Latest bracketology has Michigan a 4 seed in Salt Lake City
Do not want.
Especially with arizona in the Third Round and it not being in Auburn Hills.
They Big10 will not get 3 2 seeds. Wiscy maxes out at a 3. 10 loss teams don't get 2 seeds. That just doesn't happen. Also people tend to overrate conference tournament results. The committee factors them in like regular games, no more no less.
Because they played about the easiest possible conference schedule, playing a bunch of contenders only once apiece. They have little in the way of signature wins.
Minnesota played a much tougher overall schedule and has a lot more impressive wins. They've played poorly for several weeks now, but their schedule should still get them in.
It may have something to do with the fact that we have five freshmen in the rotation.
I'm not sure it's something that can be taught. It's hard to explain to someone what it's like to play in a crazy environment where 13,000 cheer against you. It's hard for almost any team to play on the road and especially so for young teams. Still, we went 4-5 in true road games, with one of the losses being the Wisconsin miracle.
If we did that, we'd also probably give up a lot more transition points than we currently do (we're one of the best in the country at limiting transition baskets). There's a tradeoff to every coaching decision.
Is that you????
Kidding. I say try it. why not?
The third round? The third round? Don't get ahead of yourself
Michigan should root for Louisville and Kansas today. If one or both lose, Michigan should be in Auburn Hills. If both win, it could be dicey.
They will need both Kansas St. and Syracuse to lose and it wouldn't hurt if New Mexico lost to UNLV. 3 or 4 seed by itself isn't such a big deal but home games in Auburn Hills are.
Could be worse. SLC's a great place to visit in the wintertime.
(Not that I have any great faith in Lunardi's prognosticating.)
I guess every silver lining has a dark cloud.
Not sure but I am sure all the sparty fans and other 6 teams fan base will be rooting against us.I do hope we go to AH because of all the UM fans who want to go.
They're not all going to watch our game. We'll have a homecourt advantage.
AFAIK no alcohol at NCAA events is still in effect. Do you think sparty would stay and root against us or head over to the Post for a quick one?
We will be just fine.
so much for buying those tickets for the palace
They're still the outright champion of the country's best conference.
I can't really argue that Michigan is playing like a deserving 2-3 seed but I also don't understand how Michigan's seeding seems to take a hit after every loss even if the loss is to a good team. Michigan was considered by most "experts" a probably 2-seed before losing by a point to Indiana. The loss bumped the prediction to a 3-seed. The loss to Wisconsin bumps the prediction to a 4-seed. Indiana loses to Ohio St. at home (slightly worse loss than losing to Indiana at home) and remains a 1-seed. Indiana loses to the same Wisconsin team a day later and remains a likely 1-seed. I do not understand why one team gets hammered and the other it doesn't seem to have any effect. It's not like those 2 losses were Indiana's only losses. They stand at 27-6. It's not much different than 26-7. I am not trying to say Michigan deserves a higher seed than Indiana but if you look at the whole schedule and all the wins and losses why do relatively similar losses cost one team and not the other?
I think his point was, that we are bad enough defensively that we give up a lot of points in the half court game. So what's the difference if we give up transition baskets or half court baskets? At least if we are giving up transition baskets by crashing the offensive boards, we are increasing our chances of offensive baskets.
Not to say I necessarily agree with this approach, but I think he's willing to accede that this will give up transition baskets, and that it is an acceptable tradeoff.
This was supposed to be a response to a post above. Trust me, it makes more sense in context.
I understand his point completely. But I disagree. We're not great at halfcourt defense, but we're not so bad that scoring in the halfcourt against us is as easy as scoring in transition. I also don't think we'd grab that many offensive rebounds even if we tried to crash like crazy. We just don't have that many big, physical guys that can win the battles for inside position.
If we tried to mimic MSU and send 3-4 guys to the boards every possession, we'd get some extra points, but we'd definitely get burned the other way a lot, too. Guys like Stauskas, THJ, LeVert, Burke et al. just aren't going to get us a ton of offensive boards. It's not their game.
At this point in the season, we are what we are. There is no magic coaching adjustment that's going to make a huge difference. We just have to hope a combination of extra effort, mistake-free basketball and good shooting can work.
Why does everyone think they will be so far ahead of us in the seeding ( a 2 for them and a 4 for us). They finished by losing 4 of their last 5 games vs ranked teams, including UM. In the BTT they went 1-1. I think the resumes are fairly similar.
that we beat Indiana but because of the no call on the flagrant, we lose. Sparty beats Iowa because of a bad call too. The shot where Iowa CLEARLY had all ball but was called a foul. If that does not get called, Iowa gets the ball and wins.
So yes, they are not better than us.
After breaking my glasses with the maize-and-blue-colored lenses, I saw that:
Michigan’s RPI has slipped to 17. They are 6-6 in their last 12 games with two of those wins and one of those losses coming against Penn State RPI: 185); although two of the other Michigan wins were against teams that could be seeded no worse than two in their respective regions (Michigan State and Ohio State), those wins were at home by a total of three points.
Then there’s the "eye test" taken with clear lenses. Michigan has become a two player team on offense, a porous team on defense and a weak rebounding team. If Burke or Hardaway goes cold, Michigan’s offense often has no scoring threat. As great a job as John Beilein has done in recruiting talented players, he appears to have trouble making in-game adjustments, and he has no assistant who apparently can coach defensive skills and strategy.
Michigan just as easily could be a five seed as a three seed. And wherever Michigan is seeded or wherever Michigan plays its first game, as sad as it will seem, it may become a popular "filling-out-the-bracket" pick for Michigan to lose that game.
Nevertheless, regardless of the seed and region placement (and I’d be rooting for both Michigan and Michigan State to wind up on the same line in different regions, and playing on alternate nights in Auburn Hills), I’m hoping that by Michigan’s next game, the starting frontcourt will be McGary, Morgan and Robinson, with Horford rotating in for McGary and Morgan, and Bielfeldt getting a few minutes to help the others avoid serious foul trouble; that Stauskas and Robinson can alternate at the small forward and each be rejuvenated by that arrangement; that LeVert and Albrecht (and maybe even Vogrich, the only senior who possibly could see playing time) can make some positive contributions; and that Michigan can find some Silver Linings Playbook juju that will take them further than most of the "experts" predict. . . . And if they're looking for some inspiration, how about getting Austin Hatch to give the pre-game speech?
FYI: They cannot play on alternate nights. There's a Thursday day session of two games (say the 3v14 and 6v11 of Region A) and a Thursday night session of two games (say 4v13 and 5v12 of Region B). Then on Saturday the winners of a session play each other back to back, which is why Saturday's ticket, if M and MSU are in Auburn Hills, will be quite the ticket to hold.
March 16th, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
The more appropriate wish would've been for U-M and MSU playing in alternate sessions on the same day. So, MSU can get a three seed and U-M can get a four or a five seed in order to play at alternate times. (With Syracuse's epic meltdown against Louisville tonight, that four seed might be looking a little safer for the Wolverines.)