On Thursday night, the Michigan men’s basketball team won the Big Ten regular season title and ensured that the percentage of the conference would be better than Illinois, regardless of how the two teams’ final games went.
But after the Fighting Illini won in Ohio State and the Wolverines lost in Michigan State, many Illinois fans – including head coach Brad Underwood – claimed that Fighting Illini’s 16-4 league record, including a head-to-head victory Tuesday in Michigan. is worth sharing a Big Ten title with Michigan, who played 14-3 in the league. Michigan played three games less after a COVID-19 shutdown, covering the entire athletics division of Wolverines, caused Michigan to postpone five games, of which only two were put together.
“I know, no one has won more games than us,” Underwood said Saturday. “And we all played.”
The argument for Michigan, of course, is that he lost one game less than Illinois. Both teams recently lost in Michigan State, but the Fighting Illini played against Rutgers, vs. Maryland and Vs. Ohio State Stumbled – The Wolverines’ teams are a combined 4-0 against this season.
Michigan coach Juwan Howard responded emphatically to the situation following Sunday’s defeat to the Spartans. The Michigan coach reacted emphatically to the idea that his team was not the live Big Ten champion.
“I’m not getting into the stuff, man,” Howard said after the Michigan 70-64. ‘You do not get any audio clips from me or a bulletin board shit, I do not care for any of these things. I just care that we are a big ten champion, and I’m so proud of our guys who have been finishing and grinding their butts since June.
‘All the strangers, who can turn and sacrifice what their university life should be like. But still manage to have a season and then be stars in their own role. It’s amazing what our student-athletes were able to endure and overcome and at the same time accomplish something special, that’s the Big Ten title. So I will not allow anyone – I repeat, anyone – try to destroy it for them. They deserved it. ”
As for the actual change, the Big Ten have already determined that the Wolverines are Big Ten champions by winning the winning percentage. This was the league’s approach to unbalanced schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is not expected to be reconsidered because a fan requires it.
The Wolverines’ missing games, decided in conjunction with the Big Ten, were road games in Northwest and Penn State and a home game against Indiana. Michigan went 3-0 up against all the teams.
Michigan had just lost 76-53 to Illinois on Tuesday, but will try again to regroup as the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, with a possible rematch against Fighting Illini on the horizon.