The Athletic surveyed 28 beat writers from the Big Ten to conduct the official unofficial media poll ahead of the 2019-20 season, a chore that is required because the conference doesn’t announce a true 1 through 14 preseason ranking. I was invited to participate and...
Michigan was picked to finish 5th in the Big Ten in an unofficial poll of conference media members. The poll was conducted by Brendan Quinn and Adam Jardy and included 28 writers who cover teams in the Big Ten. All votes, including my own, can...
With practice underway in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, we dive into some key early-season storylines in a combined episode of the podcast. The conversation ranges from Rocket Watts to Zavier Simpson and some insight from Brendan after a conversation with Phil Martelli. Listen to...
College basketball season is here and preseason magazines are hitting newsstands (or inboxes) across the country. We rounded up six different preseason prognostications to gauge the temperature of the Big Ten. Michigan is projected somewhere between 5th and 8th place in the conference by the six...
College basketball practice starts across the country today and the season is just a few short weeks away. After a whirlwind summer and a coaching change, we decided to take a step back and examine Michigan’s roster in-depth, position by position. Today, we start in...
Five-star center Walker Kessler committed to North Carolina on Sunday night, making him the second big man with a Michigan offer to pick a different school in the past two weeks. What’s next for Michigan now that Kessler and Lance Ware are off the board?...
Juwan Howard extended a scholarship offer to five-star forward Paolo Banchero today. Banchero is the No. 3 ranked prospect in the 2021 class and announced that he would add Michigan to his previously announced list of nine. Banchero’s other finalists are Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee,...
Every month, we host an ‘ask me anything’ thread on our message board for our members. Subscribers can ask questions about Michigan basketball, Juwan Howard, the Big Ten, recruiting, this website or anything else. Any subscriber can submit a question, all you have to do...
Juwan Hoawrd extended a scholarship offer to five-star guard Jaden Hardy on Thursday. AGTG🙏🏽Blessed to have received an offer from the University of Michigan〽️ #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/2ZpuygZpiK — JHardy (@JadenHardy1) September 20, 2019 The offer came after Howard watched the No. 7 ranked prospect in the...
While recruiting attention has shifted to the long list of five-star official visitors in Ann Arbor this fall, the Wolverines already have a commitment in hand from four-star point guard Zeb Jackson. Jackson had a productive summer on the grassroots circuit. He averaged 12 points...
Former Michigan center Mitch McGary was interviewed on the 5 Out podcast this week in his first public comments since his NBA career ended in 2016. McGary spoke candidly about what happened in the NBA, his time at Michigan, marijuana, mental health and whether he...
Juwan Howard made a pit stop in Chicago to check out the Chicago Bears but he’s been on the road recruiting across the country since the calendar opened last Monday. It was a quiet weekend on campus with a football bye week, but the world...
The Moving Screen is a podcast collaboration with The Athletic’s Brendan Quinn. We’ll be tackling Michigan, Michigan State and Big Ten basketball at large with a blend of rational analysis and hot takes. We debate the Big Ten’s top 25 players list that ran on...
With the official start of practice quickly approaching, UM Hoops and Inside the Hall have again partnered to bring you a preseason breakdown of the top 25 players in the Big Ten for the 2019-2020 season. Our selection process involved much deliberation to arrive at...
With the official start of practice quickly approaching, UM Hoops and Inside the Hall have again partnered to bring you a preseason breakdown of the top 25 players in the Big Ten for the 2019-2020 season. Our selection process involved much deliberation to arrive at...
Michigan added a commitment from 6-foot-6 wing Patrick “Ricky” Liburd today, he announced on...
It’s NBA Draft Combine week in Chicago, a pivotal week for Dusty May and...
NBA Draft Combine week is heating up in Chicago. Dusty May and his staff...