Stories by Daniel Wasserman
Michigan kicks off Tournament play with Ohio
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With its highest seed since 1998, the Michigan men’s basketball team will kick play off in the NCAA Tournament on Friday against Ohio.
Scores of connections in the Michigan-Ohio matchup
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
When Ohio’s name popped up on CBS’s Selection Show in the space below Michigan, Wolverine fans came up with an abundance of jokes surrounding the irony of a real Michigan-Ohio matchup.
Burke's career-worst performance results in lopsided loss to Buckeyes
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
Freshman point guard Trey Burke was the talk of the town in Indianapolis on Friday night after scoring a career-high 30 points in the Michigan men’s basketball team’s overtime win over Minnesota.
Burke's career night pushes Michigan into tournament semis
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
INDIANAPOLIS — The No. 10 Michigan basketball team had chance after chance against Minnesota, but continually squandered them. For most of regulation’s final moments, it appeared mistakes and uncharacteristic misses would doom the Wolverines.
Wolverines head to Indianapolis with another championship in sight
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
All season, members of the Michigan men’s basketball team have talked about championships. Having already accomplished their first championship goal — the Big Ten regular-season title — the Wolverines will begin a new pursuit in Indianapolis on Friday when they kick off play in the conference tournament.
Michigan heads to Champaign with title hopes still alive
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
All season long, players and coaches on the Michigan men’s basketball team have talked about winning championships. Until recently, the team’s shot at a conference title looked rosy.
Burke and Hardaway Jr. struggle in senior night loss
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
Saturday night at Crisler Center was supposed to be a celebration of the trio of four-year veteran guards that have built the men’s basketball program from the ground up: Zack Novak, Stu Douglass and even Corey Person.
Notebook: Breaking down the Big Ten race, Novak's sympathy
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
When Michigan State won a share of the Big Ten football championship two years ago, Michigan fans were quick to point out that the Spartans split the crown.
Daniel Wasserman: The microcosm of Zack Novak
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
Bobb Vergiels’ voice cracked slightly as he said it, adding an extra umph that the night deserved. The game hadn’t even started yet, but before Novak even reached midcourt to shake William Buford’s hand, the crowd was already louder than it had been all season.
• ANALYSIS: Morgan refuses to back down in win over Buckeyes
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Credit 'swag' and hot shooting for the bench's emergence
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY DANIEL WASSERMAN
Michigan coach John Beilein didn’t necessarily foresee sophomore forward Evan Smotrycz breaking out of his slump Sunday against Illinois.
