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Agree with you for the most part but I still can't get past the fact that he consistently lined up a player at QB who physically could not throw a football.

Telegraphing a run the moment Denard came in the game without Devin. Iowa gameplan had them in the backfield together while they weren't at all vs OSU. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

Good stuff Heiko but I'm still wondering if Borges can answer why he constantly lined up Denard at QB in the 2nd half vs OSU and ran him every time. Not once did he line Denard and Devin at the same time.

OSU players are quoted after the game saying everytime Denard was in their coaches told them to load the box. Why did we keep doing this?

Problem was he lined Denard up at QB so many times in that 2nd half when everyone knew he couldn't physically throw a football. They stacked the box and knew it was going to be a run.

The Denard "sandwich" TD, while awesome, was the worst thing that could've happened for an OC like Borges. He fell in love with the idea that Denard could break one at any time.

Shit, OSU Defenders were quoted after the game saying that whenever Denard was lined up at QB it was going to be a run and they'd stack the box.

At least during the Iowa game, he had Denard and Devin out there together. Against OSU that never happened. Honestly, the worst offensive coaching I can remember. Will never forgive him for it.

Absolutely. Well now that Cleveland has the pick we know he wont go #1.

Who wants him to go to a team owned by a stereotypical, whiny Sparty anyway? Gilbert really is a typical Sparty isnt he? Never thought about that before tonight.

The 1998 class was ridiculous. From Rivals:

"An amazing four recruits - quarterback Drew Henson, running back Justin Fargas, and wide receivers David Terrell and Marquise Walker - were ranked among the top three players at their positions, with Henson the No. 1 pro-style QB and Fargas the consensus No. 1 tailback nationally."

http://michigan.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=con...

The key is that Treys right arm isnt even extended which negates the possibility that the official can claim it was a 'body' foul.

I remember being so pissed at the refs that night and then composing myself at work the next day. This post, while I appreciate it, isn't helping

In fact, OSU QB Cardale Jones uses it to express displeasure in the education system. As in "I didn't come here to go to no class, I'm a football playa" ...or something along those lines.

What do you call an Orc hanging on the wall with no arms and no legs?

Art!

Whoa... Good luck

Sounds rustic

One of our PGs scored 17 points in the first half of the National Championship game. Thats almost as big a stage as Cameron...I think we'll be fine

Interesting...thanks for sharing. Must've been fascinating considering your track record.

I'd say "Two in the Top 30 and a third in the Top 90." Sounds exactly like last years class come to think of it.

Meant something for us. Preseason Top 5 and finished #2

Don't forget 6'7 Speight.

While the W/L column is uncertain in the next few years, the one thing im sure of is that we'll be the largest, most physical team in the nation. The size we're bringing in at nearly every position (esp. Offense) is absurd.

QB, RB, OL, TE, WR....that's like all the positions on offense...so yeah

I hear ya. Just frustrated - was hoping they'd go with Milliner.

Dee Milliner Plz!!

I hear ya. I even tried to root for the Raiders after Woodson was drafted. That sucked

11 hours and now it's getting dark on the East Coast. Oh well, back to Superman III

Quad post fail

It's been 6 hours and he's still nowhere to be found. They better catch this bastard soon

Recruiting doesn't matter...all about development... It's better to turn down 4 and 5 Stars if you don't think they're willing to RS.

Song? Or Dong?

WHICH IS IT!!!!

Unless Devin blows up and goes pro, I'd guess not.

Agree with Blazefire here. I'm sure that QB is above average for HS but nowhere near D1 level. If I threw to Drake I bet I'd have some solid stats as well.

You shouldn't drink like that given your condition and all

Finally a reason to watch the NBA. Our last Top 10 guy was Tractor Traylor - wow, it's been awhile

Homeless mans?

'Merica

Webber CAN do whatever he wants. The University just can't purchase tickets for him

Been watching Fab Five doc on loop and BTN since 8am. So HYPE RIGHT NOW!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!

Your CBS link is a bit outdated - McGary isn't even listed and according to Chad Ford he's a 1st Rounder if he left (which he won't). http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/04/espns_chad_ford_michig...

I was listening to SVP and Rusillo yesterday and they had a segment on drafting players who are in the Final 4. They were making the argument that they'd take 5 Mich players before anyone on Louisville, Syracuse or Wichita St.

1. Burke
2. Hardaway
3. GR3
4. Stauskas (they were in love with his 3pt shooting especially at 6'6)
5. McGary

They said they really wanted to put MCW of Syracuse in Top 5 but didn't know who to take out. Bottom line - we've got ridiculous talent.

Is there a place to see this? Or just going to be a press release via Newswire?

Isn't he not allowed to have any contact with the program in any capacity until May? He just wrote an autobiography...my hunch is that this apology is coming soon

Whoa

With Tom Crean as coaching mastermind while playing two 5'11 guards in Hulls/Ferrell and sharpshooter Oladipo as their outside threats. Color me not surprised that they couldn't attack the zone or shoot over the zone.

