Michigan will hang a Women's NIT banner

Submitted by KennyHiggins on April 1st, 2017 at 5:40 PM

Go Blue, Ladies

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BursleyHall82

April 1st, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^

Hey, our season lasted longer than UConn's!

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Yo_Blue

April 1st, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^

But where are the Muppets???

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PopeLando

April 1st, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^

But I still saw that damn documentary on HBO... Where's our documentary??

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Michifornia

April 1st, 2017 at 5:46 PM ^

For the program. Any tournament championship is an accomplishment.

GO BLUE!!

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RainbowSprings

April 1st, 2017 at 5:46 PM ^

A solid footing to build on for next year. Coming up: NCAA tourney soon.

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M-Dog

April 1st, 2017 at 6:43 PM ^

In 1984, the men's team won the NIT (with the red, white, and blue ABA ball!).

It launched the rocket.

Over the next 10 years:

- 2 Big Ten Championships,

- 5 total Sweet Sixteens,

- 4 Total Elite Eights,

- 3 Final Fours,

- 3 National Championship games,

- and of course the National Championship.

Here's hoping the NIT banner can be the same kind of catalyst for the women's team.

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owtll61

April 1st, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^

Their first banner of any kind good to see. GO BLUE!!!

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ontarioblue

April 1st, 2017 at 5:50 PM ^

And the entire Women's Basketball Team! Go Blue! 〽️

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Winchester Wolverine

April 1st, 2017 at 5:50 PM ^

Further proof that they belonged in the NCAA tournament. Go Blue, ladies!

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Bigmbpp

April 2nd, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^

i agree

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WhoopinStick

April 1st, 2017 at 5:51 PM ^

Coach KBA is building a nice program

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RoseInBlue

April 1st, 2017 at 5:58 PM ^

As an FYI, Junior Katelynn Flaherty had 27 points in today's game giving her 2,019 on her career. This makes her only the 2nd women's player in Michigan history to reach 2,000 points (7th in Michigan history period) and puts her 15 points away from being the highest scoring female player in Michigan history (Diane Dietz, 2,033).

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MIGHTYMOJO91

April 1st, 2017 at 5:55 PM ^

Always good to see any Michigan program bring home a title! GO Blue!!!

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rob f

April 1st, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^

Happy for those women, as this can be an important building block for the future. Coach KBA seems to be good at recruiting, maybe she can find and hire a great offensive- minded assistant who needs a resume-builder, even if only for a couple years, to fix our offense and help set up plays off clock stoppages.

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JayMo4

April 1st, 2017 at 6:04 PM ^

Missing the tournament was a disappointment (and probably a mistake by the selection committee.) But women's basketball hasn't had a lot of success in the past. Hopefully this is a brick in the foundation of better days ahead.

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DrAwkward

April 1st, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^

Very exciting game!

Congrats to the ladies on a record 28 wins and an NIT championship.

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MichiWolv

April 1st, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^

Siri lied to me, "she" told me Michigan "snuck past" Georgia Tech in FIVE overtimes! Either that, or it was the world's worst April Fools joke.

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FairleyStUHpid

April 1st, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^

Siri hasn't caught up to women's basketball having 4 quarters yet. It still thinks that they play 2 halves, so any game that you ask about will be 2 OT minimum according to Siri.

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acnumber1

April 1st, 2017 at 6:33 PM ^

NCAA women went to four quarters but Siri still thinks they play only as two halves. I read somewhere that Siri has been reporting all regulation games this year as double overtime games.

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MichiWolv

April 1st, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^

Makes sense. I knew it was wrong because of the 26-25 in the "2nd OT"(i.e. 2nd half) not being the same. Even if it was something like 25-25, that would still be a crazy amount for an OT considering the next were 6 and 3 lol. Just didn't know the explanation. Thanks!

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Mi Sooner

April 1st, 2017 at 7:31 PM ^

Isn't the brightest app in the package.

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ska4punkkid

April 1st, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^

Haha Siri told me that same thing. As I looked at the scores for each period though I saw that one team out scored the other in the "2nd OT" but that there was still 3 OT's after that. I was wondering how that could be possible lol

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Zeke21

April 1st, 2017 at 6:20 PM ^

Congrats Ladies.

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BursleyHall82

April 1st, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^

More revenge for the 1934 Willis Ward game.

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Wolverine Devotee

April 1st, 2017 at 6:36 PM ^

Outstanding stuff. Stuck around Alumni Field along the Softball game to follow it.

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MGOTokyo

April 1st, 2017 at 6:40 PM ^

No banner for finishing 65th (were there play-in games for the NCAA?). Have standards, please. Trophy in case will be enough.

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readyourguard

April 1st, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^

Boo this man ( or woman).

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Wolverine Devotee

April 1st, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^

Uh....we currently have two MBB NIT banners. WBB has never won anything. This is a great thing.

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goblue85

April 1st, 2017 at 6:41 PM ^

Great win for ladies. Dispite the disappointment dug deep made great run hung a banner. Great to see the hard work arico and ladies is staring to pay off. Thank you seniors and the nucleus is back and future bright. Good year two banners for crisler. Yeah buddy.

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ThadMattasagoblin

April 1st, 2017 at 6:45 PM ^

We should probably save hanging a banner for winning the big ten, winning the BTT, or final four. Nobody cares that you're the 69th best team in the country.

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jmblue

April 1st, 2017 at 6:52 PM ^

Crisler currently has banners for the 1984 and 2004 NIT titles for the men. So I'd assume this will be commemorated as well.

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samdrussBLUE

April 1st, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^

True. But I think his main point is that they shouldn't be. And I agree. An NIT banner doesn't mean anything and it certainly does create or enhance any prestige within a program. Yawn

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mclub

April 1st, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^

Agreed. Men's NIT banners should not be in Crisler either.

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readyourguard

April 1st, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^

An NIT banner doesn't mean anything

I bet the student-athletes who played disagree. Boo this man/woman, too.

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ThadMattasagoblin

April 1st, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^

Yeah? Student-athletes are proud of any game they win. Doesn't mean it's banner worthy. Should we put up something in Michigan Stadium if we win the Advocare Classic. Programs are judged on final fours, big ten championships and national titles. We could have won one more game, made the field and lost our first matchup and we wouldn't have had a banner for anything. See how silly this is. You want to hang a banner? Come back next year and beat MSU and win something that matters.

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readyourguard

April 1st, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^

It'll be ok. I swear. They don't hang banners for you. It's for the team that achieved the accomplishment. You don't like it? Don't look at it the next time you're in Crisler.

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MGOTokyo

April 1st, 2017 at 11:19 PM ^

I don't even know why a basketball Final Four would deserve a banner. It has become more of a TV/ratings hype to include more programs. Kind of like hockey, with multiple Adams Conference, Western Conference, etc, banners in the arena. Please, just show me one for the Stanley Cup.

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Wolverine Devotee

April 1st, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^

Foolish.

Source: 1984 NIT title that was followed by 2 B1G Championships and a National Championship just five years later.

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MGOTokyo

April 1st, 2017 at 11:27 PM ^

hang the National Championship banner only. We can get the progression that preceded it from the Super Guide. ; )

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ThadMattasagoblin

April 1st, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^

They shouldn't have them on either the men's or women's side.

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MGOTokyo

April 1st, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^

It is a very good accomplishment for an up-and-coming program. I've followed them as much as possible all year (thanks WD) and look forward to even better results next year. To look at things a different way, would we celebrate being rated the 69th best academic institution in the country?

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