No longer playing like doggy poo poo?
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Open Thread: M Basketball vs Iowa at home
January 6th, 2013 at 2:38 PM
#302
Morgan...
January 6th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
#303
It's over
But I would like to post 100 on a not horrible big ten squad
January 6th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
#304
Stauskus back to 50% on 3's
Stauskus back to 50% on 3's for the day, was afraid he was gonna have another "off" day.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
#305
holy hell this team can score
holy hell this team can score points in a hurry
January 6th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
#306
I just started laughing
I just started laughing hysterically and then it turned into tears thinking back to the Ellerbe and Amaker eras.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
#307
I like your picture.
But stop
I like your picture.
But stop crying so much.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#308
Amaker/Ellerbe era>=
RR era...
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#309
Tears?! WTF?! All the more
Tears?! WTF?! All the more reason to be enjoying the hell out of this.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
#310
Welp who plays now?
I keep LeVert in to give him some more minutes.
I say Spike-LeVert-Vogrich-Bielfeldt-McLimas
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#311
Me
Put me in at this point
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#312
Wow.
Coach B really put that exact lineup in!
January 6th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
#313
<evil laugh>
me </evil laugh>
January 6th, 2013 at 2:52 PM
#314
"Maniacal laugh. Maniacal
"Maniacal laugh. Maniacal laugh. Maniacal laugh."
January 6th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
#315
As one MGoBlogger described
As one MGoBlogger described the NW win, this one as well is "complete ownage."
January 6th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
#316
Well folks
this has been quite the entertaining game and an indicator of who the best team in the B1G is, and probably the nation.
This is a team that almost beat Indiana that we are taking to the woodshed, good times
January 6th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
#317
awesome performance
best performance yet by McGary and also gr3.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
#318
OT - Ray Lewis
What did he do? Someone said something earlier about his entrance today.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
#319
Student section
We need a #2 ranked student section now
January 6th, 2013 at 2:47 PM
#320
Well it is break, but the way
Well it is break, but the way the student section is set up means it will never be awesome, only dissapointing thing about new crisler.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:48 PM
#321
Not gonna happen
Bleachers are too small and students are bad fans.
The number of times I've face palmed because I'm near someone shouting random things or making comments that show they know nothing about basketball is too high to count
January 6th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
#322
Don't generalize. There were
Don't generalize. There were many years where the students were the only ones to cheer or let alone show up.
It's still break and the bleachers were almost full of students. That says a lot.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:01 PM
#323
Not actually students
Admittedly I was overgeneralizing. There are good fans, just not enough of them. Hopefully the #2 team in the nation sparks some interest.
But those weren't all students in the section, they just gave out yellow shirts to the bleachers. I bought my ticket at the last possible moment and I was row 5 in the middle section, the one they filled first. Still a better turnout than the CMU/EMU games, but they really need to re-evaluate how they do student tickets for break games, because MSU this year is going to be the same way.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:03 PM
#324
Are you talking about today's
Are you talking about today's game? Are you a student? I'm assuming not since you had to buy a ticket last minute.
You understand that it is still break, correct?
Have you ever tried to get into the bleachers for a decent match-up during Big Ten season that wasn't during a student break?
3/4 years ago I had to get to the Duke and MSU games 60-90+ min to get seats in the center section. The couple years before that I would still have to get to games 30+ mins before tip.
It really doesn't seem like you know what you're talking about. Can you provide us with some info?
January 6th, 2013 at 3:43 PM
#325
Apologies for my lack of thinking
I'm a student. It was a dumb comment I over generalized a lot.
What I'm meaning to say is that with the current student section setup and this being the first year of a phenomenal team, it's going to take time for us to have a fearful student section for anything but the big games so far. But if we keep this up it looks promising.
EDIT: Time you need to show up to get into the bleachers is about the same this year, 30 minutes for non-important games, 60 minutes for the rest save for NC State, where you had to wait for about 30 minutes before the gate opened. And the reason I bought it at the last possible minute was because there was a deadline to purchase them before they got released to the public that I forgot about because it was approaching finals week.
January 6th, 2013 at 10:01 PM
#326
Thanks for clarifying. I have
Thanks for clarifying. I have noticed the bleachers have been reduced a bit - the front row of the center section is now a press row and the end sections are smaller.
That's unfortunate.
However, I was once in a meeting with some other Maize Ragers and some athletic admins and they said they really want to increase the student section/seating in the lower bowl. It's in the plans (or at least was 3-4 years ago). They won't do it, though, until there is continued high attendance for a significant period of time. Those seats are too valuable to sacrifice without solid assurance that attendance will stay high.
