Michigan MBB beats Texas on the road POSBANG

Submitted by San Diego Mick on December 12th, 2017 at 11:06 PM

Hell of a win for our boys!!! Big improvement on the team right now!

M 59 TX 52

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SFBlue

December 12th, 2017 at 11:24 PM ^

A slog but a gritty win

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jmhiem

December 12th, 2017 at 11:25 PM ^

Clutch bank 3 by MAAR

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Cavalry21

December 12th, 2017 at 11:26 PM ^

Go Blue!

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WorldwideTJRob

December 12th, 2017 at 11:26 PM ^

Rahk stepped up big time tonight! Hope Matthews jaw and Mo’s ankle heal quickly.

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pryoo

December 12th, 2017 at 11:27 PM ^

Glad to get a road win and take down Bamba... heal quickly Mo!!

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rob f

December 12th, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^

I just +1'd EVERYBODY* !!! *except for the self-appointed thread cop

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MGoBlue-querque

December 12th, 2017 at 11:28 PM ^

Time to get crazy y'all... it's time for subs!! Go Blue!!

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KennyHiggins

December 12th, 2017 at 11:29 PM ^

So much potential. May be wasting it in Austin

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ST3

December 12th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^

Apparently, playing 2 PGs is working. Beilein had Matthews attack the rim whenever Bamba sat. Very nice coaching job. And he gave more minutes to Livers and he responded.

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matthewmurphy

December 12th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^

So awesome! I love how JB builds a team and they learn from past mistakes. The last two wins were huge for tourney resume.

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champswest

December 12th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^

should really help this young team in confidence and knowing how to close out games.

This program is definately assending.

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HailHail47

December 12th, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^

After that OSU game I was not expecting us to beat both Texas and UCLA. I thought we'd be lucky to win one of two. Glad I was proven wrong. This team has the potential to be very good. We need Moe back though.

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ToledoWolverine

December 12th, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^

That hopefully will be bullet points on the resume come selection time. Scrappy team gonna scrap.

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Boulderine

December 12th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^

Win your conferences!

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dennisblundon

December 12th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^

Good shit! Woohoo!

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Jordan2323

December 12th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^

In their highlights section they have "Texas' Sims puts Wagner on poster". It was Duncan getting posterized idiots, not Wagner

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Ty Butterfield

December 12th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^

It was very easy to notice. Jersey cleary says Robinson. Just terrible by ESPN.

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M-Dog

December 13th, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^

Was it a Mississippi State jersey?

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UMgradMSUdad

December 12th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^

I was embarrassed for Shaka Smart during the inside the huddle clip. He might as well just grab some pom poms. There was no strategy, no teaching, no setting up plays.

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M-Dog

December 13th, 2017 at 12:11 AM ^

I thiought that too.

I thought he was supposed to be some kind of schematic genius. Instead he was just a middle aged guy yelling "play basketball!" and "attack them!" at college athletes.

Hell, whatever they are paying him, I'll do that for half price.

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TrueBlue2003

December 13th, 2017 at 1:29 AM ^

but his teams at Texas are nothing like his teams at VCU.

He didn't go there and implement his system (fast-paced, pressing, getting lots of steals), he just got the best recruits he could, which have surprisingly been these big, lumbering shot blockers and post players (Bamba, Jarrett Allen) and it's like he doesn't know what to do with them. It's bizarre.

Surprised how his tenure there has gone.

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ST3

December 12th, 2017 at 11:36 PM ^

Had a big block tonight and I said to myself, "Oh yeah, we got a seven footer, too!" We can win games with defense. I know Texas was without their leading scorer, but they were playing at home. You would think someone else would step up.

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pinkfloyd2000

December 12th, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^

Johnny B’s gameplan was solid tonight, and I’m glad that we could ride the wave of a nice first half all the way to the finish line. Big win. Go Blue!

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Z_Wolverista

December 12th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^

They were down their star player but the refs' whistle largely sang their song... it's a legit win. Everyone contributed...

Prayers for Wagner, glad Matthews is with us, big night for MAAR, n' Duncan sunk his free throws...

... and sweet, sweet vindication's the cherry on top. We didn't need him. At all.

