Why hasn't Trey Burke's number been honored?
Pretty fair question to ask.
The guy is our only Naismith winner, is doing very well in the NBA and oh by the way delivered our first B1G Championship in 26 years and first Final Four in 20 years.
Michigan has 5 number banners in Crisler. Only one number is actually retired: Cazzie Russell's #33.
Cazzie's was retired on December 11, 1993-
In 2003, it seemed a program was started to honor a number every year.
Rudy T's #45 on February 8, 2003-
Phil Hubbard's #35 on January 11, 2004-
Glen Rice's #41 on February 20, 2005-
Bill Buntin's #22 on January 7, 2006. Buntin tragically suffered a fatal heart attack in 1968 at age 26, just three years after he graduated.
Why not re-start this tradition and honor the greats we've had from the 90s and later? If anyone deserves it, Trey Burke is first in line.
Probably needs to graduate first.
Well, we are a university.
Not enough time has passed yet guys. Glenn Rice had the earliest honorarium and that was 16 years after he was here. It's been 5, hold your horses. The whole team will be back and honored at some point.
nobody is "faulting" him.
He said he was served prison food.
He plays basketball during the season and can't do it with time constraints. There are reasons why every single picture above is a guy who is retired from the game.
Rudy was coaching in the NBA at the time... it's a one day thing, they could do it over All Star weekend or when he's on a swing through to play the Pistons.
Are we playing Michigan State or Ohio State and Trey happens to be in Detroit with nothing to do the day before a game? Then yes it makes sense.
We aren't honoring him against Alabama A&M on a Tuesday in December.
If it is against MSU that we honor him, I want a re-enactment of this:
"OH NO!"
That was such a fun season...
But those uniforms. Yuck.
The Trey Burke floor slap after the dunk. Hall of Fame trolling.
Keith Appling is in jail, so if he's needed for the re-enactment, we may have to wait a bit.
And Juwan Howard somehow found enough time while playing basketball during the season to graduate on time with his class after leaving a year early.
Said he had all kinds of spare time hanging around in hotel rooms, and decided he might as well put it to good use..
He played 5 years ago, dude. It will go up in time. Chill.
i understand he won the naismith, but im in general not in favor of retiring players numbers unless they literally were jordan-esque (so basically no one).
i am in favor of maybe one game celebrating him etc..
i think doing very well in the NBA [key word: very] is a stretch. he had a few years of obscurity after being a 1st round pick and had to play in the G league. he is doing good now (which is great) but still.
even still im not in favor of banners for everything.... sure, have a ceremony, but a banner? I don't know
is one of the greatest things to ever happen to Michigan Basketball outside of John Beilein and The Fab Five. He singlehandily elevated the program to an absurdly high level and is the reason they got to the title game. The Kansas Shot is an incredible moment in the programs history, and he was the best player on one of Michigans best teams ever. You don't take half measures for those kind of program changing players. Not to mention, if high level recruits see how well star players that they remember are treated, it'll help increase interest. Build Burke a fucking statue.
to build a statue of Burke stepping back after McGary set a badass screen, I would not be opposed. Build them ALL a statue.
...that is all.
1. He only left 5 years ago
2. He was only here for 2 years
3. He didn't win the national title (I know, I know)
Yes, he brought the first legit banners in ages, but I think if you're retiring a jersey for a guy who only stayed 2 years that guy should have brought you multiple conference titles or final fours or a national title or been an all-American both years. Splitting hairs, I admit, but those ar my criteria. Also, schools generally wait a while before retiring numbers.
Trey Burke is not in the same category of player as Cazzie, Buntin, Rudy T, Glen Rice and Phil Hubbard. Those guys are imortals IMO - Trey is a step below them.
But if we did decide to honor Trey I would honor these guys at the same time cause I think they're just as deserving as Trey and also led Michigan to B1G titles:
Rickey Green
Gary Grant
But how do they stack up in the SuperGuide?
I agree with Rickey Green and am confused why his number isn't already up there along with the General.
Dude, Trey was a national player of the year. He's certainly in that same caliber of player. The only real knock you could make is that he didn't stick around as long as they did, but in this day and age that's not really surprising.
Trey Burke is almost certainly not a step below those dudes. He's at the same level, if not higher. He helped put the program back on top. Trey Burke won NPoY, took the team to the final four, helped them elevate to the #1 team in the country, and was a lottery player.
I'd put Trey Burke with Cazzie Russell, and that's the upper echelon of Michigan Basketball. Trey Burke was the NPoY in the most competitive conference in basketball, going against a plethora of NBA Caliber guards and torching them all to smithereens. Trey Burke single handily beat a one seed in the NCAA tournament with one of the more unbelievable performances I've ever seen as a Michigan athlete. Burke did it as a sophomore. Those other dudes stayed in school longer, I find it unfair to punish Burke for achieving excellence before he turned 21.
Guys of the present don't stack up to guys in my day, more news at 11.
Burk-ause you touch yourself. ALL. THE. TIME.
Juwan Howard should be first in line.
and Juwan is my favorite UofM player of all-time. Any sport.
being the next jersey in the rafters. I simply have a heavy bias when it comes to Juwan.
Jalen's next. Let's not rush things.
Very few, if any, colleges retire #s of guys that only stay 2 years. Its an honor for those that made a meaninful impact over time. Only Duke player with a # retired that didn't play 4 years is Jay Williams (and he graduated early).