Michigan (5-3) vs. Nebraska (5-4) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

I'm going with the Motor city madman in this game thread.

 

[hhcmatt]

Looking at this Michigan team and wondering if we can figure out what to change from the Indiana game because it's going to be another team that runs us off the 3pt line into shot blockers and isn't going to put us on the line.

[Handy Johnson]

2 hours ago, Bugeaters1 said:

I'm going with the Motor city madman in this game thread.

 

I’ll never forget Uncle Ted playing “White Buffalo” on the old Tom Snyder Show…

[Bugeaters1]

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[hhcmatt]

We talk about upping the talent level here but I'm not sure anyone for Nebraska would start for Michigan

[jason2486]

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

We talk about upping the talent level here but I'm not sure anyone for Nebraska would start for Michigan

Our 17-18 squad would spank both of these teams!

[Cazzie22]

On 12/4/2021 at 4:40 PM, Bugeaters1 said:

I'm going with the Motor city madman in this game thread.

 

I was hoping for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels!

[tcp]

3 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

I was hoping for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels!

guess I'd be shovving my age and other things if I chose MC5?

[hhcmatt]

Michigan favored by 7 in this one

[Cazzie22]

54 minutes ago, tcp said:

guess I'd be shovving my age and other things if I chose MC5?

I think I am clearly showing my age!

[millerhusker]

18 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

We talk about upping the talent level here but I'm not sure anyone for Nebraska would start for Michigan

We also talk about how Hoiberg does less with more, but Michigan doesn’t even look like a tourney team right now and they have seven 4-stars and two 5-stars on the roster. 5th year senior point guard, two future lottery picks and a 7’1” center who was 2nd team All-America last year and they really struggled to beat Tarleton a couple weeks ago. 

[49r]

10 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

We also talk about how Hoiberg does less with more, but Michigan doesn’t even look like a tourney team right now and they have seven 4-stars and two 5-stars on the roster. 5th year senior point guard, two future lottery picks and a 7’1” center who was 2nd team All-America last year and they really struggled to beat Tarleton a couple weeks ago. 

 

...and yet I expect them to drill us by 20+.

[hhcmatt]

17 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

We also talk about how Hoiberg does less with more, but Michigan doesn’t even look like a tourney team right now and they have seven 4-stars and two 5-stars on the roster. 5th year senior point guard, two future lottery picks and a 7’1” center who was 2nd team All-America last year and they really struggled to beat Tarleton a couple weeks ago. 

 

Here is freshman 5 star Caleb Houstan's KenPom game numbers. It would seem that Michigan's 3 losses correlate with his 3 worst games.

 

Tarleton State....Billy Clyde can still coach.

[millerhusker]

35 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

...and yet I expect them to drill us by 20+.

They probably should. But I think we're winning this one. Just got that feeling ya know. 

[hhcmatt]

Looks like Moussa Diabate might be out tonight. The lengthy freshman post player was a big part of Michigan's 8 man rotation. 

 

https://www.maizenbrew.com/basketball/2021/12/6/22820962/michigan-wolverines-basketball-moussa-diabate-health-update-sdsu-game

[huskerbaseball13]

I’m assuming we will be throwing the kitchen sink at Dickinson…with a team that’s already bad at defending the 3PT line that’s probably going to leave quite a few open looks. Luckily, Mich is not lighting it up from deep. Fingers crossed that stays true tonight. 

[Cookie Crumbs]

Scored 2 tickets for 4 bucks tonight. Looking forward to the game!

[PimpMario]

Feels like a must win.  This season seems to balancing on the precipice.

 

I'm going to the game tonight and riding up from Lincoln but I'm genuinely not excited.

[thrasher31]

I look at this in a couple ways. 

-Jones has struggled mightily for them this year. Collins has arguably outplayed him. 

-with diabete out, they'll probably start John's, who is hitting 21% of his 3s. Pack the paint on Hunter with lat and force the kick out to John's. 

-houstan and McGowens will be the matchup of the game. McGowens is more of a downhill attacker and can get to the line and Houstan is the opposite. Very smooth game though. 

-verge vs Jones and Collins is another one to watch. If they get good verge tonight, I think the PG play is in our favor, which could tip the scales our way. 

 

I weirdly feel like they have a good chance this game. Especially with no diabete. 

[hhcmatt]

Will Keisei stay in the starting lineup or will Keon Edwards go back to his walk-on senior playing in his last home game spot in the lineup?

[Norm Peterson]

If you want to diagnose what ails this team right now, and you're going to the game, I'd encourage you to watch pre-game warmups and the warmups at halftime.

 

Do they look like they're taking seriously the business at hand or no?

 

Does there appear to be a sense of purpose or no?

 

It's one thing to ham it up in warmups when you're winning all the time, but if you're horsing around in warmups and lay an egg in the first 5-10 minutes of the game ...

[Huskerone]

Positive thoughts tonight, looking forward to the game.  Go Big Red!

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Bugeaters1]

 

[dustystehl]

How many overtimes you reckon Daily Wager will have pushing back the start of our broadcast?