According to this, Michigan has four 1st round picks this year.

[cliftonparksufan]

And we have a total of three first round picks between this year and next and we have two second round picks.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

 

[jdubs30]

Pretty sure McGary already said he's coming back

 

[cuseattle]

Nice to see Brandon getting a little attention!

 

[damian41]

And we have a total of three first round picks between this year and next and we have two second round picks.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

This Michigan team is definitely talented, but they're still young. McGary and Robinson are just freshman and haven't peaked yet, and at this point in their careers I would take CJ over Robinson any day twice on Sunday. McGary is really impressive, a bull in a china shop, reminds me of a young Bill Laimbeer. Have to keep him off the offensive glass tomorrow...

 

[RMH44]

Nice to see Brandon getting a little attention!

Little is the operative word...since they've listed him at 6'2" rather than 6'4".

 

[orange2win]

Exactly why I think we have the edge on Saturday. Michigan has talent, but 3 of their 5 starters are Fr. and our Jrs and Srs will eat them up. Other than McGary and Horford, they have less size. Morgan at 6-8 will see some minutes.

Sr. and Jr. 4 Star level talent is usually better than 5 Star Fr. talent. Plus we have MCW, a lottery pick.

 

[Cuse'91]

I don't put much stock in the upper classmen will perform better than freshmen theory... Seems we heard that a lot 10 years ago... But then our freshman forward scores over 50 points in the Final Four, and our freshman point guard shoots 6 3-pointers in the first half of the National Championship game...
Don't get me wrong, I fully expect us to beat Michigan, but it's not going to be because we have juniors and seniors and they have freshmen...

 

[orange2win]

I don't put much stock in the upper classmen will perform better than freshmen theory... Seems we heard that a lot 10 years ago... But then our freshman forward scores over 50 points in the Final Four, and our freshman point guard shoots 6 3-pointers in the first half of the National Championship game...
Don't get me wrong, I fully expect us to beat Michigan, but it's not going to be because we have juniors and seniors and they have freshmen...

Although I disagree, I like your answer - well supported. You will note I wrote USUALLY. Indeed, when your frosh include the likes of Carmello and GMac, no seasoned team will prevail. In 100 yrs of SU basketball, that kind of final 4 talent has come along once.

Otherwise, experienced / seasoned talent trumps hot-shot raw talent nearly every time. Unless you are UK and can flood the floor with them and even then it does not always prevail.

 

[KingOtis]

Another, less inclusive, point-of-view: http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2013/

 

[Knicks411]

When we have veteran talent, it's veteran talent that is important, when we have freshmen, experience doesn't matter.

The Kansas team we beat had really good veteran talent; Collison and Hinrich were seniors that year, and they're still in the NBA a decade later. Melo was obviously an incredible player as a frosh, but I wouldn't consider Gerry to be better than the average good freshmen player or anything. (though 6 three's in the first half might say differently)

Otherwise, experienced / seasoned talent trumps hot-shot raw talent nearly every time.

I dunno, the only thing I'm taking from this is that experience trumps talent, except when it doesn't.

Our 03 team basically played 8 guys, and 6 were frosh or soph. Michigan plays 3 freshmen, just like we do. They don't quite rely on them to the extent that we did, since Burke is a Soph and he's pretty much the best player in the country, and the other starting G is a junior.

If we win, I don't think it will be because our guys are older.

 

[Sgt Cuse]

When we have veteran talent, it's veteran talent that is important, when we have freshmen, experience doesn't matter.

The Kansas team we beat had really good veteran talent; Collison and Hinrich were seniors that year, and they're still in the NBA a decade later. Melo was obviously an incredible player as a frosh, but I wouldn't consider Gerry to be better than the average good freshmen player or anything. (though 6 three's in the first half might say differently)



I dunno, the only thing I'm taking from this is that experience trumps talent, except when it doesn't.

Our 03 team basically played 8 guys, and 6 were frosh or soph. Michigan plays 3 freshmen, just like we do. They don't quite rely on them to the extent that we did, since Burke is a Soph and he's pretty much the best player in the country, and the other starting G is a junior.

If we win, I don't think it will be because our guys are older.

It may not be because our guys are older, but a factor could certainly be that their relative youth and inexperience to a new and different situation causes poor decisions.
We have seen instances where it looks like the other team has a hard time figuring things out.

Some youthful generalizations like inexperience, impatience, and frustration could factor in. I think what a lot of us are hoping to see is the mental aspect of the new situation lead to poor decisions which then could help bring in frustration and impatience.