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sdglast said:
Don't get me wrong, Michigan is an outstanding team and arguably the best team in America. But there is no way USC is even close to a top 25 team. They really haven't beaten anyone of note and their win over Seton Hall can arguable be traced to horrible officiating. Anxious to see Michigan later this month play Nebraska and Michigan State.
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Agreed. That was the point I was making in a different post and the reply I got was Michigan is Great. They are good but USC had so many self inflicted, unforced errors. Like the Big East this year, the Big 10 isn’t very good.
 
FearThePups said:
Agreed. That was the point I was making in a different post and the reply I got was Michigan is Great. They are good but USC had so many self inflicted, unforced errors. Like the Big East this year, the Big 10 isn’t very good.
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Agreed. Don't get me wrong, Michigan has terrific athleticism, plays really hard, and can score in bunches. However, they have their struggles from 3, can be worked over by a good offensive team that can work clock and move (Hurley-style offense), and for understandable reasons plays like a confident bully. Will be interested to see how they react if and when a good team punches them in the mouth. Certainly they are formidable, but can they keep this up all year.
 
FearThePups said:
They really don’t. Our defense is better. Reed can handle Lendeborg, our bench is 2x better than theirs. Let’s see what they do against Duke. I am more impressed with them.
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UM is the best defensive team in the country right now, by every metric. UConn is generally 2.
sdglast said:
I agree totally. So not impressed with their schedule. They really have beaten no one.
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They beat the number 6 team in the country by 40 on a neutral court, a team with a better KP than us.
HooperScooper said:
If Reed is covering Lendeborg then who is checking 7-3 Aday Mara? Are you suggesting UConn go double bigs?
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I don't think Reed gets Lendenborg. He'll get Mara. I think they'd throw Stew or Ross on him. He plays the 3 for them, so him vs Mullins to start.
FearThePups said:
Agreed. That was the point I was making in a different post and the reply I got was Michigan is Great. They are good but USC had so many self inflicted, unforced errors. Like the Big East this year, the Big 10 isn’t very good.
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The B10, is one of the two best conferences, by a good margin. Need to just stop with this. They have UM, MSU, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska.....
 
HooperScooper said:
If Reed is covering Lendeborg then who is checking 7-3 Aday Mara? Are you suggesting UConn go double bigs?
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Ross will draw Lendeborg, otherwise you’re not getting anything from AK that night.
 
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RuffRuff said:
UM is the best defensive team in the country right now, by every metric. UConn is generally 2.

They beat the number 6 team in the country by 40 on a neutral court, a team with a better KP than us.

I don't think Reed gets Lendenborg. He'll get Mara. I think they'd throw Stew or Ross on him. He plays the 3 for them, so him vs Mullins to start.

The B10, is one of the two best conferences, by a good margin. Need to just stop with this. They have UM, MSU, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska.....
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If you think Gonzaga is better than UConn, I don't know what to tell you. I don't care what Ken Pom says. And, by the way, Michigan hasn't come close to playing the level of competition UConn has this year, nor has Gonzaga for that matter. I am knocking Michigan, but you have them as the greatest team of this century the way you defend them and attack others who simply post that USC is not a top 25 team. Not sure you really read my post.
 
RuffRuff said:
I don't think Reed gets Lendenborg. He'll get Mara. I think they'd throw Stew or Ross on him. He plays the 3 for them, so him vs Mullins to start.
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That's what I was getting at. I wanted the poster who said Reed would cover Lendeborg to realize on his own that really wouldn't work.
 
FearThePups said:
They really don’t. Our defense is better. Reed can handle Lendeborg, our bench is 2x better than theirs. Let’s see what they do against Duke. I am more impressed with them.
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what position do you think Lendeborg plays? You put Reed on him and it's gonna look Drummond trying to check Royce White all over again.
 
Haven't seen much of Nebraska, but kind of skeptical when you're rolling out a team that is reminiscent of a team from the 50's, if you know what I'm saying. When is the last time that ever made a dent?
 
HooperScooper said:
That's what I was getting at. I wanted the poster who said Reed would cover Lendeborg to realize that really wouldn't work.
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Lendeborg and Morez Johnson would be really tough assignments for AK/Ross/Stewart but those are the guys who would be guarding them.

If we play them Michigan would have the advantage down low and UConn would have the advantage on the perimeter.
 
