What a game Michigan put us fans through on the opening night of the tourney. No matter how ugly the game may have been down the stretch for Michigan, i will take a tournament win any day over pretty play. Michigan should have wrapped the game up with a few minutes to go in the game, instead the Michigan players kept going for the knockout 3 ball and let Clemson get right back in it. I give clemson alot of credit for fighting hard when they could have easily just conceited defeat down 15 points with 5 minutes left in the game. Clemson fought back and got within 2 points when Manny Harris got aggressive and drove the lane for a good old fashioned 3 point play with just seconds left to help Michigan get there first NCAA tournament win in 11 years. Manny came up big with 23 points 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Lately Sims has been the man for Michigan, but with just 9 points and 3 rebounds against Clemson, it was on Manny's shoulders to carry the load for Michigan. So now Michigan will face the nation's best player in Blake Griffin and the Oklahoma Sooners. They will need alot better performance from Sims this game if they hope to contain Griffin and the Sooners. Hopefully the local man know as Grand Blanc Pride or Zack Gibson can give fits to Griffin on defense and Sims can regain some late season form on offense. So if Michigan can get another great game from Manny and maybe some help from Sims and contain Griffin, then they got a chance.
Prediction: Michigan 73 Oklahoma 65
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