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Ohio State’s confidence grows ahead of marquee Michigan matchup
Third-ranked Michigan enters Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinal against Ohio State on five days of rest, the well-earned advantage for the conference's regular-season champion.,As the top-seeded Wolverines aim to repeat the feat with a tourney title amid lofty NCAA Tournament hopes, coach Dust...
Oregon State tabs Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as coach
Oregon State hired Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as its new head coach on Wednesday.,Joyner effectively replaces head coach Wayne Tinkle. The university announced on Feb. 26 that it planned to part ways with Tinkle at the end of the 2025-26 season. ,The Beavers (17-16, 9-9 West Coast Conference) ...
Reports: Oregon State to tab Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as coach
Oregon State is expected to hire Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as its next head coach, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.,Joyner effectively will replace head coach Wayne Tinkle. The university announced on Feb. 26 that it planned to part ways with Tinkle at the end of the 2025-26 seas...
Duke reaches record 150 all-time weeks as AP No. 1 team
Duke remains in the No. 1 team in the Associated Press men's basketball top 25 poll entering conference tournament week, becoming the first team in history to spend 150 weeks in the top spot.,The Blue Devils (29-2) received 56 of the 61 first-place votes -- up one from last week -- after closing out...
No. 3 Michigan bests No. 8 Michigan St. to finish Big Ten slate 19-1
Yaxel Lendeborg poured in a game-high 27 points on just 12 shots as No. 3 Michigan swept the season series against No. 8 Michigan State with a 90-80 victory in a Big Ten regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Morez Johnson Jr. posted 18 points and seven rebounds while Roddy Ga...
Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore reaches plea deal
Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore agreed to a plea deal Friday, avoiding trial in a criminal case that followed his December firing over an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.,Moore agreed to plead no contest to new misdemeanor charges of malicious use of a telecommunications...
No. 3 Michigan edges Iowa to go undefeated in Big Ten road games
Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. each scored 16 points Thursday night and No. 3 Michigan became the first Big Ten Conference team in 50 years to go unbeaten on the road in league play with a 71-68 victory over Iowa.,Aday Mara added 14 for the Wolverines (28-2, 18-1), including a tie-breaking du...
No. 3 Michigan edges Iowa to go undefeated in Big Ten play
Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. each scored 16 points Thursday night and No. 3 Michigan became the first Big Ten Conference team in 50 years to go unbeaten on the road in league play with a 71-68 victory over Iowa.,Aday Mara added 14 for the Wolverines (28-2, 18-1), including a tie-breaking du...
No. 3 Michigan win vs. Iowa away from etching name in history books
Third-ranked Michigan is one road win away from accomplishing something no Big Ten Conference team has pulled off since Bob Knight's Indiana club went unbeaten on its way to the 1976 national championship.,If the Wolverines prevail Thursday night at Iowa City, Iowa, they'll be the second team in con...
Duke remains AP No. 1; Michigan State, Texas Tech leap into Top 10
Duke remains No. 1 for the second straight week in the Associated Press men's top 25 poll, extending its all-time record to 149 weeks as the top-ranked team.,The Blue Devils (27-2) have won six straight games, with a ranked win each of the last three weeks. After stomping Notre Dame 100-56 on Tuesda...
Michigan G L.J. Cason (ACL) to miss rest of season
Michigan sophomore guard L.J. Cason tore the ACL in his right knee during Friday's victory over Illinois and will miss the rest of the season.,The school announced the severity of the injury on Saturday. Cason was averaging 8.4 points and 2.4 assists and shooting 50.3% from the field in 28 games off...
Big Ten March Madness Contenders Ranked by Analytics
Michigan leads a group of Big Ten teams with legitimate NCAA Tournament title hopes. Analytics suggest the conference could end its 25-year drought....
Former Illini Morez Johnson Jr. leads No. 3 Michigan to win, Big Ten title
In a triumphant return to his former school, Morez Johnson Jr. produced 19 points and a game-high 11 rebounds to lead No. 3 Michigan to an 84-70 victory over No. 10 Illinois on Friday night in Champaign, Ill., that clinched the Wolverines' first Big Ten title since 2021.,Johnson, a physical sophomor...
No. 3 Michigan tops Minnesota to clinch share of Big Ten title
Elliot Cadeau scored 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting, and No. 3 Michigan pulled away for a 77-67 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.,L.J. Cason added 14 points for Michigan (26-2, 16-1), which clinched a share of the Big Ten Conference regular-season title. It marked the program's...
Fresh off rare loss, No. 3 Michigan ready to rebound vs. Minnesota
After a brief setback, No. 3 Michigan is eager to resume its dominant season.,The Wolverines (25-2, 15-1 Big Ten Conference) will try to bounce back from their second loss of the season when they tip off against Minnesota (13-14, 6-10) on Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Michigan is coming off a 68...
Fresh off rare loss, No. 1 Michigan ready to rebound vs. Minnesota
After a brief setback, No. 1 Michigan is eager to resume its dominant season.,The Wolverines (25-2, 15-1 Big Ten Conference) will try to bounce back from their second loss of the season when they tip off against Minnesota (13-14, 6-10) on Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Michigan is coming off a 68...
No. 3 Duke outlasts No. 1 Michigan in much-anticipated slugfest
Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke held on to beat No. 1 Michigan 68-63 in a much-anticipated, high-intensity nonconference showdown Saturday night in Washington, D.C.,Isaiah Evans racked up 14 points, Caleb Foster provided 12 points and Patrick Ngongba II turned in 11 points for Duke (2...
No. 3 Duke set to test mettle vs. top-ranked Michigan
A neutral-court, non-conference game between Duke and Michigan sounded like a big deal when it was announced during the offseason.,Now it might be even bigger than anticipated.,The third-ranked Blue Devils and No. 1 Wolverines will jockey for position atop the AP Top 25 poll when they clash Saturday...
Tickets for No. 1 Michigan, No. 3 Duke fetching record prices
Ticket costs for Saturday's potential Final Four preview featuring No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 Duke in Washington, D.C., went from expensive to astronomical on the resale marketplace this week. ,The Wolverines (25-1), the projected No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and Blue Devils (24-2) are c...
In first game as No. 1, Michigan takes down No. 7 Purdue
Elliot Cadeau led a balanced attack with 17 points and seven assists as newly-crowned No. 1 Michigan downed No. 7 Purdue 91-80 on Tuesday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Playing for the first time as the nation's top-ranked team since 2013, the Wolverines (25-1, 15-1 Big Ten) led by double digits for the ma...