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Portal In: Rubin Jones

Michigan Men's Basketball scooped up a commitment from their first portal target of the offseason, University of North Texas G Rubin Jones: North Texas transfer Rubin Jones has committed to Michigan, per his Instagram. He’s a 6-5 guard who can get to the basket and shot 41.6 percent from 3 last year. Michigan’s second commitment of the day, along with Justin Pippen. pic.twitter.com/v7mgLFFv5A— Austin Meek (@byAustinMeek) April 19, 2024We had heard some rumors about a mystery portal target who Michigan was in the advanced stages of discussions with, but hadn't been leaked publicly. That appears to be Jones. A four year player at UNT, Rubin Jones was a contributor over all four seasons he's been there. As a freshman he was a relatively inefficient reserve on a UNT team that upset Purdue in overtime of the NCAA Tournament. Jones played much larger roles in his sophomore and junior seasons, before moving back into a 6th man role as a senior, although he was still high usage when on the floor. Seth graphic: For his career, Jones is a .364 three point shooter, a relatively poor .426 from two, and a decent .734 from the free throw line. Listed 6'5", Jones has the ability to guard multiple positions and that versatility makes him a logical fit for Dusty May. Of note, Jones and May have a lot of adversarial experience, as both Florida Atlantic and North Texas were in the Conference USA prior to this past season, when both programs moved up to the American Athletic Conference. That familiarity likely played a role in Dusty's identification of Jones as someone he wanted for his team and also probably played a role in the successful courtship. We will have a more detailed rundown of Rubin Jones early next week, when Matt posts a Hoops Hello. There is no content after the jump.

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Dusty May takes over at Michigan, agrees to 5-year deal

Dusty May takes over at Michigan, agrees to 5-year deal
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Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Dusty May headed to Louisville Cardinals

May led the Florida Atlantic Owls to six straight winning seasons at the helm and is now on his way to rejuvenate a once-legendary Michigan Wolverines program

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Nebraska 85, Michigan 70

Michigan Men's Basketball closed out their regular season of the 2023-24 campaign with an eighth straight loss, the team's 13th in 14 games and 18th in 20 games. Matched up against a Nebraska team who eviscerated Michigan's defense in the first meeting between the two teams back in early February, the defense of the Maize & Blue did no better this time. They allowed 50 points in the first half and Nebraska shot 28/36 (77.8%) from two for the game, scoring at a 1.21 PPP clip for the contest. Michigan hung around in the first half but like so many other games this season, were blown out of the water in the second half and the final minutes ticked down without any intrigue. Wash, rinse, repeat. The first half was the Keisei Tominaga show, as the Japanese guard piled up 23 points (nearly half of Nebraska's total) on a sizzling 9/12 shooting. Tominaga had his way with the Michigan defense, lethal from downtown with four triples, plus gobs of easy scores inside at the rim. Tominaga led the Nebraska offense that bulldozed the Michigan defense throughout the first half, scoring 70% from the floor and 15/18 from two, numbers that only cooled off slightly in the second half. Even for a Michigan defense that has had plenty of ugly halves this season, this first half effort had to have been among the ugliest. Josiah Allick and Rienk Mast each chipped in seven points as well on a combined 6/7 shooting as Nebraska hung a half-century in the first half. To Michigan's credit, they had a lot of offensive success as well in the first half against a Nebraska defense that had been pretty sharp in recent weeks. It wasn't enough to keep up with the way their defense was hemorrhaging points on the other end, but it gave the game a competitive feel, as Michigan only trailed by seven at halftime. While Tominaga dazzled for Nebraska, Dug McDaniel was the star for Michigan, shooting 5/6 from three on his way to 17 points in the first half. There were a couple instances of Tominaga drilling a shot at one end, only for McDaniel to pull up from three and swish it at the other end. Michigan didn't get a ton else of note offensively outside of McDaniel in the first half, but it was enough to keep them within striking distance at the half. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] Michigan was going to need to defend better in the second half and while they did somewhat, their offense also bogged down and were unable to close the gap. Nebraska's three point shooting cooled off dramatically and Tominaga was held in check, but with Tominaga on the perimeter drawing attention, the Huskers were still able to get inside for too many easy layups and dunks. Nebraska was 11/18 on 2's in the second half, with Josiah Allick standing out as the star in the latter 20 minutes. Allick played good defense, with an excellent recovery and close-out to block a Burnett three early in the second half hanging in the memory. He scored 8 points in the second half to lead the team, same as Brice Williams, as Nebraska put together a rather ensemble offensive performance in the second half. For Michigan, the biggest story was the three point shooting vanishing. They made just one out of 13 attempts from deep in the second half, missing a number of pretty wide open looks, Terrance Williams II making their only triple of the second half. McDaniel in particular was ice cold, 0/5 from the floor in the second half and Michigan's best sequence of the second half, when they trimmed the Nebraska lead from 20 back to 12, came with Dug on the bench. That briefly looked like it could give Michigan an opening to charge back into the game, but Nebraska wrestled control back and the two teams were rather lackluster and sloppy late in the game. Michigan never got it back to single digits after Allick's layup to make the score 59-48 and the end of the game was again marked by walk-ons in the game and discussion from the broadcasters of how good Michigan's opponent is playing recently. Michigan ends the B1G regular season at 3-17, last place in the conference by four games. Their only conference wins were over Iowa, Ohio State, and Wisconsin, just one coming on the road. Seven of their last eight games have been losses by double digit margins. Last season was a year of repetitive pain after meltdowns in the final minutes of close games. This season, the team was so bad in calendar 2024 there haven't even been close games to meltdown in. Each game is a similar shade to the last one and my recaps have grown shorter and shorter because there are only so many ways you can describe how nonexistent Michigan's defense is or their one-dimensionality sans Olivier Nkamhoua on offense. Michigan will play in the (14) vs. (11) game in the B1G Tournament on Wednesday night, with one more loss to end their season. It is not clear who the opponent will be, but we will know by the end of the evening tonight. What we do know is that game will be at roughly 9:00 pm EST and will be broadcast on Peacock. [Click the JUMP for the box score]

