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…One more to go Michigan heads to Columbus next weekend for the biggest game of the year. The reality is stark: The Wolverines cannot afford to lose. » Page 2B Sky is the limit The Wolverines…

…Expectations met After another loss to Ohio State, it’s time to recalibrate expectations for a successful season » Page 2B Series split The Wolverines moved to 6-5-1-1 after their fourth…

… at Crisler Center. Offensively, the Wolverines pushed the tempo from the start. This sense of urgency didn’t result in success immediately, though, as the team missed quite a few early shots…

… stay in the game. The Wolverines led 12-11 heading into the first media timeout. Freshman forward Naz Hillmon and junior forward Kayla Robbins hopped on the court after the break. The duo gave…

… ample talk about how and if the Wolverines will be able to replace Flaherty, who graduated last spring. Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico brought this to light just a few minutes into the team…

…-time leading scorer?” It’s an understandable question to have. After all, Flaherty led the Wolverines in scoring the last four years. She was a true playmaker and certainly wrote a chapter of the school…

… Wolverines got out to an early lead after Teske’s dunk. Twice, freshman forward Ignas Brazdeikis received long passes from junior guard Zavier Simpson and dunked them in on the fast break. The…

…-pointer from Maliek White, to cut the Wolverines’ lead to 21-20. But that was the closest the Friars got. On the following possession, Teske hit a pick- and-pop three — the first of his career — to…

…- ferent. North Carolina’s high-pow- ered offense is averaging 96.6 points per game in its 6-1 start. The Wolverines, meanwhile, have ascended to their highest regular-season ranking in six years on the…

…, behind Nevada, Duke and Gonzaga. But as far as the Wolverines are concerned, it may as well be. The difference between the Tar Heels and the three teams ahead of them is negligible and, more impor…

… rivals, the Wolverines and the Spartans were neck-and-neck throughout the first set, with the biggest deficit being just three points. By the time it was 23-23, it was anybody’s game. But two…

… consecutive attacks errors by the Wolverines allowed Michigan State to edge out Michigan, 25-23, to take the first set. “I think we came out pretty stale in the first set,” said junior setter…

… freshman, the torch had been passed. Eric Montross talks Wolverine-Tar Heel matchup Last year, the Michigan men’s basketball team was run out of the Dean E. Smith Center in an 86-71 loss to North…

… Carolina. This year, as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the two teams will match up again — this time with a venue change, as the seventh-ranked Wolverines will take on the 11th-ranked Tar Heels in…

… month later, he lost his job to then-sophomore Zavier Simpson, who has since become the soul of the Wolverines. Sophomore guard Jordan Poole, sophomore forward Isaiah Livers and junior center Jon…

…, while the Tar Heels defeated UCLA — the matchup is one of the Wolverines’ most anticipated this year. The Daily spoke with former North Carolina player and current Tar Heels radio analyst Eric…

…. 14 Michigan hockey team. Some games, the defense excels and the offense grinds — like in the Nov. 9 game against No. 7 Notre Dame, which the Wolverines won 2-1. Two goals scored doesn’t sound…

…, but I think we have to be more consistent. I think that’s gotta be the message throughout the locker room is consistency.” After two comebacks late in games, the Wolverines have enough confidence…

… Matthews returned just seconds into the Wolverines’ game against Holy Cross on Saturday night. Austin Butler spotted up for a seemingly uncontested 3-pointer on the Crusaders’ first possession…

… jump-shots — as the Wolverines went into halftime with just 18 points on five-of-24 shooting. “We’re gonna have games like that,” Matthews said. “Especially early in the season, we’re still…

…, Michigan 61. As Wolverine center Hallie Thome draws a charge on a Spartan layup attempt, there’s a collision under the basket. Amidst the chaos, Hailey Brown falls to the floor and has to be helped…

…’s most consistent contributors, averaging nine points and 5.2 rebounds per game. The injury forced Brown to watch the 2018 NCAA Tournament from the sidelines, in which the Wolverines fell to…

… season. She scored six of the Wolverines’ first 12 points and showed tremendous hustle early with two offensive rebounds on the game’s first possession. She finished with 12 points and seven…

… really special player,” added Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. While it was a long road back to the court, Brown is now focused on this season and what the Wolverines can achieve. She’s said that…

