Michigan Basketball vs NW Open Thread

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WHAT #24 Michigan (17-6, 6-4) vs
#82 Northwestern (13-9, 4-5)
WHERE Crisler Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
WHEN 7 pm ET, Monday
LINE Michigan -9 (KenPom)
Michigan -10 (Torvik)
Michigan -7.5 (Vegas)
TV FS1
PBP: Tim Brando
Analyst: Bill Raftery

GO BLUE

Maize4Life

January 29th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^

needs to ask these guys How bad do you want this? How bad do you want a good NCAA Seed? These LONG stretches of NOTHING arent going to cut it anylonger..we are 23 games into the season and the best you can do is 21 points? UGH!

UMinSF

January 29th, 2018 at 8:01 PM ^

plays better D, but shoots worse than previous Beilein teams. Makes for some ugly games.

If Poole and Livers can keep learning and growing, they could really help bring some scoring come tournament time. We need it.

 

GRBluefan

January 29th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^

It’s the 100th anniversary of the 0-10 1917-1918 Michigan MBB team. We’re just paying tribute with this first half. We will turn it on in 2H

UM Fan from Sydney

January 29th, 2018 at 8:05 PM ^

Will our student section ever be rowdy? Same three chants, got about fives people doing the “OOOOOOOOOOH” thing. It’s just weak.

J.

January 29th, 2018 at 8:11 PM ^

How bad is Big Ten officiating?

It doesn't appear to be anti-Michigan; if anything, Michigan's probably gotten slightly more than their share of favorable calls.  It's just awful.  They'll let muggings go on one possession and then call ticky-tack fouls the next time down.  Wagner can spend as long as he wants in the paint on the offensive end, and then gets hit with the worst goaltending call I've ever seen on the defensive end.

It's really frustrating to watch.

J.

January 29th, 2018 at 8:21 PM ^

When the officials decide that contact on the way up to the basket is incidental, quite a few of them.  Again -- not necessarily biased; Michigan's getting away with quite a few fouls as well.  But that's what happened to Poole's layup -- he got shoved from the side, so the ball went in the direction of the shove.