A sweet Walk-off final win for Martelli's head coaching career!
I’ve never been more proud to be a Michigan fan.
3-2 against brutal comp...guy coached an awesome stretch!
Martelli did what Coach K couldnt, beat his rival in his final game
Do we know it’s his final game? Wasn’t there some phrasing about evaluation at this point or something?
That was glorious! And I hope to never see EJ Liddell again.
HUGE win today. Coach Martelli and Eisley led the way
Devontae Jones’s best game overall as a Wolverine ! We had 11 steals today
Best staff ever
Big wins against tough teams. Needed 3-2 and got it. Well-done, coach, and thanks!
Not sure that's his final win
Howard gets credit for the win.
Did it all without Dickinson too
Huge win without Dickinson. But Houstan going 0-10 and Johns going 0-5 I just don’t see this team making past the first weekend. Great job by Martelli coaching in these last games that were must wins. I would love to see some tournament magic but I just don’t see it from this team. I hope I’m wrong. We will see soon enough.
Go Blue!!
Boy, no kidding. Phil Martelli - what a magnificent job that man has done.
We so needed an experienced hand to adapt on the fly to losing our best player at the last minute. Coach Martelli stepped up.
We desperately needed a calming presence when the wheels came off at the end of the first half. Whatever Coach M said to the boys at halftime sure worked!
In crunch time, we need a battle-hardened guy who's seen everything to help the boys close it out. Those drives and pocket passes as the clock neared 0 were just perfection.
Can't give enough credit to the coaches and players for what they accomplished today. Magnificent.
And we beat the damn bucks - again!
Go Blue! Go NCAA's!
Martelli has had about as little as anybody to do with winning today, or any of the last 4 games. He is the first to give more credit to the players, the other assistant coaches and Coach Howard when the team gets a win. He should know.
No surprise Jones has played well with Martelli as the head coach. His guards were always strong when he was a head coach!
Game vs Rival without are best player (who matches up vs their best player) on the road. Eli and Jones did what veterans needed to do. Diabate didn’t back down, T-Will may be that x-factor we are looking for off the bench.
Lace up the dancing shoes, and we will tie them up on Thursday!
What a second half ! Always good to beat OSU. Big time win, especially on the road. Could not be more impressed with Coach Martelli. Go Blue !
So glad I didn't read the game thread during the game. Fortunately I saw that the turn-around was the very next page. Fun reliving the good part.
And some schadenfreude:
I'd like to thank the Buckeyes for finishing my sons last year at M with losses in football and basketball.
So an MSU win means Indiana then possibly Wisconsin. An MSU loss means Maryland and possibly Illinois.
Martelli is done as an acting head coach but I hope doesn't leave Michigan anytime soon.
Thank you Mr. Martelli for coaching at Michigan
@dailysports
"as little to do with the win as anybody"
I dont know man you think if Martelli deserved credit he would say so? Thats kind of our job.
Way to go coach. MORE TWILL. Sixth man of the tournament award should be a thing.
It looks like IF Illinois beats Iowa tonight, Rutgers gets the 4 seed and a double bye!!!!! How crazy is that
If Maryland beats Michigan State today, then the Spartans will fall to 19-12, 10-10 and in eighth place in the Big Ten with eight losses in their final ten, regular-season games and possibly dropping from their current NET ranking of 39.
It may not be Martelli’s final game.
Coach Martelli came up with a great game plan without Hunter able to play. They caught Ohio State off guard. It worked. Impressive win!
@snarlingwolverine posted a link to the O Zone, which I’ve never ventured to… that server must have been built in 1998?
Wonderful 3-pt defense during the second half. The speed and quickness turned the game around. Perhaps it would make sense to rest Dickinson more during games and play this group more to confuse opponents' play.
It was surprising that M won without a big offensive contribution from Houstan. Also happily surprising to see them win a game when they trailed at halftime. Loved that Bufkin 3 pt basket. That may have been the most crucial score during the last couple of minutes and it was his only basket of the game. Go Blue!
Undefeated vs MSU and OSU. Right? Maybe his freep cohen interview was by design.
Great defensive game plan by doubling post and making their 3pt shooters beat us. It worked for OSU early but then they cooled off and Phil did not abandon it. Where the hell was this earlier in the year? Good job Martelli.
Welcome back Juwan!!!
Wisconsin drops a semi-meaningless game to Nebraska. Big ten hoops is weird
Caleb Houstan 0-10
Brandon Johns 0-5
Thank god for TWill.
The same focus, intensity and grit will be needed to make the tourney. I believe Michigan needs to win against IU to get a NCAA tourney bid. Win 2 and we really improve our seeding from an 11 seed.
Action starts this upcoming week. Big win today, rest up and get ready for March Madness
Of course, I hope that Martelli stays on staff as an assistant to Juwan Howard for years to come. However, he's clearly still got it as a head coach (no doubt there) and doesn't seem to be willing to ride out into retirement. If he wants a head job, he deserves one. The fact that his wife never even moved to Ann Arbor indicates to me that he doesn't think he'll be here long-term.
These are future thoughts, though. For now, what a job to win 3 games as coach, today being the most impressive. All the appreciation in the world for coach Martelli.
Juwan has really put a nice staff together and it showed over the last 5 games