Last Time MBB Undefeated at Home
This Saturday, Michigan has a chance to go undefeated this season at the Crisler Center (fka Crisler Arena).
When was the last time this has happened? I tried to find out and the best answers I came up with were that we went 9-0 at home in `47-`48 and then had an undefeated B1G home record in `64-`65 (11-0). I assume there must be a more recent season, but maybe not.
Aside from all of this, I'm damn proud of this team and the fans. Crisler has actually given us a noticeable home-court advantage for the first time in a while.
February 24th, 2012 at 12:44 PM ^
Even way cooler is that if they win on Saturday(*knock on wood), the football and basketball teams will have gone undefeated at home. What a year for it to be my freshman year.
February 24th, 2012 at 12:49 PM ^
This is a crazy stat, but one that would be awesome to have.
February 24th, 2012 at 1:05 PM ^
I guess I could look it up but it's more fun to guess, which would be Florida 2007ish. Didn't they win the title in both sports recently?
February 24th, 2012 at 1:07 PM ^
MSU is doing it right now as well, nobody else in the country except UM and MSU can claim this.
February 24th, 2012 at 2:17 PM ^
To make our home field/court advantage a truly horrible place for opponents to play and make them fear having to face such a daunting task.
Besides the coaching we have and the talent we're bringing in and the 2 venues being 2nd to none, intimidation abounds.....I like it, I like it a lot!!
Go Blue!!!
February 24th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
The football team was 7-0 at home in 1976, so 1976-77 was the last year both the Michigan football and basketball teams were both undefeated at home.
February 24th, 2012 at 1:51 PM ^
Dont rub it in!
February 24th, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
Try senior year after the last 3...
February 24th, 2012 at 12:53 PM ^
I can't remember if the Fab Five went undefeated at home as sophomores but had that record vacated.
EDIT: Nope, Michigan lost by a point to Indiana in Crisler during the Fab Five's sophomore season.
February 24th, 2012 at 3:52 PM ^
The Fab Five were nothing special during the regular season. They shined come tourney time...when the lights were brightest.
February 24th, 2012 at 4:42 PM ^
That's not quite true. They went 26-4 (15-3 in conference) their sophomore year and earned a #1 seed in the tourney. It was bad luck that they didn't win the Big Ten with that record.
February 24th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
don't have a link, but I am pretty sure that is the last time.
February 24th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
I think you may be thinking of the last time they won the regular season championship.
February 24th, 2012 at 12:51 PM ^
Last time was 1976-77, according to the game notes for the Purdue game:
• As it stands with one home game remaining, Michigan (15-0) is listing as the third undefeated season at Crisler Center with the two others being a 14-0 record in 1976-77 and a 12-0 record in 1973-74.
• As it stands with one conference home game remaining, Michigan (8-0) is listing the fourth undefeated Big Ten season at Crisler Center with the three others being a 9-0 record in 1976-77; a 7-0 record in 1973-74 and a 7-0 record in 1971-72.
Also of note:
• Michigan's current 16-game winning streak at Crisler Center is the longest home win streak for U-M since winning 24-straight between the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons (Jan. 5, 1985 to Feb. 15, 1986).
February 24th, 2012 at 12:50 PM ^
We don't talk about it until it is complete. Prepare for the wrath if you jinxed us!
February 24th, 2012 at 1:25 PM ^
Don't you know Michigan doesn't believe in jinxes, hexes, or luck. Jinx is a Sparty term and luck is an Irish belief.
February 24th, 2012 at 1:17 PM ^
Pretty cool if Hoops can match their feat.
February 24th, 2012 at 2:00 PM ^
Look at all the top programs and coaches and they dominate at home.
Coach K, Self, and all the other tops take care of business at home. To be a big time program you have to be near perfect at home. If we want to be a NC team year-in-year-out then this needs to be what to expect at home moving forward. If not then we will always be a step away from the big time players in college ball.
February 24th, 2012 at 2:59 PM ^
Well we can kiss that goodbye now. I'm sure the OP is the same guy who talks about no hitters in the fifth inning, the chance to shoot your lowest round in golf on the 16th hole or get your highest score in bowling in the 7th frame. He probably also pays ZERO attention to where people are sitting or what he is wearing during a Michigan winning streak. Everybody has to do their part (I myself make sure the surround sound is turned off and wear one of my Michigan basketball shirts) to ensure victory.
We are all going to have to pull together to undue the damage the OP has inflicted by talking about this prior to the game tomorrow.
February 24th, 2012 at 5:21 PM ^
I don't remember offhand but would be willing to bet Big Ten Basketball wasn't nearly as difficult in the 70's as it is now. You had Bob Knight and his great IU teams. Minnesota and Purdue had some good squads but I think Ill, OSU, MSU and Iowa, were pretty meh. Northwestern and Wisconsin were just bad.
MSU of course made a huge leap when Magic and Jay Vincent joined Greg Kelser in East Lansing in the late 70's
February 25th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
This is why you don't make these threads BEFORE we play our last home game of the year.