that after their game with Wisconsin the Spartan players came out to watch our game, to send a message that they wanted us. In the locker room players were asked about it and they responded, "They don't understand; we want them too"
They should pass some of that on to the football team.
If you consider Pete Carrll at Princeton who took Georgetown to the wire, upset defending champ UCLA and won over 500 games without a scholarship player and was, obviously, inspriational enough to have coaches like Thompson and Beilien adapt his style of play - both with some oustanding talent - they should go far. Princeton went far with nothing but an invitation. They weren't supposed to be invited, but yet they made it to 11 tournies and won a couple of NITs I think. Their success story was built on coaching greatness and so is our's. Ours' happens to have a lot more talent attached to it so yeah, it can absolutely and does drive top tier teams nuts. Won't surprise me at all to see us there and to grab one would be a very mild surprise imo.
and was upset because his track record with predicting anything is poor IMO.
Hoping he's wrong on this one.
Edit: I hope he is correct - I want him to be less wrong than he normally is is what I meant.
is wrong this time. (We knew what you meant.)
Yes we should be in Detroit. As the game wound down I realized that State will get a higher seed than us and we beat them twice convincingly without a home game.
I posted this in another thread but he likes us playing teams outside the conference that aren't familiar with what we run. Ample rest leading up to some quick turnarounds is going to make this team lethal.
as long as we play like we can we can beat anyone!
This team could make it to the Final Four, but that doesn't change the fact that Seth Davis is a tool and a terrible basketball commentator.
Sorry math major....when I see an equation I have to finish it
Exceedingly well articulated.
Your just parroting what he said!
with the vastly impoved defense, this team can survive a lackluster shooting peformance. And, when the threes are dropping, they are going to be a very very hard out in the tourney.
also finish the season in the top 10.
Don't care. Just be undefeated in March.
any team. Playing best basketball and getting better from ft line.
They could come out rusty on O but defense is desire and that should be just fine til they find their legs.
On the bandwagon, NOW.
Go Blue.
7 more wins in a row and this will be an unforgetable season...following a previous season that seemed unfortgetable. Seems like the norm for a Beiein program.
I feel like he's always loved Michigan the last decade or so.
Unlike Grant Hill, who is probably saying that we're "just staying alive" in the 3rd half rn...
I hope UNC breaks his and his alma mater's heart.
I dont think there is any doubt who the best team in the B1G is atm. This team can absolutely win the whole damn thing. And should be considered one of the favorites.
I guess we get byes the first 4 rounds and are automatically in the final four.
FWIW no-one is a Final Four team before actually making it there. Anything can happen in March...
If Beilein makes it to the Final Four, he will have replaced all the banners that were taken down.
(Don't care about the NIT.)
The trademark of Beilein teams at Michigan seems to be they peak at the right time. We are certainly not the most talented team in the country but I guarantee very few opposing teams want to face us right now.
as the clock was winding down today. We're a pretty complete team playing with a lot of confidence and poise. Scoring depth, good inside game, good outside game. If we play to our potential we can beat anyone and make a deep run.