Official U of M vs Sparty game thread

[sggatecl]

My 2 biggest problems with Michigan right now:

Michigan's offense has looked stagnant for about 3 weeks now, even in wins. The screens set my the bigs beyond the 3 point line need to produce more than 3 point jumpers. Their inability to produce and convert high percentage shots is very worrisome, makes games on the road that much harder.

Secondly, what happened to the 1-3-1 they switched to off and on early in the season?? It seems to have disappeared. Also, is Michigan's man to man defense so poor that they have 2 double team EVERY player that drives to the basket?? They allow so many open, uncontested shots because they double teamed John Doe. Double team the stars, sure. But they double EVERYBODY and it doesn't seem necessary.

Michigan State played very poised, rattled a very young Michigan team on the road where the Wolverines continue to look suspect. /rant off

 

[biggunsbob]

We should have started in a zone tonight and packed it in..

 

[alonzomoseley_fbi]

This team is very soft. I don't know what Beilein says to these kids in practice, but going back to his days at WVU, his teams are always soft.

 

[hungry]

Anyone else notice that it looks like Staffords off season diet consists of Krispy Kreme, Ben & Jerrys and Shamrock Shakes?

offseason? The dude is soft. He plays soft and he is soft looking.

 

[hungry]

I noticed it's not hurting his social life......

Anybody with his money can pay some hooker to hang on his arm

 

[hungry]

This team just upsets me. They probably have more talent than any team in the country with maybe the exception of Indiana and they come out and do this? They drop every road game in the tough stretch? Come on, there are probably 3-5 NBA players (bench at least) on that team, it's a joke to look this bad.

Michigan has 5 good players and 3 of those are true freshmen. This is still a top 10 team. To be top 10 with only 5 good players is pretty damn good. Yep, they played bad and State played great. Doesn't change things. This team has absolutely no bench whatsoever and against better teams, some of these players disappear, because they're just used to relying on talent to beat everyone and not effort. Hopefully JB teaches them that effort is needed.

The thing that irritated me is seeing them chuckling and laughing after they throw the ball away down 15.