You can pencil Michigan in for the 8th seed of the B1G tournament
Iowa just beat Wisconsin, which means if Iowa beats Penn State at home on Sunday Michigan is locked into the 8th seed of the B1G tournament win or lose at Nebraska. They'll likely face Illinois, winners of 5 straight, and then have to face Purdue.
Last night had consequences. Big ones.
Beat Nebraska!
I don't know why people are confident about Nebraska, this team has two road wins all year and just barely escaped the worst team in the league. That game is 50/50 to me.
Agree, plus it's senior night which usually brings out the best effort for the home team.
Yep, agreed. Senior Night on the road after a completely deflating loss. We've been god awful on the road this year, and Nebraska is probably going to pull out its best effort of the season because its their last game at home. They have no shot at making the tourney so they're going to play like they have nothing to lose.
Would not shock me in the slightest if we lose that game.
It was a shootout when we played them at Crisler. 91-85, didn't have the game in hand until about 30 seconds left.
Plus, Michigan is the only conference team they have never beaten since joining the B1G. They have plenty of motivation despite the record.
I would never bet on us for a road game. The results speak for themself.
I'd say we haven't actually played badly on the road overall, except at the very end of games where we can't seem to make that winning play or two (or hit the key FT). We've lost twice in OT (Iowa, Minnesota) another time at the buzzer (NW) and another time in the final minutes (Wisconsin).
That's not a bad worst loss though.
That game still pisses me off. Iowa with 4 freshman starters outplayed our guys and looked like they wanted it more all day. And they beat us when they were REALLY struggling as a team. Not on the hot streak they are on now.
That game was the 7th in a 10 game stretch in which Iowa went 8-2 with wins over us, Iowa State (which was before our game) and Purdue (after our game) with the only losses being on the road to Purdue and a double OT loss at Neb.
They were playing pretty well and won by hitting 11-19 3pts.
OSU at home is the worst loss. Losing at Iowa is frustrating but understandable. Losing at home to a bad OSU team is inexplicable.
was worse.
Losing to fucking OSU man....
OSU has a total shit stain of a team that year, and we still somehow managed to lose to them at home. We don't drop that game, and we're pretty much in the tournament no matter what happens.
If you are worried about missing the tournament if we lose to Nebraska and our first game in the BTT, I think you should check out the current bubble right now. It is BAD. Our resume is far superior to these teams. Heck, Illinois is on the bubble now. And a bunch of other teams that have 1 or 2 top 50 RPI wins.
Michigan deserves the 8th or 9th spot when you cannot hit free throws, when you cannot defend a length of the court pass, and when Walton cannot hit the rim with less than 2 minutes to go!