Michigan-Illinois Snowflakes

Submitted by YoungGeezy on December 30th, 2015 at 5:00 PM

Great way to close out 2015.

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LS And Play

December 30th, 2015 at 5:04 PM ^

Good. Good.

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azian6er

December 31st, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^

Snowflake?

DONNAL.

/thread.

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jsquigg

December 30th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^

Snowflake: The crowd that keeps bitching about Beilein peaking isn't as loud.

The second half defense was pretty good as was the rebounding.

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Mabel Pines

December 30th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^

of a great way to start 2016...

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champswest

December 30th, 2015 at 8:44 PM ^

Oh, wait. Were you talking about the bowl game? Sorry about that.

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Bodogblog

December 30th, 2015 at 5:06 PM ^

The Donnal'd

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freejs

December 30th, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^

but a lot of nice things, it seemed.

Way too many turnovers, some great fast break opportunities doinked but Caris was infreakingsane and they competed on defense.

Yes, they got beat like a drum on some possessions and they had a few brain cramps leaving top 3 point shooters open behind the line, but they competed hard on that end.

Pretty good matchup for Donnal, but boy was he outstanding. He really upped his battle level. And those blocks!

D Walt had a pretty solid game, overall, they definitely were they more poised team.

All conference road wins are great wins - great to see good effort and reward for that effort.

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VinegarStrokes

December 30th, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^

You missed out. Dan Dakich had his A game today. Even called out his son for an almost nose pick at the end of the game.

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Mabel Pines

December 30th, 2015 at 6:26 PM ^

For Andrew during that! It wasn't close to a nose pick. How about "the ball knows!". What does that mean??

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MGlobules

December 30th, 2015 at 6:34 PM ^

convincing little themes/tropes. Dan's sometimes inspired, sometimes a little too amused with himself.

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UMfan21

December 30th, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^

2nd half was great. 1st half...meh. So sloppy. we have real struggles against man to man defenses. have to figure that out. all the props to Donnal.

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Sleepy

December 30th, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^

...didn't have Donnal booted from school a couple years ago to "open up a scholarship for a more deserving player."

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Trader Jack

December 30th, 2015 at 5:17 PM ^

I wish that guy wasn't a M fan. He's the very worst kind.

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ThirdVanGundy

December 30th, 2015 at 7:30 PM ^

A few that are worse.

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coldnjl

December 30th, 2015 at 8:47 PM ^

Judging by the McCarthy-ian air around here, Dawkins may in fact be the worse ones too

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CRISPed in the DIAG

December 30th, 2015 at 5:10 PM ^

Had Liverpool/Sunderland on in a corner of my monitor while forgetting that our MBB was playing this afternoon. The hell am I going to do tonight?

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Felix.M.Blue

December 30th, 2015 at 5:14 PM ^

watch the GLI?

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poppinfresh

December 30th, 2015 at 5:11 PM ^

Illinois doesn't play d or have great bigs. Purdue msu Iowa and Maryland will be much more telling competition.

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UMfan21

December 30th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^

the four you named are the best teams in the conference. Michigan in reality is not on their level this year. Snagging road wins against middling teams like Illinois is what will put us in the 2nd tier and get us dancing. I'd argue games like today are more important.

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S Carolina Wolverine

December 30th, 2015 at 5:10 PM ^

Let's build on this going forward!

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Toasted Yosties

December 30th, 2015 at 5:11 PM ^

Our losses don't look so bad. A streak of blowout wins and a double-digit win against a B1G opponent....when is it all right to feel a little excited?

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Richard75

December 30th, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^

The losses were bad; let's not sugarcoat it. But this was a huge win today, as conference road wins are gold. Find four more and we're in business for the tournament.

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LS And Play

December 30th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^

We've got PSU, Nebraska and Minnesota as three of those. Take care of business there and find one out of Purdue, Maryland, OSU, Iowa and Wisconsin. More than doable. Or go 4-5 on the road and win 7 of 9 at home for 11 conference wins. That would put us safely in the tournament.

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AlwaysBlue

December 30th, 2015 at 9:08 PM ^

have their rotation down and Irvin and Walton were recovering/injured. I don't take much away from those losses.

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Tkriz

December 30th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^

Except neither were really close.

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BornSinner

December 30th, 2015 at 5:12 PM ^

We played a team we should have beat.

Yay.

Donnal. Wtf.

I'll take it.

Next game.

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klctlc

December 30th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^

I am still skeptical. My kingdon for an athletic big man who can finish and rebound.

But they played very well.

If Donnal can be half this good, they are in the tourney.

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wahooverine

December 30th, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^

The point of this comment? That people shouldn't be happy for the win, nor for Donnall's best game of his career, and it shouldn't even be be discussed?

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klctlc

December 31st, 2015 at 12:48 AM ^

Yippee.

I hope as much as the next guy Donnall keeps it up, but very doubtful.

I personally hope M wins the big ten and go to the NCAA title game, but with our current UNATHLETIC BIG MEN, that looks doubtful.

This game was so encouraging, but I am skeptical. Donnal got a loose ball 5 feet from the basket and instead of powering it up, he dished to a guard to finish????

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East German Judge

December 30th, 2015 at 5:12 PM ^

This calls for some real (digital) snowflakes!

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TruBluWolv55

December 30th, 2015 at 5:13 PM ^

Have to admit I wasn't expecting a win today. I don't remember the last game Illinois played, but they looked pretty good from what I saw of it

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Wolvie3758

December 30th, 2015 at 5:17 PM ^

and looked good in their annual rivarly game

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allintime23

December 30th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^

Great Ass Win!!!

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Trader Jack

December 30th, 2015 at 5:16 PM ^

He's obviously not going to put up 26/9/3 every game, but if Donnal can play decent-to-well in conference play the outlook on what can be accomplished this season changes significantly.

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Saint_in_Blue

December 30th, 2015 at 5:18 PM ^

The only thing I can say is that Illinois is a bottom tier team right now. They are riddled with injuries and had a starter out sick today. BUT......a win on the road in the B1G is fantastic!

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Amaizin' Blue

December 30th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^

Was it a front court starter? Could that explain Donnal?Usually Illinois has pretty good bigs so this is even more surprising.

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Mr Miggle

December 30th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^

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MGoBender

December 30th, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^

It was a very important win. It doesn't greatly change where we stand, but a loss could have really put us in a tough spot. Same can be said for the upcoming PSU game.

A solid, double-digit win on the road in conference play is a thing to be happy about, obviously, and we are getting close to the point where many would say "Hey, this team should make the tournament" instead of "They might if..."

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