MBB vs Wisc Snowflakes

Submitted by Chicken22 on

Not a ton to say but a lot of interesting things happened. We lost 68-57.

Duncan hit some shots.Irvin had a ton of turnovers. We missed wide-open layiups. We shot less threes, and that wasn't the focal point of our offense. We shot a lot of mid-range. Doyle played better than Donnal (both played bad defense, but Doyle played well on offense.) One of their seniors had an amazing moment.

alum96

February 29th, 2016 at 3:50 AM ^

Tell you what - next time UM goes on the road and beats both rivals in the same year, and loses 1 regular season game show up here and call the season a disaster and a failure and lets see how it goes.

There are a lot of young UM fans who cannot even remember beating both rivals in the same year - forget on the road or at home.  There are a lot of young UM fans who dont remember a 1 loss regular season.

In your eyes UM must be a multi decade failure except for maybe 2-3 years.

UMxWolverines

February 29th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^

I'm 21 years old! I've seen us beat OSU twice since I actually knew what was going on! And yes we are a multidecade failure if you'd like to compare us to our biggest rival...you know...I kinda thought they were the measuring stick. And considering our only one loss regular seasons in the last 30 years are 2006 and 1985...yes we are a multidecade failure. I would consider a one-loss regular season a pretty great season but 2006 having no big ten title or Rose Bowl win it didn't feel all that great.

death by wolverine

February 28th, 2016 at 8:32 PM ^

So Wisconsin's head coach calls it quits a week into the season along with near last in the nation in experience and they look like a top 15 team. All while JB's team looks the same they have all year long.

Wolverine Devotee

February 28th, 2016 at 8:51 PM ^

We don't lead that series. Not even close. 

  • vs ILL: 81-86
  • vs IU: 57-106
  • vs Iowa: 91-61
  • vs MD: 4-5
  • vs MSU: 97-80
  • vs MINN: 91-65
  • vs NEB: 12-2
  • vs NU: 110-57
  • vs OSU: 77-101
  • vs PSU: 33-12
  • vs PU: 67-86
  • vs RU: 8-0
  • vs UW: 91-70

That Bill Self reign of terror allowed Illinois to take the lead. Hopefully they keep Groce around.

Naked Bootlegger

February 28th, 2016 at 9:01 PM ^

Ryan didn't retire to keep his top 4 B1G streak alive.   This is a lazy comment.   Dig a little and you'll know the background story to this coaching transition (it involves Gard's dad battling cancer and passing away.  Ryan stayed around to allow Gard to get back on his feet).

Gulogulo37

February 28th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^

Do you think Burke just walked onto Michigan's campus without so much as a phone call from Beilein? How is Burke going to Michigan totally unrelated to Beilein as a coach?

Did Burke not improve throughout the year? And improve his sophomore year? You can't totally separate talent from coaching. Of course Burke was talented, but giving no credit to the guy who coached him for 2 years at all is just stupid or intentionally blind.

Tuebor

February 29th, 2016 at 12:27 AM ^

Beilein recruiting Burke did nothing to develop him as a player. How does an offer improve a player's skill set?

 

I agree 2 years in college helped him develop but IMO he could have gone to any school and turned into an NBA level PG.  Kudos to Beilein for identifying him before other coaches did.  

 

Same for McGary, Stauskas, GRIII, and THJ.  I think they could have gone anywhere else and still had the same level of success and end up in the NBA.  I mean these guys showed up on campus and were contributors from day 1 and all left early for the NBA and were drafted.