Solid win. There were negatives but there usually are, this is college basketball. We just saw the mighty Wolverines spend most their game down by double digits against a similar level of team.
I don’t know why we have suddenly decided to be sloppy with the ball. Two games in a row, we’re just fumbling the ball away, largely unforced. Good thing we cleaned it up as the game progressed.
No, “our defense” wasn’t bad. Reed was bad on the PnR, chasing the ball repeatedly. Reed, not “our D.” It seems the staff finally hammered it into his head and that eventually changed the game. Then that also put him in position for easy rebounds.
I too would like to see more from the bench, both Stewart and Ross seemed to backslide again, and Reibe seems to have hit a mid season freshman wall. Smith has somewhat disappeared but that coincides with Demary’s emergence, who has been taking a solid grip on the leadership of this team, with some hiccups.
It’s so great to see Ball come back to life. Hopefully he keeps it up. Then Reed in the 2nd half, and Mullins made huge shots. All around, another team giving us their best shot on the road but we withstood it and overpowered them, as top teams do.
Oh, by the way, I don’t believe Butler set one single legal screen, which makes your defense look worse than it was, because it gives them an unfair advantage, which is why they’re illegal.
