Just saw on SportsCenter that Joe Lunardi has moved Michigan into his last four in. Good to see the experts think we have a good chance.
There's absolutely no way that ends up on a bulletin board somewhere
Bracketology has Michigan In
February 27th, 2011 at 1:09 AM
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Bracketology has Michigan In
February 27th, 2011 at 1:12 AM | 
I'm really confused
I'm really confused
February 27th, 2011 at 3:13 AM |
The Wisconsin game probably
The Wisconsin game probably
The Wisconsin game probably opened his eyes a bit. Couple that with a win on the road in what was basically a de facto playoff game and the way we won (raining 3s) and I think it makes us looks like the best available team.
February 27th, 2011 at 9:49 AM |
A large majority of the
A large majority of the
A large majority of the bubble lost today.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:12 AM |
Saw that.... but having VT,
Saw that.... but having VT,
Saw that.... but having VT, Baylor, and Colorado win big games does not help.
Beat Sparty and win the first Big10 game and it's a lock. Any other scenario will make for a stressful selection sunday
Class of '97: 4 Years -- 4 Four-loss seasons
February 27th, 2011 at 3:16 AM |
A win against Iowa won't
A win against Iowa won't
A win against Iowa won't really get us anything; if anything, it just makes sure that we don't look like duds, but if you think that beating MSU and Iowa is a lock, then you really think that beating MSU makes us a lock, because a loss to Illinois won't hurt us either.
February 27th, 2011 at 8:53 AM |
We won't play Iowa.
We won't play Iowa.
If we beat Sparty, we'll be a 4 or 5 seed in the BTT and get a bye to the quarterfinals. We'd only get a team like Iowa if we lose to Sparty.
February 27th, 2011 at 11:23 AM |
If we lose to Sparty the
If we lose to Sparty the
If we lose to Sparty the discussions about what happens next will be moot.
"To do is to be" --- Plato
"To be is to do" --- Aristotle
"Do be do be do" --- Frank Sinatra
(written on the stairway wall of the Chem building
February 27th, 2011 at 3:11 PM |
c'mon man
c'mon man
its not that beating an iowa (though it prob won't be iowa) in the first round will help us, it's that a loss will absolutely hurt us.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
February 27th, 2011 at 3:46 PM |
Agreed. And they require an extra 40 minutes.
Agreed. And they require an extra 40 minutes.
Playing back-to-back against a fresh team in the 2nd round, and then going , back-to-back-to-back against a team that's only going back-to-back significantly lowers the likelihood of going deep in the B1GT.
Plus, Indiana and Iowa aren't gimmes. A game against them does carry a ~20% chance that you blow it. Especially on a Indiana "home" court.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:12 AM |
No way we fall out if we win
No way we fall out if we win
No way we fall out if we win the next two. Beat Sparty.
In such a cynical, sarcastic society, oftentimes looking for the negative on anybody or anything, if you're fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it. -Thom Brennaman
February 27th, 2011 at 1:13 AM |
Im only keeping my thread
Im only keeping my thread
Im only keeping my thread because my thread title is better. Much love.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:13 AM |
Good to see, still work to be
Good to see, still work to be
Good to see, still work to be done. I think a win against MSU and a win in the BTT can get them in unless a few unknowns steal a bid by winning their tournament. The future looks very bright indeed.
I'm going to treat you all the same. Like dogs. - Bo
February 27th, 2011 at 1:16 AM |
Wow
Wow
That's stunning to me considering that he has been badmouthing Michigan all year and didn't even include us in his last version of Bracketology. Now we've just got to beat Sparty again.
February 27th, 2011 at 3:47 PM |
Maybe he hates Michigan
Maybe he hates Michigan
but when it gets this close he stops playing favorites and goes with what he thinks is actually correct.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:16 AM |
If this team makes the
If this team makes the
If this team makes the tourney, JB must get "Coach of the Year". To go from a predicted last in the BigTen to 4th/5th and a tourney appearance would be amazing. By way of contrast, Izzo could get "Most overhyped coach"...to go from #2 in the nation to barely making (or even missing) the tourney would be amazing in a whole different way.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:28 AM |
In theory you are right, but
In theory you are right, but
In theory you are right, but there is no way Thad Matta does not win Coach of The Year with the team he has fielded this year.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:30 AM |
Winning when you're supposed
Winning when you're supposed
Winning when you're supposed to with a roster of NBA players is a lot different than winning with a pack of not so heavily recruited freshmen (hell, didn't we wait to decide if we wanted Tim, Jr.?). Anyway, you're probably right...but, ugh, fuck...Matta....hate him.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:40 AM |
Oh I agree with you one
Oh I agree with you one
Oh I agree with you one million percent, but that is just not the way these awards work. I would much rather see a coach take a team from being picked last in the conference to a possible berth in the dance, instead of a coach who takes a preseason favorite wire to wire. Yes i know Michigan State was the favorite, but i think it was a toss up between them and tsiO
February 27th, 2011 at 1:36 AM |
Steve Lavin
Steve Lavin
Steve Lavin would like a word with you.
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football."
-John Heisman
February 27th, 2011 at 2:54 AM |
Theres no way in hell he
Theres no way in hell he
Theres no way in hell he doesn't win it. 6 Wins versus Top 15 oponnents? And he was a damn analyst at this time last year. Team went only one game over .500 last year. And have you seen the recruiting class thats coming in??
