I finally got around to cleaning up the design of the site. I was sick and tired of the old design and this one is a lot more clean and flexible. Also figured there wouldn’t be a better time to update than right before a new season before we start diving into preview stuff. The header will of course be updated with the new court look as soon as I can get my hands on a picture.
There are a couple nice little tweaks like AJAX comments and an improved archives system that come along with the new design (powered by K2). It will be a process making sure everything works for everyone the way it is supposed to but I think in the long run it will be better. Please let me know any problems you find with the new design by email or through the comments.
I am also open to suggestions for coverage of the team in the upcoming season and overall direction of the site. One thing I have been considering is experimenting with a UFR-style analysis of some more important games this season. Let me know about any suggestions or what you want to see more of, less of, or what you want to stay the same.
One final note, I have to thank one of our commenters, Ben, for his hard work helping me out with the new design. He was there to help me with every little tweak until 2am to get this stuff live.
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I’m going to try something new and take questions through email and then answer them on the site. Send your questions to umhoops@gmail.com sometime this week (or anytime really) and then I will post the answers on this site.
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Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend, I probably won’t be updating the blog much over the weekend unless anything pressing comes up. Next week I’ll have more reaction on the Benzing commit, an updated Hot Board, and a look back at the 2008 class now that everything is wrapped up.
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Have had no internet the whole weekend because it has been down. I barely can get this up before it will go down again. Thoughts on Saturday’s game, Tuesday’s upcoming game, and some recruiting updates will be up ASAP (probably Monday).
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Hope you all have a great holiday. We are going to take the next couple days off. Back on Tuesday.
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The blog is going to be focused on Michigan basketball and extending somewhat to look at the Big Ten and the rest of college basketball. There is not really a website out there that is fully devoted to Michigan basketball and while there certainly aren’t tons of fans (proven by Crisler attendence records) there are enough that a site like this is worth its while. With this site I hope to unite Michigan basketball fans across the spectrum (bring together the “BBall Mafia” some might say) and create a niche for Michigan basketball fans.
Who am I? My name is Dylan Burkhardt, a sophomore at the University of Michigan and have had basketball season tickets for the last 10 years. I have been a fan since the first time I ventured to Crisler Arena and it has only grown since then even through the tough times over the last ten years. I am making a website because I have experience in the field (previously running StreetballOnline and now running DailyDevils.com (don’t worry I am not Duke fan). So we will see where this goes, the plan is to let it grow naturally. Thanks for checking it out and come back.
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