U of M MEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-2017

[hack]

No drop-off. Still out there working. The only thing pissing me off is our stupid uniforms. What's with the weird cut around the arms? Meant for ease of movement perhaps? Looks dumb, but somebody give me a reason to be less annoyed about the unis, please.

[Kstat]

DJ Wilson is a Swiss Army knife. Love his fit on this team
Now.

[hack]

A stretch 4 doesn't have to be small.

[Kstat]

Well, he's not a stretch 4. He's a defensive specialist that can't shoot.

[hack]

Call him what you want but the spacing is still there.

[Kstat]

It's like calling Dennis rodman a stretch 4. You can park him in the corner but no one cares if he shoots.

[hack]

Call him what you want but the spacing is still there. The coaching staff wants him to think of himself as an athlete who can shoot, and not a shoooter.

[Kstat]

Win tomorrow and they're probably back in the top 25...

[WM Wolverine]

Where they belong.

[hack]

Wilson isn't going to be an automatic 10/13/3 all year, but if we get at least a good chunk of that in conference play, that's a ranked team. I expected it would be Wagner who would be the one to make The Leap. Beilein still trusts Donnal more at this point. Suddenly makes the team really deep on the wings again, and how completely remarkable it is how Beilein has been willing to change. Robinson is the best 3 ball on the team by far, and he's likely headed to the bench.

[Kstat]

Duncan has plenty of value as a 6th man. It isn't that he needs to play a lot less.

[The Oracle]

I'm curious/skeptical that Wilson can play this well against legit comoetition, but if he can, if gives us something we haven't had in the jb era. Would like to see Robinson get more minutes, but I think that will come. Smu has been a thorn the last few years, so getting the monkey off tomorrow would be great.

[*JD*]

No drop-off. Still out there working. The only thing pissing me off is our stupid uniforms. What's with the weird cut around the arms? Meant for ease of movement perhaps? Looks dumb, but somebody give me a reason to be less annoyed about the unis, please.

Mr. Nike done had a Come to Jesus moment?

They did just fine with the football unis, by basically doing nothing. Tight-fitting jersey's seem to be the way right now.

[*JD*]

I'm curious/skeptical that Wilson can play this well against legit comoetition, but if he can, if gives us something we haven't had in the jb era. Would like to see Robinson get more minutes, but I think that will come. Smu has been a thorn the last few years, so getting the monkey off tomorrow would be great.

He's getting after rebounds, though. He also did put on a little weight each year. At 240, that's decent. He's still not really a banger but if he can hold position and use his long arms and leaping ability, I could still see him getting 7 or 8 a game when the competition gets tougher. I think Purdue and Indiana are the only teams in the B1G that have a lot of size. That's one thing that spartie doesn't have.

[*JD*]

Without Walton.

This would be the year to finally get that McDonalds all-american one/done wing. Frontcourt next year could be fantastic.

Well, he's not a one & done player but maybe Charles Mathews becomes an impact wing. I'm still hoping for Mo Bamba as the big piece but the squad could look pretty good next year as is.

C Wagner/Teske/Davis
PF Wilson/Robinson/Livers
SF Matthews/Poole?
SG MAAR/Watson
PG X/Brooks

Bamba would just make them a legit Elite 8/Final 4 kind of squad, depending on how quickly Xavier comes along.