im jinxing the shit out of them right now, but right now they are 5 miunutes away from their 3rd consexutive win (up 6, 5 to go vs buckeyes).

has the worm turned?

its hard to get too excited when were just fighting for our nit lives, but i am getting there.

even if this one slips away, there is some reason to be optimistic. earlier in the season, it seemed like we were playing everyone tough, just couldnt finish, and not as far away as our record indicated.

a strong finish would be awesome, if only to get the "experts" to shut up about UM for a minute. i dont know who are incoming freshmen are next year, but im thinking if there is some decent talent ncaa's wont be out of the question.

Michigan's going to beat Ohio State?!?

played them tough at OSU. theyre on cbs right now, 241 to go.

Big shot by Simms.

Butler answers...lol, oh boy.

its been this way all year. it appears michigan is both understanding and believing in belein's system now. thats got to translate to closing out better.

manny harris is a golden god.

Well I'll be. The basketball team is going to do something the football team hasn't in 4 years.

ive only seen the national tv games, but this seems to be (by far) the high water mark of the season. i've never seen a michigan crowd like this.

Seems like Knockout is the real jinx.

That was pretty nice, even if I don't like college basketball.

michigan is on a 3-0 run, msu is on a 1-3 run. you tell me.

We would like to have a word with Mr. Knockout.

Wow. And out of the five games they have left, four are winnable. They won't beat Purdue, but Minnesota, Northwestern, Illinois and Penn State are all very beatable teams.

I'm not saying they'll win all 4, I'm just saying they can beat any one of those teams.

I'll take that as a guarantee, MoTown.

Set up a poll, I'll let you know which ones they'll win and lose with that.

This thread seems like a jedi mind trick.

Try to find out who cares about UM basketball and then go all Knockout on them.

Rich God was there at halftime addressing the crowd.

And I was not aware that Michigan lost to Ohio State SEVEN straight times in basketball before the win. Yeesh.

kinky matchup tonight against minnessota, a sassy young team whom also has a saucy new coach.

needless to say, i wont be wearing sweatpants any time soon if we win tonight.

I'm going to watch. First full college basketball game I may watch in quite some time.

tough one. minny went nutso down the stretch.

Michigan about to pull a Sparty and lose a road game. Haha.
jkihavenoreasontobashstate

Michigan about to pull a Sparty and lose a road game. Haha.
jkihavenoreasontobashstate



but we're supposed to lose to Minny

Are "we"? Or is Michigan?

Are "we"? Or is Michigan?


we = :BARWIS:

I hate Minnesota.

http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/minnesota_bridge.jpg

Uh...

Yikes.

Wil, do you think you could not be an asshole sometimes?

I hate Minnesota.

http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/minnesota_bridge.jpg

too soon.

Ugly game today. 92 total points for the two teams. Not quite as bad as the 79 MSU and Iowa combined for, but still ugly.

But it leaves UM with 9 wins, looking for the 10th against powerhouse Northwestern. It may actually happen.

are we an NIT bubble team yet? i really hope we are. nit would be great for this team.

are we an NIT bubble team yet? i really hope we are. nit would be great for this team.


We do have a rich NIT tradition. Perhaps the NIT selection committee will take that into consideration. Not to mention our RPI should be right up there since we beat Radford.

As completely impossible as it would be, I would love to see this team win the Big Ten tournament and shock everyone by going to the big dance.

Here's why it could happen and why it won't.

Why it could - every team in the conference is beatable. Seriously. Each has their huge flaws. We've seen that. Not to mention some of the better teams will knock each other off.

Why it won't - this team shoots in the 30's percentage-wise. Even if they get hot, that's likely to last a half, not a whole game and certainly not 4 games in 5 days, or whatever it is.

I think the Wolverines will win their first game in the B10 tourney and then bow out. It's actually more likely they would lose their first than win multiple.

Would still be insanely cool though. Win and get in to give everyone a huge "F you".

Ok, just to humor myself, I checked out the Big Ten tourney. A lot of teams are tied at different records right now (3-way tie for 1st, for example) and there's plenty of basketball to be played still, but considering the order ESPN has the teams here's how it would look.

If the higher seed won in every game (except for UM), their road would be:
Penn State in the 1st game, then Indiana, then Michigan State, then Wisconsin.
So that's an insanely unlikely win streak over 4 days, but they wouldn't have to beat the entire conference. No Purdue or Ohio State or Iowa or Minnesota.
Keep in mind the seeding will likely change a bit in the next two weeks and a couple wins could make it an easier road. Just some food (cornbread) for thought.

We have a chance to be a very "pesky" team come Big Ten tourny time...if you win the Big Ten Tourny, it's an auto-birth into the big dance right???

LMFAO, how funny would that be...

pipe dream though, not even worth discussing

LMFAO @ bridge joke... but its way too soon. (give it a few more months)