Winning out make up for PSU Loss?

We just blew our chances at a second straight conference championship. So no, for that reason it will not make up for it. Now if Indiana loses again before us and we end up sharing the title, then yes. But that's not likely

Winning all four of those games was never likely.  The PSU loss is a big hit to the team's resume, but beating IU and MSU would be huge additions to it...Also, I dislike IU and MSU a hell of a lot more than I dislike PSU.

Awfully optimistic. Definitely not realistic.

Yes, it would make up for it.  A big part of the frustration over the loss is the knowledge that it's part of a pattern, and that it's indicative of a team that is going to plummet way down in seeding and lose in the first round of the tournament.  Winning out would completely put those concerns to bed.  In the big scheme of things, there is no long-lasting embarrassment to an upset in basketball like there is in football.  This loss was God awful, but if we have even a halfway decent tournament run (Sweet Sixteen or better), nobody is going to care. 

With that said, winning out is wishful thinking at this point.  Winning another game might be wishtul thinking.  The team is a disaster right now.

I don't care if we win out or lose out as long as this team FIXES its issues before the NCAA tournament...a first or 2nd round loss completely ruins all the good from this season IMO. 

However, if this team wins out i'll be thrilled...but then realize they just blew the BIG championship by blowing a 2nd half 15 point lead vs. a BIG last place PSU team. 

I think losing out is just as likely, if not more likely, than winning out, unfortunately. I sure hope I'm wrong.

The PSU loss is as bad as it is because of the way in which we lost. The only thing that will make up for it is a change in attitude and work ethic. 

I think beating MSU alone would make up for the PSU loss. But I'll be happy if we don't get embarassed on our home floor the next two Sunday's, because I'm afraid that might happen.

Look on the bright side!

You don't have to waste time looking for the bright side!

No

This team as much as we don't want to believe it is and has been overrated. Our best wins have been at home versus Ohio State, Pittsburg, and I guess Kansas State... Losses of course include OSU, MSU, PSU, Wisky, and Indiana. All good teams... The one REAL quality win (OSU) was at home and barely won. Michigan did not earn their top rating... It was given to them by other teams losses. Once we got to number one expectations went through the roof. I feel like realistic expectations of this team should be Sweet 16 and anything better than that is a bonus. Michigan is a young team with one great player. If we win out, I still would not change expectations of Sweet 16. This is a good team, no where near being a championship team. Should we have lost to PSU? No! But let's take a look at the whole body of work, one home win versus a down OSU team shouldn't make us think we're worthy of a championship this year. We're clearly a fan base starving for a great team, but good is the best were gonna get.

We sleptwalked through the PSU and Illinois wins.  The team that played the first five minutes of the second half last night was a national title contending team.  Problem is, we need 40 minutes of that. 

You know what happens when a team plays like that for 40 minutes?  Look at what Sparty did to us recently.  Look at what Indiana did to us.  Those teams went HARD from start to finish.  Maybe we needed this to get pushed forward.

I'm more worried about losing out at this point

No way in holy hell we beat MSU and IU, probably will lose to both as much as it pains me to say it. Freshman, no matter how talented, tend to wilt at the wrong time. I can see the MSU game being a replay of the last game, hope I am wrong with all my heart. Purdue is not a gimme either, especially after last night.

This team has to be so terribly dejected right now.  I think it's going to be a rough end of the season.

Most of us fell victim to high expectations after hitting #1.  I doubt we beat either MSU or IU at this point. Purdue will get curb-stomped.  Probably a #3 seed for NCAA, depending on Big Ten tournament results. 

If we win out in March, then absolutely.

Last night was a horrendous loss.   To not close out a 15 point lead in the final 10 minutes against a previously winless in 18 games B1G team is a huge blemish.   Lots of folks were lambasting the "bad" losses of other top 10 teams before our Penn State debacle.   The Penn St. loss may trump all "bad" losses this year for top 10 teams.

If we miraculously find a defensive elixir to stop dribble penetration (seriously, watching Newbill penetrate at will against us for 80 minutes over the past 10 days is disheartening)  and wide-open 3's (Penn St. was averaging 27% from 3-point land before yesterday?!), then beating Staee, Purdue, and IU to close out the year would definitely ease the sting of last night's nightmare.   But if we win out, I'll still be sticking forks in my forehead knowing that we lost out on a potential B1G title by losing to Penn State.  