As for your comment on other students' comments - I know in my last year when attendance started rising I had to fight a little harder for center section seats. And when I didn't get there early enough, I noticed the crowd was beginning to become a little - let's say - mainstream. That's an unfortunate consequence of being good and popular.
Let's hope it never becomes a sorority chick drunk hangout like certain parts of the football student section.
January 6th, 2013 at 11:56 PM
#327
And students have yet to fill
And students have yet to fill the allotment of sections for any game so far and I don't think it will until OSU, and OSU and Indiana might be the only games that get students into more than 2 of the upper level sections. Same attendance issues as football. Hopefully by the end of the year the hype is still going and we can consistently fill at least most of the allotment, and then if we get another good year next year something might get going.
I'm just happy at least the bleachers are in the middle of the court, my dad was a student during the Glen Rice and Gary Grant days and tells me about how they were all the way in an upper corner. At least we're better than that.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
#328
As a survivor of the Maize
As a survivor of the Maize Rage Amaker era, I appreciate this.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:06 PM
#329
Also a late Amaker survivor
Also a late Amaker survivor and had tickets during grad school for Beilein's first couple years.
Some people just don't understand how great the Maize Rage is because they only view it from afar and then compare to that other student section that is always on TV (and admittedly awesome). It was the most fun I had in college. Just happened to be small during some down years. It'll grow with success.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:55 PM
#330
This was a break game
Meaning tickets to this game were not included in the student season ticket package. You had to buy student tickets to this game separately, and if not, they went on sale to alumni/public.
Unfortunately Michigan State will also be a "break" game. I got my ticket, but I know a fair amount of students forget to purchase the "break" games or don't know better. So while it will probably be a wild atmosphere, it won't be the best it can be too.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
#331
Indiana is technically during
Indiana is technically during the break. Not sure if its considered a "break game" for the students, but I'm sure there will be some that won't be able to make it still.
January 6th, 2013 at 3:06 PM
#332
For ticket purposes, it is not.
The Indiana ticket (thankfully) was included in the season ticket package. Hopefully the students that are still be out of town will transfer their tickets to Michigan fans that will actually attend.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#333
Our fans aren't much less
Our fans aren't much less ugly than Northwestern's.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
#334
Hate to sound greedy but I
Hate to sound greedy but I wanted a blowout. Not just a win but a blowout. After what happened at Carver Hawkeye Arena last year, Iowa had this coming.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
#335
Wait til we put Eso in...
When we put Eso in for LeVert, he'll jack a few 3's for you. He'll probably make them too.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:43 PM
#338
I almost feel bad for Iowa.
I almost feel bad for Iowa. Almost.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:43 PM
#339
Staring At 15-0, It Seems...
Iowa only has to get two every seven seconds now. I am pretty sure they have us right where they want us.
This is such an exciting game - Robinson with 20 points and the double-double, Hardaway and Burke with 19 each, Stauskas with 13 points to his credit. To think that the Sagarin numbers would have only had us favored by 11. This team defies prediction yet again - in an awesome way.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
#340
We are good
That is all.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
#341
This team
This team is ridiculous
January 6th, 2013 at 2:45 PM
#342
Iowa
...is getting Clowney'd.
Over
and
Over
and
Over...
January 6th, 2013 at 2:45 PM
#343
Can I haz 100points???
Pleeeze
January 6th, 2013 at 2:46 PM
#344
I was wrong on my prediction.
I was wrong on my prediction. I said "no starters on the floor at the 5 minute mark"
It was the four minute mark. My bad.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:46 PM
#345
That's why you dunk the
That's why you dunk the basketball, Mr. Bielfeldt.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:46 PM
#346
Can I haz a 100 points??
Pleeeeze?
January 6th, 2013 at 2:47 PM
#347
Two double doubles...
Awesome.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:47 PM
#348
When is it hard hat time with
When is it hard hat time with Eso??? Bring on the biceps!
January 6th, 2013 at 2:48 PM
#349
I dont like arrogant fans and
I dont like arrogant fans and im not one of them..but its hard to be humble right now on UM basketball..they have alot of work to do but they are on track to being one of the better NCAA basketball teams i have seen in my opinion..Team is playing amazing right now keep it up.
January 6th, 2013 at 2:51 PM
#350
You can say that...
When you have arguably the best team in the country.
Honestly, just let Duke and Michigan play a best of 7 series...
January 6th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
#351
Make sure to leave out DB
Make sure to leave out DB from the planning. For marketing and brand purposes, maybe 1 game will be at Crisler and Cameron each. The other 5 will be on an aircraft carrier, Superdome, Georgia Dome, China, and if it comes to a game 7... space bitches. The players shooting touches maybe a little off, but just imagine the ally-ops and dunks in low gravity. The ratings will be out of this world!