We should be fine on offense. Just need to keep up our defense that we played against FL

You're correct, Burke will guard Triche who in no way is 6'4. Probably closer to 6'2 and Trey will harass the hell out of him as he can be careless with the ball.. Hardaway on MCW

Love Jalen. Detroit through and through. Go Blue

Sounds like VCU

Love this quote from Glenn (talking about Trey)

"The main thing he kept saying was, 'Believe,'" Robinson III said. "He said, 'We can't lay down right now. We've worked too hard to lose this game by 10 or 15. We've got to cut this lead down. If we don't step our game up right now, this is it for us. We might regret this for the rest of our lives."

That's leadership right there.

Hop on the bandwagon everyone - this team is clicking at the right time.

Probably shouldn't have done that to Mitch. Kansas is so fucked now

Time to teach these country boys a lesson. Let's do this

Yup. Gotta be Crean. Maintains his Lil Bro complex years after he left East Lansing.

Sweet 16 rings last year, cutting nets down after a loss, coaching kids to fake injuries (@Minn) and randomly freaking out at other coaches after games (Jeff Meyer). This guy is a loser through and through.

If Marquette and Indiana matchup, what kind of post-game fireworks will Crean and Buzz Williams provide? I predict chaos.

The NBA and NFL drafts are so different though. There are 2 rounds in the NBA draft and contracts are only guaranteed in the 1st round. You've got to strike while the iron is hot and Burkes stock is sky high right now - He's probably going to win the frickin Wooden award.

It's just a much riskier prospect for Burke to come back as it is for Lewan both stock-wise and injury-wise.

THJs dad is an NBA scout. I trust they'll be informed enough to make the right decision. It's their decision and their life. Beileins got this thing rolling now. We'll be fine.

Burke is a perfect example of what can happen when you come back for a 2nd year. Went from borderline 1st rounder to Top 10 lock. I assume he'll give GR3 some advice

Indiana bought rings for their Sweet 16 appearance last year

Hoke IS building something special. Even from a non-homer perspective, it's hard not to see what he's in the midst of doing. The next 3-5 years are going to be ridiculous

Lest we forget, we beat a much better team in VCU(5) than what Kansas beat in UNC (9). And completely dominated them.

Yeah. McLemore is much better than Harris. The knock on him is that he's a Homecourt player. Struggles in Road/Neutral court games

Yes, we definitely want UNC due to their smaller lineup. Withey (KU) is a 7'1 shot blocking beast who can also score. I'd worry that Mitch would get into some foul trouble in that matchup.

Let's go fellas. Time to put VCU back in their place.

Not to mention their starting PG for slanging that reefer

Seriously. What a perfect time to get it back

Florida is crazy overrated. No good wins besides Wisconsin early in the year (I think).

...in the NIT

Hopefully no relation to the SF Giant RF slugger stage

Mass is important. Gotta get in that chest work. Crucial.

You nailed it. This fanbase needs to remember this is college basketball, not football.

This is the correct response. And we've been in the Top 10 every single week except one this year.

I was sitting basically in Wisconsins student section. After the game I walked in the rain in a daze with no regard for cars. Just didnt care.

Fuck Wisconsin

You should probably spend more time analyzing this.

A reach? He's #4 overall according to Scouts Inc (McShay) and #2 overall to Mel Kiper. I just hope he's there at #5

I agree with you about the split fandom but Drake is in High School right now. So...Yeah.

I'm referring to the shoddy reporting. They act high and mighty like they won't give out the names and then "accidentally" show them on the documents. I found that incredible.

You're right. Poor choice of words. Should have said "I'd be leery of any investigation if this happened at ND."

And that refers to any investigation at ND including sexual assault and negligent homicide.

I'm just glad this didn't happen at ND...You know how that "investigation" would be handled.

Miami. They're actually older than a number of NBA teams.

We've been Top 5 for all but 2 weeks. Let that sink in

Of course losing Burke is not good but Beilein has set us up for long term success. Remember everyone saying we'd be screwed when we lost Darius Morris?

Let's see. Harris visits Ann Arbor 3 weekends in a row and then decommits from MSU one day after his last visit. I'd say we're in good shape but I do think it'll be awhile before he makes any decision IMO.

He was just interviewed by some guy named Kevin Gehl at WLNS (Lansing TV 6). Here's a tidbit that will be loved by Sparty "Im just playing football now, I wanna play at a bigger school, win a national championship."

Yep. Sounds about right.

I recently listened to the IU "Inside the Hall" podcast and they had Roth on as a guest. This topic was somewhat awkward with the fanboy hosts.

Link? Link. http://www.insidethehall.com/2013/03/08/podcast-on-the-brink-matt-roth/

Webber. 2 Bs. Webber

Thank god! They're sending us to our game!

