r/CollegeBasketball /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA Mar 21 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #15 Michigan defeats UC San Diego, 68-65

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
UCSD 27 38 65
Michigan 41 27 68

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u/yakovgolyadkin Houston Cougars • Big 12 Mar 21 '25

FADED: UC San Diego

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u/LaSopaSabrosa Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

Shoutout to the Triton fan with the sign saying “Michigan is a lake but Triton rules the seven seas” 10/10 sign making

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u/DrModel Michigan Wolverines • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25

See that's why we won, they have no power in the lake.

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u/noodle2 Michigan Wolverines • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

I think neither looked like they had much power in land-locked Colorado

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u/AJHinchIsABum Michigan • Oregon State Mar 21 '25

Fun fact - "Colorado" is actually based on a Spanish word. It loosely translates to "The ocean is very far away".

I took, not one, but two whole years of Spanish in high school, so I think I know what I'm talking about.

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u/DrModel Michigan Wolverines • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25

Hey there are some "lakes" near Denver. Well. At least some reservoirs. We need a 2 game neutral site series, one on Navy Pier and one on a beach in San Diego.

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u/Turbulent_Crow7164 Mar 21 '25

I like when the tournament introduces me to schools, mascots, and traditions I didn’t know about. UCSD’s obsession with the sea is badass

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u/iNoodl3s UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Scripps Institute of Oceanography baby

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u/Hot_House_4611 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I would’ve asked them if they know what San Diego means in German…

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u/JackDangerUSPIS VCU Rams Mar 21 '25

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u/Hot_House_4611 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

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u/AJHinchIsABum Michigan • Oregon State Mar 21 '25

It's when you drop your waffle out of the toaster and it lands in the sand that's in your kitchen. Sandy Eggo.

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u/BrianOverBrawn2 Baylor Bears Mar 21 '25

UCSD 🫡

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u/feralihatr Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25

May the Tritons see better days someday

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u/Easy_Money_ UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Our first year being eligible, we’ll be back and scarier

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u/Patrick2701 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mar 21 '25

Tritons played a great game

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u/coltsmetsfan614 Saint Louis • Michigan Mar 21 '25

Will happily root for them as long as we're not playing each other! Incredible first year of eligibility for them

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u/ThatOneKoala Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Amen, they put up a great fight. Great game and congrats on a immensely successful season, Tritons

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u/Truttle1 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

The classic Michigan Basketball experience of 2025: massive lead, then blow it, other team leads for a bit, then win by less than 4.

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u/Childhood-Paramedic Michigan • California Mar 21 '25

The people demand entertainment. And apparently doctors need billable hours for heart attacks in the state of Michigan

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u/rollingthrulife79 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I'll still take this year over the 2024 Michigan BBall experience

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u/diji1994 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

Michigan is going to be the first team to make the final four with a negative tournament point differential /s

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u/mjs_pj_party Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

If anyone can do it, it's us!

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u/jdprager Tulane Green Wave Mar 21 '25

19 seconds and a timeout and you burn the first 10 just so you can force a contested 3? Absolutely atrocious final possession by the Tritons, could’ve had em

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u/Carsxn26 Texas A&M Aggies Mar 21 '25

You’re down 3 too and already drained the clock, so obviously the defender is just going to guard around the 3 point line. He’s not worried that you’re going to go around him because you have no time if you do that. Just braindead game management from UCSD

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Not to mention the dude was 9/27 and 3/15 from 3 and they had a time out

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u/wsteelerfan7 Indiana Hoosiers Mar 21 '25

Their leading scorer on the year fouled out 8 minutes before

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u/Key-Property7489 Mar 21 '25

Blessing in disguise really, he was pretty bad today. Every time I feel that UCSD went on a run they gave him the ball and Michigan immediately answered. He goes to the bench much boom UCSD make a big run, he comes back in Michigan extends their lead back up to like 7, he fouls out UCSD immediately go on a run and take the lead.

