Michigan now highest ranked team on their half of the bracket!
What a CRAZY tournament this has turned into.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
it doesn't matter at this point. They need to play their A game to beat ATM.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Holy hostile
March 18th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Shut up, Just shut up...
March 18th, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
Of course it matters. Do you want to play the #2 and #1 seeds to go to the Final Four, or the #7 and #4/#9?
But what matters even more is we get to wear the home jerseys from now on.
So, Maize or White?
March 19th, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
Well I'd rather play Xavier than Gonzaga because Gonzaga is better but your point still stands
March 18th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
they could beat the Aggies with their A- game
March 19th, 2018 at 12:42 AM ^
You shut up.
You shut up! Infinity
can't hear you
reminds me of this story:
The florida man beat the ATM because it gave him too much cash!!!
the shut up part.
I assume you made in jest, however.
That's some terse language for someone whose avatar is a squirrel, and that's coming from someone whose avatar is Rainbow Dash.
Take it in stride, man. Yeah, we have to get it together enough to beat TAMU, but for now, I think it's alright to embrace that we survived the chaos to date.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
It’s almost like it’s MADNESS!!
March 18th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Zags are higher in Ken Pom.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
But not in our hearts...
or the seed line
Gonzaga was an ill advised alley oop from losing to UNCG. But luckily they won, so they could beat some random team in the second round. Gonzaga is not as good as previous Gonzaga teams.
hasn't been doing very well the past couple weeks.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
A&M looks really effing good. Would rather have seen UNC. This will be a tough matchup.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:41 PM ^
A&M is honestly the better matchup imho. They are not a particularly good shooting team and overly reliant on their bigs. Michigans shooters will have to show up though, otherwise it'll be a slugfest. Michigan will need Wagner to show up and stay out of foul trouble.
March 19th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
Even if A&M plays good again, I can't see any scenario where I wanted to play Carolina. They had the 7th best offense in the country along with a top 40 defense, which is a LETHAL combo. Basically, imagine our 2013 or 2014 teams with really good defense. They just had a terrible game at the wrong time.
A&M will make it a slog-fest, but hopefully we will remember how to shoot by next Thursday.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:33 PM ^
So if we had gotten Detroit, our path to the NC would be Duke, Kansas, Villinova.
Instead of T&M, FSU/Gonzaga, KState/KY/Loyola/Nevada,
Thanks Sparty!
March 18th, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
He'd make a killing off of Sparty business right now.
That’s dark man
<Izzo>It's not like Michigan would've beaten Syracuse, the way they played against Houston.</Izzo>
March 18th, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
At this point seeding doesn’t mean a damn thing. If anything it puts a bigger target on our back. They need to rest and regroup because another effort on Thursday like last night and A&M will beat us by 20+ too.
March 19th, 2018 at 12:12 AM ^
Nothing like having a 3-seed target on your back.
No one that plays us will be intimidated. The way this tournament has played out in the first two rounds has been the wildest in my memory. I did see last night that we’ve won 11 straight games. Let’s make it 12 on Thursday!
The effect of the first two rounds is that no one is intimidated by anyone. The top seeds in the South have been wiped out. People aren't expecting Michigan to win; they're expecting Michigan to be next.
I don't think that'll mean anything once the ball's tipped off, though. Beilein doesn't underestimate anybody.
March 18th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
This is amazing
March 18th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Boys, see you at Staples.
Go Blue.
March 19th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
Lol at arguing who you'd rather play based on seeding when seeding clearly doesn't matter that much this year as evident from all of the upsets. Just win and advance.
March 19th, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^
We have a legit chance of getting to the final four but we need to get our offense together. Hope Beilein whips them into shape.
March 19th, 2018 at 12:14 AM ^
Time to wake up and fucking play like you were prior to the tourney. Smh.
Either way...what an outstanding season. One for the books for me. I’ve seen so much heart ache from Michigan sports the last 10 years. I’ll ride this wave as long as I can.
March 19th, 2018 at 10:14 AM ^
That two week layoff hurt the momentum the team had, imho.
Let's hope they get it back and can start hitting shots. I really don't want to hear the crowd at Staples Center start chanting AIRBALL! AIRBALL! AIRBALL! as what was witnessed Saturday night.
Regardless, the team has persisted!
March 19th, 2018 at 12:47 AM ^
Texas A&M is a pretty good team. Whoever coaches A&M does a better job using the size and athleticism of the bigs they have than, say, Purdue. Teske needs to play well, and he will likely play often. It will be interesting to see who Livers matches up with.
The Tournament is all situational--the next game, the matchups, what appears to be working and what adjustments defensively a team can make. The bigger picture of what seeds are left doesn't mean that much to me when, as this year, the seeds are artificial constructs that do not reflect the relative quality of the competition. In '14, Michigan sure didn't seem like the lower seed against UK, which had an NBA starting five and bench guys who have played in the NBA.
Ohio State and Sparty early exits, along with Michigan's sluggishness, tell me that the competition level in the B1G is not going to be a good predictor or indicator of how Michigan will do against Sweet Sixteen or better talent, regardless of what the seeding is.
Dammit. I was kinda hoping to see Zavier beat Xavier.
They changed their spelling also.
First time I'm ever going to root for fsu is against Gonzaga. I'd much rather see fsu in the eight.
March 19th, 2018 at 11:09 AM ^
Me too. Gonzaga plays a physical brand of basketball like a traditional Wisconsin team, or Purdue. They are well coached and athletic. We can match up with them, but it will be a dog fight. I think Beilein can pick apart FSU.