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Five Key Plays: Michigan 72, Northwestern 70

Michigan survived against Northwestern in a game that most people will want to forget. The Wolverines played well for 25 minutes, let the whole game slip away, and then figured out how to claw back and hold on in the closing moments. It was an...

Podcast: The official Michigan-Michigan State preview (for real, this time)

Michigan and Michigan State are set to meet on Saturday (for real, this time) so Dylan and Brendan are back with another preview podcast. Instead of going player-by-player, they go through keys and gameplan ideas for each team to attack the other. The discussion includes...

Five takeaways from Michigan’s victory over Northwestern

Late in Wednesday’s game, it looked as if Michigan was on the verge of relinquishing all of the momentum it had carried over from consecutive drubbings of Maryland and Indiana. But the Wolverines mounted a furious late comeback, edging unranked Northwestern to push their season-long...

Michigan shows growth in the face of adversity

Michigan coach Juwan Howard raised and turned his hand ever so slightly during his postgame interview Wednesday night. He gave a single, small nod as he admitted a sentiment — one which crept in many viewers’ minds during Michigan’s second-half struggles.  “Let’s call it what...

Podcast: What happened against Northwestern?

Eric and Dylan link up for some late night rambling on what the hell happened against Northwestern in a bizarre, frustrating but important Michigan win. They discuss what Northwestern did to neutralize Hunter Dickinson, what Michigan did wrong in the second half, fouling up three...

Game 17: Northwestern at Michigan Recap

When you spend your winters writing about what happens in college basketball games it is pretty easy to identify patterns. By mid-January, it’s clear what a typical win or loss looks like for a team and results tend to fit neatly into a certain basket....

Video: Juwan Howard, DeVante’ Jones and Caleb Houstan recap win over Northwestern

Juwan Howard, DeVante’ Jones and Caleb Houstan met with the media after Michigan’s rocky win over Northwestern on Wednesday night.

Photo Gallery: Michigan 72, Northwestern 70

Game 17: Northwestern at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan has a chance to make it three in a row tonight when it hosts Northwestern (6:30 p.m., BTN). Check out the game preview and then jump into the discussion on our message board.

Game 17: Northwestern at Michigan Preview

Michigan is coming off of its best week of the season, with impressive wins over Maryland and Indiana, but now it has to build on that momentum. It’s late January, and the Wolverines haven’t strung a three-game winning streak together yet this season, but they...

‘His feel for the game is special’: An in-depth discussion about future U-M point guard Dug McDaniel

Four-star point guard commit Dug McDaniel has gotten off to an excellent start during his senior year at Paul VI with several impressive performances on a national stage. I’m not sure anyone has evaluated McDaniel more closely in the public space than Tyler McKittrick of...

Notebook: Michigan pleased with freshmen growth, defensive intensity

Sitting courtside at Crisler Center, Saddi Washington hardly hesitated when asked to discuss the growth of Michigan’s heralded freshman class.  “Their commitment, their attention to detail,” Washington began, before pausing.  As he looked forward, past the Zoom on his laptop screen, he watched a trio...

Video: Saddi Washington, Frankie Collins talk recent improvement

Saddi Washington and Frankie Collins met with the media via Zoom on Tuesday afternoon to talk about Michigan’s recent progress on the court and the challenges that Northwestern presents.

Hunter Dickinson isn’t just back to being Hunter Dickinson. He’s better.

Plenty of time has been spent explaining why Michigan hasn’t been as good as anyone expected this season. The Wolverines lost a lot of good players, don’t have enough shooting, play two bigs, and the newcomers aren’t as good as advertised. You are undoubtedly familiar...

Michigan returns to interior identity in victories over Wisconsin, Purdue

In No. 7 Michigan’s last week against exclusively bottom-half Big Ten opponents, it took care of business. Not with the flashy 3-point shooting it had shown the prior four games, but with its typical identity: driving layups and dominant post play. It out-rebounding Wisconsin and...