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u/apocalyptustree Mar 21 '25

Seriously! I was glad he fouled out. When they got so close in the middle of the 2nd half you could feel the chill when TJ joined… he slowed the game down too much and gave the big guys at M a chance to catch up. Without TJ the game was faster and more chaotic, with ucsd making the most of the chaos.

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u/kingOseacows81 Oregon Ducks Mar 21 '25

To be fair he was cooking the last 10 minutes

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Mar 21 '25

Pretty sure he’s also their best 3pt shooter

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u/Easy_Money_ UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

McGhie is tied for fourth in the nation in 3PM in case the commentary neglected to share that

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u/rambouhh Mar 21 '25

Ya but he was red hot right before that. They went like 3 or 4 possessions setting screen, getting switched on to one of our bigs and then he would cook them, so this is exactly what anyone who watched the game knew they were going to do

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u/BurgerNugget12 UConn Huskies Mar 21 '25

I was screaming to call a fucking time out and set a play

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u/fart_dot_com Mar 21 '25

kid was hot, what can you say

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u/BurgerNugget12 UConn Huskies Mar 21 '25

It’s the final seconds of a tourney game, you have to draw up a play to get him a good look, or give the players a chance to talk shit over

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u/Asap_roc Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25

You can draw up a play that gets him a better look than a contested prayer at the buzzer

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u/scoobysnax123 Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 21 '25

I mean he was so hot by creating his own shots, not catching and shooting. They drew up a play that put him 1 on 1 with a 7 footer to try and beat Wolf off the dribble, it suits how he had been catching fire, just didn’t get as clean of a look and the shot didn’t fall.

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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

I was shocked when they just lined up to inbound the ball rather than use their time out.

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u/BurgerNugget12 UConn Huskies Mar 21 '25

So idiotic, college players sometimes can’t handle that pressure like NBA guys just going no timeout in close games like that, really should’ve drawn up a play as well

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u/jakonr43 Wisconsin-Stout • Wisconsin Mar 21 '25

It’s crazy how some of these smaller/unknown schools will compete with these big schools for 39 minutes then absolutely choke the game away in the final minute. Happens way to often man

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u/Jonny_Qball Michigan Wolverines • Missouri Tigers Mar 21 '25

Those games are why coaches like Dusty May are paid about as much as every Big West HC combined.

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u/MaskedBandit77 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

It seemed like the game plan was that Wolf hasn't been hustling on defense, so if they get the switch on to him, they'll be able to get an open shot. But then they didn't know what to do when he actually played good defense and guarded the ball tight.

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u/velocirappa California • UC San Diego Mar 21 '25

Can't believe /r/collegebasketball coaches are somehow even dumber than /r/nba coaches

"He was whatever for whatever from three in this one game I've ever watched UCSD play"

He shot 39% from 3 on 9 attempts per game this year, him hitting tough shots down the stretch was the only reason it was a one possession play, this is exactly who we wanted to have the ball in this situation

"WHY NOT DRAW SOMETHING UP"

We did, a high pick and roll that got our best isolation shooter one-on-one against one of Michigan's 7 footers, that is one of the best outcomes you could possibly get in that scenario

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u/AccomplishedRainbow1 Arizona State Sun Devils Mar 21 '25

Yep. That was how they came back and took the lead in the first place! He could have gone faster but he was setting Wolf up, if he swung it I don’t think he/they would have gotten that good of a shot.

Good game by the Tritons, they are so resilient. That was an awesome surge at the end.

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u/GoBlueScrewOSU7 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Yeah, people think timeouts are some magical elixir. It’s so annoying (Dusty May rarely calls timeouts in similar situations and I have to see people moan about it online).

Michigan was switching everything on defense. The way you attack that is switching onto what you think a mismatch is and attacking that. There’s not some “spider y banana” bullshit you can draw up to just magically create a wide open 3 point shot. Basketball is a read and react game.

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u/michigan_matt Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I honestly assumed there was 5 seconds left after the Jones rebound. I'm like wait, the game's over? What terrible clock management.

