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HAIL! TO THE VICTORS VALIANT | hail! to the conqu'ring heroes | HAIL! HAIL! TO MICHIGAN | the leaders and best! UUNIVERSITYNI VE RSIT Y OOFF MMICHIGANICHIGAN BBASKETBALLA S K E T B A L L 2015-16 GAME DAY NOTEBOOK MICHIGAN BASKETBALL | 2015-16 Overall: 19-7 Big Ten: 9-4 AP Poll: RV (32nd, 17) Home: 12-3 Home: 5-2 Coaches Poll: RV (29th, 29) Away: 4-3 Away: 3-2 RPI: 50th (NCAA) Neutral: 3-1 Neutral 1-0 SOS: 89th (NCAA) GG2727 2015 PRESEASON MICHIGAN wolverines (19-7; 9-4 B1G) Friday N6 LE MOYNE W 74-52 BTN-Plus at OHIO STATE buckeyes (16-10; 8-5 B1G) 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON GAME DAY Friday N13 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 70-44 BTN-Plus • Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Monday N16 ELON (1) W 88-68 ESPN3 • Tip: 7:05 p.m., possible slip to 7:10 p.m. Friday N20 XAVIER (2) L 70-86 BTN • Location: Columbus, Ohio Wednesday N25 vs. #18/22 Connecticut (3) L 60-74 AXS TV • Arena: Value City Arena (18,809) Thursday N26 vs. Charlotte (3) W 102-47 AXS TV • TV Broadcast: ESPN "Super Tuesday" Friday N27 vs. Texas (3) W 78-72 AXS TV • TV Crew: Bob Wischusen (p-by-p) and Dan Dakich (analyst) Tuesday D1 at N.C. State (4) W 66-59 ESPN2 • U-M Radio: Detroit: WWJ (950 AM) | Ann Arbor: WWWW (102.9 FM) Saturday D5 HOUSTON BAPTIST W 82-57 ESPNU • U-M Radio Crew: Matt Shepard (p-by-p) & Terry Mills (analyst) Tuesday D8 at 19/-- SMU L 58-82 ESPN2 • Satellite Radio: Sirius: 83 | XM: 195, NOTE: OSU home broadcast Saturday D12 DELAWARE STATE W 80-33 ESPNU • Social Media: Facebook: "Michigan Basketball" | Twitter & Instagram: "umichbball" Tuesday D15 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 77-62 BTN Saturday D19 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 105-46 ESPN3 THE COACHING MATCHUP Wednesday D23 BRYANT W 86-60 BTN • Michigan: John Beilein (185-117 in ninth season at U-M | 736-345 in 38th season) Wednesday D30 at Illinois+ W 78-68 ESPN2 • Ohio State: Thad Matta (315-104 in 12th season at OSU | 417-135 in 16th season) Saturday J2 PENN STATE + W 79-56 BTN Thursday J7 at 20/18 Purdue+ L 70-87 ESPNU A LITTLE ABOUT OHIO STATE Tuesday J12 3/3 MARYLAND+ W 70-67 ESPN • Ohio State hosts Michigan with a 16-10 record and a 8-5 B1G mark. The Buckeyes are coming Sunday J17 at 16/19 Iowa+ L 71-82 BTN off a 79-69 win at Rutgers on Saturday and have won two straight. Wednesday J20 MINNESOTA+ W 74-69 BTN • OSU is 12-4 at Value City Arena with a 5-1 B1G home record. The lone conference loss was a Saturday J23 at Nebraska+ W 81-68 ESPN2 66-61 decision against Maryland (Jan. 31). Wednesday J27 RUTGERS+ W 68-57 BTN • The Buckeyes average 70.9 points per game and 38.7 rebounds. They are shooting 44.4 Saturday J30 vs. Penn State+ (5) W 79-72 BTN percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from long range. Overall, OSU is 14th in the league Tuesday F2 22/21 INDIANA+ L 67-80 ESPN shooting just 65.7 percent on free throws. Saturday F6 10/10 MICHIGAN STATE+ L 73-89 CBS • Ohio State is led by three players scoring in double figures and nearly 5.0 rebounds per game Wednesday F10 at Minnesota+ W 82-74 