Game thread: No. 2 Michigan vs. Northwestern

[lou v]

Northwestern is REALLY gonna have it's hands full tonight with Michigan’s “Big Three”. 6-9 Yaxel Lendeborg, 6-9 Morez Johnson Jr., and 7-3 Aday Mara combine for 38.9 points and 22.1 rebounds per game, roughly 40 percent of their points and more than half of their rebounds.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Hope it’s a late arriving student section. Putrid right now.

 

[Skunkpilot]

Why would they want to come out and see this game?

 

[its_the_sauce]

Hope it’s a late arriving student section. Putrid right now.

Based on yellow in lower bowl a crummy turnout by STHs as well

 

[Hungry Jack]

Mara is going to feast

 

[CatManTrue]

Up 11-10! Time to shock the world

 

[Baz = Heisman]

Pathetic showing from our student section. Tons of Michigan fans sitting in it too. Why aren’t they ejected?

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

SOS- turnovers & rebounding. Lucky we are ahead 22-17.

 

[CatManTrue]

Up 33-24 despite playing poorly

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

This is the best I’ve seen them play so far. Defensively they’re on one.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Page = not stoned

 

[Skunkpilot]

Page = not stoned

Hahaha

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

Pretty amazing first half for the Cats against a top rate Michigan team. Hope they can keep it up in the 2nd half. Go Cats!

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Best half of defense all season. Everyone is working and hustling. Mara is areal game-changer. We dominated while he was out.

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

West cleans up a few of those passes that put his teammates in horrible spots and the team cleans up some of the rotations defensively and it would have a been a perfect half. What a half of basketball. Great basketball.

 

[its_the_sauce]

Of course Lori Lightfoot sitting across aisle from me

 

[CatManTrue]

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

Very whistle happy to start the half

 

[jensberg]

Nick not shooting well at all and we're still winning that's a good sign

 

[TheC]

They're going to reverse this

 

[SDakaGordie]

F’n ridiculous call!!

 

[TheC]

The league is never going to let us win this one.

 

[jensberg]

That is the most egregious call I've ever seen! Just ridiculous it will probably change the entire I would come over the game. Our athletic director should be saying something to someone.

 

[SDakaGordie]

F’n ridiculous call!!

Again!

 

[TheC]

Here come the refs

 

[CatManTrue]

I hate big ten refs

 

[jensberg]

Another ridiculous call. Why doesn't Collins question anything

 

[TheC]

That's a flagrant 2

 

[SDakaGordie]

Jake West has gone back to being a freshman this half.

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

Another ridiculous call. Why doesn't Collins question anything

He is clearly. Are you not watching?

 

[jensberg]

I meant to challenge the foul on Nick where he just ran by the guy and never touched him

 

[SDakaGordie]

Singleton’s constant hand checking is so disappointing.

 

[TheC]

Tre has got to get it through his head that you can't put two hands on the ball handler. He does it all the time and always gets called.

 

[GatoLouco]

I internally debated going to bed when they fabricated that hook and hold. It felt that was going to change the game. Fitting the decisions to who is favorite.

I probably should have done it. What a sad subsequent 5 minutes. Yuck. Gross.

 

[TheC]

It's slipping away now

 

[Medill '03]

Jake West has gone back to being a freshman this half.

And Reid went back to being Reid. Almost the entire comeback came with bad defense and TOs from these two.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

It's slipping away now

It's gone.

 

[SDakaGordie]

And Martinelli getting abused on D consistently.

 

[TheC]

We look terrible . How were we ever winning?

 

[Medill '03]

And Martinelli getting abused on D consistently.

Final season heading downhill for him. Has to be hard knowing how much he struggled as a leader to help this team play together.