November 29th, 2021 at 11:31 PM ^
Tarleton’s AD has some serious hustle to schedule these opponents. I am seriously on the bandwagon tonight.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:55 PM ^
Before Michigan played them I looked them up & thought WTF is up with this schedule???
For those that are unaware Tarleton State:
- Moved up to D1 in July 2019
- Joined the WAC in 2020
- Head Coach is former Texas A&M, Texas Tech & Kansas head coach Billie Gillespie
- Only 1-5 this year but has played Stanford, Kansas, Wichita State, Michigan & now Gonzaga
November 30th, 2021 at 12:08 AM ^
Billie Gillespie was Kentucky HC. He preceded Calipari.
Bill Self has been HC of Kansas for over 15 years.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:32 PM ^
I'd like to watch but apparently it's on a network called ROOT. I ... don't think I get that
November 29th, 2021 at 11:32 PM ^
I can’t believe Billy Gillespie of all coaches has this team competitive.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:47 PM ^
Lol, you were very, very confident 3 days ago that both Gonzaga and Duke would beat Tarleton by 30+. When I pointed out Kansas and Wichita State both struggled with Tarleton also, you got very defensive about your shitty prediction and told me you really understood basketball.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
Yep, I was fucking way wrong!
November 30th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
? damn I wish I screenshot the pre-edit response. It was so awesome.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:34 AM ^
Nah, that’s not me usually. I’m not usually the antagonistic type. I was way off base the other night and should’ve owned up to it.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:15 AM ^
Owning it deserves plusses imo.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:25 AM ^
I got downvoted because I didn’t own it at first, I went back at Beilein 4 Life because he was right and I was wrong. I apologize for that sir!! I edited it to own up to my mistake. I can at least do that much! Michigan Basketball is my passion so there are gonna be way too many times where im way back and forth on my thoughts and I’m gonna take my licks when I do it.
November 30th, 2021 at 5:58 AM ^
No hard feelings! I’m glad you owned up to it. We are all Michigan fans here and sometimes I lose track of that, so it’s a good reminder to myself not to be as dickish. That said, you were super wrong. Lol. But I thought our freshmen class would play a lot better than they have, so we all take our lumps!
November 30th, 2021 at 6:29 AM ^
If we mess up we fess up
November 30th, 2021 at 12:38 AM ^
That's par for the course. It starts at the top. Guys who think they noahtahl.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:34 PM ^
It was Arizona that impressed the heck out of me. Unless we are genuinely bad....
November 29th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
Only game so far I felt like we should have won and didn’t was Seton Hall. I think they are ok but we should’ve won that one.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:43 PM ^
Encouraging, 51-47 Zags now, 5 min. left. Thanks.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:48 PM ^
Zags pulling away a bit now under 5 like Michigan did.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
Final, Gonzaga 64 - Tarleton 55.
Very similar to Michigan 65 - Tarleton 54.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
That makes me feel a lot better. Now make me feel better about the Arizona gsme
November 30th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
Arizona is 6-0. They beat UT Rio Grande Valley by 54 and Illinois just beat UTRGV by 9. It looks like AZ is pretty damn good
November 30th, 2021 at 12:27 AM ^
See my apology above sir, not that you may give a rats ass but I’m offering it anyway.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:24 AM ^
Me too. And the season is early. No reason to overreact now.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:27 AM ^
Tarleton State is shockingly pretty good it seems like.
Gonzaga rolled UCLA by 20 points...
Michigan still has work to do, but Tarleton isn't that bad...or at least they are able to raise the level of their game...
I still believe Arizona is going to surprise people this year.
November 30th, 2021 at 12:32 AM ^
Now that I’ve had a moment of levity, if they play as well in their conference as they have in these other games, they would be one of those teams a 1 seed would hate to play in the first round of the tournament.
Edited to make sense
November 30th, 2021 at 12:47 AM ^
I assume you meant "one of those 16 seeds that a 1 seed would hate to play..." and I gotta say that's exactly the feeling I got when watching them. Tarleton State will win a lot of games this year in whatever conference they're in exactly. That's a well coached, athletic team whose only problem is that they're all 6'5" and under.
November 30th, 2021 at 1:05 AM ^
Yep that’s what I meant
November 30th, 2021 at 1:19 AM ^
Don’t be surprised if Arizona wins the PAC 10. That is a damn good team…they not only doubled the post but covered every shooter. They are long, athletic and will be a problem for EVERYONE. We should have beaten Seton Hall - that is the aberration so far really. My biggest fear about this team is we don’t have 3 and D wings which makes the gravity around Hunter less effective. Livers, Wagner, and Brown were shooters you had to respect. Made doubling a bad decision…
November 30th, 2021 at 7:27 AM ^
Most people know little about this great game-and the sports journalists who write about and vote in the polls are at the top of a "list of ignorance" in this regard. Here, those who rely upon these "experts" to be informed...well, they are equally uninformed.
I will be shocked if Michigan does not, finally, end up in the top ten. Despite all the ridiculous posts on this board, Juwan and his staff are likely the best in the game-I mean #1...not simply in the top 5 or 10. Furthermore, this roster is loaded and all the whining (on this board) is profoundly ignorance based. This roster is stacked with lots of very talented but very young players who have to figure out how to fit into playing on a real team-this isn't AAU ball anymore. The coaches have their work cut out for themselves but the past two years declare, and I am confident, that they will get there.