Games of note, with team we should root for in bold:
Wisconsin and Indiana are in a tight game midway through the second half.
MSU and OSU play at 4:00. (Root for whichever you dislike less.)
Kansas State plays Kansas at 6:00. After rooting for KSU all year, we now want them to lose to protect our seed.
UNLV vs. New Mexico at 6:00. A UNLV upset would be great.
Syracuse vs. Louisville at 8:30. Very important for Louisvile to win here.
Jordi Halls versus carrot top
Wisconsin plays Soviet
Wisconsin plays Soviet basketball, but they sure can defend the post with those big bony bodies. We could take a lesson.
M'Dog
Great Analogy
Thumbs up
Goblueman-Wayne,Mich
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Is it me or does Wisconsin do this every year then lay an egg in the tourney. IMO I don't think their style translates into success outside of the B1G.
THIS IS MICHIGAN
They are like the Triple
They are like the Triple Option in football. It's a matchup that confuses a lot of teams, but it's hard to find six teams in a row that are confused by it.
M'Dog
Definitely rooting for MSU
Definitely rooting for MSU today. God forbid we don't go to Auburn Hills, I wanna make sure I can sell those tickets for as much as I can get.
CoE Class of 2007
from the sounds of it right
from the sounds of it right now ESPn has us a 4 seed in Salt Lake City and MSu is a comfortable 3 in the Palace so for us to get back to the Palace we need OSU, Florida and Syracuse to lose.
If Wisconsin wins this, who
If Wisconsin wins this, who has a better resume for the tournament us or them?
It should be us - they have
It should be us - they have 10 losses to our seven, and as recently as last week they were playing like crap. But it's anyone's guess.
I still think us. 1) they
I still think us. 1) they have 3 more losses. 2) their ooc schedule isn't as good, and they don't have any ooc good wins.
I don't think 2 wins over indiana and us,while impressive, make up for points 1 and 2 above. Just my opinion but the RPI and BPI both agree (35/26 for them, 16/8 for us)
Fuck Wisconsin
/I never knew
Fuck Wisconsin
/I never knew how much I hated Wisconsin until this basketball season.
I'm convinced Wisconsin
I'm convinced Wisconsin sandbagged offensively through the entire regular season so they could be like SURPRISE when it came to tournament time
North Campus' resident Sport Management major
Michigan Concrete Canoe Team - http://umich.edu/~concanoe
LET'S GO ORANGE!
Also, it's
LET'S GO ORANGE!
Also, it's 3:34pm and Georgetown still sucks.
Also, Pitino is a douchebag.
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
Somehow, whenever I have to
Somehow, whenever I have to root for a team I normally dislike, that team never shows up.
So, who's feeling better
So, who's feeling better about our offense today?
And I can't wait for Wisconsin to lose to a 12/13 again when they can't mug people.
I would rather have Wisconsin
I would rather have Wisconsin win over Indiana. Screw Crean.
Even if it screws Michigan
Even if it screws Michigan over, too?
I'd much rather see Crean
I'd much rather see Crean lose, that smug bastard.
That's a Little Brother
That's a Little Brother mentality. I don't like Crean but his team could have done us a service today.
Jordy Hulls
1 for 12 these last 2 games
I just had this ridiculous
I just had this ridiculous thought: maybe we only have one bad loss this year.
That logic didn't make me
That logic didn't make me feel better about football season, don't think it'll help here :(
Basketball is much different
Basketball is much different than football. People are acting like our great team is now a terrible team after some tough losses, though. We lost to a few great teams in the toughest conference in the country, and several of those losses were very very close.
College basketball is a crap shoot at the top this year, especially in the big ten. Let's just wait and see what happens in the tournament.
We have
a very high ceiling and a very low floor. We may honestly be the only team in the tournament to be even money to lose in the first round and/or to win the whole damn thing. Our coaching staff needs to make up its mind on some critical issues by next Thursday. Personally, I say go big whenever possible, play Caris Levert more, and mix up defenses at every chance.
Uh
Are you talking about the loss to PSU or the 25 point beatdown by Michigan State?
I wonder what your response will be when we get bounced off the second round of the tourney, again.
Loss to PSU. MSU is capable
Loss to PSU. MSU is capable of doing that to just about anyone on just about any given night. They're wildly incosistent like we are, though.
It just boggles my mind that after being so bad for so long, we still have fans that are competely incapable of enjoying our top 10 team.
So what are the chances we
So what are the chances we end up a 4 seed now?
