Michigan

Well the first game I am going to talk about is the game that happened last night. North Carolina Central (NCCU) visited Ann Arbor. NCCU has played a pretty tough schedule, and are in their transition year to division one basketball. Admittedly this is the first time I have seen Michigan play. I figured them as an below average team. First thing i noticed about this team is they have 11 out of 15 players on there team are freshman and sophomores. Michigan comes in 7-2 to the game. Some of there notable players is Tim Hardaway Jr., Jordan Morgan, and Darrius Norris. Norris is a guard who has some real potential. It will take some time but he could be great player. Hardaway Jr. has some talent as well. Michigan's style of play is a spread out offense and they really like to shoot the three. They put up 29 3's in the game. Shooting wise I wasn't that impressed. They really used there offensive rebounding, and points of turnovers to make up the difference in the game which ended up being 20. NCCU is far below a quality opponent. However the defense that Michigan played was very tough. Mostly man to man, and switched screens. It was really hard for NCCU to move the ball and get good shots.

Final thoughts:
Michigan can beat quality teams if they have a good shooting night. They play good defense and don't turn the ball over. If they do play a good team they will struggle if they can't shoot well. John Beilein has something to look forward to in the future, but for now they are still not a premier team.