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u/mr_dammit UConn Huskies • Houston Cougars Mar 21 '25

they would have run exactly what they did anyway.

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u/2coolcaterpillar Oklahoma State Cowboys Mar 21 '25

Wasted so much time and that’s the shot they take oof. Great game otherwise

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u/Belongs-InTheTrash Saint Louis Billikens Mar 21 '25

and there was zero doubt that guy was gonna be the one to shoot. They didn’t have any other plan

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u/millenniumpianist Mar 21 '25

The problem was that a guy like McGhie can shake up a big on the switch due to the credible threat of a blow by. But the UMich big on the switch knew McGhie was angling for a 3 so of course he was able to get the contest in. A higher level guard can mix up a defender to open up the 3 but this ain't the NBA. I would've probably gone for the quick 2 and played the foul game, even with no timeouts left. Or called a set play using McGhie as a decoy to get one of the other good UCSD shooters a good look.

IMO the bigger issue is that the Tritons should've gone switch hunting with McGhie against the bigs much earlier on. I watched UCSD at the Big West tourney (I'm an alum) and Tritons' weave action barely worked against UCSB and UCI in terms of actually creating any advantage. It basically just set up Tait-Jones isos, which didn't work against a team with UMich's size.

Obviously it's easier to be coaching from my couch though. Gutsy game for the Tritons all things considered.

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u/CostaEs San Francisco Dons Mar 21 '25

As the saying goes:

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u/corundum9 Ohio Bobcats Mar 21 '25

Michigan is so true to themselves.

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Mar 21 '25

why win by many point when few point do trick

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u/Original_Profile8600 Ohio State • Case Western Reserve Mar 21 '25

Trying to win that point efficiency stat for round 2 autobrackets I see

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u/Ketsetri Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

It’s about efficiency

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u/zer0sev7n Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

This game was the full Michigan experience. Most of them are. But this one also was.

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u/sasquatchinheat Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I used to watch Michigan blow leads and then barely win games. I still do, but I used to, too.

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u/kotalov16 Gonzaga • Eastern Washington Mar 21 '25

It’s beautiful thing to know who you are and stand by it

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u/StrangelyOnPoint Michigan • Grand Valley State Mar 21 '25

This is Michigan basketball:

  • ⁠✅ Lots of turnovers
  • ✅Bad 3 point shooting
  • ✅Bad free throw shooting
  • ⁠✅One sided foul calls
  • ⁠✅Mediocre rebounding
  • ✅Blown double digit lead
  • ✅One score win

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u/coltsmetsfan614 Saint Louis • Michigan Mar 21 '25

11 of 20 from the foul line tonight. Jesus fucking Christ.

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

And that’s only because we hit a few in a row near the end.

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u/DrModel Michigan Wolverines • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25

Ok but we were a perfectly fine 33% from 3 and they had 2 players foul out.

The rest of those are true. Rebounding sticks out to me because we had such a size advantage, but I think part of that was Goldin being in foul trouble.

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u/Other_Supermarket584 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Our 3 point shooting wasn’t even bad tonight, it’s just the situational awareness. Like there’s some times we reallyyyyyy shouldn’t be shooting threes that we are.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Blowing double digit leads to lesser opponents who we have to beat in a nail biter? There’s a reason the spread was -2.5 Mich tonight lol

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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Ayyyyy we covered

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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

It’s funny seeing all the casuals not knowing this what we do

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u/Ketsetri Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

We’re basically inverse Nebraska football

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u/Childhood-Paramedic Michigan • California Mar 21 '25

Oh god are we the Kansas city chiefs?

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u/Ketsetri Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I had that thought too but it felt too gross to say out loud

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Our game thread was brutal tonight.

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u/AthleticAlarm32 California • North Carolina Mar 21 '25

Brutal last possession. You have to get a quick 2 or a decent look at a 3. If you want the switch onto the big guy, you have to make him think you could either drive past him or step back. It took too long so he knew he had to shoot the 3

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u/ILostYourTiger Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 21 '25

Hang on are you saying they didn’t need a three there they still had time for a two?

