Basics Who: Michigan (0-0) vs. Saginaw Valley St. Where: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI When: Friday, Nov. 5th, 7pm ET (BTN Replay at 11am Sunday) TV: BigTenNetwork.com ($) Radio: MGoBlue, WTKA 1050 AM, 950 AM Live TFS Michigan faces Saginaw Valley State in a Friday evening exhibition...
The 2010-11 College Basketball Prospectus is out! John Gasaway’s masterpiece has been expanded to cover all 345 D-I teams this year and features ten different authors – including yours truly, who previewed a pair of a conferences. You can buy the digital download for $9.94...
On the eve of Michigan’s first exhibition game, Joe and I compared notes to aggregate as many notes as possible from Michigan’s practices over the last couple weeks. Michigan held an open practice for student ticket holders this evening and we received several reports from...
John Beilein appears to be set on playing Zack Novak at the two, ridding himself of “the smallest four man in Division-I basketball” and leaving Colton Christian and Evan Smotrycz battling to be the starting four. Smotrycz is the most highly touted recruit in John...
									
																		DeShawn Sims Missing in Action DeShawn Sims has reportedly disappeared from Greece, according to this report from The Hoop. Up to this minute, Deshawn Sims(2.03-PF) is gone from his house in Thessaloniki, Greece. The player didn’t go to the practice session this morning and when...
Scrimmage madness! Michigan held their annual “secret-but-really-not” scrimmage versus Eastern Michigan yesterday evening. These scrimmages are typically very structured, allowing coaches to experiment with a number of line-ups and situations. There are plenty of tidbits surrounding last night’s scrimmage around the internet, but in short:...
Next up in our Around the Big Ten series we have the Northwestern Wildcats. We interviewed Lake the Posts for an all encompassing look at the Wildcats’ upcoming season. Previously: Michigan State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Penn State Last year was supposed to be the...
Matt Vogrich arrived at Michigan touted as one of the best freshman three point shooters in the country, but what a lot of people forget is that he had a multi-faceted game in high school. He was heralded as not just a shooter but a...
									
																		Trey Burke Continues to Shine Video is from a different event Over the weekend, Trey Burke led his Columbus based squad to the All-Ohio Nike City Series championship in dramatic fashion, with a win over the Cincinnati-based squad. In the championship, Burke went head-to-head with...
It’s far from finalized, but this is how the roster appears to be breaking down at this moment. There are still a lot of “ORs” on the chart but, as Beilein has mentioned, just about every position in the lineup is up for grabs. I...
Next up in our Around the Big Ten series is Penn State courtesy of Eric Gibson of Raise The Curtains. Eric was kind enough to answer some questions about Talor Battle and his supporting cast. Previously: Michigan State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin I guess you...
									
																		10 of the 11 (Penn State didn’t make it due to travel complications) Big Ten schools made the trip to Chicago today to participate in the Big Ten’s annual media day. Media day is that sort of necessary evil where awkward TV shoots and repetitive...
Here’s the transcript of John Beilein’s press conference at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago (courtesy of a Big Ten release). We couldn’t make it to Chicago but we’ll have a full wrap-up post later this evening. COACH BEILEIN: Thank you. Good morning. This is...
When Tim Hardaway Jr. committed to Michigan, after their team camp last summer, he had only two other high major offers (Kansas St. and Minnesota). He proceeded to have an strong AAU season before an even better high school season, averaging 32 points, 7 rebounds...
He could be Michigan’s starting center, yet most haven’t seen him play but a few minutes of an exhibition game. Who is Blake McLimans and what will he bring to the table? At this point, all we can do is try to piece together a...
									
																		Michigan opens the 2025-26 basketball season on Monday night (8:30 p.m., FS1) against Oakland...
									
																		Michigan opens the 2025-26 season tonight against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (8:30 p.m., FS1)...
									
																		A new Michigan basketball season tips off tonight — and with it, the next...
									
																		When asked about how the No. 7 Michigan men’s basketball team was impacted by...
									
																		Over the last few years, we’ve borrowed an idea from Adam Jardy of the...