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Hoops Preview: Wisconsin, Part Two
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #29 Michigan (16-9, 6-6 B1G) vs #15 Wisconsin (21-4, 10-2) WHERE Crisler Center Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN 7 pm ET, Thursday LINE Michigan -1 (KenPom) Michigan -2 (Vegas) TV ESPN PBP:...
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Michigan 64, Wisconsin 58
The knockout blow. [Marc-Gregor Campredon]Derrick Walton pump-faked, got Wisconsin's defense to collapse, and found Muhammad-Ali Adbur-Rahkman, who hit a corner bomb through contact for a four-point...
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WTKA Roundtable 2/17/2017: On Trolls and Trohls
[Patrick Barron]Let’s see what did we discuss: Well this hadn’t happened yet but… ’Pete Finebaum, the unabashed SEC water carrier, really needs to get his facts straight. #AlternativeFacts— Coach...
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Flowchart of Michigan Rivalries
Last night a Wisconsin fan sitting near us informed me that we are big football rivals. I tried to explain that this makes sense since we have so many rivals it’s hard to keep them all straight. Maybe...
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Basketbullets: Adjusting The Defense, MAAR's Quiet Resurgence, GRIII Dunk...
[Speechless]Before and after. [Marc-Gregor Campredon]At the 17:35 mark of the second half last night, Ethan Happ backed Moe Wagner down from just inside the three-point line all the way to the charge...
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Hoops Preview: Minnesota
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #28 Michigan (17-9, 7-6 B1G) at #39 Minnesota (19-7, 7-6) WHERE Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota WHEN 7 pm ET, Sunday LINE Minnesota -2 (KenPom) Minnesota -2 (Vegas) TV BTN...
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Minnesota 83, Michigan 78
Same. [Patrick Barron]Michigan could've overcome it, either with better rebounding or free-throw shooting or Derrick Walton's overtime three going a quarter-inch the right way or any of the dozens of...
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At Least It's Something To Get Upset About
2/19/2017 – Michigan 78, Minnesota 83 (OT) – 17-10, 7-7 Big Ten[Patrick Barron]I was pretty mad last night for obvious reasons, and it occurred to me that I hadn't been actually mad at a Michigan...
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State Of The Site
Hey, so you may have noticed that things are slightly busted around here. The site's been in more or less the same state since I cobbled it together some seven years ago, with tweaks here and there and...
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Getting Ready for the B1G Stretch Run
With just four games remaining for most Big Ten teams, it’s pretty safe to say at this point: the Big Ten just isn’t that good this season. Of the seven teams with positive efficiency margins in...
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Hoops Mailbag: Robinson vs. Irvin, Stretch Run, The Tech
Irvin or Robinson?Choosing between defense and offense. [Left: Campredon; right: Barron]I put out a call for hoops mailbag questions over the weekend. A theme emerged:@AceAnbender why doesn't Duncan...
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Hello: Aidan Hutchinson
The word "lanky" comes to mind. [Isaiah Hole/247]Michigan added a legacy to the 2018 class this evening when four-star Dearborn (MI) Divine Child DE Aidan Hutchinson, son of All-American defensive...
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Exit: Devin Asiasi
Sorry to bump down Hutchinson but this is bigger news.[Eric Upchurch]This one hurts. After rumors he hadn’t returned all semester, and that Michigan was apparently doing everything short of moving...
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Unverified Voracity Dorfs It A Bit
photo does not fit with theme of bullet [Patrick Barron]Pretty grim. Mark Titus on the state of Big Ten basketball: We’re only four years removed from the Big Ten’s incredible 2012–13 campaign, when...
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Goal-by-Goal Analysis: Wisconsin, Part Two
[Patrick Barron]Friday, February 17, 2017#20 Wisconsin 5, Michigan 21st periodFrederic GoalUW 1 UM 0 EV 10:53 Assists: Linhart & TischkeTischke passes to Linhart and gets the defense moving from...
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Hoops Preview: Rutgers
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #29 Michigan (17-10, 7-7 B1G) at #127 Rutgers (13-15, 2-13) WHERE The RAC Piscataway, New Jersey WHEN 6:30 pm ET, Wednesday LINE Michigan -6 (KenPom) Michigan -8.5 (Vegas) TV BTN...
View ArticleMichigan 68, Rutgers 64
Well that's a new one. pic.twitter.com/sudwY5dEl6— Due# (@JDue51) February 23, 2017Let's review the keys to the game:Win the game. A bubble team playing Rutgers has but one goal.Mission accomplished,...
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Game on in-stateTop247 DE Aidan Hutchinson bs Devontae Dobbs at Best of the Midwest: https://t.co/eweO54j4S4#Michiganpic.twitter.com/9LGLFCAY48— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) February 20,...
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WTKA Roundtable 2/23/2017: B or O
MAAR been at the lembas bread? [Patrick Barron]Things discussed: Rutgers is a bunch of Michael Currys. Wagner offense worked, Michigan took ton of open threes that missed. Free throw misses becoming a...
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Dumb And Stupid In Oxford, Miss
1. Brazen. Ole Miss's problem is that they made it blindingly obvious. People are dumb but they ain't stupid, and when a nobody with one year of college head coaching experience shows up in Oxford and...
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