The Big Ten announced the dates, times and television networks for the Big Ten conference games that will air on CBS or the ESPN family of networks this season. Michigan will play 11 of its 18 conference games on CBS or an ESPN station and...
Photo: The basketball recruiting section cheers during one of Brandon Herron’s touchdown returns/Detroit News Any recruiting notes from the weekend have to start with Mitch McGary. The number three player in the class of 2012 was on campus for a two day official visit which...
Even though we are closer to the next season than the last, Josh Houchin wrapped up his final highlight video from last season. While the previous videos focused on specific players, this video is a smorgasbord of clips from the entire season. The previously posted...
The offseason is a wonderful time when Ken Pomeroy tweaks his website to implement new features, making the best college basketball statistical resource even better. Today he implemented similarity scores for every Division I player. You can find the data, by season, on each player’s...
Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn brought some mainstream attention to John Pudner’s Value Add formula last week. The formula measures the precise offensive value added by any specific player – or more specifically the drop off involved in replacing one player with a generic ninth or...
The Detroit Free Press reports that John Beilein plans to stay in Ann Arbor past his fifth season. I’m not sure there were many questions around that but there are a number of other quotes on the program in the article. Updates to Austin Hatch’s...
Trent Montemayor took our inquiry for help to heart and volunteered to construct and maintain a running database of Big Ten Recruiting Rankings. The idea is borrowed from MGoBlog, who maintains a similar list for football classes. There will likely be some tweaks in future iterations but...
Several of our friends, rivals and companions in the Michigan sports realm have announced major staffing moves over the last month and now we want to take the opportunity to announce a move of our own. Kevin Raftery will be joining the team as a...
2012 Michigan recruiting target Mitch McGary was invited to play in the Boost Mobile Elite 24 event in Venice Beach this weekend and made headlines but shattering the backboard with a dunk during warmups. Here’s footage of McGary’s dunk: McGary will begin taking visits next...
Mitch McGary’s upcoming visits are set, per Dave Telep: Michigan official 9/3; Kentucky unofficial 9/5; North Carolina official 9/7; Duke official 9/8. McGary shared his thoughts on each school left on his list with Scout.com ($). Glenn Robinson III and Nick Stauskas both saw their...
From Michigan Basketball on Facebook Michigan lands an important local recruit in bold Derrick Walton Jr. “Coach Bacari said it a lot — that he wanted a lot of guys from the Detroit area, so I guess I was his main target and it was...
In what we hope to make an annual feature on the blog, here’s an early look at some of the Big Ten players that could have breakout performances during the upcoming season. These are generally players that had limited roles in the offense due to...
We’ve posted several scouting and highlight videos of 2012 Michigan commitment Glenn Robinson III this summer, but here’s some additional footage from both the NY2LA Summer Jam and Invitational compiled by the Midwest Ballers. Previously: Video: Glenn Robinson III Summer Highlights Video: Glenn Robinson III...
Borrowing an idea from our friends at Inside the Hall, here’s an early look at five major storylines affecting the Michigan backcourt for this upcoming season. How does Trey Burke perform as a true freshman point guard – In all but the rarest circumstances, freshmen...
Above: John Beilein on ESPN U with Andy Katz, Kevin Stallings and Andy Kennedy U-M’s Beilein talks money, Big Ten, Darius Morris and more Beilein chats with the Free Press 8/12/11 –Bartelstein Blog: Summer Days Going Fast, the Rookies and the League Bartelstein bloggin’ Catching...
Michigan sophomore Morez Johnson Jr. made the final cut, and will play for Team...
On paper, Michigan has one of the best frontcourt groups in college basketball. The...
Michigan forward Danny Wolf was selected 27th in the 2025 NBA Draft by the...
Danny Wolf was on the podium after getting selected 27th by the Brooklyn Nets...
Michigan center Vlad Goldin wasn’t selected in the 2025 NBA Draft, but quickly signed...