Michigan vs. Louisville NCAA Tournament Game 6 Open Thread
Once more unto the breach, dear friends....
Not only keeping with the front page style, but I feel that way. I'm pretty live and let live on threads. But I might have fought someone for this one tonight. I'm taking no chances. I even had subs tonight. Because I bet it's going to get crazy. Liveblog is up on the front page, so if there are zero posts in this thread, that's fine. It exist. (Oh, and you can check out the Gameday open thread till this game really gets started).
It's funny how 2 and a half hours, plus commercials, can bring such misery or joy, over how a ball bounces. Both teams here have accomplished a lot. But only one gets to go home happy. For every person who loves this team and thinks "we're due" there's a Louisville fan thinking the same. Programs, recently overshadowed by their in-state rival, trying to win their first national championship since the late 80's, with a coach trying to set a historic personal milestone and prove their ranking among the elite. And someone is going to end very unhappy. So it's time to seize the day. Better them than us.
Because one of these opportunities may not come along for awhile. It doesn't have to be 20 years of darkness to not get back to this point; it's really hard, and you can be good for a good long while and not have the perfect mesh of players who come together in the right year, the right amount of chemistry and luck in big Tournament games, and things belong your control like some opposing team who is just better than you that year.
Is Louisville that team? We'll know before the night is done. But we should try and enjoy every player and play tonight, because we have no idea how many of these guys will be back. And while I expect we'll always be good under John Beilein, there's no guarantee we get back this far, even fielding good team after good team. If you had told a young me that after going 3 out of 5 years and back to back that we wouldn't be back till I was 20 years older, I don't know that I'd have believed it. We were Michigan. And we will be; a new generation will get to experience that from this day forward. I just hope they also don't have to experience the agony of losing one of these things. There's not much in sports worse. But only with great risk can come great reward.......
We are here. Louisville may be the better team, but we have the better players; and while Pitino does a great job when you consider recruiting and everything, I think we have the better X&O coach. One day to prepare. Time for them to shine in the short turnaround. Play for 40 minutes, leave it all on the court, and have no regrets. And bring home the ring and the banner, and fire up the pep rally and parade. I want to watch One Shining Moment and be happy. 5 down, only 1 to go. Let's do this. Go Blue!
It'd be helpful to have her call 911 after I have my heart attack tonight.
is there anyone from Louisville representing? Just curious...
Damnit charles, that's turrible
I don't know how the players and coaches do it. I'm so nervous I almost need to throw up. Go Blue!
Uh oh.... Charles is picking us
We're screwed.
Pregame meal: pepperoni pizza, sub, and smoked wings
Is there a choice for unis or is it whatever the teams want to wear?
Count Chockula
Italian sub for lunch. I ate the whole damn thing, too. Got a ill crazy at lunch. But I have a footling veggie sub and a 6 inch Italian sub for tonight. Definitely gettin crazy tonight!!!! Go Blue!
WEBBER!
Webber is in the house!
Woooooooooot!!!!!!!!
Chris Fucking Webber! Awesome!
Welcome back Chris. Nice hat.
Is Glen Rice in the house???
Fab 5 = Fresh 5
C WEBB!!!!!!!!! Hdhridnrjddndisi!!!!!!!!!!
Fab 5 reunion to see Michigan win
Woooooooooooooo!!! We def gonna lose!! Lol thanks Chris!!
I didn't hear a big roar go up, that would have been awesome..
Nice first step Chris. Hope we can all walk together soon!
CWebb in tha house!!!!!!
Redemption time!
We can stop talking about him. The healing can begin, but tonight it's about this year's team.
Go Blue!
OMG FIVE MINUTES
OMG NERVOUS
OMG PLEASE WIN
Let's do this guys!!! Bring it home!
When did the Final 4/Championship game become such a big deal for pro and college basketball royalty to show up? Or was it always like this and I never paid attention?
You and me both. Maybe I overlooked it as a casual fan and now that Michigan's in it and I'm soaking it all in these things are more noticeable.
It's been that way for awhile - probably a good 20-some years.
Mach 8 down I-95 in Florida. Landed in Orlando from Columbus about an hour ago. I can barely contain myself. Go Blue! I'll be at my destination just after tipoff! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Michigan intro.
GRIII looks nervous as hell.
Go blue!!!
Win this shit!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know Pitino/Pacino is the common comparison, but he actually is starting to remind me of Regis Philbin a little.
Stop the awful commercials and start the game, please.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Here goes nothin'.
Oh, yeah, Trey!
TREY ON!!!
It's not sudden death? Rats.
5-0.
THREE FOR TREY!!!!
Goaltend?
HORSESHIT
Already bullshit.
Wake up refs
Burke...put the team on your back doe
Trey will not let them lose tonight.
This game gunna be PHYSICAL son