Duncan Robinson is ok*

NM

Pretty much all the boys look good tonight.

That shot is so pure. Love it.

Robinson is the perfect type of player to come off the bench and ignite the offense. If he catches fire, you feed him. I think his scoring will be very sporadic. Some nights he might go 1 for 3 and the other nights 5 for 8 (or heck 5 for 5 lol). I think his minutes will be determined by how hot he is each game. Kind of like freshman Stauskas and freshman Irvin.

dwoody wrote:

Pretty much all the boys look good tonight.

Not thrilled with the center position yet.

MgoBlue wrote:

dwoody wrote:

Pretty much all the boys look good tonight.

Not thrilled with the center position yet.  

just checked the box score and the bigs split time evenly at 15/13/13. they combined for 19pts which is respectable but they only grabbed 5 rebounds between the three of them. we aren't going to do ourselves any favors with numbers like that.

I have no complaints about anything else though. it was good game by the team.

Yeah, the bigs are still underwhelming. Beilein already burned Wagner's redshirt, so maybe Beilein thinks the big German will be a rotation player by March. Hopefully one or two of them can separate from the pack in the next couple games.

Xavier (or next game) rebounded 50% of their missed shots in their first game.

UConn has a really good seven footer who went for 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 blocks in their opener.


Our bigs will be tested these next two games.

UMHoops player bullets from this game:
http://www.umhoops.com/2015/11/16/game-2-elon-at-michigan-recap/


Their right up on Duncan:
"Duncan Robinson: Just keep on shooting, Duncan. If you make every shot that you take, you probably need to take more shots. Any open shot for Duncan Robinson is a great end to a possession. Five threes on five attempts is a sign of a special shooter — but there’s major work to be done defensively. Robinson struggled on the defensive end again as he struggled to get out on shooters or defend off the bounce."

His three point shooting is every bit as good as advertised. I think the biggest concern is how his defense will hold up as our opponents become more athletic on the wings. There is no doubt that he could start offensively, but I think it's best to bring him off the bench where he can D-up on someone from our opponents bench. We haven't played zone yet this year and I wonder if we will see that. A zone is a good way to disguise a bad defender that you need to keep on the court because of offensive dominance.

I am willing to take my chances with him on D. We started out slow and couldn't hit shots. That changed with Duncan. Walton finally got hot and the rest was history.

I think he should continue to come off of the bench but if he stays hot then he should get more and more minutes each game. that should allow him to work on his D.

Good point on the zone D.

I think it's going to be real fun to watch him this year.

Once Irvin finds his shot this offense is going to be unfair.

Also a concern. Back could still be an issue.

Yeah, I'm sure he isn't 100% yet. Once he is (if he gets there) then damn.