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January General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

Do you really think travel in Jan-early March is going to have any impact on games played over 3 weekends? Where they will probably be playing close to home. You think flying from Michigan to LA is going to tank their chances to win it all?
Not what I meant. I was responding to RuffRuff about going undefeated or having 1 loss during the regular season. And I responded that it might be harder for Michigan to do that now than it might have been before the conference expanded so much because of all the travel involved now. I wasn't talking about the travel affecting the NCAA Tournament and winning the championship. I don't think you followed the conversation RuffRuff was having and my response to his post. Happens all the time on here with so many posts going back and forth.
 
Who's forcing you to read it?
I’m not talking about a couple posts here and there I’m talking about pages that derail threads that had nothing to do with michigan in the first place
 
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Not what I meant. I was responding to RuffRuff about going undefeated or having 1 loss during the regular season. And I responded that it might be harder for Michigan to do that now than it might have been before the conference expanded so much because of all the travel involved now. I wasn't talking about the travel affecting the NCAA Tournament and winning the championship. I don't think you followed the conversation RuffRuff was having and my response to his post. Happens all the time on here with so many posts going back and forth.
travel? these kids don't take a stagecoach from one state to another, everything is first class and chartered.
 
Arizona is AP #1 with 1494 points. Michigan is #2 with 1493. Literally 1 vote apart!

BYU up to #9. Illinois up to #16. Kansas down to #22 and Florida is out of the top 25

SMU and UCF debut at 24 and 25. First team out is Villanova. Second is Seton Hall. St John’s nowhere to be found
 
Not what I meant. I was responding to RuffRuff about going undefeated or having 1 loss during the regular season. And I responded that it might be harder for Michigan to do that now than it might have been before the conference expanded so much because of all the travel involved now. I wasn't talking about the travel affecting the NCAA Tournament and winning the championship. I don't think you followed the conversation RuffRuff was having and my response to his post. Happens all the time on here with so many posts going back and forth.
Sorry i misunderstood. Ruff pointed that out earlier. More coffee before boneyard. lol
 
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I too took a peak at it. Obviously the game at Purdue will be the biggest challenge, but boy do they match up well there. Big athletic teams are Purdue's weakness. @MSU could present some issues, but they're so much bigger. IDK - you're right about the travel, especially to the West Coast - just not sure who out there can do it. They can play their C+ game and beat most of those teams. They're bound to lose one, but should be favored in every game other than maybe Purdue.

I really like our chances in the BE this year now that it's pretty clear StJ is middle of the pack.

I post Greg talking about more than UM for gods sake. And post about plenty more - ask Hooper. Why would I post about the 24 team on another board? If I was Purdue that year closing in on that Uconn team, I would break them down. In lieu of no one in the BE to talk about, looking ahead.

Listen, I clearly don't expect it. We all know that. I do not think this UM team is the best team ever - didn't say that. I simply think they're a really tough matchup based on their size & athletecism. They have a 6'9" PF 2way dude at the 3. Dauster didn't get their frontline size right.
It's how your incessant Michigan posts come across and now you're talking about how different things are now in college basketball where you can create a superteam. You've talked about them going undefeated and how nobody can give them a game this season. We all know they're really good/great. We all know there's been really good/great teams in the past, more talented than this Wolverines team have won it and haven't won it. At least I assumed we all knew that.

It's too much in every thread and it comes across as not having an understanding of teams from the past.

I can assure you Hurley, Luke, Kimani, and Tom Moore aren't staying up all night every night gameplanning for how UConn can beat the all-time juggernaut Michigan Wolverines.

When you joined the board at the end of last season it was Duke is massive and they would romp a team like Houston with their little guards. UConn fans are all living in the past and small guards can't win anymore and teams with huge guards like Duke and Auburn would romp in that tournament and going forward. Well, Duke didn't romp Houston's little guards and Auburn's team of huge guards lost to Florida's smaller guards. It was small guards playing each other for the national championship last season and a small guard is leading your Michigan team you think will go undefeated this season.
 
It's how your incessant Michigan posts come across and now you're talking about how different things are now in college basketball where you can create a superteam. You've talked about them going undefeated and how nobody can give them a game this season. We all know they're really good/great. We all know there's been really good/great teams in the past, more talented than this Wolverines team have won it and haven't won it. At least I assumed we all knew that.

It's too much in every thread and it comes across as not having an understanding of teams from the past.

I can assure you Hurley, Luke, Kimani, and Tom Moore aren't staying up all night every night gameplanning for how UConn can beat the all-time juggernaut Michigan Wolverines.

