February 23rd, 2023 at 10:45 PM ^
It's about time Michigan wins a game that it had to win. They've lost every other must win game so far.
/s
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:45 PM ^
We got a twofer. The women's team kicked Rutgers' ass tonight too.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:55 PM ^
And OSU lost to Penn State.
Threefer!
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
That was a man’s win. Without Jett, down early but toughed it out. BUT Howard’s rotations still a head scratcher - what’s it going to take for him to clean that up?
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:56 PM ^
After winning on the road and you still )@&;$ing! Wow! Some people.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
Nice. Nice job bringing it home.
Blue skies,
very pretty
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
If Dug is going to become a threat to score, we're going to go some places.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:47 PM ^
Wow - what a defensive effort. This will be rocket fuel for our NET ranking
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:47 PM ^
If only Michigan hadn’t lost to CMU, blown a 7-point lead late against Iowa, and scored 0 points in the final 5 minutes against Indiana.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
Still time to make amends for all that.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
This group can definitely string together 3-4 more wins. Keep the bad stretches to short or minimal each game and they are dangerous.
I think their tourney hopes are still alive.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
5-2 in the month of February. This team is getting better with Some massive individual improvements. oh ya , and in a 3 way tie for the 3rd seed in the big ten.. I'll be back Sunday @ 2pm EST To counter all the haters
Go blue !!!
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:51 PM ^
We owe Bucky an ass whoopin.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:54 PM ^
agreed...and the refs owe us a fairly called game.
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:57 PM ^
I'll join you side-by-side in the Crisler arena anytime.
February 24th, 2023 at 12:25 AM ^
Must win game. @illinois, @indiana to finish, you have to beat Badgers at home.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
Mind boggling to me this team has been just fine SO FAR without Jett.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:55 PM ^
Defense matters.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
Baker is not a substantially better defender, lol.
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:23 PM ^
Neither is Tschetter.
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:34 PM ^
Rutgers was completely shutdown by 2 bigs, Kobe, Dug, and TWill at the 3 (where I’ve always felt he belongs).
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:59 PM ^
We have been pretty good without Jett, almost beat Purdue as well. Much better ball movement. Better entry passes to Hd
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
Road conference wins are like gold. Agree the team is improving. Excellent defensive effort tonight.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:53 PM ^
The damn CMU, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin games are what is keeping Michigan from being firmly in the tournament. Playing Reed at the end of those last two would’ve made the difference. Ugh!
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:54 PM ^
If we do wind up making the tournament, we're going to be a nasty surprise for some 4 seed.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
With Reed’s defense and Dug coming around on offense, Michigan could be really dangerous.
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
This team could make the sweet 16 and hell you never know!
March Madness is the best and we had so much fun last with the family watching hope we can just get in!
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:33 PM ^
Gotta love how quickly we switch from "this is pathetic, Howard doesn't know how to coach, and we suck" to "We can make the Sweet 16!"
:-)
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:55 PM ^
Pain.
Knowing this team should be 21-7.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
Meanwhile, don’t look now, but the Red Wings are the 2nd wild card team in the East.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:57 PM ^
I think Dayton could be in our future. They like to have a brand name go there.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:59 PM ^
Don't love it, but you would have to take it at this point.
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:38 PM ^
Eh, we still play ugly basketball for long stretches, and I'm not convinced we won't lay an egg later on. Wisconsin was just last week, after all. I just think we're so young that we're going to alternate nice wins with disappointing losses.
But ... we're definitely trending in the right direction, which is nice, and gives a real basis for hope for next season, even if this one doesn't work out the way we want it to; and, say what you want, this team fights, doesn't give up in games, hasn't given up on the season, and seems to support each other. Lots of people here question Howard's offense, or substitutions, or whatever, but you have to admit -- he's kept this team together and fighting hard, when things could have gotten really bad.
Let's win two of the next three and hit the Big Ten tournament with some real confidence. We can still do this!
February 24th, 2023 at 12:24 AM ^
massive win in a very hostile environment. Loved the resilience after getting down 10 early and being able to fight back, and then later on when Rutgers went on their run to take back the lead.
Team continues to improve!
There's still time to land a seed in the tournament, despite the slow start to the season.