UM goes first 37 Minutes without Foul Shot

[biggunsbob]

Michigan basketball team goes 37 minutes without a free throw in loss at Ohio State, and more notes

By Nick Baumgardner


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Shortly after his team's 15-point loss at Ohio State on Sunday, Michigan basketball coach John Beilein was asked to comment on his team's foul shooting.
"You guys obviously didn't go to the line until very late in the game," a reporter remarked.
"Is that right?" Beilein responded with a tinge of sarcasm.

Ohio State's Aaron Craft knocks the ball away from Michigan's Tim Hardaway during the Buckeyes' 64-49 win Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
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Ohio State out-shot Michigan 18-4 in its 64-49 win, with the Wolverines not receiving a free throw attempt until the 2:33 remained in the second half.
At that point, Ohio State was 13-of-16 from the foul line.
Beilein said plenty of the Buckeyes' foul shots resulted from OSU's 14 offensive rebounds. Michigan had 10 offensive rebounds of its own -- but had no such luck in the free throw department.
"A lot of their (free throws) came off their offensive rebounds," Beilein said. "We had 10 offensive rebounds but we didn't get to the line."
With Michigan down nine at the five-minute mark, the Wolverines had three cracks at a bucket underneath their own basket.
Trey Burke drove the line, drew contact and missed a layup without a call. Jordan Morgan grabbed the rebound in traffic, drew contact and missed a layup without a call. Zack Novak collected that miss, but had his shot blocked inside by Ohio State's Jared Sullinger.
Buckeye point guard Aaron Craft collected the loose ball, pushed forward and eventually found Sullinger inside for a jam, pushing the lead back to 11 and prompting a Michigan timeout.
During the stoppage, Beilein stormed out near mid-court with words for the officials before being gathered and led back to his own huddle by Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander.
After the game, though, Beilein made no ill comments toward the officiating, saying he'd have to review the tape to get a closer look at things.
"I'll have to watch the film (to see more)," he said. "They just got fouled more."

Horford travels, but doesn't play
Michigan sophomore forward Jon Horford traveled with Michigan to Columbus on Sunday, but watched the game from the sidelines in street clothes.
The 6-foot-10 Horford missed his 13th straight game after suffering a stress fracture in his right foot.
Horford has since returned to practice, and is now walking without a supportive boot, but is not yet ready for game action.
"It's always hard when you can't play," Horford said after the game. "Everyone's been helping me stay up and hopefully in the near future I'll be back at 100 percent."
Horford said he practiced well until Saturday, then sat out of practice with foot pain. He said the latest X-rays on his foot have shown that the stress fracture in his foot has healed "fairly well."
The Wolverines could've used Horford's presence inside. The Buckeyes dominated the glass, gathering 14 offensive rebounds, 16 second-chance points and 30 points in the paint.


Ohio State's William Buford shoots over Michigan's Zack Novak. Buford finished with 12 points. Novak was held scoreless for the first time this season.
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Scoreless Novak
For the first time this season, Michigan senior guard Zack Novak was held without a point.
Novak, who was plagued by foul trouble for most of the second half, missed all four of his field goal attempts for zero points in 33 minutes of action.
"You've got to give them credit for going after it," Novak said afterward. "But we've got to get better."
The last time Novak failed to score in a game was Nov. 21, 2010, an 80-58 Michigan win over Gardner-Webb.

Was it a flop?
After being whistled for a foul during the first half while guarding Evan Smotrycz, Ohio State sophomore Deshaun Thomas fell to the floor holding his face, appearing as though he'd been hit in the face by a Smotrycz elbow.
The officials reviewed the play, and the replay showed that Smotrycz's elbow did not, in fact, touch Thomas' face in any way.
Afterward, Ohio State coach Thad Matta was asked what exactly happened.
"I don't know, I haven't seen it yet," Matta said. "They said with the angle they had, he didn't get hit. But he was bleeding down the lip. It probably happened, I guess, earlier.
"I don't know. Then he had a cut down the side of his face where he was bleeding, but I didn't see it."

Odds and ends
Smotrycz finished 1-for-6 from the floor with three points, one rebound and four fouls in 18 minutes of action. ... Michigan's 49 points were a season-low. ... Matta is now 15-2 all-time against Michigan. ... All coaches on both sidelines wore tennis shoes in support of the Coaches vs. Cancer basketball weekend.


It really is amazing how much Craft gets away with...In fact it is a joke..

 

[hungry]

They should've have given Thomas a technical foul for faking that elbow thing. I'm not saying they should call a T for every flop, but that one, they stopped play for like 5 minutes. T him up!

 

[sggatecl]

While the free throw situation was disparaging, that's what happens when you're taking jump shots and the other team is pounding it inside. Hopefully they split the season series.

 

[hungry]

While the free throw situation was disparaging, that's what happens when you're taking jump shots and the other team is pounding it inside. Hopefully they split the season series.

No, that's what happens when there are a lot of no-calls on Ohio State. I watched the first 5 minutes and there were at least 4 noncalls. They were calling touch fouls on Michigan. This gets teams to the bonus quicker and, hence, gets more foul shots OR it prevents a team from getting to the bonus. You don't just get foul shots from going to the hoop. I wish people would stop saying that. You can get a 1n1 from a blocking foul at the top of the key if you're in the bonus, which Michigan never even came close to...

 

[biggunsbob]

Burke was driving to the hole the whole game without getting any call, and Craft id allowed to mug constantly without getting any calls on him. Burke was so frustrated at the end, and the last one was the worst.. Burke drives and was totally crushed by two players then morgan gets the rebound and he was crushed, and then Novak gets the rebound and i guess it was a blocked shot although if that was O$U they would have called a foul on us for all the touch fouls we were getting called on us.. Michigan drove to the basket plenty enough to get fouls called on O$U but to no avail at Columbus. Yup and the tick tacky fouls called on us were the worse of the bunch.

 

[hungry]

Yep, saw several times that Michigan players got mauled 3 feet from the basket. It seems like certain catchphrases just seem to keep being repeated for no reason re: Michigan basketball like, "They're a perimeter oriented team." Even if true, it doesn't mean that they are a perimeter-only team.

 

[biggunsbob]

Yep, saw several times that Michigan players got mauled 3 feet from the basket. It seems like certain catchphrases just seem to keep being repeated for no reason re: Michigan basketball like, "They're a perimeter oriented team." Even if true, it doesn't mean that they are a perimeter-only team.

Or how about O$U's length and athleticism.... I almost vomit every-time I heard the CBS crew talk about it they were going over the back all game.... It was called once late in the game..

 

[hungry]

biggunsbob[/color]]

Yep, saw several times that Michigan players got mauled 3 feet from the basket. It seems like certain catchphrases just seem to keep being repeated for no reason re: Michigan basketball like, "They're a perimeter oriented team." Even if true, it doesn't mean that they are a perimeter-only team.

Or how about O$U's length and athleticism.... I almost vomit every-time I heard the CBS crew talk about it they were going over the back all game.... It was called once late in the game..

Yep, I only watched a little bit here and there as I did rounds in my housing unit. Every time a Michigan guy went up for a rebound and came into contact with an Ohio State guy, he got called for an over-the-back call, even if he was on the OSU player's side. Meanwhile, the OSU guy didn't get called at all until very late in the game when it was already decided. When you can't go up and get a rebound without a foul being called on you, it affects how hard you try to fight for that rebound.