Comments on: The Morning After: Michigan

By: ray

ray — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:25:01 +0000

one thing to note…and i haven’t read all the posts yet…michigan played purdue very well in west lafayette, and purdue nearly knocked off michigan state in east lansing. yes, michigan is in a down year for sure, but beating up on them on the road was very nice to see.

also, i agree with the first poster…if i were mcghee i would have done the same thing. instead of shame on mcghee, shame on anyone for telling him not to do it!

By: TXHOOSIER

TXHOOSIER — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:33:46 +0000

Agreed on hoping for a lot more Lavin broadcasts. Now that he can’t call Errek Suhr a Pepper Pot this year, he had to key in on someone, and I guess Thomas won the drawl.

As to IU dominance being an alien feeling, I couldn’t agree more there, either. I’m not so young that I don’t remember the Cheaney (and, of course, Nover) years, but too many first-round losses to Cal and Colorado at the tail end of Knight’s tenure and the entire Mike Davis era almost made me forget what it was like to never doubt a game’s outcome. Here’s to a few more games like last night’s.

By: b-side

b-side — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:47:59 +0000

E, it’s funny you mention Memphis. I think Calipari and Sampson are running similar offenses. A lot of drive-and-dish action, with a few set plays sprinkled in. Of course some people do miss the good ol’ days of the motion offense, but you won’t hear a complaint from me considering the frequency of our FT attempts.

James, you’re right, should have given Nover his props, but was merely focusing on the NBA caliber guys. Let’s be honest, Matt Nover will always be Ricky Roe for the rest of our lives.

Stephen, unfortunately can’t take much credit for the spelling. Used google just to make sure.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:15:02 +0000

B-Side…major props for actually spelling Calbert Cheaney correctly.

By: MLove

MLove — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:28:31 +0000

You all keep complimenting the commentary yet one of the biggest things they lacked was giving DJ credit the guy was doing something no member of an IU team has done since 95 in terms of Grabbing rebounds and not since 92 has a guy has gotten 20-20. I love gordon but there was a lot more going on there last night then Gordon especially bc gorodn not only was in foul trouble but he got a little sloppy at times trying to force things… LOve this team though DOOOO WORRRKKK

By: James

James — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:38:56 +0000

Yeah that was a pleasant, low stress road BT game. Those are very few and far between.

B-Side, no love for Matt Nover? He averaged 11 PPG that yr.

By: Moose

Moose — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:57:26 +0000

The other thing that blew me away about Lavin is that he came up with Walt Bellamy as the IU recordholder for rebounds. I must say that I knew it was Bellamy, but I can’t believe that someone who didn’t grow up steeped in Hoosier lore would know it!

By: PostmanE

PostmanE — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:51:49 +0000

B-Side:

Great stuff. I was, actually, a little too young for that team, though thanks to the magic of Big Ten Network I’ve been able to see at least one of their games from that season. You’re right: That was an offensively dominant team.

The feeling was great last night, wasn’t it? I felt like a Memphis fan; strategy was so secondary to the talent gap, you didn’t even have to stress over high screens or ball movement on offense. It was a breath of fresh air.

By: b-side

b-side — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:28:32 +0000

PostmanE, great stuff all around. Only one comment on this quote:

“No matter what the Wolverines did, no matter what their players tried individually or as a group, they weren’t going to keep IU from scoring when it wanted to. As an IU fan, that was a tremendous feeling, and a totally alien one.”

You’re not that young are you? John M mentioned Alan Henderson and the 1993 team above. I was still in middle school at the time, but even talk about IU domination! That team also included Calbert Cheaney, Greg Graham and Damon Bailey. Watch that assemble on ESPN classic and you’ll have a similar feeling like last night.

The guys mentioned above were all NBA first rounders except Bailey, who Donnie Walsh of the Pacers drafted in the 2nd mostly because the draft was held in Indianapolis that year.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:58:13 +0000

While I wouldn’t normally like the McGee dunk attempt, I don’t necessarily blame him. They were pressing us and we broke the pressure. It was as if they were still fighting in the game and McGee was doing what was natural. Press us, we break it, we make you pay. They could have easily backed off and let us dribble it out, but they didn’t. Now if he does it when we should be dribbling the clock out I will be more inclined to be ticked.