UM basketball has a chance to move up rankings nicely with win tonight....
Lots of upsets....
MONDAY
#6 West Virginia lost
TUESDAY
#20 Clemson lost
#4 Oklahoma lost (that freshmen is overrated IMO - look at his TO's and shooting percentage in recent game logs)
#18 Kentucky Lost
WEDNSESDAY
#17 Auburn Lost
#7 Witchita State lost
#8 Texas Tech lost (TEXAS WON!)
#19 Seton Hall lost
#21 Tennessee lost
#16 Arizona State lost
And there will be more upsets next few days. So far....
4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 lost!!!
If we get our win tonight, i think we move up to at least 16 not inluding whatever other upsets happen next few days.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
Too bad all but one of those teams have fewer loses than UM. A win will move us up at most 1 spot.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
I won't wager sweatshirt but I will wager $100 Schrute Bucks.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
Ill give you 1000 stanley hudsons to stop commenting on this blog.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:13 AM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^
I see the stakes are... ascending.
January 18th, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 11:56 AM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^
I humbly apologize
January 18th, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
everything stood as it does right now and Michigan wins tonight, we will at least move up to #20 in the AP and probably to 18 or 19. It does not just have to do with "number" of losses. 3 of our losses were to Top 25 opponents, one in the final seconds.
If we win our next two games, regardless of what happens at Purdue, we are going to be sitting in a pretty nice spot for NCAA seeding.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
agree. It is important to win our next 2. As long as we keep the Purdue game very close - it wont matter then.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:13 AM ^
After the screw job at Chrisler, i think our guys are gonna come out fired up.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
This is strictly based on my opinion and memory moreso than any real evidence, but I tend to think the polls go by a philosophy that if you lose, you move down anywhere from 2-7 spots, and if you win, you move up steadily based on who falls, unless it is a huge win of course, and of course name recognition plays a factor . So based on the OP's figures, I would imagine Seton Hall, Clemson, and Tennessee would fall below us based on them not being huge basketball names. Kentucky probably stays above us and I think everyone else would be too far of a drop based on one loss.
Not sure about if anyone behind us had big wins, but if everything stays the same, we win tonight and sunday, assume there are 2-3 more upsets this weekend, I would guess we are #18 come Monday.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:03 AM ^
Sounds reasonable. Please don't overlook tonight's game. Long trip, night game and NU isn't a terrible team. They almost beat Kansas. If we play like we started out against Maryland this could be a long game.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
Oh I agree, I think after the week we have had, I wouldn't be shocked if we lost this one, especially sense the home team tends to win about 70% of the time in conference play (based on a two week trend, I realize that is not a large sample size). I was just basing my post on the hypothetical that was presented.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:45 AM ^
game was just something they had to get out of their system. Coming off a big win, two days rest, just ranked that day. It was the most predictable let down game in history. I don't think it will carry over to tonight. I like Michigan tonight, with authority.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
WE'RE #18, WE'RE #18!!!
January 18th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
There was very little bounce in their shots in the first half against Maryland. 3 days and a road trip is still not a lot of rest time. This is when i't important to have a good bench rotation.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 12:48 PM ^
No joke. He had a crappy game the other day, but he's putting up video game stats on the season, and beyond that, he just passes the eye test. Insane athleticism, court vision, and playmaking. He's going to be a huge star at the next level.
January 18th, 2018 at 2:05 PM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
"No one cares about where you are rated in January" - John Beilein
January 18th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
"no one cares in March where you were rated in January." Because obviously a lot of people care in January where you are ranked.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
crazy to me. They're up to 12th on kenpom! With, what, like 8 scholarship players and Dakich as a backup PG?
January 18th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
I watched the end of OSU-NU last night and Dakich was playing the last few minutes of a close game. He had a huge steal with about a minute left. It's not always who starts that matters. Who finishes the game is more important and apparently Dakich is closing out games. He's just a gritty, heady, gym-rat, poor man's Aaron Craft.
EDIT: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/andrew-dakich-1.html
He's getting 17 MPG and has a 136.6 ORtg on the season. In Big 10 games, that jumps to 20+ MPG and a 168.8 ORtg! Holy cow, Andrew Dakich might actually, you know, be good?!?
John Beilein is a freaking genius. I don't mean that sarcastically in the sense, why did you let him go? I mean seriously, he turned Andrew Dakich into a competent, Big 10 guard. It's just too bad we don't get to benefit from that.
January 18th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
The nation's leader in assists per game is a ball hog?
January 18th, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
I just wanted to comment that Lon Kruger, much like Beilein is one of the most underrated coaches in the game. He routinely takes his teams to the NCAAs and took Florida and Oklahoma to the Final 4. I think that much of his success has been overlooked because he has coached mainly at football schools.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
He had some damn good Illinois teams. In fact, I believe he had Ill's only damn good teams!
January 18th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
was no slouch. Even if he looked like he was Al Czervik's golf partner.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
took over after Kruger and kept the ball rolling and raised it some. Weber took over after Self and rode Self's coat to the national title game.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
Kruger is a stud.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
"Ill advised threes"- He is shooting 39.5% from 3 while shooting an average of 10 attempts a game. Relative to early season this has declined a little but just two games ago against TCU he went 10-18 from the 3 point line.
"Low assist to turnover rate"- His assist rate is 54.4 for the season (#1 in the country) and his turnover rate is 19.2. By my math that makes his A/TO ratio 2.8. Not low.
"Ball hog"- See above. #1 assist rate IN THE COUNTRY
"Driving out of control"- Harder to measure statistically but all of the other statistics might it quite clear that the ball in his hands is a good thing for Oklahoma.
Kenpom includes comparisons for players who have comparable statistical measures. Trae Young's #1 comparable is Kyrie Irving in the one year he was at Duke. He is not overrated. You don't know what you're talking about.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:57 AM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
Went 11-20 (5-13 in Big 12). They added Young and one other freshman contributor but the rest of the team is the same. This year they are 14-3 (4-2). I think he's helping his team get wins.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:28 PM ^