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Purdue 84, Michigan 76

Matched up with the #2 team in college basketball this afternoon, Michigan Men's Basketball strung together a decently valiant effort but came up short with another short-handed roster, a loss chalked up to defensive rebounding and foul trouble, some legitimate and some suspicious. Like most games, Michigan led for a large swath of the first half before trailing for much of the game thereafter, but never let Purdue bury them, even with excessive fouling hamstringing a roster already missing the injured big man Olivier Nkamhoua. Michigan hung around and hung around but ultimately couldn't make enough of a charge late and lost by high single digits. The Wolverines are now 8-20 (3-14), with three games left in the regular season. Before the game, Michigan got word that they would be without guard Jaelin Llewellyn, who was originally listed as questionable (in addition to the injured Nkamhoua). Will Tschetter was back after missing the Northwestern game, but a Michigan roster that wasn't deep to begin with sans two rotational pieces is in for a challenge, even when not facing an elite team like Purdue. The Wolverines, as they do most games, started pretty well, scoring the game's first five points and then led 10-4 on two Dug McDaniel three pointers. But even in this quick spurt, the problem of foul trouble was popping up. Center Tarris Reed Jr. picked up two fouls in the game's first 4.5 minutes while battling with Purdue superstar Zach Edey and went straight to the bench, putting the more undersized Will Tschetter (as well as Tray Jackson) in position to guard Edey. It wouldn't be long before Tschetter and Jackson would be racking up fouls of their own while giving up easy buckets inside. Stil, Michigan was hot out of the gate and generally shot the ball well all day. They led 19-13 via good ball movement and lights out shooting, allowing them to stay in front of the Boilers despite the fouls. Within 7.5 minutes of the game starting, there were seven team fouls against the Wolverines, placing Purdue into the bonus, including two on Reed, two on Jackson, and two on guard/wing Nimari Burnett. Foul trouble against Reed put Michigan in a disadvantageous matchup vs. Edey from a size perspective, and led to the ongoing theme of Purdue destroying Michigan on the glass. Just over nine minutes into the game Purdue was rebounding 56% of their misses(!!!) and that number wouldn't fluctuate much during the rest of the game. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] The extra possessions Purdue was getting via the OREBs allowed the Boilers to stay in the ballpark of the Wolverines while Michigan was shooting it well early. Purdue went on a small run to shave the lead down to 22-21 and the game eventually became tied at 25 at the under eight minute timeout. Forced to play unconventional lineups with George Washington III seeing extended time due to Burnett's foul issues, in addition to Jace Howard logging minutes in the front court because of the big fouls, Michigan eventually began to splinter and a hard Purdue charge surged them ahead before halftime. After Michigan led 30-29 on a Washington triple, Purdue closed the half on an 18-6 run, getting the final points on an Edey layup at the horn to lead 47-36. Given Michigan's tendency for catastrophic meltdowns in the second halves of games, it seemed like the rally by the road team (although the crowd was littered with fans in old gold and black who were quite noisy) may lead to a blowout in the second half. Instead, to Michigan's credit, they dug in and kept battling. Purdue bumped the lead up to 14 but Michigan punched back and got it down to single digits on a Burnett three and that's where the margin sat for most of the second half. Dug McDaniel played a pretty solid game and scored 10 in the second half, while Burnett rebounded from an ugly first half to score 12 in the latter stanza. Unfortunately, Michigan had no answer in the second half for Edey (or in either half really) dominating inside offensively and then a mix of size and hustle continued to annihilate Michigan on the glass. Purdue grabbed seven more second half offensive rebounds (five were Edey's) after ten in the first half. Michigan occasionally showed interest in mounting a charge but could never string together a run because they couldn't get stops consistently. They didn't slow Purdue's offense down much and when they forced misses, Purdue rebounded half of them. Foul trouble continued to mount, giving Edey increasingly easier matchups. Some of those fouls were dubious, including the fifth on Will Tschetter coming with 7:38 left in the game, and even more so the fifth on Reed. Michigan was down 78-70 with 3.5 minutes left in the offensive end, a missed three by McDaniel was loose rolling towards the sideline. Reed went for it and got tangled up with Lance Jones of Purdue, whistled for a foul that sent the home crowd into uproar. Juwan Howard charged out onto the court to vigorously argue with the referees, but was restrained by McDaniel, as well as members of the Michigan bench. The closest Michigan got the score down to was seven, but they ultimately ran out of time and lost by eight. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] In totality, the two teams shot similar clips from the field (47% Purdue, 48% Michigan), but Purdue made more free throws thanks to the Michigan fouls and attempted eight more field goals thanks to the offensive rebounding. That, plus Edey's dominance (35 points on 14/18!!), was the difference in the game. Michigan had a solid, efficient offensive day shooting 42.9% from three, but didn't have the right roster to win this game, not deep enough and not big enough, not to mention not good enough defensively. Maybe with Nkamhoua healthy they may have been able to pull off the upset, but this group was not set up to defeat a team with a dominant big man. Reed and Tschetter both fouled out and Jackson finished with four fouls. Michigan has now fallen to 8-20 on the season, 3-14 in the B1G, and has three regular season games remaining. As of this writing, Michigan State leads at home over Ohio State, which would put the Bucks two games ahead of Michigan in the race at the bottom of the standings. Michigan plays Ohio State next Sunday and in theory, finishing 2-1 with a win over OSU while OSU loses out would get Michigan out of the cellar because Michigan would own the head-to-head tiebreak. But it remains more likely that Michigan will finish dead-last in the conference, with Torvik projecting them to win only one of their final three games. It is not the hardest closing schedule, playing teams 13th and 12th in the standings on the road in Rutgers/OSU, as well as a mediocre Nebraska team at home. But this Michigan team hasn't been able to win many games, period, so strength of schedule only matters so much. The next game is this Thursday at 8:30 PM EST in Piscataway against Rutgers, scheduled to be broadcast on FS1. [Click the JUMP for the box score]

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Northwestern 76, Michigan 62

