SF Wolverine

February 5th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^

bounced back nicely, got GRIII on track, etc.  This team has five guys who can put up 20+ on a given night.  Poor Morford couldn't even get touches b/c all of the shots were going in before they even got to that part of the floor.  Nice present for Coach B.

LSAClassOf2000

February 5th, 2014 at 8:32 PM ^

Well, on screen and indeed statistically that was rather dominating performance all around. More importantly, this is a nice birthday present for John Beilein and congratulations to the team on a fine win indeed. Hopefully, we get some momentum that we can take into the second round of "AHHH!" on the conference schedule. It does go to show, of course, that when this team can establish itself early and get into a rhythm, they can easily make it a long game for their opponent.

Go Blue, MGoFriends. 

Raoul

February 5th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^

Largest margin of victory for the Wolverines in a Big Ten game since beating Indiana 112-64 on February 22, 1998. Also the largest margin of victory in any game of the John Beilein era. (h/t Matt Shepard)

Raoul

February 5th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^

Technically, nothing happened, as it's one of the vacated games. But see this AP story for details. Says it was at the time the most points ever given up by a Bobby Knight–led Indiana team.

"If you asked our players, they couldn't give you an answer as to what happened," Knight said. "It looked like we made no effort to prepare for the game, neither the players nor the coaches."

Raoul

February 5th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^

Sorry about that—I either misheard what Shephard said or he misspoke. This is what the game notes say:

The 29-point victory is Michigan's largest margin of victory in a conference win since they beat Indiana 112-64 (+48) on Feb. 22, 1998. It is the largest margin of victory in a conference win under head coach John Beilein and marks the sixth 20-plus-point win of the season at home.

Mr. Yost

February 5th, 2014 at 8:39 PM ^

But I hope everyone really appreciates this game. It wasn't all about making a ton of 3's...we executed and GOT good looks. It wasn't a bunch of off-balance nonsense.

If we would've truly been on fire (Like Irvin was for that stretch in the 1st half) then we would've scored 85-90 points. We missed some good looks. Plenty of them. But that's not the point...the point is that we were able to execute and get shots that we wanted.