Pause it at the 16 second mark. He has caught and is putting it towards the floor, not even a tenth had gone off. Disgusting.

For some reason I just knew it was gonna go in. Toughest loss as a michigan bball fan that I can remember. Manny and stew both played one heck of a second half though. My heart goes out to those guys right now. Keep your head up gentlemen and use this for next year. Go blue.

What was up with Matta going crazy at our bench at the end of the clip?

Yeah, I wish we had played some defense on the inbounds, but just a ridiculous shot by Turner. Man, that’s as tough as it gets.

The clock definitely started about .2-.3 seconds late, giving Turner more time and helping out the Buckeyes.

Sidenote: The ‘unbiased’ commentators at ESPN were drooling all over Turner and OSU, barely even mentioning the Wolverines.

I’m just making excuses but I used a stopwatch to see when he caught the ball and when the clock started ticking and it was between .4 and .5 seconds so he wouldn’t have released the ball in time.

Nothing can be done about it now. Our boys gave it their hearts today and I applaud them for it. Let’s talk about their effort and not things we can’t control.

Stu Douglass showed a lot of poise today. His three point shooting is one of the biggest reasons why we were even able to come back in the game. Manny Harris. I can’t say enough. Awesome second half. He really put the team on his shoulders and proved a lot to himself and to his critics. Sims, I hate to see you go man. I think you really are the heart and soul of this years Michigan Basketball team. You will be missed.

Hopefully this game will piss our boys off enough to get them to really kill it in the offseason and seek out revenge on OSU and many of their other foes. Keep your heads up boys.

theres really nothing to say. worst loss i ever seen. i cant belive there was not at least 1 guy past half court

jobbed by the refs, horrible coaching, i honestly just puked watching this again.

turner took 2 steps and a dribble before it started…………either way beilein “F”ed up here big time ……….you cant lose that game so stupid

Just really really wish we had picked up full court and at least made Turner change directions or switch hands with the dribble, something so that he did not get a shot in rhythm. That said, it was still just a ridiculously good shot by Turner. He probably misses that eighty precent of the time.

Great effort by the team. It was really an interesting offensive game. Sims dominated for awhile, then Douglass, then Manny.

Reminds me the Colorado hail mary pass in 1994. The worst part is that this will be shown on TV over and over again.

Well, hope that luck will swing to another direction next season.

I am so flummoxed that people actually believe the defensive strategy and execution was wrong there. They did EXACTLY what we wanted them to do. Turner caught the ball at 3/4 court and heaved a desperation 30 footer with a hand in his face.

Here are the things you DON’T want to do:
1) Foul. You run the risk of sending him to the line by pressuring him anywhere inside of 30 feet. Derek Fisher got away with this vs. Brent Barry in a western conference final game in 2008.
2) Allow a catch inside of half court where the look would’ve been easier.

Just take your medicine, fellow Michigan fans. That was really awful, but nobody on the coaching staff or on the floor was at fault for it happening. A great player hit a great shot.

The defensive scheme on that play was an abomination. There is no way Turner should have been allowed to dribble that far without a defender impeding his path.

glad next season is only 8 months away

i couldn’t have said it better myself Matt..regardless, this has to be the most painful UM basketball game i’ve witnessed in my life..just unreal

SHUT UP!!! Really!!! a 50ft shot!! Turners a 28% 3-pt. Meaning the shot he took was around 5%. Worst thing we could have done was pressure them in the back and allow a pass into the front court. We just took (probably) a #1 seed in the NCAA to the brink in which they needed a miricle. Way to go boys!

you look out for the foul but how many times do they call a foul on the last play heave like that………..maybe .000005% of the time……a foul there never gets called………if you guard the inbound man with zack gibson and play defense we win the game……………at some point you cant be conservative………you see it all the time……for example prevent defense in the nfl (never works) teams immediately get walked through…….you have to play to win and not to lose……..terrible clock operating, terrible defense and terrible coaching

NVE – Another thing you don’t want to do is have the clock start late. I’m sure Beilein’s strategy included the fact that the clock would start when Evans touched the ball, not when he makes his first dribble.

I’ll be curious to see if any announcers tone down this miracle buzzer beater with such questions.

that shot was probably closer to the 3 point line than half court………you give that shot to turner 50 times i bet he makes 10-15 not that difficult but people make it seem like it is because it was a buzzer beater

NVE, I agree you want them to dribble the ball the length of the court for the shot. My problem with the defensive scheme is we had four player guarding the 2 players that were on the OSU side of the court. If you don’t want to guard the inbounder fine, but we could have at least put 2 men on ET.

take that back farther than i thought

You have to guard the in-bounder. You have to. No two ways about it.

