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WE BEAT DUKE!!!

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WE BEAT DUKE!!!!!

We beat Duke. Yes...well...that is not the full story. It all began last year when we hired Beilein. Ok, that will take too long. Zoom forward a lot of months approximately. We have the worst year in school history last year with 22 losses. Zoom this year. We beat UCLA. Then we play hard with Duke all the way to the end and then loose by 15. 2 weeks later, we are up and running again. Rematch. Head to head. Mike Krzyzewski vs. John Beilein. 35 years experience vs. 31 years experience. #4 vs. Unranked. That was what it was all about. And here we come. We had a good dew days of practice in anticipation of the game. We said, how hard would Duke play? Lets match that...no, lets beat that. Lets take them down.

The band new set of addidas maize uniforms. They look amazing

Coach Krzyzewski behind Nocvak warming up

Me pumped before the game!

90`s Miami Heat AllStar Tim Hardaway with his son Jr. who was checking out the school

Then the game began. I was so excited. I could not wait. During the whole warm up I was excited, from seeing the DUKE on the opponent´s jerseys to seeing the blue D logo to seeing Kyle Singler to seeing Coach K himself, the man who lead out national team to the gold medal this year int he Beijing Olympics. And then it stareted...and we went all out. Jevohn Sheperd started this game, the only differece in the starting lineup, and he did well, as did the rest, in using are athleticism to try to match their talent. We were hustleing and playing very hard. They almost took off in stretch in the first half, but we were able to catch up, take the lead, they caught up, but we were able to go into the half up by 2. This sent the fans crazy.

The second half was nuts. We played so hard, earning each point. At one moment in the game, it seemed like Duke was pulling off, because they were finally making a few buckets. They were up by 3. And they kept pushing us around. Just then Zack Novak, our freshman guard shot a gutsy 3 pointer from the corner and sank it to tie the game. The crowd went nuts, but that was pale in comparison when we got the ball back, pushed the ball up the floor quickly and Manny pushed it to him for another 3 pointer! It was nuts! And at that moment we had control of the game. They could not stop us. DeShawn and Zack could not be stopped in their shooting. Manny kept driving at will. And even our small guard, Kelvin Gradey, showed his stuff as Duke could not even get close to guard his quickness. We havent seen that yet from Kelvin the past 2 years, but he really used his speed, and it was obvious they couldnt guar anyone of us. But they had talent. And that was evitdent in the last 3 minutes when they just started draining shots, including 4 3pointers in a row to make the lead only to 4...yes, we were up by that much.

There is me watching the shot. Pretty cool, eh?

Can I say anything more? Everyone believes in Beilein now

Then when hit some clutch free throws, from Manny, DeShawn, Kelvin, and C.J. Lee, to finish the game...but that is not the important part. With 1:90 left in the game, Will, teh head manager, turns to us and says "Ok, guys, no IF we win, we got to make sure we have all the towels, clipboards, pens, stats, and everything else because these people are gonna storm the court..." Just then the dude standing in the front row with the body paint said "We are gonna run over and kill you guys!"

Then it all happened.We had the ball, a few seconds left...Will ran onto the court towards the block M in the middle with like 6 seconds before the game was over...I hurdled the chair in front of me...and then it was all over. I was engulfed into the huge wave of...people, as the tempurature sky rocketed from 76 degres to a cool 120 degrees as people where just all over me. I was sucked tot he middle as people were just going nuts! We sand hail to the victors and its grea tto be a Michigan Wolverine and tons of other stuff. People were jsut going nuts! I could see some of the players struggling to get out. Will, when he ran out of the court, ran strait face to face with Coach Krzyzewski and actually helped him get out of the stadiu to the tunnel. I was having a bomb. And yes, I held on to all them towls, them sweety and nasty towels, that were pressed hard to me the whole time. It was amazing. We just beat the #4 team in the country...again...within 2 weeks! At home! And our sold out crowd who has been starving for good basketball for over a decade and was suffering from the worst football season in school history were just eating it up! It was so cool to see! And the students! The students were all over it! They are the ones that will bring this program to life. As the "In Beilein we trust" Poster was rocking and everyone was watching Beilein talk tot eh interviewers on the megatron, everyone new this was for real. We beat Duke. We beat them with a legitimate 8-point win. We are the only team in the country that has beaten 2 top-5 teams! And we did it in 2 weeks! And we are unranked! And we just came off of the worst season in school history! Yes, we did it. It was for real. No hoox. And I was a part of it. I helped it. I made this team better, every day, comming to practice, working hours on teh hardwood and in the office, with players individually during non-practice hours, doing all I could to help our team improve. So many of those palyers I have helped, even before the game! Manny with his free throws, DeShawn with his jump shot, and Zack Novak with his 3s, all the day before did I go over individually. I heped this team. I was appart of the team. And we just won...and I was all over it...



Us managers hung out afterwards at the basketball office to get the stats done and then talka bout the game. We realized this was the biggest win of our careers. Yes, this is big for our resumé. We were a part of it. Wow. So nuts. We were calling people and savoring the moment along with our snadwitches from Pizza House. It was glorious. All night, nothing to think about but that great win. I had so much fun during the game and then after it, that it was so so SO good! Michigan Basketball is Back! And its here to stay! Go Blue!

Missed the action? Check out ESPN highlights. Sport Illustrated article. Michigan Daily section. Its time to start paying attention to the Wolverines.

Dont forget to comment! If you just read this, say hi! Did you see the game? Did you hear about it? Anything! Let us know! Comment on the bottom of the post...look for the pencil image. Ok! Thanks!