We beat him.

This is a good team.

A really, really good team.

Happy New Year, y'all.

Here we come.

2018.

Blue.

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kjhager444

December 12th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^

Kenpom offensive rating- 45

Kenpom defensive rating- 33

Since 2012 (2011 defense was slightly higher than offense) the closest the defense had been to the offense was 33 spots- in the year they missed the tournament.

I understand there are caveats, but aren't there always?

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Marley Nowell

December 12th, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^

Props to the whole team to gut out the win with Wagner out

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Wolverinebaboo

December 12th, 2017 at 11:57 PM ^

What a way to respond to a crushing collapse a week ago. This builds unity and confidence.

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M-Dog

December 12th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^

Matthews is wicked athletic. You can see why he was a 5-star.

OK, we'll take 5-stars like Matthews and Shea Patterson any way we can get them.

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Zoltanrules

December 13th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^

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Michifornia

December 13th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^

Get to the Tourney. By any means. This team will improve under Beilein as the season progresses. Should be fun (most of the time).

GO BLUE!!

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voraciousness

December 13th, 2017 at 12:06 AM ^

Hell of a W on the road!

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rob f

December 13th, 2017 at 12:11 AM ^

The Maize & Blue tonight in Austin!

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UofM Die Hard …

December 13th, 2017 at 12:09 AM ^

Simpson stepping his game way up, and MAAR. That’s a baaad dude. Love His game

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rob f

December 13th, 2017 at 12:13 AM ^

to the Michigan Women's BB team for blowing out N. Florida earlier this evening.

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URNotGuilty

December 13th, 2017 at 12:22 AM ^

The Only Shaka I ever liked was in Will Farrell's Land of the Lost. (Cameo by Matt Lauer) B, A, N, G, O. B, A, N, G, O and Bango was his name- Oh!

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Lawyer12

December 13th, 2017 at 12:26 AM ^

Zulu may kill you over this...

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ST3

December 13th, 2017 at 12:36 AM ^

Easily my favorite made for TV mini-series of all time. P.S. I think the land of the lost kid was Chaka.

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East German Judge

December 13th, 2017 at 6:57 AM ^

Chaka, Chaka, Chaka, Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, let me feel for you....

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SD Larry

December 13th, 2017 at 12:29 AM ^

Grande !

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JWG Wolverine

December 13th, 2017 at 12:38 AM ^

So excited to see this team get another crucial win!

Good luck to UCLA and Texas for the rest of the year!

GO BLUE, and let the POSBANG continue!

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M and M Boys

December 13th, 2017 at 12:57 AM ^

Tonight!

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SAM love SWORD

December 13th, 2017 at 2:33 AM ^

Much to be happy about tonight!! Go BLUE!

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Owosso_wolverine

December 13th, 2017 at 6:20 AM ^

Rahkman was great in both ends . We needed him and he came through . We played so
Much better On d with Robinson not getting as many minutes

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Owosso_wolverine

December 13th, 2017 at 6:22 AM ^

Shaka cant press , Shaka can’t win

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allintime23

December 13th, 2017 at 6:51 AM ^

Johns got his number.

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j_rif

December 13th, 2017 at 7:19 AM ^

Who is the quality basketball conference this year? Ik ACC is probably first but where to other conferences stand? Is it to early to determine this???

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KTisClutch

December 13th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^

The Big 12 is the best basketball conference this year and last

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Otisthebigdog

December 13th, 2017 at 7:55 AM ^

Win the Big Ten

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diehardalum

December 13th, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^

Alot of guys stepped up in this game. Rahkman, Wagner, Robinson, Simpson, the list goes on. I thought our boys showed a sifnificant toughness on the road last night. Mobamba was a force underneath and we seemed to handle it just fine. If we keep playing with this level of intensity, we're going to be right there in the mix for the top of the conference. Heck I was even thinking that Beilein was more intense on the sideline as well. Once again, great win guys!

Go Blue!

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Mannix

December 13th, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^

But UT was without their leading scorer, missed a ton of puppies, and Mamba is terrible around the rim when not dunking. Shaka is now 37-38 in his stint at UT.

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