Predictions
Ok its time..Im ready to make my prediction..As one whose followed Michigan and NCAA tournaments for over 40 plus years Ive seen alot and you get a sense of whats going to happen....My Prediction
Michigan 81 Oregon 72
Why? well my final deciding factor was Michigan has played 18 games against tournament teams and Oregon 9
Michigan more battle tested and moves on to the Elite 8
GO BLUE!!!! SWEET 16
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:32 AM ^
pain...
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March 23rd, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
Love this. His arrogantly confident look at the camera right before he round houses himself with the yo-yo is justice.
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:32 AM ^
I'll say 85-78 good guys. Hoping for less of a heart attack inducing affair this evening.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
to have a game that I can keep my eyes open during the last 2 minutes
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
Yeah my one wish for tonight (winning isn't a wish, it's a need) is that we win so handily that the game predictor graph is a straight line at 99-100% Michigan. I would really like to avoid doing couch cardio for once.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
the exception of the Nebraska game, we really don't do that kind of win. Even games where the final score would indicate that we closed it out rather convincingly, we always find a way to allow teams within striking distance. Two reasons that jump out to me. One is obvious, we have trouble inbounding the ball, from anywhere. The second one is that our offense stops moving when we are trying to kill time with a lead. It is fine to try to work some clock, but we just shut down and Walton ends up jacking a contested 3 late in the shot clock. We need to maintain a certain aggressiveness/focus even with the lead late in the game.
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:01 PM ^
Didn't this team give like 9 schools their worst loss of the season? Pretty sure several of them were blowouts.
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
taken. You decisively won the conversation.
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March 23rd, 2017 at 12:08 PM ^
accuratley describes how i watch all Michigan games...
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
Purdue 71.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
86-62 Michigan
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
of the 1989 Regional Final in Lexington against Virgina 102-65..I was there it was the most incredibe wonderful game Ive ever been to ( well maybe 2nd to the 1992 Regional Final against OSU in OT)
Glen and Higgins went off that night. I think they alone combined for more points than the entire Virginia team.
Edit: Glen had 32 and Higgins had 31, so two points shy of Virginia's total.
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
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March 23rd, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
Obvious defense mechanism. This is a soul that expects to lose though the game is a definition of a coin flip.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:52 AM ^
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
Make sense, especially since Boucher is out and the fact that our starters are taller across the board.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
UM wins. I think Kansas beats Purdue.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
The week off ends up cooling off both offenses.
Michigan 61
Oregon 58
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
boy - Give me the Over on that one.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
120+ minutes of sheer terror.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
to beat us.
Cause we will not beat ourself. Go Blue.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
79-74 Mich.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
fails to make it to the Midwest
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
Oregon is gonna try and attack DJ and Moe to get them into foul trouble, same with Derrick. They think they can handle Mark, X, Robinson, Rahk and Irvin. If they do that, I think Ducks win, If we play like we have and keep those key pieces on the floor I think we win.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
I don't know anything about the Ducks, but I will guess Michigan wins. They're very hot right now.
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:44 AM ^
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March 23rd, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
Bitter
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March 23rd, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
I'll be dead. It was nice knowing (most of) ya'll!
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
For the third game in a row, we don't wear maize, much to my chagrin.
(However, the last time we wore them was the Northwestern bleh so maybe they are bad luck and we should never wear them again).
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
about it, Michigan wore maize for the opener of the BTT.
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
I love wearing maize, it's a great tournament tradition for Michigan.
Every year except this year, where the collar color issue combined with the B1G tourney run has ingrained our blue uniforms as mainstays. Keep them coming.
is the collar color issue? Have not heard this discussed before.
(And really, who could they not have worn maize against in the BTT? When we went to the BTT finals with Stauskus and then the Elite 8 we did not wear anything other than maize. Obviously they could not wear them against Illinois this year because all they had was their pajamas but Minnesota wore white, Purdue wore white, Wisconsin wore white. No issue there. There would have been no clash with OK St. or Louisville's uniforms either).
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
I'm going Michigan, West Virginia, Purdue and Arizona
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
MICH 77
quacks 74
HAIL
MARCHIN ON
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
With Oregon's short bench I think they will be too focused on our main guys and Duncan finally goes off tonight.
Michigan - 81
Oregon - 71
March 23rd, 2017 at 11:52 AM ^
Michigan falls behind by 5-7 points early because Moe gets some ticky tack fouls and is on the bench for 10 minutes in the first half.
He plays smarter in the 2nd half while Wilson and Walton go off, and Zak has about 15 2nd half points and we are up 10 with about 4 minutes remaining. The last minute and a half we are shooting free throws to ice the game.