r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • 1d ago
[Post Game Thread] #25 Michigan defeats #22 UCLA, 94-75 Post Game Thread
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u/SSJRoshi Michigan Wolverines • St. Bonaventur… 1d ago
Now that it’s officially not sour grapes - keep those refs away from basketball forever, please
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u/scarywolverine Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
I was angry when they were calling fouls on UCLA. Just let the game happen
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Ya holy crap...
Let them play and stay out of the game
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u/75153594521883 1d ago
David Stern wanna know why the league is losing money that’s why. Fans pay good money to watch these athletes play and the refs try to take over the fuckin game
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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
I thought the officiating tonight was an improvement over what we got in the USC game tbh
Not that that's saying much.
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u/WhiteningMcClean Michigan Wolverines 19h ago
At least the first half was normal. That USC game had more cheap whistles than early 2000s rap music.
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u/GayJ96 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Nothing to see here. Michigan took an early 18-point lead and clearly rode that the rest of the way to a comfortable, stress-free win. Right?
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u/EnPassantio Iowa State Cyclones 1d ago
Right! They actually did this time!
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u/MusaEnsete Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
They were down 4, after they were up 18, before they eventually won by 19. This fucking team.
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u/Swazi Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Turnovers are a pain in the ass
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u/MichiganMitch108 Michigan Wolverines 19h ago
16 turnovers to UCLA’s 6. Itll be nice to finally have a game where we turn it over under 10.
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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 20h ago
I’m relieved I did not have the energy to stay up past the opening salvo lmao. That sounds very stressful
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u/WhiteningMcClean Michigan Wolverines 19h ago
Same. My neighbors would have wanted to kill me if I’d stayed up
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u/Trucker1911 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago edited 1d ago
In his first season as a P5 coach, with a roster made up of mostly transfer portal guys, Dusty May has now beaten the likes of Sean Miller, Greg Gard, Fran McCaffrey, Musselman, and now Mick Cronin. Only one of these wins was at home.
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u/tomdawg0022 Minnesota Golden Gophers • Delaware Figh… 22h ago
So this Dusty May guy could be pretty good at this coaching thing, eh?
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 15h ago
He needs to learn to call timeouts though.
We keep letting teams go on 10-0 runs and just sitting there watching it with all the momentum and energy from their home crowd.
Call a timeout. Slow it down. Talk with your team.
If we can fix that and the turnover thing I mean....
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u/ReegsShannon Michigan Wolverines 11h ago
It's not gonna change lol. It's intentional of Dusty that he doesn't want to call timeouts to stop runs. He wants to give his players adversity so that they can learn to play the way he wants without him needing to force feed them at all times. And then it frees him up to use his timeouts in other ways (such as winning end of half 2 for 1s, or the flagant foul review he used it for last game).
It's really not that big of a risk considering that there's a media timeout every 4 minutes anyway.
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u/WhiteningMcClean Michigan Wolverines 7h ago
Considering the pace we play at and how frequently we turn the ball over, 4 minutes is enough to completely flip a game
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
That's... holy shit... I didn't realize that. That's hard to even wrap my head around. And 3-0 at the 3 places we've played/teams we played away... we're on an insane upward trajectory. I'm guaranteeing at least Elite 8 at this point.
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u/bb0110 Michigan Wolverines 20h ago
I had no idea sean miller was at xavier now.
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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins 15h ago
An easy way to tell is because all the dry cleaner owners in town are now driving around in Bentleys.
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u/MichBolts Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Danny Wolf is going to put up an insane quintuple double somewhere in B1G play
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u/GoBlue2007 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
But one category might be turnovers…..
Just kidding. I love Wolf.
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u/No_Preference_4411 1d ago
Don't lie, you aren't kidding at all.
Kid is an absolute baller but throws at least 5 of the dumbest passes you'll ever see every single game
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u/The_Homie_J Michigan Wolverines • Ohio Bobcats 20h ago
Danny Wolf looks like a future NBA stud while at the same time zinging at least 5-10 passes into the stands. It's just comical at this point
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u/pointguard22 Michigan Wolverines 19h ago
For real. Someone needs to tell him to hold the ball with two hands when there’s a defender anywhere near him.
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 15h ago
There's time to fix it. Gotta hope our coaches can figure that out because God if they can this team is a nightmare to play against.
