Michigan vs Michigan State | 2024.2.17 | NCAAB Game
G BACKSEAT. >> RYAN DORSEY, EARL WALTON, AND BILL DREY CARTER. SO TERRANCE WILLIAMS THE SECOND WILL NOT PLAYING THIS GAME FOR MICHIGAN, THE SENIOR. HE’S OUT WITH AN ILLNESS. SPARTANS AND THE WOLVERINES. HERE WE GO FROM ANN ARBOR. WHAT SHOULD WE PAY ATTENTION TO EARLY ON IN THIS GAME? SPEED TO THE EARLY START FOR MICHIGAN STATE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT BEAR THEY KNOCK IN SOME SHOTS, HAS BEEN THE HOT FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE. >> Gus: AS WELL AS MALA CALL WHO’S COMING UP WITH A 29-POINT >> Gus: AS WELL AS MALIK HALL WHO’S COMING OFF
A 29-POINT EFFORT. SPEED TO THIS TEAM HAS TAKEN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THOSE TWO WILL GET TO THAT, BEING THE CATALYSTS FOR THE BASKETBALL RIGHT THERE. PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL. HE IS A POST PLAYER THAT CAN STEP OUT AND AS HE CAN SEEK AND KNOCK IN THAT 15-FOOT JUMP SHOT. >> Gus: AS FOR THE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS, THEY ARE COMING OFF THROUGH PENN STATE, 80-72 WEDNESDAY IN HAPPY VALLEY. ALL SCORING A CAREER HIGH 29 POINTS. AKINS WILLING TO THE BASKET. THEY KICKED IT FOR THREE. MICHIGAN. TOM IS TALK TO HIM IN THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE THE
GAME. 29TH SEASON AND PLUS WINS, PLAYING BETTER AND STILL HAVE TO STAY DISCIPLINED. VERY IMPORTANT. >> Jim: HOW ABOUT THIS, ONLY AVERAGING ABOUT EIGHT WITH THEIR MAIN CONCERN TOO
THE RIM. >> Gus: JAELIN LLEWELLYN AT THE LINE. HE STARTED 70-68. 67% FREE THROW SHOOTER. HE HAD SOME FREE THROWS. THAT MAKES IT 5 OF 2 PER GAME. >> Jim: I LIKE THAT LLEWELLYN IS PLAYING AGGRESSIVE. HE IS NEVER EASY MENTALLY. EVEN THOUGH HE’S PHYSICALLY YOU ARE READY TO GO. >> Gus: AKINS WILL BE ON THE DRIVE BASELINE. PICKED UP BY McDANIELS. McDANIELS PLAYING HOME GAMES, NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY ON THE ROAD AND HE THROWS IT AWAY. IN THE FRONT COURT. WALKER PENETRATING. IN THE HOLE AND BUMS IT DOWN. >> Jim: THEY GET YOU EVERY
TIME. DEFENSE IS NOT THAT MUCH IN THE BACK COURT THAT TIME. WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PLAY. >> Gus: WALKER COMING OUT ON THE 6-POINT GAME ON THE WEDNESDAY. WIMICHIGAN 3 FOR 3 FROM THE FIED IN THIS GAME. THE SPOT OVER. WALKER. >> Jim: I LIKE THE FLOW AND RHYTHM OF THIS GAME. MICHIGAN, HE GETS QUALITY SHOTS LIKE THIS. >> Gus: BASELINE. LLEWELLYN ON THE STARTING LINEUP THE SEASON AVERAGING NOT A WHOLE LOT. FIVE PER GAME. JUWAN HOWARD AND HIS TEAM, 12 OF THE LAST 13. FIVE IN A ROW WITHOUT DUG McDANIEL. HE’S TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT CHEMISTRY FOR THIS TEAM. BACK IN STRIDE. >> Jim: GOT MINUTES TOGETHER IN THE FIRST OFF BUT CAN’T PROTECT IN THE SECOND HALF. HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINISH THE DEAL. MICHIGAN STATE IN THE EARLIER GAME THIS YEAR WERE OPEN WITH 33 AT HALFTIME. >> Gus: THE SECOND FREE THROW IS GOOD FOR THIS IS A SERIES THAT DATES BACK TO 1909, MEETING BACK HERE IN ANN ARBOR. THE SPARTANS HAVE WON EIGHT OF THE LAST 12. LAST TIME THEY MET JANUARY 30TH IN EAST LANSING THEY WON BEHIND A CAREER HIGH. AKINS. THE WHISTLE
AND FOUL. >> Jim: TALKED ABOUT THE LAST FIVE GAMES WITH THESE TWO HAVE LED THE CHARGE FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. FINALLY FILLING THAT THREE-POINT OPPORTUNITY. BY MALIK HALL. UP AT HALFTIME, THEY WERE IN SHOUTING DISTANCE. IN ON NUMBER 15. ALSO NUMBER FIVE WITH WALKER. EIGHT TO SHOOT. HESITATES. STRIPS. HERE COME THE WOLVERINES IN TRANSITION. OFF THE HANDLE. AND McDANIEL RESTARTS. >> Jim: CREATING ENOUGH TURNOVERS TO BENEFIT THAT IN TRANSITION. A TOUGH SHOT. >> Gus: THE LONG REBOUND PICKED UP BY BURNETT. REED FACING. REVERSE LAYUP. NICELY DONE. >> Jim: PATIENT FOR WHERE HE CALLED IT, GUS.