BTN each. Junior Marc Loving leads the team with 12.5 points and is averaging 5.2 boards per game, Saturday F13 18/16 PURDUE+ W 61-56 ESPN2 while sophomore Keita Bates-Diop averages 12.1 points and a team-best 6.6 rebounds and Tuesday F16 at Ohio State+ 7:05 p.m. ESPN sophomore Jae-Sean Tate is posting 11.5 points and 6.3 rebounds. Sunday F21 at 6/5 Maryland+ 1 p.m. CBS • Redshirt sophomore Kam Williams is OSU's Sixth Man having played in all 26 games. He aver- Wednesday F24 NORTHWESTERN+ 7 p.m. BTN ages 8.0 points and has made a team-best 40 three-pointers. Sunday F28 at Wisconsin+ (6) 5 p.m. CT BTN • Freshman JaQuan Lyle is just outside double figures scoring 9.9 points and 4.0 rebounds. Saturday M5 4/6 IOWA+ 8 p.m. BTN Sophomore center Trevor Thompson is shooting a team-best 54.8 percent from the floor while averaging 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds. 2016 B1G TOURNAMENT Wednesday M9 BTT Opening Round TBD TBD THE SERIES WITH OHIO STATE Thursday M10 BTT First Round TBD TBD • Tonight's game will be the 178th all-time meeting between Michigan and Ohio State. Friday M11 BTT Quarterfi nal TBD TBD • Tonight's game is the only meeting of the regular season. Saturday M12 BTT Semifi nal 1/3:30 p.m. CBS • Tonight's game is the first meeting of unranked U-M and OSU teams in just over seven years. Sunday M13 BTT Championship 3 p.m. CBS The last unranked meetings was a 72-54 U-M loss in Columbus on Jan. 28, 2009. • U-M trails, 77-100, in the all-time series, however, the Wolverines have won four of the last five 2016 B1G TOURNAMENT meetings. U-M is 28-57 all-time in games played in Columbus. Tue-Wed. M15-16 First Four TBD • Last season, U-M and OSU split the series with each team winning on its home courts. First, Thu-Sun. M17-20 2nd & 3rd Rounds TBD The Buckeyes snapped a four-game losing streak to the Wolverines, 71-52, at Value City Arena Thu-Sun. M24-27 Regional Rounds TBD (Jan. 13). The Maize & Blue responded at Crisler Center with a 64-57 upset win over the 24th- Saturday A2 Final Four TBD ranked Buckeyes in Ann Arbor (Feb. 22). Monday A4 National Championship TBD WHAT'S AHEAD? Legend: ALL game times are local to site | + Big Ten game • U-M's week closes with a trip to College Park, Md., on Sunday (Feb. 21) for a second regular 1: Battle 4 Atlantis, Mainland Bracket, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) season meeting against 2/2 Maryland at the Xfinity Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on CBS. 2: Gavitt Tipoff Games, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) Earlier in the season, U-M won a 70-67 decision at Crisler Center (Jan. 12). 3: Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas (Imperial Arena) • After U-M's trip to Maryland, Michigan has three regular season games remaining. First is a 4: ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Raleigh, N.C. (PNC Arena) Wednesday (Feb. 24) matchup with Northwestern at Crisler Center followed by a Sunday (Feb. 5: B1G Super Saturday; New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) 28) road trip to Madison, Wis., and the Kohl Center to face Wisconsin. After a late season, mid- 6: TV