It has been an eventful few days since the last pod. Dylan and Eric discuss Dusty May’s contract extension and Michigan’s last two games, then dive into some big-picture thoughts on Michigan’s offense and defense. The Wolverines keep winning, but the offensive output has lagged, especially on Monday night at Nebraska. To wrap things up, the conversation pivots to the Big Ten race, where Michigan and Michigan State are tangled at the top.
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jdgum94
38th worst winning offensive performance in the last 25 years. Worst of this season. This ORtg isn’t precisely PPP but it’s close enough: Team Game Stats Finder - College Basketball | Stathead.com
The referenced Penn State/Wisconsin game in 2011, 36-33, doesn’t register top 200 because it had an unfathomably low 47 possessions and Penn State won with .77 PPP.
urbanachiever
Maybe a hot take, but I’m more concerned about the Rutgers game than I am the Illinois game. Rutgers’ offensive approach is a worse matchup for UM than Illinois’, and I’m not really convinced that Illinois’ defense minus Morez is that much better than Rutgers’. Is Carey Booth gonna be able to slow down Wolf or Goldin?
eric_shap
thanks for looking this up!
umhoops
Carey Booth doesn’t really play for them.
I’d assume they’ll play smaller guys on Wolf, similar to what OSU did.
dandy_don
Great pod! Have come to expect that.
You spend some time discussing Nebraska’s last in bounds play. It has become cliche/SOP to put a big man on the inbounder. Probably a good idea when the ball is coming into the half court. But when you know the ball is going the length of the court AND the inbounder can run the baseline, why not take the defender off the inbounder and have him play “centerfield”. You will have 5 guys defending 4.