MI vs. OR in the Sweet 16: How to watch and GameThread

With the Sweet 16 on the horizon, the Ducks are reminded of their last game vs the Wolverines. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:09 PM (ET) and the game will be televised on CBS. During that span, MI has not lost. “We just don’t want it to end”. But the Ducks are playing without their versatile center Chris Boucher, one of the best shot blockers in college basketball.

Tyler Dorsey, 6-4, So.

Asked about his recent assertiveness after OR beat Rhode Island on Sunday, Dorsey said the key was not to think about scoring.

Jordan Bell who now leads the Ducks with 8.1 rebounds per game and averages 2.1 blocks is tasked with stepping up for Boucher. However, they remain a high octane team that can score in bunches. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers are hitting 52 percent of their 3-pointers in the tournament, thus far. And it certainly wouldn’t have come if Mo Wagner didn’t find the zone he’s been in as of late.

Walton is averaging 19.4 points and 8.3 assists during the Wolverines’ seven-game winning streak. “Passing and catching is such an underrated skill, but they do a great job”.

Yet Altman hardly gets any attention, Brooks said. “I thought that we held them in check at times and at times we had breakdowns defensively”.

With the Wolverines (26-11) trailing 45-36 just under four minutes into the second half, Wagner made a layup that started a 17-6 run. After pulling off upsets over Purdue and Wisconsin en route to a Big Ten championship as the conference’s No. 8 seed, MI picked up another upset win as a lower seed in knocking off No. 2 Louisville as a 3-point underdog on Sunday. The day before its opening game in the conference tournament, Michigan’s plane slid off the runway.

It hasn’t come easy for the No. 7 seed Wolverines.

Heading into this matchup, MI has won 12 of its last 14 games, including four wins over ranked opponents and a Big Ten Tournament title.

The 6-foot-11 Wagner has made them even tougher to defend. Senior Zak Irvin has stepped up as well, scoring in double figures in his last eight appearances. If they go cold, however, Michigan’s unlikely run continues.

Rob White: This is going to be a fun game to watch. No. 4 seed Purdue in the Elite Eight. How about 76-71.

He was the 2013 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, a three-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and a Naismith finalist in 2003, when his Creighton team that went 29-5 was upset by Central Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines’ are the darlings of the dance at the moment, and the Ducks are, well, the team with Brooks – one of the more polarizing players in the country. “Their transition offense is really good and they have a lot of three-point shooters out there, a lot of offensive weapons”.

No. 3 OR is prepared to play the “underdog” role against No. 7 MI on Thursday evening from the Sprint Center in Kansas City. MI wins 86-75. Oregon, known for its variety and audacity, are second only to the classic home whites of North Carolina.

Although Bando missed her first five triples Monday, her team was generating wide open looks and executing well enough to maintain the lead on the road. It is not just two members who put a scare in opponents, but their entire starting five.

The Wolverines give up a lot of easy buckets, allowing opponents to shoot almost 67 percent on shots at the rim (327th) and also allow teams to shot 50 percent on 2-point shots (210th).