When you joined the board at the end of last season it was Duke is massive and they would romp a team like Houston with their little guards. UConn fans are all living in the past and small guards can't win anymore and teams with huge guards like Duke and Auburn would romp in that tournament and going forward. Well, Duke didn't romp Houston's little guards and Auburn's team of huge guards lost to Florida's smaller guards. It was small guards playing each other for the national championship last season and a small guard is leading your Michigan team you think will go undefeated this season.
Every night, ay? Their potential to be a juggernaut goes well beyond being huge, but not worth bringing up.
 
travel? these kids don't take a stagecoach from one state to another, everything is first class and chartered.
So you don't think crisscrossing the country across 3 time zones and playing 2 games a week has any affect on people? I'm not saying they can't do it, I'm just saying it might catch up to you sometimes and you put up a stinker. It's naive to think otherwise.

 
So you don't think crisscrossing the country across 3 time zones and playing 2 games a week has any affect on people? I'm not saying they can't do it, I'm just saying it might catch up to you sometimes and you put up a stinker. It's naive to think otherwise.

worrying about travel is quaint in this day and age.
 
So you don't think crisscrossing the country across 3 time zones and playing 2 games a week has any affect on people? I'm not saying they can't do it, I'm just saying it might catch up to you sometimes and you put up a stinker. It's naive to think otherwise.

they could have stayed and kept the pac-12 afloat. You can't take the money then complain about the work..the travel was a known issue...it's not like Rutgers and MD moved states after Ucla joined the conf.
 
they could have stayed and kept the pac-12 afloat. You can't take the money then complain about the work..the travel was a known issue...it's not like Rutgers and MD moved states after Ucla joined the conf.
You think Mick Cronin was in on the decision to join the Big 10?
 
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of course not...but you know what you are getting into when it was announced...either shut up or get a new job
or raise a stink and maybe the situation improves? I'm not clear why I'm supposed to be mad here
 
I’m not talking about a couple posts here and there I’m talking about pages that derail threads that had nothing to do with michigan in the first place
Everyone has the opportunity to put anyone on ignore eliminating the problem for themselves. Everyone has a choice of responding to him adding to what they are hoping to avoid or not responding thus reducing the amount of derailment. Instead some people feel the need of changing someone else rather than taking steps themselves. Now it’s important to understand that I don’t think your effort is wrong. It’s not. But once you realize that the individual you are hoping to change is unlikely to accommodate your wish I question why anyone continues with a hopeless endeavor.
 
You new here?

He asked what other teams.
My bad. I was rushing to leave and didn’t read what you responded to. As to your question I’m not new here. Or this plane of existence for that matter.
 
This is for @RuffRuff. Neither won the national championship.

2. Michigan

Previous ranking: 2
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2025-26 record: 13-0

Stat to know: The Wolverines are 3-0 against AP-ranked teams this season, winning all of them by 30 or more points. That makes them the first team in AP poll history with three straight 30-point wins against AP-ranked teams. They are the third team in AP poll history with three 30-point wins against ranked teams in a season, joining 1993-94 Minnesota and 1996-97 Kentucky.


 
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This is for @RuffRuff. Neither won the national championship.

2. Michigan

Previous ranking: 2
sw_ye_40.png


2025-26 record: 13-0

Stat to know: The Wolverines are 3-0 against AP-ranked teams this season, winning all of them by 30 or more points. That makes them the first team in AP poll history with three straight 30-point wins against AP-ranked teams. They are the third team in AP poll history with three 30-point wins against ranked teams in a season, joining 1993-94 Minnesota and 1996-97 Kentucky.


We shall see with them. I do think they position as one of the more interesting teams to watch this season. Curious to see what they are capable of.

Nebraska and the Nice Whites pull out a gritty victory at OSU.
 
Nebraska is a lot better than I thought they would be when I saw them tune up Creighton. That loss is hurting Creighton less every game Nebraska plays.

USC is hanging in but is missing some bunnies.
 
This is for @RuffRuff. Neither won the national championship.

2. Michigan

Previous ranking: 2
sw_ye_40.png


2025-26 record: 13-0

Stat to know: The Wolverines are 3-0 against AP-ranked teams this season, winning all of them by 30 or more points. That makes them the first team in AP poll history with three straight 30-point wins against AP-ranked teams. They are the third team in AP poll history with three 30-point wins against ranked teams in a season, joining 1993-94 Minnesota and 1996-97 Kentucky.


Michigan is at least Final Four this year. But Anything can happen in a final four.

That 96-97 UK team lost in the finals in double OT to an Arizona team that got hot and beat a loaded UNC team in the semis.

UK was without Derek Anderson. With him they probably win it, giving them 3 in a row 96, 97, 98.
 
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