I see Watford getting a decent amount of flack. I think when this kid gets that 15-20 pounds of muscle he will be a monster. Call him shorter than 6'9″ etc I don't think it matters. The kid is smooth as silk for his size. I know he is soft around the basket but he can shoot and defend. Furthermore, it seems he is the only kid that looks pissed out there when we are losing. The rest of the team look like they are feeling sorry for themselves.

The opinion seems split on what Hulls should or shouldn't be doing. But if you think about it, all Jordan is from being solid is hittting 2-3 more of those three pointers a game. And I think he can do it. Now you're looking at a 11 points a game. I would be surprised if he isn't hitting them consistently next year if not 2012.

Say a prayer for Bawa. Because if our centers can't score I at least want them to rebound and defend. Zero rebounds for Pritchard? Good grief.

As for all the blocked shots its pretty simple. The small guys love driving to the baseline where they get cut off and can't pass or shoot out of it without being blocked. The big guys get the ball down low and instead of going straight up or passing out of it, they hold the ball, get doubled and throw up a weak shot or pass.

Team needs to stop getting stuck along the baseline and the bigs need to either go straight up or pass

I'm only 30 and I'd rather watch games on classic than the games played today

He almost seemed apologetic for the team's performance against Michigan. I'm sure he's starting to hear criticism from fans.

When making that move they should stop and pop a 5 to 8 footer off the glass unless they have the angle or free lane to the bucket. I've been yelling at the TV since the start of the season because of this and I'm more frustrated as the coaches clearly are not working with them on this fundamental part of the game for low post moves.

I've seen Elston, Prichard, Capo and Watford all hit medium range shots and further but they have all stoped looking for those shots which must be coming from the staff? Once the defenders get burned on the shots a few times then those lanes will become open as they will take chances to stop those shots.

I believe if they would just change this one item on their offensive style we would see a huge improvement in this team.

By the way, congratulations to Crean for the team's GPA! Very impressive and much improved. This should not be taken for granted.

I hear you. Seems like I'm the same way maybe if we both take the same approach it will have a better chance of happening. I'm willing to try almost anything at this point.

I heard Kareem on the radio yesterday say something that sticks out in my mind alot….He said in response to a question of why no one uses the sky hook anymore…..his response….”Big kids don't want to play center anymore, they all want to have guard skills and not center….”

That may be the problem where we don't see a decent post move anymore…..

Was our defense one of our bright spots or is UM not nearly as good as some think or a combination of both I am inclined to think it is a little of both.

When is the time going to come when are leading rebounder is not a guard. With the exception of Waterford (8 boards) front court was MIA on the boards,Capo only 2 boards in 15 minutes, Elston only 1 board but only 10 minutes and then there is TP's board work,0, yes 0 boards in 21 minutes WOOOW how does a player as tall as him not get even 1 rebound better yet has does someone play that many minutes and not get at least 1 board, regardless of how tall they are. 3 rebounds from the combination of those three in 46 minutes of action does not, will not and can not get it done.

Do we miss Creek so bad that we shoot 6.7 % (1 for 15) from behind the arc. If we cannot shoot better than that it is going to take more than his return to right the ship.

When Watford will have that kind of a game when the other team is as big as he is. Yes he had a good game but then again he should have had that kind of game against the kind of team that UM puts on the floor.

And lastly I'm wondering if after getting back to Btown the coaches went straight to the gym with Bawa. This fan certainly is hoping so as he inches his way back off of the ledge.

On the other hand, Jones has way too much confidence in his 3. He needs to stop taking those and concentrate on his excellent mid-range game.

A few positives that I saw:

Dumes was under control and generally made good decisions.
Capo gave us good effort.
Hulls drive to the rim was nice
Watford's scoring was the only thing we had going

A few questions I have:

Does anybody think Elston and Watford are really 6'9'? They sure do play under the basket a lot for guys that are supposed to be that tall. They have almost no explosion to the rim. Passed up numerous dunk opportunities to put soft shots off the glass.

Same question with Capo. I think he might be as short as 6'6″

Nice to see Zach on ScoopTalk. Good job.

FT's (both lack of opportunities & % made) and TO's continue to hurt a lot too, the former a result of this developing into a jump-shooting team. I think the biggest offensive issue is the lack of any semblance of an inside threat. Pritchard needs someone else to drive & dish to open him up, he can't (or least hasn't been) creating his own shot. IU needs a big man that can score.