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Live Blog: Michigan vs. Louisville for national championship

Michigan and Louisville tip-off at 9:23 p.m. tonight for the national championship. For the Wolverines, it would be the program’s first national title in men’s basketball since 1989. Follow all the action here with live updates throughout the game by Geoff Robinson of The Detroit News.    

Live Blog: NCAA Selection Show

It’s Christmas for college basketball fans — the NCAA Tournament Selection Show. Who are Michigan and Michigan State playing and where are they headed?  What will be their biggest hurdles on the road to the Final Four? Which teams will be at The Palace? Follow all the updates here with Josh Katzenstein of The Detroit … Continue Reading →

Michigan-MSU a must-win for whom?

Today’s Michigan-Michigan State showdown has so much more on the line than national rankings and Big Ten standings. No. 9 MSU is 17-5, 6-3 in the Big Ten and No. 23 Michigan is 17-6, 7-3. Sure, the winner will stay close to first-place Ohio State and probably be the one that challenges for the conference … Continue Reading →

Thoughts on Michigan's win over Michigan State

When people talk about rivalry games, the cliche is that records and everything else go out the window. Statistics do the same thing sometimes, too. Michigan got five rebounds in the second half of its 60-59 win over No. 9 Michigan State and still managed to get the win. Even on the last couple of … Continue Reading →

AP Top 25 Basketball ballot: Week of Dec. 18

This week, there wasn’t very much movement in the top spots, with only a handful of ranked teams falling this week. Xavier, with a slew of suspensions because of last week’s brawl with Cincy, lost to Oral Roberts. I still like North Carolina at No. 2 and Ohio State at No. 3 because UNC lost … Continue Reading →