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February 2016

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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  MICHIGAN BASKETBALL Michigan hosts Minnesota at Crisler Center Jan. 20, then travels to Nebraska for a contest Jan. 23. Beilein summed it up on a recent appearance of "The Huge Show" over the Michigan radio airwaves. "I don't know when to expect him back, but I do know he's steadily im- proving," Beilein said. "It's the old thing — we don't want this injury to linger. We want him to be 100 per- cent healthy to get back there so it doesn't cause other injury. It's early enough in the season where one game doesn't define your season, so we're trying to ensure when he does come back, he's healthy for the rest of the year. "We've just got to think along those lines right now. We don't want a guy playing a game or two in pain so he's in more pain and can't play. As soon as that pain is gone, I expect him to be able to practice a couple days and be in there." U-M STILL LOOKING FOR DEPTH AT CENTER Junior center Mark Donnal's emer- gence has come at just the right time for Michigan, but he alone won't be enough to combat the Big Ten's big men. The Wolverines are still look- ing for someone else to emerge at the "five" position, and right now it's being handled by committee. Head coach John Beilein said he'd continue to ride whoever is show- ing the hot hand in practice — that's been Donnal for the last month. Be- hind him, though, are three guys still looking to find their groove. "That's a concern," Beilein admitted prior to Michigan's loss at Iowa Jan. 17 that dropped the Wolverines to 3-2 in conference play. "Last year, [sopho- more] Rick [Doyle] was going to red- MICHIGAN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 2015-16 Date Opponent Time Nov. 6 Le Moyne% W, 74-52 Nov. 13 Northern Michigan W, 70-44 Nov. 16 Elon! W, 88-68 Nov. 20 Xavier@ L, 86-70 Nov. 25 vs. UConn# L, 74-60 Nov. 26 vs. Charlotte# W, 102-47 Nov. 27 vs. Texas# W, 78-72 Dec. 1 at NC State^ W, 66-59 Dec. 5 Houston Baptist W, 82-57 Dec. 8 at SMU L, 82-58 Dec. 12 Delaware State W, 80-33 Dec. 15 Northern Kentucky W, 77-62 Dec. 19 Youngstown State W, 105-46 Dec. 23 Bryant W, 96-60 Dec. 30 at Illinois* W, 78-68 Jan. 2 Penn State* W, 79-56 Jan. 7 at Purdue* L, 87-70 Jan. 12 Maryland* W, 70-67 Jan. 17 at Iowa* L, 82-71 Jan. 20 Minnesota * 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Nebraska * 2 p.m. Jan. 27 Rutgers * 7 p.m. Jan. 30 Penn State * 12 p.m. Feb. 2 Indiana * 9 p.m. Feb. 6 Michigan State * 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at Minnesota * 9 p.m. Feb. 13 Purdue * 2 p.m. Feb. 16 at Ohio State * 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at Maryland * 1 or 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 Northwestern * 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Wisconsin * 4 or 6 p.m. Mar. 5 Iowa * 8 p.m. Mar. 9-13 Big Ten Tournament$ Mar. 15-April 4 NCAA Tournament % Exhibition; ! Battle 4 Atlantis, Mainland Game; @ Gavitt Games; # Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas; ^ ACC/Big Ten Challenge; *Conference Game; $ Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis.

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