The best reactions to Michigan basketball stunning Maryland in Big Ten Tournament

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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 !
Let’s win it all now ! #goblue

— John Beilein (@JohnBeilein) March 15, 2025

Jordan Strack​

January.
February.
May. pic.twitter.com/6D6EQFAR8z

— Jordan Strack (@JordanStrack) March 15, 2025

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

I did not see any of this coming

— Greg Waddell (@gwizzy12) March 15, 2025

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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