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Game 17: Michigan at Illinois Plus/Minus

Here are the Illinois plus/minus numbers. there is nothing pretty about them but Kelvin and Laval were the best of the worst I guess. Watching that second half again was a bit like pulling teeth. No totals in this post because they will be in...

Monday Night Links

Old Spice ’09 Tournament: Florida State, Alabama, Baylor, Michigan Creighton, Iona, Marquette and Xavier All eight teams appear to be finalized according to JS Online. Thanks to Chris for the tip. Put this acronym in your pipe and smoke it Points Over Replacement Per Adjusted Game....

Practice Facility Plans

Practice facility plans will go before the regents this week. The document outlining the plans is located here. They are planning to build the practice facility on the east side of Crisler Arena. An addition of approximately 50,000 gross square feet to Crisler Arena for...

Recruiting Roundup (1-19-09)

Site Notes I added a list of “useful stuff” to the right column which includes: UM Hoops RSS feed Big Ten Wonk explanation of tempo free stats Recruiting videos Michigan’s KenPomeroy profile Michigan’s RPI ranking at Warren Nolan Michigan’s StatSheet page UM Hoops Twitter page...

Game 18: Ohio State at Michigan Post Game

Opportunity missed. Michigan had their chance to pull out a home win but they just couldn’t finish off the Buckeyes despite being up 44-40 with 7:35 to play. The Buckeyes were the ones that seized the game with a 16-3 run over the next 6...

Game 18: Ohio State at Michigan Preview

Basics: Who: Ohio State (12-3) at Michigan (13-4) Where: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI When: Saturday, January 17th 8:00 ET TV: BTN Spread: U-M by 3 Preview: Stat Sheet, U-M KenPom Profile, Ohio State KenPom Profile Radio: MGoBlue, WWJ-AM (950), WTKA-AM (1050) Big games are...

Freshman Friday

Looking up and down the Big Ten stats this year it is pretty clear that there just are not any impact freshmen. Last year’s all-freshman team consisted of Eric Gordon, Manny Harris, Kosta Koufos, Robbie Hummel, and E’Twaun Moore. Two of those guys were main...

Friday Links

Lure of Pro Ball Still Tugs at Pittsnogle Great read from the NY Times on Kevin Pittsnogle Interview: Pete Tiernan of bracketscience.com Greg Dooley talks NCAA tournament and Michigan with Pete Tiernan …Is This Thing On? A new U-M blog on the radar, ThoseWhoStay.com. Be...

Blake McLimans Video: Worcester vs. New Hampton

I have to apologize in advance for the overall quality of the video and camera work. It was the only footage I had to work with and I figured it would be better than nothing. The problem with WTHef sharing all of that quality Darius...

Rumeal Speaks His Mind

Mark Snyder has a piece in the Free Press with Rumeal Robinson who is due back in town this weekend for the 1989 reunion. Rumeal gives his 2 cents on Steve Fisher, the Fab Five, Ed Martin, and NCAA violations. His answers will raise some...

Game 17: Michigan at Illinois Post Game

The Michigan offense left Champaign at half time. Michigan only made 6 field goals in the second half and Manny made 5 of them. Illinois held Michigan to only 20 points on 20.7% shooting in the second half. Grady, Novak, and Lucas-Perry finished the first...

Game 17: Michigan at Illinois Live Blog

Another Live Blog tonight, this one is a three team effort: MGoBlog, UMHoops, and Paint the Town Orange. I’ll be in and out but I believe Brian recruited some extra moderators to keep everything running smoothly.

Game 17: Michigan at Illinois Preview

Basics: Who: Michigan (13-3) at Illinois (14-2) Where: Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL When: Wednesday, January 14th 8:30 ET TV: BTN Last Meeting:  Michigan 74-64 — Post-Game, Preview Spread: ILL by 6.5 Preview: Stat Sheet, U-M KenPom Profile, Illinois KenPom Profile Radio: MGoBlue, WWJ-AM (950), WTKA-AM...

Game 16: Iowa at Michigan Plus/Minus

2005 West Virginia vs. 2009 Michigan

I was taking a look at Michigan’s Ken Pomeroy profile and compared it to West Virginia’s 2004-2005 profile. 2005 was the year West Virginia made the surprising run into the NCAA Tournament and guys like Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey became household names.  Here are...