UMFan83

Wonder if this game and/or tomorrow's will be played. Forecast doesn't look great.

I'll give everyone on this forum $5 if Burke returns to UM next year.

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Guess its time for me to lament on the poor officiating and the little moments that could have gone the other way. I usually don't bitch about the refs because I know I view the game with biased eyes and notice calls that go against my team a lot more than calls that go in their favor but I cant help but think there were a lot more bad calls against UM tonight. -Blatant goaltending towards the beginning of the game goes uncalled. There was no debate on that call, it should have been but wasnt called -Burke's 2nd foul, the one that caused him to sit the final 11 minutes of the 1st half, was quite phantom. Can disregard that one because the backup PG scored 17 points in his absence -The block by Burke that was called a foul...again pretty close to undebatable -Hancock committing his 4th foul and not getting it called on him. He picked up his 5th (offically 4th) foul shortly after and played the rest of the game and hit big FTs down the stretch I'm missing a couple other slightly less blatant ones. But at the end of the day, the Cardinals scored 61 points in the final 24 minutes of the game and absolutely destroyed UM on the boards (at least over the last 25 or so minutes....the final margin was UL 31 (15), UM 26 (8) but I know at one point in the 1st half they showed a graphic but can't remember the numbers and the announcers said 'Michigan is dominating on the boards so far'). They are the better team overall and in the end they won. Kudos to them.

Congrats to Louisville....Burke missed 2 shots all game and Albrecht scored 17 points and we still lost. At least we still have 2 TOs left

If the refs knew how to call a goaltend this game would have a lot more drama at the moment

agreed

Well then.... Guess I gotta take the silver lining that we're winning at halftime and Burke has only played like 6 minutes.

Is this really happening?

Trey Burke looks shorter and whiter today

Spike Albrecht

CWebb in the house!

Hawks sweep the home and home! They would be on pace for 134 points in an 82 game season. To compare, the most points scored by a team since the 1st lockout was 124 by the Wings back in like 2005. The most points ever in a season is 132 by the 76-77 Habs.

Kane to Toews is a thing on beauty So is 2 goals in less than a minute to take the lead

Was really hoping the offense would do better in this series. Runs scored in each game this year: 3,0,3,1,5,1

Phew. Not pretty but ill take it for sure!!

Marmol'd

Ill take a 27-11 run to end the half.

Yeah sneakypower doesn't like me very much. What can ya do? At least I've got EJ.

I think you're trying too hard

Looks like people can stop talking about the Hawks giving up leads in the 3rd period at least for one game. Very good defensive 3rd period.

who the [expletive] thinks of weird [expletive] like this hours before a final four game?? it's especially going to suck if they all collectively fall into a sinkhole hmmm cause i saw it on RealGM's wiretap and wanted to comment on it, since I commented on McGary saying he was 100% coming back to UM earlier this week. Sorry, I'll go back and read another article on how to beat Syracuse's zone.

His stock has skyrocketed and some have said he'd be a late 1st. He'd might end up being drafted before Hardaway Jr. Right now NBAdraft.net has McGary going 22 and Hardaway 25. I understand why he would want to go out. Team reaches the Final Four, the teams best player and playmaker is leaving, a guy who really helped him accumulate such great stats in the tourney. He's a very talented player and I could see him being a monster next year and raise his stock even higher but that's no given.

Of course, McGary is now backing off from his comments that he's 100% returning to Michigan next year and will consider his options after the season. It would suck if we lost Burke, Hardaway, GRob and McGary after the season, but this is college basketball and I am very satisfied to reach a Final Four with this team. I guess UM can go with a freshman heavy lineup against next year Derrick Walton, Zak Irvin, Nik Stauskas, Mark Donnal, Jordan Morgan with with Albrecht, LeVert, Horford and Bielfeldt off the bench. Still a tourney team.