Purdue at Indiana tonight

Yeah, if there was a foul, it was a shove before the putback.  I'm not really sure he made contact with him in the air -- I think he just outreached the Indiana player.

Hats off to Archie Miller, though, for apparently forgetting to tell his team to foul Edwards when he started to drive to the basket.  Indiana had a foul to give and should have been able to force Purdue to start over out-of-bounds with 7 seconds left and the score still tied instead of letting him get the shot off in the first place.

Edwards almost lost them the game. He was terrible.

Pretty similar to our play against Houston - but a worse result.  

I don't think B1G refs are great by any stretch, but I don't feel there's a big conspiracy against Michigan either. 

Basketball officiating is really subjective; there's so much open to interpretation and judgment.

For example, guards who take short steps and look comfortable with the ball rarely get called for traveling after 3 steps, while a dorky 7 footer gets called for lifting a pivot foot while starting to dribble. 

My personal preference is for there to be relatively few whistles and let the players play. I don't see how robots could officiate a game, and IMO there are already too many stoppages for review.

At minimum, I hope for some consistency, and like to hope/believe college refs aren't on the take.

I don't think Haas used Morgan at all for that rebound. He's literally just seven inches taller than him and can reach over

I mean, we've had some pretty awesome post season luck to make up for road struggles. Chatman shot in the BTT, Burke 3, Poole 3, Morgan charge against Cuse and Tennessee the year after. I really wouldn't trade any of those for a road win against Rutgers or a home win against Purdue

That's a pretty tall order. I sure hope we beat Sparty and UMd on the road, but boy, that's a lot to ask.

If we win the regular season title we'll certainly have earned it.

There are no tiebreakers for the Big Ten championship.  If there are multiple teams with the same record, they will all be declared champions, no matter who has beaten whom during the season.

The only place that Michigan's head-to-head victory will matter is in Big Ten Tournament seeding.

Well you're not wrong, but winning out is a tall order at best. Three road games still left, all against tournament teams (MSU, Maryland) or desperate teams fighting to make it into the tournament (Minnesota). Not to mention having to play MSU at home this Sunday, which will be tough with or without Nick Ward.

Purdue's toughest game remaining is at Minnesota. Hardly a gimme of course, but the rest of their schedule is Northwestern, Nebraska, Illinois, and OSU. Only one of those teams has any decent shot of making the tournament (OSU), and that game happens to be at Purdue, so Purdue has probably a better shot of winning the Big Ten than we do. They're not necessarily a better team, but they have a far easier closing schedule.  

As far as us having already beat Purdue, that only matters when it comes to BTT seeding. We do have the tiebreaker there, but they can still win a share of the Big Ten if they tie our conference record. No easy way to say it: losing to Penn State last week was a massive blow to our conference title hopes. Still attainable, but there is almost no margin for error now. 

People at IU were seriously considering getting rid of Archie in the last couple of weeks. I have to imagine after tonight’s game that the seat will only get hotter. Most people I know involved with IU athletics think this is the worst coached IU team of their lifetime. 

Definitely better for UM if Maryland won over Iowa, Nebraska however is going to need a deep tourney run  to get in after tonight's loss at PSU.