'13-'14 Michigan Basketball Snowflakes/Posbang/Appreciation Thread
BRING ON APP STATE
At 6-4 minus McGary, we were in danger of missing the tournament. Based on expectations, this year was the f*cking bomb. This team was incredible and I'm mostly bummed that's the last time I may see some of these guys play for the maize and blue
Also sucks to lose to that skeeze Calipari but whatever. F*cking awesome year. Go blue
A great season; and that was a great game that just came down the wrong way on an outrageous shot at the end.
For the next week I'm a Wisconsin fan.
Having to choose between cheering for Wisconsin Hackball and Calipari is a decision no man should have to face
I don't have a problem rooting for Wisconsin. I'd like the B1G to finally win a national title (especially if it isn't by MSU or Ohio) and I wouldn't mind seeing Kaminsky and Dekker decide to go pro.
THIS! Most of my bummed-out-ness comes from not getting to see these guys a play together again. I'll miss watching how well they ran the offense.
Poor Damn LeVert
March 30th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
so proud of his effort. And for all the players. . . Levert is going to be something special . . .
I'm too sad to think straight. I'll keep my thoughts to myself instead.
Please come back Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson iii!
And Stauskas! I'd bet money GRIII is gone though.
March 30th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
can happen if you leave too soon. . . but I think GR III is gone. . .
I wouldn't count on it...
that said: Irvin looked good tonight, and Walton wouldn't surprise me if he made the year one to year two Beilein jump to superioriiy... If levert stays he becomes stauskus/burke type player... the question is what we get out of Donnell and Doyle because, sadly, until we aren't replacing McGary with anyone on our roster and, honestly, neither of them is that level recruit.
All that said, the last five years of michigan basketball have been very satisfying...
jdon
Bummer...but the Spring Game is 6 days away!
Well stated. I hate losing to a team that really didn't run an offense.
never hear such an idiot line again I'll be very happy.
It could have been worse, for example: hats off to UConn for playing through the "foul-a-minute defense" Izzo runs and beating MSU anyways. I bet there are a lot of Virginia sads today; ten minutes of the MSU-Virginia game was all I could take and had to shut it off in disgust. Once I saw MSU was going to be allowed to play football defense (strikingly similar to the way thier secondary actually DOES play football defense, which is supposed to be against the rules there, too), I decided it was an MSU win and couldn't take any more.
I thought our game was kinda poorly officiated, but it could have been much worse. I felt like we mostly got out-hopped by a team full of 5-star talent, but hung in there with better coaching and headier players.
Much tears... Underachieved, overachieved, achieved, whatever... this one hurts
Margin of win: Goaltending and the "2". It doesn't really change much I feel, becuase the whole game would have been different, but that's really irksome.
And the call of LeVert's 3 being a 2. Between that and the goaltend you've got your 3 points. But it doesn't really work out like that.
Stauskas' missed FG at the end of the half, they had a guy with a toe on the line in the paint as he shot it.
airball on a three that missed by a good couple feet. This, as we all know is a physical impossiblity, therefore, why was he not shooting three freethrows? The camera angle was horrible, so I can't say with certainty that there was a foul, but, Stauskas and airball...?
March 30th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
I heard the broadcasters say that it was going to be reviewed for sure. but nothing happened.
Margin of win: Goaltending and the "2". It doesn't really change much I feel, becuase the whole game would have been different, but that's really irksome.
This is one of the gutsiest team I have ever seen in my life. Scrappy as hell and played hard every time with quiet confidence. I could not be prouder how this team has represented my school. Go BLUE!!!!
to bring everybody back next year? (Just a pipe dream but I can hope). Thank you for an amazing season boys.
when you're the team's best defender, you put yourself in a position to get big shots made on you.
He played great D, just better offense.
became a man today.
Morgan should have played more.
Good damn game, though, I guess.
Crushed.
Watching that shot go in realy, really sucked. But, IMO, if you have to lose, losing on an unbelievable shot rather than a called foul, or mistake, or how UA went down last night is better. Coach B got this team to the Elite 8 and won the B1G by three games. The program is still being built and it's best days are still ahead. GO BLUE!
Kentucky had three brutal 3's in the last two minutes. I think all by a Harrison(?). Hard to play what-if in a game like that, but each of them was increasingly more brutal. Just heartless threes by those guys
conversation for a long, long time to come.
Tough game to swallow, but gotta give credit to UK making some key 3's down the stretch. Levert's defense was very solid at the end.
LeVert I think had at least 3 turnover-type things in the second half. Two held balls and a strip. Defense like we haven't seen anyone on the team do this whole year
Great season; rough way to go out. UM almost stole the game -- imagine if Walton's three had been about two inches longer. "What if?" is how the season ends in the Tourney. What effort by all the guys; check out Caris flying through the air to grab a rebound and still making a pass while going to the ground. Very proud of the effort and the team. Michigan basketball is something to behold.
Very happy with the season. Kentucky was just too big. No more evident than in that game that Beilein needs to recruit a legitimate big. Horford is mediocre. McGary has at most one year left.
Mark Donnal and Ricky Doyle will also be around, as well as Bielfeldt.
I downvoted you because our big, our superstar big, got hurt. There isn't much you can do about that. And we have Donnel redshirting and Doyle coming in next year. It isn't like this was a glaring omission in recruiting. We had a huge part of our team injured and we overcame.
love,
jdon
Might get Stauskas-like things from Irvin next year? Assuming Stauskas, Mitch, and GRIII all go, the heart will likely be Levert, Irvin, Walton -- then wait and see what Donnal and Horford can do as bigs. Maybe we'll get something like "Donford" from them? Should still be a pretty good team. Seems like every year we lose one or two that we really count on and fret over what that loss will mean for next year - but then someone (or two, or three) steps up and off we go. I love this coaching staff that is making these kinds of things happen.
yes, Irvin is going to be special. the guards are going to be good too, and it'll interesting to see what develops on the inside. it's not going to be bad. damn, it's fun to have a basketball program to be excited about again
Great game. I think I would have fouled UK twice. Most of their players are not good at making free throws. If Michigan would have made their shots in the 2nd half, I think they could have won this one! Too bad but a great season. They went a lot farther than any one predicted after losing McGary!
Yeah, I don't think I would have had the actual guts to do that, but I said the same thing during the game. Foul immediately, force the ball to a person you want shooting, and foul. They have 1-and-1, and they are not too good shooting. Worse case scenerio you have the ball with about 10 seconds down two points. Best case, ball and a tie game.
With the way UK was scoring/driving at will, I didn't want them to have the last shot.
Would have been too chicken-shit to pull that strategy if I were the coach, but yeah, I think it would have been best.
That will always be one of our downfalls we are to small and get out rebounded..but great rebounding sequence to tie it up.. Gave up to many 3s... but great season