An incredible start
ATLANTA – The ball went up, Michigan tried for it, Louisville grabbed it. Up again, same result. Up again, off someone’s hands, off another, back up for Louisville – and this time in. Time was ticking. The plays were not working. Destiny was leaving,...
True Blue
ATLANTA – They met for the first time in a sweaty Crisler Arena, three summers ago, when a quiet Trey Burke arrived with his parents for a campus visit. They committed to each other a few weeks later, when John Beilein, walking down a street in Belgium, called...
They can be Fabbest of ’em all
The Final Four can make people go crazy, so this morning, let’s put Michigan’s basketball success into proper perspective. It’s huge. HUGE. For one thing, it says the program is back. Reaching this Shangri-La is good medicine for teams that sustained...
It’s deja vu : Stakes even higher for our state
It’s the next-best thing to being there and, let’s be honest, we got to be there last weekend. The Palace was wild. The Palace was the wish-you-luck-out-there party. Now our two ambassadors to college basketball’s Big Dance have left the nest, off to...
Michigan vs. Kansas, 7:37, CBS MSU vs. Duke, 9:45, CBSIt’s déjàvu Stakes even higher for our state
It’s the next-best thing to being there and, let’s be honest, we got to be there last weekend. The Palace was wild. The Palace was the wish-you-luck-out-there party. Now our two ambassadors to college basketball’s Big Dance have left the nest, off to...
Wolverines, Spartans make most of historic day — and relish another
They both won. They both advanced. And nobody will confuse them with each other.On a red-letter day in our state’s college basketball history, Michigan and Michigan State played within hours of each other on the same court in the same building in the same round...
A DOUBLE DOSE OF MADNESS!
Basketball for lunch. Basketball for dinner. Michigan State with soup and chips. Michigan with veggies and dessert. Never before in the history of March Madness have the Spartans and Wolverines been so close – and so close at hand. A No. 3 seed. A No. 4 seed....
Penn State scandal NCAA lowers the hammer, raises other concerns
As penalties go, it felt like a guillotine.That was the idea.Here is what the NCAA’s ruling does to Penn State. It costs it $60 million, plus mountains of scholarships and any bowls for the next four years. It wipes out every football victory since 1998. It...
NCAA: GOOD NEWS AND BAD FOR U-M
Everyone checks their mail this time of year. But the folks at Michigan weren’t looking for Christmas cards. They were waiting for a letter to render judgment on their basketball program. And this week, just before the holidays, the NCAA dropped some news in the mailbox.
Now, in the spirit of the holidays, I will not reprint the actual NCAA language here, since reprinting anything the NCAA says could result in instant sleep, and who needs that with all the Christmas shopping left to do?
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