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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
March Madness success is defined as the sum of a team’s parts. From one to five, and however deep a team goes into its bench, everyone has to perform at a high level to advance in the tournament. While this fact stands true, March is a month of guards, shifty playmakers who can steal the show and at times seemingly single-handedly carry teams to success.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
The Michigan men’s basketball team is still amid its March Madness run, but its first off season domino has already fallen. Freshman guard Justin Pippen has entered the transfer portal according to 247 Sports’ Travis Branham. Pippen appeared in 28 games for the Wolverines, averaging 1.6 points per game in a limited role.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
DENVER — After surviving the upset attempt of No. 12 seed UC San Diego in round one of the NCAA Tournament, the No. 5 seed Michigan men’s basketball team turns around to face another opponent that will challenge its weaknesses in No. 4 seed Texas A&M. The Aggies are the strongest offensive rebounding team in the nation, snagging a staggering 16 per game, while the Wolverines place 34th nationally in total rebounds per game.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
DENVER — It’s like a broken record for the No. 5 seed Michigan men’s basketball team. The big lead, the energetic play, the turnovers and late-game fight for their lives from the Wolverines. Nothing new has befallen Michigan since it entered the postseason — two one-score games in the Big Ten Tournament and now nearly on the wrong side of an upset against No. 12 seed UC San Diego. Nothing has come easy for the Wolverines, pretty much entirely at the fault of their own doing.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
DENVER — Around this time last year, freshman guard L.J. Cason probably couldn’t imagine where he is now. In March 2024, Cason was committed to play for coach Dusty May at Florida Atlantic after fielding no offers above other mid-major Division I schools. A month or so later, May took the job at Michigan. Cason soon followed his coach up north, but there was more work to be done before Cason could see big minutes with the Wolverines.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
INDIANAPOLIS — At the summit of the Big Ten Tournament, the No. 3 seed Michigan men’s basketball team couldn’t find the bottom of the basket against No. 5 seed Wisconsin in the championship game. Throughout the first half, the Wolverines missed 14 threes and 23 shots in total, but due to the Badgers’ equal inability to find their shot, Michigan remained in position to win.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
INDIANAPOLIS — At the end of the day Saturday, the No. 3 seed Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 2 seed Maryland, but Terrapins Big Ten Freshman of the Year center Derik Queen almost turned that result around all on his own. The young star counted up a game-high 31 points with two blocks alongside, and was a thorn in the Wolverines’ side in the most pivotal moments of the game. Queen’s greatest moments came as Michigan was starting to pull away in the second half.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
At times this season, especially in the No. 3 seed Michigan men’s basketball team’s recent rough stretch of play, the Wolverines have had to lean on graduate center Vlad Goldin and junior forward Danny Wolf for any glimmer of consistent offense. Friday night in a drubbing of No. 6 seed Purdue, the towering duo’s offense wasn’t entirely as necessary to win, but their output was impactful nonetheless.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
Less than hour after the Michigan basketball team’s heartbreaking loss to Michigan State, Vlad Goldin dropped to one knee at center court in the Crisler Center. Still reeling from the rivalry loss in one of the biggest games of the year, Goldin proposed to his long-time girlfriend alone on the block ‘M, ’ turning a sour memory into a beautiful one. But Goldin and his fiance weren’t completely alone when he popped the question.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Sam Novotny
EAST LANSING — Less than a minute into the No. 17 Michigan men’s basketball team’s season-ending clash with rival No. 8 Michigan State, it felt like the Wolverines were losing a tied ball game. Both teams knotted at zero, the Spartans forced a missed layup on Michigan’s opening possession, and when the Wolverines got the ball back a possession later, Michigan State stole the outlet pass before it even crossed half-court.