HE GOT ENOUGH FREEDOM ON THE BASELINE TO TRY AND GET BY TO FINISH THAT. >> Gus: 16-FOOTER, LEFT EJ OFF THE HEAT. THE REBOUND. LETTING THEM PLAY END TO END. NO CALLS SO FAR. GOT THAT DOUBLE DEFLECTED WELL, PICKS IT UP. WALKER LEADS THE CHARGE. HE FROZE! DUG McDANIEL. >> Jim: WHEN YOU ARE BACKPEDALING. ONE OF YOUR FASTEST PLAYERS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. A LOT OF TIMES IT DOES NOT PULL WELL FOR YOU. >> Gus: THE JUMPER AT THE BASELINE. THAT’S HOW WE USED TO PLAY. >> Jim: WE? >> Gus: THAT’S RIGHT, WE. WALKER. AKINS. HERE
IS HALL. THINKING ABOUT IT. SPINS, FIRES, FADE. I’M JUST TELLING YOU. IF HE CAN STAY HEALTHY, MISSED 11 GAMES LAS. >> AND CULTURE SET, THAT’S AS IMPORTANT AS WINNING GAMES, THE YOUNG MEN ENTERING HIS PROGRAM BEING BETTER INDIVIDUALS AND THAT’S WHY SUCH A GREAT BASKETBALL COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY STILL CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED AND SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THAT MAN. >> Gus: 14-12. CONNOR. WHISTLED FOUL. HAND COMING UP. HAS TO SIT AT THE 14:18 MARK AS HE PICKS UP FOUL NUMBER TWO. >> Jim: VERY SMART PLAY THAT TIME. WAS EMPTY, ABLE TO GET THAT. SUCH REALLY GOOD
HALF-COURT DEFENSE. YOU’VE GOT TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS WITH THE BASKETBALL AND WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IN TERMS OF YOUR ATTACK. >> Gus: HERE IS REED. LOST IT ON THE WAY UP. CARSON COOPER SNARES IT. NO WALKER. SEE THESE LAST COUPLE OF BUCKETS? GUARDED BY McDANIEL. A GREAT MATCH UP TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN THIS GAME. COOPER. BACK TO THE BASKET. BASELINE TURN. DRIVES THE SQUARE AND DRAWS. >> Jim: BEAUTIFUL INSIDE. BRINGING COOPER UP ON THE BLOCK AND UP THE BOX A LITTLE BIT MORE. GOT A LITTLE BIT LOWER SO COOPER TRYING TO BACK HIS
WAY IN. HE DIDN’T FORCE THAT TURNOVER. >> Gus: MICHIGAN THOUGH PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL. 6 OF 8 FROM THE FIELD TO START THIS GAME. REED WITH THE TRAVEL AND KNOCKS IT DOWN. DID WORK EARLY. ALMOST GOT SIX. 3 FOR 3. WALKER. 16-FOOTER. >> Jim: GET TO A SPOT. BUT THIS IS WHERE IT GETS YOU. OUTSTANDING PLAY BY REED ON THE OPPOSITE END BUT THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO PUSH IT UP QUICKLY FOR THE DEFENSE WASN’T SET BY MICHIGAN. WALKER ABLE TO EXPLOIT THAT PULL UP. >> Gus: ‘S P21 AGAIN. DRAWS THE DOUBLE. BASELINE. PARTIALLY BLOCKED. PLAYED BY
THE SPARTANS. JAXON KOHLER HAS CHECKED IN FOR MICHIGAN STATE. HE WEARS NUMBER ZERO. KOHLER THE REBOUND. LOST IT. TAKEN AWAY. BASELINE, LLEWELLYN RIDES AND FIRES. A2-POINT GAME. >> Jim: GOOD LUCK THAT TIME IN TRANSITION. LLEWELLYN WOULD HAVE BEEN STRONG WITH THAT SHOT. THOSE KIND OF SHOTS YOU CAN GET AND YOU KEEP THE DEFENSIVE REBOUND. >> Gus: McDANIEL QUIET. TRYING TO CREATE. UNDER 12 TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. MICHIGAN IN DESPERATE NEED OF A WIN. MICHIGAN STATE TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING. THEY WON TWO IN A ROW. IN AND OUT. WALKER OFF THE BALANCE. REED
SNATCHES IT DOWN WITH ONE HAND. LOVE HOW THESE OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS GAME. DEL DRE AKINS TO THE HOLE PERIOD COVERED BY REED. YOU’VE GOT A BLOCK AND A REB REBOUND. >> Jim: SMART PLAY BY REED BECAUSE INSIDE OF TRYING TO PROVE THAT SHOT AND KEPT IT FROM PLAY HE COULD’VE BENEFITED FROM THAT OFFENSIVELY. BACK AND FORTH WE GO. THE NERVOUSNESS, ITS NERVOUS EXCITEMENT, CALM DOWN TO GET BACK INTO WHAT WE DO. TALK ABOUT THE INSIDE SHOT BLOCKER. SOMETIMES WE DON’T HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU CAN CHALLENGE A BIG INSIDE BECAUSE IT’S THE EASIER PATH.
>> Gus: SISSOKO CHECKS IN FOR MICHIGAN STATE. SCOOP, GOT THE FOUL. YOU CAN SEE NOT ONLY IS HE HEALTHY, GOT THE GREAT STRETCH. >> Jim: HE’S MENTALLY AS YOU’VE BEEN AROUND THEM ENOUGH TO KNOW, HE IS MENTALLY INTO THE GAME. THIS IS THE PLAY WITH HIM RIGHT HERE, GOING TO BRING THEM UP IN THE MIDDLE AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS CLEAR OUT THE SIDE HERE. MALIK HALL CAN MAKE THE POINT. 1-1 IN THE MIDDLE. IT’S HARD TO HELP, VERY DIFFICULT TO HELP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE WING. >> Gus:
GO PICKING UP THE FOUL TOWARD THE NET. HARD DRIBBLE DOWN THE LANE. THE ALABAMA-TEXAS TECH TRANSFER FROM THE WINDY CITY. HE’S GOT FOUR. THE PICK AND ROLL. PICKS IT DOWN. INSIDE. GOT THE KIND BOUNCE AND WE WILL GO TO THE LINE. >> Jim: WHEN YOU GET A JUMP HIGH, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. YOU ARE CLOSER TO THE RIM ONCE YOU GET UP THERE. HE’S ABLE TO KNOCK IT IN. A LITTLE BIT MORE TYPICAL. FIGHTING THROUGH THE CONTACT. YOU SEE THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT THE OFFICIALS ARE DOING. YES, THERE IS CONTACT BY AKINS BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO CALL A FELLA MIGHT BE A PHYSICAL PLAY BUT NOT OVERLY PHYSICAL AND IT’S A HOME TO THE GAME. >> Gus: SINCE IT’S THE TOP 50 PLAYER HERE WITH CAROLINA. AND A WHISTLE AND FOUL. FOULED ON THE FLOOR. THAT ONE WILL GO AGAINST HIS FIRST. >> Jim: JACKSON HAD A DUNK LAST GAME WITH ILLINOIS. COMING WITH COLE HAWKINS IN TRANSITION. OUTSTANDING. JACKSON. INTERCEPTED. MORE FROM FLAG FLAGRANT 1. JUST THE MANNER IN WHICH THE FOUL TO PLACE. THIS SEASON IS 55% FREE THROW SHOOTER. WILL INBOUND IT NOW. MICHIGAN STATE RETAINS THE BALL. McDANIEL, WEAK SIDE REBOUND.