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u/The_Homie_J Michigan Wolverines • Ohio Bobcats 15h ago
Oh I'm not worried about it in the long run. In just the last month, they've come a long way. Vlad alone has shown some tremendous growth in looking for passes coming at him, and the team as a whole should continue improving throughout B1G play
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 11h ago
Ya the "blame" for turnovers is often on the last to touch the ball but there have been a few instances where Vlad is in the paint and a pass goes right over his head Hard to know if it's a communication issue or what but it is improving slowly over time.
But like. My guy. You are 7ft tall. When you are right in front of the basket the time is now to start looking for the ball right over your head.
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u/AtmosphereVarious440 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Brown Bears 1d ago
wolf and goldin are a crazy duo. michigan one of the teams i’ll like a lot in march
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u/IVIrSmith Florida Gators 18h ago
I don't have an affiliation with Michigan or anything, but after watching Michigan, and specifically those two play together on the floor, it's very intriguing. Very hard to defend.
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
We're Elite 8 bound, or better. Mark it.
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u/SSJRoshi Michigan Wolverines • St. Bonaventur… 19h ago
Definitely have the potential for it. I have a lot of trouble trusting a team that turns it over this much in March though.
One poor shooting night combined with our usual turnover numbers and we’re more likely to get upset than make it to the final 4
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u/n00bn00b 19h ago
The thing is Michigan is dominant with inside game that it's consistent from game to game. They're #1 in the country in 2 pt FG%. That's a pretty dang high floor. You'd have a point if they struggle to score inside, but they don't.
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u/SSJRoshi Michigan Wolverines • St. Bonaventur… 19h ago
That helps a lot, but when you’re turning the ball over 1 of every 3 trips down the floor you need to be hitting a high percentage of 3s to offset the lost points, or he playing lockdown defense. I think we’re a very good defense but not quite to the lockdown level
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u/n00bn00b 18h ago
They don't turn the ball over 1 every 3 trips. It's 1 every 5 trips (21.1%) and they're getting better with taking care of the ball lately beside Wolf last night. This is the least of my concerns. Worrying about turnovers is missing the forest for trees.
Michigan is 14th on KenPom offense, #1 in 2 pt FG%, #30 in 3 pt FG%, #1 in eFG%, #27 in offensive rebounding. They're an elite offense no matter how you slice it. Their defense is ranked 17th on KenPom defense.
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u/SSJRoshi Michigan Wolverines • St. Bonaventur… 18h ago
All I said was that a team prone to turnovers is prone to be upset if they’re having a down day scoring. Michigan is an elite offense, but they still have down days scoring.
Combine a day when they’re not shooting well with one of the days they do turn it over 20 times - and that’s the main worry when it comes to March and funky things start to happen
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u/SturdyUrchin42069 Michigan State Spartans 15h ago
the turnovers and relying on 2 big men make michigan very vulnerable come march. not saying they can’t make a run but they will need to rely on not getting a matchup that can expose them.
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u/auburnfan32 Auburn Tigers 1d ago
Tre Donaldson
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u/bb0110 Michigan Wolverines 20h ago
You guys are so damn good you probably don’t even miss him, but thank you for him! He has been really damn good and continues to just get better.
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u/auburnfan32 Auburn Tigers 18h ago
I wish we still had him tbh. JP was the PG we brought in to replace him and he’s currently riding the bench and our SG Denver Jones is running point. I miss Tre at times but I’m glad he’s doing well at Michigan
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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
The officiating in the second half of this game was an insult to the sport of basketball
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
The refs thought it looked fun and wanted to be part of the game too
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u/AggressiveWolverine5 1d ago
I was there and it felt ridiculous and I am so happy to see everyone agrees. There were blown obvious calls, ticky tack everything but we were near 1.5 fouls per minute for awhile. They made the game unwatchable for a long stretch.
Also the fraternity basketball final played at half time was an egregious insult to the game
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u/msbshow UCLA Bruins 10h ago
Did they show the fraternity games on TV? Some of the other games have been good, but today was horrible
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u/apadin1 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
UCLA crowd: Airball! Airball!
Tre Donaldson: And I took that personally
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
He's one of those players, the more you talk shit, the better they get. Roddy Gayle seems that way too.
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u/goblue10 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
I swear he didn't actually airball when they were chanting that lol, it was a bad miss but it hit the rim.
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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Going from last season when Michigan only managed to win 8 games all year long to this season where we're routinely beating P5 teams by multiple scores and sitting pretty at the top of the Big Ten standings is mindboggling.
