premature thought but...
A crazy thought just crossed through my head, is there any chance we could win a B10 championship in basketball this year? State (supposedly the #1 B10 team) was crushed my UNC, and Purdue (the #2 team) lost to duke by a point more than we did the first time, and we obviously just beat duke the 2nd time. Maybe 1st in conference is a stretch, but is top 3 a real possibility?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:15 AM ^
Playing comparison is somewhat of a crazy game but...
MSU played Maryland at home and lost by 18
UofM played Maryland on the road and lost by 5
Also...MSU played UNC at home and lost by 35
Purdue played Duke at home and lost by 16
Michigan played Duke at home and won by 8
Therefore Michigan > MSU and Purdue
but...we all know how crazy college basketball is and thats why they settle it on the court.
I'm just hoping to finish at .500 or above in the BigTen.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:15 AM ^
top 3 yeah man.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:17 AM ^
That's all I'm concerned with...
December 7th, 2008 at 12:31 AM ^
Maryland played State in Orlando, not in EL. That being said, Maryland dominated Sparty, and from everything I've read (as I was in the 99.9% without ESPNU) Maryland did not dominate Michigan. So I'm gonna go ahead and give the nod to Michigan. I hate Izzo.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:55 AM ^
i only saw about half of the game but we played fine in the 1st half, took a lead to the locker room but then maryland came out and got like 8 straight points and then missed the rest but we lost by 5 so im guessing it was even after that
December 7th, 2008 at 1:30 AM ^
The Terps came out of the locker room with about a 16-3 run. UM actually came back and grabbed the lead a couple times. From there, the game was a lot like today's game, with Maryland playing our role of pulling away late. We hit a couple threes at the end to bring it back to five. Very even game.
December 7th, 2008 at 7:51 AM ^
there was roughly a gazillion, yes a gazillion lead changes in our game vs maryland.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:52 AM ^
the fact that we don't have Lucas Perry yet and I think it's a done deal.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:39 PM ^
Hard to say just yet, but if we can just finish in the top 5 (which seems very possible) we'll be in the tourney for sure. And if there are no early departures, next year we could be really, really good.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:46 PM ^
I think we've got to hope for a top 5 finish in the Big Ten. Finish strong in the non-conference, rack up 9 or 10 wins in conference play, and with the resume builders we can make the tourney. As far as the conference, though, State will get better, Purdue is good, Ohio State has shown some flashes early on, Wisconsin is always tough, Illinois seems much improved, Minnesota is gonna be tough with Tubby.. The Big 10 is shaping up to be a lot better than we all imagined before the season. Indiana is the only real dud.