National Title Game Michigan vs Villanova

[BGleas 7,903]

2 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

3 years is now generally the window coaches get to produce before being canned.

FWIW, John Beilein went 46-53 in his first three seasons at Michigan and reached one NCAA Tournament. Jay Wright went 52-46 at Villanova and failed to reach the tournament each year.
Brendan Quinn


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Been preaching this for weeks. If you think you have your guy, then you need to be patient and give him time. In the context of Indiana, so far I think Archie is a guy we should be patient with. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

Been preaching this for weeks. If you think you have your guy, then you need to be patient and give him time. In the context of Indiana, so far I think Archie is a guy we should be patient with. 

I think the entire fanbase sans a couple agree with you here. Which is nice!

I’m just greedy and want next year to be a good year, instead of waiting on year 3/4.


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[KingPG21 6,584]

Love that the announcers were praising the obvious goaltend. Ball hit the backboard first

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

Michigan didn't foul for the first 4-6 minutes and then couldn't stop fouling. Nova couldn't hit to begin the game and then got some trips to the line.

That Wagner tie up changed the game. How was the wedgie not a goal tend?


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[BtownBanner6 1,298]

Love that the announcers were praising the obvious goaltend. Ball hit the backboard first

I believe the ball still has to be above the rim even if it hits backboard already but not 100% on that


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[theriverpilot 5,607]

I’m happy with either team winning this but I think Wagner has taken himself out of the game by getting off the block. He has the matchup advantage down low


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[Stuhoo 80,875]

I’m happy with either team winning this but I think Wagner has taken himself out of the game by getting off the block. He has the matchup advantage down low


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Wagner is really good, but low post scoring has never been part of his game.



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[LIHoosier 26,205]

Ruh-roh, Wolvies

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7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Wagner is really good, but low post scoring has never been part of his game.



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He’s scored several times tonight with some pretty fancy post moves. 

[theriverpilot 5,607]

Wagner is really good, but low post scoring has never been part of his game.



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Very true but he has a good catch low-turn-face game. Nova’s guys have had trouble with him down low


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[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

Brunson is a whiny little flopper, isn’t he? Haven’t watched him much before this. 

[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

Simpson is killing Michigan. Just not good enough yet for this type of game . Right there he had an easy pass out to Mo on the pop, he was a second late and the shot window closed, boom offensive foul. 

[DLG3 1,067]

Brunson is a whiny little flopper, isn’t he? Haven’t watched him much before this. 

Have noticed the same thing. Don’t know if it’s worse because of the higher stakes? He’s an incredible player and uses his body well, but the commentators lose their minds about him posting people up...from what I’ve seen, he pushes off 9/10 times and gets away with it.


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[Bowhunter 2,693]

I always get people riled up over this, but every year I am reminded that stellar offense wins championships. I love a good defense but you better be able to score if you want to cut down the nets. Both of these teams play tough on the defensive end and spread ya out on the other.  It’s fun to watch Villanova!

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13 minutes ago, IUfan_Charlie said:

Simpson is killing Michigan. Just not good enough yet for this type of game . Right there he had an easy pass out to Mo on the pop, he was a second late and the shot window closed, boom offensive foul. 

Going to disagree completely about the not good enough yet. He has struggled tonight.. but that's because of Nova. He has been instrumental in their winning streak. 

[Stuhoo 80,875]

Brunson is fantastic, but Nova is good enough to win even with Brunson having a lousy night.



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[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

7 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Going to disagree completely about the not good enough yet. He has struggled tonight.. but that's because of Nova. He has been instrumental in their winning streak. 

He's a solid player for sure, but he's just not on the level of the guys he's playing against. Most teams that are in this position have top tier PGs. Their struggles tonight are not all on him  tho.

[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Brunson is fantastic, but Nova is good enough to win even with Brunson having a lousy night.



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I'm a big DiVincenzo fan. Have been all year. Think he'll have a solid NBA career

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He's a solid player for sure, but he's just not on the level of the guys he's playing against. Most teams that are in this position have top tier PGs.

I wouldn't really disagree with that.. but he has been really good until the final four. Vs. Purdue and MSU he was fantastic 2 FF4 caliber teams.

Mathews hasn't been good and UM is simply short a scorer. Plus Nova is unreal good and deep.

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Just now, btownqb said:

I wouldn't really disagree with that.. but he has been really good until the final four. Vs. Purdue and MSU he was fantastic 2 FF4 caliber teams.

Mathews hasn't been good and UM is simply short a scorer. Plus Nova is unreal good and deep.

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I said early that that he or Matthews will need to have a stellar game for UM to pull this out. MAAR and Mo just isn't enough.