Michigan Wolverines News for February 2, 2010
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A blowout by Northwestern standards leads to below-average grades...

The Northwestern basketball team wiped the floor with Michigan, 67-52, on Tuesday night in Evanston. The result is a bunch of rough grades.......

Michigan basketball forward DeShawn Sims breaks down his team's...

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein discusses DeShawn Sims'...

Michigan guard Manny Harris tells reporters he'll be back next...

EVANSTON, Ill. - After another game where he struggled and forced shots, Michigan basketball junior guard Manny Harris had enough. He told reporters after Michigan lost to Northwestern, 67-52, on Tuesday to drop to .500 and two games under .500......

Harris says he plans to return

Michigan junior wing Manny Harris, frustrated following U-M's 67-52 road loss to Northwestern, told reporters he'd be back for his senior year. Several draft projections had Harris going in the second round of the NBA draft

Manny Harris says he'll be back at U-M next season

Asked if he was confident returning to Michigan would be his final decision: "Yeah, yeah," he said. Harris was hesitant to go into much detail about his thought process about his future.

Northwestern 67, Michigan 52: Manny Harris vows to come back...

There was some silver lining for Michigan fans following the Wolverines' most season loss. Manny Harris said he plans to return for his senior season, putting off a chance to enter the NBA Draft early.

MGoPodcast 1.NSD: Signing Day Special

And now for the most timely podcast in the history of the site: the Signing Day Espectaculo, which is actually posted the day before the event in question. This was taped Sunday so we did not know that Rashad Knight was headed to Rutgers. Obviously we still do not know what's up with Sean Parker and Demar Dorsey. We also didn't know that Richard Ash was wavering, though apparently his wavering is wavering. Our assumption was that Michigan gets one or two of the safeties on the board and keeps

Northwestern hammers listless U-M

Few might have guessed a Northwestern team minus standout Kevin Coble would be capable of taking two games from Michigan this season. The Wildcats rallied from 17 down to win in Ann Arbor but needed no such run in the second meeting, plastering a lethargic U-M team 67-52 in Evanston Tuesday night, its first season sweep of the series since 1966-67

Northwestern Wildcats 67, Michigan Wolverines 52: U-M hits rock...

Evanston, Ill. -- A one-word description of Michigan's loss to Northwestern?

Northwestern blows out Michigan basketball team, 67-52, with...

EVANSTON, Ill. - With a few minutes remaining in Northwestern’s 67-52 win over Michigan on Tuesday night, the scoreboard malfunctioned. Instead of reading 61-44, it read 61-4, Northwestern. The odd score ended up describing Michigan’s night pretty well.......

UM Hoop Tweets/Official

Michigan_mbball: It's a final here from Northwestern. The Wolverines fall on the road 67-52. Check MGoBlue.com for all the post game info.

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Michigan_mbball: Just under 2-minutes to go and the Wildcats lead the Wolverines 63-46.

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Michigan_mbball: Wolverines down 18 with 3:55 to go. It's 58-40 Wildcats.

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Michigan_mbball: Wildcats go on a 17-4 run and extend there lead over the Wolverines to 54-37 with 6:14 to go.

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Michigan_mbball: 11:49 to go and the Wildcats hold a 41-35 lead over the Wolverines.

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Michigan_mbball: U-M is trying to make a comeback. It's 37-33 NW with 15:36 to go.

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Michigan_mbball: Fast paced first half has the Wolverines down 35-30. We need you fans! Let's Go Blue!

The latest on Parker and Dorsey

Michigan's focus for uncommitted prospects in the class of 2010 has centered around two players - four-star safeties Demar Dorsey of Florida and Sean Parker of California. For the latest developments in both recruitments, head to The Fort message boar

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Michigan_mbball: Wildcats on a run lead the Wolverines 31-27.

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Michigan_mbball: Wolverines go on a run and cut the lead to 27-26. GO BLUE!

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Michigan_mbball: Past the mid-way point of the first half and the Wildcats are 6-of-8 from downtown and have a 24-17 lead.

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Michigan_mbball: Both teams are shooting good but the Wildcats hold a 21-17 lead.

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Michigan_mbball: First media time out and the Wolverines are trailing 7-2 early in the first half.

Michigan football recruit Josh Furman never thought he'd be a...

It was second period, world history, and Josh Furman can still feel the excitement. Old Mill (Md.) defensive backs coach Jason Dunlap was sorting through another pile of recruiting mail that came in Furman’s name, separating the junk from the......

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Michigan_mbball: The crowd is filling in here and there's a lot of maize and blue in the house. If you are not here catch us on the Big Ten Network.

Live scoring: U-M seeks revenge vs. Northwestern

Michigan is out for payback tonight at Northwestern, the team that rallied from a 17-point deficit to win in Ann Arbor last month.

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Michigan_mbball: We are getting close to tip-off here at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Wolverine fans are here. Let's do this. GO BLUE!!