The clock looked to have started 0.2 late at most, and even then it was probably just ESPN’s superimposed clock not synced to the real thing. This has been choppy and off all week so far watching games. The coach (or lack of) and defense (or lack of) are more to blame for you guys than anything else.

Last thought, I am assuming that they can’t review when the clock starts on these last minute “buzzer beaters”?

to ugh-he shot the ball face up and without a body within 10 feet as he set his feet. with out pressure it increased Turner’s chances by at least 200%. its obvious you can’t play or ever could play or u would not have made such a statement.keep drinking the belein kool aid

Go bucks! Just another testament to the disaster athletic program that mich has. What disarray.

Buckaroo – ok, really the last thought. It was the official clock and sure appeared to be more then .2 No matter how you look at it a slow clock start was helpful.

There was nothing wrong with the defense – Michigan was playing for the win, making sure OSU did not get a chance to tie with free throws or a good look at a two point shot. Playing the way they did, they forced OSU to throw up a prayer. No telling which deity it was that answered…

Brutus I would like to tell you first that disaster is not an adjective. Second, I would like to remind you that you needed a half-court shot to beat a below .500 team, and then you go on that team’s basketball blog to rub it in their face. It seems almost as if you are the one in disarray.

An appropriate end to the season…and on a game when the bricks weren’t as plentiful as usual. Beilein has two more years to turn this around and make the tournament at least once. This season when looked as a whole, this loss and the Michigan State massacre destroyed all the goodwill that last season engendered. Hope he can turn things around.

Gotta guard the inbounds, no two ways around it!

Literally letting the other team’s star player take an inbound pass and run three fourths the length of the floor and take a set shot to win the game is the best defense? I understand not wanting to get tagged with a foul, especially on a three, but even Hightower swallows his whistle for anything but a mugging in the last seconds. There didn’t look to be strategy there – blue shirts were just wandering around out there away from the entire play.

Good Defense? are you kidding me. he essentially caught the ball and took 2 dribbles and released a 40 footer in stride. I still can’t believe how lackadaisical we were on D. they weren’t even ready coming out of the TO. It’s as if OSU was practicing with no D. I love Coach B, but he blew it. How many times have you guys seen the Duke shot, 5000 times? You always put someone on the ball.

9 times out of 10 he misses that shot, but how do you barely contest it? How are you not trying to deny him? How do you not force him to the weak side? no other player on that team can move up the court that quickly.

One coach is actually motioning to the UM defense to back up.

I just really hope that Manny doesn’t use one good half in a season of awful play to declare for the NBA.

I understand wanting to make sure you don’t foul but you can’t let Turner take off up the court 100% unimpeded. I think you balance the risk of playing smart D and the fact that you are up two.
Until the defender came running over, it looked like Turner was going going to get a completely open look. Even then, I’m not sure that was optimal pressure.

First you don’t allow the long pass. Second make sure they catch the ball in front of you. Third you make them dribble away from the center of the floor. Fourth you make them feel your presence, but you absolutely can’t foul so you have to allow a cushsion. We probably could have done better on our forth priority. To some people it is always possible to know ahead what is going to happen. You can’t get a lot of pressure in the back court without exposing the front court.

this is a complete sidenote. The announcers were terrible. I remember at one point they spent at least 10 possessions talking about their Christmas presents as a kid. It was so stupid

I’m proud of Michigan — period. No question. Michigan played its heart out and never really gave up all season long. And before anyone hates on Coach Beilein, let’s remember what type of coaching got a Michigan team last season into the SECOND ROUND of the NCAA tournament when few could do that with a talent level where 2 former walk-ons see significant minutes. Coach B has gotten many different programs to play quality NCAA-tournament-eligible basketball; he clearly is a very good coach and just needs time to build depth in our program. Now let’s review quickly this season that just ended today:

