All-Ohio teams: Northland’s Burke shares player of year Burke earns a share of the the AP Division 1 All-Ohio Player of the Year award with PSU commit Trey Lewis. The duo will have a chance to go head-to-head this Friday in the state semifinals. The Ohio Mr. Basketball award will be announced tomorrow. Mr. Basketball [...]

When 15th Is Better Than 8th: The Math Shows the Bracket Is Backward Nate Silver examines why the 8 seed sucks and his graph above puts it pretty simply. Tournament Preview: Duke in the West “Tennessee didn’t have a double-digit win in SEC play that wasn’t against LSU or Auburn. The Volunteers profile isn’t terribly [...]

2011 Peoria Notre Dame big man Max Bielfeldt will take his official visit to Michigan this week, as he’s headed to Ann Arbor tonight. Bielfelt has offers from Michigan and Illinois and is expected to decide between the two schools. Illinois also may be pushing to use its final scholarship on a point guard transfer [...]

Zack Novak named to All-Glue team“The two things he walked in the door with here are toughness and leadership,” Beilein said. “The only time I get mad at Zack is if he passes up a shot. That tells you all you need to know about what kind of kid he is.” BU guard asks for [...]

Video: Michigan Basketball Coach John Beilein Previews MSU Another MGoBlue preview video with John Beilein NCAA on CBS regional split: March 5, 2011 Those of you that live outside of the midwest aren’t going to like this … Luckily, CBS will be streaming the game live online. Heads Up, All In: MSU-Michigan Preview KJ provides [...]