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alee69Mar 31, 4:25 PM

Been on the Arizona msg boards

Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
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ClaytonSayfie

Mar 31, 4:32 PM

Part of the matchup is simply going to come down to whether or not Jaden Bradley can make his pull-up elbow jumpers. Yes, Michigan is willing to give those up (with a contest), and not going to play at the level or hedge against him like they did with Ja'Kobi Gillespie, because he's more like a Donovan Dent-level three-point shooter than Gillespie or Wagler. Drop coverage will keep Mara around the rim, and hopefully not allow Krivas or Peat to get too good of low-post position. That's the ball screen stuff I'm interested in. Burries is a much different challenge since he's a complete player. But Michigan has bigger bodies like Roddy, Nimari and, most interestingly, Yax to throw at him. Gonna have to fight over screens well.
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Jack Napier

Mar 31, 4:32 PM

alee69 said:
Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
Man, that's quite an action plan. How did Michigan make it this far, let alone win 35 games, with a roster consisting of sh*tty guards and a soft big man?!?!?!
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Code_Blue

Mar 31, 4:33 PM

Being a resident here in AZ, there is definitely an air of confidence.... it will be nice to shift that confidence in the other direction.
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A2fan

Mar 31, 4:34 PM

They have 2 losses all year, why wouldn’t theor fan base be confident?
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bluex2

Mar 31, 4:34 PM

They have good guards. They are not vastly superior. It's a big mistake to underestimate Michigan's guards. They've fared very well against excellent competition. The AZ guards aren't on some different tier that our players haven't dealt with before. I'd put our guards up against anyone. I think it will be a very even matchup.
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WolverineCasual

Mar 31, 4:35 PM

They have a great team and have every reason to be confident. But so do we.
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PBwplve

Mar 31, 4:36 PM

alee69 said:
Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
They are pretty good and they are deep. Privas is very similar to Mara, I think he's 7'2. I worry about Burries and Bradley as that will be a tough match up for us. Koe gets a lot of press but is not that dynamic and he won't be able to push out Morez. If we shoot it well from 3 as you said I don't think they can keep pace with us because they don't like to get into that game. Then they have to rely on the Dellorso and Karchenkov neither of which can create their own shot, but will knock them down if open. Really tough game. Even when we lost to Duke I thought we were the better team, but these guys match up with us pretty well.
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MiamiWolv

Mar 31, 4:36 PM

alee69 said:
Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
If Michigan slows down Arizona in the paint…..how do they score? They don’t shoot threes, so barring some miraculous performance from behind the arc, they’re not making it up there. Arizona is a great team. Their ball pressure could tax Cadeau. But we have some edges in this game too.
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djsjr5

Mar 31, 4:36 PM

A2fan said:
They have 2 losses all year, why wouldn’t theor fan base be confident?
Yeah.. both fan bases are confident. Nothing wrong with that
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NotTom

Mar 31, 4:36 PM

ClaytonSayfie said:
Part of the matchup is simply going to come down to whether or not Jaden Bradley can make his pull-up elbow jumpers. Yes, Michigan is willing to give those up (with a contest), and not going to play at the level or hedge against him like they did with Ja'Kobi Gillespie, because he's more like a Donovan Dent-level three-point shooter than Gillespie or Wagler. Drop coverage will keep Mara around the rim, and hopefully not allow Krivas or Peat to get too good of low-post position. That's the ball screen stuff I'm interested in. Burries is a much different challenge since he's a complete player. But Michigan has bigger bodies like Roddy, Nimari and, most interestingly, Yax to throw at him. Gonna have to fight over screens well.
This is a foreign language to me but sounds great
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Umich141997

Mar 31, 4:37 PM

bluex2 said:
They have good guards. They are not vastly superior. It's a big mistake to underestimate Michigan's guards. They've fared very well against excellent competition. The AZ guards aren't on some different tier that our players haven't dealt with before. I'd put our guards up against anyone. I think it will be a very even matchup.
I also think our guards match up better against Arizona than a Duke Team who has a more elite length and athleticism to throw off our guards. Obviously Arizona is still huge, but they are different kind of team compared to Duke.
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MRSharkFB

Mar 31, 4:41 PM

NotTom said:
This is a foreign language to me but sounds great
Yeah, no speak basketball Image
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danny7783

