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Quad 1 lose. On the road. Curious to see how this effects them in the Net Rankings.
Arizona probably had the top win of the season today. They’ll be #2. They certainly should be at least. Not that it matters.
All three seem destined for one seeds.
Both of the games were. The best February doubleheader that I can remember.
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More like grannymoans.
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Duke’s defense was what impressed me the most.
I can’t believe that Burnett had 31 pounts 2 games ago and then goes scoreless in this game. Tschetter had 0 points as well. You need to be hitting on all cylinders to beat really good teams and we just didnt have it tonight…but still were right there until the end.
Cadeau sucks, he took like 3 or 4 three point shots 4+ feet beyond the arc. Someone needs to tell him that he’s not Steph Curry. Not to mention the easy bunny he blew with 2 munutes left that would have gotten us with 1 point.
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With Illinois falling to UCLA, now Michigan just needs to beat Minnesota at home and they clinch at least a share of the BIG regular season title.
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I heard that Minnesota is really tough this year.
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Losing Mara was the key to this game, they never recovered from it.
Probably what led to to much one on one first time in a while they were off on offense in quite a while.
Poor 3pt shooting.
But, not all was lost for UM yesterday.
UCLA beats IL on a last second play and, if not mistaken, gives UM a 3game lead in the B1G.
https://x.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/2025416664599134422?s=20
Obviously, they are better with Mara on the floor but Michigan hung with Duke without Mara most of the game.
Shooting 24% from 3 and 40% from the field while getting out rebounded 41 to 28 (to your point of missing Mara).
Much of their offense runs through Mara as well and guys didnt look like they knew what to do without that. The Michigan guys were having a hard time beating the Duke players 1 on 1.
Again, Cadeau tries to play hero-ball too much, throwing up bad shot after bad shot.
What’s wrong with throwing the freshmen Malick Kordel in there when Mara was out? The kid is 7’2"-275lbs, let him knock some Dukies around, get some rebounds, get some fouls and buy some time for Mara. Playing small-ball against Duke didnt seem to be the answer.
My expert analysis is Mich looked too spazzy and disjointed on offense too often and couldnt calm their possum tits, while Duke looked/played with more composure imo. I still think Mich is the better team A game vs A game against Duke…but man, cant afford to have ham-handed spazz games against the best teams.
Fears at it again, getting a little ridiculous. Izzo needs to get this under control before somebody loses a nut.
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They are. Michigan and Zona at full strength are the top two teams IMO. Though if Dell’Orso’s sprained ankle is bad Zona is now down to 5 of their 8 man rotation. He finished the game so hopefully it’s okay.
Mum’s the word on Peat’s injury which is a bit scary.
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Dukes def can beat anyone any given day.
For sure. So can Houston. So can Florida. Not sure what has gotten into UCONN.
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I think there will be more upsets then people think.
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There always are. As to specifics, I’ll hold my guesses until after seeding.
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