Michigan headed into Evanston this evening with a particularly shorthanded squad. Dug McDaniel was serving the final game of his six away game suspension, which has been a debilitating absence most of this season, but when you add in the wrist injury to Olivier Nkamhoua, Michigan was going to be in trouble. Oh and Will Tschetter was unavailable too. Michigan probably never had much of a chance, though they did put in a pretty good effort against an NCAA Tournament-bound Northwestern team given the circumstances. At 8-19 in year five of the Juwan Howard Era, this is what we've been reduced to discussing. The good effort Michigan gave was mostly related to the hot three-point shooting, which lasted most of the night. The Wolverines had no offensive creation in this game, pretty much all night, and relied on a mix of perimeter shooting and Tarris Reed Jr. post touches to suffice for offensive possessions. Michigan got out to a hot start, leading 16-5 after starting three of four from beyond the arc, feeding Reed buckets in between. Michigan led by near double digits for a lot of the first half, as Northwestern's offense lagged behind, though you always had the sense that the lead was unsustainable given how hot Michigan was from distance. Michigan led 26-17 with seven minutes to play in the first half when Northwestern made a push. It got started with a pair of free throws and a Matthew Nicholson dunk, but then came a hellfire of three pointers, three in just over a minute to erase a seven point Michigan lead and turn the score into a tie game. Nimari Burnett, who was Michigan's brightest star on his return to the hometown Chicago metropolitan area, drilled a triple to jut Michigan back ahead 33-30, but Nick Martinelli answered with a put-back layup. The score eventually sat at 34-34 with a minute to go in the half, a sequence that concluded with a Michigan turnover and another Northwestern three, off a clever in-bounds play that left Michigan completely fooled. The Ryan Langborn trey sent NU into the break up 37-34, their first lead of the game since it was 3-2. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] The flurry from Northwestern to close the first half put the game into a rather familiar pattern, a decent Michigan first half followed by a calamitous second half. This time it was even more predictable, as Michigan's hot first half shooting (6/8 from three!) screamed second half cool off. Michigan actually continued to shoot it at a good clip in the second half, but they got very few attempts off as Northwestern adjusted to shut off the catch-and-shoot three. The Wolverines were instead forced to pound it inside more, absent any real offensive creation from the guards. Tarris Reed Jr. took seven of Michigan's 20 second-half FGA, shooting an inefficient 3/7 at the rim. Michigan went through a nearly 10 minute stretch where Reed was the only Wolverine to score, which isn't a good sign when he wasn't scoring all that much. As for Northwestern, they came right out of halftime and continued the push they'd made late in the first. They charged out to lead 41-34, before Michigan made a little Burnett-fueled run to grab the edge back at 44-43. After that the 'Cats pushed straight ahead to grab full control of the game. NU poured in two threes in a row to go up 51-44 and the lead was up to double digits before long. It held around the 10 point mark before stretching up into the teens as the game plodded towards its conclusion. Ryan Langborg shot it well from three, dropping in a trio of triples in the second half, while the penetration of Boo Buie broke the Michigan D down to the tune of five assists. The 'Cats added five offensive rebounds and forced five Michigan turnovers, all part of the formula that evolved this into a rout. While time ticked down, we were treated to discussion of how Michigan's missed free throws translated into free chicken for the crowd in Welsh-Ryan Arena. That's where Michigan Men's Basketball is right now. They've lost nine of ten and fourteen of sixteen. They are 5-19 since beating St. John's to start the season 3-0. They are 3-13 in B1G play and have a two game cushion for last in the conference. Michigan has sunk all the way to 110th in KenPom. There's not much to say other than to go through the motions of this season, motions that will continue on Sunday when the #3 ranked Purdue Boilermakers come to Ann Arbor. That game is scheduled for 2:00 PM EST and will be broadcast on CBS. [Click the JUMP for the box score if you want]

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Listen: The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club in Traverse City

Listen: The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club in Traverse City
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Juwan Howard Signs Five-Year Contract Extension

