WBB vs. Maryland Open Thread (on BTN Plus)

Submitted by Team 101 on

Michigan WBB is at Crisler tonight facing Nol 5 Maryland (8-0 in B1G play).  I'm not at the game and I don't have a subscription to BTN Plus.  It would be a big boost to the program if we could pull off the upset here.

Maryland 21, Michigan 18 with 11:25 to go before half.

Bando Calrissian

January 29th, 2015 at 7:22 PM ^

I'm all for supporting WBB, but for a sport that doesn't have a really huge following and a game that's being broadcast solely on an online subscription network... Do we need an open thread?

Wolverine Devotee

January 29th, 2015 at 8:24 PM ^

This game could be so much worse and really feels like it is. But for awhile Michigan looked like they could get back in it with some stops and scores.

Now, it's getting out of hand. Flaherty needed to get hot along with Thompson in order to have a chance.

Maryland has only lost twice all year and zero times in conference.

Tough stretch. Doesn't get any easier going to #15 Nebraska this weekend.

Wolverine Devotee

January 29th, 2015 at 9:13 PM ^

I watched on BTN+.

Goree did not have a good game rebounding. When she doesn't have a double-double, Michigan's record is not good.

They were hanging in there for awhile before MD showed why they've only lost twice this year.

But WBB as a program is getting better every year. Just look at the perception of it. They just had another BTN game added this year. Bad teams usually do not get much airtime on BTN.

What they should aspire to be is what Michigan Volleyball is. A program that was literally nothing from the time it was started until they got their coach that turned them into something.

Volleyball still hasn't won the B1G since the B1G is the undisputed toughest conference in the nation, but they made the Final Four in 2012 and lost in 5 sets to the eventual national champion after a 7th place finish in the B1G.