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By: Around the Big Ten ‘09: Wisconsin | UM Hoops.com

Around the Big Ten ‘09: Wisconsin | UM Hoops.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:41:26 +0000

[...] Last Year’s Numbers: 20-13 (10-8), NCAA 2nd Round loss to Xavier KenPom: 29, RPI: 42 Conference Returning Stats Breakdown [...]

By: JCW

JCW — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:05:33 +0000

Dave–maybe some people think Purdue is good because they have been winning?? Feeling like we could have won every game is slightly different than actually winning. A lot of the attention purdue has been getting has very little to do with their record against mich over the last couple years. The real question is can we beat the teams pur has been beating. when we do, we will take their spot on the respect side of this.

By: michigan4204

michigan4204 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:33:11 +0000

Cool. Thanks jds

By: jds

jds — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:52:32 +0000

Ziegler still has no favorite and everyone is still in the running according to Sam from today’s WTKA podcast. He talked to him last night and Trey claims those rumors are exactly what they are, rumors.

By: Giddings

Giddings — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:19:21 +0000

I’m hoping to make it there… had a lot of fun going to the CvC Classic in NYC last year and I’m hoping I can bring the same luck to the team this year.

By: michigan4204

michigan4204 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:17:35 +0000

I am hearing rumors that Trey Ziegler is expected to commit to CMU in the very near future. Is this true? After I heard this, I then heard he was favoring Arizona St. and UCLA. Does anyone actually know if either one of the rumors are true? Just curious…

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:13:58 +0000

Tickets for the old spice classic are only $20’s per game. i think it was like $120’s for the whole tournament. I will be in tampa for thanksgiving (which is only about an hour from orlando, so I will be there. I know it is a ways out but is anyone else planning on going?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:07:29 +0000

we can beat anybody in the country……..there may be teams better than us but we can defintely beat michigan st and purdue, just as they can beat us, its not like they are light years ahead of us..these teams can be beaten, idk why people think purdue is so tremendous every time we have played them the last couple years i have felt we could win every game even on the road…….on that note michigan definitely derves that preseason ranking maybe somewhere in the upper teens would be better but they have one of the best 1-2 punches in the country along with another year of experience with most of it returning………michigan is under beilein now, you know they are going to be well coached and will be turning many heads without a doubt ,this preseason ranking is well deserved

By: ScottGoBlue

ScottGoBlue — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:52:52 +0000

I like the tiers (brought to you by Tom_McC) and agree with the distribution. I’m sure you’ve all noticed this by now (thanks, Dylan) that both Dick Vitale and Andy Katz have us in the top 15 … in the nation.

I don’t know about that. What I do know is that they’ve got us consistently ahead of Minnesota, Illinois, and Ohio State (and consistently behind MSU and Purdue). So, I think we can finish 3rd this year.

Minnesota is talented, but Tubby always recruits talent … and underacheives. The guy would still be at Kentucky otherwise. So I expect more of the same, and by that I mean JB out-coaching Tubby and the Wolverines sweeping the series.

We only play Illinois once this year, and at home. We already know we can go toe-to-toe with them since we split with them last year. I think we lock this one up.

Ohio State and Wisconsin, although not intrinsicly better than us this year, have seemed to get the better of us consistently. If we can just hold our own court against them, we’ll be golden.

And, oh, by the way, we can beat Purdue, too. Even on their court. We’ve got an axe to grind (just watch those elbows).

It’s easy to expect a finish between 5 and 3. Here’s hoping for the top end.

P.S. – Peedi won’t have more pressure this year. Everyone knew he was our only inside threat LAST YEAR, and he still got better and better. This year he’ll have a little more help down low (particularly from Ben Cronin) and a lot more experience all around him. His numbers should be about the same or a little better, but the teams numbers as a whole will certainly rise. That’s my prediction.

By: gpsimms

gpsimms — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:45:43 +0000

Yeah ok, I was just curious. You were definitely right about the ‘favorite’ part. If there’s one non-umich guy in the big ten I pull for, it’s him.

He reminds me of Nowitski, the way he gets shots off.