Just hours before Michigan Basketball is set to take on Seton Hall in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, the program announced some bombshell news. And this time, it's the good kind: How FABULOUS is this! ?️ more years for YOUR coach Juwan Howard! Let's GO! The deal is ✍️ Release | https://t.co/38HrxleB1y 〽️? | #GoBlue | #ForCompetitorsOnly pic.twitter.com/SmWm3dibvh — Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) November 17, 2021 As the release states, the deal will keep Howard in Ann Arbor until 2025-26. The decision to extend Howard seemed to be a no-brainer considering the rapid success he has achieved as head coach of the men's basketball program. In just over two seasons since taking over for John Beilein, Howard is 44-17 (.712), having won the Big Ten regular season crown last season and been named AP and Sporting News National Coach of the Year (in addition to B1G Coach of the Year). He took the Wolverines to the Elite Eight and then signed the #3 ranked recruiting class in America this spring, per the 247 composite. His team is currently ranked 4th in the AP poll. Since Howard arrived in Ann Arbor, there has been constant speculation about a return to the NBA. This contract extension would seem to greatly mute that chatter. So should a quote from Athletic Director Warde Manuel, in the press release (emphasis mine): "Juwan's love for this university is evident in all that he does, as is the joy he takes in the accomplishments of his student-athletes" No financial details have been announced yet, but a raise of a substantial amount in this new contract is likely. There is no content after the jump.

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Michigan Upsets No. 11 Wisconsin in Ann Arbor - ESPN 98.1 FM

Michigan Upsets No. 11 Wisconsin in Ann Arbor - ESPN 98.1 FM
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Michigan 72, Wisconsin 68

