The Daily reached out to the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana’s student newspaper, to get the lowdown on the Grizzlies.
Max Marcovitch
Daily Sports Editor
Basketball
After a week-long respite following its Big Ten Tournament championship, the Michigan men’s basketball team finally has its NCAA Tournament path.
Asked about where he thinks Michigan deserves to be seeded, fifth-year senior forward Duncan Robinson instead summoned a different sport — with a much smaller ball — for comparison.
Big Ten Champion hats perched on their heads, music blaring, a group of Michigan players trot off the confetti-littered podium, toward the locker room, singing “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z at the top of their lungs.
Zavier Simpson isn't just a vastly improved basketball player, he's the alpha dog running the show.
Moritz Wagner avenged his first game against Nebraska with Friday's performance.
NEW YORK CITY, NY. — There was nothing normal about it.
Not all three captains notching two fouls early in the first half.
Not senior guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and junior center Moritz Wagner both fouling out.
“I called Muhammad over and said, ‘You’re doing a D-Walt impersonation at just the right time.’ ”
Once again, Michigan showed signs of peaking as the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament approach.
Michigan is starting to click in March like many of John Beilein's past teams.