Michigan plays its final road game tonight at Purdue 7pm BTN. This squad has lost four straight road games and last road win was at Illinois on 1-27. Burke and THJ need to step up and get this win and give us something to play for on the home finale Sunday. Hopefully the stunning PSU loss will get the focus for the squad tonight. We need to play with some pride tonight and will get the road win.
Michigan 66
Purdue 59
Michigan 100, Purdue 45.
Closer than it should be, but
Closer than it should be, but we end the road woes with a 67-65 win.
80 - 62 UM wins
80 - 62 UM wins
"Slappin' the Bass" - Matt Vogrich (maybe)
Over/Under possibilities
Byrd 3pt. attempts - 9 1/2
Byrd made 3s - 3 1/2
Average distance behind 3pt. line for Byrd 3s - 3 ft.
Stauskas minutes - 12
Burke points - 19
Burke assists - 8
McGary assists to GRIII - 2 1/2
GRIII dunks - 2 1/2
Morgan points - 5
Akunne points - 1
Floor slaps - 1/2
over/under
on how many useable eyes Stauskas will have at game time? 1.5
12-7 UM
Both teams will dedicate tonight's score to Devin Gardner's approved medical redshirt enabling him to play the 2014 season.
You're HIV-Aladeen.
Sounds good to me
Oh my. That is wonderful.
Oh my. That is wonderful.
Carlton Banks thinks DG has
Carlton Banks thinks DG has mad skillz.
Link?
Oh dear lord please share the link
So hot. Milk was a bad choice.
Just win
Please God! I cannot take another blown opportunity.
I will be in the student section with all my m gear
And be escorted out by halftime
Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park!
I heard from the Paint Crew
I heard from the Paint Crew president herself that as long as the imposter (you) is not in the lower bowl of the student section, the Paint Crew has no authority to kick you out. Take it FWIW. I will also be in attendance; however, not in the student section. GO BLUE
You're HIV-Aladeen.
happen to know when or where the bus arrives?
Love to be there to cheer on the boys as they head into the arena
Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park!
77-68 Good Guys! McGary puts
77-68 Good Guys! McGary puts up 15 points & grabs 8 rebounds.
Go Blue!
Just win, baby.
No score prediction. Just win.
I'm not sure because we've
I'm not sure because we've been exceptionally terrible at road games in general, and even moreso when something's on the line (#1 ranking, shot at Big Ten title, etc.)
I'd like to think we've got things figured out, and we show the grit we showed against MSU. We need to win tonight, and then Sunday we will get the opportunity to play for a consecutive Big Ten championship.
Purdue is coming off their best game of the season, game is @PUR, hell, I don't know what's going to happen. Purdue showed a lot of life in the first half against us back in AA, where they shot something like 60% from 3 or something stupid.
Michigan by 5.
HAIL.
Conference-Only Comparison
Here's a comparison of how Michigan and Purdue have fared in the conference:
| Offense | Michigan | Purdue |
| Points/Game | 71.6 | 61.5 |
| Avg Score Margin | 6.9 | -5.1 |
| Assists/Game | 13.2 | 12.7 |
| Total Rebounds/Gm | 33.7 | 37.9 |
| Effective FG % | 53.65% | 44.57% |
| Off Rebound % | 31.30% | 35.40% |
| Defense | Michigan | Purdue |
| Opp Points/Game | 64.7 | 66.6 |
| Opp Effective FG % | 49.22% | 45.61% |
| Off Rebounds/Gm | 10.2 | 13.0 |
| Def Rebounds/Gm | 23.9 | 24.5 |
| Blocks/Game | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| Steals/Game | 6.5 | 4.2 |
So, Massey is going with a 73% win probability for Michigan, which...Big Ten...road game...most algorithms at this point seem to factor in a substantial hit for the visiting team in the Big Ten now.
Anyway, it is definitely a winnable game, and at this point, well, we need to win this to remain in control of our destiny in the conference. The threes need to make a re-appearance after disappearing on Sunday, I would say, but a smattering of those added to even a mere typical Michigan performance and we should win. I will go with 75-65-ish Michigan.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Where's the metric for the
Where's the metric for the Big Ten referees?
M'Dog
Fortunately For Me...
StatSheet keeps track of this very thing here -
http://statsheet.com/mcb/conferences/big-ten/referees
This page breaks down Big Ten referees with their conference and season stats, including Home Foul Margin and Fouls Per Game, as well as Total Fouls. This makes it relatively easy to decide which crew would be the "Crew From Hell" basically.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Blood
Oh yes, there will be blood.
and pain?
will there be lots o' pain...?
Excruciating
Pain
...and it won't be Kyle
...and it won't be Kyle Kalis's.
I want to see our bigs' role in the offense ex-
panding, Caris playing lockdown D and confident O, Nik coming in off of the bench to drill a nice pile o' 3s, and Hardaway wearing his full zoot Mojo suit, spinning basketball rainbows. Burke handing out assists like peppermint candy, checking out to let Spike run things halfway through the third quarter. If teams have to account for 8-9 Michigan players throughout the NCAAs, we will be in the final four. Tonight: Michigan 82, Purdidn't 50.
