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Stats, links and more: Your team-by-team NCAA Tournament guide
Grand Rapids Press — We’ve got all the information and advice you need when it comes to breaking down the NCAA Tournament. From favorites like Kansas and Kentucky to the last teams selected like UTEP and Utah State, we’ve got statistics, analysis and links......
4 hours agoIt's Miami (Ohio) and Michigan in CCHA semis
Detroit Free Press — Miami (Ohio) beat Ohio State tonight, 2-1, in the decisive game of their CCHA quarterfinal series, so the RedHawks will play Michigan on Friday in the tournament semifinal at Joe Louis Arena.
5 hours agoQuestions and answers: Where do things stand for the Michigan football program?
Grand Rapids Press — Q. Where does the NCAA investigation into Michigan’s football program stand? A. Michigan released a Notice of Allegations last month detailing five infractions the NCAA says it committed. The university has until May 24 to file its official response, and......
14 hours agoAt stake for Michigan football program in NCAA case: practice time, probation
Grand Rapids Press — Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez, shown leading his team onto the field for the spring game in 2008, will face questions in August from the NCAA regarding his program. (File photo) Sitting in a hotel conference room near Metro Airport......
18 hours agoMichigan likely to lose practice time; some don't think that's a big deal
Grand Rapids Press — Six years after he nearly led San Diego State to a shocking upset of Michigan, former Aztecs coach Tom Craft can laugh about the built-in excuse he had for the loss. “Maybe if we would have had an extra practice......
22 hours agoMichigan faces 'formally informal' hearing with potentially grave consequences
Grand Rapids Press — Michigan has to answer to the NCAA regarding five potential major violations, the most serious of which are separate failure-to-monitor counts against the university and football coach Rich Rodriguez. (File photo) Joe Beckham spent eight hours in front of the......
22 hours agoU-M 5, MSU 3: Wolverines sweep Spartans
Detroit Free Press — The Michigan hockey team's chances of making the NCAA tournament are still alive.
23 hours agoNew Michigan athletic director David Brandon hit the ground running
Detroit Free Press — For most newcomers, the first week in a job can be intimidating. For new Michigan athletic director David Brandon, it helped to have a head start.
23 hours agoMichigan's future clouded by uncertainty
Detroit Free Press — When Ohio State star Evan Turner's 37-foot shot dropped Friday to beat Michigan, ending the Wolverines' Big Ten tournament and probably their season, the focus was on the play. What could have stopped the shot is a fair question, but it misses the bigger issue for U-M: Why did it end the season?
23 hours agoMichigan hockey team finishes off CCHA sweep of Michigan State with 4-3 win
Grand Rapids Press — EAST LANSING - Killing penalties was problematic all night. Here was the Michigan hockey team, trying to pull off an improbable two-game sweep of heavily favored Michigan State on its own ice, clinging to a one-goal lead. But after surrendering......
March 13, 2010
- Four things they think about the NCAA Tournament Plain Dealer Plain Dealer writers Doug Lesmerises and Elton Alexander join columnist Bill Livingston to offer observations as March Madness looms.
- Relieved Gophers hoping to make some noise in NCAA tournament St. Paul Pioneer Press INDIANAPOLIS — Cheers and screams broke out behind the closed door of Star Room B off a hallway in Conseco Fieldhouse early Sunday evening. The Gophers erupted with equal parts joy and relief when they learned they weren't snubbed by the NCAA tournament selection committee.
- Gophers' first foe, Xavier, is an NCAA tournament veteran St. Paul Pioneer Press Xavier secured its fifth straight NCAA tournament bid Sunday and will face Minnesota for the first time in 54 years.
- Buckeyes' blowout in Big Ten final sends Gophers to NCAA tournament on a downer St. Paul Pioneer Press INDIANAPOLIS — After Devoe Joseph nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer Sunday to cut Minnesota's deficit to three points at halftime, he smiled while holding his hand in the air for a while.
- Spartans know improved guard play will be key to deep NCAA tournament run Grand Rapids Press Chris Allen is coming off suspension, Durrell Summers is coming off a benching, and Kalin Lucas is coming off a string of uneven performances for Michigan State.
- New Mexico State a changed team since returns of Wendell McKines, Troy Gillenwater Grand Rapids Press Aggies started 3-6 before rallying to win the WAC tournament after McKines and Gillenwater returned from being academically ineligible.
- Rematch against Flames offers Wings chance at redemption Detroit News The day after the Red Wings took a stunning third-period TKO from the Flames at Joe Louis Arena -- a 4-2 loss Tuesday -- Brad Stuart offered this blunt assessment:
- Spartans know improved guard play will be key to deep NCAA tournament run Grand Rapids Press Chris Allen is coming off suspension, Durrell Summers is coming off a benching, and Kalin Lucas is coming off a string of uneven performances for Michigan State.
- New Mexico State a changed team since returns of Wendell McKines, Troy Gillenwater Grand Rapids Press Aggies started 3-6 before rallying to win the WAC tournament after McKines and Gillenwater returned from being academically ineligible.
- MSU, New Mexico State to battle in Jud Heathcote's backyard Detroit News The Spartans (24-8), a No. 5 seed, will play the Aggies (22-11), a No. 12 seed, on Friday in Spokane, Wash., home of former MSU coach Jud Heathcote.
- Preview: No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 New Mexico State Detroit News This NCAA Tournament could be Michigan State coach Tom Izzo's biggest challenge because of inconsistent play from guards Durrell Summers and Chris Allen.
- Bracket breakdown: Midwest, West, East and South Detroit News Michigan State might not be your typical sleeper pick, but it'll get overlooked with all the powerhouses in this regional. For those down on the Spartans, don't forget they won 24 games and were co-champs of the Big Ten.