MICHIGAN WOLVERINES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mailbag: Caris LeVert, Possession Distribution, Rule Changes, More
Dustin Johnston
The UM Hoops Mailbag is a collection of questions tweeted (@umhoops), e-mailed or sent via our Facebook page. Submit your questions and we’ll answer as many as we can.
@joealexis: Isn’t Caris LeVert being overlooked for next season? I think that he has tremendous upside.
@RyanParrill Chances Irvin doesn’t play more min than LeVert like people are concluding...
Notebook: Chatman confirms Michigan visit, U-M tracking 5-star guard
Kameron Chatman and Tyler Dorsey
The Wolverines have been tracking class of 2015 ICP Elite wing Kameron Chatman for quite some time and John Beilein will earn a coveted unofficial visit from the versatile forward. Chatman, who we profiled last week, confirmed in Dallas for the third session of the Nike EYBL that he will take an unofficial visit to Michigan on June 1st. The visit...
Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Michigan Basketball to play at Duke
In what will be one of the marquee match ups of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Michigan will play at Duke. The Wolverines are 8-21 all-time against the Blue Devils, they last beat them in 2008 at Crisler Center. Michigan has won at Duke just three times, the most recent was in 1996.
2013-14 Schedule
Glenn Robinson III
Here’s what we know about Michigan’s 2013-14 schedule.
They will...
Vince Edwards comfortable with Michigan, Purdue
It’s no secret that Michigan and Purdue have prioritized Vince Edwards at the combo forward position. The 6-foot-7 forward demonstrated why both John Beilein and Matt Painter want him so badly at the 2013 Bill Hensley Memorial Run-n-Slam Classic in Fort Wayne over the weekend.
Edwards was critical in helping his All Ohio Red squad take home the 17U Championship in a loaded field...
Michigan Basketball is becoming point guard U
Darius Morris
When John Beilein took over the reins of Michigan Basketball one of his key early recruits was point guard Darius Morris. Morris started 19 games as a freshman and averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 assists per game. He was handed the keys to the team as a sophomore and responded with a great season in which he set the school’s single season assist record (235), averaged...
Michigan Basketball adds Andrew Dakich to 2013 recruiting class
Andrew Dakich (Photo credit: IndyStar)
Michigan Basketball needed to add some depth to their 2013-14 roster and they found the perfect player to do that when they offered Andrew Dakich a chance to be a preferred walk-on. Dakich had similar offers from Butler and Purdue, but was drawn to the Wolverines. He is the son of Dan Dakich and played AAU ball with Mark Donnal.
Dakich is a...
Stauskas hits 46 three-pointers in a row
Michigan sharpshooter Nik Stauskas has broken out of his shooting slump.
Stauskas, who struggled late in Big Ten play and for most of the postseason before hitting six straight 3-pointers in the regional final win over Florida, posted a YouTube video that shows he's back in form.
"I promised you guys a new YouTube video, here it is in the rain! Went 7076 from three, 46...
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Trey Burke says bye Michigan. Hello NBA!
Michigan Wolverine sophomore guard extraordinaire and multiple player-of-the-year award winner Trey Burke made it official Sunday, he’s moving on to the NBA.
Trey Burke made the announcement during a press conference called by Michigan Athletics to communicate the news from Ann Arbor.
The Naismith and Wooden award winner and Big Ten Player of the Year contributed 18.6 points-per...
In 1993, Bill Clinton wrote a letter to Chris Webber about his timeout gaffe (pic)
On March 7, 1993, President William Jefferson Clinton put an actual pen to actual paper — imagine that, in this day and age — to write a friendly letter to then Michigan Wolverines star Chris Webber in the hopes that it would cheer up the Fab Five member when the young man was probably feeling as low as he ever felt in his fledgling, big-time basketball career. As you may recall...
Spike Albrecht is a smooth operator, hollers at Kate Upton on Twitter
After Michigan's Spike Albrecht was done raining threes on the court, he took some time to holler at supermodel Kate Upton on Twitter.
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Michigan's Albrecht tweets at Kate Upton
Spike Albrecht had never scored more than 7 points in any NCAA game until the National Title game when his Wolverines lost to Louisville 82-76. Spike was on fire for the first half and ended up with a career-high 17 points. Spike saw that Kate Upton had attended the game and decided that while he was personally on a roll he would Tweet at the two-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit...
OLD COLLEGE TRY
Jalen Rose makes a plea to Chris Webber
Tweet Jalen Rose were teammates on the infamous Michigan “Fab Five” team that advanced all the way to the NCAA Finals two seasons in a row, with the second ending after Webber called a time out in 1993 that Michigan didn’t have, resulting in a technical foul. Ouch. With the Wolverines returning to the title [...]
Michigan’s Trey Burke named AP Player of the Year
Congratulations ]V[ICHIGAN Wolverine sophomore guard Trey Burke for being named the Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year for the 2012-13 season.
Burke becomes only the second Wolverine player to win the award since the stand-out guard Cazzie Russell picked up the honor back in the 1965-66 season in his senior year.
Burke has already been honored with numerous other...
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Michigan players do 'Humpty Dance' after win
The Michigan men’s hoops team reached their first Final Four since the Fab Five era in the early 90′s (which technically does not exist anymore) on Sunday by destroying Florida 79-59 in Dallas. In the aisle of the bus after the game, the Wolvies partied like it was 1993, which coincidentally, was three years after their chosen music from Digital Underground debuted. Via @ShepMatt
LOOKING... DIFFERENT
Andrews loses bet, changes Twitter av
The FOX Sports broadcaster and Florida alum made a bet with NFL Network host and Michigan man Rich Eisen over Sunday's game. See her Twitter avatar's new look.
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