colhusker Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Well Mythigan is going to hang on. Edited February 22, 2018 by colhusker Quote
hskr4life Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 A depressed and not 100% Penn State team coming to the bank? I like it. Michigan staying in the top 30 RPI? I like it too. Art Vandalay, Elytron and leonidas 1 2 Quote
49r Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 So... Michigan v Maryland... Who do we want? Quote
FredsSlacks Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, 49r said: So... Michigan v Maryland... Who do we want? Michigan. Edited February 22, 2018 by TimSmiles WestOHusker 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, 49r said: So... Michigan v Maryland... Who do we want? I plan on winning Sunday, so Michigan. The good news is that we will know one way or the other before we play our game on Sunday. jayschool 1 Quote
B-town hoopsfan Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 If Watkins plays Sunday n it looks like a huge IF his mobility n shot blocking will definitely be affected. michigsn took one outta our book here w the zone. Penn state has no answer for it since Carr always has the ball in his hands and the 1 3 1 kinda neutralizes that aspect of an offense. The way people talk of chambers I doubt he makes an adjustment in 3 days. Hopefully our zone which should be much more refined than Michigan’s will be on lock Sunday Quote
throwback Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 I actually think PSU has been better vs the 1-3-1 the past several games, or at least since we used it on them. They found its holes. But when UM switched to more of a 2-3 look last night, they were back to square one because the 2-3 doesn't have the same holes as the 1-3-1. So maybe we roll out both 1-3-1 and that 2-3 we used at Illinois to try to confuse them, and I think it'll work. Carr just plays so passively vs the zones, it almost takes him out of the game. And as good as he is, anything you can do to slow him down is worth trying. Another big break for us if Watkins doesn't play - he has dominated us in the past two meetings ... and that's an understatement. I hope he's all right, but if the Nits want to hold him out Sunday to make sure he's healthier for the B1G tournament, I won't complain. I'll give Chambers this - he might be the league's top recruiter right now. To get that much high school talent/future pros to come to that impossible-to-get-to craphole is pretty impressive, especially considering they have no tradition. As far as his coaching acumen? Well, they're 9-8 this year in the B1G with more talent/athletes than anyone outside of East Lansing, and I believe the talent level is actually pretty close between those two. Whoever said earlier that if you give UM's coach PSU's players and he takes them to the Final Four is spot on. Quote
TourneyBound Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 1 hour ago, throwback said: I actually think PSU has been better vs the 1-3-1 the past several games, or at least since we used it on them. They found its holes. But when UM switched to more of a 2-3 look last night, they were back to square one because the 2-3 doesn't have the same holes as the 1-3-1. So maybe we roll out both 1-3-1 and that 2-3 we used at Illinois to try to confuse them, and I think it'll work. Carr just plays so passively vs the zones, it almost takes him out of the game. And as good as he is, anything you can do to slow him down is worth trying. Another big break for us if Watkins doesn't play - he has dominated us in the past two meetings ... and that's an understatement. I hope he's all right, but if the Nits want to hold him out Sunday to make sure he's healthier for the B1G tournament, I won't complain. I'll give Chambers this - he might be the league's top recruiter right now. To get that much high school talent/future pros to come to that impossible-to-get-to craphole is pretty impressive, especially considering they have no tradition. As far as his coaching acumen? Well, they're 9-8 this year in the B1G with more talent/athletes than anyone outside of East Lansing, and I believe the talent level is actually pretty close between those two. Whoever said earlier that if you give UM's coach PSU's players and he takes them to the Final Four is spot on. I was thinking about this last night too. His roster is stacked. not sure how he did it or if he did it without breaking some rules..... Quote
hhcmatt Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, ConkintheCorner said: I was thinking about this last night too. His roster is stacked. not sure how he did it or if he did it without breaking some rules..... Local kids. He got Shep Gardner from Roman Catholic in Philly to go there and then got Carr and Stevens to buy them all building something there. I'm not exactly sure what happened with Watkins but I think him re-qualifying from 2014 to 2015 and his lack of any other scholarship makes me think there were some big academic questions that kept other people away. Quote
huskerbaseball13 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 13 hours ago, 49r said: So... Michigan v Maryland... Who do we want? Michigan....easy. This is of course assuming we don't lose to PSU. With a win, MICH RPI is predicted to be 22 heading into NYC. Assuming they beat let's say Minnesota...in the first round their RPI will be at 21 heading into our matchup. A top 25 RPI win will look very nice on our resume at this point. hhcmatt and Nebrasketball1979 2 Quote
Red Don Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 RE: the Title! Wasn't it an 'Away' game win for Michigan!!!!! Bugeaters1 1 Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 RE: the Title! Wasn't it an 'Away' game win for Michigan!!!!!Yes Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote
royalfan Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 I have to think Watkins makes about a five point difference due to the matchups. No team in the league besides us would i consider him to be so important Quote
cipsucks Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, royalfan said: I have to think Watkins makes about a five point difference due to the matchups. No team in the league besides us would i consider him to be so important On the "Behind Enemy Lines" thread, someone on the penn state hoops forum posted it was a broken knee cap. Don't necessarily believe it since he came back to play. But the way he was helped off the court, who knows. Quote
royalfan Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 Interesting, I had a chipped kneecap right before senior year of high school. They said it wouldn’t get worse if you can handle pain but surgery you are looking at 7 weeks or so. Didn’t want to miss football so grinders through two a days limping badly it hurt so bad. Decided to have it done so I could be back for basketball at least. Turns out I was back playing linebacker in three weeks but couldn’t cut well enough to play qb. If I just did it immediately I may have been back for opener. Point is if break is similar to chip I would try to play through it if I were him as surgeory takes him out for year anyway. Probably all depends on if he can make it worse or not. Quote
royalfan Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 He would have to be seriously compromised if playing though I would think. Quote
WestOHusker Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Watkins has been ruled out for Sunday’s game Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
jimmykc Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 I hope it doesn't engender a false sense of security like Finke being out for Illinois seemed to do. Silverbacked1, Bugeaters1, 49r and 1 other 4 Quote
FredsSlacks Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) watkins manhandled us last game. if we keep their guards in check, we could run away with this one. Edited February 23, 2018 by TimSmiles Quote
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