Dusty May is a fucking wizard.
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u/TheGhostOfAbe_ Michigan Wolverines • Eastern Wa… 1d ago
We beat them by 20 twice in the same game
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u/HectorReinTharja Oakland Golden Grizzlies 1d ago
But they beat ya by 20 in another stretch
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u/JBru_92 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
15-28 from 3
What can Men do against such reckless hate?
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins • North Carolina Tar Heels 1d ago
ideally something other than 2-20 from 3
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Damn, sorry Bruin bro. I told'm 'Stop, they're already dead', but once the crowd chanted 'Airball' at Trey - all bets were off.
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u/brendan135 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
This makes me more upset about the losses to Arky and Oklahoma. C’est la vie, go blue!
I keep forgetting that this is an in conference game now.
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u/SSJRoshi Michigan Wolverines • St. Bonaventur… 1d ago
I’m so happy with where we are but we’re literally 5 points away from being undefeated. Held a double digit lead in all 3 losses
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u/brendan135 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Exactly, simultaneously thrilled with the quick improvement under May, while also hugely frustrated by what could’ve been, seemingly so easily
Anyhow, I’ll focus on the gratitude and positive, especially after this win. There’s plenty of time to suffer after future close losses (ideally there will be no more losses at all)
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
This and USC are actually really big wins (this more so but still)
Road wins are huge in the B1G especially traveling to USC and UCLA. We have a 4-0 start to the conference season despite playing 3 of those games on the road at Wisconsin, USC, and UCLA.
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u/brendan135 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
These wins are especially big (B1G) because my mom and stepdad went to UCLA and USC respectively. Any opportunity to hold a sports win over a family members head must be deeply cherished lol
My cousin went to bama. He stopped responding to my texts once the Outback bowl ended (I’ll never accept another name for it).
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
That's actually monumental. To go 3-0 in those 3 places, including changin 3 time zones for 2 of them, and one a top 25 team.
Skies the limit for this team. Seriously. The potential is just insane.
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u/stylishcoat Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Was hoping for at least a split so the fact that we got both is massive especially with some winnable games coming up
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u/bb0110 Michigan Wolverines 19h ago
It makes me not care at all now, whereas when we lost them I was pretty upset. At this point all that matters is conference games and winning those, and those 2 non con games are not all that important especially if we are not on the bubble. Even though we lost, those 2 games were great to have the team learn.
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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 1d ago
Dusty may is him
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u/Dependent-Bag-6102 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
Well that was rough as hell for the Bruins at the end.
Appreciate the Michigan fans in the gamethread though. Good watching with ya
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u/Edgar_Allen_Throw Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Back at you. Sorry if we got a little salty with the reffing for a bit, it swung back to where the ridiculous calls started going our way so more just bitching about those refs being terrible all around. Good luck the rest of the way.
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u/Dependent-Bag-6102 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
The reffing was worth getting salty at! Thanks and good luck to your guys as well.
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u/Terror-Byte-523 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
I feel like UCLA and Michigan have always been blue and yellow brothers, we share hatred of the color red
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u/Aggravating-Steak-69 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Both blue schools known for their academics with a red school rival
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u/wildwing8 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
100%. Even moreso now that Chip is at OSU. Fuck SC and fuck OSU.
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u/Dependent-Bag-6102 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
That entrance of the Michigan team to the Sicario soundtrack, then punching OSU in the dick. Amazing
Then beating another notorious red team in Alabama in their bowl game? God I loved Michigan this year, 💯%
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u/Dependent-Bag-6102 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
Glad they beat SC while they were on their trip to LA if nothing else
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u/BatManatee UCLA Bruins 1d ago
It feels like this UCLA team is starting to implode. I know we've been losing to pretty good teams, so maybe I'm overreacting, but the eye test has me really worried.
That raises the question--what's Mick's leash like?
If we miss the tourney this year, is he canned?
If we make it in with a bad seed and get bounced in the first weekend, is he canned?
I think it would talk a pretty epic failure down the stretch to get fired this year. It would definitely require missing the tournament, and probably not even being on the bubble.
But after last year's disappointment, he told our boosters he needed NIL money to be competitive, and they gave it to him (within reason). If this year ends up a disappointment too, I think next year is his last chance to right the ship. And the rumors going around a couple years ago were that Jarmond doesn't get along with him, so he may be on a shorter leash than he would otherwise.
