was neat. Onto losing to MSU by 30 or 40 on Saturday. Should be riveting.

 

[tinselwolverine]

The good news is you didn?t have to even change the channel to see the good Michigan basketball team take the court. All you had to do was sit on your ass and it happened for you automatically.

 

[thewolverines24]

3/15 from three. Houstan 1/8 from three. Vomit.

 

[biggunsbob]

Had to work. Watched dvr fast. This team just sucks. How do you whiff on this many Recruits.

 

[biggunsbob]

Bring back that defensive coach who was under JB. Seems like every team hits 3 after 3 against this team.

 

[Michchamp]

why basketball team and football team no be good at same time?

 

[Spartanmack]

why basketball team and football team no be good at same time?

football team - not enough 5 stars
basketball team - too many 5 stars

 

[thewolverines24]

Bring back that defensive coach who was under JB. Seems like every team hits 3 after 3 against this team.

We didn't need him last year when we had one of the best 3-point defensive teams in the country. He is not the problem. The coaches are not the problem. This all comes down to terrible defensive play and communication by the players. You can drill it into their heads as many times as you want, but it's clear that this group just doesn't get it.

 

[biggunsbob]

Well we need something.