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With its Big Ten title hopes still alive, Michigan hosts Illinois on Sunday (3:45 p.m., CBS) at the Crisler Center in a battle of teams with records that don’t match their KenPom ratings. The Wolverines are 22-6 and ranked 24th; the Illini are 18-11 and ranked 22nd. The Wolverines have won eight of their last nine games — all by two possessions or less — in a magical run where … [Read more...] about Game 29: Illinois at Michigan Preview

Michigan and Rutgers tip at 9 p.m. on Peacock tonight. Read the game preview and join the conversation on the message board before, during and after today’s action. Free Peacock Heads up! Tonight’s game is streaming on Peacock. You can get 3 months of Peacock for FREE using this link and applying the promo code: PEAGZ7LNYFN44OEJ6. Dusty May Promo! Join UM Hoops today and be … [Read more...] about Game 28: Rutgers at Michigan Open Thread

Dusty May, Nimari Burnett and Vlad Goldin met with the media after Michigan’s last-second win over Rutgers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPXMj38hVI?feature=oembed&w=1000&h=563] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msuTQySpF24?feature=oembed&w=1000&h=563] [youtube … [Read more...] about Video: Dusty May, Nimari Burnett and Vlad Goldin recap last-second win over Rutgers

For most of Thursday night, Michigan’s magical run through Big Ten play looked like it was about to end. The Wolverines gave up 57 first-half points on their home floor, missed 11 free throws, and struggled to make threes for yet another game. Nothing went Michigan’s way for most of the night, and it was staring at a double-digit home deficit with ten minutes to play against a … [Read more...] about Game 28: Rutgers at Michigan Recap

Nimari Burnett wasn’t supposed to have the ball in his hands on the final play. When Michigan coach Dusty May called a timeout with 3.6 seconds left, not liking what he saw on the court, he knew he’d have to draw up multiple different plays to contend with the different defenses Rutgers might throw at the Wolverines out of the timeout. In May’s ideal play, though, junior … [Read more...] about ‘That was not the play’: Nimari Burnett’s deep buzzer-beater lifts Michigan to comeback win