>> Jim: ON MALIK HALL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, A MONTH AGO, GOING TO BE A KEY TO THE RESURGENCE OF WHAT MICHIGAN STATE WANTS TO DO IN THE FORWARD POSITION PUTTING IT ON THE DECK. STRETCH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT COMING IN 15, 18 FEET IN. YOU SAID IT, GUSTS, YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF AN NBA PLAYER. WANTS TO LEAVE HIS MARK ON COLLEGE BASKETBALL COMING OFF THE INJURY AND HE IS REALLY IN A GREAT PLACE MENTALLY ENDS THE GAME IS GOING TO BE FOULED PRETTY WELL. McDANIEL’S TRIP AND FOULED. CALLED FOR THE FOUL,
SIXTH TEAM FOUL. THE >> Jim: YOU ARE IN THE PENALTY SO DRIVE IT. FORCING THE OFFICIAL, THEY HAVE TO GUARD YOU OFF THE DRIBBLE. >> Gus: HE IS BEATING REED. SISSOKO FROM BEHIND. THAT’S HIS SECOND. ONLY HAS PLAYED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. HE’S UP ON HIS LEFT-HAND SIDE. CAME TO PASS TRYING TO GO FOR, EVEN IF REED CATCHES IT YOU CAN ADJUST BEHIND HIM AND I KNOW HE’S IN DEEP BUT YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO A TIMELY SCORE TO PICK UP TWO. >> Jim: REED START OF THE SEASON. HE’S 45 FOR 69. 69% AS OF LATE.
THAT BALL ESCORTING OUT-OF-BOUNDS. >> Jim: JUST GOING TO SAY THE FINAL GOING TO GET AKINS THE SHOT OFF THE SCREEN. >> Gus: THE BASELINE BY AKINS. JUMPED OUT, REBOUNDS. McDANIELS. WALKER THE OTHER WAY. PICK AND ROLL. WALKER. SPINNING AND WINNING. >> Jim: EXCELLENT DEFENSE THAT TIME, BUT WITH THAT QUICK PIVOT MOVE GOING TO THE GROUND SPINNING OUT OF IT AND FINISHING OFF THE GLASS. >> Gus: McDANIELS WILL KNOCKED DOWN THE TRIPLE AND DUG McDANIEL MAKES IT A 22-21 GAME. HIS FIRST BUCKETS — BUCKET, RATHER, OF THE NINTH. TRYING TO KEEP McDANIEL AT B BAY. WALKER.
NINE TO SHOOT. IN AND OUT DRIBBLE. THE WHISTLE AND FOUL WITH THE WHISTLE AND FOUL BACK. >> Jim: BEAUTIFUL DEFENSE. JUST DEFEATS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH AND THAT OPENED UP THE SPIN MOVE INSIDE. TRYING TO FIND HIS RHYTHM. IT’S TOUGH SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PLAY IN AND OUT IN THE LINEUP. THE RHYTHM IS RIGHT THERE AND HOW ABOUT INSIDE. PICKING UP THAT FOUL. >> Gus: THE BASELINE COMES UP SHORT. FOLLOWING THE REBOUND. AND A STEAL. GOT TO THE HOLE. >> Jim: THAT’S TURNOVER NUMBER SEVEN FOR MICHIGAN. >> Gus: LLEWELLYN. BIG JUMP HOOK. NO. MICHIGAN WITH
THE REBOUND. THINKING ABOUT IT. LLEWELLYN UP IN IN THE PAINT. NO ELEVATION. REBOUND. THAT ONE BLOCKED. NOW THE DRIVE. AND A FOUL. DOING IT ON BOTH ENDS OF NFL. HE’S DOING A GOOD JOB, A TERRIFIC JOB AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. JEROME MOORE WILL JOIN US IN THE SECOND HALF. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. >> Jim: TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, THE VERBAL ENDORSEMENT OF THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, JUWAN HOWARD, UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES THAT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS YEAR. IF YOU LOSE THE SCORES FROM LAST YEAR.
THE ALL AMERICAN. HUNTER DICKINSON. >> Gus: A LOT OF THESE TRANSFERS WERE TAKING PLACE. THESE KIDS AREN’T MAKING NICE BREAD NOW. CURRENTLY DIRT IT TO FALL. TEN TO SHOOT. KICKS IT OUT. WALKER. A WHISTLE AND FOUL COMING OUT. >> Jim: OFFENSIVE GLASS BY MICHIGAN STATE. >> Gus: HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK YOU’D MAKE? >> Jim: CASH ONLY? >> Gus: CASH. >> Jim: PROBABLY… >> Gus: WHAT’S ONCE A MONTH? >> Jim: IF HUNTER DICKINSON MADE 850 OF WHATEVER, I’M GOING OVER THAT DEFINITELY. >> Gus: 2 MILLION? >> Jim: I’LL CUT HIM A LITTLE BREAK. >>
Gus: YOU CUT THE BUCKEYES A BREAK? AND THE PUT DOWN! GIVE THAT BOY A COUPLE OF DOLLARS. >> Jim: YOU KNOW WHAT’S INTERESTING? THREE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS BY MICHIGAN STATE, WE KIND OF RELATE THE REBOUND. THIS YEAR THEY’VE HAD THEIR CHALLENGE IS THE BASKETBALL. THREE OF THE LAST FIVE GAMES, THEY WON THE BATTLE OF THE BORDER AND AGAINST ILLINOIS THEY TIED IT AT 3 OF 3. SO GETTING BACK TO THEIR DNA WITH THE PROGRAM STILL FOR A TOH HARD-NOSED BASKETBALL. YOU SAW THE DISPLAY WITH MULTIPLE REBOUNDS. >> Gus: LARGEST REBOUND OF THE GAME. 27 OF 22.
