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Talking About The Basketballs
11/10/2014 – Michigan 86, Wayne State 43 – 0-0[Bryan Fuller]Hey: basketball. I took in the exhibition, which exhibited various things I'll now detail.Player things[Fuller]I hope this was just nerves....
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Hoops Preview 2014-15: The Mailbag, Part One
Previously: Gardening Lessons (The Story), Preview Podcast, Preseason All-Big Ten Teams, Point Guards, Wings Part 1 (LeVert, Irvin), Wings Part 2 (Chatman, Wilson, Dawkins, MAAR), Bigs (Donnal, Doyle,...
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Save Us, BasketballThe football recruiting news is as expected; later in this post you'll read about Michigan's latest decommitment and multiple commits visiting other schools. Recruiting news on the...
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Unverified Voracity Explores Combovers
Tonight! Or rather this afternoon. Evening? What is 5PM anyway? Ace is stopping by Tisch Hall to talk about his experience as a history major who made his way in the world. He's "ventured into the real...
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This Week's Obsession: Ridikuhlis
A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridikuhlis.Ace: Brian and I did a segment on this week's podcast in which we each listed our top five most ridiculous games of the Hoke era. Not...
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Hoops Preview 2014-15: The Mailbag, Part Two
Previously: Gardening Lessons (The Story), Preview Podcast, Preseason All-Big Ten Teams, Point Guards, Wings Part 1 (LeVert, Irvin), Wings Part 2 (Chatman, Wilson, Dawkins, MAAR), Bigs (Donnal, Doyle,...
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Wednesday Presser 11-12-14: Brady Hoke
fileNews bullets and other items:Dennis Norfleet will play against MarylandDerrick Green may or may not be back against Maryland. He, like Devin Gardner and Jake Butt, are getting healthier every...
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Searchbits IV: Holding Pattern
ON HAVING THINGS. I don't have anything. Nobody has much. This appears to be because the Schlissel quote about how the AD search would get underway in a couple weeks was accurate, and of course the...
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We're in a brief dead period for basketball recruiting, which seems like an ideal time to check in on the latest developments. I'm keeping the focus on the 2015 and 2016 classes for now; Michigan is...
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The Way Forward
unguarded remarksOur latest thing/apology cycle comes courtesy of the president, who told a large faculty meeting that he didn't really get it when it came to sports."We admit students who aren’t as...
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Guess the Score, Win Stuff: Hilldale With an S
Hillsdale (with an 's' so not like the Back to the Future II/III housing development) is a small, DII private school nestled in rural south-central Michigan. If you take Michigan Avenue out of Ypsi and...
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Launch Fantasy Basketball
[Note: Jamie's got an Odds On Favorites post to accompany this but life intervened and it's part-done. Putting this up now so you have time to pick your teams before tomorrow's games. OOF will be...
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Opponent Watch 2014: Bye Week
Ah, the bye week. Sometimes it interrupts the flow of an exciting football season. And sometimes it mercifully ends the eye-bleeding and cow-rubbing for seven extra merciful days. But either way, the...
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Mailbag: Retaining Mattison, Coach Before AD, Hackett Long-Term, Braxton...
Left: via Eric DeBoer. Right: ICE ICE BABY TOO COLDRetaining Mattison?Dear Brian, It seems very clear that Hoke is gone at this point. Is there a scenario in which we could fire Hoke, but keep Mattison...
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Dear Diary Declares Dear Day or Deer Day
Foote in mouth. Larry Foote claimed, forgivably inarticulately, that Michigan's problem is we don't recruit enough kids who are used to a tougher road. I found a site that will take places in a...
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Preview: Hillsdale
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan vs. Hillsdale WHERE Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN 2 pm Eastern, Saturday LINE No line, you degenerates; Hillsdale is D-II TVESPN3 THE SEASON PREVIEWBig (or B1G)...
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The Weekly Six: Leaves Some Points on the Field
[Fuller] 1. The Four Factors Expected PtsConversion RateBonus Yds/PlayRed ZoneMichigan 35.1 69% 1.3 2.5Northwestern 26.6 48% 0.9 3.3**TD’s are treated as 7 points regardless of PAT outcomeSo Michigan...
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Michigan 92, Hillsdale 68
Dustin Johnston/UMHoopsThey stuck to the script.Michigan raises banners on opening day now. They did so again today, hoisting the 2014 Big Ten title banner to the rafters and handing out rings in a...
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Frank Clark Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
No details yet as this apparently just happened but the Erie County jail's website has a log of all arrests and Frank Clark is on there: If you are for some reason dubious that this guy who looks just...
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Frank Clark Dismissed From Program
Following the release of very disturbing details of Frank Clark's arrest on charges of domestic violence early Sunday morning, Michigan announced today that Clark is no longer a part of the football...
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