Wisconsin loses to NW
January 29th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:17 PM ^
What do you mean? We totally beat Northwestern already.
January 30th, 2014 at 1:00 AM ^
AND Nebraska! IN Nebraska! Teams just don't go into Lincoln expecting to get a "W" nowadays.
January 30th, 2014 at 1:56 AM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 8:12 AM ^
Sincere apologies, smwilliams. This was my gut instinct reaction, so we must be wired similarly. My best internet plagiarism filters didn't catch that one. I'll have my people contact your people to hammer out the best royalty deal possible to avoid further litigation.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
You know we have beaten teams 2-5 in the league. Penn State and Northwestern pulled upsets tonight, and we beat them by 13 and 23 respectively. Stop being such a Michigan fan and thinking that it is all going to fall apart. We're 7-0 in the league fergodssakes.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
I think that is OK
January 30th, 2014 at 12:12 AM ^
You're doing it wrong, man. Does the SEC take that train of thought when LSU loses to Vandy or Kentucky beats SC? No, that just further proves how tough the SEC is.
B-1-G! B-1-G! B-1-G!
January 30th, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
Well UM can't play UM; therefore our SOS will suffer.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
Keep our heads down and keep gunning for that regular season banner.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
Pure insanity! All these upsets are quite entertaining, but they're making me more nervous about games like the game tomorrow night against Purdue.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
this is an older team though... I doubt they overlook anyone
January 29th, 2014 at 11:23 PM ^
Define "older."
January 29th, 2014 at 11:25 PM ^
It has a senior that plays significant minutes? Just the one, but that's more than before!
January 29th, 2014 at 11:24 PM ^
about Purdue since the end of the win over State. Any game in any sport immediately after a maximum-level emotional win like that one is hard to get up for.
I'm just glad it's a home game and that Beilein is our coach.
January 30th, 2014 at 6:41 AM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
that struggles to close. Wiscy not as good as we thought. Ohio an out of control tire fire. I think Minnesota will be a tough out in the tourney if they make it in.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
At this rate, it would not surprise me if Michigan and Michigan State finished a full 5 games clear of third place in the conference.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:23 PM ^
Best four teams are Mich, MSU, Iowa, and I dare say NORTHWESTERN
It's still early so let's see what happens the rest of the season but I'm impressed by the job Chris Collins has done there. But to be honest you could put anyone in that 4th slot, the B1G is crazy after you get past Iowa. There's a whole bunch of mediocrity there.
Little surprised Wisconsin is this bad after a strong start, one the pundits called the "best start in team history".
January 29th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
Also math called it that.
And I'd probably go wtih the Gophers for the moment for #4. But yeah, after Iowa there's a significant drop off at the moment. I'd think OSU and Wisconsin both get it together at some point. Wisconsin tonight was just totally unable to hit a three. Even guys who have been automatic in the past, like Brust.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
Gophers are good but they lost to Nebraska...who has also beaten Ohio State. B1G is crazy this year. I love it.
Just a huge dropoff after Iowa, and you could put anyone in that 4th slot.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:34 PM ^
Basically I'm eliminating people with home losses to teams they should beat. Which brings you down to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Northwestern. And I suspect Minnesota wins in Lincoln if they have Andre Hollins healthy.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:36 PM ^
Hollins's replacement in that game, Malik Smith, made 8 threes and scored something like 28 points.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
He averages 22 minutes and got 34. So he's a pretty regular bench dude when Hollins is healthy and getting his 30 minutes.
January 30th, 2014 at 6:45 AM ^
True, but he also was only averaging about 10 ppg going into the game and nearly tripled that, so he pretty much accounted for Hollins's lost point production. We're not talking about replacing Daniel Horton with Mike Gotfredson here.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:34 PM ^
I think Wisconsin will get it together (at least I hope so when they play Sparty), but Ohio just plain can't score points.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^
Northwestern may have won the game, but I suspect they'll be facing 40 minutes of full court press the rest of the season. I guess I understand Collins not teaching them how to break a press as he likely thought they would rarely have to keep a lead down the stretch.
It's hilarious to watch Wisconsin players overreact anytime a foul gets called on one of them. It's so rare that it happens that when it does they can't believe it. I can't stand that team.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:34 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
I've never seen a team get more home cooking from the refs in an away game than MSU got vs Iowa. Those refs were terrible.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
So glad we have a class, old school guy like Beilein and not a nut job like Ryan, Crean, or Izzo.
January 30th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^
You and I'm sure lots of other Michigan fans.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:33 PM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
...for the last bye? If we take care of the games we should win we should at least a share of the championship. Hell, even if we blow a couple, we should still finish third.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
I fear an uprising of the crab people!
January 29th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 10:55 AM ^
I mean northwestern is 11-11 overall, its possible that the big ten just isn't actually that great this year.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
The funny thing is there are so many people saying that the Big Ten is mediocre. Let's look at the RPI which yes is flawed but is much better than the football rankings.
There are three teams not in the top 100: Purdue (108), PSU (125), and Northwestern (130).
Two of those teams, hopefully, are going to move up so pretty much all of the BIg Ten is at or below 100 in the RPI. That i insane.
As for SOS. There is only one team above 100 and that is Purdue at 123. Seven of our teams have SOS in the top fifty.
There may be few elite teams but this is a rugged conference that can go toe to toe against any other conferences.
January 30th, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
but we seem to run out of teams that really seem tough after UM/MSU/Iowa. Would not surprise me if Ohio/Wiscy/Minn messed up some people in the tourney, but they do not seem to have what it takes to make a more substantial run.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
January 29th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
Must see TV in the battle of December champions and now has beens. Coach Dracula vs Karl Malden. Loser goes to the NIT.
OSU hoops - the gift that keeps giving.
January 29th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
Ohio, not as sure. They just do not have the talent they have had in years past, and completely lack a go-to scorer.
January 30th, 2014 at 12:05 AM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
When Wisconsin comes to Crisler, I hope we blow them out of the arena like two years ago.
January 30th, 2014 at 12:43 AM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 12:54 AM ^
Go Bleu eh