THE SPARKS COMING OFF THAT POINT AGAINST PENN STATE PRIOR TO THAT WIN WITH ILLINOIS. HAS THAT PARTIALLY BLOCKED OUT-OF-BOUNDS AND WE ALL OTHER WAY. >> Jim: VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME BUT 6 MINUTES LEFT. IN THIS FIRST HALF THAT MICHIGAN DOESN’T LET THE ROAD TO GO. RIGHT HERE YOU STILL GOT TO GET SOME STOPS, GET SOMETHING POSITIVE ON THE OFFENSIVE END. >> Gus: IT’S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT. THERE WAS A D.J., HIS NAME WAS ELECTRIFYING MOJO. HE’S TALKED ABOUT THE ROUTE TAKEN AND THE REBOUND TO JACKSON BUT HE SAID WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE, TIE A KNOT. AIN’T NOBODY BAD LIKE YOU! >> Jim: THAT’S RIGHT. SO I USED TO TUNE IN TO ELECTRIC MOJO — BEING WHEN YOU DID? >> Jim: 97.9, WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT, MAN! COME ON. W JL B. >> Gus: YOU ARE FROM TOLEDO! YOU ARE BASICALLY FROM A DETROIT SUBURB. WE SHOULD’VE WON THAT WHOLE LONG TIME AGO. DEFLECTED THOUGH. SO FAR THE IMPACT PLAYER FIRST PARTY. >> Jim: AKINS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIS RANGE FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE. HE’S BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST HALF YEAR. >>
Gus: TO THE BUCKET. A LITTLE HOT SAUCE ON THAT PLAY. HE IS FOULED. >> Jim: HOW ABOUT THE DISCIPLINE ON THE ? GOING ON THE PUMP FAKE, ABLE TO GET THE BLOCK AT THE END ON THE DEFENSIVE DISCIPLINE INSIDE HERE. MAKING THEM SHOOT IT OVER THE TOP. >> Gus: SUSPENDED FOR ACADEMIC ISSUES. HE IS IMPROVING, HE’S GOING TO CLASS. MEANWHILE MALIK HALL AT THE FREE THROW LINE. >> Jim: SELF-AWARENESS IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE. IT’S THE CONSEQUENCE OF DECISIONS. DODUG IS DOING THAT. HE HAD 49? >> Jim: I THINK SO. >>
Gus: WHAT A PLAYER. BURNETT. THAT ONE KNOCKED OUT-OF-BOUNDS. AT 49 POINTS TO BE EXACT. AND LYNETTE WOODARD’S ALL-TIME SCORING RECORD. >> Jim: BEHIND SHOOTING FROM DEEP. >> Gus: McDANIEL OFF THE DRIBBLE. KEEPING MICHIGAN IN THIS ONE. 31-24. REBOUND. FINES McDANIEL’S. WRAPPED IT AROUND LLEWELLYN. 3:46 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. THE FLAG OF TOP. >> Jim: ABLE TO GET TO A SPOT. GOOD DEFENSE AND GOOD CONTEST RIGHT THERE AT THE END BY HOLLOMAN AND ABLE TO GET IT UP. ANOTHER POSITIVE POSSESSION WITH THE OUTSTANDING DEFENSE ONCE AGAIN. PHYSICAL PLAY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CALL A
FOUL. NO McDANIEL’S ABLE TO CUT BACK INTO THIS LANE ONCE AGAIN. >> Gus: McDANIEL AT THE LINE FOR TALKING TO HIM THE GAME. UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT HE HAS MADE. A WISE MAN ONCE SAID A PERSON DOESN’T KNOWINGLY ERR, MAKE A MISTAKE. >> Jim: IT’S ALSO THE GUILT SIDE FOR IT. I MADE A MISTAKE AND IT HURT ME BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I HURT MY TEAMMATES. AND THAT IS A SELF-REALIZATION TOO WHEN YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE A YOUNG MAN. CONTINUING TO MAKE SOME
MISTAKES. >> Gus: NO THYSELF. >> Gus: KNOW THYSELF. McDANIEL. THEY NEED THISR GAMES, 150, AVEG 39 POINTS PER GAME. AGAINST THESE SAME MICHIGAN WOLVERINES, 48-18 POINTS IN THE PAINT. THAT’S HOW THEY BEEN ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS WINNING STREAK HERE THESE LAST TEN GA GAMES. IN PARTICULAR THE LAST FIVE. >> Gus: UNDER 3 MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. HERE IS HALL. GREAT MATCHUP HERE. HALL PICKS IT UP. WALKER. LOSES THE HANDLE. THE OTHER WAY. GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD. STEPPING INTO THE PASSING LANE. FOUL UP TOP. >> Jim: OUT OF VALUE. IF
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE BIG PLAY SOMETIMES IT’S A SIMPLE PLAY WHEN YOU ARE HIGH ON MOMENTUM ON YOUR SIDE. >> Gus: THAT FOUL BALL ON McDANIEL HIS FIRST. SEVENTH TEAM FOUL AGAINST MICHIGAN. THIS FREE THROW IS GOOD. WALKER. THE TRANSFER FROM NORTHEASTERN. THAT’S WHAT THEY LOCATED IN BOSTON. HAD A 35 GAME STREAK SNAPPED IN DOUBLE FIGURES GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR WITH THE SIX-POINT EFFORT AGAINST PENN STATE ON WEDNESDAY IN THE WIN. IN THE 7-0 RUN. >> Jim: THAT SPEAKS TO ALSO MALIK HALL IF THEY CAN WEATHER THE STORM OF WALKER NOT PLAYING HIS
BEST GAME. THEY MAY NOT HAVE WON THAT GAME. >> Gus: WALKER. THAT REMINDS ME OF MAGIC! 79! ON THE STAGE. MICHIGAN REFUSING TO DIE. PAUL LOST IT. McDANIELS PICKS IT UP. BASELINE. FOUL. >> Jim: BOY, OH, BOY. WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUNG WITH HOPS. GOING UP AT THE RIM AND LETTING THE GUARD GO GET IT. WALKER IDENTIFIED IT EARLY. HE JUMPED OFF A TRAMPOLINE. >> Gus: THIS KID IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH. McDANIEL. THAT IS AN NBA OLD SCHOOL MOVE. >> Jim: HE HAS THE ZONE BECAUSE HE IS ABLE TO CATCH IT ON
