Nebraska GamePlan slows down Michigan until late

Lincoln – In one of the worst goal games of the Michigan men in Michigan for years, the problems of the Wolverines have ultimately not invested in finding a good look. With a size advantage and the latest shooting problems, Michigan was in a defense of Nebraska, which was extremely willing to help inside – so much that the Cornhuskers asked the Wolverines to beat them with the deep shot.

But these shots did not fall into Michigan. Not in the first half: 1: 14, still in the second half: 4-to-13. As found by a sum of 27 deep balls at night, the Wolverines were not shy to throw these open looks.

The looks came again and again and the Wolverines shot from the cylinder after the shot, but then the question arises: Why did Michigan always shot deeply?

The answer is in the defensive approach of Nebraska. Instead of allowing the Wolverines, be it with the Junior Guard Tre Donaldson or the junior striker Danny Wolf, who lowers to the scope, or even Graduate Center Vlad Goldin, the Cornhuskers wanted to hold Michigan completely from finding the appearance.

“We believe in our boys,” said Wolverine's coach Dusty May. “Especially if you pack the color and basically put a security under the edge in the load circuit.”

So Nebraska left corner shooters, it sent a security under the basket, they fell for the driver and especially the Wolverines catch and shoot as many open threes as they wish.

“Yes, no question,” said May when he was asked if he was expecting these defense principles from Nebraska. “… we knew what they would do because of their principles, they probably did better than we expected. I thought they were very good.

Michigan's fate was determined from the start due to the Nebraska gameplan. The Wolverines took two when they – if the help of the Cornhuskers could help – but at the end of the day Michigan had to put down a few deep shots late.

While the shooting of the second half mentioned above was not perfect, big shots in big moments ultimately brought the Wolverines out with a victory from Lincoln.

“Keep creating great pictures,” said May about the news when shots did not fall. “The shots that we wanted to expect that we would come from day one would continue to shoot.”

These large shots came in the last route of the low dots. After Wolf had just given a two-point deficit to Nebraska. He took a pass in the left corner and closed his defender before taking a dribble and shooting, taking the lead back.

About two minutes later, the Freshman Guard LJ Cason dropped an 8-0 run for the Wolverines and hit a left three-point dribble to achieve a six-point lead. This would be Michigan's last field goal of the game, which comes at 4:25 years.

These two shots at a favorable time were not only the relief of a acid night of deep, but ultimately the last hits that Michigan gave the lead for the good and Nebraska – the Wolverines only need free throws to end it.

When closing the Cornhuskers with two large 3-point shots, Michigan proved that a paint-powered defense strategy could slow down for routes, maybe even long stretches, but not guaranteed over a full 40 minutes.

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