Duke/Michigan
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ibahawkeye
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Michigan just won't go away... Duke has been up double digits a couple of times and Michigan has been able to answer with a run of their own.
JonDMiller
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Watching Big Ten in tourney, makes me feel better about the season I just watched Iowa had. This league is good.
Also, bad clock management in the last minute my Michigan. You have to extend the game...wasting too much time on both ends.
Also, bad clock management in the last minute my Michigan. You have to extend the game...wasting too much time on both ends.
JonDMiller
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Then they kill another 9 seconds to get a layup that Duke was gonna concede.
SheagleHawk
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Morris and Hardaway are going to be tough for years to come (assuming they stay). Duke just has no answer, as did no one else down the stretch against Michigan.
ibahawkeye
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nothing wrong with that look... just a little too strong.
needhamsandwich
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yet they still won. i'd say smith, singler, and irving are pretty good answers.
that was a great game to watch. wrong team won though.
H8IAST8
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Nothing at all, just thinking he could have layed that in
SheagleHawk
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Great look. Feel bad for him. We need a Hardaway/Morris type player to join our roster next year. Long, athletic and can take their man off the dribble at will.
ibahawkeye
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After watching the replay it looked like Hardaway cut towards the hoop and he actually would have had an open lay in if Morris would have passed it up.
sportstalent
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If Michigan ever gets it in their heads that they can post up Morris at will and let him create and not settle for the jump shot as it is always available. Look at the good teams Michigan has beaten and competed with, Morris has his way with any PG when he decides to go to the hoop. Morris' unselfishness does not allow him to do so. Hardaway can take people at will as well, when he decides too.
Duke had no answer for them, Michigan finished with something like a 15-4 run or something to end the game. Duke is good, but Michigan was able to impose their will with under 4:00 to go, but needed to do it sooner.
The size and athleticism both Morris and Hardaway have is going to be unstoppable unless teams can match up against them.
The thing in this game that made something of a difference was its location and the refs were too involved for both teams at times. One thing in the NCAA tournament and this is the first time I have saw it this year, is when a team has a reputation for a certain style defense, it is accepted and the other team is penalized for it. This happened for much of the game today in the favor of Duke. Duke was physicall and the hand-check was allowed, Michigan had a lot of touch fouls, but also some really dumb ones that made their total crazy in the first half. Duke got called for fouls that were fouls and the hand checks were let go and Novak can't block out enough against some teams and get an over the back call to save his life.
Michigan looks to be the best team coming back next year, unless both Sullinger and Buford are back for OSU. They add two really good guards that will give them a couple of penetrators that know how to score. Michigan is also looking at adding a 6-7 athletic wing, which would be scary to add to that group, one that could play the 4 position alongside Morgan.
Duke had no answer for them, Michigan finished with something like a 15-4 run or something to end the game. Duke is good, but Michigan was able to impose their will with under 4:00 to go, but needed to do it sooner.
The size and athleticism both Morris and Hardaway have is going to be unstoppable unless teams can match up against them.
The thing in this game that made something of a difference was its location and the refs were too involved for both teams at times. One thing in the NCAA tournament and this is the first time I have saw it this year, is when a team has a reputation for a certain style defense, it is accepted and the other team is penalized for it. This happened for much of the game today in the favor of Duke. Duke was physicall and the hand-check was allowed, Michigan had a lot of touch fouls, but also some really dumb ones that made their total crazy in the first half. Duke got called for fouls that were fouls and the hand checks were let go and Novak can't block out enough against some teams and get an over the back call to save his life.
Michigan looks to be the best team coming back next year, unless both Sullinger and Buford are back for OSU. They add two really good guards that will give them a couple of penetrators that know how to score. Michigan is also looking at adding a 6-7 athletic wing, which would be scary to add to that group, one that could play the 4 position alongside Morgan.
I still think OSU has an edge on Michigan,but they will be the top two entering next year. Now if both Sully and Buford leave,then that might change the order,but I really sense that Sully will stay for another year. OSU will have Sully,Buford,Craft,Thomas,Sibert,Smith returing,with 4 top 75 recruits coming in,including 3 over 6'8''. Craft is going to be one of the top players in the league going forward,he is amazing. Thomas is a scoring machine. Sibert is a top 50 talent,and Smith is a good glue guy.
Michigan will be good,if everyone returns,and with Burke and Brundidge coming in.
Michigan will be good,if everyone returns,and with Burke and Brundidge coming in.
nationalchamps
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If you think Duke played well, you don't follow Duke much. They did not play well. They shot way too many 3's, got conservative with a 15 point lead, Singler had an awful game shooting (from the field and the FT line), Irving still looks tentative at times, and weren't real aggressive against Michigan's 1-3-1. Average game for them at best.
tm3308
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Singler having a bad night is not uncommon. He's still good, but he's one of the most overrated players in the country, IMO. Since (and including) the game against UNC in Durham, he's shooting 39.9% from the floor, and that is buoyed by games against Temple and Maryland (combined 20/34, or 58.8%). He shoots average/poor against better competition.
Against teams that made the NCAA Tournament this year, Singler shot 38.9% from the floor (90/231). If you also include the two games against Virginia Tech (a team that many expected to make the field), he shot 38.3% (100/261).
He's still a good player, but he's no superstar. I'd take Smith and/or Irving over Singler in a heartbeat.
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