MBB vs. MSU Game Open Thread
OK, we're almost an hour away from the biggest game in John Beilein's Michigan career, which makes it just about the biggest in recent Michigan Basketball history. For some of you, you might not have been alive long enough to remember anything bigger. If we lose, we can probably pinpoint bigger games, but if we win, and can follow it up with a Tourney appearance (showing going isn't just a fluke), turning a corner (if not actually catching up) against MSU, which can only help on the recruiting trail, and to basically not have all the positive momentum derail, there's no way to overstate how big that would be. Which makes this afternoon BIG. If ever we needed basketball to GO BLUE, it's today. Let's do it.
YEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A season sweep of Sparty is always a good thing
GO BLUE! I LOVE ALL OF YOU!
MSU Riot Status: Elevated to High Risk
Also, the tears of the RCMB are so delicious right now.
NCAA Tournament... here we come!
Hope everyone has a nice pair of shoes that are good for dancing ready.
Also, I hope MSU misses the tournament, not because I dislike them very much (which I do), but because of every time the announcers claimed this game wasn't important for them.
God, Iove this team. We'll probably never experience a season quite like this again in our lives, going to the NCAA tournament in a year when no one expected us to even approach .500. Beilein has a job for life.
I don't care if I catch another trout this whole weekend. This has truly made my week.
IM GOING TO DRIVE AROUND DELAWARE HONKING MY HORN AND YELLING GO BLUE AND "AHHHHH!!!!' OUT MY WINDOW. WHO'S WITH ME???
I'm in Delaware......
He got them back to where they belong, the NIT.
Me to Sparty friend: Good game
Him to me: Woo hoo -- did they storm the court?
Me to him: Doubt it -- wasn't an upset
GO BLUE!!!! Way to go guys!!!!
Nice shot of Izzo screaming at Summers in the closing seconds. He's such an ass.
summers didn't box out DMo on his missed free throw. he deserved an ass chewing for that...and for his play all year.
Gotta love the way Hardaway just exploded in the 2nd half, basically matching Lucas shot for shot. Senior, meet freshman. I'll take the freshman, thanks!
How many days now Sparty? haha Can you imagine if Michigan draws MSU in the Big Ten tourney at some point and beats them a 3rd time! Man that would be something right there.
What a job by these players and this coaching staff. No Thad Motta and Beilein would be runaway coach of the year in this conference.
Even though football is king in most of our hearts, there isn't much sports wise that beats watching the selection show on Sunday waiting for that Michigan name to be called.
Matt Painter would like to have a word with you. What Beilein has done this year has been nothing short of remarkable, but Matt Painter deserves and will most likely get B1G coach of the year.
I don't disagree. Painter is a fabulous coach. Still, Seth Davis from CBS said that Purdue likely has two of the best players at their position in the country.
We might have one of the best freshmen in the country, after that we have only 1 guy that might even get honorable mention all league this season.
But your point is a very good one. Motta will get it if they handle Wisconsin and win the league out-right though.
It's Thad Matta ... just saying
makes st. patty's day so much more fun too.
I just love the way this team plays. They talk on defense, they make the proper rotations, everyone's moving... just a beautiful thing to watch.
Offensively... well... lol... let's just say there's lots of cringing going on when shots go up... but that's fine, I love the confidence our shooters have...
I still believe we need at least 1 more win in the Big 10 tournament to solidify ourselves in the big one... I'd rather not be a play-in team...
Big win today. If this team is this fun to watch now... wow...
Sweep? SWEEP!
Woo? WOO!!
Muppets? MUPPETS!!!
I took a trip to The Only Colors to read their aftermisery thread (and some of the game thread comments).
They're harping on the refs, saying that because MSU had been on top so long that this year all of the refs got together and agreed to bring MSU down. They also chose to focus on Darius Morris running his mouth at Kalin Lucas as time ran out.
Apparently the two had to be separated during the post-game handshake.
Also, they attacked our lack of class, etc.
A lot of talking out of their ass -- only a few people talked about their shooting troubles and how U-M downright stumped them on defense.
Ugliness between Morris and Lucas at the end of the game? Anyone see it?
For being such a gamer. Maybe he should be getting in his disappearing teammates faces.
Eh, that's just the things little brothers do.
My favorite is Sparty dismissing this season with the predictable argument of, "Michigan taking advantage of our worst team in 10 years...hur, hur", while ignoring the irony of that argument with regards to their football team.
By the way can we tell MfaninOH to shut the fuck up now....any of u that have followed past open threads of MBB games he talked how we had absolutely no chance of making the tourny especially after the Ill. game I would like to personally say u can eat a dick because we are more than ever in at this point just as I said after the loss to Ill. Don't care if this gets deleted but he pissed me off by continually putting this basketball team down. Go Blue!!!!!!! Lets make a run in the BTT tourny boys o yea and that first round bye looks pretty dam good too
By the way can we tell MfaninOH to shut the fuck up now....any of u that have followed past open threads of MBB games he talked how we had absolutely no chance of making the tourny especially after the Ill. game I would like to personally say u can eat a dick because we are more than ever in at this point just as I said after the loss to Ill. Don't care if this gets deleted but he pissed me off by continually putting this basketball team down. Go Blue!!!!!!! Lets make a run in the BTT tourny boys o yea and that first round bye looks pretty damn good too
We were never trailing. Which is the only time he has the courage to show up.
By the way can we tell MfaninOH to shut the fuck up now....any of u that have followed past open threads of MBB games he talked how we had absolutely no chance of making the tourny especially after the Ill. game I would like to personally say u can eat a dick because we are more than ever in at this point just as I said after the loss to Ill. Don't care if this gets deleted but he pissed me off by continually putting this basketball team down. Go Blue!!!!!!! Lets make a run in the BTT tourny boys o yea and that first round bye looks pretty damn good too
Sorry for the triple post I'm in Fl. with shitty internet still dont care loooooove loooove today Go Blue....Yea thats right I skipped my last day in sunny skies to watch this beauty. Go Blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tell ya. Other than for a few minutes at a time today, Sparty looked like I've never seen them look before: Rattled. Something wrong with that team. Very un-Izzo.
Idk why but for some reason it seems like ever since Rich Rod left, Michigan has been gaining a lot of good positive momentum, makes me excited for the future. GO BLUE!!
Heck YES, GO BLUE! I have never been so happy to read a bunch of whining. Granted it is ALL coming from Spartan fans. HAIL!