MBB v. W. Illinois; Open Thread & Stream Link
The Wolverines take their 2-0 record into a game with Western Illinois tonight, tipping off at 8:30 in the newly renovated Crisler Arena. This is Michigan's last warmup before a huge matchup against Memphis in the Maui Invitational on Monday. Kenpom has no respect for WIU, ranking them 332nd among 345 Div 1 basketball programs. The game is streaming on espn3.com but for those who don't qualify for their coverage, here's a link to the action....
EDIT
The non-ESPN stream link is not working tonight. Will update if I find a viable link.
DOUBLE EDIT
Not having any luck finding a link, best I can do for you is provide free audio:
November 17th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
I am getting sick of having to watch these games online. Why can't the btn air this game? I know espn probably has the rights to it or something but come on.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
Selfishously I love having the games online because I don't get the BTN.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:21 PM ^
Very informative original post. Many thanks.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
Thanks, figured this was easier than a thread asking for a link, and then another one to discuss the game.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Looking at other games currently on, and based in my experience watching the last game my quality isnt too good on ESPN3. Can anyone tell me how to get better quality?
November 17th, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
More bandwidth. Quality also goes in and out a lot. Off of commercials it usually is pretty blurry, then progressively gets better over the next minute or so. And that's off of crappy Internet that's shared with my entire apartment building
November 17th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
I've got max video quality, so the picture isn't bad, but the little freeze lag is maddening. I don't know how some of you watch all your games on the net (by necessity).
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<br>I want my 60" of HD goodness...
November 17th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Go blue!!
November 17th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
Is the stream not working for anyone else?
November 17th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Nope. Not working fo me either. Huh.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
The non-ESPN one wont work for me, trying to find another.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
OH NOES
November 17th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
why wont it let me put the game full screen?
November 17th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
We've got to avoid scheduling these 300+ RPI teams. They hurt our strength of schedule too much.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
That basket we gave up was too easy.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Go Blue!
November 17th, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
We are getting abused inside early.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
Our offense is too streaky right now to be effective against Maui teams, I have confidence in our defense though.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^
I'm no expert, but it looks to me like Western Illinois knows what it's doing in a 2-man game and hence isn't the 332nd team.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
If Trey Burke continues to do what he's done and no one takes a huge rigression we're going to have a good year
November 17th, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
15-10 US
November 17th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
15-10 Michigan leads with 10 minutes to go in the first. Michigan has looked very sloppy so far with the exception of a few Burke 3's
November 17th, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
Looks solid again
November 17th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
Yah, I just hope he gets a little more confident in the lane. He seems to always look to pass and never looks to finish.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:54 PM ^
I always thought all teams where streaky but maybe Michigan is a tad more because of the 3's....Be patient Michigan will streak for you, promise...
November 17th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
Firstrowsports has taken their stream of the game down off the site. Sigh...
November 17th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
This is OT but I am watching the bball game and just found this out. Anyone have any info?
rivals and cbs sports is that reporting Urban Meyer signed with OSU for 7 yrs/$35 mil.
Anyone have info?
November 17th, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^
so yea..doubtful
November 17th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
and you posted that to make people look into it.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
It was up there a few minutes ago, angry man.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
You're right.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
This is what happened:
Some dude tweeted that Scout.com reporting that Meyer signed a 7yr deal at OSU.
The problem: Scout.com reported no such thing. What with re-tweeting and all, anyone can pretty much say anything and tens of thousands of people will see it. No legitimacy to it at all.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:54 PM ^
Garry Moeller and Al Glick are attached at the hip.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
the offensive woes appear to be back tonight.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
This Clark guy is annoying me.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
Tied at 19 with 6:30 left, WIU is getting hot from outside.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
19 all, 5:46 left in half.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
Smotrycz looks awful so far. Would like to see Hardaway get some more looks
November 17th, 2011 at 9:06 PM ^
That was a pretty bad miss after getting an offensive rebound
November 17th, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
how are we tied with a rpi 300 team?
November 17th, 2011 at 9:05 PM ^
They are hitting just about everything from 3.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:11 PM ^
I've learned to temper myself through the first thirty minutes so far this year. I hope they get it together next week though.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:06 PM ^
Somebody kill their perimeter shooters with fire.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
i would apologize for the language but it's completely appropriate.
even though i have xfinity, i can't get the stream because i can't install flash 11.1 because i don't have Mac OS 10.6 or later. wtf is the point of using technology that's widely incompatible with the operating systems people actually have?
November 17th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
Same thing here. Total bs!
November 17th, 2011 at 9:08 PM ^
What are the odds W. Ilinois can shoot 67% from deep for the entire game?
November 17th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
67% of the time, they make it every time.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:09 PM ^
November 17th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
Shoot very much.
K thx.