The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MEN'S BASKETBALL real truth. It's so premature." The other part of the equation, he admitted, has to do with other teams seeing Michigan's ranking, and al- lowing it to influence their effort, emotion and preparation in facing the Wolverines. Beilein has used all of that from the other side, so he knows it can factor in. "Oh yeah, we do talk about that," he said. "We talk about it all the time, too. You're playing somebody that has a number next to their name. I know we go into that — what are they feeling? "I hope we do a good job with Michigan's season opener against Slippery Rock Nov. 10, al- lowing him to eclipse the 1,000-point mark in his career. He became the 46th Michigan player ever to score 1,000 points or more. • That 100-62 win over Slippery • Junior swingman Tim Hardaway Jr. notched 25 points in Rock represented the first time Michigan hit triple figures in scor- ing since it notched 103 points in a win over Oakland Dec. 7, 2007. • Redshirt sophomore forward Jon Horford notched four points, one rebound, one assist and one block against Slippery Rock, marking his first appearance for the Wolverines since Dec. 10, 2011. Horford sat out the final 25 games of last season with a foot injury. • Senior guard Matt Vogrich earned his first career start in the U-M opener. He scored eight points, hitting 2 of 3 three-point attempts. • The opener marked the regu- BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK it. We're not perfect. Our guys are pretty grounded. When we play our scout team every day, that scout team either beats us or gives us a pretty good game. It grounds us going into those games. Our guys realize the small window there is between suc- cess and defeat." ❑ him to move past Glen Rice (136) and into ninth place on Michigan's all-time three-point list. • Stauskas scored a then-career-high 15 points against Cleveland State. He matched that total in the following game against Pittsburgh. • U-M's 67-62 win over Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden Nov. 22 didn't come easily. The Wolverines trailed at halftime for the first time all year, 33-29. • Michigan won its first NIT Season Tip-Off championship ever, secured with a 71-57 victory over Kansas State Nov. 23 in Madison Square Garden. • Robinson recorded a career-high 12 rebounds in the championship game win over Kansas State. • Michigan's 79-72 victory over lar-season debut of four Michigan freshmen. Forward Glenn Robinson III scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds, forward Mitch McGary recorded nine points and nine rebounds, guard Nik Staus- kas added seven points, and point guard Spike Albrecht chipped in with two points, two rebounds and two assists. • The Wolverines' 91-54 win over IUPUI in the NIT Season Tip-Off opener Nov. 12 meant U-M scored 90-plus points two games in a row for the first time since the 2000-01 season. • Robinson scored a career-high 21 points against IUPUI, North Carolina State at Crisler Cen- ter boosts the Wolverines' overall record in the Big Ten/ACC Chal- lenge to 5-7. The win also repre- sented the Wolverines' first over a ranked team this season. • Stauskas notched career highs Redshirt sophomore forward Jon Horford played in each of Michigan's first six games after missing the final 25 contests last season with a foot injury. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL in points (20) and three-pointers made (four) in the win over the Wolfpack. • Hardaway's 16 points in the tri- place on Michigan's all-time scoring list. • Burke sat out Michigan's first exhibition contest Nov. 1, serving a one-game suspension for what a U-M release termed "a violation of team standards. connecting on 8 of 9 shots. Sophomore point guard Trey Burke matched a career high with nine assists in the game. • Hardaway moved into 44th place on Michigan's all-time cured a historic start for John Beilein's Wolverines. Never before had a Michigan basketball team opened the season with three straight victories featuring margins of at least 30 points. • Cleveland State scored just 14 first-half points, the lowest by a Michigan opponent since Central Connecticut State tallied 14 Nov. 10, 2006. • Hardaway's three triples against Cleveland State allowed against Northern Michigan in the reopening of Crisler Center. "We have high standards and values for our student-ath- letes and we expect everyone to meet those expectations," " Burke did not play scoring list with his 10 points in the contest. His total of 1,015 allowed him to surpass Don Eaddy (1,012). • Michigan's 77-47 win over Cleveland State Nov. 13 se- Beilein said. "Trey will sit out the first game as a result of some out of character decisions he now regrets. We believe he has learned a valuable lesson and we are confident he will grow from this experience. for the John R. Wooden Award, by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. A preseason poll of national college media members picked the 50. Hardaway made the list, announced Nov. 8, for the second • Burke and Hardaway have been chosen to the top-50 list " umph over North Carolina State moved him past Zack Novak and Campy Russell (1,082) and into 40th straight year. Burke has earned Associated Press Preseason All-America status, and was last year's Big Ten Freshman of the Year. 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