No Longer Slowest? The Oddly Normal Big Ten Gasaway observes the Big Ten playing at a faster, more normal, pace. I don’t care what pace they play at, the conference needs to start winning some games. ESPN’s big push alters early-season hoops landscape Luke Winn with a fascinating piece on how ESPN dominates the preseason [...]
While it wasn’t quite the worst case scenario, Michigan’s performance in Orlando was disappointing at best. After winning their opener over Creighton, they finished 1-2 after painful losses to Marquette and Alabama. Michigan needs to take a long look in the mirror and find themselves quickly. Ranked 15th a week to start the year, it [...]
Basics Who: Michigan (3-1) vs. Alabama (3-2) Where: Milk House, Orlando, FL When: Sunday, November 29th, 5 PM EST TV: ESPNU Radio: MGoBlue, WTKA (AM 1050) Old Spice: Bracket, Preview No real preview because I’m traveling and haven’t caught any of the Alabama games. Michigan needs a win over the Crimson Tide to escape Orlando [...]
This moment was bound to come. The one where everyone says “What the hell? This isn’t a top 15 team!” Pre-season rankings are an extremely inexact science, they are based largely on last year’s results and a quick look over what players are returning. At this point, they probably aren’t a top 15 team but [...]
Basics Who: Michigan (3-0) vs. Marquette (5-0) Where: Milk House, Orlando, FL When: Friday, November 27th, Noon EST TV: ESPN, ESPN360.com Radio: MGoBlue, WTKA (AM 1050) Line: Old Spice: Bracket, Preview Opposition Blog: Cracked Sidewalks There is no time for Michigan to hang around because they will be back on the court at noon tomorrow [...]
Beilein audio | Player audio Creighton gave Michigan all they could handle and then some, but Michigan prevailed in overtime. There were times when Michigan looked like a top 15 team and there were times when they looked lost. But at the end of the day this was an extremely gutty victory over a very [...]
