College basketball media, Ohio State fans troll Michigan for poor start vs. Colorado State
The Michigan Wolverines had a first half to forget against Colorado State and people are letting them have it on social media.
For those of you who had the Michigan Wolverines moving on to the second round in your NCAA Tournament brackets, things aren’t looking so great right now. Michigan, a slight favorite going up against Colorado State, looked rough in the first 20 minutes of action.
The two teams just entered the locker rooms at halftime with the Rams holding a 36-29 advantage. Only 29 points for Juwan Howard’s group in the first half? No one expected that.
At the half:
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 17, 2022
HD: 12P / 5R / 3B
FC: 7P / 3-3 FG / 2R
〽️🏀 | #GoBlue | #WeAreNotForEveryone | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/3oiUg1UvNd
Michigan doesn’t look like they belong in NCAA Tournament vs. Colorado State
In that first half, Michigan went through a scoring drought of 4:41, which opened the door for Colorado State to jump to its lead. Howard was visibly frustrated on the bench. He’s not going to want check Twitter either, as Michigan is being trolled all over the place.
I’ve always believed in Colorado State!
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 17, 2022
CSU coach Niko Medved said he couldn’t wait to get his team out of the Mountain West meat grinder and play someone who doesn’t know them so well. I can see why early vs Michigan.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) March 17, 2022
Michigan looking bad
— Jordan (@Legend0fZeus) March 17, 2022
I think I said it before but Michigan should not have made the tournament.
— Travis Arthur 44-54 (@Travis_Arthur2) March 17, 2022
All Michigan has to do to get back in this game is figure out how not to be bad and poorly coached over the next 30 minutes.
— Brian Rampage (@BrianRampage) March 17, 2022
Michigan better start making stops because they’re lucky they aren’t down by 20.
— Tony Simms (@TigerReese) March 17, 2022
Michigan not doing the tourney committee any favors whatsoever
— George Middleton (@george51391) March 17, 2022
People are not impressed with Howard and his team as plenty of college hoops fans didn’t think Michigan had any business earning a spot in the big dance to begin with. With that poor performance against Colorado State to start things off, it’s only adding to that belief.
In order for Michigan to get back into this one, they’ve got to try and get into some kind of groove offensively. The team was led in scoring in the first half by center Hunter Dickinson’s 12 points. He’s going to need his teammates to rise to the occasion and start drilling some shots to help him out. Otherwise, Michigan could be watching the rest of the tourney from Ann Arbor.
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