Ex-Wolverine Ekpe Udoh a dominating presence for Baylor

Waco, Texas -- Ekpe Udoh was in a spirited practice while redshirting last season when one of his Baylor teammates said something about his dominating presence.

Hoops on road at Northwestern

6 PM Eastern, on the Big Ten Network ... U-M mens hoops travels to Northwestern in a crucial tilt.

U-M hopes to land star DBs Demar Dorsey, Sean Parker

Teams from the Southeastern Conference won the national championship in football the last two years. And if this year's recruiting classes are any indication, there should be more SEC titles on the horizon soon.

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Michigan_mbball: Bus is getting loaded. We are ready to head out to welsh-ryan. This should be a big game! Let's Go Blue!!

Beyer Takes First Visit to Ann Arbor [$]

Shortly after receiving a Michigan offer, Brennen Beyer came up to campus to formally meet the coaches and see the sights around Ann Arbor.

Preview: Northwestern

The Essentials WHAT Michigan v. Northwestern WHERE Evanston, IL WHEN 7:00PM EST February 2nd, 2010 THE LINE Michigan +2.5 TELEVISION BTN *Line provided by online sports betting site Sportsbetting.com. When Last We Met Michigan came out of the gates a little sluggish, but raced out to a lead of 17 points with just four minutes left before the break. Freshman Drew Crawford scored 12 points (on 3/3 shooting behind the arc and a trio of free throws) to help Northwestern clo

Chat live about Michigan basketball at noon with Michael Rothstei...

Come chat about Michigan basketball, Michigan's game against Northwestern tonight, the Top 25 or whatever else is on your mind (football signing day is Wednesday) here at noon eastern. Michigan/Northwestern Noon Live Chat......

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michigan_fball: Tomorrow at 3pm visit MGoBlue.com for Rich Rodriguez's live press conference on National Signing Day.

Michael Cammalleri (knee) out six weeks

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadians' top scorer, Michael Cammalleri (Michigan), will be out for about six weeks with a knee injury.

Mike Hart wants to be Michigan's football coach one day

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Mike Hart isn't lobbying for Rich Rodriguez's job as Michigan football's head coach. Not yet, at least.

Michigan's John Beilein: Despite Wolverines' slow start, Big...

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Update: U-M recruiting class

Photos of most of the football prospects who've said they will sign with U-M.

Unverified Voracity With The Hippin' And The Hoppin'

For future reference. Returning starters is always a handy 10,000 foot metric for projecting a college football season and Phil Steele has helpfully assembled a comprehensive list. The Big Ten: Big 10   OFF DEF ST TOTAL Wisconsin 10* 6 2 18 Northwestern 8 6 2 16 Michigan 7* 8 0 15 Michigan St 7* 7 1 15 Ohio State 9* 6 0 15 Illinois 5 7 2 14 Indiana 8* 4 2 14 Iowa 6* 8 0 14 Penn St. 7 5 1 13

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Michigan_mbball: Shootaround is over. Catch all of Coach Beilein's thoughts about tonight's game against Northwestern, http://bit.ly/9yJPAw

Report: Safety will sign with Rutgers over U-M

Rashad Knight, one of the last players left on Michigan's recruiting board heading into Wednesday's national signing day, has decided to sign with Rutgers, according to si.com.

Michigan football recruiting class light on five-star players,...

Pittsburgh Penn Hills High School's Cullen Christian takes down North Hills Max Creighan in November. (Photo courtesy of Matt Freed | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)No one is declaring that the Michigan football program put together the bluest-chip of recruiting classes. The Wolverines......

Borton's Blog: Wide awake [$]

They won't grab most of the headlines when football recruiting owns the ink tomorrow. But if you call players like Courtney Avery and Drew Dileo sleepers in Michigan's Class of 2010, their coaches will quickly inform you to wake up

Focus is on Bowling Green, not outdoor game

Michigan will travel to Madison for an outdoor college hockey game Saturday against Wisconsin, but first up, the Wolverines trip to Bowling Green for an important contest Thursday. That game has the Maize and Blue's complete focus ...

Video: Sims discusses Northwestern [$]

Senior forward DeShawn Sims is Michigan's second leading scorer with 17.6 points per game. See what he had to say about the Wolverines' loss to Northwestern earlier in the season, and how they will approach the Wildcats differently this time around

Game 22: Michigan at Northwestern Preview

Basics Who: Michigan (11-10, 4-5) at Northwestern (14-7, 3-6) Where: Welsh Ryan Arena, Evanston, IL When: February 2nd, 7pm EST TV: BTN Radio: MGoBlue, WWJ 950 AM/WTKA 1050 AM Line: Northwestern by 2 Stats: Live TFS Pomeroy Profile First Match-up: Preview / Post game Michigan looks to avenge one of the most painful losses in a season full of frustrating defeats.  Michigan coasted [...]

