HITNAPY: College Gameday Michigan Thread

Submitted by B-Nut-GoBlue on

How is this not already posted yet. Gameday at Michigan.

Inspiring segment on Austin Hatch just a moment ago. Was neat to see J. Will pretty humbled and honored to meet him and sit with him for a few moments. Beilein was great as always!

Harbaugh has to make an appearance in a bit, right?!

 

Edited to make a better acronym.

Bando Calrissian

January 24th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^

I'm going to say it: I love Harbaugh mania, but when our basketball program has had the kind of success it's had over the last few years, it's a bit sad that 90% of the Michigan material on this broadcast, the signs in the stands, the chants from the crowd, etc. are football-related.

Hell, Rece Davis thought the basketball team were football recruits.

MGoClimb

January 24th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^

Agreed. Michigan basketball has certainly done enough over the past few seasons to merit their own conversation. Nationally, however, Michigan is still viewed as a football school. A football school that has struggled, and recently hired a top-notch coach. That, in addition to MBB struggling this season, means more football discussion.

M-Dog

January 24th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^

You could easily make the argument that over the last 30 years, Michigan has been far more of a basketball school than a football school:

- National Champions

- 4 total Final Fours

- 6 total Elite Eights

- 3 NIT Championships

- Inagural Big Ten Tourney Champions.

That's a better basketball record than such "basketball schools" as Syracuse, Arizona, or Purdue.

  

rob f

January 24th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^

Coach Beilein himself gave props to Coach Harbaugh when talking about how much of their jobs involves mentoring the young men that comprise their teams. 

Coach B pretty much stated that it was one of the unexpected joys he's gotten by being involved in coaching.  We're very fortunate to have such a great man as a basketball coach.

LSAClassOf2000

January 24th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^

I really did like the segment they did for Austin Hatch as well as the interview afterwards. It really has been great to see him make it here - to this place he wanted to be - after so much adversity. 

Also, it took a moment for me to realize just how nuts that stat they threw out there really is, that in all the time Mike Krzyzewski has been at Duke, 53 coaches have come and gone in the ACC. I honestly would have thought it was a little less than that. 

alum96

January 24th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^

Aside from an amazing story I cannot believe how well spoken he is.  Again this guy is 18-19.  On a public stage.  Behind TV cameras.  I'd be stammering like mad.  He is a natural - this looks like a guy who could go into sales and sell an ice cube to eskimos.

RobM_24

January 24th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^

Man, you are extremely optimistic ... kudos to you. I feel like we'll lose by 25+. Maybe the pace of the game will make it a little closer. Their strength is the frontcourt, our weakness is the frontcourt. Bad matchup. They destroyed us in the paint last year, even with JMo on Frank. Tough matchup.