Dion Harris's catch-and-shoot three-pointer as time expired in the second overtime gave the Michigan men's basketball team an 87-84 win over Notre Dame in the NIT second round Monday, March 20, in Crisler Arena. The Wolverines, who trailed by double digits in the first half, played catch-up in the second period and finally pulled ahead on a triple ( Read more... )

You wouldn't know it unless you had gone way out of your way to look for it, but Michigan beat UTEP 82-67 earlier this evening. It's hard to find the results amid all of the coverage of the real tournament that is taking place right now. You know, the one with all the teams that could reliably beat Purdue if their season depended upon it (no, I'm ( Read more... )

Minnesota 59 ( Read more... )

A harsh, but difficult to argue with, assessment of the gap that still exists between the Michigan and Michigan State basketball programs:

But Michigan won't close the basketball gap with Michigan State until the deep-pocketed Blue hairs upgrade facilities charitably categorized as pathetic.

U-M ranks last in the conference in basketball facilities ( Read more... )

Michigan 54
Ohio State 65

This is all you need to know: Horton had 6 turnovers and 4 field goals; Harris had 5 turnovers and 1 field goal.

Next up: Indiana. There's no reason we shouldn't beat Indiana at home. Doing so should cement our invitation to the NCAA tournament.

Illinois 64 ( Read more... )

Minnesota 50
Michigan 72

Two weeks worth of frustration unloaded on the poor gophers. The most notable aspect of this game, beyond the whuppin' dished out, was that Chris Hunter started in place of Courtney Sims.

Next up: Michigan State. This is going to be a tough one. Harris and Shepard should be back. Abram is nowhere close.

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There just isn't any good news about Lester Abram.