"This might sound arrogant and if it is, it is. We're Michigan."- Brady Fucking Hoke
February 27th, 2011 at 3:24 AM |
Their recruiting class is
Their recruiting class is
Their recruiting class is sick. It's getting into SEC football class range in terms of commitments...ZING
February 27th, 2011 at 8:59 AM |
So would
So would
Anthony Grant
February 27th, 2011 at 9:06 AM |
posted from iPhone
posted from iPhone
I think the NCAA will also want a word with him in a couple of years. Like Calipari, trouble seems to follow Lavin around.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:35 PM |
Lavin was the guy
Lavin was the guy
I wanted when we chased Tommy. Love coach B, but have always and will always love Lavs.
"What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today." - Phil Conners
February 27th, 2011 at 2:02 AM |
I think Matt Painter has a
I think Matt Painter has a
I think Matt Painter has a better case to win COY than Matta, given that he's fielded a top 10 team without one of his best players (Hummel).
Beilein is up there. It's amazing to think that if you could flip-flop the results of two shots (Smotrycz's against Illinois and the one against us in the Wisc game), we'd be 10-7 in league play and a lock to make it.
February 27th, 2011 at 2:53 AM |
CBS' announcers for the
CBS' announcers for the
CBS' announcers for the SDSU-BYU game today had the COY discussion and made some good points. The first thing they said is that there is a gray area relative to the criteria for picking a winner. Do you go with a coach who exceeded expectations, or one that did what was expected of him, with the talent at his disposal? Beilein or Matta? The other issue is that even if you decide the criteria, there are so many coaches in D1 that there would be multiple deserving candidates. COY is an award that you can take satisfaction from being mentioned for.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:49 AM |
20
20
I think our SOS is around 20.
“We accept reality so readily, perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.”
February 27th, 2011 at 4:22 PM |
SOS is 18.
SOS is 18.
SOS is 18.
HELLO HEISMAN!
February 27th, 2011 at 2:19 AM |
I think we have to win two
I think we have to win two
I think we have to win two games from here on out to make the tourney. If we only win one ill be worried.
We will return to greatness. GO BLUE
February 27th, 2011 at 3:08 AM |
You are batshit crazy
You are batshit crazy
You are batshit crazy
February 27th, 2011 at 2:19 AM |
I think we have to win two
I think we have to win two
I think we have to win two games from here on out to make the tourney. If we only win one ill be worried.
We will return to greatness. GO BLUE
February 27th, 2011 at 3:09 AM |
This argument is better. I am
This argument is better. I am
This argument is better. I am right there with you
February 27th, 2011 at 1:44 PM |
Raise you one...
Raise you one...
I think they need to win three games from here out.
February 27th, 2011 at 4:05 PM |
I just finished watching
I just finished watching
I just finished watching Purdue beat the crap out of Sparty 67-47. The ESPN guys thought this was a golden opportunity for State and they blew it. They claimed MSU was playing really great basketball lately (Seriously? Coming off a 4 point win over Illinois and a 5 point win over Minnesota where both teams looked like junior high squads?)
Then for some reason, they brought up Illinois' resume for the tourament committe because they are considered a bubble team. Their home win over MSU is considered a quality win.
A win over a 12 loss team is considered quality? Does it count as a quality win for us if we sweep them?
Go Blue! Always!
February 27th, 2011 at 4:25 PM |
Open MGoInvitation
Open MGoInvitation
Surf on over to RCMB and drink the Spartan tears that flow like the mighty Mississippi to the sea. I love watching Sparty blow a gasket.
Land of the free market
February 27th, 2011 at 4:26 PM |
Wishful Thinking
Wishful Thinking
It would be great if we can somehow manange 2 or 3 wins and get off the bubble completely.
Remember, this year, the field has 68 teams and its not all the 16 seeds playing in the Tuesday matchups, it also includes the last four AT LARGE selections. I understand that would still be amazing, but it would be nice to just have our name in the bracket and not in a play-in game...
On a big ten tourney note, I would love to stay in the top 6 to avoid osu or purdue in the quarters. It would be great to have that first round bye, but I think that those two teams have separated themselves from wisconsin!
GO BLUE! beat state!
UM 2001-2005
February 27th, 2011 at 4:27 PM |
Gotta beat State and get at
Gotta beat State and get at
Gotta beat State and get at least 1 in the Big Ten tourney. I agree two will get them in but they have to take care of business. If they drop out early in the tournament they're done. I'm optimistic but this team is young and the pressure is on. Go Blue. Let's dance.
HELLO HEISMAN!
February 27th, 2011 at 7:47 PM |
Beat Sparty!
Beat Sparty!
Or this is all (ironically) academic.
You see what I did there?
February 28th, 2011 at 1:06 AM |
If not in then bubble
If not in then bubble
We can push ourselves in with a few more important wins. Have been playing well at times. HOpe is continues.
Lunardi has been putting down Michigan the last 2 weeks straight, hasn't even had us in the last 8 out and in one day we move into his bracket. I'm not complaining I just didn't think the Minnesota win was 10 team jump impressive. O well.. Beat State