Uh this stupid MVC game is going to run late. Are we going to miss the first 5-10 minutes of our game? That would be some bullshit

Penn States press is forcing Wisconsin to speed up and it's clearly getting into the Badgers heads. Love it

As long as you have an agreement with the opponents coach that he won't hold it for a last shot after you shoot.

So why is everyone on here so confident we'll lose early in the tourney?

Yeah weve had 5 losses in conference on the road but this isn't football. It happens to everyone in basketball. Maybe because we haven't been in this position in 20+ years and our fanbase doesn't understand college basketball very well?

Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't we been in the Top 5 all year except for 2 separate weeks?

I'm not saying Michigan wins it all or even goes to the Final Four but with no dominant teams, why not us? There is no team in the country we can't beat.

Lest we forget, we are 20-0 in Home/Neutral court games this year. Our struggles have been on the road in the toughest conference in America with one of the youngest teams in the country.

On a neutral court the best and most talented team with great guard play should win. Yes, we could bow out early but we could easily make a deep run.

Edit: Oh and we have the best player in the country at the most important position (PG)

Pierre Jackson is really, really good

Braxton and Gardner? Wut?

Yeah. He's not really in the running anymore but he's on the official list of nominees

I could be wrong but I believe he's been named MVP in some of the top Italian and Spanish leagues

Webber. 2 Bs

I was thinking the same thing but a Florida loss to a bad team like UK really helps us for seeding

This Kentucky situation is fascinating to me. I believe I heard this on SVP and Russillo this week - They were saying they don't think UK has any Pros on their roster besides Noel obviously.

Problem is, with the number of guys they have coming in next year, a bunch of their Freshman are going to have to go Pro. These kids are in an awful spot because if they stay in school maybe they could develop but Cal is going to basically force them out.

When these kids are in HS they just assume they'll be the next Derrick Rose or Anthony Davis. Calipari had to know some of these guys just weren't on that level but I'm sure that's what he sold them.

What are everyone's thoughts on this? Unethical?

Uhh...Burke is on pace to break Michigan's All-Time single season assists record so I'm going to go ahead and disagree.

The record was set over 35 games (BTT does not count but NCAA Tourney does)by Darius Morris and it is 235.

Through 30 games, Burke has 208. If you extrapolate his 6.9 Assists/game average over 5 more games he will end up with either 242 or 243. (Plz let us play at least 4 games in the tourney).

Did you see the fast break pass to Spike for a layup the other day?

After watching this game I can't imagine getting involved in that ugliness

Wut?

Wisconsin is shooting about 5% in the 2nd half. That is not an exaggeration. Seriously not kidding

Carrot top

PSA- As long as Michigan is a top 4 seed we will be playing at the Palace. Translation - Michigan will play at the Palace.

Come on guys. I know we haven't been great at basketball in awhile but lets try to at least act the part.

The round of 16 and 8 are reflective of the regional bracket you're in (South, Midwest, etc). The first two rounds are pod-based which means that the NCAA will place top 4 seeds in a location that is closest in proximity to them.

So, hypothetically Michigan could be a #2 seed in the West and MSU could be a #2 seed in the South and they will both play their first two rounds at the Palace.

As long as UM and MSU are top 4 seeds they'll play at the Palace for the first two rounds.

I'm really looking forward to the postseason due to the neutral court and other factors that bode well for a team like ours. We are 20-0 in home/neutral games this year. The tourney format helps us in a number of ways:

1. Young team should perform much better when not in a raucous environment. PSU is the one glaring exception but look at all of our other losses this year (OSU, IND, MSU, WISC) - all but two games (WISC, PSU) we came out of the gates shell shocked and couldnt recover enough to pull out the W.

Early games in the NCAA tourney are known for being quiet. Lots of corporate seats and split allegiances.

2. Guard play - a common theme to college basketball observers is that guard play is what wins in March. We have the best backcourt in the nation and i dont think any unbiased person would disagree. I don't know if there are statistics to back this up but I'd love to see them if someone has them.

3. Officiating - If it's true that officials start to call clutching/hand checking in the tournament, then this is an absolute advantage for Michigan. Burke is unstoppable when they call these fouls and it would open up the lane for him to penetrate and dish. Let's hope this holds true (re: officiating changes) and I think it will as many in the media (Bilas especially) have been calling for this all year.

This young team has learned some hard lessons and had some adversity. I think all of their experiences could add up to a big run in the NCAA Tourney especially with how wide open it is this year but I'm a glass half-full guy admittedly

The thing about Wisconsin, is that they can beat anyone and also lose to anyone. Fewer possessions = less margin for error. This is a team that just got housed by the same Purdue team we just played. And it was in Madison.

I think they'll win but it's not a lock by any stretch.

Welcome. Wichita St right?