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March General CBB Discussion Thread

I said it the other day but Michigan looks tired of playing B10 teams, their recent slate of conf games hasn't had the same type of separation
 
controlfade said:
I can’t wait to see how the SEC does. I think they will be absolutely be exposed this tournament and you couldn’t be more right about the SEC not playing any defense.
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I tend to think the B12 teams will have the most success in this tournament.
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
Michigan looks good partly because they are pretty athletic and play in a league of unathletic teams. This Purdue team is slow and not a lot of size, they make Michigan look like world beaters. Somehow it’s only a 2 point game
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Well Purdue has their gauntlet of guards- slow or otherwise- and Michigan has Cadeau. We've been wondering when UM would finally have a game where they couldn't overcome the absence of Cason and this could be it.
 
KingAG said:
I think they all held their own outside of the Hopkins matchup when Alex sat. We had no one to check him with no Stewie. Where are the numbers that backup something different?

Again we beat them on the glass by a good margin. Beat them on offensive boards, and matched them in points in the paint. Darling, Sellers, Sanon, and Jackson did not physically overwhelm our backcourt. Ross did more than hold his own against Mitchell. Taris and Ejifor were a wash. You’re referring to minutes where Mullins or Ross had to check Hopkins down low.

They played more aggressively than us which sped up our decision making. And we have a team who struggles to make high IQ decisions. If I had the time I’d go through every turnover and ask you to show how it had anything to do with a physical advantage.


If you’re referring to the blatant grabbing and holding that was allowed that’s a different conversation.

Regarding Taris, he was such a physical advantage we spammed him in the 2nd half and it worked lmao. It was just too late. So how is saying Taris physically held his own being “very generous”?
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The rebounding margin was because we shot 34% from the field and 3 for 19 from three, a lot of long rebounds. There was one possession where we got something like 4 bounces to go our on the offensive possession and we still didn't cash in. We had all sorts of problems with their physicality, athleticism and length leading to turnovers and missed opportunities at the rim, Zuby had 7 blocks. They were also dunking all over us.
 
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I remember UConn used to half that non conference game roughly in the middle of
Conference play. The first natty year they had to go out Stanford after suffering a bad loss to Cuse. They had a couple of years of playing UNC out of conference in late Jan early feb. the Kansas game after Kirk king and Ricky Moore were suspended was mid January.
 
KingAG said:
Especially if the BE specifically is going to have so few opportunities and so many pit falls.
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The problem with the league this year was that the bottom third was historically good (and better than the bottom third of the other conferences). This is in turn was a problem as they beat up on the middle third (see Creighton going 3-5 against the top 4 (pretty solid) and 6-6 against everyone else. When your last place team beats Clemson and your 8th team smokes Virginia, the bottom isn’t a problem. The real problem was that the middle third sucked.
 
KingAG said:
Especially if the BE specifically is going to have so few opportunities and so many pit falls.
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It was so much worse in AAC times. Felt like every team we played was ranked between like 40 and 90, meaning they could pick you off on a good day but you got nothing for beating them
 
The way the whole basketball schedule is set up is dumb. Especially now with all the transfers every year, teams aren’t who they ultimately will be until February. All the games that matter out of conference are played in Nov/Dec. Those games against teams that aren’t fully themselves are used to determine how good a conference is and that sets seeding for every team for the tournament. I’d rather mix in conference with non conference. It would give everyone a better idea of who is good and who is a fraud. Every year we have some power conference get 6-8 teams in and flame out because they won a bunch of games in Nov/Dec, but really their league sucks.
 
KingAG said:
I think they all held their own outside of the Hopkins matchup when Alex sat. We had no one to check him with no Stewie. Where are the numbers that backup something different?

Again we beat them on the glass by a good margin. Beat them on offensive boards, and matched them in points in the paint. Darling, Sellers, Sanon, and Jackson did not physically overwhelm our backcourt. Ross did more than hold his own against Mitchell. Taris and Ejifor were a wash. You’re referring to minutes where Mullins or Ross had to check Hopkins down low.

They played more aggressively than us which sped up our decision making. And we have a team who struggles to make high IQ decisions. If I had the time I’d go through every turnover and ask you to show how it had anything to do with a physical advantage.


If you’re referring to the blatant grabbing and holding that was allowed that’s a different conversation.

Regarding Taris, he was such a physical advantage we spammed him in the 2nd half and it worked lmao. It was just too late. So how is saying Taris physically held his own being “very generous”?
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Got it. Our players were throwing the ball out of bounds, missing layups, and getting the ball stuffed in their faces because they were "sped up" and not physically intimidated. Potato-potatoe...
 
What don't you see in this Purdue Michigan game? Physical contact. refs call fouls on the slightest touch so there is no physicality. Maybe a bit inside but that seems to be it. Theres no mugging cutters, We would thrive in this game.
 
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