From: Curt.Hill@launchpad.unc.edu (Curt Hill)
Subject: UNC vs Michigan (late)(retry)
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:34:08 GMT

UNC vs Michigan
Tuesday, December 29, 1992
Blaisdell Arena
Honolulu, Hawaii


(God, what a day to miss work....)

A real quick response to the stuff I've seen.  Email me if any of you
would like to discuss it:

1) UNC uses players to develop depth and because they can.  Michigan used
as many and Duke doesn't have the depth to use, Bergin.

2) Rose was throwing up a mindless shot there at the end.  Rose said "I
saw Chris pointing up."  Chris says he didn't.  Rose also said "Jimmy
hits that shot (the one falling out of bounds at the end) 9-10 times."
Sorry Jalen, His Airness doesn't hit that shot 9-10.

3) Fisher can coach.  But "outcoached" Dean is again an overstatement.

4) Having Jackson out probably helped more than hurt Michigan.


5) Dean said he had the shot go up early since UNC was down one.  If the
game had been tied, the shot would have went up later.

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If this game had been in the NCAA tournament, I would have been a basket case.
A mild illness and realizing this game was still an early season showdown kept
me from any kind of heart failures or the like.

A quick rundown of the game, as I saw it, only because it's been beaten to
death already.

Michigan is playing much better now.  I think the loss at Duke and the close
game vs Detroit Mercy let Fisher get the players' attention.  Michigan's
defense was excellent most of the game and they were much more patient on
offense.  Rose wasn't shooting as much.  Also, Ray Jackson's injury might
have helped Michigan because fewer of the Fab 5 were on the court at the
same time.  "Too many cooks..."

Carolina played good defense all day, but were woeful offensively in the
first half.  Those who compare the game to the NCAA loss to Ohio State
are correct to a point, in that many mistakes were made on fast breaks.
However, UNC didn't fold in this game, but did versus OSU.

The second half was an excellent game.  Both teams' defenses were very
disruptive.  Phelps was amazing except for a couple of bad decisions on
the break (trying to dunk over Howard wasn't a very good idea).  Derrick
had six steals, if I remember right.

The biggest problem Carolina had was Lynch's shot selection.  It was horrid
and a textbook case of NBAscoutitis.  There were MANY NBA scouts there, and
I fear ol' George was trying to show them his outside shot.  It didn't work.
He made some just plain stupid shots.  At one point, you could see Smith
yell, "your shot, George", in between free throw attempts.

I think UNC defended Webber and Rose well, but these guys are good.  Webber
scored, what, 10 points on remarkable plays.  Many times because he just
had to.  Both teams had trouble getting the ball inside and trouble stopping
each other's big men (Webber and Montross) if they managed to get the ball
inside to the man in a decent spot.

I thought the back-and-forth blocked shot/dunk duel between Webber and
Montross was amazing.  Webber blocks Montross' first shot, then Eric comes
right back down and stuffs Webber.  They had a great battle all night.

Lynch was great in aspects other than shooting, including pulling down 16
boards.

Late in the game, Phelps and Williams were able to go in for scores or get
fouled.  This was mainly due to the presence of Dugan "Barney" Fife, who
played well but isn't nearly quick enough to guard these two.

Both teams used deep player rotations during the game, going 9 deep each,
I think.

Donald Williams did not shoot well (or vs SW Louisiana, but recovered vs
Hawaii), which hurt UNC.  A couple of his threes going down would have made
things more interesting.

The good news from this game is that UNC is capable of a much better game.
Michgan can play better, too, but I think UNC played far below their
potential (and were lucky to only be down 4 at the half).


#1 Key to the game:  Look at Lynch's line.




Box score:

Michigan (8-1): Webber 10-17 5-6 27, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Howard 4-7 1-2 9,
Rose 7-14 7-9 22, King 3-7 0-2 6, Pelinka 2-6 0-0 5, Fife 0-0 1-2 1,
Talley 0-0 0-0 0, Voskuil 1-5 0-0 2, Riley 3-3 1-1 7.
Totals: 30-60 15-22 79.

UNC (8-1): Rodl 3-3 0-0 7, Reese 4-4 2-2 10, Montross 5-8 4-6 14,
Phelps 4-11 5-7 15, Lynch 5-18!! 2-4 12, Sullivan 1-4 2-4 4,
Williams 4-8 4-4 13, Calabria 1-2 0-0 3, Salvadori 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 27-58 19-27 78.

Halftime: Michigan 40  UNC 36. 3-Point goals: Michigan 4-16 (Webber 2-3,
Rose 1-3, Pelinka 1-5, King 0-2, Voskuil 0-3), UNC 5-13 (Phelps 2-6,
Rodl 1-1, Calabria 1-1, Williams 1-4, Sullivan 0-1).  Fouled out: Salvadori.
Rebounds: Michigan 34 (Webber 8), UNC 37 (Lynch 16).  Assists: Michigan 14
(King 6), UNC 13 (Rodl, Phelps 3). Total fouls Michigan 18, UNC 17.
Technicals: Webber.


Curtis Hill
chill%star3@mcnc.org



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