Check out these great vids on the storm of the court. Yes, I know, I blew it, I should ahve filmed it...but hey, I was trying to stay alive, ok!! Haha, check these out. It was load, and AWESOME!

Michigan = busyness and upset over Wisconsin

People. One thing is clear. Michigan is a busy place. Like nuts. Little sleep. A ton of work. More work. And more work. Little sleep. And start all over again.

For example, let me show you last Friday´s schedule. But it started Thursday night doing econ102 homework till 1 am. I got up Friday morning at 6 to get to 7 am practice at Crystler Arena. I got back at 8:30 for morning prayer. Then I had a quick breakfast and went to class at 10am. Got back, and went to practice from 11:30-1. Then ran to 1pm Philisophy388 class. Then Spanish class. Then I got back and went to the gym to lift. After that, I ate, and went back to basketball individual practice again. Then I returned to South Quad and got back in time for the hall tug-a-war competition. After that I ran to the diag to meet with UCO to do a triathlon of sports consisting of Ultimate Cabbage, Wiffle Ball, and Capture the Flag. After theat, I ran back to the Penta-Dude, took a shower, and went to my friend’s birthday party and got back at 2am. I got up at 8 Sunday morning to set to work...and there I went


I had a few other things go crazy. On weds. We had intramural soccer and a girl in my hall broke her leg at the very end of the game. It was nut. You could see her tibia puncturing the skin. It was gross. But she was a warrior. And the other day we played putt putt at the dorms. We had to go down stares, around and over trahs cans, and even through the elevators. It was awesome.

Then on Thursday was The Office! Yeah. Us guys have been waiting a long time. We have been watching a tons of past episodes in anticipation. I also worked on a dramatic version of an already dramatic "Dwight´s Speech". It was a ton of fun, a complete 6.5 hour time waster, but its awesome. I put it up on youtube, and before it was even processed, NBC Studios took it down. Bastards. Anyhow, check it out Facebook…
The new season started with a few crazy things, namly the things that happened with Dwight, Angila, Jim, Pam, Michael, Holly, and even Tobe, yeah, pretty much everyone. The weight loosing idea was genius, especially considering how many weight loss commercials there were during the show. It was great. I cant wait for the next episode.


This Friday I had…Tomato Wars. Yes, Tomato Wars. I gave up a lot for this. I was gonna go with the Student Business Association to Comerica park to meet with the executives for the Detroit Tigers, a tour of the office and the park, a meeting with your resume and then get to watch them play a game. I leet all that up for Tomato Wars. It’s a huge capture the flag massive battle, in the picth black, in the woods, only guys, who are armed with loads of rotten tomatos. Its awesomnes, literally. And this year was better than ever. I loved it.

Saturday was the football game. This was one crazy day. First off, the tailgate was awesome. I got to meet Isaiah Thomas. I was there listening to him talk for about 20 minutes, just inches away. It was amazing hearing him talk about the NBA Finals and playing with an injured leg and stuff like that. Afterwards I had a few things to put up, and more ribs to eat, before I entered the stadium. I went onto the field again so that was awesomness. I got some good shots of the team and the band. I couldn’t get into a good view to get a shot of Michael Phelps, but yeah, he was there too. He was wearing a Michigan football jersey with the number 8 and Phelps on the back, with his Michigan hat and shades. He is really skinny. I went up to seat and this time was on row 3, a step up from 4. Once you are that close, there is only so much far you can move up.


So we were playing Wisconsin, #9 in the nation. We came out and played flat, just like we did again Notre Dame last week. We had 6 fumbles, 3 interceptions, and 7 total turnovers in that loss. This time we had like 3 fumbles and 2 interceptions in the first half for 5 total turnovers. Our defense was great, and really conditioned, which held us in the game. It was 19-0…and then it all started to roll. First, we attacked hard. We pushed the ball by mostly air, getting it to Mathews the ball repeadiously. We made a touchdown with 3:30 left in the 3rd. 7-19. Then we had a good defensive stop. We had another run, but just before we lost it on downs, we got a lucky pass interference call, giving us another chance which rolled us in for another touchdown. The first play the Badgers make is tipped in the air, our defensive guy grabs the ball, and runs like 20 yards into the touchdown…and everything changed. We took the reigns of the momentum, and it was just a matter of time before we took the lead. And it happened, 20-19. Up by one. And then McGuffie ran it in for 27-19. They made a tough touchdown catch with only like 19 seconds in the game. 27-25. They went for 2…and they made it!... and then a illegal receiver, which cancelled the 2 points, but gave them another shot. After they missed a high catch, the stadium erupted and it was so loud. Us guys tried to get on the field, but the darn front people wouldn’t jump. Ben and David managed to swim through. David got caught by a police dude, but Ben dodged the cop and went to the middle to celebrate, and then with the team to sing “Hail to the Victors” at the corner next to the wild student section. Pete, my roommate from last year, left at the half, only to find out that we had won. But his friend made the field, then ran into the locker room with the team, heard Rodriguez’s speech, shook hands with Micahel Phelps, and then ran off. At least Ben got on the field and was eveon on TV. And so were all of us at the end of the game! What a wild ride! Nuts! Ahhh! I put on my Facebook status…

"Daniel is Wooo! I dont know what is better...Meeting Isaah Thomas, Seeing Michael Phelps, Being on the field, Sitting on row 3,or comming back to beat Wisconson 25-27!”

Yeah, that pretty much says it…








If you havent seen the highlights, see them here from the Big Ten Network.

(Check out ESPN for game highlights and the play by play ugliness we had in the first half and the dramatic turn around in the second half…)