WOLVERINE BASKETBALL SWEEPS TWIN BILL AGAINST TULSA AND WRIGHT STATE

Michigan Basketball is BACK. Coach John Beilein led his team to a rousing five-point beat-down of Tulsa last night, qualifying to play in the NCAA Tournament.

The Wolverines took a commanding eight-point lead into half-time, its largest of the game, and see-sawed with the Golden Hurricanes throughout the second half. Once Tulsa took a lead with 1:09 remaining, UM turned on the jets and outscored the third-place team from the American Conference by six points. It was the worst loss for Tulsa since the last game they played, when Memphis beat them by 22 points.

The win serves as a ticket to the Big Dance, where Michigan will face Notre Dame on Friday night in New York City. This marquee match-up was the driving force behind the selection of UM for one of the prestigious so-called "play-in" games. The Wolverine advance assures a huge crowd at Madison Square Garden and terrific ratings on the television coverage. It's viewed as a much better match-up for the Irish than other teams that had better season-long credentials than Michigan.

Meanwhile, the Wolverine women took it out on Wright State in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) last night, advancing to the WNIT second round. It was the 18th win of the season for UM. The Michigan women's team gets a chance at a "20-win season" by avoiding the NCAA Tourmament, similar to what they did last year.

UM padded their regular season record last year with four wins in the WNIT, pushing them past the 20-win mark.

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DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER A GUY NAMED JOHN BEILEIN? (the name sounds a little familiar)

Looks like the first order of business for new Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel is to put together a retirement package for John Beilein. Sure, the guy is a "Basketball Genius", but he missed the post-season last year and just got his ass handed to him on a platter in consecutive home-games against Indiana and Michigan State. Perhaps his star is, well, shall we say, FADING just a bit?

Again, we all know that Beilein is a "Basketball Genius" and all that, however, it will be up to Jim Harbaugh whether Coach John gets to stay around or not. Maybe Harbs will have a sleepover with Johnny to settle things one way or the other.

True, Beilein racked-up most of his career success in Division Two (and lower) Basketball, but he hasn't exactly been shutout at UM has he? He DID make the NCAA Tournament a few times, and even won a few games there. And he has five winning seasons out of his eight years as Head Coach of the Wolverines. Not too shabby for that vicinity.

Yes, JB has been ejecting prospective seniors from his team since he got to Ann Arbor, but he was just following the Jim Harbaugh Model of roster management. The key in the UM system is to get as many players out the door as often as possible in order to avoid having them stay around so long they start to stink up the joint. Or become Seniors. Whichever comes first.

Okay, he did just lose four consecutive games to in-state rival Michigan State, by a combined 53 points, but hey, what's a poor coach to do without SENIORS in his lineup? How can a guy expect to succeed without SENIOR PLAYERS? Beilein should be given time to recruit "his own players" before shoving him towards the exit. And that could still take awhile.

The Wolverine fan-base began to gang-up on Beilein in December with a littany of nasty on-line commentaries, then they quieted down a bit while UM went through the easy part of their schedule. Two home-court blowouts later, the chUMps are chomping down on Coach John again. We will carry a series of their wicked (turncoat) comments throughout the coming week.

Remember how nobody really noticed when

John Beilein was hired by the University of Michigan?

Is it possible that nobody will really notice when he leaves UM? Stay tuned, and we will find out!

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