Michigan is 1-3 when Lewis Garrison refs
And 21-0 when anyone else does. That is a problem, B1G.
Our only win was in the opener against Norfolk State (although I couldn’t find the refs for the South Carolina game.)
February 13th, 2019 at 8:58 AM ^
What's the conspiracy theory for the ref that gave the T - sparty sleeper cell? OSU double agent? Didnt get into UM and still holds a grudge?
February 13th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
Or maybe it's just a bad official and no conspiracy theory. He was clearly rabbit earing and waiting for an excuse to T'up Beilein. After the first T, both the other referees were in between Beilein and him and didn't call anything. He wanted to showboat based on how he wound up to toss Beilein.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:31 PM ^
Pretty sure it was Riley that tossed him.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:18 AM ^
He's the same ref who got in Izzo's face during the IU game. Supposedly he played WR for Minnesota in the early 90's and was 0-4 against Michigan. Could explain why he's such an awful referee.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:59 AM ^
Yes, Garrison was at Minnesota. He’s not the one who ejected Beilein. He is, however, the one who missed that blatantly obvious double dribble.
February 13th, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
Beilein should have shown him a picture of the Little Brown Jug and said, "This is what it looks like."
February 13th, 2019 at 2:07 AM ^
it looked like he was 40 ft away from JB on the 2nd T. that SOB ref was looking for it.
February 12th, 2019 at 11:54 PM ^
The refs were garbage but Michigan's offense also struggles IMMENSELY in the first half of their losses. They've scored either 27 or 29 points in the first half and in two of the three losses were down double-digits at halftime. They don't have the type of offense we've seen these past couple of years that can shoot itself back into a game, and so while their defense really does travel pretty well (save for this game at times with Stevens vs. Teske), they simply can't afford to let teams build these leads. I know you want Simpson shooting threes if they are open because that's part of the offensive scheme, but he was something like 0-5 from 3 in that first half and those empty possessions hurt.
Still, and I know this will sound like loser talk, I really don't care much about a conference title. It's a banner, I guess, but Michigan has reached the point where they are competing for national titles pretty regularly and that just feels more important than a conference title. Obviously you don't want to lose a road game like this, but if this loss helps Michigan figure out how to generate offense when they are struggling (as it seemed to do a bit in that second half), it's sort of worth it.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:12 AM ^
False dichotomy. I’ll take a conference championship and a national championship please.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:01 AM ^
The refs hurt us, but we should have won anyway
February 13th, 2019 at 12:03 AM ^
Yeah the refs sucked, and the ejection was unnecessary, but getting killed on the glass is what lost this game.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:21 AM ^
Why do you think we got killed on the glass? The refs allowed way too much contact from behind on rebounds.
I've noticed a trend in B1G officiating. They allow far to much contact on the perimeter and during rebounds. They are too quick to call fouls on post ups. That type of officiating benefits some teams more than others. This is why most B1G teams "underperform" in the NCAA tourney (looking at you, MSU) and Michigan "surprises" every year.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:10 AM ^
I had to laugh when I saw BTN's Stevens "highlights." One of them showed him slapping Teske's arm as he was going up for an offensive board. I'm guessing that made it just a little bit easier for him to block the shot when Teske put it back up.
Stevens allegedly didn't commit a single foul in the entire game.
While I understand that Michigan doesn't run an awful lot of offense through the post.. that also means he got his 12 rebounds without a single over-the-back call.
February 13th, 2019 at 2:10 AM ^
yep, over the back is not called like it used to be. even watching the msu game, they got away with a lot of over the back contact on the O end.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^
there was one instance they should have called over the back when someone went over Teske for the rebound, only for Teske to foul the same guy on the other end.
Unbelievable.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:08 AM ^
Not a coincidence.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:13 AM ^
Michigan is also pretty bad when one player scored in double figures.
It was a bad ref show for sure, but it’d be nice if M would match the energy & intensity of the teams who are gunning for them.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
I mean to be fair I don't think UM played remotely well in any of the three losses, however this is the first one where I can argue obvious missed calls/horrible officiating with the technicals was a huge factor in this game. I mean the five point swing on the illegal screen to end the half, the steal PSU got late when they fouled Simpson multiple times and then ran him over to finally steal it, and then missed double dribble was 9 points that should not of happened for PSU. That's not even including stuff like the phantom foul on Iggy in the first half and the one on Teske late. That was a whole new level of incompetence from the officials tonight that directly resulted in points. I mean this team when they play well is good enough to overcome 9-10 spotted to PSU, but that is alot to have spotted to a team by the refs incompetence essentially.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:33 AM ^
Bad refs are bad, but they don’t shoot the ball for us. We played a shitty first half. If it was even slightly less shitty we win.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:41 AM ^
I mean while that is true this kind of take grinds my gears a little. Everyone has a job to do, UM didn't do theirs by not playing well. However, the officials also have a job to do and did not do it remotely competently, so they should be held accountable regardless of what either team played like.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
For sure. It sucks. However, no team can play as badly as Michigan did in the first half and then complain when they lose. They played like SHIT. That’s the proximate cause of losing. Not the refs.
February 13th, 2019 at 7:35 AM ^
Yes. When you lose by six and need a new hand to start counting the truly bad calls--and are likely out of a championship race because of it--the refs don't shoot the ball is not super-helpful. We DID likely shoot well enough to win, or at least lend a much different flavor to the game's denouement.
February 13th, 2019 at 7:47 AM ^
Every loss is blamed on the refs around here. It’s stupid and juvenile. You should grow up.
