1 seed Michigan plays 4 seed FSU at 5pm on Sunday, on CBS. Game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Bankers Life is the beautiful home court for the Indiana Pacers near the heart of downtown Indy. Go blue! (Thanks again Dylan Burkhardt for breaking info)
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
I'm honestly gonna need until Sunday evening to get my heart rate and blood pressure down after tonight's game. Go Blue!
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:33 AM ^
My dog got a walk out of me after this game. I needed to walk off the tension. She was happy about this.
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:59 AM ^
hey I have a dog too:
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:02 AM ^
We get the 5pm CBS slot on Sunday with Nantz/Raftery. Meaning that is the marquee game of the day.
March 23rd, 2021 at 10:22 AM ^
Yes! Raftery is the one "name" color commentator I can still abide. He leans a bit too heavily into his shtick -- though far less than Vitale and Walton -- and he seems to actually enjoy the game, rather than talking about his book, or his upcoming banquet, or Hawaii, or ... other non-game related nonsense. Plus, "Send it in, Jerome!" is an all-time classic, still. :-)
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:15 AM ^
Perfect. Get to enjoy the whole weekend of games in anticipation of our game! 
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:15 AM ^
It's going to be interesting to see how the guards match up. Huge size discrepancy there. Hopefully Mike Smith can play better after a very poor showing against LSU today. If Michigan can contain Scottie Barnes and keep FSU from dominating the interior, they can run away with this one.
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:39 AM ^
What you describe is what Smith faced today.
He's definitely a key piece of Michigan's season but tonite Smith also showed why he was an Ivy PG rather than a P5 one.
I cannot imagine FSU won't exploit the size and speed difference like LSU did tonight.
March 23rd, 2021 at 10:19 AM ^
He didn't have a particularly good game, I guess. But there really is more to basketball than is reflected in the box-score, and I remember, when Terrance Williams turned the ball over near half-court, thinking, "good God, let Smith bring the ball up-court!" Smith is a distributor, floor spacer, and game manager, with the ability -- as he showed -- to hit the open three or race downcourt for the lay-up. I'll take him on my team -- even the way he played last night -- anytime.
March 23rd, 2021 at 12:19 AM ^
That’s the one time slot that’s tough for me. Probably miss most of the game. Very glad of course they are playing it and will be furiously checking ESPN, mgoblog, and umhoops for updates
I’m in the same boat. Will be on a plane during the entire game. Hopefully AA WiFi is working.
Thanks for posting this Pete. Let's keep winning and advancing!
Is there no way to know what time the elite 8 game would be on Tuesday if we advance? Most tournaments have time slots predetermined but I guess not the NCAAs? Would love to be able to set up my schedule ahead of time rather than frantically reschedule like I had to for today’s game (I’m on the west coast).
Given that there will only be two games Tuesday, I would expect 6ET and 9ET or something like that. Think of the NFL MNF double headers. They will be going for the most eyes possible on both coasts.
Right, I’m wondering why they can’t announce which game will be in which time slot ahead of time
Actually, the usual times are around 7pm ish and the next game a half hour after the first game ends, being that it could be Michigan v Alabama or UCLA I would say that's a marquee game and it would be the latter time.
They have announced the time slots for the Regional Finals/Elite Eight: Tuesday, March 30 7PM and 9:45PM (TBS network for TV) for Michigan's side of the bracket. That has been fixed already.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2021-march-madness-schedule
Given that Gonzaga, USC, Oregon, and Creighton are the teams remaining in the West bracket, it would be a pretty good bet that the West Regional Final will get the late tip-off time.
Why Sun-Tues and not Sat-Mon again?
I think they tried to add extra days for COVID-19 testing precautions--in case someone got infected with the virus traveling to the tournament or during the games in the first two rounds.There used to be only 5 days between the first and second weekends. This year they increased it to 6 days.
The trade-off is that there are fewer days between the Elite Eight and Final Four as the Final Four games are staying on Saturday. It used to be 6 or 7 days, and this year it will be 4 days for Michigan's side of the bracket if they were to make it that far.
Florida State didn't score much (24 points) in the 1st half vs. Colorado. I hope that Michigan's defense can do that to FSU as well.
Most of FSU's points were from right near the basket.
Michigan opened up as a 6 pt favorite and it has since been bet down to 3, which sounds about right.
Five days to savor this. It feels like we just passed a tough hurdle. Could actually be heading the Final Four
March 23rd, 2021 at 10:58 AM ^
Already Apparently we are the underdog...pretty much every talking head is picking FSU...lot of disrespect this year for us and our top seed
March 23rd, 2021 at 11:42 AM ^
Between the loss of Isaiah Livers and the Big Ten massacre in the first weekend, it makes sense. I hope it fuels the team, and it has taken pressure off me as a fan for a team with a #1 seed. I feel like the team is playing with house money starting on Sunday.
March 23rd, 2021 at 11:53 AM ^
I don't mind the underdog at all. Look at this year's underdog winners. Was OSU expected to lose so early-to Oral Roberts? The Loyola-Chicago win over the Illini was a shocker. There were many more.
Let Michigan be the underdog and then pull off the upset. Our guys won't be reading the glowing stuff written or said on social media, instead, about what they can't do. That should get them fired up.
Just win!
March 23rd, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^
Yeah, as others have said, no Livers + Big Ten getting destroyed means very few people see us as a legitimate 1 seed.
FSU is the #14 offense and the #29 defense on KenPom. And they just blasted KenPom #10 Colorado. They will be a really tough game.
I bit the bullet and got tickets. Ain't cheap and they're balcony level but figured I should take advantage of them being here.