Michigan resumed Big Ten play with victories over USC and Penn State, but the Wolverines faced their first real test since early November in a tight game at Penn State. Dylan and Eric discuss what made it so close and whether it’s a concern moving forward.
The UM Hoops Podcast · Episode 231 · 1:00:03
Show notes
Michigan moved to 14-0 with a 96-66 win over USC and a 74-72 escape at Penn State. Dylan Burkhardt and Eric Shapiro argue the close call came from effort, not a scheme: Michigan lost the 50-50 balls, rebounded poorly, shot 29.6% from 3 and picked up cheap fouls.
They also cover Aday Mara's free throws, Yaxel Lendeborg's calf contusion, and the bench play of L.J. Cason and Trey McKenney. They close with a Wisconsin preview built around continuity ball screens and shooting bigs.
- penn state
- rebounding
- 3-point shooting
- officiating
- free throws
- bench depth
- wisconsin
- shooting bigs
Worth hearing
40:12 · Lendeborg's calf, Cason and McKenney
“Not a lot of teams have 2 guys off the bench that can give you double digits and help you when all your starters basically play poorly.”
Dylan Burkhardt
4:18 · Rebounding and 3-point shooting
“I think if Michigan played this poorly against really any other team in the Big Ten on the road, they’d probably lose regardless of sort of like schematics and this and that.”
Dylan Burkhardt
10:13 · Penn State without Kayden Mingo
“It shows that there is like a like a level below where we thought that they were at.”
Eric Shapiro
15:34 · Fouls, transition and the zone
“I think Michigan picking up cheap fouls, which they really hadn’t done all season, was like a huge part of slowing the game down.”
Eric Shapiro
5:14 · Rebounding and 3-point shooting
“I kind of trust this team to be good on the glass when it counts. I put that up more to a bad effort.”
Dylan Burkhardt
29:44 · Aday Mara's post looks and free throws
“I think it’s something you live with. He’s going to end up around 50% or so and 1 point per possession on a time where he gets fouled shooting it.”
Eric Shapiro
Prediction12:51 · Michigan's road form and what lies ahead
“Michigan has 8 Big Ten road games left, and I don’t think any of them are going to be much easier than that.”
Dylan Burkhardt
41:08 · Lendeborg's calf, Cason and McKenney
“If he can hit 3s consistently, all of a sudden I think it really changes what this team could be offensively in different spots.”
Dylan Burkhardt
37:29 · Lendeborg's calf, Cason and McKenney
“He’s freaking good and you need him to win on the road. So I’m glad they didn’t do that.”
Dylan Burkhardt
Chapters
- Michigan escapes Penn State 74-72
- Rebounding and 3-point shooting
- Penn State without Kayden Mingo
- Michigan's road form and what lies ahead
- Fouls, transition and the zone
- Officiating in a bigger Big Ten
- Aggressive teams and Michigan's 3s
- Aday Mara's post looks and free throws
- Penn State's shooting five chess match
- Lendeborg's calf, Cason and McKenney
- Penn State's shallow cut ball screens
- Wisconsin preview
Games discussed
- Michigan at Penn State W 74-72
- USC at Michigan W 96-66
- Wisconsin at Michigan L 88-91
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7 repliesJoin the discussionRoyalman10
For some reason this podcast makes me wanna eat a Caesar salad
telekinetic
okay this was a good one
BleedBlue
Glad yall brought up a random flurry of early missed switches. To me, it seemed like michigan was playing extra aggressively on defense, and got caught missing switches while swiping for the ball. Also liked the 1st half foul rubber band shout @colin
DMB43
Loving the LJ hype!!!
B1G_E
Bless you for the digression on the officiating. I barely notice the refs in most games, and I thought my soul was going to leave my body in the first minutes of H2 with some of the calls. I told my wife these idiots (the officials) were going to put PSU in the bonus by the 12 minutes mark and they did, which gave the Lions a boost they didn’t earn. Maybe four of those seven fouls should have been called. Easily the worst game by a B1G crew I’ve seen this year, not just in a U-M game.
I’m intrigued you two were high on Winter coming into the year. He’s exactly the guy I thought he was, and he leads the worst interior unit I’ve seen WIS run out in years. He’s pretty cocky the last couple of times I’ve watched him so I hope Mara and Rez obliterate him.
Great pod. I feel smarter.