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins • North Carolina Tar Heels 1d ago
He’s definitely not getting canned after this season no matter how bad it gets but next season his seat will be hot in either of those (now seemingly very likely) scenarios.
I love a lot of what Mick does. I love that the team has an identity and that players buy in. But his laisez faire attitude to the offense is not cutting it and there are potentially some roster construction issues. These players are too talented to shoot like this and the trends are becoming clear now.
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u/BatManatee UCLA Bruins 1d ago
Agreed on all counts. I'm down with being a defense minded team, but you can't survive with an offense THIS bad. Kenpom has them at 82 right now. You can't make a tournament run like that.
I worry that being a development focused coach is a dying art in the portal era, too. A lot of his transfer targets were whiffs, so talent evaluation is an issue. Kyle and Harris are not UCLA level players. Kobe and Clark are okay but deeply flawed players--decent depth guys I guess.
Bilodeau and Dailey are the only transfers from last year that I'd say are actively good. But Mick keeps forcing Bilo into the 5, where he's not big enough or strong enough to succeed. Andrews has regressed hugely this season and is now borderline unplayable. Mack isn't really improving. Mara is improving but Mick doesn't play him.
We need a solid big, a good guard, and at least a couple outside shooting threats to be elite.
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u/1337bruin UCLA Bruins 1d ago
I think this is a pretty big overreaction. Michigan is a terrible matchup for this team with Goldin and Wolf, and they compounded that with the starting guards going 10/15 on 3's. This was by far the worst defensive performance for the team so far but it's not really a trend.
The offense is a problem, and I hope Mick does some soul searching in the offseason.
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u/Particular-Nature400 NCAA • Pac-12 10h ago
seems like ucla and cronin regressed since the final four run
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u/zanderktown32 Michigan Wolverines • Missouri State… 1d ago
Great win! Tre and Burnett came up big in the 2nd. While Goldin is a beast. Stealing 3 big ten wins on the road is a massive deal.
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u/JBru_92 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
OT but there was a real apocalyptic feeling driving home from the game. Air filled with leaves and dust, trees downed on the freeway and that huge red glow in the sky over the mountains. Hope all my LA people are safe because this is one of the worst disasters I've seen here and it's getting worse by the minute.
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u/skurnie Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Welcome to Big Ten officiating, UCLA
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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins 15h ago
We were forged in the crucible of Pac-12 officiating. We've seen it ALL.
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u/TheGreatLake UCLA Bruins 1d ago
Michigan shot 15-28 from 3 and UCLA shot 2-20 from 3. That’s all you really need to know. Flush it and move on.
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u/Edgar_Allen_Throw Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
That and you guys missing 11 free throws, should have been a closer game than the final score.
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u/Hochseeflotte UCLA Bruins 1d ago
We do that basically every game though
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins • North Carolina Tar Heels 1d ago
going 2-20 is starting to be an every game thing too
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u/Hochseeflotte UCLA Bruins 1d ago
It was sending me over the edge at the game
Watching them hit 3s from deep while we couldn’t hit wide open 3s was infuriating
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
We've had teams like that in the past - and it's infuriating. Of all things. Make yer damn free throws.
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u/paxxyagent Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Goldin scored 36 with only one 3 pointer, just an unstoppable performance
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u/TheGreatLake UCLA Bruins 16h ago
True. And Michigan’s size and UCLA’s lack thereof was the other story line here. UCLA’s two bigs played a combined 11 minutes in a game where their opponent had two 7-footers getting whatever they wanted all game. I have no idea why Cronin didn’t put any size out there.
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u/Nico_the_Suave UCLA Bruins 15h ago
I mean, did you see the minutes Mara put up against Goldin? Dude was getting worked.
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u/_Juntao UCLA Bruins 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ucla is a good team but it's clear this team has like a sweet 16 ceiling. Which isn't bad to be one of the final 16 teams but there's a better chance this team is out in the first or second round.
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u/SoundslikeBoom UCLA Bruins 1d ago
Yea that’s the ceiling I see but the way the offense stalls for large periods of time I find it more probable they lose first game of the tournament
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
What do you see the ceiling of the Wolverines, just out of curiosity for an outsiders perspective?
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u/_Juntao UCLA Bruins 1d ago
I can't really speak tbh I haven't watched more than 2 michigan games but I've seen every ucla game.
