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HAIL! TO THE VICTORS VALIANT | hail! to the conqu‘ring heroes | HAIL! HAIL! TO MICHIGAN | the leaders and best! UUNIVERSITYN I V E R S I T Y OOFF MMICHIGANI C H I G A N GAME DAY BBASKETBALLA S K E T B A L L NOTEBOOK 2020-21 MICHIGAN BASKETBALL | 2020-21 RATING SOS Overall 19-2 Big Ten 14-2 NCAA Net 3rd -- Home 13-1 Home 8-1 Q1 (7-1) Q2 (6-1) Away 6-1 Away 6-1 Q3 (4-0) Q4 (2-0) Neutral 0-0 Neutral 0-0 KenPom 2nd 15th Sagarin 3rd 17th Associated Press 2nd (1,512; 1st: 4) ESPN’s BPI 5th 23rd GG2222 USA Today Coaches 2nd (764; 1st: 1) Weeks in Polls: 13 vs. Ranked: 6-2 in OT Games: 1-0 #2/2 MICHIGAN wolverines (19-2; 14-2 Big Ten) vs. MICHIGAN STATE spartans (14-11; 8-11 Big Ten) Regular Season Opponent Time/Results TV Wed., Nov. 25 BOWLING GREEN W 96-82 ESPN2 Game Day | Big Ten Road Match-up (Finale) Sun., Nov. 29 OAKLAND W 81-71 OT B1G Network • Date: Sunday, March 7, 2021 Wed., Dec. 2 BALL STATE W 84-65 B1G Network • Tip: 4:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 6 CENTRAL FLORIDA W 80-58 B1G Network • Location: East Lansing, Michigan Wed., Dec. 9 N.C. STATE (1) PP/replaced (2) • Arena: Breslin Center (15,000) TOLEDO W 91-71 FS1 • TV Broadcast: CBS Sports Sun., Dec. 13 PENN STATE+ W 62-58 B1G Network • TV Talent: Ian Eagle (play-by-play) & Bill Raftery (analyst) -- off site Fri., Dec. 25 at Nebraska+ W 80-69 B1G Network • U-M Radio: Detroit: WWJ-Radio (950 AM) | Ann Arbor: WTKA (1050 AM) Thu., Dec. 31 at Maryland+ W 84-73 ESPN Brian Boesch (p-by-p) & Terry Mills (analyst) Sun., Jan. 3 #19/22 NORTHWESTERN+ W 85-66 B1G Network • U-M Talent: Wed., Jan. 6 #16/17 MINNESOTA+ W 82-57 B1G Network • U-M Satellite Radio: Sirius: 135 | XM: 195 | Internet: 957 Sat., Jan. 9 at Penn State+ PP/rescheduled (3) Tue., Jan. 12 #9/9 WISCONSIN+ W 77-54 ESPN Who are the Michigan State Spartans? Sat. Jan. 16 at #23/19 Minnesota+ L 75-57 ESPN2 • After a 69-50 loss to Michigan on Thursday, Michigan State (14-11; 8-11 B1G) closes its Tue., Jan. 19 MARYLAND+ W 87-63 FS1 home-and-home with the Wolverines hosting them at Breslin Center on Sunday. The Spar- Fri., Jan.22 at Purdue+ W 70-53 FS1 tans have are fi ghting for an NCAA berth and have won four of their last six games. Wed., Jan. 27 at Penn State+ PP/cancelled (4, 5) B1G Network • As a team, the Spartans are averaging 69.5 points, 37.6 rebounds and shooting 42.4 Sat., Jan. 30 INDIANA+ PP/cancelled (5) CBS percent per game. MSU had three games postponed due to COVID-19, however, it has Wed., Feb. 3 at Northwestern+ PP/cancelled (5) B1G Network rescheduled them and are on pace for a 20-game regular season. Sat. Feb. 6 MICHIGAN STATE+ PP/rescheduled (5) ESPN • MSU starts and stops with junior forward Aaron Henry, who averages a team-high 15.4 Thu. Feb. 11 #6/6 ILLINOIS+ PP/rescheduled (6) ESPN points, 5.6 rebounds (2nd), a team-high 3.5 assists (88), 1.3 steals (32) and 1.4 blocks (34). Sun. Feb. 14 at #21/21 Wisconsin+ W 67-59 CBS Henry has posted 23 double fi gure games, with seven 20+ including three of his last six. Thu., Feb. 18 RUTGERS+ W 71-64 FS1 • Graduate student Josh Langford is averaging 10.0 points as he is tied for the team lead Sun., Feb. 21 at #4/4 Ohio State+ W 92-87 CBS Thu., Feb. 25 #9/12 IOWA+ W 79-57 ESPN with 33 3-pointers. Redshirt-junior (and Marquette transfer) Joey Hauser has 32 long range Sat., Feb. 27 at Indiana+ W 73-57 FOX buckets and is averaging 9.9 points per game. Junior forward Gabe Brown (7.5 ppg) has Tue., March 2 #4/4 ILLINOIS+ L 76-53 (8) ESPN knocked down 15 3-pointers in his last eight games and is tied with Langford for the team- Thu., March 4 MICHIGAN STATE+ W 69-50 (9) ESPN lead with 33 long range buckets. Sun., March 7 at Michigan State+ 4:30 p.m. CBS • Junior guard Foster Loyer will miss the remainder of the season after having shoulder sur- gery (March 1). After injuring his shoulder at Nebraska (Jan. 2), he re-injured it against Penn B1G Tournament Round Time/Results TV State (Feb. 9). He missed the last four games before electing for surgery. He was averaging Wed., March 10 vs. First Round Bye B1G Network 3;2 points, 1.6 rebounds and had 17 3-pointers. Thu., March 11 vs. Second Round Bye B1G Network Fri., March 12 vs. Quarterfi nal Indianapolis, Ind. B1G Network Just Four Days Ago Sat., March 13 vs. Semifi nal Indianapolis, Ind. CBS • No. 2 Michigan and Michigan State met four days ago (March 4) at Crisler Center, as the Sun., March 14 vs. Championship Indianapolis, Ind. CBS Wolverines used a 69-50 decision