THE MOVE AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY. HE WAS ABLE TO NEGATE THE SIZE AND THE LENGTH OF COOPER AND GET THAT SHOT UP AND OVER. >> Gus: 6’9″, 235. PICK AND ROLL. HOLLOMAN. CLOSING ON A MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. KEEPS HIS DRIBBLE ALIVE. NOW LLEWELLYN STEPS INTO A THREE. TIME OUT. TO GAME SPEED. ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO KNOCK IN AND PUSH THE TEMPO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GOT SOME SHOTS FOR HIS TEAMMATES. >> Gus: McDANIEL SCORED THE FIRST SEVEN IN THIS 15-4 RUN. ALSO LLEWELLYN 5 OF 72 GUARD
MADE THE LAST THREE AGAINST ILLINOIS. >> Jim: TURNING ON OF THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE, HAVE TO BE SURE ON THE PASSES. SECOND TURNOVERS. >> Gus: DRIVING. AND THAT FOUL WILL BE CALLED ON THE SECOND. >> Jim: OUTSTANDING CHANGE OF DIRECTION THAT QUICK THAT TIME ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH TSCHETTER FOR JUST BLOWING RIGHT BY HIM. A LITTLE BIT SHORED UP ON THE GLASS ON THE THREE-POINT PLAY. >> Gus: TROY HALLMAN OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THE FOOTBALL AS A DEFENSIVE BACK. HE’S HAD SOME NICE GAMES ON THE YEAR. HAD 17 AGAINST, TEN ASSIST AGAINST GEORGIA SOUTHERN. >> Jim: REMINDS
ME OF A MORE ATHLETIC — BE ONE THAT’S A LOT. >> Jim: THAT YOUNG MAN HAS A TALENT. AND HE JUST SLOW WALK YOU AND GOT — BE WHEN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL. >> Jim: MY HIGH SCHOOL. >> Gus: THE HIGH SCHOOL I ATTENDED? >> Jim: YOU HAD IT RIGHT. >> Gus: HERE WE GO, McDANIEL. NINE A TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. NOW HE GETS INTO IT. McDANIEL LOBS IT. TSCHETTER STOLE IT. TIPPED. McDANIEL. PICKED UP… AND OUT-OF-BOUNDS. SMITH COULDN’T HOLE FOUL. SPEED >> Jim: YOU SAID THE GAME CLOCK TO .4 SECONDS. AIN’T NO DENYING
WHO HIS FATHER IS THERE. IS THAT RIGHT, GUS? >> Gus: DAVIS SMITH ON THE SEASON 8 POINTS IN NINE GAMES. FROM ATLANTA. STEVE SMITH WALKED DOWN. UP ON THE KEY. FIRST HALF WITH THE SCORE. MICHIGAN STATE 39.E. >> Gus: STATS COMPARISONS SPONSORED BY RAM TRUNKS. BUILT TO SERVE. >> Jim: KIND OF MINDING HIS RHYTHM. AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIS RHYTHM BACK. >> Gus: HE STARTS THE SECOND HALF FOR THE WOLVERINES DOWN BY A DEUCE WITH THE BASKETBALL. McDANIEL A NICE LOOK. THE DRIBBLE OFF THE GLASS. REED GETS IT BACK. REED PUSHES OFF. GETS THE BALL.
>> Jim: AND NORMALLY DEPENDING ON HOW THE OFFICIALS CALL IT BECAUSE THEY ALLOW PHYSICAL PLAY, THEY DID NOT. UTILIZE THAT SHOULDER, THE RIGHT SHOULDER. >> Gus: AKINS. TGOES TO THE WOLVERINES. LLEWELLYN STOPPED IN TRANSITION. MICHIGAN STATE 0 FOR 6 AT THE THREE-POINT LINE. ACROSS THE LANE. NOW PICKED UP HIS SECOND AT THE 14::16 IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Jim: HE’S ABLE TO DO THAT, GET THAT BIG BODY AROUND THE CORNER FORCING TO HAVE TO HELP THEM AND THEN PUT THE PASS ON TARGET AND WILL DO THE REST. >> Gus: ONLY PLAYING 4 MINUTES IN THE
FIRST HALF. THEY BRING HIM OUT. McDANIEL. >> Jim: HOW ABOUT THE READ AND REACT WITH McDANIEL, SLID BEHIND WALKER. ABLE TO PUT IT ON TARGET. >> Gus: FRESHMAN 133 OF SIX SHOOTING AT THE THREE-POINT LINE. >> Jim: IN FAVOR OF MICHIGAN STATE. THE PUSH-OFF, ABLE TO CAMP IT IN. RELOCATE INTO THE SIGHTLINES OF THE PASTOR. PASSER. ABLE TO FINISH IT. >> Gus: SISSOKO. WALKER LOOKING FOR SPACE. McDANIEL TRYING TO GET IN. TURNS, STEPS BACK. FREE THROW LINE EXTENDED OFF THE HEAT. NICE TO MAN REBOUND. BY REED. INSIDE. NICE POSSESSION. FOUND ONE. AND LLEWELLYN! >> Jim:
LLEWELLYN MADE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE AIR BECAUSE HOGGARD WAS ON THE INSIDE. SWITCHING IT TO DELIVERY. ABLE TO GET QUICKLY DOWN AND FINISH UP THE GLASS. >> Gus: ONE-POINT GAME FOR MICHIGAN. GREAT CROWD IN ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE CHRYSLER CENTER. LEFT HAND, HE DOES IT. MOSES MALONE WITH HIS OWN REBOUND. >> Jim: THAT’S TWICE LOOKING BACK OUTSIDE OF THAT THREE BY McDANIELS. THEY WENT BACK INSIDE THE PAINT. NOW HAS 10 POINTS AND 6 RE 6 REBOUNDS. >> Gus: 46-43. TO THE HOLE AND IN! THE WOLVERINES FOUND A RHYTHM. OUT-OF-BOUNDS BUT WILL HEAD THE OTHER WAY.
>> Jim: WILL LEAD OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT. THE JAB STEP IN, REBOUND AND ONE. I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS WHICH IS NKAMHOUA AND GIVE IT TO McDANIEL FOR NKAMHOUA TO DO THE REST. MICHIGAN MUCH MORE FOCUS TO GETTING IN THE SECOND HALF EXECUTED. >> Gus: MICHIGAN TRAILED BY AS MANY AS NINE. NKAMHOUA GUARDED BY HALL. IN THE LANE. JUMP-START. NOTICED IT. OFFENSIVE FOUL. >> Gus: FULL TIME. HURT. TAKES A LOOK AT IT HERE. WE CAN. NKAMHOUA INSIDE WITH THE PUMP FAKE LEANING FORWARD AND BUMS TO HIM. THEY HAVE BEEN HIT.
