The raw data is available in .xls format here. On individual player charts, the time played is now from the boxscore, rather than adding up to the second each player’s time played.
Half 1
| 1st half differential | |||
| Lineup | Time on Floor | Score | Differential |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | 8:03 | 12-4 | +8 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 3:19 | 7-8 | -1 |
| Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Gibson | 1:36 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims | :25 | 1-0 | +1 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Harris, Sims | 3:34 | 5-0 | +5 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | 3:03 | 7-2 | +5 |
| Total | 20:00 | 32-16 | +16 |
Half 2
| 2nd half differential | |||
| Lineup | Time on Floor | Score | Differential |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | 4:10 | 9-8 | +1 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 1:32 | 3-3 | 0 |
| Grady, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 1:18 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | :52 | 4-0 | +4 |
| Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | :12 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Sims | 1:40 | 4-0 | +4 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Lee, Harris, Sims | 1:26 | 4-2 | +2 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Sims | 3:36 | 5-4 | +1 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 1:45 | 0-4 | -4 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Gibson | 1:31 | 0-5 | -5 |
| Grady, Lee, Wright, Shepherd, Puls | 1:11 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Douglass, Wright, Shepherd, Puls | :47 | 3-3 | 0 |
| Total | 20:00 | 32-33 | -1 |
Game totals
| Lineup Totals | |||
| Lineup | Time on Floor | Score | Differential |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | 16:08 | 32-14 | +18 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Sims | 3:36 | 5-4 | +1 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Harris, Sims | 3:34 | 5-0 | +5 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 3:19 | 7-8 | -1 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 3:17 | 3-7 | -4 |
| Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Sims | 1:40 | 4-0 | +4 |
| Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Gibson | 1:36 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Gibson | 1:31 | 0-5 | -5 |
| Merritt, Douglass, Lee, Harris, Sims | 1:26 | 4-2 | +2 |
| Grady, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson | 1:18 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Lee, Wright, Shepherd, Puls | 1:11 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Grady, Douglass, Wright, Shepherd, Puls | :47 | 3-3 | 0 |
| Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims | :25 | 1-0 | +1 |
| Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims | :12 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Total | 60:00 | 64-49 | +15 |
Individual players:
| Manny Harris 32min +14 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 3* | |
| Midrange | 0/1 | ||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | 2/3 | |||
He got an and-1 on one of those fouls in the lane. Manny did what he needs to do for the team, though his hesitation in putting up 3s has really started to annoy me.
| Laval Lucas-Perry 29min +17 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 1/1 | 1 | |||
| Midrange | 0/2 | ||||
| 3-point | 1/2 | ||||
Showed some flashes of being able to get to the hoop and draw contact. That will be important down the stretch.
| Zack Novak 33min +9 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | |||||
| Midrange | 0/1 | ||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | ||
Didn’t shoot the ball much, but he made some defensive plays (along the lines of CJ Lee), and did a good job rebounding, considering he’s 6-5 and playing power forward.
| DeShawn Sims 27min +31(!) |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 1* | |
| Midrange | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1/1 | ||
| 3-point | 1 | 0/1 | |||
It seemed ike he took (and made) a ton more midrange shots than he actually apparently did. Pretty good day, though he didn’t pull in double-digit boards.
| Kelvin Grady 28min +11 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 1/1 | ||||
| Midrange | 0/1 | ||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | ||
Did what he needs to do. Actually nailed a layup.
| Zack Gibson 11min -13(!) |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 0/2 | 1/1 | |||
| Midrange | 0/1 | ||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | ||||
Struggled mightily If this is how he plays with almost no post presence on the other team, how will he compete against Goran Suton? BJ Mullens?
| Eric Puls 2min -2 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | |||||
| Midrange | |||||
| 3-point | 1/1 | ||||
WOOO PULS!
| Stu Douglass 12min -2 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 1/1 | ||||
| Midrange | |||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | 0/1 | |||
Didn’t nail his 3-balls, and his only make was an easy layup on a good cut.
| CJ Lee 11 min +5 |
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| Location | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Lane | 1/1 | ||||
| Midrange | |||||
| 3-point | 0/1 | 0/1 | |||
Scrappy, former walk-on, etc. Did a lot more than shoot.
What This Says…
Douglass and Gibson are the only guys who played actual minutes (i.e. not garbage time) who logged negative differentials. I think this surprises nobody. Gibson really struggled today, and Douglass is the lesser of the two freshmen.
This team has so much more success when they don’t take all their shots from three. DeShawn Sims is a major weapon from midrange, and both Manny (obviously) and LLP are able to get to the hoop and draw contact, if not just get their score on. CJ Lee was the team’s MVP, though, despite an unspectacular differential. He made hustle plays left and right, most of which won’t show up in the boxscore.
The story of the day was not the offense (rendering this little exercise at least partially moot), but the stellar defense that the team played. The 1-3-1 forced myriad turnovers, and the team was able to get a few in man as well. They were really playing tenaciously, and I think when they have some success on the offensive side of the court, it inspires them to play better defense (in addition to allowing them to play more 1-3-1).
Posted under Analysis, Basketball
Tags: iowa, ufr
Stop with the cracks on douglass. This kid can play and he works well in this system. his shot will come around. He’s pressing a little and his mechanics r a little off but a better passer Michigan does not have.I love his game and potential and remember without that ice water in his veins shot against UCLA this team would not be where it is today.
I’m not “cracking on” anyone. I’m making observations about the level of play of every player in the game.
Any observer can see that Douglass has been struggling. I hope he turns it round a bit, but to this point, he hasn’t accomplished as much as Michigan fans were hoping coming into the year.
If I was watching the UCLA game, I would undoubtedly praise the kid’s performance. However, that was two months ago, and I watche the Iowa game, in which he wasn’t nearly as good. It is what it is.
I didn’t really think our offense was that great against Iowa. The nice thing about not shooting so many threes is that long rebounds often lead to easy buckets the other way, but nobody complains when you’re making them all, like we did against Illinois. I think it was Michigan’s lock-down defense that was key in this game. I was very impressed with the way they took away passing lanes and rotated to help.