Five To Go - Basketball Snowflakes

Let's never speak of this again.

Montana was soooo bad

Thank god

From that banshee screaming all fucking game.

better show up Saturday

Play Better

was good.  Montana was bad.  But last time we had a game like this we rattled off double digit wins until the tournament ended...  So..  Maybe not all is lost!

BTW we have the last game on Saturday.  30 minutes after the Kansas game that starts at 7:30

I was sure that fucking 3v14 thread had jinxed it. At least we don't have to kill that guy.

That game was almost as bad Steve Lavin was.

tournament with a bad game

that was poorly officiated

:)

Shut the Fuck up!

SHUT THE FUCK UP, TOBY!!!

Michigan just won a tournament game by 10+ points!

Bang me!!!

Shut the Fuck up!

SHUT THE FUCK UP, TOBY!!!

Michigan just won a tournament game by 10+ points!

Bang me!!!

This was the game many talked about on the blog - the game in which we're pushed out of our offense, but now have the defense to stay in and, clearly, win.

Now let's replicate the run (+2 more) after the last ugly game against Iowa.

I'm pretty sure that was Dante's 11th level of Hell.

the basketball equivalent of the M00N game?

silver lining is that this will help us prepare against Man Bun, and Houston plays about one third of the defense Montana does.

Hideous game but I'll take it. Matthews turned it over a bunch in forgoing the role player tag but carried us when everyone else was off. Simmons was a liability on D as usual but scored 6 points. Eli Brooks hit a floater! The game started 0-10 and we won without much threat of actually losing. The long break and jittery first round are behind us. You gotta believe Wagner will ball Saturday.

with the song of the Michigan Harpy women drilling in my head.  Night all!  GO BLUE!!

ugly game.  Started out slow in Big 10 tourney too.  By the time Michigan plays Saturday, they will be one of less than 30 teams with a chance to go al the way.  Bet they are ready to play Saturday.

3 starters were Rec dudes until last year.

Michigan press conference is on CBS sports network now.

Win ugly is still a win.. Go blue!

Thanks Delaney for the 2 week layoff.

Spotted them 10 and won by 14.

No muppets for that one :(

Team to do on an 11 o’clock start and a twenty minute clock delay?

Well, that game got me to stop thinking about UNC.

This game was the predictable byproduct of a commissioner who values playing at MSG over how his conferences team does in the tournament. Nothing more....Nothing less.

What an absolutely pathetic performance.

Reminded me of the Maryland and Minnesota games.

No urgency.  I can't fathom what Wagner was thinking.

Rahmann? Wow...

Thank god Charles Matthews decided to show up.

Just awful.

When do they decide game times? I need to plan my Saturday!

beat man bun!

Advance, 

Forget. 

Go Blue.

Aesthetically unpleasing dub but I'll take any win in the tourney, particularly one without a stressful ending.

Holding an opponent to 47 is pretty cool, too.

Their defense was so active--it really seemed to throw off our offense off. But I wonder if it also led to Montana being fatigued I n the second half. Their shooting took a nose-dive.

And UM by 8. It was a meat grinder with UM by 14. No complaints here.



We got next!

It's over, moving on, nothing to see here. On to Houston and manbun.

Easily one of, if not the, ugliest game of the season. Glad we got Montana and not Buffalo.

go blue beat houston!

I don't know, as frustrating as the offense was, I felt good by how the defense covered it. Obviously we can't do it to this extent against Houston (and certainly not against UNC), but it shows that they can execute on the defensive end in spite of frustrations on the other half of the ball.

Also, given that this is a banner year (and we've avoided being a historic upset), I feel like a big weight is gone for the "legacy" of this team: No matter what, they're champions.

The impact was evident.
Stunned early by quick fouls on Z.
Defense was stellar.
Bench pulled us through - 20 points.
Houston minus #32 shot under 30%.

Except for the first 5 minutes, and Wagner's butterfingers costing us what felt like 5 TOs, I thought they played pretty well. Good to see Matthews come out of his funk.

Teske is too good to keep on the bench. Wish they would play him and Wagner together, but it's probably too late in the year to experiment with that.

