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: 6-2 Big Ten: 0-0 AP Poll: NR Home: 3-1 Home: 0-0 Coaches Poll: NR Away: 0-1 Away: 0-0 RPI: 53rd (NCAA) Neutral: 2-1 Neutral 0-0 SOS: 82nd (NCAA) GG99 2015 PRESEASON MICHIGAN wolverines (6-2; 0-0 Big Ten) Friday N6 LE MOYNE W 74-52 BTN-Plus at 19/-- SMU mustangs (6-0; 0-0 American) 2015-16 REGULAR SEASON GAME DAY Friday N13 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 70-44 BTN-Plus • Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Monday N16 ELON (1) W 88-68 ESPN3 • Tip: 8:05 p.m. CT | 9:05 p.m. ET (possible 5 minute slide) Friday N20 XAVIER (2) L 70-86 BTN • Location: Dallas, Texas Wednesday N25 vs. #18/22 Connecticut (3) L 60-74 AXS TV • Arena: Moody Coliseum (7,000) Thursday N26 vs. Charlotte (3) W 102-47 AXS TV • TV Broadcast: ESPN2 Friday N27 vs. Texas (3) W 78-72 AXS TV • TV Crew: Dave O'Brien (p-by-p) and Len Elmore (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) • U-M Radio Crew: Matt Shepard (p-by-p) & Terry Mills (analyst) Saturday D5 HOUSTON BAPTIST W 82-57 ESPNU • Satellite Radio: Sirius: 119 | XM: n/a Tuesday D8 at 19/-- SMU 8 p.m. CST ESPN2 Saturday D12 DELAWARE STATE Noon ESPNU THE HEAD COACH MATCHUP Tuesday D15 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 7 p.m. BTN • Michigan: John Beilein (172-112; ninth season at U-M | 723-340 in 38th season) Saturday D19 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 6 p.m. ESPN3 • SMU: Larry Brown (69-34; fourth season at SMU | 241-94 in 11th season). In addition to his Wednesday D23 BRYANT 7 p.m. BTN collegiate coaching numbers, he spent 31 seasons in professional basketball, compiling a 1,327- Wednesday D30 at Illinois+ 2 p.m. CST ESPN2 1,011 record. Saturday J2 PENN STATE + Noon BTN Thursday J7 at Purdue+ 7 or 9 p.m. TBD A LITTLE ABOUT SMU Tuesday J12 MARYLAND+ 9 p.m. ESPN • SMU is a perfect 6-0 and is ranked xx by the AP and not ranked in the USA Coaches Poll. Sunday J17 at Iowa+ 1/3:30 p.m. CST BTN • SMU coach Larry Brown will not be on the sidelines as he is serving a nine-game suspension Wednesday J20 MINNESOTA+ 8:30 p.m. BTN following NCAA sanctions. Associate Head Coach Tim Jankovich (6-0) will coach the Mustangs Saturday J23 at Nebraska+ 1 p.m. CST ESPN/2 • SMU has five players averaging in double figures led by Nic Moore's 15.0 ppg. He adds 3.3 Wednesday J27 RUTGERS+ 7 p.m. BTN assists per game and is shooting 41.9 percent from long range. Keith Frazier is second at 13.2, Saturday J30 vs. Penn State+ (5) Noon BTN while Ben Moore is at 11.8, Markus Kennedy is at 11.5 and Jordan Tolbert is at 10.5. Tuesday F2 INDIANA+ 9 p.m. ESPN • As a team, SMU is shooting 52.3 percent from the field and 44.1 percent from long range. The Saturday F6 MICHIGAN STATE+ 2 p.m. CBS Mustangs average 81.8 points per game, outscoring their opponents by nearly 20 points per Wednesday F10 at Minnesota+ 8 p.m. CST BTN game (19.8). SMU is also averaging 40.5 rebounds, outrebounding its foes by +12.3 per game Saturday F13 PURDUE+ 2 p.m. ESPN/2 (28.2). Jordan Tolbert leads SMU with 8.0 rebounds per game. Overall, five Mustangs are averag- Tuesday F16 at Ohio State+ 7 p.m. ESPN ing four-plus boards per game. Sunday F21 at Maryland+ (6) 1/7:30 p.m. TBD Wednesday F24 NORTHWESTERN+ 7 p.m. BTN THE SERIES WITH SMU Sunday F28 at Wisconsin+ (7) 3/5 p.m. CST TBD • Michigan lost its only previous game with SMU last season. Saturday M5 IOWA+ 8 p.m. BTN • In the only series meeting, SMU defeated U-M, 62-51, on Dec. 20, 2014, at Crisler Center; U-M's Zak Irvin scored a team-high 17 points for the Maize & Blue. 2016 B1G TOURNAMENT Wednesday M9 BTT Opening Round TBD TBD WHAT NEW WITH THE WOLVERINES? Thursday M10 BTT First Round TBD TBD • Michigan have won four straight games. After dropping the Battle 4 Atlantis opener vs. UConn (74-60), U-M has rattled off wins over Charlotte (102-47), Texas (78-72), at N.C. State (66-59) in Friday M11 BTT Quarterfi nal TBD TBD the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and Houston Baptist (82-57). Saturday M12 BTT Semifi nal 1/3:30 p.m. CBS • Caris LeVert leads U-M in scoring (19.3), rebounding (5.5) and assists (4.0). He has scored in Sunday M13 BTT Championship 3 p.m. CBS double figures in all eight games, with three 20-plus point games. • Duncan Robinson is averaging 11.5 points after scoring in double figures over his last three 2016 B1G TOURNAMENT straight games. He is shooting 59.5 percent from long range, which ranks third in the nation. Tue-Wed. M15-16 First Four TBD With three games of 5-plus long range buckets, 25 of his 30 baskets this season have come from Thu-Sun. M17-20 2nd & 3rd Rounds TBD deep. Thu-Sun. M24-27 Regional Rounds TBD • Derrick Walton Jr. missed the Houston Baptist game with a left ankle injury suffered in the first Saturday A2 Final Four TBD half at N.C. State. He is listed as questionable for tonight's SMU game. Monday A4 National Championship TBD WHAT'S AHEAD? Legend: ALL game times are local to site | + Big Ten game • Michigan concludes a non-conference road gauntlet with four home games during the rest 1: Battle 4 Atlantis, Mainland Bracket, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) of December. First up is a Saturday afternoon tilt against Delaware State (Dec. 12), followed 2: Gavitt Tipoff Games, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) with a Tuesday game against Northern Kentucky (Dec. 14). U-M is part of a Saturday (Dec. 19) 3: Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas (Imperial Arena) tripleheader of hoops at Crisler Center. First is U-M Dearborn's women's team vs. Albion at noon 4: ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Raleigh, N.C. (PNC Arena) followed with a U-M women's basketball game against Miami (Ohio) at 2:30 p.m. The men's 5: B1G Super Saturday; New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) team closes the day against Youngstown State at 6 p.m. The non-conference schedule wraps 6: TV wildcard game; determined no later than Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 up with a Wednesday (Dec. 23) night game against Bryant. 7: TV wildcard game; determined no later than Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 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 G8: Houston Baptist | W, 82-57 Nov.