Michigan basketball

With their NCAA Tournament lives on the line, Indiana rallied from a 17-point second half hole to defeat Michigan on Thursday at the Big Ten Tournament in ...

He missed his first four shots of the game and had two early turnovers, but made 10-of-13 with no turnovers to close things out. Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis struggled offensively early in the game but he was 8-of-11 with 19 points after the break. The Hoosiers made 10-of-17 shots to close the game and forced Michigan to make just 2-of-16. That guard group had been IU’s late-game closing threesome, but hadn’t been seen since Galloway went down with an injury at home against Wisconsin. IU forced 10 second half turnovers, and Michigan went more than 10 minutes without a field goal. To that point Michigan had 60 points in 27 minutes and had scored more than 1.3 points per possession. Xavier Johnson had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists.

The return of Juwan Howard and Hunter Dickinson appeared to pay huge dividends on early Thursday, until Michigan went ice-cold in the second half and ...

“I could talk about the timeout, we could discuss the pull on the arm, we can talk about the words exchanged with coaches. I’m not going to focus on the prediction or assumption here.” “But all that would be excuses...I hurt a lot of people. The return of Juwan Howard and Hunter Dickinson appeared to pay huge dividends on Thursday, until Michigan went ice cold in the second half and surrendered a 17-point lead. Like Dickinson, Jones would also cool off considerably in the second half - accounting for just six points in the final 20 minutes of play. Though Dickinson would enter the half with 13 points, he accounted for just two points in the second half - finishing the afternoon with 15 points and five rebounds.

Michigan looked to be cruising past Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament but completely fell apart in the second half.

When Michigan was up big, it seemed like everything was working, but Howard seemed slow to switch things up when the wheels started to come off. Dickinson scored just two points, while Jackson-Davis came alive scoring 19 in the second half and on defense, blocked four shots. As disappointing as today's loss is, it's now just time to turn the page. Dickinson, on the other hand, scored 13, was playing with a lot of intensity and helped U-M get up big early. Here's the two main reasons why... It was a tale of two halves.

But as Xavier Johnson received his second foul after scoring 80% of Indiana's points, the Wolverines stormed out to a 21-10 lead. A Hunter Dickinson technical ...

Thankfully, as IU cut the deficit to just eight, Houstan finally got on the board with a big 3 to push the lead back to 11, and followed it up with another. He did end the long scoring drought with a two, but it was too little, too late. There were plenty of times throughout the game where it appeared that a player had an OK shot, only to dish it to another player for a better one. While the team showed heart, cutting the seven-point deficit to just two, it made mistake after mistake down the stretch. But then, Michigan’s defense stood back up, forcing things (in a good way), which allowed the Wolverines to score five in a row to cut the lead to two with 44 seconds left. But Caleb Houstan — who was scoreless against Ohio State on Sunday and also in the first half of this game — hit back-to-back 3s to push the lead back to 14. The Wolverines stayed hot on both sides of the court, managing to take a 17-point lead with 12 minutes remaining. Indiana went from shooting 35% from the floor to 45%. And then the Hoosiers found themselves with a seven-point advantage. However, the second half was all Hoosiers to start, as a 7-0 run cut mightily into the Michigan lead. It was a 13-point advantage for the maize and blue going into halftime. After a stellar start turnover-wise, Michigan was turning it over with impunity, and it hadn’t scored in four-plus minutes before Brooks hit two free throws.

The Wolverines' coach returned from his suspension, only to lose to an Indiana team that really needed the win to help its March Madness chances.

And the passengers on the Wolverines roller coaster shouldn’t take off their seatbelts yet. It was the latest in a roller coaster of a season and a roller coaster of a month for Michigan, leaving the Wolverines to sit at home and sweat whether their name will be called on Selection Sunday. Howard was emotional and contrite Wednesday in his first meeting with the media since his suspension, sharing that he sought therapy and making clear he had to be better. Perhaps it was the stakes of the game for both teams’ NCAA tournament hopes, but Howard’s return didn’t feel like the story of the day, even before Indiana’s late surge. Howard says he didn’t sleep Wednesday night in anticipation of getting back on the sidelines for the first time since that infamous moment. But from the outside, things looked normal with Howard back coaching the Wolverines. He entered the floor quietly with just seconds to go on the pregame clock, earning a smattering of boos from the Hoosiers fans who noticed the coach emerge from the tunnel, but nothing unexpected.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan coach Juwan Howard called his return to the team this week an "emotional ride," following his first game back on the sidelines ...

