Shhh... don't look now, but we are #1 on NET
The NET Raking, the ranking system that NCAA created, has Michigan at #1 right now. That was BEFORE Gonzaga lost tonight.
Can't remember when Michigan was ranked #1 in basketball in any official capacity.
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings
December 9th, 2018 at 8:42 PM ^
I can remember it well. It was January 2013, when we were 16-0 with a team that made it to the natty. That is <6 years ago. We had Trey Burke, national POY as our point guard. Certainly you remember that team?!
December 9th, 2018 at 8:45 PM ^
My 4 year old doesn't, but he'll certainly have this team burned into his little brain forever. Go blue!
December 9th, 2018 at 10:58 PM ^
Not quite, but it's been more recent than that!
When M was 15-0 that season they were ranked 2nd behind Duke, won on a Wednesday over Nebraska to go to 16-0 but they lost at OSU on that Sunday (by three on that rim out three by Trey). They dropped to #5 the following week but climbed up to #1 (in the AP poll) two weeks later at 19-1 after some other teams lost one or two more times.
Then #1 M played at #3 IU and lost and that's the last time M was #1.
December 9th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Hoosier Daddy.
December 10th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
Up vote for content. Down vote for the term natty.
December 9th, 2018 at 8:42 PM ^
In 2013, before we played India.
December 9th, 2018 at 8:45 PM ^
Damn. Didn’t know India had an ncaa D1 squad. There really are a lot of teams in D1 bball
December 9th, 2018 at 8:50 PM ^
They play in the Big Far East Conference
December 9th, 2018 at 9:57 PM ^
If they score 120 points, free falafal and Naan for every fan.
December 9th, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
Free food is a naan starter for me.
December 10th, 2018 at 5:02 AM ^
Are you trying to curry favor with us?
December 9th, 2018 at 8:55 PM ^
The road games are really tough. Fans don't travel well for that one.
December 10th, 2018 at 12:29 AM ^
well, maybe JB can find a new delhi to find subs!!
December 9th, 2018 at 8:45 PM ^
Must have been the intercontinental championship
December 9th, 2018 at 8:47 PM ^
Yes, those cricketers really showed some versatility against our #1 b-ball team. Nobody saw it coming, but the all-Singh lineup was devastatingly efficient.
December 9th, 2018 at 8:48 PM ^
Unfortunately, we lost the belt.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:25 PM ^
Doesn’t Randy Macho Man Savage own that title?
December 9th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
The Bengal Battle Royale
December 9th, 2018 at 8:47 PM ^
Must have been cricket.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
Got us with the curry-up offense.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
I remember it well. We beat India, but lost to Pakistan in OT on a buzzer-beater.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:46 PM ^
Good game too. That Patel kid was a baller.
December 9th, 2018 at 10:40 PM ^
That fricking Indiana team. Took the B1G championship away. Only to die in the tournament. Loserrssss!!!
December 9th, 2018 at 11:04 PM ^
I will not forget J-Mo’s rim-out layup at the buzzer against IU that would have won the B1G for us. But then IU lost to Syracuse in the sweet 16 - who we dismantled in the final four! The cream (NOT Crean) rises to the top...
December 9th, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
Kansas and Duke are good - but I think we are better. Virginia a distant 4th. Nevada and Gonzaga - head out west to your mediocre conferences, and we'll see you in March.
NET has it right. Through early December, we have had the best start and are playing the best basketball in the country.
Go Blue!!!
December 9th, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
The prospect of playing Zion scares the shit out of me. It wouldn’t be until the final four but still.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
Play him like the Pistons played Shaq in ‘04. As in, no double-teams. Let him dunk his way to 35, lock down the outside, and before you know it, you’ve dominated..
December 9th, 2018 at 10:53 PM ^
that era of the Piston's was so fun to watch. I was a teenager at the time and they made me fall in love with the game of basketball for sure
December 9th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
Duke feels like an Elite Eight upset to me. Will give Zion and RJ a head start on their way to the draft...
December 9th, 2018 at 9:05 PM ^
Don't say anything - you'll spook the ranking and it'll go away.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:25 PM ^
Thank higher power if it does indeed exist for basketball season. Its going to be an off season for the ages.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:31 PM ^
Well this is clearly the most important ranking of all then.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
Well - it certainly is the only one that is ignoring, and not penalizing us for, the incorrect #18 ranking to start the year.
December 9th, 2018 at 10:14 PM ^
It quite possibly is. It's the NCAA's own formula so will presumably be used for seeding.
If only rankings in December were important.
December 9th, 2018 at 9:37 PM ^
Officially Ranked Number 1
1989.
Final poll
December 9th, 2018 at 9:44 PM ^
My new Credo is "Believe in Beilein"
December 9th, 2018 at 10:04 PM ^
Love it. 100% deserving. I would give anything to be able to play or coach under Coach B. The day he retires I will shed many tears.
December 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
That will be a sad day for college basketball. No doubt about it. Best coach in the business.
December 10th, 2018 at 9:09 AM ^
Maybe after they play Ohio State? (tongue in Cheek)
December 10th, 2018 at 12:11 AM ^
Baskitbawl skewl?!?!?!?!?!?
December 10th, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
just bring home a NC and all will be okay.
December 10th, 2018 at 9:07 AM ^
Saw an NBC sportster show #1 Duke #2 Michigan
December 10th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
At the end of the 1989 tournament.
December 10th, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
If Michigan was #1 before Gonzaga lost, does that make Michigan #0 now? And if so, do they exist? Do any of us exist?