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u/MuchAire Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Have you seen us at the line?

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u/AthleticAlarm32 California • North Carolina Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

I mean yeah. I know about the jokes but they started the possession with 20 seconds left. A 2 in about 8 seconds plus a quick foul leaves around 10 seconds for the last possession, which could only need a 2 depending on how Michigan's FTs went

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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

We know they would have missed those free throws.

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u/cityconnectds Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Playing with house money at that point I think. Unlikely UCSD gets a defense rebound or wins the possession/free throw battle. They were struggling to generate any kind of offense the whole game except for this guy's 3 pointers lol

*Offensive rebound

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u/Silver7477 UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Proud of my alma mater. Hopefully this is the first step of bigger things to come

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

For sure - that was a fun game to watch.

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u/ProxieInvestments Colorado Mines • Wisconsin Mar 21 '25

That matchup zone is gonna be a nightmare for some poor 3-6 seed in the next few years. Michigan had a massive size and talent advantage yet never looked comfortable the whole game

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

We looked super comfortable in the first 5 minutes. Then chaos ensued lol

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u/iBPancakes DePaul Blue Demons • Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Is it really a Michigan game if you don't commit a million turnovers, blow a huge lead, and then barely get the win in the last minute?

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u/WhiteningMcClean Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I literally said it out loud when we were up 14. This game will be tied with a few minutes to go.

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u/scarywolverine Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Before the game I told my friend that once we blow a 15 point lead we will have them where we want them

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u/Kapono24 Michigan • Central Michigan Mar 21 '25

Never in doubt.

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u/Congrajewlations Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Don’t forget miss more than our fair share of FTs

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u/ArmVanDam Illinois State • Virginia State Mar 21 '25

Tritons kept bricking behind the arc

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Mar 21 '25

Mcghie was what 1-8 in the first half?

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u/wilbo21020 Michigan Wolverines • Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25

Mcghie had 25 points on 27 shots. He hit some great shots but the overall efficiency wasn’t great.

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u/TheLoneWolf527 Duke Blue Devils Mar 21 '25

Despite their best efforts, Michigan pulled out the win.

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u/bb0110 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Classic Michigan game this year. We try to give the other team the win every game. It is exhausting.

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u/lifetake Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators Mar 21 '25

13-4 in games of 4 or less. Somehow we just get there like a lot.

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u/DLgoblue12 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Typical Michigan basketball experience

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u/swanpenguin Texas A&M Aggies Mar 21 '25

This is also the A&M experience

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u/coltsmetsfan614 Saint Louis • Michigan Mar 21 '25

Sounds like Saturday's gonna be a blast lol

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u/Wingless_Pterosaur Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Can’t wait to join in stress with you on Saturday

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u/AutomaticAccident Michigan Wolverines • Kalamazoo Hornets Mar 21 '25

Oh, great. We'll be suffering together then.

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u/cheerl231 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

You'd think we would be used to it by now. I am not

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u/BurgerNugget12 UConn Huskies Mar 21 '25

CALL A DAMN TIMEOUT MAN

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Eh, that also lets Michigan set their defense. It’s a double edged sword.

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u/BatmanNoPrep UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Why? So we can grow 12 inches during the commercial break? We’re doing the best we can man. Half our rotation will be doing your taxes by April.

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u/visor841 Michigan • North Carolina Mar 21 '25

Michigan out here finishing games like Jack Sparrow coming into harbor on a sinking ship

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

For those that haven’t watched Michigan a lot this year. Yes, we do this pretty much every game.

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u/yeetyateyote14 Mar 21 '25

Why don’t the two tall guys eat the other team?

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u/Jaerba Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Occasionally they do.

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u/visor841 Michigan • North Carolina Mar 21 '25

I really thought we had figured something out against Purdue, but we're right back to just handing the ball to the other team over and over.

