Season Sweep of Maryland POSBANG
Go blue and f you Maryland!
Side note: Was martelli yelling at the bench too at the end of the game? It looked like Eisely or Washington quickly yanked him away.
I thought Martelli was just waving to Turgeon and Eisley pulled him away saying something like "don't talk to them". I'm not a professional lip reader though...
Yeah, I took it as Martelli waving at them to just stay away.
I gotta say after today Maryland has probably jumped Wisconsin and is right below
OSU and MSU as least liked B1G teams.
Don't care what the intent was, fuck Maryland, losing, bitter assholes.
If it's true Tuergeon said that shit about the banners then he can go fuck himself, he hassn't even earned any banners to take down to begin with. Also no room to talk shit!
Go Blue, great win despite not getting hardly anything from 2 of our best players.
That’s the way I took it also.
Man, that was hilarious. Eisley or Saddi was like, "C'mon grandpa, they not nice people."
I don't understand why Eisley yanked Martelli at the end of the game when he waved to the Maryland bench? It didn't seem ill intentioned
Yeah it looked like he was waving but Eisley might have thought he was “shooing” them away.
yeah that was curious. I think it was b/c the interview was waiting for him and he didn't realize that this was his role with Juwan out.
Either that or damn, the sauce from the Juwan's ejection just got even spicier.
I thought Martelli was saying 'no, don't talk to me', with a dismissive wave-off. And that it was followed by MD's bench saying something, which is when Eisley got there and moved Phil away.
So many nuggets of spice to decipher after this one! Can't wait to get home and learn more!!
^^^This is pretty much how I interpreted the post game exchange and exit too.
As the BTN cameras followed the twerps as they left the court and headed towards the locker room, you could see several TURDles gesturing and jawing at the Michigan players and staff who were still celebrating at our own end of the court.
POSBA〽️G !!!
Hard to beat a team 3 times - fantastic performance overcoming a hot-shooting Maryland. Closes out any question about a #1 seed.
Turtle soup!
If Turgeon actually said what is being repeated on Twitter (re: about the banners), then Turgeon fucked up.
Michigan has its rallying cry to win it all this season *and* now has PERMANENT beef with Maryland.
One has to have Final 4 banners for them to even be taken down.
I have a hard time believing a head coach would say that in the middle of a game but they did seem pretty salty.
Bang me.
I am SICK over the shitty refs.
Refs and the Big Ten HATE Michigan -- EVIDENT today!
The BETTER team won today .... Again!
GO BLUE!
Morsell is a dirty player and Big Ten tournament record, 15 assists from Mike Smith.
Didn't see the game but box score says Livers finished with 0 points. Did he foul out or something?
Livers only played about 15-20 minutes. It's not updated in the official box score, but he was clearly not 100% today.
Did Zay even play in the second half?
I don't remember Johns out there after halftime, either, and it seems he was a key cog in the 1st half comeback.
He rolled with the starting five at the start of the second half, but Livers came out after the first few minutes and never returned to the floor.
Mike Smith said in the post-game interview that UM won despite being down two key players -- Livers and Johns?
No, but his finishing today was foul.
Livers was just off today. Brown and Davis were awesome in the first half to keep them in reach. Can't say enough about Smith! What a game.
Only 1 foul... couldn't get it going. Smith with 15 dimes and 18 points though. Dude was possessed out there.
Livers appeared to have an ankle injury. He was limping at the end of the 1st half after defending on a fast break, I believe. I think they sat him as a precaution but Chaundee and Johns played well which helped.
Screw the turtles. Just win baby. Eli was huge. Michigan against everyone. Go Blue!
Go Blue!!
The banners are still here Mark
THEY'RE STILL HERE
If the rumor about Turgeon's comments are true it will be much fun to watch Juwan make him pay for it over the next few years.
I'm not sure if Turgeon will still be there in a few years
March Smith: 18 pts, 15 assists, 5 boards, 0 TOs, 2 steals, 1 turtle scalp
One of the most truly redonkulous lines I've ever seen for a Michigan player. I'd be super curious to know the all-time record for assists in a game without a TO.
It bodes well if Mike Smith can play like this going forward. No doubt he's saving the best 'till last (post season play).
We increased our lead after Coach Howard was tossed. Just goes to show this really is Phil Martelli's team
So, the RCMB was right all along.
Fuck Maryland.
hehe.... they mad.
With all these rivals, we won't have any space for Sparty pretty soon.
Three course meal of turtle soup.
Maryland awoke a sleeping giant...
To Hell with Morsell!
Fuck those guys, especially 11. What a little bitch
Good decisive win for the team. A great way to start the tourney. BANG BANG!!!
By a combined 48 points. Cya Turgeon, gonna miss ya.
The bench really helped this team in the latter first half. Mike Smith played his best game as a Wolverine-thank you Mike! What a game!
Livers, Franz and Hunter weren't at their best but Eli was also great and moved very well on that ankle. He was key to this win. We'll need all of our starters to step it up for the next matchup tomorrow.
Go Blue!
Who doesn’t love this team! What deep bench! They close a double digit lead. And continue to contribute.
GRITTY win....this will set them up well for rest of this tourney.
Way to go men
HAIL
Take a walk Terps
This was Smith's game - but Chaundee, Johns and Davis were all huge in the first half - they triggered our big run to overcome ridiculous Maryland shooting early on.
Tournament ball is tough - and Michigan showed they can compete and overcome adversity.
Well done boys - Go Blue!
That's the toughness we wanted to see after they were punched in the mouth.