MICHIGAN TAKES LOSING RECORD INTO B1G TOURNEY, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY

THIS IS "BEILEIN MONTH"

Next week is "Shembechler Week"

(this article was originally published on 3-12-15)

The final focus for the Michigan basketball team is to raise their season record to at least the ".500" mark after finishing play in the B1G Conference Tournament. To do so, they must win at least two games, as they are currently one game below .500.

But they keep wanting you to believe

that they are already at .500 based on

their exhibition-game victory over

Hillsdale College in mid-November.

What's truly amazing is how the sports-media takes their Bright Shining Lie and eats it right up. Nearly everybody is reporting the UM season record as 15-15, but the farther away you get from Ann Arbor, the more likely you are to find the truth.

For example, check out the Sagarin Rankings, published for the past several decades by USA Today. According to Sagarin, the Wolverines are 14-15 right now:

CURRENT SAGARIN RANKINGS - MICHIGAN @ #77

Did you see their season record listed at 14-15? For a close-up view, look here:

MICHIGAN SEASON RECORD OFFICIALLY 14-15

You can also check the Hillsdale College athletic web site, where their recap of their game against UM includes the following language:

"The Chargers made the Wolverines work and sweat in a game Michigan pulled away to win in the second half 92-68 at Crisler Arena. Hillsdale gets its season officially started Tuesday, Nov. 25 in a non-conference game at Cedarville."

It looks like Hillsdale College didn't consider the game to be "official" on their end. If you look at the Hillsdale College men's basketball schedule/results page, you will see 14 total losses on the list, but an "official" season record of 13-13. EVEN HILLSDALE COLLEGE DOESN'T COUNT THE GAME ON THEIR SEASON RECORD.

Once again, those "amusing" folks down at the University of Michigan are trying to artificially pump-up their public reputation, polishing up their image by creating the illusion of dominance. Or in this case, mediocrity.

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