Tourney is underway. Stat page is here.
Stats for the UMTailgate.com Tournament Challenge will be updated as often as I can manage throughout the weekend. But with real life today and tomorrow and St. Patrick's Day Saturday...don't hold your breath.
To see anyones picks, click on Player Picks and use the dropdown menu in the upper-left corner.
Best of luck to all of the participants. Hope everyone made their donation. If not, I'm having the Godfather call you drunk at 4am.
Just a reminder to everyone that Brackets are due today (Thursday, March 15) by noon along with your donation.
**UPDATE*** Entry Now Closed
Click here to see picks and standings.
Meanwhile back at the Little Dance, the Wolverines outlasted Utah State 68-58 behind 14 points from "The Sims that is not Courtney." Perhaps just a little bit of a bright spot as we look in the the deep abyss that is the future of Michigan Basketball. Michigan continues their undeserved vacation with a trip to Tallahassee to take on Florida State tonight at 7pm. A win gets the Wolverines into the NIT's Elite Eight. That's craptacular!
Rounding up some interesting tidbits from around the internets....
That's all for this morning. Good luck with your brackets!
Ahhh, Utah State. The first round draw for the Wolverines has a nice past. Remember Larry Eustachy? He coached the Aggies, doing God knows what all over campus undetected, before before getting picked up by Iowa State. It was at Iowa State that Larry flew a little to close to the fire. Damn digital cameras kept him from living the dream.
Notable alums are few and far between, but there are a couple of Michigan ties:
How 'bout Eric Hipple? The 4th round pick out of Utah State in the 1980 NFL draft, he was the Detroit Lion's quarterback for 9 years. That's quarterback longevity at it's finest in the Ford era. Speaking of Ford, the son of beloved Michigan alum Gerald Ford, John Gardner Ford, also graduated from Utah State.
Get your tickets yet? Ya, me neither.
But they are available, and they are cheaper than your average night in the Huron League. $10 gets you in the blue, $8 gets you in the gold, and $5 gets you in as a student.
If none of that interests you, you could always:
Reunion approaching...March 31st...Ann Arbor...
No matter how much Michigan Basketball underachieves, how disappointing the season is, and how much I wish death upon 3 of the 4 starters, there is always seems to be "just one more chance" for redemption for this team. There always seems to be a game coming up that can fix everything...if they could just find some way to be a team for 40 full minutes. So you get excited, you watch the game, you root on the team in the hopes that this is the turning point. But it never comes. And let me let you in on a little secret, it's not coming anytime soon.
The Wolverines run in the Big Ten tournament ended today with a loss to Ohio State, 72-62. A win would have most likely have put them in the NCAA tournament, as would have a win against Ohio State last Saturday, as would have a win at North Carolina State early in the year, at Illinois, at MSU...at anywhere for that matter. Perhaps if we had only lost to UCLA by 17...instead of 37.
Woulda. Coulda. Shoulda.
Rosenberg said it best in his article written prior to today's loss:
...there remains a perception that Michigan's ceiling is Michigan State's floor.MSU, with arguably its worst talent in a decade, is heading to another NCAA tournament. Michigan, with four senior starters, needs to beat top-ranked Ohio State to even get on the bubble.
The truth hurts. And while you try to settle yourself down with regards to Michigan State...think of this: In the last three years of football and basketball, Michigan is 0-9 against Ohio State.
The bright side? Getting to watch Courtney Sims play at Crisler again.
I've received a few inquiries, and I just wanted to assure everyone that there WILL be a 2007 UMTailgate.com Tournament Challenge. If you participated last year, you will get an invitation via email. If you need an invite, send an email to tourney2k7@umtailgate.com to let me know who you are, and I will add you to the list. Same rules...same donation...same trash talking fun.
Meanwhile back in the Big Ten Tournament...
It's halftime at the United Center and Michigan leads 20-16. Ya, the Maize and Blue drew the coveted "weekday at noon" spot for both Thursday and Friday (if they win this abomination). You can listen live from the office for free by following the link at mgoblue.com, but I wouldn't recommend it. See if you can find some Big East action on another station...they play real basketball.
And if you are feeling left out with all the bubble talk and bracketology that leaves your sorry-excuse-for-a-senior-laden team on the outside looking in, perhaps you should start concentrating on the more likely tournament over at NIT-ology.
Update...
A "must click" link from Deadspin's website to Johnny Cleveland's eyes to my ears...it's the Michigan Wolverines as Stacey Carosi in this Big Ten Tourney preview featuring your favorite characters from Saved By the Bell.
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