Nik starts
but plays fewer minutes than his average.
"I hate losing more than I like winning." - Zack
If that
was a concussion I don't think he sees the floor tonight. If he does not see the floor tonight I think that Levert should start against Indiana with Stauskas off the bench. Levert brings a little more defensive ability than Stauskas and I think that he matches up better with the IU wings. If Stauskas did have a concussion I think his next start will be the first round of the BIG tourney.
Michigan 67
Purdue 63
Trey
Michigan 67
Purdue 63
Trey Burke Maul's the fuck outta Purdue.
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UM 73 Purdon't 64
Purdue will come out hard to play the spoiler, but Michigan will not lose focus on the prize and pick up the win, setting up the conference title showdown Sunday.
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Michigan 74, Purdue 65. THJ
Michigan 74, Purdue 65. THJ finally gets his swagger back.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
A tale of two halves
Purdue, who pride themselves on being the "spoilmakers," will play a brilliant first half and take a small lead into the locker room. Then, after JB and staff make adjustments, and Purdue has twenty minutes to realize how tired they are from playing over their heads in the first half, Michigan dominates the second half.
Michigan 77, Purdue 59.
-1 for "spoilmakers"
-1 for "spoilmakers"
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Its not really derogatory.
Its more a disruptive word for a characteristic they tend to portray on a regular basis.
If an OSU fan divorces his wife are they still brother and sister?
Us 70
Them 64
Us 70
Them 64
Faith
Michigan - something
Purdue - something less
I do it for my love of the Streets
I said I had a bad feeling about the last game...
And Michigan won...Maybe I should pick Purdue. Naw, I think groveling is the answer. Please God(diety, universe, etc) Let Michigan win. By 20. By a point in double overtime. I care not. Just let Michigan win.
Michigan 68-61 without
Michigan 68-61 without Stauskus, 75-67 with him
On the road you need DEFENSE
If Levert gets more mins then Stauskas I think UM wins.
That being said, if I had to make a prediction I would say Purdue wins and UM turns around and beats IU at home. That's the way the season has been going and is most likely IMO.
Hope I'm wrong. I think it will take a THjr vs OSU type performance to eek out a win b/c I'm not confident the D will be there.
Terrified to guess,
We don't play well on the road and Purdue really needs a quality win. Gut feeling is there will be over 1000 comments on the thread tonight. Go Blue!
Michigan Wins...
...but in typical B1G fashion, the final score of 68-64 will look closer than it actually was.
/fingers, toes, and eyes crossed (yep, not easy to post with crossed fingers and eyes)
michigan trails at half time
michigan trails at half time by 6 or so after falling behind by 10, comes out on a 15 point run in the second half and trots to a 10 point win
Michigan will dominate Purdue
Michigan will dominate Purdue and win big.
Michigan goes coast to coast tonight
reminding us of where this team was in the pre-ugliness stretch in which we dropped three of four. We start making some shots beyond the line, THJ gets his mojo back, and LAVert and Stauskas split minutes, which prevents Purdue from getting a read on either one of them. 80-63.
Mich 80
Purdue 57
Mich 80
Purdue 57
Not sure about the score but
Not sure about the score but I do predict that a long scheduled Sushi class with my avatar will prevent me from watching the game for the first time this year. In addition I predict I will check my phone often enough for scoring updates to cause her to make a comment about it at some point. Lastly I predict I will try and get a TV on somewhere (in a Japanese resturant) to see if they carry the B1G channel and will confuse everyone if successful.
We will lose in excuciating fashion
and i will be miserable
Tremendous!
Purdue has been playing
Purdue has been playing pretty well lately, especially terone johnson. If we get the road performance that we've seen lately, this is about a 5 point win. If we get a motivated team with energy, we win by 20.
Not
Not sure how anyone can predict we win "big" at this point, we've been awful on the road of late and just underwhelming in general.
Until I'm proven wrong, I'll say Purdue by 7. I've lost all faith in this team away from Crisler.
Practice makes perfect. Unless you're the Buckeyes. Then you have to cheat.
No prediction. Just win. By 1
No prediction. Just win. By 1 or 100, I don't care. I just want to look at my TV tonight at the end of the game and see that Michigan has more points than Purdue. End these road woes, come home and win a title on Sunday.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
its just me
Last week I was going to post, but didn't, so I can't claim any credit at all, that I was predicting PSU beats us. But I was in transit and didn't have time to type it in, so, I didn't, and like, although it came to pass, I'm not here to say, see I would have told you so.
Nonetheless...
It pains me to say, but I predict Purdue wins by about 10-12. They hung with us last time here, they've gotten better (ask Wisconsin), and we have definitely gotten worse since then. I think I've lost faith in the freshmen. No, ok, I have.
Michigan 100, Purdue 45. Michigan plays with passion and heart, purdue does not...