National Broadcast Basketball Pillowfight Liveblog: Michigan vs Indiana

by SCM on Jan 14, 2010 5:39 PM CST in Michigan Basketball Comment 3 comments

You know, at one point these two schools played for the national title... Indiana certainly remembers it well as they ended up winning that game and the crown, oh and that minor detail of capping off an undefeated 1976 season and all. Not sure if there's a single parallel that can be drawn twixt that day and today, but regardless, the Hoosiers and Wolverines square off in Ann Arbor tonight at 9 pm EST on ESPN. Michigan looks to split the season series with Indiana after giving away the game in Bloomington thanks to fouls and even more importantly, more "fouls" back on New Year's Eve. Hopefully we'll get the same "guy-isn't-touched-on-the-drive-but-gets-the-and-one-at-a-back-breaking-juncture-in-the-game" call that IU received on their home floor, but I digress.

To say that this is a must win belies some kind of hope for this team's post-season chances, and I just can't do that. BUT after tonight, Michigan rolls into a stretch that features UConn, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Michigan State... yee and ha.

GO BLUE!

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Would have liked to join the comments, but I was watching the game with my fiancee.

That was a rough game to watch for about the first 30 minutes of the game. Both teams looked sloppy.

But I’ll take that ending. If Beilein could find a way to get this team to give a consistent, fundamentally solid effort for 40 minutes, we could be pretty good.

by jeepnut on Jan 15, 2010 9:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

if, if, if

I think we’re still a year away from “solid fundamental” basketball. Sims and Harris are gone after this season, so it’ll depend on some of Beilein’s recruits stepping in and playing up to their ratings. We’re getting there. It’s just going to take a few more years before we see consistent results.

Maize n Brew
Because Football is Better with Beer

by Maize n Brew Dave on Jan 15, 2010 9:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It would nice to see this team...

Have a consistent performance for a whole 40 minutes. I have yet to see a game where the whole team seemed to be fitting into their roles. Jeepnut, “sloppy” is being kind, that was some tough basketball to watch. Now then, that complaining out of the way…

I REALLY liked that we got Sims going early and forced the issue down low, we did neither of those things down in Bloomington against an IU squad that simply does not have an inside presence. I felt like we addressed that much more effectively last night and it turned out to be huge because Sims was the only person with a pulse in the first half of the game.

GO BLUE! http://www.maizenbrew.com/

by SCM on Jan 15, 2010 12:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs