Stories by Neal Rothschild
Men’s Basketball
Behind Enemy Lines: Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
In a conference full of colorful coaches — with competition from Tom Izzo, Tim Miles and Bill Carmody — Bo Ryan is perhaps the most brash. The most senior coach in the conference never seems to have the best talent, but is able to grind down teams by working the ball for the duration of the 35-second shot clock.
Men's Basketball
Behind Enemy Lines: Ohio State guard Aaron Craft
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
For all of Trey Burke’s successes in his charmed college career, one player has been a particular thorn in his side. Junior Aaron Craft has relentlessly hounded Burke on the defensive end the past two seasons, helping Ohio State take three of four matchups from Michigan.
Behind Enemy Lines: Ohio State F Deshaun Thomas
- File Photo/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
Last year when the Michigan basketball team went down to Columbus in a mid-season Big Ten showdown, it didn’t come back to Ann Arbor happy.
Horford injury shadows convincing victory
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
NEW YORK — In a devastating twist of fate, Jon Horford missed the second free throw.
The redshirt sophomore center had converted the front end of a two-shot foul, but if he could revise fate, he’d surely have it the other way around in No. 3 Michigan’s 81-66 win over West Virginia at the Barclays Center.
Balanced scoring, tenacious transition game boosts Michigan past Arkansas
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
Forty minutes of hell. The term was coined to describe Arkansas’s up-tempo, asthma-inducing offense, but Saturday, No. 3 Michigan flipped the script and used its own distinct style to turn Crisler Center into the Razorbacks’ inferno.
Don't expect new wrinkles Tuesday against Western Michigan
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
The Michigan basketball team is now through the brunt of its non-conference schedule. NIT Season Tip-Off title? No problem. Big Ten/ACC Challenge game against a preseason top-10 opponent? Next. First true road test of the year? Check.
A changing of the guards for Michigan
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
PEORIA, Ill. — Thirty-six minutes from Nik Stauskas and the first playing time of Caris LeVert’s career sent the message loud and clear. There’s a new order at guard for the Michigan basketball team.
Stauskas arrives as major offensive threat
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
A few things about freshman guard Nik Stauskas: Though Canadian, he doesn’t watch hockey. He doesn’t know who Alanis Morrisette is but he’s a big Justin Bieber fan. He particularly likes the Canadian popstar’s new stuff, and appreciated his biopic, “Never Say Never.”
Block 'M' Blog: What Are These Guys Up To? Nov. 27
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
It’s Tuesday.
This means it’s time to read ‘Where Are These Guys Now?” As always, you may be treated like royalty when you come back to campus, but it doesn’t mean you won’t get solitary confinement in Dennison from me.
Neal Rothschild: Tim Hardaway Jr. and his revitalized career
BY NEAL ROTHSCHILD
NEW YORK — Jay-Z blared inside the Michigan locker room as the team celebrated its NIT Season Tip-Off championship in the depths of Madison Square Garden.