Message board would be a lot of fun right now......

Why the FUCK are we the last game again on Saturday.

Michigan's worst game of the B1G tournament was the first one against Iowa, and the competition wasn't close.

So, shaking off rust, two quick fouls against Simpson (plus MAAR getting one in the first minute and hitting the bench). All kinds of discombobulation.

And they won by 14 and were 10+ clear for most of the second half.

This team doesn't have superstars, but it can win games in so many ways. Offense struggling in the second half? Hold the other team without a field goal for 10 minutes.

So many good tools in the toolbox.

win is a win. I liked how active their defense was. it looked like Don Brown on the hardwood, blitzing double teams from all over. really impressed with their little dudes dunk. that was impressive.

Mo and co. will be ready Saturday

The win wasn’t pretty enough!

Bad game. Matthews stepped up tho and that's all we needed tonight. Foul trouble is gonna be big on Saturday. We need Z on Gray as much as possible. Hit a good chunk of our threes, don't turn it over = hello LA

Skip Bayless

@RealSkipBayless



I'm picking Arizona to win it all as a 4 seed because of Deandre Ayton, who at 7-1 has NBA superstar potential. Plays so hard and smart for his age. Maybe I'm expecting too much too soon, but he's easily the best player in this tournament.

That Montana pg was quick

is in the Michigan band. Can anyone with connections to the band inform her that she is universally hated by all michigan fans? and beg her to stfu on Saturday...

That game is why good defense is important.



Long layoff + lomg road trip + late start + time zone change + scrappy underdog = offensive struggles. But the defense doesn't go away.

Houston is a better match up. Bring it on

#PickByPick #FortheTeam

Maybe a good thing to get an offensive clunker out of the way early.

We're still in the tournament - on to the next round!

Go Blue!!

Montana should have called for 75 fouls per half. That team is full of dickbags.

It's a good thing Vasili didn't get to see Montana.

These fucking morons call MAAR and Simpson for touch fouls in the first minute and then proceed to let Montana play football for the next 10 minutes before realizing that oh, shit, we're calling a basketball game! And I bet Montana thought they were playing good defense the entire time they were mugging the shit out of Michigan. Those officials should be sent to call a nearby junior high game tomorrow. Idiots.

I kept yelling at the officials.  It was quiet enough in that place I'm pretty sure they could hear me.  I kept it clean and simply pointed out that they couldn't get a call correct to save their lives.  My favorite was resetting the shot clock on the held ball without a change of possession (in the first half, when Houston had the ball).  The ball didn't hit the rim, Michigan never gained possession, the shot clock was at 6 when they went to timeout -- and it was at 30 when they came back.  I shouted -- another guy in my section shouted -- it didn't do a thing.  And, naturally, Houston scored with 23 on the shot clock.

I didn't hear the wailing girl.  She must have been next to the TV effects microphone.  What I did hear was a "Go Blue!" "Go Maize!" cheer that I don't remember ever hearing before and I didn't like a bit.  It sounded like a bad East Lansing import.

Finally -- Michigan is now the 3rd most efficient defense, per KenPom.  Virginia, Cincinnati, Michigan.  (Admittedly, Michigan is a full 5 points per 100 possessions behind Cincinnati. But still.  3rd.  In defense.)

Everyone bet large on the Michigan including two IU grads/fans who spent most of the game trying to bad mouth Michigan’s offense. I explained the ER have won ugly routinely and reminded them just how bad Archie Miller’s first season was. Beilein and the boys pulled it out with the comfortable win and cost. It put 3 of us up for the day and we were chanting ‘Ugly Spread’ repeatedly. It was a beautiful thing.

I learned that Wilt had a half headband, with a elastic strap.... And we won. It wasn't a wasted night.

Ugly, ugly game for a variety of reasons.  Reminiscent of Iowa in B1G Tourney.  Hopefully they will rebound in the same way they did then.

Man bun will find he is out of style!

One to go. There is only one next game.

Let's get to the Sweet 16. This team plays better as the underdog. Plus mid majors and small programs aren't intimidated by this Michigan team. We don't have the major recruiting stars or multiple freakish athletes that can jump out of the gym.