If they shoot like they did tonight they have a great chance to make the final 4 though lol. That was an unbelievable display of offense
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Thanks. Just curious what you saw from an opponent's perspective, especially after playing your team that you probably know pretty well.
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u/_Juntao UCLA Bruins 1d ago
All the metrics look pretty good. Not a top 5 team at the moment but they are 10th on kenpom with the 14th best offense and 17th best defense. 13th in the net rankings. 19th in bpi. 5 guys averaging double figures. Almost 38% from 3 as a team and a hell of an inside precense with goldin and wolf. Wins over wisconsin, oklahoma, and now ucla. 3 losses to good teams by a combined 5 points is crazy.
I don't think a final 4 run should be out of the question. To be frank it's more likely they lose in the sweet 16 or elite 8 but as a ceiling with the right matchups, yeah i can see final 4 potential out of them. Of course the ncaa tournament is unpredictable and luck based to an extent. We'll see how they close the season the last couple months. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way
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u/account051 UCLA Bruins 1d ago
We just don’t have the consistent shooting to make any kind or run. We can get hot for a game or two max
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u/JayDeeLA UCLA Bruins 16h ago
Jarmond and the admins feel that’s good enough, and I guess Cronin’s six years of mediocrity is acceptable now.
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u/Particular-Nature400 NCAA • Pac-12 10h ago
this team can either win it all or miss the ncaas all together
hard to say with this team
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u/majorgeneralporter Northwestern Wildcats • UCLA Bruins 1d ago
This game thread has been flagged for a foul by the referees and is under review
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u/MuchAire Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Now I might be mistaken, but shooting 10% from 3 is not ideal
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u/CouchlessOnCouchTour Michigan State Spartans 1d ago
Cannot believe that Michigan didn’t collapse in the second half. Michigan and MSU on top of the BigTen? Yes please! (I have a soft spot for Michigan basketball, sorry)
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
I have a soft spot for Michigan basketball, sorry
No apologies needed, Sparty bro.
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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins 15h ago
Technically they did collapse in the second half. They just then un-collapsed.
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u/_Jaster Michigan Wolverines • Texas Longhorns 12h ago
May has talked a lot about letting the team play through runs early on in the season and not call timeouts so they can figure out how to respond mentally without the coach bailing them out. So yeah it's been a thing early on this season, but don't be surprised if it isn't a thing come March.
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u/gobluetwo Michigan Wolverines • DePaul Blue Demons 18h ago
Wow, Mick Cronin's press conference was... wow. He called out EVERYONE for sucking except for himself. His players are soft, his assistants suck, nobody wants to be there except for him, he calls out several players for sucking, lauds his 500+ wins at only 53 years old (shades of Mike Gundy)...
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u/JayDeeLA UCLA Bruins 16h ago
Ho hum. Cronin is ass, I wish my school was smart enough to hire someone like May.
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u/gamer_pie Michigan Wolverines • California Golden… 16h ago
Wow that press conference was bad... even your negative summary doesn't even do it justice on how much he passed the buck.
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u/JRBlue1 Michigan Wolverines 17h ago
Corbin’s post game comments were pretty shocking. Haven’t seen a coach throw his players under the bus like that since Izzo every year
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u/ImTellinTim Michigan Wolverines • Minnesota-Du… 14h ago
Michigan athletics is in an era where they mentally break opposing coaches
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u/deutschdachs Wisconsin Badgers 1d ago
My brain kept telling me this is a good win for the Big Ten and realizing seconds later this is intraconference
Still feels wrong
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u/stevenaccc St. John's Red Storm 17h ago
Guys I think this dusty May guy who took FAU to a final four and 2 straight tourney appearances can actually coach…
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u/paxxyagent Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Clearly we dominated both quarters and had a consistent 10-20 point lead all game
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u/ballgazer3 1d ago
A fire rages outside
Good guy Bruins proactively producing the bricks to help rebuild
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u/ImTellinTim Michigan Wolverines • Minnesota-Du… 1d ago
3-0 on the road in conference play. Had three wins in the conference total last year. Let me tell you this is way more fun to watch.
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u/MichGoBlue858 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
We’re winning the Big 10
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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
We have some serious challengers, especially Illinois, but I definitely think it's looking seriously possible.
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u/JimmyCarrsTaxForms Michigan Wolverines • USC Trojans 1d ago
This game was basically alchemy but instead of turning lead into gold, these two teams turned turnovers into bricked 3’s and one of those teams also kept making Steph Curry shots for some reason
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u/MaskedBandit77 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Is it just me, or does it feel like college basketball is more fun this year?
