It’s safe to assume the Michigan fans watching the Wolverines dance into the Elite Eight on Friday night — in particularly stunning fashion — allowed themselves plenty of time to celebrate the victory. They read stories about the game, pored over quotes, marveled at the historic nature of the win and probably enjoyed a couple [...]
At different points throughout this season, Trey Burke, Michigan’s All-American point guard and Player of the Year front-runner, has been accused by fans of playing “hero ball.” He’s been accused of trying to take over games by himself, and perhaps he’s taken a few too many step-back threes. After a first half in which he [...]
Dustin Johnston Death, taxes and Wisconsin near the top of the Big Ten. Wisconsin’s success has been one of the conference’s most reliable assumptions for the past decade or so. This year, however, with a costly injury to the Badgers’ starting point guard Josh Gasser and an underwhelming performance in early-season non-conference play, Wisconsin looked [...]
Dustin Johnston Before Michigan’s trip to Peoria, Illinois in early December, Caris LeVert looked as though he was headed for a redshirt freshman season. A little over a month later, the Pickerington, OH native is the most-used Michigan bench player outside of Mitch McGary. With every opportunity, LeVert seems to improve. He’s become steadily more [...]
Dustin Johnston In its first two Big ten games, Michigan is dealing with the two extremes of the tempo spectrum: Northwestern, at 64 possessions per game, plays at a slow pace typical of a team running the Princeton offense. Iowa, at just over 70 possessions per game, is the fastest team in the Big Ten [...]
