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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 606184, member: 1674"]
It'll be interesting to see if Burke can get into the lane against us.  He isn't nearly as quick as Siva and Russ Smith or TJ Ford for that matter, and he generally isn't very good at beating his man off the dribble, so I think he'll need ball-screens to have a chance at it.  How we attack the ball-screens will be a huge part of whether or not we can win this game, but I still think the two biggest keys are:
1. Boxing McGary out.  Based on Michigan's inconsistency shooting, the fact that Burke tends to shoot the ball poorly against good teams (about 39% from the field), and their reliance on jumpshots, I have I feeling that there will be a lot of opportunities for McGary to get offensive rebounds.  If we can box him out the way we made a concerted effort to do with Zeller, I think we'll be in good shape.
2. Getting back on defense.  They push the ball as well as Indiana does.  We have to get back and force them to play in the half court the way that we were able to do with Indiana.  If we accomplish both of these things, I think the result will be very similar to the Indiana game.  If we only accomplish one of those things, it'll be a close one.  And if we can't accomplish either of them, we likely lose.
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