The leadership and experience of last season’s fifth year seniors at the position (point guard) of per se leadership in basketball became that of a true freshman (Darius Morris) this season. This showed in growing pains that few expected after last season’s unexpected run past Clemson and into Oklahoma. Unfortunately, with injuries, Michigan is in contrast still SIGNFICANTLY UNDERSIZED like it was last season (the redshirt big men need to heal up asap!). Nevertheless, THIS Michigan team had a low turnover rate and was constantly improving its man-to-man defense which all tells me the program is improving. It’s building depth with quality fundamentals all around. Close losses to OSU, MSU, WI, and Indiana need to stop. Morgan, McLimans, and Vogrich need to develop however their coaches instruct them to to get on the floor. Morris is improving but needs to develop an outside shot, whereas Douglass needs to develop a credible drive move or two or three. Stu Douglas needs to figure out how to play loose like today while improving his driving WEAKNESSES so he can open up his looks at outside shots when he’s not driving. Novak needs to keep improving so, when the team doesn’t need him to play the 4 position, he’ll be stronger for it. LLP needs to focus on some various moves to score so he can be a threat; this should be easier since he no longer has to attend point-guard camps this summer in case Morris doesn’t work out. Harris did not have the season he probably expected, but he showed me something this game that I haven’t seen from him in quite awhile: he played loose with moxie and poise when the game was on the line (against as talented a starting five as exists in 2010). He needs to figure out how to do that on a regular and consistent basis by returning for his senior year to prove it to himself. Now for those who don’t return:

Anthony Wright, thanks for filling the holes where Coach B told you to. Zack Gibson, you gave quality minutes for much of your season; thanks. Deshawn Sims, thanks for helping resurrect the Michigan program, first under Amaker and now under Coach B. You’ve represented Michigan with class and effort and discipline notwithstanding the tragedy you’ve experienced already in your young life.

In retrospect of this final loss, it’s easy to criticize Coach B’s last call defensively with 2.2 seconds. He went with the odds by having four guards guard the 3-point line and in and to only give up contested long three point shots. That’s what happened and it took a 40 foot shot to lose. Perhaps he should have realized that the potential National Player of the Year can make such shots easier than most; what % that is I don’t know and I’ll leave it to a coach who watches players daily to determine. Maybe he should have had only 3 players defend the three point line and in with two players guarding the progression of the ball after the inbounds. One thing is for sure — Coach B clearly had Michigan prepared for this tournament game. One questionable decision won’t change the success he’s already brought to Michigan and the depth he is building in the Michigan Program. Michigan showed itself it can play with the best teams even when it’s undersized; it needs to keep getting better and healthier so that no more Michigan teams that could play well in the NCAA tournament fail to even qualify to participate in the tournament.

Well done this year, Michigan. I never really saw you quit (except for maybe the first WI loss and the last MSU loss). I appreciate your effort to restore the Michigan program. Savor this feeling of loss to OSU so you can enjoy life in Ann Arbor all summer long working on your individual, and team, games.

Just watched that again, and remain confused at the anger directed towards the coaching staff on this.

Two thoughts:

1) “We should’ve guarded the inbounds guy” Why? That doesn’t make it any more difficult to drop that bounce pass to Evan Turner 75 feet from the basket. If they would’ve easily lobbed a baseball pass past half court for a game winner, then this argument actually makes sense. The fact that we were not guarding the inbounds guy is irrelevant on the actual outcome of the play.

2) “We should’ve guarded him” We did guard him. Look at that replay. Douglass picks him up at around half court, forcing him to take…a jump shot from just inside half court. Again, someone please explain to me when giving up slightly contested 40 footers became ‘bad defense in the sport of basketball.

It is weird that someone can take an inbounds pass 75 feet from the hoop and have enough time to take two dribbles across half court to pull up for a jumper. The trigger on the clock was slow. Oh well, sucks for us.

Great shot by Evan Turner, sad days for Michigan basketball fans. Pretty simple.

Just a side note matta is probably the ugliest thing i have ever seen. he looks like a retarted bird

This is the time when you put the tallest benchwarmer that you can find and put him on the ball to distract the inbounder

NVE, you think trotting out a lazy 1-3-1 zone D was the right call there? you think putting pressure on the inbound passer so that maybe a poor pass could slow him down, or extending your D so maybe turner actually has to go laterally or go to his left and not get within 40 feet of the basket in 2.2 seconds is the wrong call? seriously? you can do these things without fouling. no way should he be catching that ball and getting to where he shot the ball in 2.2 seconds.

I can barely stand watching Illinois taking care of Wisconsin for us.

the point of guarding the inbounds passer is to make that pass tougher, and then no question about it somebody needed to guard turner as soon as he caught the ball they do that its a more than half court shot and a michigan win even if they back away 1 second after turner catches the ball……….michigan would have won unless he makes that shot as well

NVE,

Honestly you cannot look at that play and say that we played tough defense. We didn’t challenge the inbounds or dribble (Stu trailing 10 feet away doesn’t count).