No. This is a talented, young team...but that was an epic meltdown. I will be happy if we beat State...but I am not over optimistic. That being said this isn't the only message board in total chaos over the last 24 hours...UConn stormed back to beat G-Town in OT, Texas came back from 22 down to win in OT, and a terrible USC team beat PAC leader Arizona.

Winning out as in every game from now till the end of the ncaa tourney? Then yes , if you meant anything else then no.

 This teams just young and soft. If they put half the effort into defense as they did for pick and rolls they would undefeated.

 It makes me wish i could go back in time to 3-4 years ago when i didn't care about college basketball again

.....but it's not going to happen.  The reality is that the team isn't as good as the hype has been.  At this point, they are 0-1 against IU, Wisky and Sparty.  They're 1-1 against OSU and the win came at home in OT.  They started off with huge deficits against IU, MSU and OSU on the road.  That says something about preparedness.

They can't really "impose their will" on other teams with physical force and they don't really react well in adverse situations.  That doesn't detract from the good season that they have enjoyed.  However, this team isn't really a true contender for the B1G or National Championships.  By "true contender" I mean that they'll finish at least 2-3 games behind whoever wins the B1G.

This might sound strange, but I expect them to be better next year without Trey Burke.  Walton should be competent at PG and Irvin will be a solid addition to the lineup.  More people will be forced to step up.

On a related tangent.....why was Albrecht even in the game (let alone shooting a 3) with a few minutes left?  Where was McGary for most of the second half?  The lineup down the stretch seemed a bit unusual to me. 

Giving PSU their first conference win of the season is inexcusable. That costs prestige.

Ok... Let's all sit back and think about what this Michigan team is. Its young and b4 the season started not many ppl expected the season to go the way it has. I figured we could have about 6-7 bad losses. But as of today Michigan only has 2 bad losses. 4 losses to 4 ranked teams that we were very much in the game with. I'll take what this young team is giving us. 5 losses on the road does not equal the end of the world.

And let's b honest... A 1 seed would b amazing given how long its been, but its not what we all predicted at the beginning. Let the rest of the season play out. As bad as our loss to Penn St feels they matched up pretty well in both games. Michigan will pick themselves up from this. A young team needed to b alil embarrassed. Too much hype too early. Time to get up for revenge against State. 2-1 the rest of the season and Michigan's a 2 seed easily or 1 depending on what everyone else does. Let's get hyped for what Michigan has left. A chance to make a statement.

I wish I was creative enough to make these.

Thou shall not talk about Penn State loss.

I don't talk about losing to Penn State often, but when I do, I puke in my mouth a bit. 

Its simple.NO.

People don't realize this isn't even close to the worst lost in terms of Michigan being upset.

In 1988-89, they lost to division 3 Alaska-Anchorage. D3!! Nobody remembers it or cares. They remember what they did after that game in march and April.

No chance.  If we can lose on the road to a team that is WINLESS in the B1G, then we could easily lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament again (because we won't be a #1 seed now).  

This team is like the Georgetown Hoyas team when Allen Iverson was a sophomore.  Good team, great PG, and had the talent to make it to the final 4.  Only problem is they never lived up to the expectations (bowed out in the Elite 8).  I see a similar fate for us.  Perhaps a Sweet 16 exit.  That's the over/under in my book.  

But winning out would be awesome.

Just shut up about it already. I want to forget.

It'd be nice. It wouldn't make up for that abortion of a game, though. Nothing can make up for that. It's inexcusable.

I just hope they can make a good run in the B1G and NCAA tourneys.  The loss to PSU reminded me of a game MSU played against Wright State University the year they won it all with Cleeves and Peterson.  MSU lost on the road to a terrible WSU team.  I was at the game as I live in the Dayton area.  It was a horrible showing but they rebounded and obviously did pretty darn good down the stretch.  If I remember correctly, I believe Cleeves was out for the game at WSU though.

You honestly think we're going to beat MSU & Indiana at home and Purdue on the road after watching THAT last night?  Seriously?

I thought Timmy "guarenteed" that wasnt going to happen again.  

I can handle the OSU & Indiana losses (hostile crowd, intimidated players) cause we fought back and made a game of both of them.  I can even handle to some extent the MSU beat-down given they hate us as much as they do and once the wheels fell off the wagon there was no stopping that train.  But last night?  Sorry that one's a crusher.  I've literally been debating posting "most embarrasing loss" cause I could make a case for last night being at least in the discussion with "The Horror".

I think a run to the Sweet 16 could be considered a success. I don't think this team is tough enough (mentally and physically) or mature enough to make it really far.