MEANWHILE HE DRIVES AND LAYS IT IN. A SOFT SPOT IN THE DEFENSE RIGHT NOW. ABLE TO GET AROUND THE CORNER AND GET RIGHT TO THE BASKET. >> Gus: McDANIEL. QUICK RELEASE. AND OUT-OF-BOUNDS.R OUR FAMILIE. >> WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? WE WERE IN THE MEETING WITH COACH HARBAUGH AND HE JUST CASUALLY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF I LEAVE, YOU’LL BE HEAD COACH. I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? THAT YOU’D BE LEADING ONE OF THE GREATEST IF NOT THE GREATEST COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT? >> IT’S
A BLESSING. SO GLAD TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THIS UNIVERSITY. >> Gus: FIRST OF ALL, I’D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. >> Jim: I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING PAIN HE’S ABOUT TO DO IT RIGHT! YOU SEE, WHEN HE STARTED OFF WITH THAT — BE WHEN YOU KNOW I’M SAYING? >> LISTEN, OHIO STATE PULLED UP WITH MICHIGAN. >> Gus: IF RYAN DALY IS WATCHING — >> Jim: I GOT LOVE FOR YOU. BIG TEN ALL THE WAY. NOW YOU’RE GOING TO THE BIG BOY CHAIR. THIS ROTATION, DIFFERENT PRESSURE. HAVE YOU WRAPPED YOUR MIND AROUND IT, WHAT THAT’S GOING TO
BE LIKE TO PUT YOUR OWN IMPRINT ON THIS PROGRAM. >> Gus: QUALITY STAFF, GREAT PEOPLE. THEY COULD’VE DONE THAT WITH A STAFF. THEY BROUGHT IN EVEN HIGHER. >> Gus: HE’S IN THE GAME WITH THAT. >> Jim: SUPER EXCITED. >> I’VE GOT TO GO GUYS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BALL I CAN TRUST. MAKE SURE THAT HE RAN AWAY. HAD A GREAT FIRST NIGHT WORKING WITH JIM HARBAUGH. WE CALL CAN WE TALK A LOT. STILL THE LEAD ON HIM. >> Gus: HAVE YOU TALKED TO COACH HARBAUGH RECENTLY ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU HAD TO
MAKE OR ARE MAKING. IS HE STILL A BRICK MOTHER OF YOU. >> WE STAY IN TOUCH BUT WE TALK ABOUT IT OVER THE YEAR. SOMETHING THEY’LL ALWAYS BE ROOTING FOR. >> WHAT KIND OF MARK ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ON THE TEAM? BEAT ALABAMA, BEAT OHIO STATE. BUT IN TERMS OF YOU AS A HEAD COACH IS THERE ANYTHING AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF? >> I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TRACK I’M ON, HAVE FUN DOING IT. LET THEM PLAY FAST, LET THEM PLAY PHYSICAL TO YOUR STYLE OF BALL. >>
INJURED PLAYER ON THE FLOOR ON AKINS. >> Jim: LLEWELLYN TRIES TO GET OUT THE WAY BUT THE CONTACT WAS THERE. NO PRESSURE, RIGHT. AFTER THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GOT NOWHERE TO GO. >> >> THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT. YOU WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING, SOMETHING SPECIAL APPEARED THAT’S THE EXPECTATION. FOR US TO WIN MY CARE. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. >> Gus: HERE IS THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION OF WHAT ALL FANS WANT TO KNOW. BIG THINGS DOWN THERE IN COLUMBUS. A BIG OHIO STATE FAN AND GOING TO BE EVERY DAY WITH IT. FIVE STARS
THAT THEY ARE GETTING. THE TRANSFERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? >> Jim: WILL SETTLE THAT IN NOVEMBER. >> GREAT ANSWER! POLITICALLY CORRECT BUT ALSO THE TRUTH. I LOVE IT. >> Gus: ANOTHER BIG QUESTION. J.D. McCARTHY GOING TO THE NFL. TWO QUARTERBACKS, VERY TALENTED YOUNG GUYS. WE SAW HIM A LOT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON COMING IN AND PLAYING IN SPECIAL PACKAGES. WHO ARE YOU LEANING FOR AND WHAT DO YOU THINK. >> IT’S CRAZY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE KNEW THAT BETWEEN HIM AND KATE McNAMARA, WE ARE JUST EXCITED FOR SPRING BALL. >> Gus:
HOW MANY WEEKS UNTIL SPRING BALL? >> Gus: COACH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR YOU. BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH, THE 145 YEAR HISTORY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. MY MAN. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO NOVEMBER TOO. >> Jim: THAT’S RIGHT! >> Gus: MICHIGAN WITHOUT A LEAD. WE LIKE TO THANK THE HEAD COACH 37 YEARS OLD. >> Jim: CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT COMING OFF WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU KNOW? SOME OF THE ROSTER HAS TO BE REASSEMBLED TO WHO YOU ARE SPEAKING OF THAT. JUST WHAT COMES WITH YOU. ABLE TO CELEBRATE
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> Gus: I SHOULD BE ASKING FOR A 20. >> Jim: 22-50. >>> Gus: WALKER FOULED. COLLEGE PLAYER. LLEWELLYN CALLED FOR THE FOUL. MICHIGAN WITH THE 6 POINTS, WALKER HAVING THE SIX WITH FOUR GAME WITH THEIR LAST OUTING WITH PENN STATE NOW. >> Jim: MICHIGAN DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OUTSTANDING THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS OFFENSIVELY. RIGHT NOW 12 OF 14 POINTS IN THE PAINT DOMINATE THAT, ABLE TO CONTROL INSIDE. EXCELLENT JOB OF ADJUSTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFENSIVELY. NEVER MIND THE JUMP SHOT. BUT ABLE TO CASH IN ON SOME EASIER BASKETS TO THE PAINT. >>
