GameDay coming to A2 for UM/OSU basketball
It has been announced that ESPN's Gameday will be setting up shop in Ann Arbor for the February 18th matchup against Ohio State. This will be the first time Michigan will host GameDay and the only B1G game that will be featured on it this season.
So maybe the football game lost its shine amid the scandal this year. The hoops version of this rivalry could make up for it. The Buckeyes are at the top of the Big Ten hierarchy in the preseason, but John Beilein’s team isn’t miles behind. Losing Darius Morris hurt the Wolverines, but having Tim Hardaway Jr. back from a team that won a tourney game last season certainly helps. The big question for Michigan, as it is for everyone in the Big Ten, is who will contain Jared Sullinger?
It's never too early to think of sign ideas!
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/33942/breakin…
August 11th, 2011 at 11:08 AM ^
Gameday for basketball and football, nice! Does anyone know how many, if any, other schools are hosting both this year?
August 11th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
Just us.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:28 AM ^
Gameday for football is a fluid situation, with final decisions usually not being made until the Sunday prior to the game, so there's no telling.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:11 AM ^
BELIEVE
BEILEIN
I like the Believe/Beilein t-shirts some guys in the Maize Rage made up during the 2009 season. The shirt had the work "Believe" on it and the word's shadow spelled out "Beilein."
August 11th, 2011 at 11:13 AM ^
Just another testament that the great job he has done. Getting GameDay in Ann Arbor for a hoops game is huge for us.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:13 AM ^
Can't wait, but Senior Night for hockey is that night as well. Really hope the AD bumps the hockey series up a day or something.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:36 AM ^
Good point SeanMSC. No reason they can't move hockey game up to about 5:00 or 5:30 pm. I am sure NMU would not mind starting the long bus ride home a little earlier. I would love to do a hockey/basketball doubleheader.
August 11th, 2011 at 8:07 PM ^
August 11th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
Jordan Morgan
August 11th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
And we have 5 fouls to give w/ Blake McLimans. 5 more w/ Horford. Sullinger's wrists will be full of festering welts after dealing with our 3-headed big man defensive machine!!
August 11th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
the real question is who on the buckeyes will contain jordan morgan.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:38 AM ^
I suppose it's too much to hope that the NCAA investigation into THE Ohio State University accidentally turns up evidence into how they are able to recruit all of those future NBA rent-a-players into their program.
Michigan has gotten the short end of the stick lately. They haven't been an elite basketball program for over ten years, but their only national TV games seem to be against the top two or three teams in the league. In pro wrestling, this would be called being a JTTS, or "Jobber to the Stars."
Michigan finally broke though with a sweep over Sparty last year. Could it be time for them to break through against Brutus come February?
August 11th, 2011 at 12:50 PM ^
I was just thinking the same thing. I wonder if the second letter from the NCAA, if it exists, addresses the car deal scandal. If so, I know there were at least 2 basketball players, or their families, involved in that grease fire.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:01 PM ^
I wish I was graduating next year. So many good games this fall and winter.
August 11th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
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August 11th, 2011 at 1:05 PM ^
Hee, we're popular.
August 11th, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^
We're finally beating Stanford at SOMETHING!
August 11th, 2011 at 1:59 PM ^
Nice! Sure glad I ordered the special offer season tix a little while ago!
August 11th, 2011 at 2:26 PM ^
Heck yeah. It feels good to be looking forward to basketball season.
August 11th, 2011 at 5:05 PM ^
This is really big!. We get to showcase ourselves to plenty of recruits and we're the only in the B1G that gets to host gameday for basketball.
August 11th, 2011 at 5:10 PM ^
Not only that, but the PDC will be done by then. A Gameday feature on Michigan's new diggs seems likely and will definitely be huge as far as showing the benefits of Michigan.
August 11th, 2011 at 5:33 PM ^
Oh yeah, i forgot about that. A lot of recruits will want to visit to see the PDC up close.