After a string of terrible and humiliating defeats, Michigan Men's Basketball got back up off the mat today by defeating the #11 Wisconsin Badgers at Crisler Center. The Wolverines got more of an ensemble effort on offense after Dug McDaniel had an uncharacteristically quiet effort, while they benefitted from a cold shooting night by the Badgers on the defensive end. Michigan took a lead into halftime, stomached an early surge in the second half from Wisconsin, and then re-established a lead. A lead that this time, they'd put away to earn a 72-68 victory, a win to end a five game losing streak. Michigan shot the ball very well in the early going of the game, leading 19-15 at the under 12 media timeout. Wisconsin had already turned the ball over seven times by that point and Michigan's offense was flowing seamlessly. Being a home game, PG Dug McDaniel's services were available and early on, he was going pretty well. Dug started 5/7 from the floor and put in 11 early points to boost Michigan's offense, and they held a lead much of the first half. They were up 26-20 at the under 8 timeout, a lead that would soon stretch to nine after a Jaelin Llewellyn three, causing Wisconsin coach Greg Gard to call timeout. It was around this point that McDaniel appeared to suffer a minor injury, locking knees with a Wisconsin player, causing his offense to drop-off precipitously. From that point until the game's closing minutes, Dug was a nonfactor offensively, forcing Michigan to look elsewhere for offense. The Llewellyn three was the capper of a 10-1 Michigan run, but Wisconsin made a push to narrow the lead. It was all the way down to 34-33 when Will Tschetter drove the lane, was fouled but laid it in. Tschetter converted the and-one to put Michigan ahead 37-33. Both teams had a chance to make a bucket before the half, but a McDaniel shot was off the mark and Wisconsin's fade in the lane didn't go down either. The score stood at 37-33 at halftime, Michigan shooting 14/26 from the floor to Wisconsin's 12/26, Michigan hotter from the perimeter but Wisconsin getting higher quality looks inside. [Marc-Gregor Campredon The early second half seemed to be following the familiar script, the one where Michigan is among the NCAA's worst second half teams. Wisconsin came out on fire, continuing to get anything they want at the rim, which included an end-to-end layup with little contest that forced Juwan Howard to call timeout. Michigan still held a one point lead at that point, but their paint defense was on full display- at that juncture, 13 of Wisconsin's last 14 made field goals were layups(!!). A few moments later, the Badgers had the lead as McDaniel was caught sleeping, allowing an easy alley-oop to give Wisconsin a 43-42 lead. Michigan was simultaneously 1/7 from the floor to open the half and McDaniel went straight to the bench. Wisconsin would stretch their lead up to 48-44, the period of the game where the usual story of second half meltdowns appeared to be unfolding. But then the game turned. The biggest change was the Badger offense going away from what was working so well, easy points in the paint. Instead, they began to focus more on perimeter shooting and to their credit, they got some open looks from three. The problem was, their shooting abilities from three were colder than the waters of Lake Superior this time of year. Wisconsin bricked three after three and the consistent penetration they had been generating to reclaim the lead vanished. And in the process, so did their lead. Olivier Nkamhoua swished a fadeaway to put Michigan back up 49-48 and then Will Tschetter extended the lead with a three. Wisconsin's turnover bug from the opening minutes of the game was also starting to reappear, gifting Michigan an easy bucket to make the score 56-50. Tarris Reed Jr., who played one of his stronger games of the season, added points on a pretty little shake and dunk inside to make the score 58-52. Eventually the Michigan surge hit a fever pitch when Tschetter connected on a three to put Michigan up 63-54 with 5:45 left, now a 19-6 Michigan run. