Men's hoops finishes #2 in final coaches poll
No, the national runner up does not automatically get the #2 spot in the poll each year, so it's great to see us finish the season ranked so high. Another indicator of the respect Beilein commands from his peers. I don't think the AP poll comes out after the season, so we will end up #7 on that. Both will significantly help us in the Director's Cup as it weights several revenue sports more heavily.
AFAIK, we have only been ranked #1 for one week in Beilein's tenure (in 12-13). Congrats to the maize and blue on a great season!
Also of note:
UVA #5, Loyola #7, Purdue #9, MSU #11, OSU #21
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/basketball-men/polls/coaches-poll/…
Eh . . . do we want to mock another school for Final Four losses?
Mocking them for the last three years is quite fun, though.
When you call your coach Mr. March, yes.
I have zero desire to defend him, believe me. But mocking his record since 2000, coming from a Michigan fan, makes no sense.
I thought the Directos Cup was calculated based on the farthest in the tourney you got, not AP rankings.
like this or similar:
Winner: 100pts,
runner up 75,
lost in FF: 50,
lost in E8: 32,
lost in S16: 16,
lost in R32: 8,
lost in R 64: 4
make the touney: 2
When it's all said and done, we were amongst the last two standing this season. We're indisputably #2 in the country. #1 would've been better but there are all but one team in the nation that'd switch places and seasons with us.
Certainly MSU diehards will argue that there should be footnotes to our magical run, that we were gifted with a really easy path to success. And you know what?
They're right - we did have a really easy path:
Picture of the year.
Nick Ward dragged Teske to the ground on that play, jumped up to flex at someone and found laughing Charles.
Knuckleheads....the idea is to win and advance. You don't get to pick your opponents.
I mean they should get it...after all their path was to beat the #13 seed and the #11 seed.....Oh that's right they didn't beat the #11 seed.
Get over it......LOL
including 3 in the top 10. MSU won 2 games all season against top 25 teams.
Which of those things do they want to talk about?
Loyola #7
Houston #22
Texas A & M #24
4 of out last 5 opponents went up in the polls after we played them. Oddly, Houston dropped. I would've thought they would have at least stayed where they were based on how they lost.
but did give me a little crap at first.
I responded that Michigan has more tournament wins this season than Izzo has had in the last three. So has Loyola Chicago, for that matter.
That seemed to quiet him rather quickly
the word "Scum" has UM in it... so there is that...plus did you really go to Michigan. You may have went but did you get a degree? You may have a degree, but was it a graduate degree? You may have a graduate degree, but are you the President? You may be the President but did you create earth? NO! Then you are a walmart Michigan fan.
On behalf of Sparty.
Believe me. He knows.
It was a great year. I agree and have agreed with the analysis that Beilein did the most he could with the talent he had on hand.
I was gravely concerned that we were going to have another bad shooting night, particularly from behind the 3 point line. And that's exactly what happened. We were 3 of 23 from 3 point range. If we had been at 37%, that would have added 16.5 points. We were 11 of 18 for free throws. If we hit 75%, that adds 2.5 points.
I really hope that Michigan can continue to improve in recruiting. We seem to have a great incoming class. But it is hard not to be envious of Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, and North Carolina. The classes they bring in year in and year outl make it hard to compete.
Go Blue!
Can we just hang some 1992/1993 Final Coach's Poll #2 banners and call it square?
Great season fellas!!
For all the people who say Michigan did not deserve to be in the National Championship game, who would you put in there instead?
All of Villanova's opponents lost to them by double digits, so none of them.
Duke . . . who lost to Kansas?
UVA, UNC . . . who could not even make it out of the early rounds?
Certainly none of the teams that Michigan beat head to head.
Who would you put in instead?
Michigan was in there because they earned their way in there.
We are clearly not #1, but we have a solid case for #2.
Out in the first weekend for the 3rd year in a row, and they give them 11? I guess they are simply looking at potential and maybe total losses. Oh, that and I suppose if two of those losses were to the 2nd best team in the country (only a very tiny bit sarcastic) it makes you look better I suppose.
As to fans of other schools and what they might think and say, now who really gives a fuck.Taking it upon myself for a second, I'll speak for the entire board here.Inamuch as we either beat their teams or they were beaten by lesser teams prior to us having a chance, fuck them, fuck them very hard and not because we don't like them, but because that is what happens to whiny little bitches. And to those who spend money to have a party to cheer against the wolverines with the only reason being they are not fortunate enough to be a wolverine or a wolverine fan, I am so happy they woke up with a hangover and less spending money both.
Good job blue. Proud to be a Michigan Wolverine. 2018. Great, Great Season.