Phil Martelli and Jace Howard met with the media on Monday morning to preview Michigan’s Tuesday evening game against Maryland.
Brendan and Dylan break down Michigan State’s loss against Northwestern and what it means for the Spartans moving forward. They discuss MSU’s defensive regression, consistent turnover issues, the point guard position and why Malik Hall might need to play more minutes. Then they flip over...
With less than a minute left, sophomore forward Whitney Sollom jogged onto the court. The 36 seconds she played on Sunday emptied the last of Michigan’s bench against No. 8 Maryland. The last two years, the 11th-ranked Wolverines have had plenty of opportunities to clear...
When Hunter Dickinson emerged from the tunnel inside the State Farm Center, he did so fashionably late, saddled in sweatpants and a long sleeve shirt. For Dickinson, there would be no opportunity to relish in vengeful boos from the Illini faithful, no chance to contend...
Michigan walked into a bad matchup at a wrong time without its best player and acquitted itself pretty well for 35 minutes in a hostile environment. The Wolverines played as hard as they have all season, mucked the game up defensively, and figured out how...
Juwan Howard’s team was shorthanded but battled Illinois for most of the game on Friday night. Here’s the reaction from the postgame. Video via Illini Report.
Michigan and Illinois are set for a Friday night late tip at the State Farm Center (9:00 p.m., FS1). Check out the game preview and then jump into the discussion on our message board.
Tonight’s game in Champaign (9:00 p.m., FS1) was supposed to be one of the premier Big Ten games of the season. Instead, the Wolverines limp into the State Farm Center with more questions than answers. Illinois sputtered out of the gates but regrouped without Andre...
The last week was supposed to provide a lifeline for Michigan’s season. Marquee home games against Michigan State and Purdue could have been an opportunity to rejuvenate a struggling Wolverine team with a signature win before the thick of Big Ten play. Instead, both games...
Juwan Howard met with the media for the first time since Michigan’s COVID-19 pause to discuss the health of his squad, practices during the last week and whether the Big Ten games against Purdue and Michigan State will be rescheduled.
After Michigan’s last two games were postponed due to COVID-19, Dylan and Eric do a bit of big picture reflection on Hunter Dickinson and Eli Brooks, their roles and how the Wolverines can get the most out of them during Big Ten play. Then they...
Michigan’s four-man 2022 recruiting class has gotten off to strong senior seasons. With four signees ranked 103rd or better, the Wolverines’ incoming class is ranked at the No. 1 spot in the Big Ten and No. 6 nationally. Here’s the latest on the four-man class,...
For the eighth-ranked Wolverines, last Tuesday became a reminder. Traveling to Lincoln, Michigan would face a one-loss Nebraska team that received votes in the AP Poll and is the highest-ranked Big Ten team in the NET. The Cornhuskers weren’t a team that got circled at...
As expected, Michigan’s Tuesday evening game against Purdue has also been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. The University of Michigan athletics department announced Sunday (Jan. 9) that its men’s basketball game against Purdue, scheduled for Tuesday (Jan. 11) at 9 p.m., has been postponed due...
Dylan and Brendan recap what happened to postpone the Michigan State at Michigan game, what it means for both teams (and the BIg Ten), and what comes next. Listen to “Understanding (as best we can) the Michigan-Michigan State postponement” on Spreaker. The podcast is available...
Dusty May made his annual spring appearance on Defend the Block today, discussing the...
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As first reported by Jon Rothstein, Michigan will host Villanova at the Crisler Center...