Michigan basketball to watch while treadmilling it
Lately, I've been watching the Men's basketball while using the treadmill and was really looking forward to amping up the time and miles and pace now that the most wonderful time of the year is upon us, but then SARS-CoV-2 happened, aargh! *shakes fist at nothing in particular*
So now I've decided to hit the treadmill and watch Michigan games of 'yore' that I can find on Youtube. Today I'm going to watch the 1992 semi-final against Cincinatti, just because it happened to populate on the YouTube page. I wouldn't have thought of it, really, but it's the kind of game that I'm looking for, one that I barely remember that should be interesting. I Thought I'd ask my MgoBlog brothers and sisters what games they remember as being real good that most of us would react to as, 'Oh, that's a good one!'. Don't worry about backlash 'Oh everybody remembers that one!'; honestly, I'm just lazy and don't want to think about it, lol. Besides, it will give us a chance to be nostalgic.
March 14th, 2020 at 11:21 AM ^
I enjoy all our national semifinal games.
March 14th, 2020 at 11:58 AM ^
Oh yeah, some of those were glorious! I'll be doing '93 Kentucky-Michigan pretty soon...
March 14th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
Michigan Loyola Marymount 1990. Michigan was the defending national champ and ran into LMU playing out of their minds after the death of Hank Gathers. M lost 149-115 but it was one of the most entertaining games I’ve ever witnessed. Full game is on YouTube.
March 14th, 2020 at 11:59 AM ^
That was 'cray! Definitely one of those games that losing it didn't hurt as much...
Surprisingly, John Beilein has never used tape of this game to formulate his offensive game plans.
Yeah, that ‘89-‘90 team put up some points. 86 points per game average, scored over 100 six times, including 127 against Iowa.
I've never watched this game before. I think I will soon. Bringing it up now for a minute...holy hell the 3 pt line is soooo close.
Ok I've watched 5+ minutes now. Good lord this is piss poor coaching by Fisher. They didn't get out and guard the 3 for shit. Also piss poor rebounding. They played like they would just over athlete them. Which they probably did but the little things weren't being done.
Wait til Jeff Fryer starts going off. He had 11 threes in that game, which is still, I think, an NCAA tournament record.
Michigan fell into the same trap as almost everyone else who played them. They tried to run with ‘em. LMU averaged 122 points per game that year. Incredible.
March 14th, 2020 at 11:53 AM ^
1989 UM vs UNC - Sweet Sixteen. Anyone who remembers getting bounced by UNC in the 1987 and 1988 tournament will remember that as an especially sweet victory.
March 14th, 2020 at 12:10 PM ^
89 semi finals against Illinois was espicially sweet given the way the Illini beat us just before the start of the tournament.
God, I totally forgot Terry Mills ran over a dude on the inbounds pass with :01 left and probably should have been called for a foul.
That Illinois team was the first "positionless" basketball team I'd ever seen and would see for many years afterwards. It seemed like the whole team was 6'6" athletes who could run.
Good call. Can still remember watching that game live in a college bar, score was close throughout. With Michigan up by two and a minute left, Glenn Rice received a pass, and put up a lightning quick 3 pointer.
Game over.
Will never forget that sweet jumper!
March 14th, 2020 at 12:30 PM ^
I was thinking it would be clever for one of the networks to broadcast a tournament from the last maybe 10-20 years in its entirety. Say 2004 or something - one still somewhat recent but that most fans don't remember. Just put that on TV and let people have fun if they want something to watch
The game against Duke that put the Fab 5 on the map.
Back from Treadmillin' the Cincinatti game. Hard to believe those guys were freshman; heck, Chris looked like a senior already, lol. Seeing Juwan play really put a spin on things; I had to laugh when Juwan picked up a foul and made a face; it's the same one we'd seen on occasion during his freshman year as a coach, lol! Some things never change.
There's some great suggestions here! Lookin' forward to seeing some more!
BTN special on the 1989 Illinois MBB team is on. That team was sweet. Only to lose to a team of destiny.
Michigan v. Kentucky 2014. Came out on the wrong end but oh man is that high level stuff. From the play to the coaching to the announcing. Outright classic.
(Bonus! If you are a glutton for being pissed off but enjoying the hell out of how you got there, CBS is playing last years BIG final in its entirety at 3:30. That was a fantastic game as well).
Another game we pissed away, the tournament final. Sparty went on a 13-4 run to end the game. We were up by 13 at one point. Blech
2013 vs Kansas. All you need. So ridiculous!
Don't ruin the finish I'm wrapping up the VCU game in the round of 32 now! ;-)
Seriously, and I know there have been some great shots in Michigan basketball, but that one, Hoe-lee Cow...
Rewatch of 2013 March Madness. Auburn Hills was electric. McGary, wow.
Interesting to watch Burke struggle early in tourney.
@Purdue 2014...I think
I like the final 4 in '89 against the ILLINI. Glen Rice was on fire from outside the 3 point line.
Syracuse (2013)
Kansas (2013)
Those are two of the best collegiate basketball games I have seen, regardless of the fact that Michigan was playing. Actually, just watch the entirety of that year’s tournament with the exception of the last game. By the way, Trey blocked that shot.
March 14th, 2020 at 10:53 PM ^
For an extended treadmill session, whether to test your marathon pace or maybe at a relaxed speed, you also might enjoy this one.