Illinois-UM bball game 2/11 ppd
February 4th, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
Was expected - now confirmed.
February 4th, 2021 at 3:50 PM ^
Thanks for everything Schliss.
February 4th, 2021 at 3:56 PM ^
Freaking joke! Trying to screw up the season. Not going to happen!
February 4th, 2021 at 5:56 PM ^
Why would you want us to play Illinois then, right after two weeks off? No way will we be ready that soon. We will need time to get back into game shape.
February 4th, 2021 at 7:09 PM ^
I want us to play Illinois because I like watching Michigan play basketball regardless of the when and who
February 4th, 2021 at 7:35 PM ^
Presumably, we have not been able to have organized practices under the lockdown. Those kids need a chance to get back into the swing of things.
February 4th, 2021 at 7:48 PM ^
The Michigan team you’d be watching wouldn’t look anything like the team of January. You just can’t take two weeks off and come back like it’s nothing. Especially against Illinois, who is probably the second best team in the league. If we had to play them so soon we’d probably get run off our own court.
February 4th, 2021 at 9:08 PM ^
I'd rather not see Michigan play than get trounced by Illinois. If they were practicing during the covid break then sure.
February 5th, 2021 at 9:23 PM ^
18-22 years being off two weeks will not mess with game "shape" I doubt they are just sitting around eating junk and playing video games...well maybe they are but they still would be just fine lol.
February 4th, 2021 at 3:57 PM ^
This is bordering on absurd at this point if the team truly has no positive cases. Really the most Michigan thing to happen tho in a year when it seems like everything might be lining up for things to get magical.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
No the most Michigan thing would be a player testing positive in the 7 days leading up the tournament because they've had no positive tests all year and Michigan having to forfeit vs. a 16 seed.
Meanwhile, MSU sneaks in the backdoor to the tourney with so many team bowing out and makes it to the Sweet 16 since they essentially their entire team has already had COVID.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:06 PM ^
It is getting ridiculous. It’s odd that UM requires healthy athletes who test negative to be quarantined.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:48 PM ^
It’s odd that UM requires healthy athletes who test negative to be quarantined.
Not so much that as one doesn't necessarily wait for the chance of a positive to take action given we were told there were contract tracing concerns which led to the shutdown.
But if that healthy athlete is quarantined, and remains healthy, then why are they not back to playing 2 weeks later?!?!?!?
February 4th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
"we were told there were contract tracing concerns which led to the shutdown"
A shutdown of the entire athletic department for contact tracing? Maybe I missed it - when were we told that?
February 4th, 2021 at 9:33 PM ^
I have never heard that either. The understanding I got from the public statements is that the quarantine was just a general decision to shut down the entire athletic department. It had nothing to do with any contact tracing involving anyone on the team.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:25 PM ^
Is this The Michigan Difference?
February 4th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
An interesting thing about this extension is that it means we will probably never know if someone on the team tested positive in the initial wave of the variant around the department. 11 athletes tested positive last week, but we don't know what team they were from. Given the B1G's 17 day sit out after a positive test, anyone who tested positive before January 28 (5 days after the shutdown started) would theoretically be eligible to play on 2/14 vs Wisconsin.
100% reading too much into it, but if the 2/14 game is in doubt due to testing and medical protocols, that feels like someone on the team may have tested positive.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^
Did you not read the posted messages? Out of the shutdown Monday, then they want to work out and practice for a week to get back into b-ball shape. The second message (w/ smaller print) clearly states that.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:58 PM ^
Bordering? have been in the Twilight Zone for awhile, ):
February 4th, 2021 at 9:02 PM ^
There are no words that can capture how much of a cesspool this message board has become.
February 5th, 2021 at 12:31 AM ^
Is it too much to ask Manuel and Schlissel to hold a presser for once? Its unbelievable, they're hiding like church mice!
February 4th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ^
AAAH THIS IS STUPID OVERREACTION WARDE MANUEL SUXORZ.
just thought i'd get that in there early.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ^
This season is toast - even if they have a week to practice, this is not the same team. Great job guys.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:41 PM ^
The fuck?
February 4th, 2021 at 5:56 PM ^
Nice conclusion jumping! Why even start back up and play anymore games?
February 4th, 2021 at 6:24 PM ^
I was gonna tell you to back away from the cliff...then I heard “GERONIMO!!!!”
