MBB: Michigan vs GW open thread

Submitted by Bambi on November 17th, 2018 at 11:50 AM

Preseason tournament game, tips at noon on ESPN3 (online only). We play the winner of South Carolina/Providence tomorrow.

J.

November 17th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^

Overall, some mind-blowingly good basketball sandwiched around a seriously subpar section.  Michigan was pretty awful for about the last 8 minutes of the first half, when they allowed GW to climb back from the 18-point hole.  However, the first 11 minutes of the second half were some of the best basketball you'll ever see.  IIRC, they had a 43-17 advantage on the first 22 possessions of second half basketball, which is absolutely absurd.  Granted, GW isn't a great team, and some of that may not be repeatable -- X the Sharpshooter? :) -- but man was it fun to watch.

Here's hoping there are some conversations in the greater DC area Monday: "Hey, look on the bright side -- GW did better against them than Villanova did!"

Zeke21

November 17th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^

Just a beautiful team to watch.

They play the game as it was meant to be.

Earliest Beilein has gotten a team together.

Congrats Coach on 802.