Chet Forte
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01-01-21 01:51 PM - Post#318396
Don’t look now, but Michigan is 8-0, and Mike Smith has been excellent. In beating a good Maryland team on the road, Mike led Michigan in minutes played at 39, had 16 points including a perfect 2-2 from 3, along with 6 assists. It is now fair to say that he is in the running as one of the top true PGs in the country. At the risk of soiunding like a broken record, J’accuse the Columbia coaching staff and athletic department to allow our MBB program to sink to such depths that we could only squeeze a single IL win out of a team with Mike Smith.
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internetter
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01-01-21 02:33 PM - Post#318397
In response to Chet Forte
https://sports.yahoo.com/point-guard-mike-smit h-pr...
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-01-21 03:57 PM - Post#318398
In response to internetter
Had Tape and Stefanini been healthy and played, Columbia would have absolutely qualified for the tournament. The hue and cry on this thread would have been deafening when the League cancelled it though.
"Between grief and nothing, I will choose grief." (Faulkner)
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-01-21 04:21 PM - Post#318399
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Oh, and the two 2020 games I saw Smith play in person he averaged 43.5 minutes!
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welcometothejungle
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01-12-21 09:58 PM - Post#319155
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
All around great game for Smith today with 16 points and 6 assists on 6/9 shooting in a dominant win for Michigan against #9 Wisconsin
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internetter
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01-25-21 01:11 AM - Post#319729
In response to welcometothejungle
https://www.wsj.com/articles/michigan-pau ses-all-c...
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internetter
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02-22-21 09:59 PM - Post#321100
In response to internetter
https://twitter.com/IvyHoopsOnline/status /13640207...
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rbg
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03-12-21 02:39 PM - Post#321859
In response to internetter
Michigan beats Maryland by 13 in the Big 10 Quarterfinals.
Mike Smith was the player of the game - 18 points, 15 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 0 turnovers
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palestra38
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03-13-21 04:16 PM - Post#321914
In response to rbg
Smith leads a stirring comeback, and they let him control the ball down 1 with the clock running out, takes a beautiful step back 3 and it looked good,
but wasn't.
Guy showed he was a big time player, though.
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Pantone291
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03-18-21 08:25 AM - Post#322274
In response to palestra38
Nice article in the NY Post on Smith
https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/columbia-t ransfer-mi...
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Chet Forte
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 03-20-21 07:31 PM - Post#322333
In response to Pantone291
Excellent game by Mike today; 18 points and 5 assists plus a textbook display of how to run the point. Again, when one compares him to the first team IL guys doing a PG year at other schools the infamy of keeping Mike off the first team IL become even more obscene. J’accuse all those coaches who didn’t vote for him of terminal bias, stupidity, venality or all three.
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bradley
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03-20-21 08:47 PM - Post#322335
In response to Chet Forte
He played a wonderful game today -- impressive. Unfortunately, he did not have enough support at Columbia to get the recognition that he deserved.
It would be good to see Michigan making a run to the Final Four so Smith gets even more recognition.
Some really good games over the past 2 days.
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Chet Forte
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 03-29-21 08:54 AM - Post#322581
In response to bradley
What a run by Michigan with Mike as PG. Even we he doesn’t score in bunches he runs the court like another coach on the court. Wouldn’t it be great to see them go all the way!!
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SomeGuy
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03-29-21 11:29 AM - Post#322582
In response to Chet Forte
I admit that I had some skepticism as to whether it would work for him. The question going up to a high major is whether you can handle being something other than the lead guy, and Smith’s play at Columbia suggested to me that he needed to be the lead guy. Turns out he didn’t, and he has fit perfectly into what Michigan does.
Michigan is my other alma mater and thus always the non-Penn team that I root for. Having Smith on the team has made it extra fun pulling for them this year.
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Chet Forte
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03-29-21 04:10 PM - Post#322592
In response to SomeGuy
Lead scorer, no. But lead guy, yes. He runs the point beautifully. He scores enough, but his real value is his ball handling, his court vision, and his basketball smarts.
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bradley
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03-30-21 09:11 PM - Post#322653
In response to Chet Forte
Smith was not getting a lot of love today on ESPN radio primarily base on his size. Typical Ivy League BB player commentary -- he is a smart young man with high BB IQ but he really is not all that talented. It would be great if he hits a game winning shot.
He is the last Grad Transfer student playing with the highest performance of any IL transfers.
Unlikely that someone will beat Gonzaga other than Baylor but time will tell. Zags may have historic season during COVID season and some experts prognosticated that the Big Dance would never be held -- good call.
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bradley
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03-30-21 09:11 PM - Post#322654
In response to Chet Forte
Smith was not getting a lot of love today on ESPN radio primarily base on his size. Typical Ivy League BB player commentary -- he is a smart young man with high BB IQ but he really is not all that talented. It would be great if he hits a game winning shot.
He is the last Grad Transfer student playing with the highest performance of any IL transfers.
Unlikely that someone will beat Gonzaga other than Baylor but time will tell. Zags may have historic season during COVID season and some experts prognosticated that the Big Dance would never be held -- good call.
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palestra38
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03-31-21 08:12 AM - Post#322661
In response to bradley
What a weird game....UCLA had 2 guys who scored more than 4 points, were outrebounded and down 5 in the last 90 seconds. How can you lose to a single guy (Juzang) in the Final 8? And Michigan took far too many outside shots when it wasn't working. But that is the NCAA tournament, especially this year--a lot of late game collapses and upsets.
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Dr. V
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03-31-21 12:57 PM - Post#322702
In response to palestra38
Michigan was missing all shots, outside, inside, FTs, you name it, M was missing them. I've seen all of M's games this season. What's mysterious is that UCLA's D was not in any way better than those played by various Big Ten teams whom M beat.
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bradley
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03-31-21 08:53 PM - Post#322709
In response to palestra38
Smith played solid defense along with playing a very controlled offensive game. Either Michigan's coach had Smith under wraps offensively or the level of competition is at a such different level than the IL -- I suspect both. Smith's size was somewhat offset by the the size of UCLA's point guard.
Walkaway from the game is that it would have been a big plus for the IL if Harvard was able to recruit both Juzangs.
After watching the Baylor/Arkansas game, the athletic of Big Five players is so different than the IL.
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