Wisconsin
Big Ten tourney champ, 1st round exit NCAA
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Yep. Games are officiated way different in the big dance.
THIS IS MICHIGAN
I don't know why people keep
I don't know why people keep saying this. Wisconsin has been to back-to-back Sweet Sixteens. They usually fair pretty well in the tournament.
Sent From My Commodore 64
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Was just about to bring this point up. They're not perennial one-and-done teams. Bo Ryan has made it to the tourney EVERY FREAKIN' YEAR he's coached @ Wiscy, and has only one 1st round NCAA loss. 3 Sweet Sixteens, 1 Elite Eight. A handful of 2nd round losses, including a 2nd round loss with a #2 seed team as his biggest tourney disappointment (Tucker and Harris, maybe?). Can we all just agree that Bo Ryan is a great system coach - as maddening as it can be to watch that system pummel us into obliviion more times than not.
Hell, Dick Bennett coached 'em to a Final Four appearance playing slow, ugly basketball predicated by great team defense.
Wisconsin
I think a first round exit is unlikely, but Ryan has only made it beyond the Sweet 16 in one of his 11 years. I do think he benefits some from Big Ten's style and regular season officiating and his teams just don't have the talent to win 6 games in a row without Big Ten refs. That being said its tough to complain about the results to much when the guy has never finished lower then 4th in the Big Ten regular season.
I do hate the style he coaches and will be actively rooting against them in the tournament though.
I hate Crean
I can't wait to see this post game handshake.
A Møøse once bit my sister. No realli!
I think he goes out like
I think he goes out like Hayes at some point. He's a hot head, and the longer he gets away with it the more ridiculous he's going to get. If he's already screaming at opposing coaches and smack talking opposing players after games, he's bound to do something that gets him canned or at least suspended at some point.
If he keeps winning, I'm not
If he keeps winning, I'm not so sure. Look how long they kept Bobby Knight.
UNLV
I'm heading to the Thomas and Mack right now for some tailgating and the UNLV game. It's always fun during the MWC tournament. The New Mexico fans are out in full force, it should be split fairly evenly. Gonna be fun!
ALL IN for MICHIGAN
How does it screw us over?
How does it screw us over? Michigan will likely get the seed they deserve. Who cares if we are a 4 seed instead of a 3. Doesn't make a difference to me, still have to win games to get to the final 4.
It makes a huge difference. 3
It makes a huge difference. 3 seed likely ensures Auburn Hills. Also get to avoid a #1 seed in the third game. 2/3 isn't a huge difference, but 3/4 is.
CoE Class of 2007
Gonzaga
If we're out west maybe we'd rather be a 4? Gonzaga might be weaker than the 2-3.
Schwing!
First round pods aren't
First round pods aren't dictated by region, but by attendance. I'm fine if we're out west for the regional, but being in Auburn Hills for the first two games would be a huge advantage for this team.
There is a legitimate chance
There is a legitimate chance we get bumped out of the Auburn Hills slot in favor of Wisconsin. Being a #4 seed in Kansas City or Austin does not confer the same advantage.
Especially with this team.
Especially with this team.
More likely Ohio State if
More likely Ohio State if they win today (and especially if they win the BTT).
If you can't get into college go to State.
No, they're headed to Dayton.
No, they're headed to Dayton.
If Florida and Miami finish
If Florida and Miami finish ahead of OSU (and us), one will probably go to Lexington (with Louisville) and the other would go to Dayton (with Indiana), dropping OSU to their next closest site (Auburn Hills). Georgetown and Duke would fill up Philadelphia.
http://www.crashingthedance.com/distance.php
If you can't get into college go to State.
Not necessarily true
There is just as likely a chance that Wisconsin ends up in Dayton or St. Louis. In fact, St. Louis is actually almost 100 miles closer to Madison than Auburn Hills. Just throwing that out there.
Dayton looks be locked up -
Dayton looks be locked up - IU and OSU are headed there. The other possibilities are Kansas City (not St. Louis), or Lexington, but both are farther away from Madison than Auburn Hills. If we're still considered a better team, it shouldn't matter, but that's up in the air now.
My bad
That was a typo on my part. KC and Auburn Hills are pretty close to the same distance but Auburn Hills is technically closer for Wisconsin. Will be interesting to see what the committee does with that.
Are Brian Evans and Jim
Are Brian Evans and Jim Jackson's son only two black guys on the whole Wisconsin team? That is ridiculous
Sorry they have three black
Sorry they have three black guys, just counted one more
Jordi Halls versus carrot top