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Subscriber Ask Me Anything: March 22nd, 2023

It’s time for our monthly subscriber ‘Ask Me Anything’! Any member can ask a question, all you have to do is log in to the message board and add it to the thread. I’ll be answering questions throughout the day. You can submit your question...

Burning questions facing Michigan ahead of a pivotal offseason

Michigan’s season ended on Saturday at Vanderbilt, officially flipping the calendar into the offseason. The Wolverines missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014-15, and it was the worst finish of Juwan Howard’s tenure in Ann Arbor. “So saying all that, this summer,...

Podcast: Michigan State to the Sweet 16! Everyone else? Not so much.

Dylan and Brendan discuss Michigan State’s wins over USC and Marquette and preview the matchup with Kansas State. Then they roll through the rest of the league’s failure to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, providing a bit of postmortem on each...

Report: Isaiah Barnes to enter transfer portal

First reported by Joe Tipton, Michigan wing Isaiah Barnes is entering the transfer portal. Barnes is a former four-star recruit who struggle to crack Michigan’s rotation in two years. He played in 15 games as a redshirt freshman this season, averaging 1.1 points and 1.1...

NIT 2023: Michigan at Vanderbilt Recap

Michigan’s season came to a merciful yet brutal end on Saturday morning. The sort of finish that felt as impossible as it was predictable. The Wolverines were without Kobe Bufkin and Jett Howard but controlled most of the game at Vanderbilt, only to let the...

Video: Juwan Howard, Hunter Dickinson and Dug McDaniel after Vanderbilt loss

Juwan Howard, Hunter Dickinson and Dug McDaniel addressed the media after Michigan’s loss at Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon.

NIT 2023: Michigan at Vanderbilt Open Thread

Michigan and Vanderbilt tip at noon on ESPN for a second round clash in the NIT. Join the discussion on our message board.

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...