Michigan Basketball vs NW Open Thread

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WHAT #24 Michigan (17-6, 6-4) vs
#82 Northwestern (13-9, 4-5)
WHERE Crisler Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
WHEN 7 pm ET, Monday
LINE Michigan -9 (KenPom)
Michigan -10 (Torvik)
Michigan -7.5 (Vegas)
TV FS1
PBP: Tim Brando
Analyst: Bill Raftery

GO BLUE

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You Only Live Thrice

January 29th, 2018 at 9:03 PM ^

Left Game with a little over 2 minutes left in the game. Nice to be back home in AA. 90s night was a little But different than the 90s I remember as an undergrad here. Oh well. GO BLUE!

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Khaleke The Freak

January 29th, 2018 at 9:03 PM ^

considering a win is a win, but man...this team tends to play down to their competition. Good news is they also play up but would be nice to iron out the inconsistency.

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umchicago

January 29th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^

UM didn't shoot the ball well but the were pretty solid in every other facet.  they missed too many good looks but they were good looks for the most part.  NU didn't shoot well, but most of their shots were pretty well contested.

a win by double digits when not shooting well against a preseason top 20 team, i will take it and move on.

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UMinSF

January 29th, 2018 at 9:07 PM ^

NW did not look good, but so what? We won relatively comfortably at home. Took care of business despite a slow start.

Good to head into the stretch drive with a W.

Go Blue!

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UMinSF

January 29th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^

Michigan won by 11, and NW never got closer than 7 anywhere near the end IIRC. Game was completely over in the last minute.

Thats a relatively comfortable win in my book.

It was no blowout, and it wasn't very pretty, but Michigan made some great second half adjustments and finally hit some shots.

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rice4114

January 30th, 2018 at 1:14 AM ^

Should be counted as two missed free throws. Because it is.

Also does Michigan get more whistles than any other team in history where the whistle actually leads to less points. Open field tackle on a breakaway dunk. Ball out on the side? Also if a defender is still moving while the offensively player is going up stop with the charging calls. Matter of fact if the only play the defender is making is to get in the way its no longer a charge. Why is that even an actual thing. Sliding in last second when the offensively player cant possible change momentum shouldnt be a free gift for a defense that cant make a play any other way.

Rant over.

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