Everyone ripping Beilein is a fair weather fan and a disgrace to Michigan athletics. I know the season has been extremely frustrating, but our two heartbreaking losses were to top 10 teams with way more talent than us. Nothing good will come from tearing down a coach who has done wonders for our program. Get real.

When you say wonders to our program, do you mean one NCAA tourney bid and two sub-500 seasons, using two stars that Amaker recruited? We’ll see Beilein’s true legacy when Sims and Harris are no longer on the team.

fair weather? I like him. I am happy we have him. the bottom line is he did a poor job on that last play. they weren’t prepared coming out of the TO. i will be there again next year, just as i have been for the past 7 years.

loved the heart from the team, though. unfortunately, due to potential NBA lockout looming in 2011, Manny might be advised to leave now.

Agree with JB, constructive criticism is fine but some people are taking it way too far. Obviously we’re all extremely frustrated after a loss like that, but you gotta keep your emotions in check. Give the players (and the coaching staff) credit for putting us in position to pull off a huge upset.

By the way, for the long term good… it doesn’t look good to recruits if a teams fans follow up a hard fought effort by blasting the coaching staff…

Listen to Giddings. This man has intelligence.

I, pretty much, just want to drink myself into oblivion. As one of the probable few who watched every minute of every game this year (yes, even the crappy Big10network.com telecasts), I expected it.

man i hate life. i can not believe we lost that game. i do blame some of the defensive strategy but that was also one helluva shot. i usually like evan turner but i have never hated someone more than i did after that shot. i was stunned. all i asked for was a chance to win but I almost wish we had lost by a lot than to lose a heartbreaker like that.
If only I could know what our score would have been if we had played tomorrow. If I had known we would have lost tomorrow than i wouldnt care as much. but to know that we could be in the semifinals…

i understand your frustrations, but it is more important now than ever to stand by our coaching staff. our future is dependent on recruits and it looks horrible for our program to have all our fans criticizing beilein.

yes, i do consider his two sub 500 seasons and a tourney bid a huge step forward for us and hence wonders for our program. we made the tournament for the first time in 11 years with two stars that amaker recruited and walk-ons. i agree, we will see what beilein’s legacy is once they leave and only time will tell. i guarantee horford commits to u of m within a week and it’s possible we’ll luck out and get zeigler. i think our program will be flourishing by 2012.

it is fair weather to tear down our coach and looks horrible for the program, especially when season ticket holders embrace the mentality and start booing the football team.

Love how people still back Belein, then complain about this team being undersized. If you back him because he’s an average coach, then I’m ok with it. He’s certainly not a great coach though. Definitely not a great recruiter.

That being said we need to stay with him to become an average big ten team (I would argue that the past three years have been below average in the Big Ten). After that, we need to find someone to take us to the next level.

Also, I know Cronin/Morgan injuries attribute to our lack of size. But seriously, Cronin was a long shot from the beginning, and just about everyone can verify that. Morgan has a little more upside, but not much.

i back beilein and complain about our team being undersized because it is a temporary problem that he will fix. morgan’s injury and udoh’s transfer were unexpected.

it takes time to build a program.

Dylan – I don’t mean to fill your forum with arguements (although i have a heck of a knack for doing so). I’m done with the arguments.

Dylan, please give me some sort of good news to take my mind off this game

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Uhm, the most disappointing basketball season in a long time is finally over?

Nick,

I can’t be serious. Have you seen who Beilein is recruiting!? It’s not like he’s not trying to get size in here. Smote coming in next year is 6’8 (not a back to the basket player, but still height), Amir Williams is 6’9-6’11, Cody Zeller is 6’10, Plumlee is 6’9+, Horford is 6’9″. He’s trying to get size in here, and the guys from the ’11 class aren’t just big bodies, they all should be highly rated prospects.

He’s recruiting height. Cronin was 7’0, we just had bad luck with his injury. Jordan Morgan is 6’8″, McLimans is 6’10. He’s not just an average coach, either. You must’ve missed that he was voted (by his peers), to be one of the best X’s and O’s guys in the country. That doesn’t sound like an “average” coach to me. He’s done more with this program in 3 years than anyone else did dating back to before Brian Ellerbe, and with less talent. Give the guy some time.

