“They’ve got some great players”, said Ollie. LeVert hit timely threes and drove to the basket for diving layups, putting MI on his back and trying to will them back into the game. “It’s gonna be a hell of a challenge for us”.
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Villanova (5-0) shot 30.6% but did enough to advance to the championship game Friday against Georgia Tech, which beat Arkansas, 83-73, earlier Thursday. For the UConn radio broadcast go here and for the MI radio broadcast go here. We can’t come down and walk it because we don’t want to play against the zone for 40 minutes. I wish I could give you that.
Given the history between the two programs, both teams will be ready to play. We’ve just got to be mentally strong.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas How about a little Orange to go with your Thanksgiving Day turkey?
If Michigan can survive a very talented Huskies team, they will get the victor of Syracuse and Charlotte.
The Huskies are down in this exotic resort for three games in three days against what should be high-level competition in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
Michigan’s. 92 points per trip of offensive production were boosted by a late comeback effort.
Justin Robinson scored 22 points, including two free throws with 3.6 seconds left, and Monmouth upset No. 17 Notre Dame 70-68 in the first round of the AdvoCare Invitational on Thursday night. Michael Gbinije leads the Orange averaging 19.6 points per game.
The Syracuse Orange have a defensive rating of 88.7, ranked first in the country.
The Wolverines will play again tomorrow in their second game of three. Texas A&M is that good and we should be hearing about the Aggies all season long. Transition really hurt us, with the 3s.
“Overall, (for) their first game (at the tournament), I really thought we were sharp, really moved the ball well”, he said. But we’ll put it behind us as best we can and let it build a fire in us. “The rule of coaches not calling timeouts is not a good rule”, he said. “I tip my hat to them”.
MI faces Charlotte in the consolation bracket. At one point, UConn had six turnovers and five field goals. He started strongly against Syracuse with 10 points in the first four minutes, but thereafter seemed hesitant to shoot and settled for two free throws the rest of the way. “We had a slow start, but our defense was solid”. That’s a thing we’ve got to key in on. “We were getting there, we just weren’t finishing”. However, Sterling Gibbs and Rodney Purvis were poor from the field, shooting a combined 7 for 22 on the evening. Syracuse appears to be in mid-season form with young players contributing. The teams last played during the 2012-13 season, with the Huskies winning, 66-58. “I’m excited to play against these tougher opponents”. “He’s averaging 15, 17 against Syracuse and five against the rest of the country”.
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UConn raced out to a 10-point lead, but Syracuse fought back to tie it at halftime. Boeheim has scheduled Villanova, St. John’s and, this season, Georgetown (as has UConn), and it’s refreshing to hear he’s amenable to rekindling the rivalry with the Huskies, as well. Ollie expressed a similar desire to make it happen.
