Michigan football's historical equivalent in MBB
Given our current identity crisis as a blueblood of college football (1 national title in 70 years, 14 years Big Ten title drought recently, mediocre bowl record, etc), I figure we try to make or offer comparisons of what program is most like us in college basketball. I say Syracuse makes a very compelling case to be #1 in that regard. Maybe just maybe Kansas is comparable too despite their recent elite history. Any other programs out there you can think of?
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If Michigan hockey was a flower, what kind of flower would it be?
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Wofford or North Carolina are the two that come to mind as most similar.
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Already been mentioned but that's a good comparison to Michigan football.
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Michigan football over the last 15 years is a hockey stick graph.
Proof of Global Michiganing!
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Fuck off ya little peckerhead.
January 4th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
Have you watched the last 2 Ohio State games??? There is a difference between losing and getting "our asses handed to us". What about Penn St, Wisconsin, and Colorado last year? Downvote for inaccuracy, serious recency bias, and general stupidity.
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Ohio State in Men's basketball? Oh wait, they were never relevant in the sport
January 4th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
Alas, Ohio State has a pretty good basketball history. 11 Final Fours (39, 44,45,46, 60, 61, 62, 68,99, 07, 12: 99 vacated), 5 championship games (39, 60, 61, 62, 07), and one national title (1960). Within the Big Ten, they have won or shared 20 regular season championships (2 vacated - 00 and 02).
For Michigan, those numbers are: 7 FF (64, 65, 76, 89, 92, 93, 13: 92 and 93 vacated), 6 championship games (65, 76, 89, 92, 93, 13: 92 and 93 vacated), and one national title (1989). Michigan has won or shared 14 regular season Big Ten championships.
January 3rd, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
Ohio State in Men's basketball? Oh wait, they were never relevant in the sport
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And less success against Ohio State.
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As an aside, you could actually make the case that Michigan basketball has out-achieved Michigan football over the last half century.
People often don't realize what an illustrious basketball history Michigan has:
- A National Championship
- 6 total National Championship game appearances
- 7 total Final Fours
- 12 total Elite Eights
- 14 total Sweet Sixteens
- The inaugural Big Ten Tournament championship, and another BTT last year
- Numerous Big Ten titles
All of this stretched across the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s, and ‘10s.
We did not make our mark with just one team like Georgetown, or just one coach like Duke. We did it across decades with different coaches and teams and players.
That’s a record as good as or better than so-called “basketball schools” such as Purdue, Maryland, Arizona, Georgetown, etc.
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Kansas has a relatively recent national championship (in basketball). Also, they regularly get 5-star recruits. (Michigan does not, at least at the same percentage ...) Finally, they appear to use bagmen. Michigan does not *appear* to use them.
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Recently
2 Big Titles
1 BIg Tournament Title
1 Final Four
! NC Game
2 Elite 8s
3 Sweet 16s
I like to call that RESULTS
FB is dead to me
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