I’m excited about the future. This team can go places, we just need a few pieces of the puzzle to fall in to place, particularly Horford and Ziegler this year, then bring in Amir in ’11.

Now, about the game today, hell of an effort. I’m sure there were a lot of bandwagoners (as a matter of fact, I saw plenty of them posting places during halftime) that were throwing a fit at halftime because we lost a 9 point lead. If you would have told most of them that we’d have a 2-point lead with 2.2 seconds left, they would have called you crazy. Now they want to jump on the coach because the best player in the country hit a 40-foot jumper at the buzzer. Unbelievable.

I’ll back Coach Beilein until I can’t any more, and a lot of you should really learn to control your emotions. I was as upset as anyone that the shot went in, but you know what, it was a great shot by a great player and life does go on. I can’t wait for our guys to come out hungry next year and get back to the dance where they belong. Go Blue!

that will do

these last two years for UM sports have sucked so much… we couldn’t have just gotten one lucky surprising win to keep us hoping for a BTT title? not even one?…
i honestly didn’t think id care that much about this tournament til now. The last time I had this feeling was losing to Appalachian State. If trey ziegler and jon horford both commit then ill feel a lot better. since we lost this game we should get a make-up present… trey ziegler please

i wouldve preferred a loss like this last year… We wouldve had the NCAA tourney to fall back on…

No offense, guys, but calling for the coach’s head/a**/liver after a heartbreaking loss equals. . . classic fail. Yes, it’s the wrong call, because he had three or four strategies available to him and the one he chose didn’t work. But lots of coaches play it that way, load it up downcourt and force the other team to beat them from way out, not do it with an easy, high-percentage shot. It’s not like that’s not a legitimate way to play the odds.

What’s more–as more than one person here is pointing out–the game is over when the ball leaves his hands if the clock starts when the ball comes in bounds. Or at the very least we are still embroiled in controversy and the riots continue at Canseco Fieldhouse. Further, Tweeter nailed it when he said (as Lavin echoed) that Stu let Turner get into his full motion, which bites. But it’s not like Turner was completely undefended, as some have alleged. And even God was surprised that sucker went in.

For me a whole lot of anger toward Beilein is pretty wierd. He had his team ready and they played their hearts out today, almost beating the number 7 team in the country in a huge game on national TV. They went a long way toward redeeming themselves in my eyes; hell, I enjoyed it, didn’t you? Personally, I’m saving my hate for Thad Matta, who will for ever after just enrage me on general principle.

I agree. It’s not up to us whether or not he stays or goes, so we might as well stand behind him. Beilein has nearly out-coached thad matta twice this year with the loads of talent that OSU has compared to our two-stars and gimps. I think that with some talent, and some luck, this program can make a run at the tourney next year. Besides, who else was thinking Andy Rautins when Stu was draining those 3′s? I’m excited.

For those claiming that Coach B can only do it with Amaker’s two stars, let’s look at how Amaker developed his previous recruits and how Beilein DEVELOPED Sims and Harris. Harris needs more work, but I’d say Beilein deserves some credit for developing Sims. The same goes for Brandon Graham in football. Yeah, he was a Carr recruit, but look at who’s staff developed him into the stud he is.

Fairweather fans blow and Michigan’s fan base needs to get rid of the part of it that is reluctant to exhibit patience (the fan equivalent of the Michigan players hard work all year to improve) and an appreciation for the process of building championship programs (Which Amaker and Carr failed to do during their final 3-5 years).

I felt that loss was on Beilein, but there are mistakes and there are signs that a coach has to go. This was just a mistake. Beilein might not be off to as good a recruiting start as Amaker, but at the end of the day once those players are here, who do you trust to get them to the tournament?

I’m still optimistic for next season, and I still think we can be a tournament team next year, even with OSU/MSU/Illinois monster recruiting classes.

If we can get some size, some athleticism, some shooting, and some depth, we could pretty good.

I hope Manny stays. He can’t let it go out like that. Not with what we have coming in next year. Not if Turner, Buford, Summers, Lucas, and the Purdue 3 could come back.

Tune in Monday to find out if our women’s team makes it.

Relax on the Beilein bashing. Yeah he screwed up at the end, but the bottom line is that Turner still had to hit a half court shot. This wasn’t shades of Grant Hill to Christian Laettner. It was a freaking half court shot and they guy drilled it.

