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Five takeaways from Michigan’s season opener

Michigan opened the year with a win and covered the spread on Monday night in a comfortable but never outwardly dominant victory over Purdue Fort Wayne. The Wolverines took control of the game early with a 20-0 run, but allowed the Mastodons to hang around...

Defense shows tangible growth on opening night

It seemed like deja vu. To start its game against Michigan, Purdue Fort Wayne found back-to-back corner threes from guard Deonte Billups to take an early lead. On the next possession, Billups cranked another three from up top, this time missing. He was firing at...

Game 1: Purdue Fort Wayne at Michigan Recap

The first 40 minutes of Michigan’s 2022-23 season felt like a roadmap of what is to come and a sneak preview of what’s waiting at the end of the journey. The Wolverines flashed their promise — there probably aren’t many one-two scoring punches better than...

While first game shows promise, Michigan remaining level-headed

After christening the season with a 75-56 win over Purdue Fort Wayne, Hunter Dickinson and Jett Howard sat alongside one another at their postgame press conference. Each had played an instrumental role in the victory: Dickinson with a routinely dominant 22-point, 12-rebound performance and Howard...

Video: Juwan Howard, Michigan players recap win over Purdue Fort Wayne

Juwan Howard, Hunter Dickinson and Jett Howard met with the media after Michigan’s 19-point win over Purdue Fort Wayne.

Photo Gallery: Michigan 75, Purdue Fort Wayne 56

Game 1: Purdue Fort Wayne at Michigan Open Thread

We’ve finally made it to Game 1. College basketball is here and Michigan hosts Purdue Fort Wayne tonight (6:30 p.m., BTN). Read all of our preview content, tell a friend about it, and then join the conversation on our message boards.

Game 1: Purdue Fort Wayne at Michigan Preview

Michigan’s 2022-23 season opener is finally here as the Wolverines welcome Purdue Fort Wayne (6:30 p.m., BTN) to the Crisler Center this evening. The Mastodons are the defending Horizon League champs and a more dangerous than expected opening night foe. Fort Wayne is experienced and...

How a year as a high school coach helped shape Jaelin Llewellyn

In the hardest year of his life, Jaelin Llewellyn went home.  Virginia Episcopal — a preparatory boarding school in Lynchburg, VA — isn’t Llewellyn’s technical home. Yet even though he grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Llewellyn’s basketball maturation unfolded at VES, where he earned all-state...

2022-23 Michigan hoops over/under predictions

For the seventh consecutive year, we solicited Michigan basketball over/under propositions to preview the upcoming season. There were some great submissions, and just like last year, you can vote on each prop. Each posted over/under proposition has an attached poll so you can share your...

Podcast: Michigan Basketball Season Preview

The Pin Down is back for another season! The new year starts on Monday and this pod has everything you need to get ready for the 2022-23 season. Dylan and Eric dive into the Michigan roster position group by position group, focusing on guards, wings...

2022-23 Player Power Rankings: No. 3 Jett Howard

Over the last few years, we’ve borrowed an idea from Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch to roll out our season preview player profiles in a power-ranking format. We’ll preview every player on the roster while ranking them by some arbitrary combination of ability, importance,...

George Washington III chose Michigan for expected role, future

Every athlete wants to be an impact player, but that’s a distinction earned through hard work and production. It’s hard to promise success to a recruit, but coaches can lay out how a player will fit in their system. For four-star guard George Washington III,...

Five Key Plays: Michigan 88, Ferris State 75

With limited time between Michigan’s lone exhibition game and its home opener, we’re going with a bit of a Five Key Plays/Five Takeaways mashup. Here’s a look at five key sequences, players or moments with video to fill in the gaps for those who missed...

Exhibition: Ferris State at Michigan Recap

We finally got a sneak peek of Michigan’s 2022-23 roster, and early impressions are that it was worth the wait. The story on dress rehearsal night wasn’t All-American big man Hunter Dickinson or graduate transfer guard Jaelin Llewellyn. Instead, it was the wing duo of...