Stories by Everett Cook
Despite a departure, and possibly more to come, all smiles for men's basketball team at year-end banquet
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
The scene inside the Crisler Center for the banquet reflected the good vibes surrounding a team that had reached the National Championship game for the first time since 1993. Before the ceremony, an autograph line stretched for more than half of the concourse.
Trey Burke declares for the NBA Draft
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
It’s been a foregone conclusion all season that sophomore point guard Trey Burke would leave early for the National Basketball Association at year’s end, but on Sunday, Burke officially announced that he would forgo his last two years of eligibility in Ann Arbor to enter the NBA Draft.
Spring Game 2013
Behind Gardner, a cast of unknowns
- Ruby Wallau/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
“It’s his throne now,” said fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon. “That will definitely make him feel better back there. I could see it in his play in the spring, he’s a lot more comfortable back there and has taken control of the offense. It’s really exciting.”
Everett Cook: Bye, Trey
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
ATLANTA — With six minutes left in Michigan’s 82-76 loss to Louisville in the National Championship, Trey Burke launched himself off the ground and toward the backboard, stretching his arm as far up as it could possibly go, trying to stop the trajectory of Louisville guard Peyton Siva.
The day before the national title, a lack of tweets
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
ATLANTA — After the Michigan men’s basketball suffered a devastating loss to Penn State in late February, the team had a players-only meeting. It was a gut-check of a loss, one that made the public question the validity of the Wolverines’ perceived talent.
Everett Cook: The redemption song of Jordan Morgan
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
“That’s how you get to Monday night,” said Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander. “For Jordan Morgan to have the adversity that he experienced and then to turn around and have the type of huge defensive stops in a game on a stage that’s so big — it’s redemption for that young man.”
Opposing approaches become clear in the game before the game
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
“We’ll play our zone,” Triche said with a chuckle. “We’ve stopped some good players of lately and before. (Former UConn guard) Kemba Walker was doing his thing, he got eight points against our zone. I don’t see (Burke) being too much better than Kemba Walker.”
Michigan gets creative to simulate Syracuse’s zone as semifinal looms
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
For much of the week, much attention has been paid to this zone, put in place by legendary Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, and how Beilein would attack it. The two are friends and have roots back to when Beilein coached at Canisius in the 1990s.
Beilein and Boeheim, from a small gym in Buffalo to the Final Four
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
Back in the early 1990s, Beilein was coaching Canisius College, a small Division I school in Buffalo, N.Y. The gyms would be tiny and cramped — nothing like the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, where Beilein’s current team will play in the Final Four this weekend.
Just a Nik Stauskas type of afternoon
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
So on Sunday, Stauskas felt what nobody else could’ve predicted because his shots in warm-ups felt like his shots from the beginning of the season. The freshman knew he was in for a big game, and it showed. He scored a game-high 22 points and didn’t miss a shot on six attempts from downtown, carrying Michigan to a 79-59 win over Florida to advance to the Final Four.
