Survive and Advance? Postgame Snowflakes and Tex/ASU Open Thread
We should enjoy these tourney wins more than any other fanbase.
I understand the larger point you're making, but you're overdoing it. We're not Nebraska, a program that has never won a tournament game. This is a program that has been to seven Final Fours, including last season.
Beating the 3rd best team in the SoCon? Probably not even in dark years
Eh... we wouldn't have played the 3rd best team in the SoCon in the dark years. We we never be a high enough seed to do that. Unless it was a first 4 game... which they didn't have then anyway, so...
It doesn't look as bad by the numbers....
Michigan eFG% - 55.43 (close to our season average)
Michigan OREB% - 25.00%
Michigan FTR - 19.57%
Michigan TOV% - 18.04% (high for us, but it's a game in isolation)
Michigan PPP - 1.04 (more than 1 standard dev. off our mean - it's one game though)
Wofford eFG% - 34.91% (what you expect from a team that's 234th in adjusted offensive efficiency)
Wofford OREB% - 24.24%
Wofford FTR - 7.55% (clean game from us - they didn't go to the line much)
Wofford TOV% - 14.12% (close to season average for opponents)
Wofford PPP - 0.72 (because Wofford - some things are that simple)
March 20th, 2014 at 11:00 PM ^
I don't think our energy is going to be right until the second weekend. We're gonna have to win on Saturday with somewhat tired legs. It can be done.
The Big Ten tournament SUCKS. Don't want to advance in it anymore unless it's really needed or we have a deeper team than we do now.
March 20th, 2014 at 11:08 PM ^
That is a total shit argument. Look at the Past National Champions most won their conference tournament.
March 21st, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
Did those teams never play their ninth man like us? Or play in conferences where the tournament ends on Sunday and then have to start on Thursday? I don't always buy the rest argument, but sometimes it applies. We didn't look right tonight. Again, hoping it's mental and we can snap out of it.
That felt like a preseason scrimmage against Concordia.
Shot selection was good, they just wouldn't fall. I'm wondering when/if Irving will find his shot. The turnovers were frustrating against a bad defense but we played well in the interior. This outing plus the B1G championship game doesn't make me feel too confident about a deep run though.
I didn't care for a lot of our shot selection, actually. We were very content to take quick perimeter shots without working the ball around, and despite the fact that Wofford has little inside presence.
March 20th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
You like the shot selection? What is your drug of choice if I may ask? You like constantly throwing up 18 and 20 footers? You like being allergic to the paint? I'm sorry but Jon Horford is the softest basketball player I have ever seen, and that includes my 6 year old cousin. Man up, grow a pair, and beast into the damn paint. Play some fucking man ball.
End of rant.
Why are people acting like this ended like the Illinois game? We won by seven-fucking-teen.
Probably because 1) Wofford is far worse than Illinois, quite possibly worse than any B1G team and 2) this game was closer than the final score indicated.
A win is a win, and I'm certainly glad we advanced, but we seemed to play that game with the amount of intensity you'd expect from a December non-conference game, not an NCAA tournament one that could have ended our season.
March 20th, 2014 at 10:00 PM ^
Actually, the lead was down to 40-33 midway through the second half. That's when J-Mo had the huge 3-point play on a pretty iffy call (could have been a charge).
March 20th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
The vast majority of the game after the half was above 10 or 12
You guys are puffs
March 21st, 2014 at 11:00 AM ^
Don't you have anything better to do than complain about a 17 point win???? Just think, we could have pulled an Ohio State!
March 20th, 2014 at 10:07 PM ^
who do we want? ASU or UT? I got ASU in my bracket
The 40 points by Wofford were the fewest that Michigan has ever given up in an NCAA tourney game.
With the win, it's now certain that Michigan will not lose back-to-back games this season—first time that's happened since 1992-93.
Also:
Double-double Victors. https://t.co/GgmYBZPnyz
— Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) March 21, 2014
Morgan was one guy who did bring it tonight. Very good effort from him.
NC State trying their hardest to choke this one away, too.
Not much more they can do to blow this. Simply stunning.
St. Louis tied the game, NCSt has the ball with 13 seconds left
The hobbit misses a point blank shot that would have won the game. Sad.
we have had 3 in a row now. The first one cost us big time, last year's game didnt and we have to see. However 17 point win is stll good.
The Ohio U. game was obviously a disaster, but I didn't think the South Dakota State game last year was that bad. We struggled in the first half but played a pretty strong second half against a decent opponent (SDSU had been considered a trendy upset pick).
Play by play guy really wondering if St Louis will still try to foul with 5 minutes left in a tie game?
To be fair, if he has the players he should foul NC State every time down the court because no one in this game can shoot a free throw to save their life.
I must have missed the part where UM won comfortably despite having a bad game.
A win's a win. Ask OSU, Cincy or (maybe) St. Louis how they feel about their performances.
I don't see any way NC State can win the game at this point. All momentum going to St Louis and they can't even get the ball into Warren's hands.
We are a great team and I am enjoying every minute of it. Whether we win it all or lose the very next game, I'm happy. Michigan basketball is a thing and it's back.
Beilein will get these things cleaned up by Saturday.
NC State is either exhausted or just no longer feels like playing basketball. Either way, with no defense to speak of and no energy on offense I think it's time to watch NDSU
Ohio lost today and we won by 17.