Just win the State Championship...
February 27th, 2011 at 5:13 PM ^
From RCMB:
Bruce Banner Ad said.
But the detroit media is going to do everything they can to get um in and keep MSU out.
Whoa whoa you mean the media is actually on Michigans side for once? Pretty sure MSU doesnt understand the meaning of the above statement. You have had the media on your side for the past 4 years and even when your team does something wrong/ or is just plain bad, they tend to have a 1 paragraph article and let it go.
Last time I checked no one Jihad'd against your ass even though you had not 1 but 2 major incidents involving your football team.
February 27th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
If there's one thing the Michigan Media loves it's Michigan Basketball. I'm pretty sure they forgot we even had a team from 1998-2005
February 27th, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
It is great that our team has a full week to rest up for this game. I hope Crisler is a sellout and it's loud as shit on Saturday afternoon!
February 27th, 2011 at 5:45 PM ^
The cheerleading in this is obscene:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110226/OPINION03/102260386/Spartans-ar…
February 27th, 2011 at 6:01 PM ^
Everybody going to Crisler next Saturday better be LOUD
February 27th, 2011 at 7:28 PM ^
YEAH ! ! ! YEAH ! ! ! YEAH ! ! ! GO BLUE !!!!!!!!!!
February 27th, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
9-9 is way different than 8-10 as it is likely to be perceived by a committee. Allowing a team with a "losing conference record" in when the Big East is so stocked, is just another post- selection griping point they may not want to deal with. Getting to .500 takes away a lot of those concerns for the members.
I have no problem with valuing beating State 2 times on par with making the tournament. Their program is a gold standard top-10 national prestige program. You could make the argument that they lay right behind the Kentucky, Duke, UNC, UCLA vip club with like Indiana, and Kansas. Ahead of any of the Big East schools. That level of status is not accidental. Plus they are definitely our biggest basketball rival.
February 28th, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
this game probably serves more a morale booster for heading into the big ten tourney or even next season. Even if we win, we are still 9-9 in conference play, with our biggest wins against a struggling michigan state team and a win at minnesota. I'm not at all trying to be a downer, but looking at this situation purely objectively shows that we most likely won't get in with this regular season schedule (I'm not including what could potentially happen in the B10 tourney). With numbers like 251st in points/game, 299th in rebounds/game, 122 in assists/game, and 121st in field goal percentage/game we realistically can't make it into the tournament. 9-9 isn't entirely bad for conference play, BUT I really don't think any of us can deny the down year the big ten is having, and that doesn't help our cause at all. I realize that I will probably get down voted like none other, but that really only shows a sense of blindness one may have for this whole situation. I would love for michigan to make it into the big dance, but I just don't think it will happen.