MBB: NO Way
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
And I'm both mad and impressed.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
Not to be emo but Jesus, when will this crap end? The agony.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
fuck. i love this team but damnit.. please hit those free throws!
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
I'm convinced this team is just trying to find new ways to lose.
Yeah, they're young and they exceed expectations every time out but how many times can they possibly come up short at the end of a game they were positioned to win?
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:09 PM ^
Yeah, how dare they work so fucking hard and come up so fucking short and make you upset. Damn them and their inability to make you happy while you sit on the couch.
The kids feel worse than any of us. Lay off them. Now's not the time.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:20 PM ^
Calm down bud. Wasn't at all trying to criticize this team. Was making an off-hand comment about the team's seeming propensity to fall short in big close games.
Given the youth, inexperience and height disadvantage they face game in, game out, they are damn good. They haven't been an easy out for anyone this year save for Purdue and early January road games. They nearly gave Kansas their first loss of the year and were fractions of a few bounces away from being off the bubble and a tournament team.
It's just tough to see them come out on the wrong side of so many games, especially in this one when they really had it. Am I upset? Yeah, sure I am. Because it's hard to see a team play so far beyond what everyone's preseason expectations were and still come up so short. So if biting someone's head off on a message board makes you feel better then fine. But I'm not trying to blame anyone on this team and in no way am I saying that I could possibly do what they do.
Just relax. We're on the same side here.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 PM ^
It takes time for them to learn how to close out games. They're getting there. Next year, a game like this is put away with a couple minutes left.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
When will the nightmare end
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
First, hwo does Darius miss that free throw. Good god. Are you a team leader or not.
Second, why is JB drawing it up to get Morris the ball ANYWAYS? How is that ball not going to Novak or Stu, I don't understand that even a little bit.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Not really sure, i mean in all fairness it's not just about shooting free throws, it's about breaking loose to get open in the first place... and once you're open how's your handle? Morris has the best handle arguably on the team.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
Double post
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
Isn't going to novak, or stu because they can't shoot.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
Novak's actually the best FT shooter on the team.
The ball went to Morris because there were 35 seconds left and we needed a ballhandler to receive the inbounds in case Wisconsin decided to trap before fouling.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^
i'll be damned if i even want douglass or novak to touch the ball on offense again
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
I think that's a little overblown. Not to mention I was talking about FT's. I'm not talking about regular offense, I'm talking about you know the other team is fouling the first guy to touch it, I want Stu, Novak, or Vogrich to have it.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
Stay with your man. You can't give up a three pointer. How about missing your last 6 foul shots. There just not good enough yet to win these games. Did I mention giving up too many offensive rebounds. I still enjoy watching them though
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
Why are you tormenting us!
How I long for the days when our basketball team could FINISH!
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
We all talk about Rich Rod. Maybe it was Tommy who got the raw deal.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
RR fought a 3-year, uphill battle and when he got somewhere close to the top, he finally got tripped and fell down to his death.
Tommy Amaker got us to the top of the hill, and then proceeding to go sledding down the other side because there happened to be snow on the ground. Unfortunately, this occured before the end of the season every year with players far more experienced than we have now.
We are going to be good next year. We have every reason to expect it and believe it. That just doesn't make beating expectations only just short of actually winning less frustrating. It only makes it less frustrating than being more than good enough and playing down just enough to screw it up (I'll never forget some of Amaker's faces when he realized it had just slipped away again).
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
It's a real shame Michigan has played so many close games against good teams, yet hasn't been able to win most of them. If they had beaten Kansas, if they had beaten OSU, if they had beaten Wisconsin today, etc. They just need a few more quality wins to clinch a tournament berth, but can't seem to get that key win.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
This team is the (2010) Lions in basketball form
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:24 PM ^
when you miss FT's.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:24 PM ^
god damnit.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:24 PM ^
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 PM ^
Just brutal.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
How can this fucking happen so mother fucking often?
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
I cannot fucking believe this...I need a bottle of liquor
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:27 PM ^
I feel the same fucking way...
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
I second this. Feel like jumping out my window after that.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
Also to be honest I don't want to go outside for the fear some Michigan State or Wisconsin fan waits in my bushes purely to laugh at me when I leave.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 PM ^
I'm gonna throw up.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 PM ^
I'm going to throw up.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:27 PM ^
What's the exact opposite of Muppets?
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
Tremendous let down. Please tell me the fact that it was a buzzer beater against the #12 team in the country will help our odds to get in the Tourney.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
Fuck it all. Fuck everything. This is a sick cruel joke done by a God who has no mercy on the University of Michigan for some god damn reason. I can't even process this right now. I'm starving, but there is no way I can eat. I am at a loss. Why? That is the simplest of question. Why? Does? This? Always? Happen?
February 24th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
is forbidden at the Liberal/Progressive bastion that is Ann Arbor?
February 24th, 2011 at 12:50 AM ^
You claim you aren't a troll, yet you dive RIGHT INTO the #1 no-no for this board, as stated on this site under the links at the top by showing that you're not only dense when it comes to analyzing basketball, but enjoy making irrelevant, random political comments in direct contradiction of the standards set for an online community which you clearly have no respect for. I don't know what you do respect, but intelligent thought and societal norms are probably not on your list. Your shit is getting fucking old, and I really REALLY can't wait to get negs back. Child.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
When is Aston Kutcher going to make this all end?
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
but Michigan deserved to lose that game, missing the last 6 FTs. Not to mention, Wisco completely manhandled us on the offensive boards. No reason it should have even close for them
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:36 PM ^
Wisconsin just generally manhandled us all game in the paint. Of all the games for the refs to "just let them play," this one was poorly timed for us. Morgan couldn't shoot or rebound without paws all over him all night; it's to his credit that he produced as well as he did.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
It's the OSU game all over again...
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
Ugh. Fucking Fluke Shot. Fucking Free throws. Fucking Bullshit
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
Can't hit free throws!
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<br>Arrrhhhhhhhhhhgggggggg
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<br>Dong hit x 1000000.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:31 PM ^
I told myself I wouldn't be mad if we lost. After all, we were expected to, right? Then I could only be happy if we won but if we lost, it's no big deal, I'm a bigger hockey fan than bball or football anyway (this is a lie, I am a huge fan of all three, but I tell myself I'm not)
But losing like THAT. Holy shit that hurts somewhere deep.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:31 PM ^
They're young and they'll learn from this?
That said, gooodddddblllaskljklaaaaaaaaaaaaagrrrrrrrrrawwwwwwwwwwll!!!!!!
February 24th, 2011 at 9:37 AM ^
Ugh. Fucking Double Post.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:32 PM ^
could be worse
could have been in the btt from half court by a 20% 3-pt shooter