One Gainbridge Fieldhouse security attendant remarked that it was the loudest they'd heard any team in the locker room before a game. "I'm going to wait on Sunday with my players and see where the chips fall at the end," Howard said. Howard said he is seeking therapy in a move agreed upon with the school. No," Howard said following the Thursday game. Howard assumed his role on the sidelines for the first time since Feb. 20, when following a loss to Wisconsin, he struck assistant Joe Krabbenhoft's head after a heated exchange in the postgame handshake line. Indiana outscored Michigan 31-9 over the last 12:52 of the game and snapped a nine-game losing streak against its conference rival.

After an embarrassing collapse to Indiana, Michigan basketball will have to sit and wait for the committee to determine their postseason fate.

That is yet to be seen, but not totally out of the picture. If Michigan sneaks in the field, they’ll likely be an 11 or 12 seed at best, can’t see them getting any better then that. The Hoosiers flat out wanted it more and fate returned the favor with the outcome of this bubble battle.

Michigan basketball blew a 17-point second-half lead against Indiana on Thursday and might have sealed its NCAA tournament fate in the process.

- The Wolverines would have been a 10 seed at worst with a loss. - Michigan might make the NCAA Tournament but it can’t complain if it doesn’t. Jones was stellar in the first half and so was Hunter Dickinson. Even Caleb Houstan got going early in the second half, knocking down three 3-pointers and all of a sudden, Michigan basketball seemed like a team that wouldn’t need to worry at all about selection Sunday.

Well that sucked. The Michigan Wolverines held a 17-point second half lead before imploding and losing to the Indiana Hoosiers. The game looked like it was ...

Indiana was scoring with ease and Michigan couldn’t get anything going offensively, going more than 10 minutes without a bucket. Michigan went into the break up 41-28. An early run got Michigan’s lead into double digits, and Indiana wasn’t able to make things close before the break.

Michigan basketball blew a 17-point lead over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday and failed to capitalize on an opportunity to solidify its ...

Even if they make the dance, the Wolverines will likely have to play their way into the round of 64 as part of the First Four. While Michigan has a handful of impressive victories, the sheer number of losses is glaring. A late 5-0 run offered one final breath of life, but an unforced turnover with 10 seconds remaining squashed Michigan’s last hope.

Juwan Howard returned from a five-game suspension in a Big Ten tournament game against Indiana. The Hoosiers fans booed him.

Heading into the Big Ten Tournament, Michigan basketball will take on Indiana, and here are three keys for the Wolverines and a prediction.

At any rate, we’ll break down this matchup and offer a prediction, but first, here’s a look at the odds. Indiana is the first team out right now, so the Hoosiers have a lot to play for. While the overall number of wins doesn’t sound impressive, five of them are against quad-1 teams and Michigan also has three quad-2 wins.

The Indiana Hoosiers haven't won a game against the Michigan Wolverines since Feb. 2 of 2016, but they'll be looking to end the drought Thursday. IU and ...

- Feb 02, 2016 - Indiana 80 vs. - Jan 26, 2017 - Michigan 90 vs. - Jan 25, 2019 - Michigan 69 vs. Indiana's loss took them down to 18-12 while Michigan's win pulled them up to 17-13. Meanwhile, the Ohio State Buckeyes typically have all the answers at home, but on Sunday Michigan proved too difficult a challenge. IU is expected to lose this next one by 3.

Must wins in the postseason have a certain finality to them, and Indiana's game with Michigan on Thursday in the Big Ten Tournament certainly has that feel, ...

We've got to eliminate the shots that they made here and we've got to do a better job on Dickinson.'' Here is the complete schedule, with gametimes and TV information, records and point spread where available.CLICK HERE Absolutely. I think everyone in our locker room knows how much we need this game, and they're willing to do anything to win. He scored 25 points and had nine rebounds, and was the best player on the floor all day. Indiana, as of now, is just barely on the outside looking in. The loss to Michigan was really the only game all year where Indiana was never in it. He did whatever the hell he wanted to do. It was ugly in real life, and even worse on film. They took advantage of it on both ends of the floor.'' He hit three wide-open threes himself, and dominated in the post and the mid-range game as well. "After watching the film again, we did nothing right in that game, I mean, on both ends of the floor. Michigan did whatever they wanted to offensively against a Hoosiers defense that's been No. 1 in the league all year.

After interim head coach Phil Martelli guided the Michigan Wolverines to a 3-2 record during Juwan Howard's five-game suspension, the head man is back to ...

He put up 25 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the first game against Indiana, so look for the Wolverines to find him early and often. It took Jones a while to get going, but he has been nothing short of fantastic over the last month of the season. He’s had double-digit scoring in every game but three this season and has averaged 15.2 points since the beginning of February, so he is clearly the focal point of their offense. He led Michigan in scoring and rebounding during the regular season with 18.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. But there were some ugly losses at the beginning of the season as well against UCF, Minnesota and Seton Hall. It hasn’t been all bad, as there were some key wins along the way against Purdue, Michigan State, and at Ohio State to close out the regular season.