3LI BROOKS APPRECIATION THREAD

Guts and Nuts.  So happy for him.  And the whole squad.  Chaundeeeeeeeeeee for Threeeeeeee!

Eli!

Young man was money tonight. Love to see him have success.

Well done young man! Will always remember the face shot he took and his tooth going flying. Tough young man, well done. 

Remember when a certain poster who also wanted Beilein fired said repeatedly that Eli was a miss, not a guy who could play on a power 5 program? Yeah.

Edit: I’m being petty, alas. Not worth it. But Eli is good.

Eli has gotten absolutely everything out of what he is. And his denial D in the second half was crucial even without the hot shooting. 

3li just hit another 3

Richard Harris says, "CHEERS, MATE!"

Kid is a baller!!!! Excellent example of a player improving every season he’s been on campus.

Yes. And Chaundee Brown is a straight up dog!  All year his defense has been ruthless, and tonight he had ice water in the veins.

Chaundee reminds me of Markus Smart in the NBA....3 and D, good passer, and all the rebounds.

I love how we have so many players that can step up . Smith had an off night ( understatement i know). But due to the depth and coaching , this team can have that happen and still win .

Clairvoyance! 

Senior Eli is something special!!!

So clutch tonight, as was Chaundee.  Lifted the team over LSU.

Brooks had a fantastic game.  A great team effort - I thought Wagner was lost again but you look up and he basically took over the last 5 minutes of the game offensively.  Just a great overall performance by this team, and credit to LSU for playing really well.  

Love Eli. Dude is heart and soul blue. Hopefully Howard told him to be more aggressive and shoot more. We need him with Livers out!

team making their 2H free throws was huge too!

He was icy cool this game.    And Brown is also giving our next opponents something to Chaunder. 

I know I didn’t believe in him for the longest time, but he really deserves credit for the season he’s put together. 

Love his heart. Great kid that is always hustling. He’s really turned into a great leader over the years.

Eli makes me turgid with joy.

Don’t forget about Chaundee. He’s usually either hot or cold but tonight he was SCALDING HOT. He and Eli won this game for Michigan.

On a side note, I said on this board after the Minnesota loss that Eli was not the difference in that game and him being in wouldn’t have made a difference in the win/loss result.

I was wrong. Eli has made me eat my words ever since.

Since he grew up 8 miles down the road from my house I started to watch him a ton in high school when he showed interest in Mich.  Have a friend who coaches against him, and he really talked him up when he committed over Nova. Love seeing him do well, and the best part is there a ton of Mich fans in this small part of PA now other than my family.

Eli stirs the drink. 

I like the time near the end of the game when he waited for them to foul him.  He had that ice water in the veins super calm look like he was thinking, "Yeah, send ME to the line.  We got this."

Brooks has entered MAAR territory: career cold-blooded killer

So great on the mic in the post game interview too.  Eli was absolutely awesome.  He held back LSU's strong run out the gate.   

Eli has been rock solid all year. Never seems to get rattled. MVP, Martelli said so.

So nice that, after all these years, when Eli squares up for three, I think "hit it, Eli!" Brandon Johns has replaced him as the target of my, "no, no, don't shoot that!" anxiety.

Eli kept us in the game early with a couple of huge 3s when it looked like it might get away from us. Chaundee took us over the top. Amazing game by both players.  

That was fun to see.  The kid deserves this moment, happy I left work early to see that

He’s become one of my all-time favorites.  Tough as nails and clutch!

Holy Crap that was a fun game.  GO BLUE!

Captain doing captain things!  

 Senior that knew he had to carry the team in the first half.  Senior guards are like gold.

Senior guards are so valuable come tournament time.