Eli Brooks gave Michigan a career-best 25 points in Iowa City, but it wasn’t enough for the Wolverines to escape with a road victory. They had no answer for Luka Garza (again) or a barrage of free throws and timely Hawkeye 3-pointers. The Friday night...
Michigan and Iowa meet for their second Friday night tilt of the season tonight. The Wolverines are in Iowa City where a winter storm is bearing down on the city. Read the game preview and join the discussion below.
Trips to Iowa City were a recurring nightmare for John Beilein’s Michigan teams but Juwan Howard will get his first crack at playing in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday night (9 p.m., FS1). The Wolverines are still searching for their first road win of the 2019-20...
By now, you’ve heard some variant of the stat. Opposing big men in the Big Ten are averaging 29.8 points against Michigan and pulling down 11.2 boards. On Sunday afternoon, Minnesota’s Daniel Oturu hung 30 on the Wolverines and they filed out of Williams Arena...
Juwan Howard addressed the media this afternoon to preview Michigan’s trip to Iowa on Friday night. Juwan Howard before Iowa Posted by Michigan Basketball on UMHoops.com on Thursday, January 16, 2020
Through five conference games, Michigan has the worst defense in the Big Ten. The Wolverines have allowed 1.12 points per possession in league play and are ranked 12th or worse in all four defensive factors. The Wolverines have the worst defensive effective field goal percentage...
It is tough to win on the road in the Big Ten and Michigan and Michigan State both dropped games away from home on Sunday. Brendan was in West Lafayette and Dylan was in Minneapolis, they compare notes and discuss what went wrong for both...
Michigan let one slip away in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. Even without Isaiah Livers, this game was there for the taking. The Wolverines got out to a hot start and had every opportunity to steal a win, even leading 65-64 with under four minutes to...
Juwan Howard, Jon Teske and Franz Wagner met with the media after Michigan’s loss at Minnesota on Sunday.
Michigan and Minnesota are set for a Sunday afternoon tip at Williams Arena today (1:00 p.m., BTN). The Wolverines will be without Isaiah Livers for the fourth consecutive game as they search for their first road win of the 2019-20 season. Read the game preview...
Michigan picked up an emotional victory on Thursday but doesn’t have long to regroup before another difficult game (1:00 p.m., BTN). The Wolverines are on the road in Minneapolis this weekend in search of their first win in an opponent’s gym this season. Minnesota is...
Michigan survived a turbulent double-overtime roller coaster on Thursday night to even its league record at 2-2. The Wolverines are in survival mode but stumbled across a few wrinkles that should help them without Isaiah Livers. In today’s Five Key Plays, we breakdown Zavier Simpson’s...
Zavier Simpson watches his opponents’ heads and sees all he needs to see. He doesn’t focus on his on-ball defender, nor his teammates splayed across the court. His eyes instead stay fixated on the other four defenders. There’s something almost mechanical about it, a formulaic...
With 2.5 seconds — the final 2.5 seconds — left in Thursday’s game and the result finally, mercifully sealed, Franz Wagner still had a point to make. Before a Purdue inbounds, he walked over to Zavier Simpson, talking and gesticulating, oblivious to the fact that...
There are no bad Big Ten wins, but there was plenty of bad basketball at the Crisler Center on Thursday night. The Wolverines and Boilermakers played an ugly, turnover plagued first half. Michigan’s offense flatlined early in the second half, and its defense allowed Trevion...
I’ve been trying to figure out how to put this Michigan run to the...
Michigan and Tennessee are set to meet for another NCAA Tournament bout on Sunday...
Michigan will face Arizona on Saturday night in Indianapolis in the headlining game of...
For 20 minutes, Michigan played Alabama basketball. The Crimson Tide spread the court, buried...
CHICAGO — No. 1 seed Michigan beat No. 4 seed Alabama at its own...