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BTT Quarterfinals: Michigan vs. Minnesota Preview

Basics Who: No. 13 Michigan (23-8, 13-5 B10) vs. Minnesota (19-13, 6-10 B10) Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) When: 6:30 p.m. ET, Friday, March 9th, 2012 TV: BTN / BTN2Go.com Radio: MGoBlue, 950AM, 102.9 FM, Sirius/XM 91 More: Big Ten Tournament Preview, Bracket, John...

2012 Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal Bracket; Michigan to face Minnesota

Friday’s Big Ten Tournament bracket is official and Michigan will play Minnesota at 6:30 p.m. (eastern) on the Big Ten Network. Here’s the up to date bracket with times and tv:

Pick to Click: Michigan vs. Minnesota

Pick to Click is sponsored by Moe Sport Shops. Eligible Players: All players are eligible for this game. Submissions are due by tip off (6:30 p.m. Friday). Rules live here. Standings and game-by-game results live here. (updated!)

Bracket Talk with Crashing the Dance’s Andy Cox

It’s become a bit of an annual tradition for Andy Cox (@crashthedance) to answer questions about the NCAA tournament bracketing process. Cox runs Crashing the Dance, a website and artificial intelligence model designed to predict and seed the NCAA tournament field. In recent years, those questions...

Plenty of Parallels for Two Big Ten Players

Jim Carty in the New York Times on the similarities between Zack Novak and Draymond Green: “There are definite similarities,” Novak said. “He’s gotten better every year over four years, just like I’ve tried to. There hasn’t been one spike. Neither of us has had...

Mitch McGary, Brewster win Prep National Championship; Other Recruiting Videos, Tidbits

Mitch McGary and his loaded Brewster Academy squad wrapped up their season with a National Prep Championship. Brewster beat Hargrave Military by a final score of 87-76 in the championship game to finish the season at 33-1. McGary had 12 points in the win. Here’s...

What They’re Saying: 2012 Big Ten Tournament Preview Roundup

The Big Ten Tournament tips off with first round action at 11:30 this morning and we already have you covered with an exhaustive preview of our own. However, there’s no shortage of outside opinions on this year’s tournament so we brought together a collection of...

Video: Glenn Robinson III leads Lake Central to sectional title

2012 Michigan commitment Glenn Robinson III led Lake Central to its first sectional title since 1997 last week with wins over Munster, East Chicago and Highland. Lake Central is now 21-2 and will face Adams on Saturday in Indiana state regionals.  Here are highlights, compiled by Ball is Life, of...

2012 Big Ten Tournament Preview

The Big Ten Tournament begins on Thursday with first round action before the league’s top four teams join in the fray on Friday. With three teams tied for the regular season championship and five teams among the nation’s top 15, this year’s tournament could be...

Zack Novak named to SI.com’s All-Glue Team

For the second consecutive season, Zack Novak has been named to Seth Davis’ All-Glue team at Sports Illustrated. Here’s a snippet: Few players in college basketball fight as effectively as Novak. He came to Ann Arbor as an outside shooting specialist, but for most of...

Bracket Watch: March 6th, 2012

With Selection Sunday less than a week away, this is every team’s last chance to make a final push for a tournament bid. With a win at Illinois and a win at Penn State to close the season this past week, Michigan ended the season...

The Journey: Michigan Basketball Senior Night

Michigan to face West Virginia at Barclays Center

Michigan will face West Virginia next season as part of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Hoops Festival at the newly constructed Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Here are John Beilein and David Brandon’s comments from the Barclays Center press release: “Playing in the new Barclays Center...

Mitch McGary to represent Team USA in Nike Hoop Summit

2012 Michigan commitment Mitch McGary has been selected as one of 10 players to represent the United States as part of the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit. The event will feature Team USA facing a World Select Team...

Inside Crisler Center Phase II Construction

Video from MGoBlue.com.