John Beilein met with the media this afternoon to discuss Michigan’s upcoming game against Nebraska. Beilein told reporters that it was his first ever trip to the state of Nebraska and that he had never coached against Nebraska or head coach Doc Saddler. The most important newsworthy bit was that Michigan would travel with just 11 players to Nebraska. That means Jon Horford (foot), Carlton Brundidge (asthma), Sai Tummala (redshirt/class) and Max Bielfeldt (redshirt/class) will not make the trip. Watch Beilein’s comments in embedded media player below or read his quotes after the jump.
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Stu Douglass and Jordan Morgan met with the media this afternoon to discuss Wednesday night’s game at Nebraska. Watch the videos in the embedded media players below:
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Trey Burke was the best player on the floor in the first match-up between these two schools but he had his fair share of struggles in the East Lansing rematch. A big part of Burke’s frustrating performance was the fact that Michigan State defended the ball screen more effectively. Tom Izzo’s major shift in philosophy was to pack his defense around the key and prevent Burke from getting any easy buckets around the basket. Here’s a frame-by-frame look at the Spartans’ basic approach.
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Michigan State consistently attacked the Michigan defense with an array of different looks off of low cross screens out of a 1-4 set. The basic formation is pictured above and the Spartans almost always used Derrick Nix and Draymond Green as the screeners in this look. The sets not only did a great job of getting Michigan State’s guards the ball in a dangerous area, they also allowed Michigan State to get the ball to Draymond Green in an area of the floor where Michigan had no answer defensively.
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Here’s scouting footage of 2013 Michigan commitment Zak Irvin in Hamilton Southeastern’s 84-72 win over Bowman Academy. Irvin had 28 points in the victory including 23 in the second half.
You can also watch video interviews with Irvin and his prep coach along with detailed scouting notes from our post last week.
