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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 22-4 Big Ten 14-3 NCAA Net 4th -- Home 13-1 Home 8-1 Q1 (8-3) Q2 (6-1) Away 6-2 Away 6-2 Q3 (4-0) Q4 (2-0) GG2727 Neutral 3-1 Neutral 0-0 KenPom 3rd 19th Sagarin 4th 21st Associated Press 4th (1,280) ESPN’s BPI 6th 24th Game Day | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 USA Today Coaches 4th (676) No. 1 seed (#4/4) Michigan wolverines (22-4; 14-3 Big Ten) Weeks in Polls: 14 vs. Ranked: 6-3 in OT Games: 1-0 vs. No. 4 seed (#15/15) Florida State seminoles (18-6; 11-4 ACC) • Date: Sunday, March 28, 2021 Regular Season Opponent Time/Results TV • Tip: 5:00 p.m. Wed., Nov. 25 BOWLING GREEN W 96-82 ESPN2 • Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Sun., Nov. 29 OAKLAND W 81-71 OT B1G Network • Arena: Bankers Life Fieldhouse Wed., Dec. 2 BALL STATE W 84-65 B1G Network • TV Broadcast: CBS Sun. Dec. 6 CENTRAL FLORIDA W 80-58 B1G Network • TV Talent: Jim Nantz (p-by-p), Grant Hill, Bill Raftery (analyst) & Tracy Wolfson (sideline) Wed., Dec. 9 N.C. STATE (1) PP replaced (2) • National Radio: Westwood One TOLEDO W 91-71 FS1 • National Radio Talent: Kevin Kugler (p-by-p) & P.J. Carlesimo (analyst) Sun., Dec. 13 PENN STATE+ W 62-58 B1G Network • Satellite Radio: Sirius: 84 | XM: 84 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 • U-M Talent: Brian Boesch (p-by-p) & Terry Mills (analyst) Sun., Jan. 3 #19/22 NORTHWESTERN+ W 85-66 B1G Network • Satellite Radio: Sirius: 137 | XM: 207 | Internet: 967 Wed., Jan. 6 #16/17 MINNESOTA+ W 82-57 B1G Network Sat., Jan. 9 at Penn State+ PP rescheduled (3) Tue., Jan. 12 #9/9 WISCONSIN+ W 77-54 ESPN How Michigan Advanced Sat. Jan. 16 at #23/19 Minnesota+ L 57-75 ESPN2 • No. 1 seed Michigan advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year Tue., Jan. 19 MARYLAND+ W 87-63 FS1 following an 86-78 win over No. 8 seed LSU in the second round on Monday (March 22) at Fri., Jan.22 at Purdue+ W 70-53 FS1 Lucas Oil Stadium. U-M opened with an 82-66 fi rst round victory over Texas Southern in the fi rst Wed., Jan. 27 at Penn State+ PP cancelled (4, 5) round on March 20 at Mackey Arena. Sat., Jan. 30 INDIANA+ PP cancelled (5) • In the LSU game, Eli Brooks and Chaundee Brown Jr. each scored 21 points, a season-high for Wed., Feb. 3 at Northwestern+ PP cancelled (5) both. Brooks was 7-for-11 from the fi eld, including a career-high-tying fi ve 3-pointers while Sat. Feb. 6 MICHIGAN STATE+ PP rescheduled (6) adding a career-high-tying seven assists. Thu. Feb. 11 #6/6 ILLINOIS+ PP rescheduled (6) • Coming off the bench, Brown, Jr., posted his fi rst 20+ point game as a Wolverine and 14th of Sun. Feb. 14 at #21/21 Wisconsin+ W 67-59 CBS his career. He fi nished 6-for-9 with three 3-pointers and was 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Thu., Feb. 18 RUTGERS+ W 71-64 FS1 • Franz Wagner added 15 points (nine is the second half) while Hunter Dickinson recorded his Sun., Feb. 21 at #4/4 Ohio State+ W 92-87 CBS sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Thu., Feb. 25 #9/12 IOWA+ W 79-57 ESPN • In the fi rst round against Texas Southern, Mike Smith scored a team-high 18 points, leading Sat., Feb. 27 at Indiana+ W 73-57 FOX four Wolverines in double fi gures. Dickinson added 16 points while Brandon Johns, Jr. and Tue., March 2 #4/4 ILLINOIS+ L 53-76 (7) ESPN Brooks each scored 11 points. Thu., March 4 MICHIGAN STATE+ W 69-50 (8) ESPN • Wagner fi nished just shy of a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds to go along Sun., March 7 at Michigan State+ L 64-70 CBS with a career-high six assists. Zeb Jackson was 2-for-4 from 3-point range against Texas South- ern, the fi rst two 3-pointers of his U-M career. B1G Tournament Round (#1 seed) Time/Results TV Wed., March 10 vs. First Round Bye B1G Network A Look at No. 4 seed Florida State Thu., March 11 vs. Second Round Bye B1G Network • Florida State has an 18-6 overall record, going 11-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The No. Fri., March 12 vs. #8 Maryland W 79-66 B1G Network 4 seed Seminoles opened the NCAA Tournament with a 64-54 win over UNC Greensboro before Sat., March 13 vs. #5 (#9/10) Ohio State L 67-68 CBS reaching the Sweet 16 with a 71-53 victory over Colorado. • The