GREAT POST MaizeNBlue2 So to all the fools who think Coach B is at fault heres some facts:

Beilein is the only active collegiate coach to have achieved 20-win seasons at four different levels—junior college, NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division I. He has been recognized as Coach of the Year four times: in 1981 at Erie Community College, in 1988 at LeMoyne, in 1994 at Canisius, and in 1998 at Richmond. In addition, Beilein is one of only seven coaches in history (along with Lefty Driesell, Jim Harrick, Lon Kruger, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, and Eddie Sutton) to have taken four different schools to the NCAA Dance.

The only thing that sucks about Michigan is fair weather fans and this post has a few(i wont name names) as for the rest of us we will do 3 things

1 we will support our bball coach

2 we will support our fball coach

3 and we continue to be the best fans on earth

Thanks Peedie and coach B

And Thanks Dylan, its been a pleasure Cant wait for spring ball!!!!

A guy makes a basket from just passed half court and it’s Beilein’s fault… give me a break. That’s analysis on par with sports talk radio.

I don’t even know if he screwed up at the end. He only “screwed up” because it didn’t work. If Turner had missed would we be saying it was a good defensive call? Like NVE a slightly contested 37-footer isn’t really the worst shot you can allow. I just hate Turner with all of my being for making it, and how smug he acted after. AP quoted him as being “modest”. Right. I also hate Motta but he even he wasn’t sure they deserved to win after the first 39 minutes 57.8 seconds.

Furthermore, I hate the announcers and ESPN for loving up on OSU and “oh what great shot hes such a good player” when he had had an awful half up to that point and was totally out-played by Manny. Not one mention of how well Michigan played to force Ohio St into that situation, or anything.

Man, the Michigan St game @ home was NOTHING compared to this, that almost feels like a win now. If you had told me after that game that there would be a loss 20 times worse than that to end the season…well I dunno.

Lol Chad you literally threw up? I’m not surprised. Can’t wait to go to the bar tonight and see this replayed like 30 times. They should just switch all the TVs in the Ann Arbor bars to…..I dunno Animal Planet or something. I was too young to remember the Colorado hail mary but I have to imagine this is the basketball equivalent. Unless he had made it from like 80 feet but really it’s just as awful from 37. That shot going in just drives home the “lifes not fair” saying. Ohio St gained what, a very slightly better chance @ a 1 seed from that, when they’re probably going to be a #2 anyway? And we had everything riding on it. But like with every close game this season….*sigh*

a long pass being successful other than christian laettner has anybody ever scored again like that? you play man defense there and the chances of getting a shot like turner had is nonexistent…………that being said i like beilein he just got this one really wrong in my worthless opinion

steve lavin was questioning beileins decision and i wont be watching any sports for awhile but im sure every other analyzt out there doesnt agree with the decision either

WOW! This was the best loss i’ve seen in quite some time from our basketball program. The start of the game was good, the middle belonged to the opponent and the last part game down to a buzzer beater by a talented player. I saw this team play even better then there beatdown of Minnesota and their tough win against UConn. This was definitly a heart breaker. We will greatly miss Deshawn in the low post and 12-15 foot baseline jumpers. I definitly see Deshawn playing professionaly here in the states or over in Europe. Thank you Deshawn, it was a pleasure and entertaining.

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Refer to Kentucky Vs. Duke 1992. You have to guard the inbounder, and at least token pressure in the back court. Horrible decision and awful loss. I am still a supporter of Beilein, but that loss is on him, even though it wasn’t a high percentage shot.

i fully support beilein and think he has the program headed in the right direction..sure, i would’ve maybe done some things differently at the end of the game. but at the end of the day, he hit a 37 footer to beat us. not much more you can do than tip your cap. loved the effort by everyone today. stu was on fire. manny simply took over. it just simply wasn’t meant to be this year..i hope our boys watch this replay everyday during the offseason and play like they did today all of next year..in beilein i trust..and thank you deshawn sims. i will miss his 12 foot fadeaway jumpers that hit nothing but net..as always, go blue

Go Bucks!!!!!!

total heart break but you have to admire the way this team fought back… most disagree with the way Coach B coached that last play but you can fault him or beat him down like alot of people have done on this forum… the same guy who people are beating down is the same guy who coached these kids back in the game… hopefully this lost won’t sit well with the returning guys and add some fuel to the fire for next year… hopefully we’ll have 2 more additional players on the roster in Horford and Ziegler…

here’s a question for you Dylan what effect (if any) will this game have on recruiting?

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