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u/Particular-Nature400 NCAA • Pac-12 10h ago
men and women its more fun this year
syla swords for yalls is a beast also
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u/JayDeeLA UCLA Bruins 16h ago
Dustin May is already looking better at Michigan than Cronin has looked at UCLA for six damn seasons.
I’m sick of this ride.
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u/guyman3 Michigan Wolverines 15h ago
Say what you will about putting the Cart before the horse, I know it's early, I know the team has obvious problems (16 turnovers and 24 fouls is not gonna do it against the best of the best)
But holy shit if Dusty May has not delivered so quickly.
Let's take a step back and remember where we were last year
Coming off a fresh NIT L to vandy we started the season off hit with losses to Long Beach State, and McNeese State but the the heater didn't end there as we also finished dead fucking last in the B1G with an astounding 3-17 conference record and racking up as many as 9 consecutive Ls.
That is rock bottom folks. I think the actual worst season this program has ever seen and god willing ever will see.
Honestly for this season I just wanted a winning fucking record and a team that was entertaining to watch. Making the tournament was the highest goal I had in mind because Michigan basketball in the tourney is one of my favorite things and back to back years without it was just too much. Finishing in the middle of the B1G would feel like such a huge step up.
We've started off an absolute gauntlet of a conference season 4-0 with wins @ UCLA, Wisconsin, and USC. We were absolute inches away in the games we lost, and look like a genuinely good tourny team even if there are flaws.
Reminder that basically this entire team and coaching staff are brand new to each other. This is a mashup of transfers and a couple guys that stuck over from Juwan era. Turnovers are kinda what you expect at the start.
Also our coach is learning too. This is his first time head coaching P5 ball like this and what a fucking way to get started.
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u/EnPassantio Iowa State Cyclones 1d ago edited 1d ago
Michigan didn’t blow the lead?
What universe is this?
Also, it seems Gonzaga is just the punching bag for transitive wins this year.
Edit: ok wow so Michigan is a rollercoaster huh?
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u/zer0sev7n Michigan Wolverines 1d ago edited 1d ago
They did blow an 18-point lead. But then came back and built up another big lead. Michigan hoops is a wild ride this year.
Their checklist for every game: 1. Build up 15+ point lead, 2. Blow that lead as quickly as possible, and 3. See if we can still win the game
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u/thisistheperfectname Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
They did, but they got another lead.
It seems like every time I watch this team they get up by 20, blow the whole lead, then win by 15. It's a strange way to be.
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u/mjs_pj_party Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
I just realized who we are... we're fucling Seabiscuit. We have to let the other horse catchup to look them in the eye. We do that by throwing the ball away a maddening amount in a short stretch.
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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
When they're hitting threes and taking care of the ball, they're the best team in the country.
But when they're turning it over they look like a fucking JV squad lol
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u/brendan135 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Ideally a universe where the blown leads and close losses are the outliers, and holding leads to blow out ranked conference teams is the new trend.
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u/michigan_matt Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Well they blew a 16 point one. Then got a new one so the one we finished with was still less than a half old. It didn't have time to blow.
Thanks to Peacock I didn't have to endure this roller coaster live.
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u/Character_Wishbone67 14h ago
Michigan is getting better every game. They are slowly becoming the Big 10 favorites and a potential elite 8 team. They shoot well, they are tall, they are deep. Look out for this team by tournament time.
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u/technowhiz34 1d ago
Walking out of this game to find a giant tree fell onto a very busy campus thoroughfare with a fire in the distance kinda sums up this week for me.
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u/Aggravating-Steak-69 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Wife is a UCLA alum so the house was divided but it’s going to be fun to have these matchups consistently in football and basketball over the next few years. The last time we played it was not so fun for me
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u/Lost-Move-6005 1d ago
Cronin’s terrible rotations and evaluation skills really being exposed these past two seasons
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u/rvadarocket Maryland Terrapins • Texas Longhorns 17h ago
It really is confusing how last year’s FAU team couldn’t ever seem to get it together
The amount of talent on that roster between Goldin, Martin, Davis (I know he’s struggling but I blame Cal), Boyd etc. was high level P5 caliber and they went to a Final Four the year before
Just strange how basically that entire roster is balling now while being split up
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u/thisistheperfectname Michigan Wolverines 1d ago
Goldin had almost as many points as Tennessee.