Michigan Men's Basketball: AKA the Michigan revenue sport that doesn't have an uber jaded fanbase waiting in the dark for failure.

[RedTeamGo!]

of course they are, but not as much 

[gehringer_2]

aren't the NIL deals public? In Michigan the salary of every single university employee at UM is public and published once a year by statute - are they letting NIL deals violate the law on this?

[buddha]

6 hours ago, RedTeamGo! said:

of course they are, but not as much 

getting rid of the money rules is the best thing to happen to michigan.  now they dont have to keep up this facade about not paying players.  now that its out in the open, michigan can unleash the money cannon of one of the richest, most sports obsessed fan bases in the country.

and they have.

 

[Hongbit]

59 minutes ago, buddha said:

getting rid of the money rules is the best thing to happen to michigan.  now they dont have to keep up this facade about not paying players.  now that its out in the open, michigan can unleash the money cannon of one of the richest, most sports obsessed fan bases in the country.

and they have.

 

The money cannon at UM isn’t any different in basketball than Kentucky, Kansas, and UNC.  

The difference is in the coach.  That’s the real special sauce. They’ve hit a home run with May.  

The other blue bloods I mentioned just figured the program was strong to enough to prosper with lesser guys because of the brand.  Turns out that doesn’t matter anymore now that other people have the cash.  Having a stiff like Mark Pope or Hubert Williams just because they’re an alum doesn’t work anymore.  

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

The money cannon at UM isn’t any different in basketball than Kentucky, Kansas, and UNC.  

The difference is in the coach.  That’s the real special sauce. They’ve hit a home run with May.  

The other blue bloods I mentioned just figured the program was strong to enough to prosper with lesser guys because of the brand.  Turns out that doesn’t matter anymore now that other people have the cash.  Having a stiff like Mark Pope or Hubert Williams just because they’re an alum doesn’t work anymore.  

i agree, but they can compete now for players they had no chance at before.

[Deleterious]

No clue whose job it is, but don't sell Michigan's GM short.

They made a deep run last year by totally rebuilding their roster from the previous year.  They are making another deep run this year when 7 or their 9 rotation players were not on last year's roster.  The person identifying the talent to spend the money on deserves a lot of credit.  

[buddha]

dusty may mentioned for the unc job.  unsurprising.  he'll be mentioned for every big job now.

[buddha]

big ten continues to roll.

[romad1]

Well ok Michigan.  Nice recovery from that flurry of 3s in the first half

[gehringer_2]

Elite 8 is 50% B10, and all 'classic' B10 schools.

[romad1]

8 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Elite 8 is 50% B10, and all 'classic' B10 schools.

And MSU could have been another but for a slight improvement in their 3 point shooting.