February 13th, 2019 at 8:46 AM ^
This. You guys got jobbed on several calls no doubt ... it’s a conference road game : that happens in nearly all of them. To everyone.
February 13th, 2019 at 9:44 AM ^
And why should that be a thing? The big ten should hold it's refs accountable and get better ones. I don't know why refs are given a pass for screwing road teams every game, part of their job is supposed to be to call the game impartially.
February 13th, 2019 at 2:07 PM ^
Where you reading those comments? The "fans" that blame refs on every loss are uninformed
The majority of the comments i am reading are "we didnt deserve to win that game, we played like crap...but these refs clearly dont call fair games"
That blaming the refs?
February 13th, 2019 at 12:52 AM ^
I’ll complain about the officials all night (see my other posts), but I’m pretty disappointed that they were down 4 with 6-7 minutes to go and couldn’t pull it out.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
Poole killed us there. Cut the lead to 4 and then he jacked up two quick 3's. PSU quickly regained a 9 point lead after Pooles two shots
February 13th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
Yeah, down 4, it would be ideal to get best shot, which seemed to be Matthews at the rim. If we are fouling down 2, pressure is on PSU to make the free throws. 1 miss, means we are now able to tie.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:59 AM ^
A big call that hardly anybody is talking about was Iggy's 2nd foul. The phantom shooting foul where he didn't touch the shooter at all.
Obviously Beilein had to send Iggy to the bench with 2 fouls in 10 minutes of play. Iggy was 3/3 at the time. He was not the same after that and had limited minutes. Finished 3/4 or something like that
February 13th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
Garrison was not the problem. Riley was the main one. I'm not sure if it was him or Szelc that tossed Beilein. JB was saying his piece to one of them and was almost done then the other came over and got involved. That is when things went south.
In the 2nd half, Riley said something to one of the bench coaches that I could not hear but by all indications it was the threat of another T. On another ocassion he looked to be getting ready to throw a T at Simpson until several players got between them.
Garrison, while not calling a good game, treated the Michigan bench and players with respect.
I will need to watch it on DVR, but the tone was set on the opening tip when a PSU player grabbed the Michigan defender leading to an easy layup. It was very bush league and Stevens looked shocked that they got away with it.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:14 AM ^
Thank you for this. I don't know that I could pick any of the referees out of a lineup.
I don't think Garrison has some deep-seated Michigan hatred. I think he's just called three wildly inconsistent games, where the definition of a foul changes on each possession. Those are the type of games that frustrate everyone -- players, coaches, and fans alike.
February 13th, 2019 at 2:14 AM ^
please review this
February 13th, 2019 at 1:02 AM ^
There are simply not enough shooters on this team. Weird to say for a Beilein coached team but it is what it is. Getting swept by Staee and one game and done in the tournament is a very real possibility.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:07 AM ^
Really? There are some great 15 seeds out there this year, huh?
Try harder.
February 13th, 2019 at 8:15 AM ^
He always has positive outtakes!
February 13th, 2019 at 1:19 AM ^
Well we made it to the National Championship last year and outside of the Texas A&M offensive explosion game we did not play great on offense. As with every tournament its all about the draw
As for MSU we will win at least one of those games. MSU is not playing great themselves. They literally just lost 3 games in a row to unranked teams
February 13th, 2019 at 3:10 AM ^
Do you write for the new york post?
February 13th, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
I'm sure you're referring to the B1G tournament. And with us losing last night to last place PSU, it is not only a possibility but in many ways a reality.
February 13th, 2019 at 10:38 AM ^
Considering that Beilein has never lost an opening game in the Big Ten Tournament, that's nearly as bad of a take.
It was a bad game. They happen. Michigan went into the game with a 25% chance to lose, per KenPom. That's higher than their chance to win was when they went into Villanova (21%, IIRC). It's silly to extrapolate the entire season from one game.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:06 AM ^
Lewis Garrison also played football for Minnesota in the early 90s, he was 0-3 against Michigan.
He was also part of the crew that had a "clock error" that robbed FGCU against Sparty back in 2016.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:07 AM ^
Michigan is also 3-3 when they lose the opening tip and 19-0 when they win it.
February 13th, 2019 at 2:45 AM ^
So put teske out there on stilts to start, call timeout, take the stilts off then we all good?
February 13th, 2019 at 10:07 AM ^
The problem yesterday wasn't Teske, it was that that their guard stole it in front of Simpson.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:09 AM ^
Obvious conspiracy, bagmen, only happens to us, etc.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:10 AM ^
Not funny. Try harder.
February 13th, 2019 at 4:21 AM ^
I saw somewhere that this clown Garrison has family in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Shouldn’t have been allowed to work this game.
February 13th, 2019 at 9:18 AM ^
God forbid an official has family in the state the game was played in! Criminal! Corrupt!
February 13th, 2019 at 10:41 AM ^
Dude, you're spending time on a rival's message board to troll a 22-3 team after a loss. Evaluate the time you spend on this earth. If you're a Spartan, go watch your team get talked up to win the national title and then get bounced in the first weekend for the fourth year in a row. If you're a buckeye, try to get through the rest of basketball season and the off-season before osu gets back to the only sport they're competent in. And if you're a fan of any other big ten school, well, frankly, you're not relevant to anyone outside of your own head.
February 13th, 2019 at 1:13 AM ^
Statement: If Michigan loses, Garrison is reffing.
Contrapositive (logically equivalent): If Garrison isn't reffing, Michigan doesn't lose.
Given: Garrison will not ref Michigan NCAA games.
Conclusion: Michigan will not lose in the NCAA tournament.
AMIRITE?