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  1. This is the first year since I’ve ever skipped games and not even watched or paid attention . I’m 34. And when I do turn games on I’m reminded of why I don’t care anymore. We just make this game look so damn hard. Like sooooo hard. It’s like watching my 8 year olds team run a set on offense. It ain’t worth me getting worked up over. So I just turn it off. But wow is it not one of the most disappointing seasons I can remember. And really make me think how good tjd was. This staff ain’t it. Just overall embarrassing. They could come back and win this and the next 5 games. My mind wouldn’t be changed. Unreal how bad we are.
  2. Complete waste of time. Why practice them in warm ups when we know they won’t shoot them in the game lol
  3. Love seeing Iowa lose. Especially to the Vols. GBO.
  4. I know it’s early. And we have a long ways to go. But the improvements from games 1-3 to these last couple in terms of rotations, and not looking lost on offensive sets are crazy. Rebounding is better, guards are helping more. Get Mgbako to not pass up open threes and find I think get ware on the perimeter more too would help. Entire bench looks much improved. You can tell they are gelling and I think coaches are becoming more aware of strengths and weaknesses of the players in game. Love the improvement so far this year. This Michigan team ain’t a world beater by any means but that’s a goooood win. First three games I would have said were a .500 team on the year. After the last few I would say we have a chance for 20 wins. The talent is there. And I like the body language of the players too. Minus a couple whining after plays. But on the bench and timeouts they seem to be having fun. I am curious to see what happens when X comes back. I feel like more cupps is the answer…
  5. I haven’t watched enough of the other big ten teams to know that yet. Purdue obviously has the size and shooting and they are just good. I would say any team that can make 10 plus threes against us at a 35 plus percent clip has a better than average chance. I think our front line is awfully athletic and impressive and the more they play with eachother, the better they look. We have some muscle off the bench too. Ware is so long. I’ll go back to what I said. If we could find a way to make 6-7 threes a game. We would be in every game.
  6. As previously stated last 8 mins pretty ugly. Mgbako looks sooo much more comfortable now compared to the first few games. Starting to see the talent. And he isn’t afraid to mix it up down low for rebounds. Biggest difference in the game was hustle and winning the 50/50 rebounds and loose balls. Galloway played great. Ware was impressive. I agree with Scott. We are 1 guard away (not x) from being a good team. I honestly thought we did better without him and his emotional/whining to the ref plays. But it is evident that when we need a ball handler or someone to get to the hoop he is missed. When he keeps his emotions in check he’s an all conference guard. overall happy with the performance for sure. Offense looked smooth and we didn’t really have to force any junk until later in the game and it showed. Need to being that hustle and want to every game and we will be in most of them.
  7. That Will Sheehey role on our big ten championship team. Would love to get that production.
  8. Few things. Mgbako needs a lot of work, but I will say he looked more comfortable than I’ve seen all year. Had a couple nice looks to teammates and was hustling. Sparks and Banks hustle on the boards were very noticeable to me. They don’t get every one, but they were in the mix and had some deflections out to other people. Banks also for not being very quick had some good defensive plays too. We DESPERATELY need someone to make some outside shots. Holy crap. Zone was a game changer and us knowing what we were doing getting the ball down low was nice to see late. It wasn’t running around until the last second setting 3 screens and weaving. It was come down set a screen, get the mismatch and go inside. It worked. I don’t feel like we’re a “good” team yet, but I think this is the most we’ve looked like that so far this year. walker played a lot better tonight, entire bench helped out. Lastly, UConn is VERY good.
  9. He’s right we’re a mess of sorts. Also having shooters who can make open shots help with a shot chart. We’re not competent there at all beyond the arc. I think a large portion is we don’t run an offense that generates “open looks” from three. Seems like we come off of one screen or a pull up at the end of the clock. For the life of me I couldnt figure out why we don’t try to get out in transition more, but it’s because our defense is subpar, our rebounding is atrocious, and we never get the opportunity. Our offense is what it would look like last year without TJD and JHS basically. I’m interested to see what adjustments are made. But I just don’t think I will see anything different offensively than what we have seen. Watched a lot of basketball so far this year, and I feel like we are way behind on some basic fundamentals. Also our help defense and how we dig on the ball and are late to recover is straight up the worst I’ve seen all year. We have the talent and athleticism, but we don’t have the shooters. Like someone said earlier, if we make 7-8 threes a game we will be in any game. Cant get outscored by 30 points a game from deep and expect to win. I haven’t posted all year yet, as I’ve been giving the team a chance before I was being pretty critical. After losing half my hair and breaking a remote. It’s time. lol
  10. Just saw a TikTok of Trayce draining threes. Like 6-7 in a row. I mean we know he can shoot. I remember him last year when I saw them warming up in Dayton he was draining them. Dominant inside but I think he will have no problem hitting jump shots and keeping people honest.
  11. Zero issues with Galloway starting. But relying on Cupps, Newton, and Gunn as our backcourt would be our one question mark on the team. Not saying they can’t give us minutes. But having another veteran guard who can penetrate and get to the rim would be great. Happy with our team now, but that’s what I think is missing coming off the bench.
  12. We have a Galloway. He’s more craft than Cupps is.
  13. That’s how I feel. Get Mcneeley and Newell. Anything after that is gravy.
  14. Cupps is a very capable defender. JHS being 6’6 helped him out a lot because he doesn’t seem to have quickness to stay in front. Seen Cupps play live multiple times. Always hardest worker on the floor, stronger than he appears, and puts himself in great spots. Will he struggle with some guys that are stronger/quicker than him as a freshman? Probably. Give him a year and I think he’s gonna be a great defensive player. Obviously it was high school, but in a few of the games I watched (mind you I watched 12 games of his in high school) he wrecked the other teams offense with his pressure and playing the passing lanes. A lot easier in high school than college. Haven’t watched many highlight tapes or AAU stuff, but regular high school games no question about his defensive IQ and tenacity. His vision on offense is to me what makes him special. It’s fun to watch him play. Watching him and Rolf a couple years ago was fun to see.
  15. Talk about getting the keys to a nice car with a lot of HP…think about his first year to next year in terms of talent around him. He don’t have to force things next year. Just be X, be under control, and throw up some damn lobs. Lol
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