"At the media timeout, (Assistant coach Mark Adams) was, like, 'We need to make an adjustment,' and I was like, 'Coach, they've scored six points.
Michigan has the nation's second-best defense, and nearly 9 minutes into the game, the score was tied: 6-6. There simply wasn't anywhere to go against a lanky, athletic Texas Tech defense that succeeds by clogging the middle, then forcing teams to either move the ball toward the baseline and settle for jumpers with people in their face, or try to attack the rim, but pay a price while doing it.ĪNAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: Charles Matthews #1 of the Michigan Wolverines shows his frustration on the bench during the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament West Regional game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Honda Center on Main Anaheim, California. Only five players scored for Michigan, which was led by its brash playmaker, freshman Iggy Brazdeikis, who finished with 17, most of which came well after the game was out of hand. The orange-and-black ribbon worn to commemorate the victory has become the symbol of the pro-Russia separatist fighters in east Ukraine.ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: Ignas Brazdeikis #13 of the Michigan Wolverines drives against Jarrett Culver #23 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament West Regional at Honda Center on Main Anaheim, California. This year, there are stalls around Moscow selling T-shirts extolling the victory over Nazism and featuring Putin’s portrait. But the 9 May holiday has been turned into a nation-building date during Putin’s time in the Kremlin, and has been given clear political overtones. Russian officials have criticised the west for “politicising” the event with the boycott, pointing to the enormous losses the Soviet army and people suffered during the war. The Kremlin had been expecting North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to attend, in what would have been his first foreign trip as leader, but the Kremlin announced last week that he would not be travelling because of “internal Korean affairs”. “As grandson of Britain’s wartime prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Nicholas has a unique link to the second world war alliance between Britain and Russia.” “The commemorations mark the joint struggle of our two countries against Nazism and the sacrifice of our brave soldiers and civilians who lost their lives fighting for our freedom,” a Foreign Office spokesperson said. The Foreign Office announced on Thursday that Britain would be represented at the parade by Sir Nicholas Soames, a Conservative MP, former defence minister and the grandson of Winston Churchill. Most western leaders are staying away in protest at Russia’s actions in Ukraine, though Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, will visit Moscow a day later to lay a wreath at a war memorial.
Russian army soldiers, dressed in uniforms from the second world war, march in Red Square during the rehearsal. The parade will feature flyovers from military helicopters and jets, a march-past of 16,000 troops, and the procession of missile systems, including a version of the BUK system many believe was used to bring down the passenger jet MH17 over east Ukraine last year. The tank that ground to a halt in Red Square later started moving of its own accord after an unsuccessful attempt to tow it away.It was later announced over a loudspeaker that the tank’s stop had been planned in advance, and was a rehearsal for any emergency situation that might happen during the parade, a Russian newspaper reported. During earlier parade rehearsals, the tanks were kept partially covered in fabric to avoid revealing their design. The tank, which will eventually be called the T-14, has not yet been delivered to the army and is still undergoing factory tests. There are plans to build more than 2,000 of them, although this figure may come down due to recent economic downturn.
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It is the first major tank to be developed in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, and is based on a fundamentally new design rather than just an update of older models. The Armata is highly computerised, and there have even been suggestions it could form the basis for a fully automated robot tank in future. President Vladimir Putin will welcome the leaders of India, China and many other countries to Moscow for the parade on Saturday, although few western leaders will attend, and defence ministry officials will be scrambling to ensure there is no repeat of the incident.
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