Michigan to face Syracuse at Crisler in ACC/B1G Challenge
BrianHamiltonSI Huge ACC-B1G challenge matchups @SINow has learned: #Duke-#Wisconsin, #OhioState-#Louisville, #Syracuse-#Michigan. http://t.co/vOfypcAjt7 5/1/14, 12:07 PM |
I like this matchup against Syracuse, although both teams are going to be having plenty of fresh faces to start the year.
Edit: More Matchups:
Duke at Wisconsin
Iowa at UNC
Virginia at Maryland
OSU at Lousville
Very nice matchup. Both teams have a lot of talent lost should tell us where we r early in the season
It isn't a good matchup, but it is a good match.
I am glad they were creative with virginia v. maryland. I guess some acc fans will like that but it is pretty funny nonetheless.
Some of the other games that are beginning to float about on Twitter include North Carolina versus Iowa, Pittsburgh versus Indiana and Duke versus Wisconsin. Some interesting ones so far with more to come obviously. Either way, I like the pairing here as well - that should be a pretty good game between two teams that are quite different than they were just a year ago.
Looks solid. Really difficult to seed anyone in the Big 10 after Wisconsin due to all the losses of players - you can make a case for about 6 teams to be the 2nd place team in the Big 10 next year. And 6 teams to be the 7th place team.
Wow. That is cool. Plus @ Arizona...cool non-conference sched.
Interesting... OSU finally plays a tough non-con game and it's on the road. While whomever MSU gets will kind of be snoozeville. NCST? Notre Dame?
Marquette (twice), Maryland, Notre Dame, Duke (twice), Kansas (twice), Florida (twice) - all since 2010-11 season. Each team they played twice was a home and home. Two years ago Ohio State played Duke, Kansas and Florida.
Last year they played 1 top 50 kenpom team (Maryland because of the ACC/B1G challenge) and 1 Tournament team (Something called North Dakota State) in their Non-Con.
Two years ago they played Duke (Because of the ACC/B1G Challenge) and Kansas. They did not play Florida in the 2012-2013 season.
So in the last two years they have played 1 ranked team (Kansas) that they scheduled themselves (not through the ACC/B1G Challenge). Congratulations!
Marquette was ranked 24th by KenPom last year - it was not OSU's fault that the game got cancelled. That is two teams ranked in the top-24 not including the ACC/BIG Ten challenge. Notre Dame has been a top-50 KenPom every year since 2005- again, not OSU's fault that ND sucked this year.
Michigan, on the other hand, played Pittsburgh last year ('12-13) - the only team ranked in the top-50 KenPom outside of the ACC/Big Ten challenge. They played Syracuse and Kansas in '10-11 - the only two top-50 KenPom outside of the ACC/Big Ten challenge. As you can, scheduling games against perennial top-50 teams does not ensure actually playing teams ranked in the top-50. Yes, Ohio State's non-conference slate was weak this year but it has been no weaker than Michigan's if you look at the past several years with each team playing on average 3-4 top-50 teams each year.
UVa-MD in the B1G-ACC challenge...wow that's odd to wrap your head around
...that I wish McGary was going to be around to help pick apart the 'Cuse zone. There is no point in staying angry about that situation, so I'm not going to do it. Nope, not me.
They have a semi-rivalry in the ACC and I'm sure there's some bad blood between them
There's a lot of bad blood, but I'm not happy and based on initial reactions, I'd say neither are most other UVA fans. I get the impression they wrote this down in 2012 when Maryland made their decision. We were hoping that the ACC champs might get a bigger-name draw. If you polled the fanbase I'd bet at least a plurality wanted another shot at Sparty. Maryland is watching their whole team walk out the door - they'll be up to at least five transfers when all's said and done - and the only way they'll be much good is if their whole freshman class (which is admittedly very, very solid) lives up to billing immediately.
Lazy scheduling, is the impression I get.
How does UVA look for next year? Did they lose many guys?
Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell graduated, everyone else is back. Ton of depth and there'll be a lot of good candidates for the minutes they leave behind - I think the biggest question will be not how to replace Harris, but how to replace Mitchell's defense. Should be a strong contender for the ACC title again.
the Orange mascot falling backwards on the baseline.
