Cyclones draw Michigan as first opponent in Battle 4 Atlantis
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Please let Bolton be eligible right away.
At least they don't have that annoying Iggy guy anymore. He's a top 3 annoying Canadian, right after Drake and Bieber.
Luckily, ISU has managed to find the unannoying Canadian basketball pipeline.
Luckily, ISU has managed to find the unannoying Canadian basketball pipeline.
Nice draw, Juwan Howard's first tourney game on a holiday weekend will draw a lot of national eyes to the game. Good exposure for the Cyclones and a should be a winnable game with the Wolverines transitioning from NBA losses and their first time college coach.
I don't think they will be very good. Lost a ton, new coach who is unproven and I doubt is as good as Beilein and lost their top assistant who was the reason they were so good defensively. I know ISU lost a lot too but I like ISU's returnees and additions better than I like Michigan's plus I think ISU has the coaching advantage. I wouldn't be surprised to see Michigan not make the tournament.
I'm hoping they start the season slow but pick up steam by the time conference play starts. A strong non-con will help ISU's resume.
Even though the lost Poole, Teske and Brazdeikis they still have Simpson, Livers and Mathews so I think they'll end up in the dance after they adjust to Howard's coaching. We'll see how good Howard is but he has been on the Heat bench for a few years learning from Spoelstra the pedigree is there. They had trouble scoring last year with Poole and Izzy which will obviously limit them. As long as ISU is able to score as we've become accustomed to I like ISU chances to stay in the winners bracket game 1.
Matthews stayed in the draft and then tore his ACL in predraft workouts. He is not back at UM.
Yeah, I know Howard was at least coaching but guys coming from NBA rarely works. Avery Johnson had been to an NBA finals and struggled at Bama.
Also, Mathews left.
That was the best when Ejim outplayed him in that game when they both came back from injuries. Also, I miss Johnny.
A lot wrong here. They didn't lose Teske. They lost Matthews. They got Wagner which will replace Brazdeikis. Poole was pretty inefficient and not real good defensively so it's a loss but not as big as everyone makes it seem. It'll come down to their bench but I think they'll be good by the end of the year. Our PG is going to have a long day and the interior will be pretty much shut down as well but I think we should be able to win that game.
If Rasir is eligible and we look solid early, then I disagree. If he's not and Mich looks good early, I think you onto something