“Thank God, but it shut off with a big boom and I thought there was an explosion but there wasn’t”.
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The senior guard ranks fourth on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,775 points and could pass Dee Brown’s 1,812 with a few more games in the postseason, which begins Thursday against MI at the Big Ten Tournament.
All 109 passengers, including members of the pep band and cheerleading squad, made it off the plane safely. “I don’t sleep much this time of the year anyway”, Beilein said. “The only thing that was significant about it was the great coaches who have coached at MI and that Johnny Orr was so good to me when I first got the job”.
The Illini will be wearing blue for the game, while MI is sporting yellow tops and blue shorts.
“We were on the runway for a little while”, recalled senior forward Duncan Robinson. The good news for MSU fans is that Arizona’s class is getting close to capped. I didn’t really realize it was real until it was over. The game of basketball is near and dear to me, but life itself is more important. After an experience like that, you’re grateful you’re alive. “I’m just thinking, team wise, what I can bring to the table against MI”. I don’t know if I’ve seen a more beloved teammate over the time. We were excited to get back on the court, get everything back to normal.
“We all waited for Coach B to get back in the locker room”, U-M senior co-captain Zak Irvin said.
As soon as the plane stopped, the doors were opened and the slides came out. “Everybody ran out both sides”. I approach it that way, let’s put it that way. Instead, they slammed on the brakes and the plane skidded off the runway, suffering “extensive damage”. We just feel really blessed today to be in this situation, not only play, but win against a good IL team. “You’re always trying to improve your NCAA seeding”. That forced the team to make alternate travel arrangements, which included flying out early Thursday morning. “Absolutely, we felt like we were back in our sanctuary”, Walton said. It was remarkable execution. MI got up and down the floor well, they turned it over only seven times and shot almost 54 percent from the floor.
MI was not assessed a technical foul on Thursday.
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Purdue big men Isaac Haas and Caleb Swanigan were stretched more than they’re used to on defense, and it freed up the Wolverines offense to get a lot of high-percentage looks that they converted. “Last night, I didn’t sleep for one minute and I didn’t think about basketball for one minute either”.
