November 06, 2018
(vol. 128, iss. 25)
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…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…