Seminoles have four players scoring in double fi gures, led by M.J. Walker’s 12.3 points per NCAA Tournament Round (#1 seed, East) Time/Results TV game. RaiQuan Gray adds 12.0 points per contest, along with a team-best 6.5 rebounds, whil Saturday, March 20 vs. #16 seed Texas Southern W 82-66 CBS Scottie Barnes adds 10.4 points per game and Anthony Polite chips in 10.2 points per contest. Monday, March 22 vs. #8 seed LSU W 86-78 CBS • As a team, Florida State leads the ACC, and ranks fi fth nationally, with 5.1 blocks per game. Sunday, March 28 vs. #4 (#14/14) Florida State 5:00 p.m. CBS Balsa Koprivica leads the Seminoles individually with 1.4 blocks per contest. Tuesday, March 30 vs. #2 (#5/5) Alabama OR if advance CBS & TBS • Florida State shoots 47.8 percent from the fi eld, 26th nationally, while holding its opponents #11 UCLA CBS & TBS to just 39.3 percent shooting, which ranks 15th in the nation. Sat., April 3 vs. Final Four CBS • Leonard Hamilton is in his 19th season as head coach at Florida State and is the winningest Mon., April 5 vs. NCAA Championship CBS coach in program history. Hamilton has guided the Seminoles to the Sweet 16 in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments. LEGEND: Tip times are local to site | + Big Ten game 1: ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) How Florida State Advanced 2: replaced with Toledo, due to COVID-19 related concerns within the NC State program • The No. 4 seed in the East Region, Florida State opened the NCAA Tournament with a 64-54 3: rescheduled due to COVID-19 related concerns within the Penn State program win over No. 13 seed UNC Greensboro at Bankers Field Fieldhouse (March 20). RaiQuan Gray 4: orginally Jan. 9th; rescheduled after Penn State pause scored a team-high 17 points to pace Florida State. 5: cancelled due to U-M athletics pause (14-day; COVID-19 variant) • Florida State advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 71-53 win over No. 5 seed Colorado at Indi- 6: rescheduled as part of U-M’s return-to-play protocols & plans ana Farmers Coliseum (March 22). Anthony Polite led the Seminoles with 22 points. 7: originally Feb. 11th; rescheduled after U-M athletics pause (14-day; COVID-19 variant) 8: originally Feb. 6th; rescheduled after U-M athletics pause (14-day; COVID-19 variant) What’s Possibly to Come MICHIGAN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • The winner of the Michigan/Florida State Sweet 16 matchup will face either No. 2 seed • Tom Wywrot, Associate Director (Basketball Communications) Alabama or No. 11 seed UCLA in the Elite Eight. • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (734) 320-1148 • Alabama is the regular season and tournament champions of the SEC. The Crimson Tide • Megan McIntosh, Assistant Director (working remotely) have a 26-6 overall record and opened the NCAA Tournament with wins over Iona (68-55) • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (810) 223-3700 and Maryland (96-77). • Kurt Svoboda, Associate Athletic Director • UCLA has a 20-9 overall record. The Bruins opened the tournament with a First Four victory • Email: [email protected] | Mobile: (617) 872-6111 over Michigan State (86-80, ot) before defeating BYU (73-62) and Abilene Christian (67-47). 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 41-16 (2nd season) Founded 1817 Record at Michigan 41-16 (2nd season) Enrollment 47,907 B1G Record at Michigan 24-13 (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. Schlissel Director of Program Personnel Jay Smith Athletics Director Warde Manuel Video Analyst Jaaron Simmons Athletic Trainer Alex Wong ALL-TIME RECORD Strength & Conditioning Jon Sanderson Years of U-M Basketball 103rd Academic Success Program Sara Rechnitzer Seasons of U-M Basketball 1909, 1918 to current Assistant to Head Coach Lisa Nicholson Overall Record 1658-1059 (1545-1002*) Big Ten Record 832-729 (782-693*) 2019-20 SEASON IN REVIEW Non-Conference Record 826-330 (763-309*) Record: 19-12 NCAA Titles 1x (1989) Big Ten Record: 10-10 (9th) NIT Titles 2x (1997*, 2004) Final Associated Press: 29th (62) Big Ten Regular Season Titles 15x (1921, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, Final USA Today Coaches: 28th (25) 1974, 1977, 1985, 1986, 2012, 2014, 2021) Big Ten Tournament, No.