OT: Rules For Hanging A Banner
Are there any rules (formal or otherwise) regarding hanging a banner? For example, if Michigan loses today (very hypothetically), would it be acceptable to hang a "2014 - Elite Eight" banner in Crisler? I think in general, you need to actually win something (Regular Season, B1G Tournament, NIT, NCAA Regional, National Title) to hang a banner.
It just seems to me that an Elite Eight is something that should be commemorated. I don't know if Michigan has much of a history with this. The 1977 team lost in the regional finals (don't know if it was called "Elite Eight" back then) and I don't think there's a banner for that so the precedence may already be set. I was just curious to see what the board thinks.
This comes up because I used to live near NC State and they hang a banner for EVERYTHING. In fact, they'll probably hang a "2014 NCAA 2nd Round" banner because they won the play-in game this year.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
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I thought I was the only one who worried about hanging boners.
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Elite Eight banner mock-up. Model the W Gymnastics banners in Crisler are.
Sweet Sixteen one because I am stupid
March 30th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
What did 1993 do to piss you off?
March 30th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
I made this as if this was a real thing.
The University vacated the entire 1992-93 season. They only vacated the Final Four and National Championship game apperances in 1991-92.
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The Final Four is a big deal. You win a Regional, you get to cut down nets, and you get a sweet trophy from the NCAA for it. It deserves a banner. Even Duke who has like 15 of them puts up banners for it.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:28 PM ^
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revolves around a month-long tourney like college bball
March 30th, 2014 at 12:44 PM ^
College Basketball coaches are celebrated for 1. National Titles and 2. Final 4 APPEARANCES. I'm not disagreeing with you per se, but I think getting to the Final 4 is a big deal to more people than not.
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It's a championship banner, which is why it's ridiculous that the Fab 5 don't have their first banner when they won their bracket with all eligible players.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
It's a championship banner, which is why it's ridiculous that the Fab 5 don't have their first banner when they won their bracket with all eligible players.
Ive never viewed the final four as an achievement in and of itself.
Are you kidding? Gene Keady, one of the most accomplished B1G coaches, never reached the Final Four. Bo Ryan just made it for the first time in his career at Wisconsin. Jim Boeheim's only made it 3-4 times in his 40-year career. It's a huge deal to get there and absolutely worthy of a banner.
And no, it's not true that basketball is the only sport that celebrates Final Fours. Almost every sport does this. Hockey does the exact same thing. Baseball celebrates College World Series appearances. Football teams celebrate BCS bowls, and so on.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
Elite Eight - debatable, but I would hang it
Final four appearance or better - absolutely hang it
Regular season champs - obviously
BTT champs - obviously
BTT runner up - no
March 30th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:48 PM ^
Regional champion.
Big Ten regular season champs - yes
Big Ten tournament champs - yes
Final Four appearance - yes
National Champion - yes
National Runner-Up - not individual (summary banner with all the years on it)
Elite Eight - not individual (summary banner with all the years on it)
and that's about it. No Sweet Sixteen or Tournament appearance banners. No conference runner up banner for either regular season or BTT.
Not sure why you'd need a separate banner for title game appearances when you're already raising one for the Final Four. I don't think most people really distinguish reaching the final vs. the national semifinal in terms of an accomplishment.
As they should be. This discussion is bringing out the portion of the Michigan fanbase I try not to talk with in real life. So much holier than thou, elitest, bullshit in this thread.
Very few of us are. This has been about the Final Four the majority of the time. With the depths this program sunk to for 2 decades. Putting up consecutive Final Four banners should make us shit out pants with joy.
Very few of us are. This has been about the Final Four the majority of the time. With the depths this program sunk to for 2 decades. Putting up consecutive Final Four banners should make us shit out pants with joy.
I suspect that a lot of people in the "Final Four isn't good enough" camp aren't big basketball fans, and don't understand how hard it actually is to get there.
Nothing "elitist" about it, unless you don't know what that word means. It's just about having standards.
Just go ahead and die since you're so damn old and nothing in life is worth recognizing besides winning it all. No one ever said a statue should be built. But putting up a banner for the final four is perfectly fine. Get over yourself old man.
I sure would like to have seen that statue I've been advocating for, though!
So, it's about having standards? Do you think Duke has standards in basketball? Guess what? They also hang banners for Final Four appearances:
It's standard practice across D-1 basketball to honor Final Four appearances.
And this has nothing to do with the current generation or any other one. This practice has been going on for decades.
Right Jalen??
Nothing lower than a Final Four in the tournament gets a banner. We can avoid this potential issue by winning the game today.
so we don't have to worry about it.
We're not the frickin Detroit Lions who hang banners any time they make the playoffs.
We're already getting to hang one banner after this year. Let's hope after today we can make it two.
arguing about banners.. game time can't get here soon enough....
I thought this said. "Rules for Hanging a Boner"
Another totally studid thread.