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NIT 2023: Michigan at Vanderbilt Preview

Michigan heads on the road for the second round of the NIT to face a Vanderbilt team that surged to the finish line this season (Saturday, 12:00 p.m., ESPN). The Commodores are 11-2 since February 1st, checking in at 9th in the country offensively during...

Podcast: 2023 NCAA Tournament Extravaganza

Brendan and Dylan preview the eight Big Ten matchups in this year’s NCAA Tournament and try to answer all of the questions we’ve worried about all year. Which teams fall flat? Which teams are poised for a run? How many teams make it to the...

Facing uncertain future, Joey Baker sparks Michigan one more time

For Joey Baker, these days carry an ambiguous sense of finality.  Baker is wrapping up his fifth year in college, but his days may not be numbered quite yet. During ESPN’s broadcast of Tuesday’s NIT first-round tilt between Michigan and Toledo, the announcers revealed that...

NIT 2023: Toledo at Michigan Recap

No team wants to find itself in its home arena on the Tuesday after Selection Sunday, but there are two options: win the game or suffer an embarrassing loss to a local mid-major. Michigan chose to win the game against Toledo. The Wolverines got off...

Video: Juwan Howard, Michigan players talk NIT win over Toledo

Juwan Howard, Joey Baker, Dug McDaniel and Hunter Dickinson met with the media after Michigan’s NIT victory over Toledo.

Photo Gallery: Michigan 90, Toledo 80

NIT 2023: Toledo at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan and Toledo tip at 7 p.m. (ESPN2) tonight at the Crisler Center. Join the open thread before, during, and after tonight’s game.

What to watch for: Toledo at Michigan

Michigan hosts Toledo tonight (7:00 pm, ESPN2) in the opening round of the NIT. The Wolverines had an adventurous time against the MAC this season, knocking off Ohio in overtime, topping Eastern Michigan in a raucous affair in Detroit, and suffering a costly upset loss...

The Ultimate NCAA Tournament Preview (with New Player Prop Tools) is Back!

Michigan isn’t in the NCAA Tournament but that doesn’t mean you can’t fill out a bracket. My NCAA Tournament Preview Tool is back for another year to help you fill out your brackets this week. CBB Guide is the Ultimate NCAA Tournament Preview tool to help...

Michigan to face Toledo on Tuesday night in NIT opener

Michigan will face Toledo in the opening round of the NIT. The game tips at 7 p.m. and be televised on ESPN2. The Wolverines are a 3 seed in the tournament, according to updated information, which means they will host Toledo in the opening round....

‘It wasn’t a good afternoon for us’: Michigan’s NCAA Tournament hopes crushed in loss to Rutgers

CHICAGO — Michigan’s season came to an appropriately deflating end Thursday afternoon, amid a faint backdrop of “NIT” chants from an otherwise sleepy crowd. In a must-win game, the Wolverines lived a slow and painful demise, one missed shot at a time — eventually accumulating...

BTT 2023: Michigan vs. Rutgers Recap

College basketball can be unpredictable, but the end is telegraphed. The mistakes that teams make all year tend to be the same mistakes that they make when the season ends. For Michigan, that was the case on Thursday afternoon in Chicago. The Wolverines got off...

Video & Quotes: Juwan Howard, Hunter Dickinson and Kobe Bufkin recap loss to Rutgers

Juwan Howard, Hunter Dickinson and Kobe Bufkin were on the podium after Michigan’s Big Ten Tournament opening loss to Rutgers. JUWAN HOWARD: I would say “good afternoon” to everyone, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a good afternoon for us. We came up on the other end,...

BTT 2023: Michigan vs. Rutgers Open Thread

Michigan and Rutgers get the day started at noon (ET) on BTN. The Wolverines and Scarlet Knights are facing off in a play-out game, where the loser will have almost no chance of advancing the NCAA Tournament and the winner will earn a shot at...

BTT 2023: Michigan vs. Rutgers Preview

Michigan and Rutgers get the Thursday afternoon action started in Chicago (noon, BTN) in what has been deemed a play-out game for the NCAA Tournament. The loser won’t have much to look forward to on Sunday, while the winner gets a coveted shot against Purdue...