The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN BASKETBALL versity, guys getting injured, things like that. My first two years, other than Mitch's injury, it was pretty smooth sailing. It definitely makes me appreciate it more." And yes, he still ponders the sce- nario in which everybody sticks around. "It's crazy," Albrecht said. "I think about it all the time. Could you imag- ine if my class was still here, all five of us? I feel like every team in college basketball could probably say that. "What if the Kentuckys or the Dukes and all those guys had all their teams, too? There aren't enough bas- ketballs to go around. You can't really use that as an excuse or an argument, but it would be really cool, because those are three of my good buddies." Those three — Stauskas, Robin- son and McGary — departed fol- lowing the Elite Eight run. Stauskas and Robinson decided it was time, and McGary joined them when the NCAA levied a half-season penalty for a failed drug (marijuana) test. That left LeVert and Albrecht DIGITAL BONUS: CLICK THE ICON TO PLAY OR STOP THE PODCAST The Wolverine staff discusses U-M basketball's success this season MICHIGAN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 2015-16 Date Opponent Time/Result 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 North Carolina 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* W, 74-69 Jan. 23 at Nebraska* W, 81-68 Jan. 27 Rutgers* W, 68-57 Jan. 30 Penn State* W, 79-72 Feb. 2 Indiana* L, 80-67 Feb. 6 Michigan State* L, 89-73 Feb. 10 at Minnesota* W, 82-74 Feb. 13 Purdue* W, 61-56 Feb. 16 at Ohio State* L, 76-66 Feb. 21 at Maryland* L, 86-82 Feb. 24 Northwestern* W, 72-63 Feb. 28 at Wisconsin* L, 68-57 March 5 Iowa* L, 71-61 March 10 vs. Northwestern$ W, 72-70 (OT) March 11 vs. Indiana$ W, 72-69 March 12 vs. Purdue$ L, 76-59 March 16 vs. Tulsa! 9:10 p.m. March 18 vs. Notre Dame+ 9:40 p.m. % Exhibition; ! Battle 4 Atlantis, Mainland Game; @ Gavitt Games; # Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas; ^ ACC/Big Ten Challenge; *Big Ten game; $ Big Ten Tournament at Indianapolis; Add the following at the end of the key: ! NCAA Tournament First Four at Dayton, Ohio; + NCAA Tournament first round at Brook- lyn, N.Y., if U-M defeats Tulsa