…, “took the wind out of (the Michigan soccer team’s) sails,” as Daley’s team ultimately fell 3-0. The Big Ten Tournament Championship has been unfamiliar territory for the Wolverines as of late…

… against the Badgers, the Wolverines’ offense got off to a quick start. Their first opportunity came minutes into the game. Junior forward Jack Hallahan sent a ball in from the corner to the head of…

…An evolution and a new breed of Wolverine D oes the name Maverick Morgan ring a bell? In case it doesn’t, Morgan was a center for Illinois from 2013 to 2017 and had a perfectly fine career…

… traditionally and at Illinois we’re about toughness and together,” Morgan said of the Wolverines after his Fighting Illini thumped them, 85-69, in January of 2017. Michigan, of course, returned the favor…

… like it was unfair. When you remember the Wolverine teams of the mid-2010s, you don’t think of physical freaks crashing the boards, swatting shots into the second row or driving hard to the…

… guard Jordan Poole — did so last season. The first glimpse of the 2018-2019 Wolverines came last Friday against Division II Northwood. Michigan took just 11 3-pointers, scoring 56 of 90 points in…

… aren’t your parents’ Wolverines. “We’re definitely going to be another really good defending team,” Poole said. “We’re going to want to get up and down the floor extremely fast and get it out…

…. That identity was apparent when the Wolverines finished with the third-most efficient defense in the country last season. It’s apparent when Beilein states that Simpson and Matthews — the…

…. It all culminated in one of the more unexpected Final Four runs in recent memory. This year, the evolution is just about complete. The Wolverines have taken a formula that worked last season and…

… evolution will take place. Maybe Poole, Livers and freshmen such as Adrien Nunez, David DeJulius and Colin Castleton start bombing away in a fashion resembling the Wolverines of yesteryear. But it…

… necessary creativity. On its face, Michigan’s offensive output was far from the main issue. The Wolverines posted 401 total yards and 39 points. Before the game, most would have thought those…

…’s 1:55. Yet at that point the Buckeyes still led the game, 7-6. Ohio State opened up a 21-6 lead in the blink of an eye, and that’s when the challenge was truly pressed on the Wolverines…

… men’s basketball team on the other end. Wednesday night in Villanova, history was supposed to repeat itself. And it did — except that the roles were reversed, with the 18th-ranked Wolverines (3…

… trailed in all but two categories — personal fouls and turnovers. The Wildcats finished with two more free throws than the Wolverines but the turnover disparity remained, as they finished with…

… Wolverines’ John Beilein at the podium, singing a different tune. “That’s one of the biggest compliments I’ve ever had,” Beilein said, disposition sunny. “... It’s not like we’re trying to frustrate you…

… Michigan (7-0) engineered a domineering 84-67 win. It was the type of win that makes you think the Wolverines can contend for a national title, and when they opened the second half by jumping out to a…

… possession from the Tar Heels and a Wolverine defensive rebound, and he nailed a triple to cut the deficit to two. And on the next possession, he grabbed a defensive rebound that set up another 3-pointer…

… a wake- up call for the offense, which scored 45 points in the second half en route to an 84-67 win. Appropriately, Brazdeikis scored the Wolverines’ first points of the second half on an open…

… stage was truly too big. But it was those six points halfway through the first half that served as a wake-up call, just when the Wolverines needed it most. Wolverines filling roles when needed Ask…

… Zavier Simpson, the Wolverines cleared out for their go-to-guy to do his thing. It’s these situations — Mazzulla on an island with a preseason All-Big Ten honoree — where individual talent, more than…

… anything, can shine through. The result? Two points for Michigan. But while Matthews, the Wolverines’ leading returning scorer, came into the year as their presumed focal point — and showed why on…

… forward finished off the Michigan men’s basketball team’s second possession with its first two points. That was as close as the Wolverines’ season- opener would get, as they handily beat the…

… win across all levels of college basketball, and the Maize Rage unveiled another banner — this one congratulating the Wolverines’ coach on his accomplishment. “It’s 800 wins, it will go…

… team thumped Division II Northwood, 90-58, on Friday night in its lone exhibition game before Tuesday’s opener against Norfolk State. The Wolverines jumped out to an early lead, hitting…

