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Game 12: Central Michigan at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan and Central Michigan tip at 7:00 p.m. on BTN-Plus ($) tonight. Join the conversation before, during and after tonight’s game on our message board.

Game 12: Central Michigan at Michigan Preview

Michigan wraps up non-conference play tonight (7 p.m., BTN-Plus) with a chance to knock off the holiday rust against Central Michigan (4-8). The Chippewas are the third MAC team that Michigan has faced in its early-season slate, and the Wolverines had closer-than-expected tests against both...

Game 11: Michigan vs. North Carolina Recap

Michigan showed progress on Wednesday night in Charlotte, including sophomore guard Kobe Bufkin taking another massive step forward, but left empty-handed with its fourth loss. The Wolverines couldn’t get out of their own way when it mattered most. They let a hot start slip away...

Game 11: Michigan vs. North Carolina Open Thread

Michigan and North Carolina have a big game tonight in Charlotte before a bit of a Christmas break. Tip is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on ESPN, read the preview and join the discussion throughout the contest.

Game 11: Michigan vs. North Carolina Preview

For the fifth time in the last six seasons, Michigan and North Carolina will face off for a non-conference game. The Tar Heels have won both games in North Carolina, including last year’s Big Ten-ACC Challenge romp, while Michigan prevailed in the Bahamas (2019) and...

Podcast: Big Ten Year In Review

Brendan and Dylan recap the best and worst moments of the 2022 calendar year in Big Ten basketball, taking time to stop and highlight some ridiculous moments along the way. Listen to “Big Ten Year In Review” on Spreaker. The podcast is available just about...

Form Tracker: December 19th, 2022

Welcome to Form Tracker, a weekly feature where we rate Michigan players based on their individual performance on a 1-through-10 scale in an effort to sort through the ebbs and flows of the college basketball season and track how players progress and develop. The ratings are...

Five Key Plays: Michigan 83, Lipscomb 75

Michigan escaped a late scare against Lipscomb to move to 7-3 on the season. It was a big night for Kobe Bufkin and Jett Howard while the Wolverine defense continued to leave something to be desired. Here are Five Key Plays from Michigan’s win featuring...

Game 10: Lipscomb at Michigan Recap

Michigan picked up a necessary win over Lipscomb on Saturday evening, but it didn’t make things easy on itself. The Wolverines struggled to get stops all night against the Bisons’ Princeton-style offense. They gave up back cut after back cut and found themselves down by...

Photo Gallery: Michigan 83, Lipscomb 75

Game 10: Lipscomb at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan and Lipscomb tip on BTN-Plus ($) at 4 p.m. this afternoon. Join the discussion on our message board before, during and after today’s game.

Michigan leaning on more than just McDaniel after Llewellyn injury

After Jaelin Llewellyn’s season ended with an ACL injury, the immediate question arose of how Michigan would replace him. And a game and a half later, it’s clear that freshman guard Dug McDaniel will fill the position. For his part, McDaniel has filled the role...

Video: Howard Eisley discusses Dug McDaniel’s development

Howard Eisley met with the media via Zoom today to discuss Dug McDaniel, Jaelin Llewellyn’s injury and Saturday’s matchup with Lipscomb.

Game 10: Lipscomb at Michigan Preview

Lipscomb (Saturday, 4:00 p.m., BTN-Plus) flourished as one of the best programs in the ASUN in the late 2010s, peaking at No. 45 in KenPom in 2019, and then Casey Alexander was hired away to Belmont. Long-time Division II head coach Lennie Acuff was hired...

‘Why wait to be great?’: Dug McDaniel has been here before

After Dug McDaniel compiled a 15-point, 7-assist performance — his best outing in his young college career — to lead Michigan to a 90-75 victory over Minnesota last Thursday, Juwan Howard heaped praise upon his freshman point guard.  “For someone to be so young, so...