Michigan basketball

Michigan was without two of its top players in wing Jett Howard and guard Kobe Bufkin due to injuries. Instead, the Wolverines relied on center Hunter Dickinson ...

Vanderbilt was initially able to limit the impact of Dickinson offensively. Foul trouble began to hurt Vanderbilt in the second half and the Commodores struggled to rebound against a bigger Michigan team. After that point, the teams went back and forth for the remainder of the half as Michigan took a lead into halftime. Vanderbilt was without Liam Robbins due to injury and Myles Stute due to transfer. Vanderbilt got just six points from its bench. Michigan was without two of its top players in wing Jett Howard and guard Kobe Bufkin due to injuries.

Dug McDaniel pulled the Wolverines out of an early hole, Hunter Dickinson dominated stretches of the second half and Youssef Khayat contributed valuable minutes ...

Vanderbilt pressed after the free throws, and Dug McDaniel threw the ball out of bounds; Manjon beat Baker off the dribble to make it a one-point game with 20 seconds left, and Juwan Howard called timeout. U-M clung to a four-point lead entering the closing stretch, but McDaniel made it six with a floater off the glass. The freshmen then drew a charge, and Joey Baker capitalized by curling around a Dickinson screen for an open jumper. U-M ended the run with a Terrance Williams II offensive rebound and tip-in, but by then his team was down double-digits. After both teams traded buckets, McDaniel tied the game at 20 with a 3-pointer as the young point guard pulled Michigan out of its early hole. But when it came time to close the game out, a shorthanded U-M had no answers.

In what was a fitting end to a season full of late game collapses, the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team couldn't hold onto a double digit lead late ...

Ultimately, a sheer comedy of errors by Michigan in the final minute ended in a turnover and goaltending call with 12 seconds to go, giving Vanderbilt a one-point lead. The back and forth pace continued into the opening minutes of the second half, as both teams again failed to take more than a one-score lead through the first media timeout. The scoring run didn’t spook Michigan, however, as in just under two minutes the Wolverines brought the game back to a single possession after scoring nine unanswered points.

The Michigan Wolverines and the Vanderbilt Commodores are set to clash at noon ET March 18 at Memorial Gym in the second round of the NIT. Michigan beat the ...

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Michigan heads to Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon for a second round game in the NIT.

The University of Michigan men's basketball team fell to Vanderbilt 66-65 in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament on Saturday (March 18) ...

Vanderbilt (22-14) took advantage of three Michigan (18-16) turnovers in the final minute to go on a 9-0 run and take a one-point lead with 12 seconds to play. After a pair of free throws from Vanderbilt, Michigan added four unanswered points to reclaim a 24-22 edge with just under seven minutes until halftime. Michigan held Vanderbilt scoreless for over three minutes out of the timeout, growing its lead to 59-51 behind three free throws from Michigan missed two last-second shot attempts, and Vanderbilt took the win. After a basket by Vanderbilt, Dickinson added seven unanswered points, including an and-one layup to stretch the Michigan lead 10. [Hunter Dickinson](/sports/mens-basketball/roster/hunter-dickinson/23519) posted his 14th double-double of the season with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Throw in the fact that a seemingly healthy Jett Howard and Kobe Bufkin chose to sit out part or all of the NIT Tournament, and the last couple of weeks have not ...

The Michigan men's basketball team's arduous 2022-23 season ended with a thud Saturday afternoon in a 66-65 loss at Vanderbilt. Despite leading by eight ...

But at the end of the day, I’m proud of how it was also a collaboration of the coach-driven, player-driven. The second goal was the Big Ten Tournament title. Then the third goal was the NCAA title. And it’s not about me, it’s about the team. One was to pass, and the guy mishandled the basketball. Our first goal was the Big Ten title, the conference title.

NIT second round: No. 3 seed Michigan Wolverines (18-15) vs. No. 2 seed Vanderbilt Commodores (21-14): Noon; Nashville, Tennessee, ESPN, WWJ-AM.

Michigan basketball choked away an eight-point lead with less than two minutes left, finding ways to lose that didn't seem possible.

Changes need to happen and the biggest change is how the Wolverines handle the end of the game. Since Michigan was in the bonus, Vanderbilt made two more free throws and suddenly, it was a 3-point game. Michigan fouled a Vanderbilt player driving to the basket, giving the Commodores a chance at a 3-point play.