Big Ten Media Day is underway in Chicago. John Beilein, Manny Harris, and DeShawn Sims are there representing Michigan. The AP Preseason Top 25 and Naismith Preseason Top 50 lists are also due out sometime today. Friday – Andy Katz looks at Beilein’s preparation and his passion for breaking down film. Friday – The Daily [...]
I don’t usually devote a post to just one article, but this one is worth it. Jeff Goodman put together a wonderful piece on John Beilein, Manny Harris, DeShawn Sims, and dealing with the numerous skeptics from Detroit. Here’s the lede: DeShawn Sims had just finished up his freshman season at Michigan when he heard [...]
Thanks to all the writers who participated in the preview series (teams are linked to their previews below). Now here are the Big Ten standings as they have predicted: Blogger Predicted Big Ten Standings Team W L Last Yr. Net Michigan St. 14 4 15-3 -1 Purdue 14 4 11-7 +3 Ohio State 13 5 [...]
It’s easy to remember the exciting parts of last season. Whether it is the early season win over UCLA or rushing the court after the Duke game. Maybe finally winning a big road game at Minnesota or the NCAA tournament win over Clemson. Last season was a breath of unexpected fresh air that caught most [...]
Q & A: Sagemont Florida’s Will Sheehey 2010 wing claims a 40 inch vertical and Beilein is headed down to check him out next week. His list consists of Michigan (no offer), Indiana, Stanford, Vanderbilt, George Washington, University of Miami and Washington (no offer). Video here. Michigan Makes Mark on Zeigler & Family ($) GoBlueWolverine [...]
Like it or not, John Beilein’s basketball teams are perimeter oriented teams. Beilein has a model and, besides a few tweaks here and there, he is comfortable sticking to it because it works. The ideology behind a POT is that you shoot a lot of threes while sacrificing offensive rebounding for not turning the ball [...]
