Walk-Offs Under John Beilein
Last night got me thinking: What games under Beilein has Michigan won in which they were behind or tied at the end of the game and scored the game winning basket with one second or less left?
Based upon my recollections and research I came up with the following:
- Deshawn Sims vs. Savannah State, 2008/2009
- Glenn Robinson III @. Purdue, 2013/2014
- Kam Chatman vs. Indiana, 2015/2016
- Poole Party vs. Houston, 2017/2018
- Charles Matthews vs. Minnesota, 2018/2019
It is kind of nice to look back after a struggling win last night and recall we needed a walk-off against a Savannah State team which lost 14x that season towards the beginning of Beilein's tenure. Were there any I may have missed?
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:30 PM ^
But how have walk-ons done under Beilein?
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:23 AM ^
Poole Party.
Love it.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:26 AM ^
For those who saw the post game interview of Matthews after the game winner, am I crazy or did I detect some bitterness about hot having been given the ball on the last play to begin with?
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:28 AM ^
If he actually feels that way, it's pretty unwarranted. 0 for his last like 25 from midrange before last night. Props for having his head up and making a play, but I don't exactly want the guy with one of the highest, if not the highest, turnover rates on the team trying to make his own offense with the game on the line
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
This is it. He's a TO machine at times. Don't want to turn the ball over there. With Iggy, even though he has his shortcomings, he goes fearless to the basket and usually gets a shot up. There's a much higher chance he goes hard and gets fouled. That being said, Iggy really needs to improve his vision on his drives. Teams are starting to realize he's a black hole and can help without fear of dump offs.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:52 AM ^
Agreed on Iggy. I was happy to see Iggy snap out of his slump. When he gets going, he's a beast on the field. That being said, there are far too many possessions where he's driving to the basket and gets blocked and has no where to go. If he sees the gap closing, he has to find someone else to pass it to.
Our Offense will get back to normal eventually. It's abnormal for all of Matthews, Iggy, and Poole to slump at the same time and that killed us at Wiscy. If 2 out of 3 are hitting on a given night, with Teske providing a steady stream of points, we should be okay. I would also be happy with Brooks or Johns emerging as an offensive option as well. Brooks reminds me of MAAR in his ability to create his own shot, but he doesn't close it out often enough.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
While I don't entirely disagree with your reasoning, I can somewhat understand a senior leader on the team bitter about not having the ball in his hands at the end of the game. Again, you're right that he is turnover prone, but I'm just saying I can understand from his perspective.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
All of these responses are crazy projection. That was just Charles being Charles.
Dude is always a remarkably chill interview.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:31 AM ^
I think it was just the buzz kill of the review. After celebrating and the arena going crazy, they had to stand around waiting for 5 minutes thinking "oh, maybe we didn't win". And then finally "okay, I guess we did."
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Watched it twice and I think its is not possible to tell. The reality is his handles are not good enough to feel comfortable about him making a final drive to the bucket.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
When they went to freeze-frame on TV, there was a shot showing the ball clearly out of his hand when the shot clock hit 0.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
Pretty sure he's saying it's "impossible to tell" if Matthews is bitter, but yeah, I even saw screenshots on Twitter last night with the ball out of the hand and the shot clock still showing 1.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:26 AM ^
Kam Chatman. I thought there was no way we could pull that game out.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:35 AM ^
A senior Kam Chatman would be a really nice piece for this team right now... Would be a taller version of Livers that could come in for Teske when he gets in foul trouble.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
Oh yes, those weekday afternoon BTT games. I was at work in meetings and desperately trying to catch updates during that game. Very pleasant surprise.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:42 AM ^
Even though it doesn't qualify, Trey's Trey shines brightest in that group.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
Last year vs Maryland was close with MAAR hitting two free throws to win after Maryland hit a similar 3 to last nights.
Lets not talk about being on the losing end of the buzzer beaters or the ones that didn’t fall for us (Oregon 2017, Indiana 2013, MSU some year at home with DeShawn Sims).
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:52 AM ^
Yeah, I would rather not relive those. I thought about adding in games in which we hit free throws in the last second to win but I could not recall anything specific other than MAAR's last year and did not want to research it all morning.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:53 AM ^
Death to backboards!
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:09 AM ^
Darius Morris's shot against Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:24 AM ^
That shot would have tied the game, not won it.
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
Tried a floater if I remember, right? I would've preferred a three for the win personally, but ideally not from Morris
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:51 AM ^
Not under Beilein, but last night reminded most of Sean Higgins shot off a rebound vs UCLA in the tournament.
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:52 AM ^
I think you mean Illinois?
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:01 AM ^
Yeah, mixing it up with the buzzer beater by Jimmy King a few years later.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
Fab Five sophomore year. In Hawaii, King missed but Jalen tipped it in at the buzzer to beat UNC. Then in the tournament, Jalen missed but King put it in to beat UCLA.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Beilein has brought some really fun times to us. Best basketball brain in the business.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:26 AM ^
Is it a walkoff if everyone has to stand around waiting for 10 minutes for officials to decide if it beat both the shot clock and game clock which while close, was clearly off in time. And then give me a heart attack by making the game over sign which appeared to be the basket “no good” sign to which I swore loudly only to discover they meant “game over”
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
More like a “Stand-around-with-your-thumb-up-your-ass-until-the-refs-get-their-heads-out-of-their-asses.” win.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
Do the zebras see the same replay as fans? If so I could understand why they were having trouble. The crew didn’t realize they were checking the shot clock, not the game clock. It took them forever to actually freeze frame it when it left Matthews’ hand (or get close), which is what they should have done from the start regardless.
January 23rd, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
Usually, it's the same angles they have in the tv truck. All the angles will be ready to review and the refs can ask for a certain angle to be played multiple times. It's usually pretty seamless, but with it being a BTN production, there is usually a problem with communication between the floor, and the truck.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:28 AM ^
Nothing beats a Poole Party!
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
IIRC, in one of the early season tournaments a few years back someone dunked a buzzer beater to win. Trying to find the video ...
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Did somebody say "Poole Party??"....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWWVE94Y_Ow
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
I recall some defensive-stop walk-offs against MSU, OSU, Wisconsin I think, and others.
Those count too and are quite pleasant.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:42 PM ^
I thought this was going to be about walk-ons who quit the team.