The best reactions to Michigan basketball stunning Maryland in Big Ten Tournament
For long swaths of Saturday's Big Ten Tournament semifinal for Michigan basketball vs. Maryland, it had appeared that the Wolverines would defeat the Terrapins to advance to the championship game. However, a near seven-minute scoring drought allowed the Terps to climb back into the game, take the lead, and the ebb-and-flow of the game kept swinging back to Maryland.
However, after taking a one-point lead with five seconds left, Maryland let Michigan point guard Tre Donaldson run the length of the court to secure an 81-80 victory. As a result, the Wolverines will play Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game on Sunday afternoon.
Naturally, social media was abuzz following the win. Here are some of our favorite reactions on X (formerly Twitter):
Patrick Barron
Michigan beats Maryland in the closing seconds set to My Heart Will Go On by Céline Dion pic.twitter.com/6unFmPvb2Z
— Patrick Barron 🌹〽️🐻 (@BlueBarronPhoto) March 15, 2025
Michigan football WR coach Ron Bellamy
Let’s Gooooo!!!!
— Ron Bellamy (@19Bellamy) March 15, 2025
Michigan football general manager Sean Magee
Wow!!!!! Silence the doubters Tre! 〽️#GoBlue
— Sean Magee (@SeanMagee04) March 15, 2025
Former Michigan basketball coach John Beilein
I have to tweet on that one. What a beautiful play set up by the Dusty and the coaching staff and executed by Tre ! Fabulous !
— John Beilein (@JohnBeilein) March 15, 2025
Let’s win it all now ! #goblue
Jordan Strack
January.
— Jordan Strack (@JordanStrack) March 15, 2025
February.
May. pic.twitter.com/6D6EQFAR8z
The Wolverine's Clayton Sayfie
MICHIGAN WILL PLAY SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP pic.twitter.com/JPfHVimKWK
— Clayton Sayfie (@CSayf23) March 15, 2025
ESPN's Adam Schefter
Tre Donaldson. pic.twitter.com/wryLi7RCb7
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 15, 2025
Scott Bell
This reminds me of the Big Ten Tournament run by Plane Crash Boys Beilein Era title team. Except the plane crash was the last few weeks of the regular season, which feels about right.
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) March 15, 2025
Steve Deace
Good for Tre Donaldson. He was statistically the worst starting PG in the Big Ten for the last month. But he’s dynamite the last two nights, and flat out won the game today.
— MichiganPodcast (@MichiganPodcast) March 15, 2025
CBS's Tracy Wolfson
That was a fun one to be a part of! Let’s Go Tre chants in the stadium as he sits on set. @umichbball with a chance at a championship tomorrow.
— Tracy Wolfson (@tracywolfson) March 15, 2025
Connor Stalions
NEVER MIND! INJECT THIS INTO MY VEINS!!! pic.twitter.com/TVHjfBoD6g
— Connor Stalions (@cpstalions) March 15, 2025
Swanky Wolverine
TRE DONALDSON GETTING THAT W pic.twitter.com/Bhota0XmMm
— Swanky Wolverine (@swankywolverine) March 15, 2025
Michigan president Santa J. Ono
Gotta love TRE DONALDSON! 〽️ pic.twitter.com/gNRWl59BVI
— Santa Ono (@SantaJOno) March 15, 2025
Greg Waddell
Dusty May did a petty press tour for three days, then showed up to the Big Ten Tournament and sat courtside scouting his 2nd round opponent before his first game even started, and then won back to back games as an underdog for a trip to the final
— Greg Waddell (@gwizzy12) March 15, 2025
I did not see any of this coming
Michigan football offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey
Go Blue!!!!!!@umichbball
— Chip Lindsey (@ChipLindsey11) March 15, 2025
Brandon Koretz
Dusty May is the first men’s basketball coach to reach the Big Ten tournament championship game in his first season since Bruce Weber in 2004, back when the Big Ten only had 11 teams.
— Brandon Koretz (@BrandonKoretz) March 15, 2025
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Social media reactions to Michigan basketball beating Maryland
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