January 1st, 2012 at 5:47 PM ^
Then all is forgiven. Regardless though, It seems possible that the B1G season is going to kill his draft stock and expose him badly
January 1st, 2012 at 5:48 PM ^
1:27 to go Minnesota ball. Michigan 57 Minnesota 56
January 1st, 2012 at 5:48 PM ^
I don't think I can handle this parlayed with the Lions game.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:48 PM ^
On the other hand, Trey is having a great day. 27 points and 8-of-11, the game would be way out of reach for Minny if THJ was on.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
Clutch.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
after a rough day for THJ he buries a CLUTCH shot.
Love it.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
THJ!
January 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
That is how a star does it. Clutch baby.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
There you go homie!!!!
January 1st, 2012 at 5:50 PM ^
I don't want this game to go into overtime.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:50 PM ^
Hah, if he's going to make only one basket today, I suppose that's the one we want.
[Technically two, but whatevs]
January 1st, 2012 at 5:50 PM ^
Hardaway with a jumper. Michigan up 59-56 with 35.1 to go
January 1st, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
"had the onions to take the big shot." love that Gus Johnson.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
January 1st, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
Maybe Hardaway can be clutch and force them to give the ball up.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:52 PM ^
Tremendous D when it mattered most.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:53 PM ^
Like one of the previous posters said, we can't afford a loss like this. Especially with the B1G being so deep this year.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:53 PM ^
And Novak ices it.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
Phew!
January 1st, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
All is forgiven Timmy.
Also, Trey Burke makes me giggle.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
Not a pretty win, but I'll take it.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:36 AM ^
and all losses are ugly!
January 1st, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
That was WAYY too close.
THJ was 2-14, but he did have the clutch shot at the end. We won't be winning many B1G games with him shooting 14%
January 1st, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
If Big Ten defenses are gonna do this to our offense we're in trouble
January 1st, 2012 at 5:57 PM ^
It was less defense than ice-cold shooting.
January 1st, 2012 at 6:09 PM ^
Hardaway's struggles weren't just cold shooting. He forced up a lot of bad shots.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
and we still come out with a win. Can't afford that against a good team, but this team is finding a way to win. Great sign.
January 1st, 2012 at 5:57 PM ^
Tremendous victory. Smot and Hardaway combined 3-18
Props to Morgan, he played very tough down the stretch. And of course they don't win this game without Burke, kid was just fantastic
January 1st, 2012 at 6:32 PM ^
torrent at mgovideo? miss it. Go Blue!
January 1st, 2012 at 6:45 PM ^
A win is a win - Minny is a decent team with a good defense. Thursday's game @ IU should be an interesting barometer for this team - I think Indiana is a bit overrated, but so is UM. Should be interesting to see how both squads match up.
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:18 AM ^
IU is overrated? They beat tSIO and UK. Only loss was at Breslin. And they arent in the top 10 even. How can anyone say thet are "overrated."
January 1st, 2012 at 6:57 PM ^
Last year Michigan opened the Big Ten season losing by 23 to Purdue in Ann Arbor and started off 1-4 at home in league play. So starting off 2-0 in league play is pretty awesome to me. Michigan didn't win their 2nd league game until the Jan. 27 upset of MSU in East Lansing.
January 1st, 2012 at 7:17 PM ^
Next year with the new recruits coming in, and another year of experience for our current guys, Michigan is going to be a force in the BIG.
January 1st, 2012 at 7:19 PM ^
But the students cannot get back soon enough. That was pretty near a full house, and I appreciate them coming out in the cold, but good lord. The echo of the blue rage off empty seats might have been louder. Tough, ugly game won on the boards by Morgan and Smotrycz. No help whatsoever from the officials or the home crowd, but they gutted it out. Good job blue.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
Crisler was sold out Thursday night but no students and a 20 member high school band was playing The Victors. We won but the atmosphere was poor. The game staff should have piped music in for louder ambiance. Didn't know how much I missed the Maize Rage until they weren't there. Get back soon.
January 1st, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
Smot went to the bench with his third foul with 11:20 left and didn't return untli the last 5 seconds of the game. Kinda strange
January 1st, 2012 at 8:19 PM ^
I missed it, but my wife said Metrics was arguing with one of the assistant coaches when he came out. Dunno...but we sure need him on his game at Indiana.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
Your wife has a sharp eye. We've seen Belien take similar action with players, (Manny and Darius off the top of my head), so it's not unprecedented. Good lesson for Smot; Don't mess with Coach B. As for IU... I just don't see that happening; it would be a monumental victory.
January 2nd, 2012 at 1:31 AM ^
When Stu and Zack were freshmen preparing to take on Duke coach Beilein told them that if they played 10 times, Duke would probably win 7. But they only had to beat the odds once. They only have to beat Indiana once on Thursday. I'm not saying they're going to win, but I wouldn't bet anything I couldn't afford to lose against them.
January 1st, 2012 at 9:00 PM ^
plus throwing in the typical horrendous officiating they always get there, the game will be over by halftime. Hopefully, they got that out of their system.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
TH jr. and Jordan Morgan need to get some confidence. Quickly.
Any word on Horford coming back?
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:20 AM ^
From today's post-game(umhoops.com)
On Horford’s progress: “He hasn’t done anything again. We’ll have an update with medical determination later this week. There hasn’t been another MRI.”
Before the Bradley game Beilein really made it sound like Horford was headed for a redshirt. Last week he said something to the effect of "we'll see how he feels in February". I'd say tea leaves suggest 80% chance of redshirt.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^
Minnesota is good they only have two losses.
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 AM ^
I've always been fond of periods between sentences.
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:54 AM ^
Maybe we need to start a program of our own.
January 2nd, 2012 at 1:19 AM ^
Sometimes I'm pretty glad to be wrong. For some excellent Schadenfreude pick a thread, any thread...http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?3-Tubby-s-Barn-Basketball-Forum