Mar 31, 4:42 PM

Didn't Tennessee fans say the same thing about Mara I thought?
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Richard Massive

Mar 31, 4:42 PM

alee69 said:
Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
fanbases are both going to be understandably confident. We'll have to see how it plays out
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Sasquatch616

Mar 31, 4:43 PM

Starting three freshmen is a recipe for trouble late in games when you get punched in the mouth.
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Martyk

Mar 31, 4:45 PM

I think it’s going to come down to our three point shooting (they don’t take enough threes to make theirs as important) more than anything else. Inside scoring is going to be a chore for both teams in this game since both teams have great size and defend the rim so well. Zona will take (and hit) their share of mid-range jumpers and we are going to answer with three point attempts. If we hit them at the rate we’ve been converting so far in this tournament I think we win. Cadeau, Nimari, Trey, Yax, Will and (the suddenly deadeye) Roddy are all candidates to win (or lose) it for us in this one.
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Maker4

Mar 31, 4:45 PM

Zona guards are better one-on-one scores, not that Cadeau, Roddy, or Trey can’t create in their own. That means in a possession for possession game coming down to the end, they might have a slight edge, but UM has shown the ability to use the pass to get good looks late in games. On 3 pt shooting, I know Zona doesn’t take a ton but think it’s a mistake to assume they can’t make them. I think UM has to be a little careful about over helping, especially off their best shooters.
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Richard Massive

Mar 31, 4:47 PM

Sasquatch616 said:
Starting three freshmen is a recipe for trouble late in games when you get punched in the mouth.
I think this is where they lose tbh. Experience matters in April. We have it and they dont
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Jack Napier

Mar 31, 4:49 PM

Richard Massive said:
fanbases are both going to be understandably confident. We'll have to see how it plays out
There's a marked difference between confidence and straight up having your Arizona blinders on. I notice in that scouting report that there was no mention of Yax or how they plan on slowing him down? We've all seen how Yax can take over a game in the blink of an eye… Who do they have to check him?
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djsjr5

Mar 31, 4:52 PM

Jack Napier said:
There's a marked difference between confidence and straight up having your Arizona blinders on. I notice in that scouting report that there was no mention of Yax or how they plan on slowing him down? We've all seen how Yax can take over a game in the blink of an eye… Who do they have to check him?
You think they’re gonna give the game plan away?
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blue20

Mar 31, 4:55 PM

ClaytonSayfie said:
Part of the matchup is simply going to come down to whether or not Jaden Bradley can make his pull-up elbow jumpers. Yes, Michigan is willing to give those up (with a contest), and not going to play at the level or hedge against him like they did with Ja'Kobi Gillespie, because he's more like a Donovan Dent-level three-point shooter than Gillespie or Wagler. Drop coverage will keep Mara around the rim, and hopefully not allow Krivas or Peat to get too good of low-post position. That's the ball screen stuff I'm interested in. Burries is a much different challenge since he's a complete player. But Michigan has bigger bodies like Roddy, Nimari and, most interestingly, Yax to throw at him. Gonna have to fight over screens well.
Defensive rebounding and free throws.....i think if you look at those stats at the end of the night, and Michigan has done a good job in both of those categories, we will be playing Monday for the championship.
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Yost24

Mar 31, 4:55 PM

Richard Massive said:
fanbases are both going to be understandably confident. We'll have to see how it plays out
Big difference between confidence and stupidity.... I have every confidence Michigan can beat Arizona, but I also know Arizona is a damn good basketball team and could win this game.. To me it's a 50/50 game...just that simple.
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blue20

Mar 31, 4:56 PM

Code_Blue said:
Being a resident here in AZ, there is definitely an air of confidence.... it will be nice to shift that confidence in the other direction.
I'm not mad at their fans and mods or whatever for being confident. They've seen their team dominate all year, all good in my book.
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GoBlue129

Mar 31, 4:56 PM

alee69 said:
Those guys are pretty confident that they beat us including their mods. Main points they are making are that we struggle defending he PNR and that their guards are vastly superior to ours and they feel confident shutting down our 3 point game. Also they think Mara is soft and will take it right at him and get him into foul trouble and that we have no depth behind him to come in. we’ll see. Personally I love our chances if we play our game and have a decent night shooting the 3 ball. LFG Go Blue!
Tennessee boards were confident too

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