On to the Tournament.
Mitch Mcgary can't get here soon enough.
We need his inside presence. It's a sad day when your point guard leads your team in rebounds.
(yes I know we out-rebounded OSU, however, lack of an inside presence was frustrating i.e. watching Jared Sullenger go 9-13, and 3 offensive boards.)
All in all, one loss can't mar the incredible season MBB has had. Look for John Beilein (who imo is one of the best tourney coaches in the league) to pull us back together and make a strong run in march.
Remember, we have the 3 seed all but locked up. I've seen some really favorable mock-draws for us, and once our shots start falling, we're hard to beat.
Here's to a tourney to remember. Go blue.
If that's a question, the answer is NOO! We definitely did not play a basketball game today, that's for sure.
Yeah, this feels like one of those burn the tape and forget that it ever happened games. Not much worked today.
The reality is that OSU is very, very good - definite national title contender good - and it'll be awhile before we see a team that's nearly that talented or nearly that familiar with us.
3 games from now we get a 2 seed.
That's what I meant by "awhile." Even then, chances are that the team we play won't have seen us this season. I think that works in our favor despite the fact that we won't have seen them, either.
If we do, we'll have four or five days to rest up and prepare for them, not 24 hours.
Don't worry, I think the team will bounce back. That is one of Coach B's strongest suits. He knows how to bounce back from any loss.
Michigan had to fight so hard to beat Minnesota. I think the te tream is still flat from getting their main goal of getting a share of the B1G title.
If they don't get focused on playing harder and playing some defense they won't get past the first round. I was hoping for possible elite eight, but the last outings were so weak I'm less optimistic than I was a weak ago.
I think this is what is exactly what is going on.
Look at that celebration video when they win the B1G Tournament. It was just as much relief as it was excitement.
I think the hangover was certainly there.
We played against the refs as much as we played against Minnesota, but still, we should beat that team without their best player by 20. And no reason to lose like we did today.
So now we face a challenge. Do we continue to roll over and be satisfied with a shared B1G Title? Or do we get over it and go on a tourney run that this school hasn't seen in 20 years?
It's not easy to play back-to-back games with no bench. Michigan used two bench players against Minnesota, they were worn out and playing a much better team.
I agree and reading some of their post-game quotes is giving me confidence that they can put this behind them and regroup fro a srtong tourney run. All these guys are mature and I think that'll show when they come out strong in the toruney.
We got knocked out of the B1G tourney last year in the semis by ohio and came back to kill Tennessee and almost get Duke, so I trust in Beilein and the team.
pretty good out there. They shocked me. I think Michigan should use the reserves a little more to keep the starters from getting so worn out.
Person had a nice little stat line - 7 points and 2 boards in 3 minutes of action. He looked like he might be a guy we could use in case of first-half foul trouble.
had to dig deep on the bench and open up his rotation because the starters couldn't hit anything. It's nice to see that Person can contribute if need be.
This game doesn't matter. I had a hard time getting up for this game to be honest. I know I'm not a player but it seemed they did as well. Thursday/Friday is what matters. Let the pundits keep reminding the country how the 3/4 Seed Michigan's last outing was a horrible defeat to their rival and may be struggling. They're going to be dead wrong and Coach Beilein will have the troops rallied for WORLD DOMINATION (or just opening round domination!).
One has to be "Eh" about this game. Can't overreact and say how bad we are nor underreact and act like this team is really all butterflies and rainbows (i.e. army tanks and transformers who are supposed to beat everyone to a pulp). Ohio and Sparty are good. Better than us 6-7 times out of 10. Brian said it recently and got killed for it. It's a fact. It's true becasue Michigan "needs" more things to go their way to win against those teams. It doesn't mean Michigan is a poor team who won games because of luck. Michigan will fare well this next week, just watch. They could even shock a few people who just aren't aware of how good a team they really are. Settle down all. It's been a good ride. Let's sit back and see how they finalize the already-great season...
They'll be fine. This was just one of those games against a really good team. Im sure Beilein will get them ready for the tournament for at least a sweet 16 maybe elite 8 type of run. I believe in our guys and next year we will be even better.
Ohio State is no better than us and we basically committed suicide with turnovers, bad shots and horrible passing. We made them look like the fucking 1973 Soviet BBall team! I don't know if we were tired or what but we looked like fucking shit out there. Burke wasn't hitting layups, THJ couldn't sink a 3, Novak, Morgan, Smotz hell the whole team looked pathetic. This was an embarrassing loss to an overrated Ohio St squad. Pathetic.
Im not saying theyre great but they are pretty good. I agree about us making them look better than they are. We just didnt have it today.
What basis do you have for your contention that OSU is overrated? They're 27-6 and could receive a #1 seed if they win tomorrow.
