First game was a home game against IU. Cannot remember the year, but must’ve been the early Amaker years? Michigan lost and the IU fans were doing the “I-U” chant the whole time.
Was at the 2012 home game against MSU. Michigan won 60-59 when MSU missed two shots in the final seconds.
Best win I was ever at was at the Palace for second round of 2013 NCAA tournament. Michigan smoked VCU. MSU played Memphis after. The Palace was a great place to watch basketball.
Best game I ever attended was a loss against Kentucky in the 2014 Elite 8. Painful drive home after that. So much for a neutral site game in Indy with 90% Kentucky fans there. Michigan wins that game and the natty with a healthy Mitch McGary.
Saw Michigan lose at MSU in both 2012 and 2013. The 2013 game was a massacre, but I remember Eso Akunne going nuts in KenPom time at the end of the 2013 game.
One other game I remember was a home game against Minnesota in 2018. I remember it fondly because my buddy had the under, and Michigan collapsed in regulation before winning in OT. The over hit in OT. Ya hate to see it.
Mine was that NCAA natty runner-up season, too: the non-conference opener against Vanderbilt on Dec. 2, 1975 (just looked it up), handled them easily 90-63. Rickey Green and Phil Hubbard’s first games as Wolverines and you could see they were special out of the gate. Steve Grote, Johnny Robinson and Wayman Britt were the other starters, with Dave Baxter, Joel Thompson and Alan Hardy (all four-year in-state kids) coming off the bench. Loved that team, probably Johnny Orr’s best (they were pretty great the following year, too).
And yup, Kelser would have been eligible as a freshman in 75-76: Hubbard, Hardy and Tom Staton were all frosh that season.
OK, I lied that my first game was Tractor Traylor slamming the rim out the backboard against Ball State. That was my SECOND, but my first official non-exhibition.
Earlier that seasons I watched them lose an exhibition to Athletes In Action
had a promotional schedule magnet in my bedroom growing up that was for a year where they played athletes in action and i did not really understand what that meant. still don’t i guess
similarly i’ve moved my 2015-16 schedule magnet to…at least four apartments now. any time you have the chance to remember that cursed season, you have to do it!
First game was in 1999. My 2 alma maters, Michigan against Georgia Tech at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
What I recall was that Michigan won thanks to 3 freshmen: Blanchard, Groninger, and Crawford. Blanchard did what Blanchard does. Groninger hit a bunch of threes. And Jamal, you could just tell he had ‘it’. May not have been the high scorer that game, but he controlled the flow from start to finish. And I think that was only his 4th game?
Not one of Cremins better teams that year, but still. Probably one of the more fun games I’ve watched to this day.
My first game was Michigan vs Nebraska 2013. Michigan was on that undefeated start. Glenn Robinson III had a tip dunk off a missed 3 that blew my mind at the time.
Second ever game was 2014 Iowa, who was top 10 at the time. That is still the loudest Crisler atmosphere I’ve ever been in person for. Think Walton Jr was sick or something, Spike Albrecht started the game and had a steal on an inbounds pass right in front of us. I still have grainy digital camera video of Nik Stauskas crossing up Aaron White haha.
First game was the first game played at Crisler in 1967 against Kentucky and Dan Issel. We lost, but Rudy T. played great. Most memorable would be freshman Fab 5 OT loss to Duke.
First game was in the Fab Five’s soph season (92-93) but can’t remember the opponent. I do remember the cheesy graphics on the old Crisler scoreboard. Each player had his own little display when he scored. When Webber scored, it said “The Truth” I think?
Best game would be one of two in 2013: either the MSU game that year (Burke’s steal!) or the VCU game at the Palace when we destroyed their Havoc D and ended the long Sweet 16 drought. That was incredible.
I don’t remember the specific game but it was sometime in the early 80’s. One of my classmates babysat for Bill Frieder’s kids and he would give her about 100 tickets. She passed them out at school so I went to a few games one season.
My one memory of a game was an overtime loss. Maybe even double-OT. I think the opponent was Illinois.
One of the friends I was with told me that the players liked giving out their sweatbands after the game, so I went down on the court with him and he yells out to Butch Wade, “Hey Butch, can I have your wristbands?” Remember, this is after an OT loss. I don’t recall the specific words Butch said, but he wasn’t happy and he didn’t say “Sure!”
Am I the only one here that saw Cazzie play for Strack in Yost Fieldhouse? Been so long I don’t remember specific games. I would have been in my early to mid teens and kept box scores and stats which I typed out on my typewriter.