…- Canadian threw down a transition dunk for his first points and later flashed the ability to finish with ease, smoothly going to his left for an and-1 layup to put the Wolverines up 17-10. Brazdeikis…

… her 4.5 steals per game average last season. Forwards: While the guard spot features an influx of youth, many of the Wolverines’ veteran leaders can be found patrolling the frontcourt. Starting…

… the Wolverines’ front line. Center: Michigan only has one center on its roster, but she’s arguably the team’s most important player. Senior Hallie Thome will hold down the middle after coming…

… game-winner that sent the Wolverines to the Sweet Sixteen and added a sentence to his epitaph. He ran laps around the arena that night in Wichita, then embraced a horde of cameras disproportionate…

… to his playing time as the Wolverines carved their way through the NCAA Tournament field. That moment is what his freshman year — and perhaps his entire career with the Wolverines — will be…

… Jordan Poole, legs spread, flailing to the floor at the buzzer as his shot propelled the Wolverines past Houston in last year’s tournament. There are plenty of differences between the two shots…

…. And he’s always had the personnel to match. Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr., Derrick Walton and Moritz Wagner, all of whom rank among the Wolverines’ biggest stars under Beilein, were…

… grinded to become a key player for Michigan. The Wolverines will have to overcome Maryland and Iowa in the Big T en. Inside the Wolverines’ 2018-19 roster, broken down by position. TABLE OF…

… Thursday to face No. 13 North Carolina State, there will be plenty of storylines to watch for. One storyline pits the youth of the Wolverines (5-1) against the experience of the Wolfpack. Michigan…

…-volume scoring from its players, as it has only three underclassmen in its regular rotation. This matchup will be the Wolverines’ first time in a hostile road environment this season, and it remains to be…

… Tournament last year, the Michigan women’s basketball team returns a seasoned and experienced bunch. Of course, the Wolverines will be without Katelynn Flaherty for the upcoming campaign…

… into the season as the early season favorites to capture yet another Big Ten championship. In last season’s bout, Maryland beat the Wolverines 83-70 and will host Michigan on Jan. 12. No. 13…

…-4-0 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) has lost the faceoff battle in each of its previous three games. And it’s no coincidence that the Wolverines’ two top faceoff winners, sophomore forward Josh Norris and junior…

… play — another issue that the Wolverines have struggled with early on this season. Perhaps overshadowed by the team’s recent faceoff woes is the performance of junior forward Adam Winborg. While…

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… ended briefly. But after Quinn Hughes, Will Lockwood and Josh Norris took control of the puck, little needed to be done goaltending- wise. The Wolverines had scored in their first offensive…

… Michigan found itself in another double-overtime period. Except this time, it was in a worse situation. The Wolverines had committed a penalty right before the initial overtime period ended, which…

… forward John Beecher as a Wolverine commit. JORGE CAZARES Daily Sports Writer ICE HOCKEY TIEN LE Daily Sports Writer ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily Junior goaltender Hayden Lavigne allowed three goals in 55 shot…

… weekend, the Michigan hockey team played like two vastly different teams. Caught off guard by the Lakers’ physicality on Friday, the Wolverines were reeling after losing their early 1-0 lead in what…

… faceoff, it was evident that the Wolverines’ approach was different. However, Michigan hockey coach Mel Pearson and his skaters know that the fervor exhibited on Saturday should be the norm, not…

… that aren’t very good players.’ ” *** Beilein is a perfectionist, and every bit as stubborn a personality as Poole. Just days ago, he walked into a press conference and called the Wolverines…

… 37th season as an NCAA head coach. Along the way, he has collected 799 career victories, from Division III Nazareth College to his current 11-year tenure with the Wolverines. Ahead of his 800th…

… also promote Wolverine Wellness and the Wolverine Support Network, two non-CAPS mental health interventions. The joint awareness campaign initiated by three of the University’s counseling…

… senior Cece Huddleston wrote the resolution to serve underrepresented voices on campus. “We are all at this school, and we are all Wolverines,” Huddleston said. “I just want us to get to know…

… we are all Wolverines. I just want us to get to know people outside of ourselves so we can truly represent the school and act the way we were elected to act.” Several of the speakers…

… about what programs like the Go Blue Guarantee and Wolverine Pathways have the potential to do in terms of the diversity at the University. “It’s (Wolverine Pathways) focused geographically on…