Michigan Men's Hoops vs UNC Asheville

Dug seems to have that proverbial "it".

Boy, all the stupid wankers who crapped on Juwan. Michigan fans have rarely deserved their basketball teams, and I say that as someone who has watched since the mid-70s.

Team looks like it could be quite good

Tennessee is a good team and a contender to make noise in March, how did they let this kid walk?

Here we go with Nimari @ backup PG

Why did Burnett not just dunk the first one?

Can’t spell bunny without Burnett.

Dug got subbed out before he self immolated

Solid first half; would have been nice for Burnett to finish at the rim those two times.  But still hard to complain being up 16 on a tourney team with the refs being pretty bad.

i have very low expectations this year, which makes this first half performance against a decent D-I team very nice.  i mean, at least we're not getting upset by james madison....

But contrast compared to the EMU Emoni Bates show last years first game 

Looks like the team put in the work in the offseason.  Players are noticeably Sandersonized, bigger and stronger.  Dug and TWill must have put up a lot of shots, both looked much improved.  

Not going to get too carried away over one good half, but they look like they could be decent.

How many minutes per game does Dug get this year? Last year he had 30mpg and it's looking like he's going to blow past that

This is the kind of game last year's team sometimes found a way to lose. They'd let the other team close the gap then just collapse the last 2-3 minutes.

Very impressive 1st half. This squad actually is enjoyable to watch. Great defensive rotation, good inside and outside shooting and more qualities. 

This unc Asheville squad won 27 games last year and lost one main player, they're not some flunky team.

Olivier, TWill and others are really playing well for a first game, I love the way they're running the floor. Dug looks like a potential All B1G PG if he keeps this up.

Did Hunter bog down this program that much?

Looks like addition by subtraction. 

Did Reed get hurt?

Dug is a baller!  He was a trooper last year as a freshman and those tough growing pain minutes are paying off.

1st game, but man their mental lapses on defense are them straight up not guarding people. 

Dug is looking elite this year though, I just hope some other guards can give him a bit of rest.

We won't  remember Pember.

If Michigan’s looking for a new conference, I sort of feel they could probably win the Big South…

Great ball movement.

THESE BOYS LOOKING GOOD!!!

Well on offense,  anyways 🙄 

yo what do we have in Sophomore Duggy? Is this for real?

Wow is Dug a player.  Teardrops, threes, passes, ball on a string  

And Williams must work really work hard and do favors for the coaches because he no better than last year. Frustrating to watch 

It is already an absolute breath of fresh air to not have to watch a Jett/Houstan/Dickinson level of defender on the floor. It's nice to see everyone on the floor have normal effort & at least a Jr. High level of rotation & positioning. 

There were murmurs that losing HD would help team chemistry, and even with a lot of new faces on the floor they are already playing more "together" than the team did at any point last year