… shootout to the Spartans on Saturday night. » Page 2B Crowd pleasers Crisler Center was rocking last week for the Wolverines’ games against North Carolina and Purdue, and for good reason. » Page 2B…
… over a North Carolina team that blew the Wolverines out last year. Michigan put on a show en route to an 84-67 win over the 11th-ranked team in the country. Which, just like in Purdue’s game…
…, featured a sold-out crowd. Two back-to-back sellout games at this time last year wasn’t even close to an option for the Wolverines. In its first four home games this season (excluding Northwood…
… eyes on Saturday night. Michigan’s unanimous All- Big Ten First Team selection was held to just two kills on 20 attempts in the Wolverines’ first-set loss against 12th-seeded Pittsburgh (30…
… exploded for 18 kills and five blocks over the next four sets while guiding the Wolverines to a 19-25, 25-22, 25-17, 21-25, 15-9 upset victory in front of a hostile crowd of 2,405 at Pittsburgh…
…’t get stops.” Though the Wolverines’ defense was nowhere to be found for long stretches of the first half, it was largely because they didn’t have time to set up in the half court. Between long…
… than the Wolverines had given up to Mount St. Mary’s and Western Michigan over the course of 40 minutes. As a result of the Golden Eagles’ ability to shred Michigan’s defense, the…
… Munger poured in 12 points, as did freshman forward Naz Hillmon. But other than that, the Wolverine starters were largely ineffective offensively. Star senior forward Hallie Thome once again…
… basketball, they made extra passes.” The game may have ended on a positive note, but the defeat is now the Wolverines’ third in the last four games — granted they have all been to ranked opponents. Now…
… — and he whipped a one-handed pass for an uncontested layup. It was a small flash, just another easy bucket in a game filled with them for both Poole and the Wolverines. As Michigan dominated…
… a solemn air. It took the Wolverines to 2-0 but, for the second time in five days, they had shot less than 25 percent from deep. Michigan’s defense meant it could survive its shooting woes, but…
… and everything, it’s just—it’s not happening,” Beilein said at the time. Six games later, the Wolverines look like a legitimate national title contender. Their defense continues to be…
… pull its weight, and it has its 3-point shooting to thank. The Wolverines — buoyed by a combined 24-of- 48 effort from three — looked like an offensive machine at points in this week’s wins over…
… Wolverines have found the balance to survive when Poole struggles, as he did in the first half against the Tar Heels. But when Poole makes his threes, the full firepower of Michigan’s offense is on…
… the ball off the wall, like he did.” Spurred by Nwogu’s big play, the Wolverines (3-0 Big Ten, 16-11 overall) would go on to take a 4-2 win over Delaware (13-12 overall) and clinch a series…
… of the Wolverines’ biggest weaknesses early on, appears much improved. Through March 14, before the win streak began, Michigan averaged nearly two errors a game. During the streak, though, the…
… answered questions about the 79-62 drubbing they’d just taken from Villanova in the NCAA Championship game. The Wolverines’ answers varied from regret to pride for the tournament run to love for their…
…. “We lost to a team that was better than us tonight,” said Wolverines coach John Beilein. “And we were telling our kids, ‘We’ve just gotta be better than them one night.’ Because they are talented…
… and won four straight games on his way to a 6-4, 7-5 match win in the fourth spot of the singles lineup. The victory pro- pelled the Wolverines to a 4-1 win over the Badgers to advance to Saturday…
… Alex Knight and freshman Harrison Brown by a score of 6-2 and the nation’s 72nd-ranked pair senior Runhao Hua and Siimar 6-3. The wins secured the doubles point for the Wolverines, put- ting them at…
… the Wolverine record book. Leading “The Meat Factory,” as they have so fittingly dubbed them- selves, was senior Joe Ellis who shattered his own school record in the hammer throw twice and ended the…
… Wolverines (2-1 Big Ten, 13-3 overall) to a 75-68 win over Iowa (0-3, 9-7) at Carver- Hawkeye Arena. “We got after him a little bit after (Jacksonville),” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “He didn…
… today),” Beilein said. “Our bench was the difference today.” The same could be said about the Wolverines’ shooting performance. Michigan shot 49 percent from the floor and knocked…
…. There, it looked nearly unbeatable with convincing victories over Michigan State and Purdue. But the Wolverines would soon begin to flirt with death like a bad habit. They were dreadfully…
… and luck — having playing no team seeded higher than sixth until Monday — had carried the Wolverines through their rough shooting performances. “We’ve noticed that our shooting was…
… relation- ship with his teammates and family. Much like his star outfielder, Engel left the conversation sold on the Wolverines. “I thought he asked all the right questions,” Engel said. “… I walked…
… think to Jesse, that’s something that really appealed to him.” Just a month into his college career, that mind- set began to reap benefits for Franklin. 14 games into the Wolverines’ season, the…
… media. This is how our generation takes action. Is it true that millennial Wolverines are lazily riding a ski lift up the activism mountain, while generations before us trekked and trudged to reach…
… try them all enough times to taste all of the staple menu items (and maybe a few more). There are just over 150 Sundays in my four years as a Wolverine (hard to believe I’m almost done with 75 of…
