U of M MEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-2017

[Detroit Dan]

Isn't Ward better than Bridges?

[Kstat]

Hell no. Bridges is a top-10 NBA lottery pick. Ward is really good for a freshman but not at that one and done level.

[Cody_Russell]

I hope we get revenge against MN for the game the refs handed to them a couple of weeks ago.

After the first half of today's game, I was thinking the refs were going to hand Purdue a W... they also made that frustrating whistle to check the clock at the end of the 2nd half. Could have been a game winning bucket for M on a steal.
In the end, just a physical game... tough.

[Hannibal]

Would it be better to lose tomorrow and be less worn out for the tourney or would a seed higher be better?

[Kstat]

Would it be better to lose tomorrow and be less worn out for the tourney or would a seed higher be better?

It would be better to be seeded 6th instead of 7th.

[Whitley]

Would it be better to lose tomorrow and be less worn out for the tourney or would a seed higher be better?

Even if Michigan made the final that is Sunday and the earliest day they would play would be Thursday but it would probably be Friday.

[Niffla]

there's something special brewing right now about this team

[Niffla]

And my dumb ass was sweating the possibility of losing the regular season finale to Nebraska and then losing the opening game in the conference tournament



Let's get this Big Ten Tournament title and move on up the seeding line, fellas.

If we were to take it all -- where do y'all think we would end up? The 6 line?

[Da Geezer]

Would it be better to lose tomorrow and be less worn out for the tourney or would a seed higher be better?

Always better to win. These guys will have enough rest by Friday, but playing 4 games in 4 days (if they win on Sat) would be draining.

Better to get off the 8/9 line in the NCAAs if possible, all else being equal. Of course, looking at the seeding in the B10 tourney, all else is seldom equal.

[Niffla]

one bracketology I saw tonight had them now at 7

I think if they win the conference tournament they can get up to 6

[Niffla]

Always better to win. These guys will have enough rest by Friday, but playing 4 games in 4 days (if they win on Sat) would be draining.

Draining, sure, but they'd still have at minimum 3 days rest before playing again, and possibly 4 if they end up playing on Friday.

They'd be alright.

[Hannibal]

one bracketology I saw tonight had them now at 7

I think if they win the conference tournament they can get up to 6

If they win the tourney I will be surprised if they are not at least a 6.

[Rocky Bleier]

Walton has a message for Kstat:

"All the (expletive) that people give Zak ... I hate it. I hate it so much. It's like, man, what else you want from the dude? What else do you want? He's played off back surgery. He's got, like, 1,500 career points. He's made a one-eighty as a player. I remember the days when Zak would shoot a contested 3 over two people rather than pass. He's a whole new guy. I mean, dude, are you kidding me? Get off my guy's back."

[Cody_Russell]

M is now a 7 seed in today's ESPN bracketology. Matched up vs Seton Hall in Indianapolis.
Not too far from Ann Arbor.

[Detroit Dan]

I want the B1G championship for its own sake. That's something we haven't won in the Beilein era. It would be a significant accomplishment.