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<blockquote data-quote="MichiganHerd" data-source="post: 131639741" data-attributes="member: 1536401">^^^&nbsp;&nbsp; HAWG WASHOne could also look at it, and easily determine that Michigan twice played top 25 Minnesota, who was legit both times Michigan played them.&nbsp; As the King pointed out, they lost their big man along with another starter a few weeks prior to the end of their season, and they ended up losing most of those games.&nbsp; Rutgers was also top 25 when Michigan played them, and even Northwestern was ranked when Michigan played them.&nbsp; Likely there's others if I looked hard enough.&nbsp; Point being, B1G plays a 20 game conference slate, so even really good teams are going to end up losing 9-10, even 11-12 games within a strong basketball conference, and by doing so, they get bounced from the Top 25 by teams that perhaps aren't as good as them, but they play in a much weaker conference, so their 19-7 record may look cuter to the eyes of the casual AP voter, who more than likely knows nothing about a majority of the teams he/her are attempting to rank.&nbsp; As has been pointed out countless times, the tournament will likely shed more light on who owns the biggest nut sack.&nbsp;&nbsp; Personally, I don't look for Michigan to make a deep run.&nbsp; Round of 32, possibly round of 16 is the likely ceiling, but hoping others step up and can make up for the loss of Livers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MichiganHerd, post: 131639741, member: 1536401"] ^^^ HAWG WASH One could also look at it, and easily determine that Michigan twice played top 25 Minnesota, who was legit both times Michigan played them. As the King pointed out, they lost their big man along with another starter a few weeks prior to the end of their season, and they ended up losing most of those games. Rutgers was also top 25 when Michigan played them, and even Northwestern was ranked when Michigan played them. Likely there's others if I looked hard enough. Point being, B1G plays a 20 game conference slate, so even really good teams are going to end up losing 9-10, even 11-12 games within a strong basketball conference, and by doing so, they get bounced from the Top 25 by teams that perhaps aren't as good as them, but they play in a much weaker conference, so their 19-7 record may look cuter to the eyes of the casual AP voter, who more than likely knows nothing about a majority of the teams he/her are attempting to rank. As has been pointed out countless times, the tournament will likely shed more light on who owns the biggest nut sack. Personally, I don't look for Michigan to make a deep run. Round of 32, possibly round of 16 is the likely ceiling, but hoping others step up and can make up for the loss of Livers. [/QUOTE]

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