Posts By Theo Mackie
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3.6K2021-22 SeasonInside Eli Brooks’ decision to return for a fifth year
Eli Brooks doesn’t like to think too far into the future. As his dad, James, puts it, he’s “all into whatever the...
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2.5K2020-21 Season‘When you don’t make shots, it makes things a little more difficult’: Michigan’s season ends in missed opportunities
Two minutes, 26 seconds stood on the clock and Michigan, for all its struggles in the first 37 minutes Tuesday night, had...
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3.1K2020-21 SeasonScouting UCLA with an opposing coach
John Andrzejek knows how to gameplan for UCLA better than most. As an assistant coach at Washington State, he helped the Cougars...
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4.7K2020-21 SeasonThis is Franz Wagner’s moment
Franz Wagner spun clockwise, stretched his arms wide and raised them as high as they would go. Those arms — which he...
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1.6K2020-21 SeasonHow one season in Washington set Howard and Hamilton on course for Sweet Sixteen matchup
Twenty years later, Popeye Jones still remembers the day Juwan Howard was traded from the Washington Wizards to the Dallas Mavericks. “Before...
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4.4K2020-21 SeasonEli Brooks and the making of confidence
INDIANAPOLIS — There was a time in Eli Brooks’ career when confident was the furthest descriptor from anybody’s mind. That time, to be...
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2.0K2020-21 SeasonMichigan sees the importance of unexpected contributions in first-round win
WEST LAFAYETTE — Zeb Jackson, of all people, hit the third 3-pointer of this March run that Michigan hopes will extend into...
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2.0K2020-21 SeasonWith team full of tournament newcomers, Michigan embracing bubble experience
Hunter Dickinson, never one to shy away from the headlines, made a few more Monday morning. He posted a picture of his...
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9.3K2020-21 SeasonFor Isaiah Livers, four years of growth face a devastating end
As Isaiah Livers’ voice cracked Saturday afternoon, it was impossible not to think of where he came from. Over the course of...
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2.4K2020-21 SeasonMike Smith blends scoring and passing in record-setting performance
For the third time in four games, Michigan was in trouble. The scoreboard told the story: The Wolverines trailed, 36-27, with just...
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2.4K2020-21 SeasonNotebook: Michigan focused on breaking mini slump
After each of Michigan’s three losses this season, the Wolverines have attributed their struggles to a lack of intensity. Most recently, the...
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2.1K2020-21 SeasonFive takeaways from Michigan’s loss at Michigan State
Just four minutes into Sunday afternoon’s game in East Lansing, Eli Brooks went up for a floater. When he came down, his...
