Gottlieb and Seth Davis Pick Michigan
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I'm OK with this considering their overall records.
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That's fine by me. Michigan scored a lot of points today, after getting an impressive victory over an impressive Kansas team on Friday. On paper, and on the outside looking in, I'd think that they should be favored in this game.
But from an inside perspective, I expect that our defense is going to give Michigan as much trouble as it did Indiana. Burke is awesome. Ditto McGary. Hardaway / Robinson are stud athletes. And that funny named kid is a damned good three point shooter. ON PAPER, they're a team that should shoot us out of the zone. But that's not how it works.
I think we take them. I was more worried about Kansas.
Let's Go Orange!!!
But from an inside perspective, I expect that our defense is going to give Michigan as much trouble as it did Indiana. Burke is awesome. Ditto McGary. Hardaway / Robinson are stud athletes. And that funny named kid is a damned good three point shooter. ON PAPER, they're a team that should shoot us out of the zone. But that's not how it works.
I think we take them. I was more worried about Kansas.
Let's Go Orange!!!
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Is anyone surprised...? I'm not.
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I guess it's time to hold another team to a season low output.
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My thoughts on the matchup:
Burke is easily at his best when he can run the pick and roll. The zone should be able to adapt to/limit that pretty well. Michigan seems like a lesser version of Indiana basically, and Syracuse did a fantastic job getting out on shooters and forcing them to put the ball on the floor. And like the Indiana game, unless Michigan decides to play zone, Syracuse will have at least one or two mismatches at all times.
Not sure who Michigan will put on MCW, but if it's Burke, he'll beat him off the dribble all game and either draw a foul, score, or dish to an open teammate when the help defense comes. If Burke is on Triche, Triche will likely be able to do much of the same (but to a lesser extent). And beyond that, it'll likely be a pair of 6'6" guys on Southerland and Fair, so Southerland will most likely be able to get his shot off pretty easily, and Fair will have a size advantage on his man.
All of Syracuse's losses this year have come against teams with elite defenses. Michigan isn't that good of a defensive team. If they don't come out knocking down their 3's, I think Syracuse will be able to win this by double digits.
Burke is easily at his best when he can run the pick and roll. The zone should be able to adapt to/limit that pretty well. Michigan seems like a lesser version of Indiana basically, and Syracuse did a fantastic job getting out on shooters and forcing them to put the ball on the floor. And like the Indiana game, unless Michigan decides to play zone, Syracuse will have at least one or two mismatches at all times.
Not sure who Michigan will put on MCW, but if it's Burke, he'll beat him off the dribble all game and either draw a foul, score, or dish to an open teammate when the help defense comes. If Burke is on Triche, Triche will likely be able to do much of the same (but to a lesser extent). And beyond that, it'll likely be a pair of 6'6" guys on Southerland and Fair, so Southerland will most likely be able to get his shot off pretty easily, and Fair will have a size advantage on his man.
All of Syracuse's losses this year have come against teams with elite defenses. Michigan isn't that good of a defensive team. If they don't come out knocking down their 3's, I think Syracuse will be able to win this by double digits.
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Doing some quick research on Michigan against good teams this year:
Burke shot 41.5% from 2 and 35% from 3; Hardaway shot 45.6% from 2 and 39% from 3; Stauskas shot 54% from 2 and 32% from 3; Robinson shot 59.7% from 2 and 32% from 3.
Looking at the box score, it looks like all four of them are horribly inconsistent from 3 point range (but tend to shoot in the upper 30's when it all averages out).
I think the key will be keeping McGary off the offensive glass the way we did with Zeller and basically playing the way we did against Indiana; especially our focus on getting back on defense so that they can't get their transition game going.
I really do like our chances though, just like I did against Indiana. I just think it's a good matchup for us.
Burke shot 41.5% from 2 and 35% from 3; Hardaway shot 45.6% from 2 and 39% from 3; Stauskas shot 54% from 2 and 32% from 3; Robinson shot 59.7% from 2 and 32% from 3.
Looking at the box score, it looks like all four of them are horribly inconsistent from 3 point range (but tend to shoot in the upper 30's when it all averages out).
I think the key will be keeping McGary off the offensive glass the way we did with Zeller and basically playing the way we did against Indiana; especially our focus on getting back on defense so that they can't get their transition game going.
I really do like our chances though, just like I did against Indiana. I just think it's a good matchup for us.
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I think we'll beat them.
But... I have to admit Michigan's run through the NCAA tourney is pretty impressive. They beat S Dakota St handily, then beat VCU easily...2 media darlings before the tourney started...Tough game with Kansas that they won in OT, and today they beat a team that a lot of people thought had a good shot at the FF, and beat them easily.
But the consensus was they weren't as good as Indiana this year and we obviously easily beat Indiana.
Our D will be the difference.
But... I have to admit Michigan's run through the NCAA tourney is pretty impressive. They beat S Dakota St handily, then beat VCU easily...2 media darlings before the tourney started...Tough game with Kansas that they won in OT, and today they beat a team that a lot of people thought had a good shot at the FF, and beat them easily.
But the consensus was they weren't as good as Indiana this year and we obviously easily beat Indiana.
Our D will be the difference.
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If Michigan hits their threes it could be a long night. But they give up threes as well.
I like our D and I like our chances with a week of preparation.
Cheers,
Neil
I like our D and I like our chances with a week of preparation.
Cheers,
Neil
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Our athleticism will dominate again.
I don't really have a gripe with Gottlieb, but boy, when Seth Davis blindly picking Montana (Montana!) to beat us with zero reasoning, not to mention we just beat Georgetown a couple days ago, I knew this guy had no clue what he was talking about. Why are you picking Michigan, Seth? Are you noticing "deficiencies" from your court-side seat? Annoying!
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Considering that Seth Davis has made a living out of looking like a fool, I couldn't be more confident about Saturday's game.
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I dont know about anyone else, but I prefer Dougie to pick against us
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He did, because I remember cringing when it happened.
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I believe Doug changed his mind and picked SU on 4/2.
From the CBS Sports website-BB page-Gottlieb's blog click on the right hand side Mich. VS SU video. Hope the link works.
http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/doug-gottlieb/
From the CBS Sports website-BB page-Gottlieb's blog click on the right hand side Mich. VS SU video. Hope the link works.
http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/doug-gottlieb/