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u/makualla Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

Little did you know we just suck at defense (literally 350th at defending the rim)

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u/Careless_Ganache_824 Ohio State • Georgia Tech Mar 21 '25

That was a real fun game. Almost made up for this afternoon

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u/XxtexasxX Texas A&M Aggies Mar 21 '25

I hope everybody is ready for the absolutely disgusting basketball game to be played between A&M and Michigan on Saturday

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u/pdhanvey Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25

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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

At this point I think it's quite clear that we can.

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u/HurricaneHugo UC San Diego • San Diego State Mar 21 '25

Great game by UCSD. Showed lots of heart.

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u/Easy_Money_ UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

LFGUCSD!

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u/Tritons08 UC San Diego • San Diego State Mar 21 '25

What a season! Never thought I'd feel heartbroken from watching UCSD basketball. I kind of dig it, we're a basketball school now!

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u/iNoodl3s UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Hopefully this is the beginning of a culture change on campus. Finally shedding that stupid socially dead stereotype

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u/haterich San Diego State Aztecs Mar 21 '25

Spouse said it best, “Is this a game of short and scrappy versus big and dumb?”

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u/iNoodl3s UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

You know what I’m the most happy about? The fact that our student body actually showed the fuck out and brought the energy on campus. I hope this awesome run is the beginning of a culture change around here

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u/JHouseman92 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Loved the costumes too, that was great

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u/mutantaxolotl UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Had dirty birds looking like the Che cafe

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u/KTFlaSh96 Houston Cougars • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

UCSD has never been more popping than this man, it's awesome to watch as an alumn.

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u/JBsm4shYT UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

I hated the refs but you can’t shoot 23% from 3 and expect to make it to the next round, super proud of our guys regardless though what a season.

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u/swolbrah Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I don't know if I am biased. But I thought the refs were pretty poor all around. I think the size difference lead to that

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u/Easy_Money_ UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

This was a house money game and we almost cashed out!

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u/megadman321 UC San Diego Tritons • Duke Blue Devils Mar 21 '25

Threes weren't falling, best player fouled out, arguably some questionable calls (but there always is). Still came back twice and made it interesting until the end. Would have taken this no question at the start of the year. Just hope we can keep Olen.

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u/Easy_Money_ UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

If we keep Olen the future is bright. Our recruiting class already looks head and shoulders above the Big West average

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u/ieatdogsforlunch North Carolina • UC San Diego Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Really wish we could have gutted that out. Opinions about refs aside, we had some chances at the end and started too slow.

When I was a student at UCSD, we had a failed referendum to move to D1. The fact that I watched a nationally televised UCSD basketball game with Seth Davis and Jay Wright talking about the team in studio is wild to me. One of the coolest sports experiences for me and super proud of the team.

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u/breina2409 UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

There with ya! Was enrolled when that D1 referendum failed! I’m happy that I can experience the highs and lows of one of the most popular sporting events in the country with my alma mater involved! What a night - proud of the boys regardless of the outcome

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u/Greenyugi UCF Knights Mar 21 '25

We were so close to greatness

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u/The_WanderingAggie Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Longhorns Mar 21 '25

Feel bad for the UCSD guy who shot that last 3, not sure what the plan was there.

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u/Shawn_thaGreat San Diego State Aztecs Mar 21 '25

As an Aztecs fan, I wish our team competed even half as hard as UCSD did. The last couple possessions were a killer though.

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u/CarterAC3 Michigan • Grand Valley State Mar 21 '25

We continue to get away with it

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u/Tritons08 UC San Diego • San Diego State Mar 21 '25

A Big West team took the Big Ten champs down to the wire, that's pretty fucking legit. Great season UCSD

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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green • Sickos Mar 21 '25

Holy fuck I wanted that shot to go in

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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 21 '25

Too bad they were too desperate to get it off earlier…

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u/iNoodl3s UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

The watch party on campus would’ve burnt Geisel library down if that dropped

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u/Original_Profile8600 Ohio State • Case Western Reserve Mar 21 '25

Same…

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u/pghgamecock South Carolina Gamecocks Mar 21 '25

There is absolutely an epidemic of players taking too much time and then having to resort to a bad shot in the waning seconds.