Gus: ONE-POINT GAME. FOUND THEM. A TWO HAND JAM. AND ONE! >> Jim: WHEN YOU CAN BEAT YOUR INITIAL PLAYER. HELP HAS TO COME. PUT A TEAM IN ROTATION ONCE YOU GET THEM IN ROTATION YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM PAY. EXCELLENT PASSING HERE. BUT ALLOWS THE PLAYER TO THE DEVELOPER IT DOESN’T ENCROACH UPON THE LANE, IN THE LANE. TOO SOON. GOING TO GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE. >> Gus: MICHIGAN WITH THE 56-52 LEAD. THE ACHILLES HEEL THIS SEASON HOLDING ONTO LEAGUES. ON ANOTHER BIG TIME JAM. CARSON COOPER THIS TIME. AND THEY ARE NOT BOOING, THEY
ARE COOPING. REVERSAL, LLEWELLYN. SEEKS DOWN THE TIER JUMP. SPARTANS CAN TIE TIED UP WITH TH.AKINS. NOW HOLLOMAN DRIVES AND LAYS IT IN. THE LOVE OF THE GAME AT 56T DIR2 IN THAT REGION. I TELL YOU WHAT. THAT REGION WITH DUKE AT A THREE FORCING IT. >> Gus: ALL RANKED TEAMS NUMBER FOUR. >> Jim: DUKE THE NUMBE NUMBER OE OVERALL SEED. 9-2 WITH THE WINS. IT PLAYS OUT THAT WAY. >> Gus: OTHER WAY LEADING AT EIGHT. BOTH TEAMS SLAPPING. KOHLER. BACK IN HIS WAY IN. NICE POSITION. >> Jim: COMFORTABLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND BECAUSE IF HE
FIDDLES BACK TO THE LEFT, HE HAS AN EASIER BASKETS AT THAT SOMETHING HE’S GOING HAVE TO REALLY WORK ON. >> Gus: OUTLET PASS. 14 POINTS ON 7 OF 11 SHOOTING. 58-56 UP ON TOP. KNOCKED AWAY. TAKEN AWAY. AKINS, NICE PLAY ON THE RUNDOWN. HERE IS HOLLOMAN UP. KOHLER! >> Jim: TWO OPPORTUNITIES. JUST NOT ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. >> Gus: DANIEL CAN’T FINISH. THEY LEAD IT. GOT IT. 61-56 MICHIGAN STATE. 61-56. A GREAT BLOCK BY AKINS! HOLLOMAN SENDS IT TO A THREE… THE RED ZONE. >> Jim: WHICH CROWD IS IN IT, THE MICHIGAN CROWD
OR MICHIGAN STATE? WE JUST DO NOT KNOW RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE TWO. >> Gus: LLEWELLYN. FOUR TO SHOOT. THREE WITH THE REBOUND. McDANIEL. AND A NEW SHOT CLOCK. NOW READ IN THE POST, FACING THE DRIVE. UP AND FOUL. >> Jim: BACK AND FORTH WE GO OUT ON. THAT’S WHAT >> Gus: 6 OF 10 TONIGHT.THIRD DE SEASON. SHOOTING FREE THROWS MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR. LOOKING GOOD FOR THE STRIPE. EMPHASIS ON GETTING THE BALL INSIDE THE PAINT. HAS RESPOND. >> Gus: THEY SHOULD HAVE A FRIEND LIGHT TRENDING UPWARDS. >> Jim: THAT CAN BE IMPROVED UPON. IT’S WORKING.
>> Gus: OFF THE HEELS. IN DEEP. 61 UP. 8 MINUTES TO PLAY. BURNETT WITH TEN. HE’S HITTING TWO THREES. WALKER. SNEAKING DOWN THE LANE. NO! 63-61. NOW BURNETT. ALMOST RIPPED BY WALKER. 13 TO SHOOT. ALMOST SHOOTS AGAIN. SOMEHOW GETS IT INTO THE CORNER. THE FOUL COMING UP ON THE FLOOR INSIDE AGAINST THE SPARTANS. >> Jim: JUST GETTING THEOR PURD. NUMBER 26 IN THE SECOND UNTIL THEY GO IN THE PERIOD. >> Gus: WHAT MAKES COACH SO INTERESTING IS THAT HE’LL PLAY ANYBODY EARLY ESPECIALLY PLAYING ANYBODY ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. HE SAYS HE GOT THAT FROM
JOHN THOMPSON. SHOWED ME THAT BEFORE THE GAME IN THE LOCKER ROOM. WOULD PLAY HIM. GUYS LIKE ME TEAM AND OVER TIME HE JUSTBECAME PLA. MEANWHILE TSCHETTER. >> Jim: FINALLY CONTRIBUTED FOR THE WOLVERINES IN THE FIRST HALF BY REED. >> Gus: TSCHETTER. >> Gus: HOGGARD. ACROSS THE SHOULDER. >> Jim: AND THAT SOMETHING WITH YOUNG POINT GUARDS TO LOOK AT. THE REASON WHY THE PLAY WAS ABLE TO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE A.J. HOGGARD DIDN’T EXTEND THE DRIBBLE. HE MAINTAINS THAT DRIBBLE IN THE RIGHT MOMENT IN THE GAP OPENED UP HE WAS ABLE TO EXPLOIT IT AND GET HIMSELF
DOWN HILL. >> Gus: FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY IT MUST MEAN THE ALUMNI’S PAYING OUT OF THEIR POCKETS. >> Gus: AS THEY SHOULD TELL >> Jim: AS THEY SHOULD. >> Gus: HOW ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAUSE? >> Jim: WELL — BE WHEN IT’S NOT HELPING RYAN DAY. >> Jim: TRUST ME, FOOTBALL TEAM DON’T NEED NO ONE TO HELP THEM PLAY ON THAT ONE. JUST ROLLING OUT ON THIS GUYS N THAT. >> Gus: BASELINE JACKSON TURNING. AND THE WHISTLE. THE JUMP BALL WITH THE CALL IN THE ARROW. WE’LL GO THE OTHER WAY. >>
Jim: MICHIGAN STATE ON THE EMPHASIS COMING OUT OF HALFTIME WAS VALUING THE BASKETBALL. SEVERAL TURNOVERS, ONLY TWO IN THE SECOND. TAKING CARE OF THAT AND ALSO THEY WANTED TO LIMIT MICHIGAN FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE AT FIVE AT HALFTIME. MICHIGAN WITH ONLY TWO IN THE SECOND. >> Gus: 63-63. COOPER. IN FOR THE BUCKET. >> Jim: JUMPING ON THE HIGH SIDE. HOGGARD REVERSED THAT WITH BASELINE, ABLE TO FINISH ON THE ROTATION BEFORE IT GOT TO HIM. >> Gus: JUMP SHOT, LOBS IT. REED. THAT’S AN OFFENSIVE FOUL. >> Jim: LET’S GO BACK TO A.J. FINDING IT SO VALUABLE.
