Robowe
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That's interesting. Beilein sure loves JBo, to the point it annoyed his own players (see link). Or, maybe this was more of the 'bull' the OP was referring to.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/s...chigan-was-open-hawkeyes-were-closed-20180102
Both were right. But the rest of the Hawkeyes were neutralized. Michigan’s focus was on another Hawkeye soph, point guard Jordan Bohannon.
“We thought the key was Tyler may get points, but Bohannon was the key,” Beilein said. “He shot the ball well (4-of-7 from 3-point distance, 12 points), but he is a really good Big Ten point guard. Zavier Simpson did a great job on him.”
Sophomore guard Simpson and freshman forward Isaiah Livers came in averaging 4.5 and 3.0 points, respectively. The two reserves had 15 and 13 Tuesday, respectively. Simpson also had seven assists. Most importantly to him was proving something while guarding Bohannon.
Last year, you see, Bohannon had 17 points, six assists and no turnovers here against the Wolverines and left quite an impression on Beilein.
“The coaches love Bohannon,” Simpson said, “to the point when it starts to be kind of annoying.
“Bohannon is a great player, no question. There’s nothing he can’t do. But I mean, it was starting to get crazy. Eli (Brooks) and Jaaron (Simmons) were like, ‘This is getting out of hand.’ Because it was. They were complimenting him so much. Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon.
“A lot of fire was built up because of how amazed the coaches are with a player. He is a great player, I’m going to be honest. But I just felt like the coaches were making him seem like the next Chris Paul. I just took pride in (guarding him).”
