We had won a share of the title the year before (2012). That missed putback cost us a 3-peat.
Still definitely hurt though.
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Don’t forgot Illinois literally made up that they won a regular season championship last year
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Good point. 2012 felt like an aberration though – we didn’t realize at the time that it was the dawn of a new era.
2013 was so painful because Michigan had an open door to an outright title and then lost that game at PSU to put them in a position where they were only playing for a share.
I agree. I just think banners at least help make the year a success. Purdue for example, if they lose today that is a failure of a year. They win today, I think you consider second weekend a success but will be hard to swallow if no Final Four. (Like Michigan in 2018-19.)
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Barkley–“If it’s true, it’s not bragging”
That is the very definition of bragging. If it isn’t true, it’s called lying.
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I think Muhammad Ali said it first. He was accused of bragging when he’d declare himself “the greatest”.
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So if Villanova goes win today are Eli and Gillespie the only 2 players to play in that national title game? Granted Eli played 1 garbage time minute but it counts!
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I had no idea MAAR was so cocky 
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Eli vs Nova would be a cool story. Jay Wright really is a fantastic coach. Spotted Eli right away.
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Not a charge… :sigh:
and it was bragging AND true
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Thought that was a very obvious charge. Moore jumped right into Young, who was straight up.
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Another reason I’d be cool with playing Nova; their thin bench and slow play style means it’ll be easy for us to play our starters as close to the full 40, especially if Devante’s out.
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I didn’t think he was straight up, but I went back and watched it again, and it’s a lot closer than I thought. So, yeah, probably a charge – he definitely wasn’t set, but he did appear to have legal guarding position. It’s really just a question of whether or not his arms were leaning forward and if that caused the contact.
I can’t stand when the offensive player initiates contact with a defender and am always happy to see it called a charge in instances like that.
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I may be biased by the red uniforms. 
I have to say I really don’t want to play Nova. Unless you tell me they’re going to miss their threes. They’re five out and we struggle with that.
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Note on Craft. He wasn’t dirty in the way Davison is…but he was a total flop artist and did a lot of clutching and grabbing that didn’t get called much. That, combined with the over the top praise he got for being a scrappy white guy made him easy to hate.
I like EJ and wish he played for someone else. I don’t have much against Holtman. But it is OSU and they still have the same obnoxious fans.
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Let’s go NOVA!!
This is the kind of game where I tell myself that I am rooting for OSU because they’re the easier opponent for Michigan. But then every time something good happens for OSU during the game, my heart says 
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