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Subscriber Ask Me Anything: December 2019

Every month, we host an ‘ask me anything’ discussion on our message board for our members. Subscribers can ask questions about Michigan basketball, Juwan Howard, recruiting, this website or anything else. Any member can submit a question, all you have to do is log in...

Inside the Play: How Michigan forced overtime versus Oregon

Juwan Howard’s offensive playbook is filled with creative plays to generate open shots. Howard has brought a number of more popular sets from the NBA to Michigan. While “Horns” sets are certainly common at both the collegiate and NBA levels, Howard has implemented a modern...

Podcast: Understanding Michigan’s loss to Oregon, and some listener mail

Oregon won in Ann Arbor on Saturday in one of the most entertaining games of the weekend. Brendan and Dylan sort out what Michigan’s home loss means and what to make of individual performances. On the back half of the podcast, the conversation dives into...

Michigan shows what it needs to be, and what it needs to do to get there

Franz Wagner and Isaiah Livers stood still. Their hands were on their heads. Around them, Oregon players were running past, back to their bench, shouting and screaming. The scoreboard, at zeroes, was hard to digest, because Michigan basketball in recent years has not lost games...

Johns shows signs of breakthrough against Oregon

It was 12 minutes into Saturday’s game when Juwan Howard turned to his bench en masse, substituting in sophomores Adrien Nunez, Colin Castleton and Brandon Johns, along with junior Eli Brooks. At that point, Michigan was shooting 3-for-17 from the field and trailed No. 10...

Game 11: Oregon at Michigan Recap

Oregon’s win over Michigan was the epitome of a great college basketball game in December. The game had enough drama for March, but most of it was fueled by the mistakes that teams make early in the season. This wasn’t the best game that Michigan...

Photo Gallery: Oregon 72, Michigan 71

Video: Juwan Howard recaps loss to Oregon

Juwan Howard addressed the media after Michigan’s overtime loss against Oregon.

Game 11: Oregon at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan hosts Oregon today at the Crisler Center (12:00 p.m, CBS). Read all of our pregame content and join the discussion below. More on Michigan-Oregon: Game 11: Oregon at Michigan Preview Film Room: Breaking down Oregon’s matchup zone defense Video: Juwan Howard previews Oregon Podcast:...

Notebook: Juwan Howard on road shooting woes, coaching philosophy and Franz Wagner’s confidence

Juwan Howard has seen the numbers, too. He knows, perhaps better than anyone, that in two road games, Michigan has made just six 3-pointers, both contributing to losses. He knows, perhaps better than anyone that, when you take out those two games, the Wolverines are...

Game 11: Oregon at Michigan Preview

Michigan and Oregon’s paths didn’t cross in the Bahamas, but they’ll meet at the Crisler Center on Saturday afternoon (noon, CBS). The tilt will be the first non-conference matchup between top-10 teams at the Crisler Center since Juwan Howard was on Michigan’s roster in a...

Video: Juwan Howard previews Oregon

Juwan Howard met with the media on Friday to preview Michigan’s Saturday afternoon tilt with Oregon. Juwan Howard before Oregon Posted by Michigan Basketball on UMHoops.com on Friday, December 13, 2019

Film Room: Breaking down Oregon’s matchup zone defense

Film Room is an X’s and O’s breakdown of Michigan basketball by Gibson Pyper. Pyper has diagrammed almost every offense in college and professional basketball at The Basketball Playbook and is an expert on the X’s and O’s of the game. He’s helping us break...

Podcast: Michigan-Oregon preview

A mini mid-week pod to preview Michigan’s Saturday afternoon game against Oregon. Listen to “A Michigan-Oregon preview for the ages” on Spreaker. Among the topics discussed: -Oregon’s matchup zone defense -Payton Pritchard vs. Zavier Simpson -Rebounding matchup vs. Oregon -Turning Zavier Simpson into a scorer...

Five takeaways from Michigan’s loss at Illinois

Michigan dropped a road game at Illinois and has another marquee game coming up on Saturday against Oregon. The Wolverines sit at 8-2 on the year, ranked 17th by KenPom, but have yet to win on the road this season. What did we learn about...