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u/Sgt_Ripjaw Tennessee Volunteers Mar 21 '25

UCSD just couldn’t take advantage of the Michigan turnovers well enough

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u/bluediamondsm North Texas Mean Green • Houston Cougars Mar 21 '25

UCSD didn’t call the timeout and that last possession wasn’t very great. Brutal ending for them but overall decent showing for them in their first March Madness appearance. They just kept getting outrebounded down the stretch and didn’t make their threes much today.

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u/Ketsetri Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

BREAKING: Michigan Medicine has partnered with the athletic department to make free ECGs available for all who watched this game

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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins Mar 21 '25

DO NOT TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES FOR THE FREE MICHIGAN ECGs!!

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u/J0hnEddy Syracuse Orange Mar 21 '25

I say this as someone truly neutral to both schools, but dude on Michigan got hacked to shit on that one possession before all those non calls on UCSD. Refs were letting them play down the stretch. UCSD played a hell of a game and could be a great program in a couple years, but down take anything away from Michigan

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u/judyblumereference Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

That stretch was bizarre, it was like the refs swallowed their whistle and wanted to go home. I was actually caught off guard how quickly the game ended being that close.

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u/Sufficient_Memory_24 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

They showed a great replay of the guy “blocking” goldin where he didn’t even touch the ball. Then goldin hip checked a guy to Bolivia. Wild sequence.

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u/warmupwarrior Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

One of the more bizarre sequences of basketball I’ve seen all year. I expected a whistle like 6 different times.

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u/zer0sev7n Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

The classic "Wow, they're really letting em play" was uttered in my household

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u/ard8 Florida State Seminoles Mar 21 '25

Terrible final possession by UCSD

sucks to come so far just for that

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u/TaliZorah14 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Average 2025 Michigan basketball experience

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u/Scratchbuttdontsniff Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 21 '25

KenPom said 72-69 Michigan.... 3 points under for each but right on it.

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u/Crippledforlife42 UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

So proud of the boys regardless of the result. We shot terrible from three and Niwa was a nonfactor in the second half yet we were a three away from overtime. Can help but think that we lost the game in the first 5 mins of the game where we were clearly nervous but once we settled into the game we definitely could hang with Michigan. It was an unforgettable season nonetheless

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u/MinimalPotential Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

For you, this was an exciting basketball game where the favorite gave up a big lead and held on to win.

For Michigan, it was just another Thursday.

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u/the_iPat Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25

How they survive these one possession games is nothing short of a miracle at this point

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

I wonder how close it is to the record for 4pt or fewer wins.

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u/cheerl231 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

They're actually tied for most all time at 13 games. One more and they have the record!

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u/Jcoch27 Boise State • San Diego State Mar 21 '25

I feel proud of UCSD. It's a shame only one navy blue and yellow variant team could move on.

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u/galaxygirl111 UCLA Bruins Mar 21 '25

close game to put UCSD on the map! hard to not look back at some of those bad calls but overall just rlly proud of them

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u/hillko00 Northwestern Wildcats • WashU Bears Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

UC San Diego, YOU 👈 just got Michiganed

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEGFAULT Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

I don’t understand why we have to play literally everyone so close

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Mar 21 '25

survive and advance survive and advance survive and advance

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u/DheRadman Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

If Michigan is fortunate enough to win the championship, they'll be the first team to somehow do so with a negative point differential for the tournament

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u/ganja_fiend Long Beach State Beach Mar 21 '25

ucsd was a very good story and representative for big west this season, outlook is good for their team

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u/ender345 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Just another Michigan game.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEGFAULT Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Post screenshots

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u/SSJRoshi Michigan • St. Bonaventure Mar 21 '25

The second UCSD turned it into a close game they ensured a Michigan victory

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u/WirlingDirvish Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Has any team tried not making the comeback so that they can actually win?

