The Michigan basketball team is finally finishing the plays John Beilein has been coaching all season. That much was evident as the Wolverines steamrolled Illinois, 73-55, in the second round of the Big Ten tournament. Aubrey Dawkins led all scorers with 18 points, while Zak...
Even if Michigan fails to make the NIT or NCAA tournament — the road gets much more difficult Friday against top-seeded Wisconsin — the blowout of Illinois demonstrated once again how much the team has improved.
Michigan looked happy to have a fresh start. Playing to keep its season alive for another day, the Wolverines blew out Illinois at the United Center on Thursday afternoon. The offense flowed as well as it had all season and the defense was engaged for...
Caris LeVert and Derrick Walton spoke about their injury rehab and what the future might hold for them. Derrick Walton warmed up again before Michigan's win over Illinois, but wasn't cleared to play as he was still experiencing pain in his foot. He'll be a...
Michigan’s guard, who is projected as a first-round pick if he were declare for the NBA Draft, says he’ll wait until the April 27th deadline to decide whether he’ll return for his senior season.
All photos by Dustin Johnston. Full gallery after the jump.
John Beilein, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Aubrey Dawkins and Zak Irvin were on the podium after Michigan's blowout win over Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon. Read their comments in the transcript after the jump.
Michigan and Illinois face off this afternoon with hopes of keeping their seasons alive. Tip-off is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. (eastern) at the United Center in Chicago and the game will be broadcast on BTN. Join in the open thread before, during and after today's...
Caris LeVert hasn’t played since re-injuring his foot in the waning moments of Michigan's 56-54 victory over Northwestern on January 17th, but he'll a critical decision to make about his future in the coming weeks and months. Here's the latest on LeVert's NBA Draft stock.
Basics Who: No. 9 Michigan (15-15, 8-10 B1G) vs. No. 8 Illinois (19-12, 9-9 B1G) Where: United Center (Chicago, IL) When: 12:00 p.m., March 12th, 2015 TV: BTN Radio: 950 AM, 1050AM Michigan and Illinois will face off one more time on Thursday afternoon after...
Michigan extended a scholarship offer to 6-foot-9 German forward Moritz Wagner during his official visit to Ann Arbor this weekend.
With the Michigan basketball team’s NCAA tournament hopes clinging to the barest of threads, John Beilein decided against showing his team too much film from its first two games against Illinois. Instead, he reminded them of the 2011 Big East tournament, when ninth-seeded Connecticut strung...
John Beilein and a trio of players met with media Tuesday to preview Michigan's Big Ten tournament slate. The Wolverines open Thursday against Illinois at noon, and the winner faces top-seeded Wisconsin the following afternoon. Beilein, Max Bielfeldt and Spike Albrecht discussed Michigan's preparations for...
In this week's Big Ten Tournament edition of our Power Rankings we look at Michigan's woeful post defense, DJ Newbill's dominant isolation game, Frank Kaminsky and find the Big Ten's best off the dribble shooter and ball screen passer.
It took a while, but over the last month of the season Michigan finally rediscovered its ball screen offense. Even without the two players it expected to carry the load in 2014-15.
After seven weeks of holding their breath, Michigan fans can exhale: Yaxel Lendeborg is...
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