On this episode, Alex Bozich is joined by Dylan Burkhardt of UMHoops to discuss UConn's win against Purdue in the national championship, the transfer portal, Dusty May's hiring at Michigan and more.
For about 15 minutes it seemed as if Michigan would be able to go on the road, without Dug McDaniel, and hang around with a respectable showing against a good opponent. Michigan had traded punches with Illinois throughout the first half and then used a 8-1 spurt to trim the Illini lead to 28-25 in Champaign. There was 4:48 left on the clock and you might have thought that perhaps Juwan Howard's squad could get to the locker room feeling like they had a legitimate chance to win. Then the levee broke, the game taken over by the singular dominance of Terrance Shannon Jr., Illinois' primary star. He engineered a 19-4 run to end the half with his perimeter shooting and playmaking ability and before you could blink, it was an 18 point game at halftime. The second half was a continuation of that romp, spiraling to the point that Illinois lifted Shannon and other starters halfway through, because the score was so lopsided. Yeah. The first half had some promising moments for Michiga
In a rivalry that once featured future oodles of first round picks and viable NBA players, the first of two 2023-24 Michigan/Michigan State Men's Basketball matchups went down tonight without any intrigue or pizzaz. A firmly mediocre basketball team played a bad basketball team. The mediocre squad missed shots in the first half while the bad one knocked 'em down, before the better team eventually won out without much fanfare. Little in the way of awesome talent or skill was on display tonight, an unsatisfactory reminder of how far both programs have fallen from their 2012-14 era heydays. There's no question, though, that Michigan has fallen farther, and they were on the losing end of an 81-62 second half rout. Michigan headed into Breslin Center tonight to face MSU without PG Dug McDaniel, who missed his third of six away games he will be suspended for, ostensibly so he can sit at home and do homework due to academic issues. The heavily favored Spartans, who have had