2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[wisblue]

Lots of Michigan turnovers kept Iowa in the game.

Dusty May chose not to foul up 3, even though Stirtz already had made some tough 3s. His 30-footer at the buzzer was off.

With the problems Michigan was having inbounding the ball not fouling might have been a good move.

[wisblue]

Speaking of Michigan, I heard from a reliable source that MU will be playing at Michigan next season.

I wonder if that's part of a home and home like the recent series with Purdue and Maryland.

[wadesworld]

Speaking of Michigan, I heard from a reliable source that MU will be playing at Michigan next season.

I wonder if that's part of a home and home like the recent series with Purdue and Maryland.

That would be awesome.

[MU82]

With the problems Michigan was having inbounding the ball not fouling might have been a good move.

Studies have shown that fouling/not fouling up 3 is a 50-50 proposition. Anecdotally, I've definitely noticed more coaches not automatically fouling up 3 this season. Many coaches make the decision based on the situation: Is the opponent making 3s today? Are we getting killed on the boards so we're in jeopardy if they miss a FT intentionally? Have we had trouble inbounding the ball? Is there X number of seconds on the clock? Can I count on my guys to not foul in the act of shooting, especially now that the rules have changed to allow continuation calls?

There were about 4 seconds left and Stirtz had to dribble the length of the court. It was not going to be an easy 3. I haven't seen Michigan enough to know if May usually does or doesn't fouls up 3, but not doing so this time was the right call IMHO.

[wisblue]

Studies have shown that fouling/not fouling up 3 is a 50-50 proposition. Anecdotally, I've definitely noticed more coaches not automatically fouling up 3 this season. Many coaches make the decision based on the situation: Is the opponent making 3s today? Are we getting killed on the boards so we're in jeopardy if they miss a FT intentionally? Have we had trouble inbounding the ball? Is there X number of seconds on the clock? Can I count on my guys to not foul in the act of shooting, especially now that the rules have changed to allow continuation calls?

There were about 4 seconds left and Stirtz had to dribble the length of the court. It was not going to be an easy 3. I haven't seen Michigan enough to know if May usually does or doesn't fouls up 3, but not doing so this time was the right call IMHO.

Michigan hasn't had enough games that have come down to the last shot this year to establish a pattern.

Interestingly, in this game Lendeborg went to the line with 7 seconds left and a 2 point lead and made the first FT and missed the second. He fouled (apparently unintentionally) going after the rebound and Iowa went down and made two free throws to cut the lead to one with 4 seconds left.

Iowa fouled with no time coming off the clock and Lendeborg made both FT. After Michigan had lost the ball on an inbound pass with about20 seconds left, and had some trouble on others, I agree that not fouling was a better option than continuing the back and forth. May was probably willing to take his chances in OT if Iowa made a desperation shot.

[MU82]

Michigan hasn't had enough games that have come down to the last shot this year to establish a pattern.

Interestingly, in this game Lendeborg went to the line with 7 seconds left and a 2 point lead and made the first FT and missed the second. He fouled (apparently unintentionally) going after the rebound and Iowa went down and made two free throws to cut the lead to one with 4 seconds left.

Iowa fouled with no time coming off the clock and Lendeborg made both FT. After Michigan had lost the ball on an inbound pass with about20 seconds left, and had some trouble on others, I agree that not fouling was a better option than continuing the back and forth. May was probably willing to take his chances in OT if Iowa made a desperation shot.

All good points, especially about May not facing this decision much (if at all before yesterday) this season.

[JTJ3]

With the problems Michigan was having inbounding the ball not fouling might have been a good move.

Nm

[JTJ3]

Speaking of Michigan, I heard from a reliable source that MU will be playing at Michigan next season.

I wonder if that's part of a home and home like the recent series with Purdue and Maryland.

Love that.  Both sides clearly expect us to bounce back next year if this is getting scheduled.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Speaking of Michigan, I heard from a reliable source that MU will be playing at Michigan next season.

I wonder if that's part of a home and home like the recent series with Purdue and Maryland.

Michigan probably wants to get a firsthand scouting report on Nigel.

[ATL MU Warrior]

That would be awesome.

For Michigan

[Zog from Margo]

You may need to head back to campus and re-take logic 101.

FT% isn't of relevance to winning a basketball game. Iowa's FT% was much higher than their opponent's, yet they lost the game. That's it.

And if Michigan shot 50%, they'd have lost. If you want to say that FT% taken in a vacuum doesn't matter, I'm not sure anyone has said otherwise. If you take one FT in a game, it generally matters little if you make it or miss it. If you take 25 FTs a game, the difference between shooting 50% and 90% will likely be more relevant.

[Jay Bee]

If you take 25 FTs a game, the difference between shooting 50% and 90% will likely be more relevant.

You're slowly inching toward enlightenment. Congrats!

[Zog from Margo]

You're slowly inching toward enlightenment. Congrats!

Good to know. I'll tell my wife.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Miami OH Marquette NCAA Tournament Hank Raymond's 1st Big Dance game in 1978. Whitehead got ejected for an elbow that changed the momentum. Miami OH tonight 3 Technicals a plus a Flagrant foul against Miami OH

[wadesworld]

Watched about 2 minutes of overtime of the Miami (OH) game. Get them out of the Tourney if they don't win their conference tournament.

One, they aren't good. But two, they seem like d bags.

[wisblue]

I put on the end of that game and the overtime. It's the first time this season that I've seen anything of Miami.

My immediate reaction was that many of their players look like high school kids in terms of size and strength compared to players on good major conference teams.

I recognize how difficult it is for any team to go 31–0, and I don't care if they get an at large bid if they don't win their conference tournament.

But when their only quad two game was a three point home win against Akron, and the second highest NET team they have faced is number 137, I'm not too impressed.