Wolverine Wednesday: Not Great

The Juwan Howard era started off with a bang and then ended up with a whimper last night.   Michigan used a balanced offense and good defense to jump out to a 30 point lead in the first half.  Then the wheels feel off and the Wolverines had to hang on as the offense dried up to beat App. State, who clearly has some type of magic in Ann Arbor.

Michigan clearly missed 60% of their offense (that left for the NBA) from last year and struggled to shoot or score the basketball in the second half.  Zavier Simpson had one of the worst games I have ever seen him play and Livers is still only a spot up shooter, the rest of his game has flaws.
DD looks like he is playing a pick-up game out there and Johns struggled in limited minutes.  Its also clear this team hasn't fixed their free throw issues.  The positives were Teske dominated in the first half and Brooks got hot for a few minutes in the second half.   This team is lacking a superstar right now that can get them points when Michigan goes into a scoring funk.   Currently, this is not a NCAA tournament team and one that will struggle unless Franz is that superstar and gets healthy quickly.

• Reports are Cincinnati AD who has verbally accepted the USC role is re-considering because he has learned he will not be able to hire Urban Meyer.  Other reports are that other AD candidates turned down the job for the same reason.  The USC President doesn't want Meyer due to his controversial nature. 

• 2020 #3 TE in the country just outside of Detroit in Windsor, Theo Johnson will announce his decision on the 18th.  Theo is expected in town for the MSU game but PSU is his CB leader. 

• Michigan #14 in the playoff rankings, OSU #1

• IU has lost their talented QB Michael Penix Jr. to shoulder surgery for the rest of the year. Michigan travels to IU in a few weeks. 

from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2019/11/wolverine-wednesday-not-great.html