wildcard game; determined no later than Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 week bye, the Wolverines will finish the 2016 B1G slate against Iowa on Saturday (March 5). website/mgoblue.com | twitter/@umichbball | facebook/MichiganBasketball | instagram/@umichbball U-M Basketball Communications Contact: Tom Wywrot, Associate Director | Email: [email protected] | Contact: (734) 249-0306 MICHIGAN BASKETBALL | 2015-16 Season 2015-16 Michigan Basketball Roster No. Michigan Basketball Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Class Hometown (High School/Prep) Pronunciation Guide 0 Brent Hibbitts F 6-8 205 Fr. Hudsonville, Mich. (Hudsonville HS) "HIB-its" 2 Spike Albrecht G 5-11 175 Sr. Crown Point, Ind. (Northfi eld Mount Hermon [Mass.]) "ALL-breckt" 3 Kameron Chatman G/F 6-8 215 So. Portland, Ore. (Jeff erson HS) 5 D.J. Wilson F 6-10 240 R-Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Capital Christian School) 10 Derrick Walton Jr. G 6-1 190 Jr. Detroit, Mich. (Chandler Park Academy) 11 Andrew Dakich G 6-2 190 Jr. Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville Community HS) "DOCK-itch" 12 Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman G 6-4 185 So. Allentown, Pa. (Allentown Catholic Central HS) "Ah-B'dur-ROCK-man" 13 Moritz "Moe" Wagner F 6-10 225 Fr. Berlin, Germany (Alba Berlin) "MORE-ree'tz" | "VOG-ner" 20 Sean Lonergan F 6-5 210 Jr. Fishers, Ind. (Fishers HS) "LON-er-GAN" 21 Zak Irvin G/F 6-6 215 Jr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern HS) 22 Duncan Robinson G/F 6-8 210 R-So. New Castle, N.H. (Philips Exeter Academy) 23 Caris LeVert G 6-7 205 Sr. Pickerington, Ohio (Central HS) "Karras" | "la-VERT" 24 Aubrey Dawkins G/F 6-6 205 So. Palo Alto, Calif. (New Hampton Prep [N.H.]) 32 Ricky Doyle F 6-9 250 So. Cape Coral, Fla. (Bishop Verot HS) 34 Mark Donnal F 6-9 240 Jr. Monclova, Ohio (Anthony Wayne HS) "DON-nell" Head Coach: John Beilein | Pronunciation "bee-line" Assistant Coaches: LaVall Jordan, Jeff Meyer & Bacari Alexander Director of Basketball Operations: Pete Kahler Director of Program Personnel: Chris Hunter | Video Analyst: Will Vergollo | Graduate Manager: Bryan Smothers Strength & Conditioning: Jon Sanderson | Athletic Trainer: Alex Wong | Undergraduate Student Assistant: Austin Hatch BRENT SPIKE KAMERON D.J. DERRICK ANDREW HIBBITTS ALBRECHT CHATMAN WILSON WALTON JR. DAKICH # Freshman # Senior # Sophomore # R-Freshman # Junior # Junior 0 Forward 2 Guard 3 Guard/Forward 5 Forward 10 Guard 11 Guard MUHAMMAD-ALI MORITZ "MOE" SEAN ZAK DUNCAN CARIS ABDUR-RAHKMAN WAGNER LONERGAN IRVIN ROBINSON LEVERT # Sophomore # Freshman # Junior # Junior # R-Sophomore # Senior 12 Guard 13 Forward 20 Forward 21 Guard/Forward 22 Guard/Forward 23 Guard AUBREY RICKY MARK JOHN DAWKINS DOYLE DONNAL BEILEIN Sophomore Sophomore Junior # # # Ninth Season 24 Forward 32 Forward 34 Forward HC 2 • HAIL! TO THE VICTORS VALIANT | hail! to the conqu'ring heroes Game Day Notebook | MICHIGAN BASKETBALL 2015-16 Game Glances G1: Northern Michigan | W, 70-44 Walton Jr., and 15 points off the bench from a Top 3 ranked opponent at home with a G25: at Minnesota | W, 82-74 Nov.