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And Michigan will have a chance to get over this loss by playing in the B1G Tournament.

I'm almost certain Coach Beilein reminded his kids (after the loss) that in the grand scheme of things the NCAAT is much more important than winning the conference regular season championship.

Over the course of NCAAT history, there have many great teams that won their conference regular season but didn't even make the Final Four. Hence, those seasons are generally regarded as disappointments. The goal was the Final Four and beyond.

Michigan can redeem itself by getting to the Final Four. All that matters now is the NCAAT.

I agree.

The Sweet 16 is the minimum expectation for me.

Even if we fall to a 4 seed (which seems unlikely), we won't face a team more talented than us until the Sweet 16.

And this Michigan team has enough talent to get past the first weekend on talent alone.

Right now, Michigan is a 3 seed. We can fall to a 4 seed or rise to a 2 seed. But there is actually little difference between being a 2 seed and a 3 seed.

In the 2nd round, a 2 seed plays a 7 seed and a 3 seed plays a 6 seed. In the sweet 16, a 2 seed plays a 3 seed.

In 2009, every Sweet 16 was a 2/3 match-up. The 3 seed won 3 of the 4 match-ups.

Over the past 3 years, only twice (out of 12 regionals) has there been a 2/3 match-up in the Sweet 16.

Help. This team needs to gel and become more consistent. We have shown the past few games that we can play defense at a high level but it needs to be done more consistently. With as young as we are I think getting this team confident and feeling good is important.

Winning the B1G means this team won 4 games in 4 days and will likely have beaten Wisconsin/Indiana and MSU/OSU to do it. That'd be a ton of momentum going into the tournament; something these guys need right now. That'd be a huge plus if they win it.

I want all the B1G teams NCAAT teams to do well (i.e. at least get to the Sweet 16) but I hope only Michigan gets to the Final Four.

Has nothing to do with his coaching ability.

I haven't taken the time to read through this thread, so it has probably been said a million times already, but when you can't rebound, you negate everything that you do well. If this team could rebound, they would be elite. All our losses this season have come down to two things: rebounding and defense. In my opinion, the defensive intensity has picked up over the last couple weeks. The rebounding, on the other hand, has remained atrocious. You simply cannot expect to beat good teams when you can't rebound.

The thing that is so frustrating to me is that rebounding is a pretty basic, fundamental aspect of the game. It is something than anyone can do; you don't have to be a great athlete or a great talent to rebound the effing basketball. It involves two steps: identify your man and box out. That is it; nothing more, nothing less. When it comes to rebounding, this team is just lazy and undisciplined. There's really no excuse for it since, like I said, it is not a matter of talent.

Starting to literally think something is mentally wrong with the team and staff. Do they really not care about rebounding? Indiana actually crashed the glass hardcore. Morgan just waves his hand. Team's ceiling is sweet 16 but I wouldn't be surprised to see them lose before depending on matchup. -21 rebounding!!!

Regardless of Michigan short falls yesterday ( rebounding, making free throws, defensivie brain farts) they still played a damn good game in my mind and made it a game. 2 made free throws and a made finger roll or put back and we are talking about this diffrent.

I look for us to do good things in the B1G tourny and the NCAAT.

Go Blue!!!!

The thing is, this team should have overcome the rebounding deficit. Everyone would agree Michigan should have won that game (had they made their free throws). The ending to the game had nothing to do with the rebounding.

Michigan has now lost 6 games, and can probably blame three on themselves for shooting themselves in the foot. Yes, one can say they have difficulty closing out games, which could lead to an early exit in the tournament. Likewise, you could say this close to being a 3-loss team that can beat any team in the country.

I hope I don't sound too optimistic here, and if I, feel free to yell at me. But I honestly don't mind this team getting the 5 seed. Hopefully, they can get their s*** together this week, beat PSU, get revenge on Wisconsin, and have some momentum against Indiana.

Also, looking at the bracketology, Michigan would be in a great 3 seed, with Gonzaga as the 1, and Miami as the 2.