Michigan Men's Basketball

January 17, 2009

Wolverines fall to arch-rivals in front of 1989 team

BY ALEX PROSPERI

The No. 25 Michigan men's basketball team got a taste of its own medicine Saturday night against Ohio State. The Wolverines, who run a rare 1-3-1 zone defense, ran into another unorthodox scheme.
The Buckeyes played a 1-2-2 matchup zone all game, stalling Michigan's offense and helping the Buckeyes steal a Big Ten road game, 65-58.

January 15, 2009

: FIle Photo/Daily

Twenty years later, Fisher reflects on 1989 Championship

BY RUTH LINCOLN

Steve Fisher can remember it clearly.

As fans took their seats in the Seattle Kingdome before the 1989 NCAA National Championship Game, Fisher looked on as Michigan men’s basketball star forward Glen Rice laid on a training table.

January 14, 2009

Michigan can't handle Illini attack in second half

BY JASON KOHLER

CHAMPAIGN — The Michigan men's basketball team went to the locker room nursing a one-point lead over Illinois.

But it knew from experience that the game was far from over.

When the two teams squared off on Jan. 4 in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines overcame a one-point halftime deficit to defeat the Fighting Illini 74-64.

Last night, the tables were turned when Illinois dominated Michigan down the stretch in a 66-51 win.

January 13, 2009

: Clif Reeder/Daily

Men's basketball midseason progress report

BY DAILY MEN'S BASKETBALL WRITERS

Offense: In Beilein's first season, his team struggled with the ball, to say the least. But this year’s squad is the second-best scoring offense in the Big Ten, pouring in 10 more points per game than last year. But an offense that lives and dies on 3-pointers will have its problems.

January 11, 2009

: Krista Boyd / Daily

Wolverines blow past Cyrus Tate-less Hawkeyes

BY ANDY REID

No one, not even Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein, could have predicted the Wolverines would be here at this point in the season.

January 11, 2009

: Said Alsalah / Daily

Early wakeup cure for defensive funk

BY ALEX PROSPERI

A 7:45 a.m. wake-up call threw a curveball to the Michigan men's basketball team. But maybe that's just what the Wolverines' struggling defense needed.
Against Iowa on Sunday, Michigan surrendered just 49 points and collected a season-high 12 steals in a game that started at 11:30 a.m.

January 11, 2009

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On men's basketball: Michigan embraces role as nobody

BY JASON KOHLER

After yesterday's 64-49 win over Iowa, redshirt freshman guard Laval Lucas-Perry called Michigan a "nobody."
Heading into the season, the Wolverines were pegged to finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten. After all, they had set a program record with 22 losses the season before.
How much could they have changed in one offseason? They were nobodies.

January 11, 2009

'M' destroys Iowa for third conference win

BY ANDY REID

The Michigan basketball team — yes, the same team that won just 10 games last year; the same team that lost a whopping 22; the same team that hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1998 — is sitting at No. 3 in the Big Ten standings.

January 08, 2009

Beilein shuffles lineup as role players step up

BY JASON KOHLER

Michigan coach John Beilein has been searching for the perfect mix in his starting lineup all season.
At the beginning of the year, he had redshirt sophomore Anthony Wright start at forward with junior DeShawn Sims on the bench.

January 07, 2009

Facing 17-point halftime deficit, Michigan ousts Indiana in overtime

BY ALEX PROSPERI

BLOOMINGTON — Michigan coach John Beilein grabbed his jacket, picked up his water, put his head down and started walking back to the Michigan locker room at halftime. Then he looked up at the scoreboard to see if that had really just happened.
Against an Indiana team with a 5-8 record and nine freshmen, his team trailed 39-22.
But Beilein knew exactly what to focus on.

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