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The (#22) University of Michigan men’s basketball team played two games on the road last week, and they won one and lost one.  On Tuesday (01/24/2012) they beat Purdue 66-64, then on Sunday (01/29/2012) they lost at Ohio State 64-49.  This brings Michigan’s record to 16-6 (6-3 in the Big Ten).

This was a good news/bad news kind of week.  The good news (obviously) was that UM finally won a true road game (not to be confused with the 4 “neutral site” games).  The bad news was that they got overpowered in the OSU game.  Actually, Michigan hung around pretty well in the loss to OSU, but they faded in the last 6 minutes.  They pulled to within 7 points (50-43) with 5:44 left, but OSU finished with a 14-6 run.  UM didn’t get embarrassed, but they didn’t get the win either.

Continue reading “Nothing But ‘Net – Week #14 – 01/30/2012 – A Split On The Road”

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings:

Team	Big Ten			Overall
	Wins	Losses	Percent	Wins	Losses	Percent
Ohio State	7	2	0.778	19	3	0.864
Michigan State	6	2	0.750	17	4	0.810
Wisconsin	6	3	0.667	17	5	0.773
Michigan	6	3	0.667	16	6	0.727
Purdue	5	4	0.556	15	7	0.682
Indiana	5	5	0.500	17	5	0.773
Illinois	4	4	0.500	15	6	0.714
Minnesota	4	5	0.444	16	6	0.727
Nebraska	3	6	0.333	11	9	0.550
Iowa	3	6	0.333	11	11	0.500
Northwestern	2	6	0.250	12	8	0.600
Penn State	2	7	0.222	10	12	0.455

 

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games (Week #5):

Continue reading “Big Ten Report – Week #05 (01/30/2012)”

It was Livestock Week for the (#19) University of Michigan men’s basketball team last week.  They played the “cows” (Michigan State) and the “hogs” (Arkansas), and they won one and lost one.  On Tuesday (01/17/2012) they beat (#9) MSU 60-59 in Crisler Arena, then on Saturday (01/21/2012) they lost at Arkansas 66-64.  This brings Michigan’s record to 15-5 (5-2 in the Big Ten).

Continue reading “Nothing But ‘Net – Week #13 – 01/23/2012 – A Split During Livestock Week”

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings:

Team	Big Ten			Overall
	Wins	Losses	Percent	Wins	Losses	Percent
Ohio State	5	2	0.714	17	3	0.850
Michigan State	5	2	0.714	16	4	0.800
Michigan	5	2	0.714	15	5	0.750
Wisconsin	5	3	0.625	16	5	0.762
Illinois	4	3	0.571	15	5	0.750
Purdue	4	3	0.571	14	6	0.700
Indiana	4	4	0.500	16	4	0.800
Minnesota	3	4	0.429	15	5	0.750
Iowa	3	4	0.429	11	9	0.550
Northwestern	2	5	0.286	12	7	0.632
Nebraska	2	6	0.250	10	9	0.526
Penn State	2	6	0.250	10	11	0.476

Continue reading “Big Ten Report – Week #04 (01/23/2012)”

It was an ugly week for the (#13) University of Michigan men’s basketball team last week.  They played two games, and they won one and lost one, but the win was ugly, and the loss was even uglier.  On Wednesday (01/11/2012) they beat Northwestern 66-64 in overtime in Crisler Arena, then on Saturday (01/14/2012) they lost at Iowa 75-59.  This brings Michigan’s record to 14-4 (4-2 in the Big Ten).

OK, I’ll admit that Michigan’s narrow victory over Northwestern looks a little better after NU beat (#7) Michigan State convincingly in their next game.  MSU came into the game unbeaten in Big Ten play, and NU handled them, so I guess NU is better than their record would suggest.  So, maybe the UM win over NU wasn’t quite as ugly as it looked in person.  Michigan played very poorly for most of the game, and were trailing by 8 points (44-36) with 13 minutes to go.  They fought their way back into the game, but they still trailed by 3 (54-51) with less than 3 minutes left.  They managed to tie it up and force overtime, where they scratched out a 2-point win.

Continue reading “Nothing But ‘Net – Week #12 – 01/16/2012 – An Ugly Week”