Will Michigan hoops dare to join this list?
- Alabama
- Alabama-Birmingham
- Alabama State
- Albany
- Alcorn State
- Air Force
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Austin Peay
- Belmont
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bradley
- Brigham Young
- Bucknell
- Butler
- Cal
- California-Santa Barbara
- Cal State-Northridge
- Central Connecticut
- Central Florida
- Central Michigan
- Charlotte
- Chattanooga
- Cincinnati
- Colorado
- Colorado State
- Connecticut
- Creighton
- Davidson
- Dayton
- Delaware State
- DePaul
- Duke
- East Tennessee St
- Eastern Illinois
- Eastern Kentucky
- Eastern Washington
- Fairleigh-Dickinson
- Florida
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida A&M
- Fresno State
- George Mason
- George Washington
- Georgetown
- Georgia
- Georgia State
- Georgia Tech
- Gonzaga
- Hampton
- Hawaii
- Hofstra
- Holy Cross
- Illinois
- Illinois-Chicago
- Indiana
- Indiana State
- IUPUI
- Iona
- Iowa
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kent State
- Kentucky
- Lehigh
- Liberty
- Louisville
- Louisiana-Lafayette
- Louisiana State
- Manhattan
- Marquette
- Maryland
- McNeese State
- Memphis
- Miami (Fl)
- Michigan State
- Minnesota
- Mississippi State
- Missouri
- Monmouth
- Montana
- Murray State
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Niagara
- North Carolina
- NC-Asheville
- NC-Greensboro
- NC-Wilmington
- NC State
- Northern Iowa
- Northwestern State
- Notre Dame
- Oakland
- Ohio
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Old Dominion
- Oral Roberts
- Oregon
- Pacific
- Penn
- Penn State
- Pepperdine
- Pittsburgh
- Princeton
- Providence
- Purdue
- Richmond
- Sam Houston State
- San Diego
- San Diego State
- Saint John's
- Saint Joseph's
- Saint Mary's
- Seton Hall
- Siena
- South Alabama
- South Carolina
- South Carolina State
- Southeast Louisiana
- Southern
- Southern Cal
- Southern Illinois
- Stanford
- Syracuse
- Temple
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Texas-El Paso
- Texas-San Antonio
- Texas Southern
- Texas Tech
- Troy
- Tulsa
- UCLA
- Utah
- Utah State
- Valparaiso
- Vanderbilt
- Vermont
- Villanova
- Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth
- Wagner
- Wake Forest
- Washington
- Weber State
- West Virginia
- Western Michigan
- Western Kentucky
- Wichita State
- Winthrop
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Wyoming
- Xavier
Just take a look at this list. Since the day Tommy Amaker was hired as head coach of Michigan in March of 2001, this is a list of schools that have played in the NCAA basketball tournament. That's 162 schools that have done what Michigan hasn't been able to. If somebody wants to argue that Michigan can't compete for a national title without major upgrades to Crisler and a practice facility, so be it. Just don't use that facilities talk as a reason why Michigan can't make the NCAA tournament when so many teams have been able to do it over the last few years.
I hesitate to even extend the list to include schools that have made it since Michigan last played in the NCAA tournament in 1998.
Labels: Michigan Basketball
posted by robert paulson at 12/26/2006 06:37:00 PM
2 Comments:
I dont know the answer to this but wasn't Michigan on probation after 1998 and inelligible for the NCAA tourney? I dont know if that is true but I am sure there were penalties from the boosters paying players. That had to have a major impact on recruiting, who wants to come to a school that isn't elligible for the big dance.
Though I think you're right, it's time for Amaker to step out from under that cloud and bring the program back to where it could and should be with Michigan's reputation.
Michigan was on ineligible for NCAA tournament play for 2 seasons during Amaker's tenure, although they would not have been selected anyways in either of those 2 seasons.
He has never had a team at Michigan that was better than an NIT worthy squad.
I don't expect much from this year's team because there isn't much talent, but next year it is put up or shut up time.
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