Frustrating loss. The starters were awful in the first half to the point that subbing in all of the backups (and keeping Brooks in) somehow actually worked okay. Oregon also hit some ridiculous shots, especially early. Simpson had a particularly bad game with a lot of unforced turnovers, questionable shots, and he couldn't slow down Pritchard at the end. Teske didn't match up well today, which is concerning after the previous 3 bad games that he's had. Brooks had some dumb mistakes, too.
Fortunately, Livers and Wagner played really well in the second half, and Johns had some good plays, too, even when he played at center, which surprisingly worked out okay. DeJulius also had one of his better games. Michigan needs them all to be more consistent, though. I also expected more from Castleton this year, but he still needs to get much better defensively.
Hopefully the next two guarantee games will help get the rotation figured out, because it's been somewhat different in every game so far. Before the season I would've been okay with a 10-3 start, but after how well they played in The Bahamas it's a little disappointing.
