Greg Monroe has been a fantastic player. I'll gladly eat crow and admit that he has been far better in college than he was in high school. That said...Monroe will not go for a Hansbrough like 30 and 20 against us. The limitations of the G'town system and the fact that we do have some size will allow us to at least hang with Monroe. To beat Duke, you need athletic outside scorers who will drive the lane and draw the defense, ie Manny Harris and Grady at Michigan. Chris wright, while a fantastic player, will be much easier for Nolan and Greg to stay in front of than either Harris or Grady were. Add in the fact that neither Summers,Sapp, or Freeman are exactly fleet of foot. No joke, Hummel and Moore at Purdue heads and shoulders more talented than any of the w/f that G'town have, and we did a decent job against those guys. We match up very well with G'town. Xavier on the other hand. Has the type of lineup and players (derrick brown) that can and will give our D fits.
Also...Memphis is just not a very good team. I don't think it's too much of a stretch or exaggeration to say that Michigan could be better than Memphis. Tyreke Evans is the definition of black hole.