February 4th, 2021 at 11:20 PM ^
This is just stupid. College basketball players don't forget how to play in 2 weeks. Yeah, they will need a week or so to get back to it.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:01 PM ^
Not sure I'm really understanding the need to shut down the entire athletic department for weeks when the rest of the conference is clearly carrying on without any serious problems. Or without any problems at all.
Either the AD knows something we don't, which is the most reasonable, likely scenario, or as the cynical asshole within me would say, it would be Michigan inadvertently continuing to be its own worst enemy.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:03 PM ^
"Michigan inadvertently continuing to be its own worst enemy."
Correct.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:29 PM ^
There's got to be something encoded deep within Michigan's DNA that gives it its inclination for self-sabotage.
It's like an addiction, and Michigan just can't help itself.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
There was spread of the UK variant that the AD could not account for using tracing. The state assumed that meant the UK variant was spreading uncontrollably and strongly suggested a 2 week quarantine. The time beyond that is on Michigan to get back into game shape and prevent injury.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:47 PM ^
You've probably just suggested the only explanation that makes any sense at all. Otherwise a 3+ week shutdown makes no sense, especially if there were no players on the team that tested positive.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:00 PM ^
WTF???
This is no suggestion, it is exactly what happened! Did you not read anything two weeks ago when this all started?
February 4th, 2021 at 6:50 PM ^
I'm pretty sure this is what happened but it's not like the AD has gone into any sort of detail
February 4th, 2021 at 4:50 PM ^
cynical asshole or realist (based upon previous experiences)
February 4th, 2021 at 6:18 PM ^
February 4th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
I'm supposed to overreact to the overreaction. That's how this works, right?
Ed: Based on the downvotes, we're just overreacting. Got it.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:03 PM ^
"Stay positive, test negative" has become "stay positive, test negative, remain negative, don't even think about it, negative"
February 4th, 2021 at 4:06 PM ^
Such a promising season down the drain. I just can’t do it anymore.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
You can't do what right now? If the answer is anything other than 'watch the game on 2/11,' you might be overreacting.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:47 PM ^
Well, they said no decision was made on 2/14 game either.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:42 PM ^
What can't you do anymore? If it is something like "play the trombone naked" or "bring your own pre-packaged urine samples to the doctor's office", then I think that we want to hear these stories.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:15 PM ^
I cant even imagine how pissed off the players must be right now.
There are schools literally right down the road playing hoops right now.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:48 PM ^
If you want to call what MSU does "playing hoops".
February 6th, 2021 at 12:06 AM ^
No, I think he meant Oakland.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:16 PM ^
Am I the only one seeing it as a good thing that Michigan isn't having to jump right back in playing Illinois after they'll have sat on their butts for two weeks and with only 2-3 potential practices? Obviously it sucks they were shut down in the first place but playing the second-best team in the league after missing two weeks of conditioning always seemed like an auto-loss to me.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:25 PM ^
Ask the players your same question - no one at this level is ducking anyone. You want to compete.
The sooner this team is back on the horse, the better. Even if they lose to Illinois/UW, so be it - learn and move on. That's life.
If the athlete on team is mad about the extended delay - talk to Warde/petition the local media (local ABC/NBC/CBS stations) to further to let them know you disagree with the AD/State of Michigan Department of Health decision.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:43 PM ^
The Michigan AD’s stupidity is what led this. Allowing a student athlete just to casually go to the UK and bring back COVID without a care in the world when it comes to isolation is pure incompetence from Warde on down. (Astounding when you consider the precautions w the football team) There is no excuse for that kind of negligence when the news about the UK strain is already public. The student-athlete is as dumb as a rock even by college kid standards and the AD is even dumber for allowing such a failure to occur.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:52 PM ^
Agree. It would not sit well at all with the team, fans, and alumni if what could have been a Big Ten basketball championship season is thrown away by incompetent, unnecessary decisions that weren't justified by the actual facts. If a player on the team tested positive for covid, that's another thing. But we certainly have no evidence or hint that that's the case.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:16 PM ^
So should we just go the OSU football route, not play anymore games, and then get awarded a 1-seed? I'm pretty sure the B1G will pull whatever strings it takes to make sure we get preferential treatment, right?