MBB may have a signature non-conference wi. (Pitt)
Pitt has now won 9 of its last 10, including road wins at NCSU, Northwestern and Syracuse and home wins in last 2 over UNC and UVa. The Panthers are now 4-0 in ACC, tied atop the conference with Miami
January 3rd, 2023 at 11:43 PM ^
Wow? They looked HORRIBLE.
They got smoked by WVU right before we played them.
The UConn Football of college basketball.
January 3rd, 2023 at 11:52 PM ^
Still going to need to get 12 or 13 wins in the big ten probably. The Central loss was huge in a tourney bid if they are on the bubble.
January 4th, 2023 at 12:33 AM ^
It means nothing now, but in the NCAA Men’s Basketball NET Rankings in games through January 2, Michigan (8-5, 2-0 in conference) is ranked 13th out of 14 Big Ten teams at 82. Only Minnesota (6-6) at 243 is ranked lower than Michigan among Big Ten teams. Pitt (11-4, 4-0 in conference), at 71, currently is ranked seventh among ACC teams. Not sure if the 91-60 win over Pitt that then was in the middle of a three-game losing streak qualifies as a "signature non-conference win".
Michigan's overwhelming win over Maryland (10-4, 1-2 in conference), currently ranked 49th in those NET rankings, looks a bit more like a "signature win".
January 4th, 2023 at 6:27 AM ^
Michigan has a lot of signature losses too...
January 4th, 2023 at 7:02 AM ^
Plus tax
January 4th, 2023 at 9:17 AM ^
I received a signature non-conference Wii for christmas
January 4th, 2023 at 9:31 AM ^
They still blew multiple chances at picking up other quality OOC wins and that CMU loss is going to be an anchor all year but, yeah, if this team can win 11-12 games in the conference that might be enough.
January 4th, 2023 at 9:55 AM ^
Unfortunately, in order to make the tournament, we will need 7-8 wins more impressive than that one over Pitt
January 4th, 2023 at 10:38 AM ^
Michigan has moved up to 81 and now is 12th among Big Ten teams today in NCAA NET rankings for games through January 3. ahead of Nebraska (84) and Minnesota (237).
For perspective, tonight’s opponent at Crisler, Penn State, is 11-3 and 2-1 in conference (wins at Illinois 74-59 and at home against Iowa 83-79; loss at home to Michigan State 67-58) and on a five-game winning streak, but is only 60th in NET rankings.
January 4th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
Plenty of CBB teams go on early runs when we're still figuring out how good everybody is. If they keep it up through Feb, then we can start talking about a marquee noncon win.