The Blue Board

As far as determing how good they are compared to everyone else in the country then yes. That's what rankings do. They determine how good you are compared to every other team in the country.

Good thing Ohio ignored those rankings.

By Ohio, I meant Ohio U. (the team that beat Michigan, that was seeded A LOT lower).

Just thought I should clarify.

They finished the year ranked nationally right around where they started it, so looking at this season as a whole I'd say they met expectations this year. Id say they overachieved just slightly in conference play. They did win a share of the conference but anyone who watched B1G play saw they weren't the best team in the conference. just a typical Belien team at Michigan as far as being undersized, still playing great defense, pulling the occasional upset with the help of a great home court advantage and coming out flat in some games against lesser opponents. There's been progression each year since he's been hired and I think despite the Ohio loss most UM fans are very optimistic with the direction of the program.

People put way too much weight into the early round exit. It happens every year. Cinderella teams come in more motivated and with more energy in that first game and higher seeds come in overlooking them. Do you think Missouri didn't have a great year because of one loss in the tourney? Its disappointing and you have to play your best basketball at this time but I don't think it should be the only barometer of success on a season. Because in all sports but especially college basketball, upsets can happen at any time. Any team can have a good or bad shooting night on any given game. They certainly underachieved in the tourney but I'm not ready to say this season was a disappointment by any means.

Bad coaching.

Even Beilein was doing the Ohio thing. Bad karma.

cool.

Nope. The preseason expectations of Michigan had nothing to do with Smot and the other guys transfering. Had nothing to do with Burke going Pro. Has nothing to do with team chemistry.

When you say in one post you respect what the coaches say. Then we determine they had high expectations for Michigan , many believed they would make a deep run in the tournament but have a horrible last 5 of 7 games you don't think that that has anything to do with chemistry?

I'm uneasy about this weekend. I saw some immaturity out of one major role player and a lot of mistakes against an inferior team last week. Izzo needs to tighten that up if we have a Chance

Michigan had a horrible last 5-7 games? that's just not true. they lost to a very good purdue team in a close game. the OSU and Ohio losses were bad, I'll give you that. the rest were wins. it's all speculation as to the chemistry issues as none of us are in the locker room so to argue about it as if any of us know the real answer is futile. they had great senior leadership in stu and novak and seemed to be a veryyyy close team. but there were also guys a bit more concerned with their own games rather than the team. impossible to say what kind of impact that had on the team down the stretch but in no way do I think Belein didnt have control of the locker room.

I already answered that for you. I said i could see some chemistry issues as for as playing well together but i don't see chemistry issues as far as not liking each other. And i mean that more in the way of knowing where one another likes to shoot from, Where they like the pass to be, when he is going to cut to the basket and when he is going to pop out for the 3.