Official Thread of All Things Wolverine Basketball

[reggie21]

lol

[Azuric]

You swept arguably the worst MSU team of the last 12 years with one of UM's best and still managed to finish with a worse conference record. You guys have finally arrived. The round of 32 baby! #Congratufrickinglations

Remind me again who UM's best win was this season?

I think you all need to temper your enthusiastic expectations. #itwouldbewise

Bizzaro world is still in full effect I see. Good to see that bitter Sparty basketball fan is every bit as bad as the bitter Wolverine football fan. All thats missing is a couple 'the cupboard was bare' comments.

[Bowen1307]

Bizzaro world is still in full effect I see. Good to see that bitter Sparty basketball fan is every bit as bad as the bitter Wolverine football fan. All thats missing is a couple 'the cupboard was bare' comments.

At least they're fun to watch.



Oh wait.

[Lee Dog]

#sweeping

[theman2600]

interesting....because you could say the same **** about MSU's football team as it relates to the last 3 seasons.

Except UM wasn't ranked #2 ever during the the RRod period and never was considered good. I put more stock in UM win over MSU than MSU wins over UM, since UM was never good, or had a conference player of the year, or finished in the top 4 national back to back years. MSU was picked to finish 1 or 2 probably each of the past 3 years. Can you say that with any of the teams under RRod were picked to finish 1 or 2?

[tommyz]

@butthurt

[FastFreddie]

[The Great Gazoo]

thank god uofm is relevant in bball again...the msu #butthurt is back...so is the rivalry...

#sweeping

[4 Car Garage]

thank god uofm is relevant in bball again...the msu #butthurt is back...so is the rivalry...

#sweeping

Relevant? In the state of Michigan maybe.

[FastFreddie]

Relevant? In the state of Michigan maybe.

(Here's a start)
Michigan accepts invite to Maui Invitational Tournament:

""The 2011 field has the potential to be the best field in tournament history,"" Odom said. ""The combination of rich basketball tradition and recent success should make for incredible competition.""

Duke,the 2010 Division I National Champion,returns to the island of Maui for a fifth time. The Blue Devils have a perfect 12-0 record in Maui under head coach Mike Krzyzewski and took home the 2007, 2001, 1997 and 1992 crowns. The Blue Devils are expected to start the season at the top of most polls.

Georgetown (1-2 in Maui) makes its second trip to the island after finishing fourth in 1999. The Hoyas finished 23-11 last year under head coach John Thompson III, who led Georgetown to back-to-back Big East regular season titles in 2007 and 2008.

Kansas (7-5), like Duke is heading back to Maui for the fifth time and is looking for its first Maui title since 1996 when center Raef Lafrentz won MVP. The Jayhawks lost three starters to the 2010 NBA Draft, but head coach Bill Self and his team should contend for the Big 12 title in 2011.

Memphis (6-6) also returns to Maui for a fifth time after finishing third in 2006 and 1992. Led by head coach Josh Pastner, the Tigers finished 24-10 last year and looks to return to the NCAA Tournament after playing in the NIT last year.

Michigan (8-3) lands in Maui for the fifth time and will look for its second title (1988). Head coach John Beilein will try to get his team to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in his four years at the helm. The Wolverines played in the first-ever Maui Invitational in 1985 when the field consisted of just four teams.

Tennessee (1-2) makes its second appearance at the Lahaina Civic Center. The Volunteers finished fourth in 2004 and look to capitalize on last year's magical run to the Elite Eight behind head coach Bruce Pearl, who has reached the NCAA Tournament in each of his five seasons at Tennessee.

UCLA (6-3), the 2006 Maui champ, will visit the island for a fourth time. Head coach Ben Howland and the Bruins are looking to return to the NCAA Tournament where they made three straight Final Fours from 2006 - 2008.

[Captain Morgan]

#moralvictory #2ndroundwinbanner

#beatMSUtwice2011, maybe they can hang a banner for that to?

Or how bout they finish above .500 in the conference, make a sweet-sixteen, elite eight, win the Big 10 (for the first time in 25 years), before people start claiming that they are relevant again.