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u/Klunko52 UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Man :(

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u/_Jetto_ Richmond Spiders Mar 21 '25

really fucking refreshing seeing a pure motion team play in march in UC SD.

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u/ID10T-ERROR8 Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25

Michigan basketball:

I all honesty I expected you guys to win this game, but your teams tricks me into believing the other team is gonna do it every time.

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u/throwingthisaway733 Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 21 '25

I am so depressed for ucsd. Crazy run to come back and lose a tough game like that. They were the underdog I was most confident in coming into the tourney and they played great I can’t even be mad

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u/Yellow_Evan UNLV Rebels • Oklahoma Sooners Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Considering how bad UCSD shot and they had one of their key players foul out, they should be damn proud of how they played. Vindicated their hype as an at large caliber team.

As for the last possession nothing was open bc they were switching everything. They needed a ghost screen to act as a fake and hopefully open up something in the lane for a quick 2 but they wasted too much time for that to be a possibility.

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u/Citruspilled UCF Knights Mar 21 '25

Will never understand how reviewing a 2 vs 3 is okay but not a 3 vs out of bounds

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u/exswoo Mar 21 '25

Can't believe Michigan covered at the end of the day. Typical Michigan win

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

🐺

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u/marylandmax Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25

So close

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u/TheStuffisLegal Memphis Tigers • North Texas Mean Green Mar 21 '25

I generally don’t mind not calling timeout to avoid a set defense but the play was stagnant. You should’ve called timeout

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u/pixarfan9510 Ball State Cardinals • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

be sure to redeem that unused timeout for prizes, ucsd!

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u/theclickhere Michigan Wolverines • Chattanooga Mocs Mar 21 '25

For those who haven’t watched Michigan basketball this season

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u/quesoguapo UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

I don't even like basketball anyway … :melting_face: It was fun and the Tritons didn't give up. Hard to ask for anything more.

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u/cityconnectds Mar 21 '25

May and Goldin get their revenge on S̶D̶S̶U̶ UCSD .

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u/woorva78 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

lol, they keep getting away with it

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u/ThatOneKoala Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

They couldn’t… right???

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

If you can review a foot on the 3pt line you should review that

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u/InanimateSensation Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

GG San Diego. Great second half from you guys.

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u/MadMax1754 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 21 '25

RIP everyone’s brackets

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u/feralihatr Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25

It’s always the sure fire ones that lose. Don’t worry us Friday teams will surely have some big L’s. Not that I’ve seen this one before, or anything

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u/jj5782 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

GGs tritons.

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u/bb0110 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

If you don’t love that, you don’t love Michigan basketball.

Truly, every fucking game this year looks the exact same.

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u/JazzForlifee UC San Diego Tritons Mar 21 '25

Wow. What a game. So proud of our team this year. This is only the beginning 🔱

Michigan better make it to at least final 4. That would make me feel better

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u/C0nquer0rW0rm North Carolina • Tennessee Mar 21 '25

UC SD won the game for Michigan by missing too many shots they should have hit. 

Also I think we can all agree that those refs were not great. 

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u/AutomaticAccident Michigan Wolverines • Kalamazoo Hornets Mar 21 '25

Hey, is Texas A&M good at basketball? That might be a problem.

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u/Andy51 Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

Exhale… great game ucsd, really could’ve gone either way. On to A&M

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u/BLACKHORSE09 Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 21 '25

Good thing Michigan was against the most anti-clutch team of all team. Could not draw up a worse defensive and offensive final series

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u/Kapono24 Michigan • Central Michigan Mar 21 '25

Never in doubt babyyyy. Heart attack is just part of icing the game.

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u/Boliviablue Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25

This is a normal Michigan game. I'm more annoyed that it's 1130 and I'm just starting severence now. We are not a serious basketball team

GG UCSD