I picked this game up down six, three minutes to play. TIME TO GO TO WORK.
Michigan got two steals and closed the game tied, forcing OT.
Purdue led at home by one and headed to the free throw line, where they were perfect. The guy shooting was 85% – I told him (with under ten second left, BTW) he had to miss. He did. Our coach called timeout with three seconds left.
We inbounded it deep to Glenn Robinson III, who quickly attacked the rim and banked it in at the buzzer!
Defense might have been fazed out in basketball by rule changes, but it’s still the #1 factor determining outcomes in the NBA and NCAA. Michigan is off to a strong start because they’ve locked down top teams like Villanova & North Carolina, both of whom usually score a lot. And they beat Purdue handily in […]
I will never forget this run. I don’t think a single person associated with the Michigan Wolverines will forget these past couple of months, starting with an emphatic win against the Spartans, continuing through a plane crash in the big ten tournament, and culminating with a trip to the Sweet 16. I am so unbelievably […]
The Wolverines rallied from a second half deficit to defeat the #2 seed in their bracket by four points with an emphatic block to end the game. Derrick Walton Jr. made a clutch bucket in the waning minutes up two, and young D.J. Wilson continued his solid free throw shooting with four out of four […]