JACKSON’S’ EYES ARE UP HERE. THEY KNEW THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ROTATION. >> Gus: COMING UP ON 3 OF 11. HIS THIRD. SECOND TEAM FOUL WITH MICHIGAN STATE, GOING ONE ON ONE AT THE 4:44 MARK OF THE SECOND HALF. SCORING 64-63 TO MICHIGAN STATE. A FOUL. >> Jim: CAN’T ALLOW THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND. THIS CRITICAL SITUATION WITH THE LAPSE OF CONCENTRATION NOT GETTING BODY. ASSUMING THAT THE BALL WAS GOING IN COST YOU EMPTY POSSESSION AND NOW HAS A CHANCE. >> Gus: THIS IS THE BEST BASKETBALL I’VE SEEN THEM PLAY EVER. WHAT HE’S BEEN DOING LATELY THE
29-POINT GAME. 2 REBOUNDS, 3 ASSISTS. LOOKING UP TO GET IT TOGETHER. YOU SEE IT ALL COMING >> Gus: 16 TONIGHT, EASY, QUIET 16. 67-63. NOT A GOOD PASS. GOT IT BACK. GOING BACK TO MALIK HALL. >> Jim: STUDY DISCIPLINE, DIDN’T GO FOR THE STEAL WITH THE SHOT. >> Gus: AKINS. WAY OFF THE MARK. THEY SHOOT 37% UP TOP. CAN’T GET IT TO FALL. THEY’LL SLOW IT DOWN. THE PICK AND ROLL. WALKER. GUARDED BY LLEWELLYN. WALKER. KICKS IT. PAUL. DRIVES… MALIK HALL! YES, MY FOOT IS HEALED! WATCH OUT! I’M COMING! CAN I SEEK TOBIAS HARRIS. COME
ON. INSIDE ON THREE. SIX TO SHOOT. JACKSON. TAKE IT AWAY. LAYS IT. THAT EASY LAY UP. STARTING THE FAST BREAK FOR MICHIGAN STATE. SEVEN THEY’LL MAKE A 71-63 LEAD THE 71-63 THAT LEADER. THAT BIG-TIME SCORING THREAT. >> Jim: COACHES KNOW TWO THINGS. POINT GUARD PLAY BUT ALSO NOT ONLY TO THE FINAL FOUR BUT ALSO A PLAYER THAT CAN GO GET SOME INSIDE THE PAINT. BEING ABLE TO GET SOME JUMP SHOTS. >> Gus: SO WALKER WITH THE GUARDS. THE THREE HEADED MONSTERS THERE. HIS RAW WITH MICHIGAN STATE. >> Jim: COMING UP ON THE TIME UP. >>
Gus: HOGGARD THE INBOUND. THE REBOUND. 2:53 TO GO. MICHIGAN WITH FOUR TURNOVERS THE LAST FIVE POSSESSIONS. THEY’VE LED BY AS MANY AS SIX AND TRAILED BY AS MANY AS NINE. THEY NEED BUCKETS NOW. DOWN THE LANE. GOOD CALL. >> Jim: ANOTHER ONE TOO. COSTLY TURNOVERS BY NKAMHOUA. THAT TIME YOU’VE GOT TO FEEL THE PRESSURE HE DID AND WHEN YOU SEE IT COMING, GIVE IT UP QUICK. YOU KNOW THERE IS TWO MEN ON VIEW AND IT HAS TO BE A MISMATCH ON THE WEAK SIDE. >> Gus: IT’S THE 21ST TURNOVER OF THE NIGHT. NOW THEY GET
BACK IN THE ZONE. 71-63. TEN TO SHOOT. THE DRIVE. BATTING IT AROUND. THE THREE. OFF THE HEAT. GOES QUICKLY. FRESH TO THE CUT. SHORT. GOOD DEFENSE. THE POCKET. >> Jim: COMING OFF WITH THAT SHAKE. NEEDS SOME CLOCK HERE. SOME PICK AND ROLL ACTION HERE. >> Gus: A WHISTLE, FOUL AGAINST THE SPARTANS. THE STANDING IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE LEADING AWAY, SECOND RANKED TEAM IN THE NATION AT 12-2, FOLLOWED BY ILLINOIS AT FOUR. THEY BEEN STRUGGLING LATELY. BUT A WIN TONIGHT, MICHIGAN STATE BREAKS IT OFF INTO THE FRONT FOUR. THE THREE. 1:17 TO GO. AT AN
OPPORTUNITY, THEY WON AT PENN STATE. BACK-TO-BACK ROAD WHEN MYS AT THE TOP OF TOM IZZO’S SQUAD. INSIDE. HOGGARD, NO. NO McDANIELS. UNDER A MINUTE TO GO. AND A TIMEOUT CALLED BY THE WOLVERINESS AND 37 SECONDS. >> Jim: COSTLY TURNOVERS, TOUGH SHOT’S. MICHIGAN STATE BURYING IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING TO FORCE MICHIGAN HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH TWOS, TAKE AWAY THE THREE-POINT LINE. >> Gus: 40 SECONDS TO PLAY. UP INTO THE HANDS OF MALIK HALL. >> Jim: TO THE CHAGRIN OF A LOT OF MICHIGAN FANS WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS STORY BEFORE, YOU COMPETE,
COMPETE, COMPETE. AND THEN AS THE GAME KIND OF WINDS DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF, THESE ARE THE KIND OF MISTAKES THAT COST YOU AND IT’S NOT ABOUT TALENT WITH THIS MICHIGAN TEAM BUT IT’S A TALENT ON THE FLOOR THAT IS UNABLE TO MENTALLY FOCUS DOWN THE STRETCH OF GAMES. >> Gus: THE WOLVERINES ONE STEP. 22 TO USE, 22 TURNOVERS. FOR MICHIGAN. >> Jim: MICHIGAN STATE, NOT AR TODAY. HE HAD A HEART PROCEDURE DURING THE OFF-SEASON. WAITED TO COME BACK TO SERVE AS THE HEAD COACH, TAKING HIS PL PLACE. SO IT’S BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR
JUWAN HOWARD THE HEAD COACH. 26 SECONDS TO PLAY. MICHIGAN STATE. 17-9. 9-6 NOW IN THE BIG TEN. IN THE WAY IT’S LOOKING NOW, FOLKS, THE SPARTANS ARE A TEAM. YOU DON’T WANT TO PLAY IN THE POSTSEASON. 73-63 THE FINAL. TOM IZZO W