Beat a struggling Duke team who's not nearly as good this year as they've been in the past, lost to Wisconsin at home against a Badger team who's been inconsistant this year, lost to an overrated Indiana squad at the beginning of the year, Sullinger hasn't done shit with Ohio St in the past 4 or 5 games with the Bucks until today, barely out of sheer luck with the help of Bueford snuck by MSU at EL. Watch and see for yourself tomorrow how Sparty exposes them for who they really are and that's overrated and over hyped. State will bring them down to Earth. They have the best defense in conference. It's a fact and you saw it today against Wisconsin.
So basically, your argument is "They lost six times and some of their wins weren't blowouts." You realize that you can make that kind of argument against almost every team in the country, right?
Let's recap what OSU has just done in the last 10 days:
-Beat Northwestern, a team playing for its tourney life, on the road.
-Beat MSU on the road - no other team had even played within 10 points of MSU at Breslin prior to that
-Beat a 21-win Purdue team by 17 points
-Beat a 24-win Michigan team by 22 points
That's pretty damn impressive.
I detest both teams and won't be watching their game because I don't "have a dog in the fight," but I think whoever wins tomorrows B1G Championship game deserves a one seed.
Is the 3 seed locked up, even after this game?
I don't think so, and it's not just because of this game. There are always a few seeding decisions that seem more inexplicable than any of the bubble decisions, and a four seed wouldn't surprise me at all. If I had to put probabilities on it, I'd say that there's something like a 5% chance of a 2-seed, 50% chance of a 3-seed, 35% chance of a 4-seed, and 10% chance of something worse.
Wisconsin was a potential competitor for that seed, but they lost as well. I think the only way we'll be a #4 seed is if it's one of those situations where we'd be sent to an unfair location (geographically speaking) if we were the #3.
Wisconsin and Indiana had the potential to steal a 3 seed from us this week and neither took it, this combined with the fact that Georgetown didn't go far in the Big East tournament are good signs for us. I think we'll stay on the 3 line along with Baylor, Marquette, and Georgetown possibly.
Well, we didn't look good yesterday and we didn't look good today. In fact, we didn't look that good in the final game of the regular season against Penn State. You kind of want your team to be clicking and looking good at this time of the year. I think a week off will be good for us, but I am surprised that we've looked as poorly as we have these past few games. I'm really shocked that Stu and Zack played the way they did yesterday. Those would have been the last two players I'd expect to not play well leading right up to the tourney.
I was surprised by the play of the seniors as well. Let's hope that this loss is the fuel to propel them through the tourney and into the Elite 8.
Let's go MF Blue!!
B1G Championship > B1G Tournament Championship
To win the B1G, you have to be the best all year and it takes place over a whole season.
To win the B1G Tournament you have to get hot for a few days. It takes place over 3-4 days.
Now that the loss is out, make a good run in the NCAA Tournament.
by that logic the President's cup is more prestigeous than the Stanley cup.
Actually, no, that isn't his logic.
Tell me you didn't just compare the National Hockey League to College Basketball.
Not just comparing the NHL to college basketball, but comparing the Stanley Cup to whatever it is the Big Ten gives out to the BTT winner. That post should be moderated "Funny."
but do explain how a regular season title is better than a post season title...
Are you aware that the NCAA considers conference tournaments to be part of the regular season? If you want to make an NHL comparison, compare the BTT with Fan Appreciation Day in April.
March 10th, 2012 at 10:51 PM ^
I already did. Conference tournaments are a gimmick and a money grab. They are for the teams who shit the bed in the regular season and need a way to get into the NCAAs.
If the conference tournament is the highest level, you're saying the 1997-98 Michigan team was the best team in the Big Ten that year....?
Good teams can win 3-4 games in a row, but the BEST teams can win consistently all season long.
Maybe you should focus on spelling the names of the players correctly before you start giving a basketball clinic there, sport.
Underrated IMHO... We do have to get tougher in the paint and should with the upcoming classes.
Indiana is also a great state for high school basketball and we have two 5-star recruits coming in, who both happen to be from the state of Indiana.
Clearly the guys on this team who just won a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 1986 are a bunch of pussies, especially compared to a guy who sat on his ass and watched a different team play 20 years ago and isn't terribly impressed by their accomplishments.
And don't even get me started on the coach who has won at each of his 7 different college head coaching jobs. What the fuck is that guy thinking!
Smotrycz Mcliman are both too weak for power positions and not skilled enough to play the wing. There are other players that should have been recruited in their place.Like Ben Cronin, Robin Benzing, and Jon Horford?
soooooo much wrong with this paragraph...soooo much...
I'll just say I'm very very glad that we won a share of the Big Ten championship this year and leave it at that. Very glad.
I bet you are on of those fans who have mysteriously reappeared after a 10+ year absence from Michigan Basketball.
Give me a break. You have no clue how far this team and program has come.
Take a walk.