If Oscars were given to sports teams

In honor of today's announcement of the 2010 Oscar nominations, the Free Press takes a look at how the Best Picture nominees may have gone if Detroit sports teams were the focus.

Hoops: Commitment updates, more

Michigan's class of 2010 and 2011 signees and commitments continue to play well, as do a number of U-M targets. Senior signee Evan Smotrycz, for one, has returned from a minor injury to put up solid numbers in his last two games

The 96 Team NCAA Tournament: A Plot Against America

I'm sure we all agree on a few things around here. To wit: USA #1. Love it or leave it. What makes America great, though? I think we'll all agree on this too: America derives 90% of its strength the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's a fact. I read it on Bleacher Report. (The other ten percent comes from engineers on H1B visas.) I was having a conversation with War Blog Eagle proprietor and NCAA tournament fanatic Jerry Hinnen yesterday in which we discussed the various and sundry ways i

Michigan Newsstand - February 2

A roundup of all the day's links to headlines about the Wolverines

Setting the stage for Signing Day

The information comes at a heightened pace on National Signing Day, so this is a look at what to watch for and when. The times for several press conference notable for Michigan fans have been set. Here is the time line of events for tomorro

Video: Beilein looks ahead to Northwestern

Michigan head coach John Beilein met with the media on Monday to discuss the recent victory over Iowa and look ahead to the upcoming match up with Northwestern. See video from that press conference

Draft Chat with Aran Smith of NBADraft.net

Aran Smith, president of NBADraft.net, agreed to answer a couple quick questions about Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims’s draft stock. NBADraft.net is one of the top draft websites on the internet and definitely worth a read if you need to get your NBA Draft fix. There are obviously a thousand opinions on how [...]

UM Hoop Tweets/Official

Michigan_mbball: A little breakfast, a little film, a little snow... Big Ten basketball... Off to shootaround at Welsh-Ryan! Let's Go Blue

Northwestern guard Drew Crawford found his confidence against...

Northwestern's Drew Crawford celebrates after scoring a 3-pointer against Purdue in January. Northwestern won, 72-64. (Photo: Associated Press)Drew Crawford figured it’d take time to adjust to college basketball. As a freshman from nearby Naperville, Ill., there was a good chance......

Chat live about Michigan basketball at noon with Michael Rothstei...

Come chat about Michigan basketball, Michigan's game against Northwestern tonight, the Top 25 or whatever else is on your mind (football signing day is Wednesday) here at noon Michigan/Northwestern Noon Live Chat......

Michigan football recruit Jordan Paskorz highlight tape

Knight makes his decision

Four-star safety Rashad Knight didn't choose to wait until Signing Day to announce his decision. the Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian standout will sign with Rutgers instead of Michigan, he told SI.com today

Horford continues to play well [$]

Michigan class of 2010 target Jon Horford (6-9, Rivals.com three-star prospect) continues to tear up the competition, scoring 27 points and grabbing 21 rebounds in a recent one-point loss to Jackson. Grand Ledge (Mich.) head coach Tony Sweet said his big man has done everything asked of him this season.

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Recruiting: Michigan Signing Day storylines

Wednesday is National Signing Day in college football, the first day class of 2010 high school recruits can sign binding letters of intent with college programs. Rich Rodriguez's first two Signing Days have been dramatic affairs, but the expectation is that there will be less Signing Day excitement in Ann Arbor this year.

Rich Rodriguez is a master of closing the deal

It might be the most impressive thing Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has done in his two-year tenure. When signing days approach -- this year it's Wednesday -- he's able to take his class from good to impressive nearly every time.

MSU edges closer to U-M in recruiting battle

Wednesday is a holiday for many college football fans. It's commonly called Signing Day -- the first day high school recruits can sign national letters of intent. In this state, it's a day for Michigan and Michigan State fans to pin the hopes of their program on high school seniors.

Beilein: Northwestern's offense 'a thing of beauty'

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein is known for his ability to prepare his team for nearly any situation. That doesn't make the trip to Evanston, Ill., to play Northwestern tonight any easier for the Wolverines.

Links for 2010-02-01 [del.icio.us]

Meet PARADE's AllAmerica High School Football Team Gardner one of... uh...seven quarterbacks. Hell of a team you've got there, Parade. eBay Watch: Hanging Bennie in Effigy (1958) that's not very nice. Senior Bowl highlights Watch Graham pwn. Blown call in East Lansing destroys Michigan's hopes of rivalry heroism That football needs a good rogering. Why are the Midwest's best players suddenly shunning the Big Ten? fluky? yeah. Sam Webb Interview Part 4 – Radio and Rivals blunt! I don't like

Niko Palazeti finally draws interest from U-M, MSU

Thirty years ago, top-level programs such as Michigan with Bo Schembechler and Ohio State with Woody Hayes would have eagerly sought a player with Palazeti's abilities.

Wolverines eager for outdoor game

Louie Caporusso vividly remembers his father taking him to a local pond just around the corner from his house to skate while growing up outside of Toronto.

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