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] Closing the game out wasn't going to be easy, though. Wisconsin came right back and finally began to wake up from deep. Max Klesmit hit a three to make it 63-57 and then Chucky Hepburn hit a three on the next possession, the two triples sandwiched around a difficult Terrance Williams II jumper. 65-60. Wisconsin turned it over again and Williams went to the free throw line, stretching the lead to 67-60, but an AJ Storr layup cut it back to five, 67-62. Tarris Reed Jr. would be next to go to the line and the big man went 0/2, sending a bit of a sinking feeling through the crowd. Thankfully, Reed made up for it with a block on Tyler Wahl, though Llewellyn gave the basketball right back on Michigan's trip up the floor. The Badgers came down and Storr would lay one in to make the score 67-64 with just 2:08 left. Nkamhoua lost the ball as Michigan's offensive troubles continued and Wisconsin now had possession with a chance to tie. Chucky Hepburn drove the lane but Llewellyn blocked the layup attempt, rebounded down by Williams, and Howard called timeout. Dug McDaniel, who had been an afterthought in the second half, was given trust from his head coach during the timeout. They put the ball in Dug's hands and the guard rewarded the trust: his driving floater went down, Dug's first points of the second half and Michigan was ahead two possessions. Klesmit added two free throws after being fouled by Burnett to cut it back to 69-66 and McDaniel went back up the floor. This time his shot missed and Wisconsin had another chance to tie. Gard called timeout but whatever he drew up didn't materialize, the offense stagnating as the clock ticked down. Frantic late in the possession, Hepburn pulled up for a contested three over Nimari Burnett. The shot was off the mark, Michigan rebounded it down and McDaniel ended up at the line. Over the span of the final minute, Dug went 3/4 at the line and that was just enough to get it done. After Klesmit missed a three down 72-68, Wisconsin opted not to foul and the clock ticked away. [Marc-Gregor Campredon] Michigan and Wisconsin shot very similar clips from the floor, Michigan 45% and Wisconsin 46%. Wisconsin did it on three more attempts, though Michigan made two more threes. The bigger difference was from the line, 19/25 to Wisconsin's 13/19. Michigan's offense was remarkably balanced, Dug with 16 points, but seven players scored 5 points or more. Storr led Wisconsin with 20, followed by Hepburn's 17. Tray Jackson we should note, was relatively quiet with just two points before fouling out. Michigan's win over Wisconsin ends a five game losing streak, moving them to 3-9 in conference play. They are now tied with Ohio State for last in the conference, but you have to start somewhere. It is just their second win in the last 12 games dating back to mid-December as well. The team doesn't have too many more games left at home, just three of their final eight being at Crisler Center. Next up is one of the B1G's most intimidating venues, Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln against a frisky Nebraska squad, and Michigan will have to do it sans Dug McDaniel, who will be back serving his away games suspension. That game is on Saturday night and is scheduled for 6:30 PM on BTN. [Click the JUMP for the box score]

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