Sure has been hard to watch Michigan go through a tough season...
Week of 3/4 Games Thread
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Man, the Big Ten offices were probably so excited to get the spotlight for the final day of the regular season when they set the schedules. But now we're left with a bunch of absolute duds outside of our game, which is clearly the highlight of the day and maybe Wisconsin at Purdue. Michigan State at Indiana could be competitive but it just means absolutely nothing.
Iowa women done 11 at halftime of Big Ten championship game at Carver North. Obviously Iowa men have us today at sold-out Carver Could make a record amount of Iowa misery to lose both these games in about an 8-hour period.
Obscene flagrant called on Wisconsin against Edey. He’s just allowed to put his elbow right over your shoulder if you are trying to rebound anywhere near him.
Tominaga is on another heater at Michigan - 11-15, 5-8 on 3s, 28 points with 13 minutes left. Refs are still taking care of Edey. He climbed on the back of Winter for a tip, so they called a Flagrant 1 on Winter. B1G refs are the worst in the nation, and even worse when Purdue is involved. I hope Purdue takes another 1st round exit, with Edey (rightly) being called for 4 fouls in 10 minutes.
Iowa women just fought back to take the lead in the third quarter. Exciting game to say the least.
Edey is simply an anomaly. He is a towering presence in the paint with good fundamentals and descent athleticism for his size. He definitely knows how to use his size to every advantage possible. I feel if he were 6'8" he would still be a solid player but definitely not dominant like he is now. I wish some of our bigs over the years would keep the ball up out of reach of the smaller players as well as he does. It drive me crazy when a post player takes the ball to their knees before they go up with it.
Wisky is shooting a putrid 2/13 from 3. The foul calls are surprisingly even 
Not a Purdont fan but Winter should probably have been ejected for that bush league move. Hook and hold plus severe undercut.
Love to see the all-out effort by both teams. Getting chippy too as usually does when Iowa involved.
I think it’s UCONN, Houston and everybody else. They are both built for March and I expect it to be the national championship unless they end up on the same side
I’m of the school of thought that there’s not a team in the country we can’t beat… except Purdue. They just present such serious matchup problems to what we like to do. Edey and Purdue is our kryptonite.
Yes, we could’ve won the other night, but when push came to shove, Purdue flexed its inside-outside game to perfection. We would’ve need to make every shot to keep pace with them.
Bring on every other team and let other teams with better matchups (and there are only a few) tackle Purdue.
I don't think we can beat UConn or Houston, but I think we can beat Purdue. I truly think the gameplan in the first half worked, and we went away from it for some reason.
One #1 seed upset I missed yesterday was High Point losing at home in the Big South semifinals to Longwood 80-79 in OT.
Longwood defeated UNC Asheville in the Big South final today 85-59. It is the Lancers' 2nd tournament appearance, with the other coming in 2022.
With so many Ia fans in Mn girl’s game the Ia crowd will be all tuckered out.
Why don't the refs just wear black and gold stripes?
Four hour drive for them from Minneapolis to Iowa City. Assuming they stay for the trophy celebration, they’re not getting out of downtown for another half hour. I have to think Carver-Hawkeye Arena, despite the sellout, will either have empty seats or seats filled with orange.
Pu getting away with anything they want down the stretch. Edey can push shove and get away with what ever he wants.
Edey clobbers Chucky on a drive, no call. This after refs call an offensive foul on Blackwell for bumping Loyer on the block and moving him, something Edey does every time he touches the ball.
Give Edey his due he is a dominant player but ready for him to leave.
Give Edey his due he is a dominant player but ready for him to leave.
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