I like it. Good test for the team to go up against an athletic team like Syracuse.
It's the offseason, so a hypothetical: Coach Cal to Lakers, Booker gets an out of his scholarship. Does Michigan make a play for him with MAAR and Dawkins in the fold? We have a scholarship open, and no guarantee Hatch plays out his eligibility. Plus the LeVert to pros buzz, and belief that MAAR can become a 1 while Dawkins is more a 3/4. I say yes, I'd welcome Booker's talent in a heartbeat. Shame he isn't 7 feet. Karl Towns is though...would be reconsider Michigan (childhood favorite), even though we weren't among his top 5.
This is all hypothetical. It's May and I read that the Lakers are gonna make a play for Coach Cal. Personally I could definitely see him taking that job. He'll get all the support that a coach doesn't get in, for example, Minnesota.
Those would need to be some very lucky socks...
We're not in the business of turning guys into 1s anymore. We're recruiting PGs at an elite level and will continue to. He might play it for a few minutes a game but not more.
True, but I've read that his role will be combo guard with the hopes that he can grasp and contribute significantly at the 1 so I'm not grasping at straws. I think a 5* would feel OK about having a combo guy, especially a 2* combo guy on the roster ahead of him. There aren't many elite programs with zero competition.
I think the staff wouldn't pursue or they would have followed up interest in a better player, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk.
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And once again, here you are like a little lapdog and nothing of substance.
I tried to prevent this type of response by stating that it's both hypothetical, and May. Excuse me for being redundant on a fan site message board, where the motto should be "you've probably discussed this to the point of exhaustion"
it was directed at me, not you. umich seems to love stalking me across sites.
If my name was Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, I'd opt to go by something like "reanimator" too...
I wish I was a top 10 pick.
You've brought him up a number of times. Were there indications that he was ever a realistic option for Michigan? Or that he'll attend college in the U.S. at all? I don't follow bball recruiting too closely.
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierinsider/pg-graham-trims-virginia-f…
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Think we are done regardless though.
I have heard that MSU will play at ND.
Not sure how they got paired up with a non-tournament team.
...that Notre Dame is a full ACC member in everything except for football now.
He's claiming it's a bit ridiculous that they'd be paired up with a team that didn't make the tourney last year.
Yikes.
heating up against Cuse by making it rain from 3 pt land!
Cuse is losing Ennis, Fair, Grant, and Keita, so they'll be a very different team than they were this year. Two very good freshmen in their class to join Cooney, Christmas, Coleman, and whoever else might step up to be a contributor. Even with a revamped team ourselves, I think there's less newness on our team and U-M should be the favorite.
I like it! Orange teams don't scare me. We own orange teams.
Should be fun. The ACC vs B1G tournament really is one of the best matchups in basketball.
I bet Tom Izzo asked to be set up with ND. The tougher teams would tear their weird guys apart.
We get a home game in the B1G-ACC challenge??
Every Other year.
I believe we were on the road 3 of the last 4. One would think that it would be even. Unless "one" is Dave Brandon, who loves a good roadie.
How do you beat a 2-3 zone?
Make it rain 3's.
Let's see: Beilein's squad can do that. Couple that with home court advantage, and I like our chances. Still, should be a great game.
I was hoping for another shot at Louisville but this should be a good matchup.
Going against 'Cuse is great but man I would have loved to play Louisville at Crisler!
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Date | Game |
Mon, Dec 1 | Nebraska at Florida State |
Rutgers at Clemson | |
Tue, Dec 2 | No. 21 Syracuse at No. 24 Michigan |
Ohio State at No. 8 Louisville | |
Pittsburgh at Indiana | |
NC State at Purdue | |
Illinois at Miami (Fla.) | |
Minnesota at Wake Forest | |
Wed, Dec 3 | No. 2 Duke at No. 4 Wisconsin |
No. 18 Michigan State at Notre Dame | |
No. 25 Iowa at No. 6 North Carolina | |
No. 7 Virginia at Maryland | |
Georgia Tech at Northwestern | |
Virginia Tech at Penn State |