to win the 2021 Big Ten regular season title. • After battling back-and-forth throughout the fi rst 10 minutes, the Wolverines built an NCAA Tournament Round Time/Results TV 11-point halftime lead. Despite the Spartans coming out with four quick points to start Thu., March 18 vs. First Four Mackey/Assembly TruTV Fri-Sat., March 19-20 vs. First Round six sites TBD (4) the second half, U-M went on a 10-0 run to help the Maize and Blue build a 17-point lead. Sun-Mon., March 21-22 vs. Second Round four sites TBD (4) Balancing it’s inside play with long range buckets, U-M saw that lead expand to as high as 28 Sat-Sun., March 27-28 vs. Sweet 16 Bankers Life/Hinkle CBS & TBS as the Wolverines coasted to the victory. Mon-Tue., March 29-30 vs. Elite Eight Lucas Oil Stadium CBS & TBS • Sophomore Franz Wagner led U-M with 19 points, as he knocked down a season-high four Sat., April 3 vs. Final Four Lucas Oil Stadium CBS 3-pointers, while grabbing six rebounds. Freshman Hunter Dickinson used a 14-point, 10-re- Mon., April 5 vs. NCAA Championship Lucas Oil Stadium CBS bound eff ort to post his fi fth double-double off the season, while Isaiah Livers, Eli Brooks and Mike Smith all chipped in nine points apiece. LEGEND: Tip times are local to site | + Big Ten game • Overall, U-M shot 50.0% (26-for-52) from the fi eld, while MSU shot 36.4% and did not make 1: ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) a 3-pointer going 0-for-9, as the Maize and Blue held the Green and White to its second low- 2: postponed/replaced (Toledo), due to COVID-19 related concerns within the NC State program est scoring output on the season (50). The Wolverines outrebounded the Spartans, 34-28. 3: postponed due to COVID-19 related concerns within the Penn State program 4: rescheduled from Jan. 9th; postponed due to U-M Athletics pause due to COVID-19 variant How U-M Won a Big Ten Title 5: postponed after Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recommenda- • In what has turned out to be a unique season with COVID-19, the Big Ten regular season tions to pause all U-M sports for 14-days due to COVID-19 variant title was agreed to be determined by overall winning percentage as many schedules fl uctu- 6: postponed as part of U-M’s return-to-play protocols & plans 7: Rescheduled after originally set for Thursday, March 4 ated due to the global pandemic. 8: Originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 11; postponed due to U-M department pause • Needing to win one in its last two games (both against Michigan State), Michigan clinched 9: Originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6; postponed due to U-M department pause the Big Ten title after the 69-50 win against the Spartans. With a current winning percentage of 87.5%, there are no mathematical scenarios that would not allow U-M to fi nish atop the MICHIGAN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS conference. • Tom Wywrot, Associate Director (Basketball Communications) • The regular season crown is the 15th in U-M history and fi rst since the Wolverines won the • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (734) 320-1148 2014 title by three games thanks to the play of Big Ten Player of the Year Nik Stauskas. • Megan McIntosh, Assistant Director (working remotely) • The regular season titles makes the Wolverines the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big Ten • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (810) 223-3700 Tournament for just the second time in program history (2014). • Kurt Svoboda, Associate Athletic Director • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (617) 872-6111 NCAA CHAMPIONS 1989 | BIG TEN TITLES 1921, ‘26, ‘27, ‘29, ‘48, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘74, ‘77, ‘85, ‘86, 2012, ‘14, ‘21 | BIG TEN TOURNAMENT 1998, 2017, ‘18 MICHIGAN BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season Michigan Basketball Quick Facts: 2020-21 QUICK FACTS TEAM INFORMATION City Ann Arbor, Michigan David & Meredith Kaplan U-M Head Coach Juwan Howard (Michigan, 1995) Population 120,781 Career Record 38-14 (2nd season) Founded 1817 Record at Michigan 38-14 (2nd season) Enrollment 47,907 B1G Record at Michigan 24-12 (2nd season) Nickname Wolverines Associate Head Coach Phil Martelli School Colors Maize (PMS 116) & Blue (PMS 282) Assistant Coach Saddi Washington Arena Crisler Center (12,707) Assistant Coach Howard Eisley Conference Big Ten Director of Basketball Operations Chris Hunter President Mark S.