The NIT final in Vegas if it’s Michigan vs. Wisconsin
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I know you can’t take a ton from pressers, but liked the way Joey answered the question about if they had considered not playing in it. I’ll take that mentality every time over the Carolina mess and absolutely would be bummed if we get past Vandy and then don’t win it.
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The only way I’d be bummed or hurt is if we lost to Wisconsin. Any other result and I’m content. I enjoyed watching today’s game with zero stakes.
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Yup
“We decided as unit we wanted to play, and we wanted to win.”
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Definitely the right attitude and the UNC stuff is a really bad look IMO. I think it is a terrible move to opt out of the NIT. Sends the wrong message top down.
You can shut guys down or whatever with nagging injuries, but play the game and compete.
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Yeah it’s not a trash tournament, there are plenty of real teams in it. Not everything has to be about a title - you only get so many times to play these games then it’s gone. The branding of the program is “for competitors only”.
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I feel the pain of losing every time Michigan loses. I get your point, and agree the stakes are higher if Michigan goes on to the next weekend. However, it is still win or go home. Just speaking for myself, it won’t feel less painful if Michigan loses to Vanderbilt than if they lose the following weekend.
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Let’s go Andy Katz!!!
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Memphis may actually be a good call?
St Mary’s is a nightmare matchup for vcu
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LOL at labeling Creighton a dark horse when they were a preseason FF darling.
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I think Memphis will lose in round one.
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Memphis is top 20 on Torvik and really old, unlike past versions. I think this team is real
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Yep Purdue has to be crossing their fingers that FAU wins that game. Memphis is a nightmare matchup for them
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Making my official prediction here that no Big Ten team makes the S16. I like Memphis to beat Purdue.
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Watch us be the last B1G team still playing live basketball this month.
This is the way.
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FAU has a crazy interesting roster. They split their center minutes between a 7-1 beanstalk (240 lb) and a 6-8 beefcake (250 lb). The other seven guys in their rotation are no taller than 6-4. I haven’t watched a minute of them but I assume they switch everything 1 through 4.
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Big Ten Basketball 2022-23 Discussion [quote=“mgl, post:6837, topic:12167”]
“you only get so many times to play these games then it’s gone…”
Sorry guys, I can’t help it, I guess it’s just who I am, but this part of your comment, @mgl, is SO important to remember. As the oldest, or at least one of the oldest, guys on here, I understand how fleeting “time” is.
Mrs. Silverblue (Merry) and I celebrated our 53rd anniversary on Monday, and this weekend we head up to Traverse City, to Chateau Grand Traverse on the Old Mission Peninsula for a little bit of time away together. Everyday now, I realize what a saint I am married to, and I appreciate her more and more with every passing day. Did I always appreciate her? Did I always know how much she allowed and enabled me to do the things I loved? I DO know now, and I try to let her know everyday, but time is fleeting.
Our son lives in L.A. having moved out there in 2007. We’ve seen him three times since, not because we don’t love him dearly or he doesn’t love us, but just because. Sometimes life gets in the way. I remember when he was little and we would go to the gym together almost every day. In the summer we’d be at the golf course together, or traveling to tournaments, or hanging out with him and his friends who were part of the teams that I coached. Oh, the times we spent, traveling to Ann Arbor, to Crisler, even to Pistons games, sometimes all in one glorious day. Did I truly appreciate back then what those time would mean to me…today. Today I have only memories, good memories. Time is fleeting.
Today, we, Merry and I, care for and cherish our special needs grand daughter. She is our life and a true Blessing to us. We spend so much time with her, loving her and laughing with her, protecting her, caring for her. She will grow up, and the time will come when we are not there…to care for her, to protect her, to laugh with her. I worry about that because she needs strong arms to hold her up, and Time is Fleeting.
CHERISH EVERY MOMENT GUYS! TIME IS FLEETING.
Someday there will only be memories. Yes, someday there will only be memories, but you will not be there, only the memories of you. Make those memories good ones…for your kids or your spouse or other important people in your life. Cherish the time you have now, for TIME IS FLEETING.
I hope you all take this as it is offered, hunmbly, from a guy now well into his eighth decade of life who may or may not have any wisdom, but if I do, I want to share it with you…all of you. It’s who I am. If it is meaningful to you at all, good. If not that’s OK, too, just discard it and go on with your life. I wish you well.
Thank you @mgl, for your comment. It was meaningful to me.
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I’m going to follow you WAY off topic here (Sorry Dylan), but a few years ago - it was Beilein’s last year - the Big 10 Tournament was here in Chicago, and I wanted to buy tickets for me, my wife, and kids for our Friday night game - the ones I REALLY wanted were very expensive, bad seats…still pretty expensive. I remember I was at work hemming and hawing about whether I should do it, and a co-worker of mine just said “You only have so long with your family together, you’ll remember going to the game, you won’t remember the few hundred dollars.” So…ended up splurging for seats behind the hoop, kids got high-fived by Teske going in the tunnel, and he’s right…I’ll always remember it.
Taking it further, I swam competitive through high school and college - I remember getting out of the pool after my last race in each, it was hard in HS. In college, I got out and realized I’d never get out of a competitive race again (yeah, master races exist, but you’re in it for yourself, not a team), that I’d never practice with friends, be part of a team, etc…I knew that second how much I was losing.
That time comes for anybody who plays a sport, just earlier/later depending on the person. Joey Baker knows it’s coming for him, and maybe the rest don’t know it acutely, but I think they do know that this team only has a few more opportunities to play together. For them, I’m sure there is value in that, even if everyone posting about them may not share it. I’m not going to judge Jett or whatever, I don’t know his health situation, but I DO know that there will be a time where he looks back fondly on when he could play without worrying about his career.
Further, and maybe this is callous - I just think that whining about not making the tournament, acting like you’re above the NIT…it’s just, frankly, “loser sh*t”. You’re only a loser if you choose to be - UNC, in my opinion, chose to be. Any team that plays and doesn’t care chooses to be.
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Sniff, sniff. Well said. Is why I am killing myself in PT to get back on the basketball court again. It’s been a few years dealing with muscle strains that don’t bug me doing anything else I do, but basketball is not a middle-aged man’s game. But hey – there are people that play into their 60s, and if it takes extra work for me to be one of them, then it’s worth it. I really regret getting lazy in my 30s. Even if just Thursday night pickup, nothing better than being out there on a team and competing. Few better ways to spend your time. Few other things I do that command every bit of my attention and defeat all the other distractions in my brain. Precious stuff.
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