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sdglast said:
Don't get me wrong, Michigan is an outstanding team and arguably the best team in America. But there is no way USC is even close to a top 25 team. They really haven't beaten anyone of note and their win over Seton Hall can arguable be traced to horrible officiating. Anxious to see Michigan later this month play Nebraska and Michigan State.
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Maybe at MSU the stars could align and they give Michigan a fight, but watching a little MSU vs. Nebraska after watching Michigan makes me think Michigan will stomp out both of these teams with relative ease. I think Cameron Boozer on an absolute heater could give them a loss, but other than that, they look like they’re poised to sweep up the rest of the season (until they run into UConn in the postseason, of course).

But again, it’s basketball and anything can happen on a given night. The same way I believe UConn can and should sweep the BE, chances are a loss will be mixed in somewhere for UM and us.
 
HooperScooper said:
That's what I was getting at. I wanted the poster who said Reed would cover Lendeborg to realize on his own that really wouldn't work.
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I've noticed whenever Mich comes up on here that there's very few posters that are actually watching them play because folks keep suggesting cross matches that don't make a lick of sense with what they're trotting out there on the floor.
 
FearThePups said:
How is So Cal 12-1? They suck and are ranked #24. Michigan isnt impressive as they’ve won 2 games in OT and won a 3rd game by 4.
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Those games you mentioned were at the beginning of the season, simple as that.

But yes, I agree USC is overrated
 
superjohn said:
Lendeborg and Morez Johnson would be really tough assignments for AK/Ross/Stewart but those are the guys who would be guarding them.

If we play them Michigan would have the advantage down low and UConn would have the advantage on the perimeter.
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How are Ross or Stewart gonna cover Lendeborg if we’re presumably playing our normal starting lineup?
 
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Huskyforlife said:
How are Ross or Stewart gonna cover Lendeborg if we’re presumably playing our normal starting lineup?
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To SJ's point, do our best and see how the mismatch favors us offense. If it's out of hand, bring in Stew/Ross.
 
As good as Michigan looks, Gonzaga is not doing them any favors right now, down 8 at the half at home to Seattle (who’s shooting 37% FG).
Also keep in mind that Creighton got 30-pieced by Gonzaga.
 
RuffRuff said:
UM is the best defensive team in the country right now, by every metric. UConn is generally 2.

They beat the number 6 team in the country by 40 on a neutral court, a team with a better KP than us.

I don't think Reed gets Lendenborg. He'll get Mara. I think they'd throw Stew or Ross on him. He plays the 3 for them, so him vs Mullins to start.

The B10, is one of the two best conferences, by a good margin. Need to just stop with this. They have UM, MSU, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska.....
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Really? Let’s see. We already beat MSU and Illinois. Purdue was overrated before they lost a game they should have won. So I’m not buying the Big 10 is superior. And honestly, you said Michigan has the number 1 defense but have they played a strength of schedule better than us with Quad 1 wins over Florida, Illinois, Kansas, BYU and Texas?
 
FearThePups said:
Really? Let’s see. We already beat MSU and Illinois. Purdue was overrated before they lost a game they should have won. So I’m not buying the Big 10 is superior. And honestly, you said Michigan has the number 1 defense but have they played a strength of schedule better than us with Quad 1 wins over Florida, Illinois, Kansas, BYU and Texas?
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Bud this isn’t even worth sparring on. Go hit up some metrics, some national views and get back to me.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
How are Ross or Stewart gonna cover Lendeborg if we’re presumably playing our normal starting lineup?
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They wouldn't be in the starting lineup guarding them but they both play big minutes and they will be guarding Lendeborg and Morez Johnson. We would have to put Braylon on him to start with.
 
Seattle up 8 on Gonzaga @ the half in Spokane. Washington isn't that good but was still impressed with Seattle when they beat them a couple of weeks ago, the WCC is more competitive than usual this year between Gonzaga, St Marys, Santa Clara, San Francisco and Seattle.
 
superjohn said:
Lendeborg and Morez Johnson would be really tough assignments for AK/Ross/Stewart but those are the guys who would be guarding them.

If we play them Michigan would have the advantage down low and UConn would have the advantage on the perimeter.
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In the NCAA Tournament better guard play usually prevails.
 
RuffRuff said:
To SJ's point, do our best and see how the mismatch favors us offense. If it's out of hand, bring in Stew/Ross.
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It might be a game worth exploring the possibility of starting Stewart or Ross just for the sake of matching up with their size.

I wanna see how Morez and Yaxel manage chasing our shooters around screens for 40 minutes though, we might be able to out shoot them in a one game sample to pull off the upset.
 
superjohn said:
They wouldn't be in the starting lineup guarding them but they both play big minutes and they will be guarding Lendeborg and Morez Johnson. We would have to put Braylon on him to start with.
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My problem is outscoring them while having to play Stewart and Ross more minutes will be very difficult. Our best chance at beating them is Solo/Mullins/AK going nuclear from deep imo.
 
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