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For the first time this year, the Michigan basketball team will have a different starting lineup.

It couldn't have been clearer last night. Or in any of the Michigan basketball team's losses this season, for that matter.

Grand Blanc grad Zack Gibson is making the case for more playing time at UM. A definite weakness for the University of Michigan basketball team is size.

Nothing did in Michigan's 62-58 loss to Boston College on Wednesday. Beilein left open the option of trying to flip things around when it comes to minutes and who plays when.

Vogrich, the inbounder, ran one play. The rest of the team ran another. The ball rolled out of bounds, untouched by any Michigan player.

After losing consecutive games to close out the Old Spice Classic last week and dropping from the national rankings, the Michigan men's basketball players say they have been humbled.

Despite leading for the majority of the contest, the No. 15-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team fell, 68-66, to Alabama in the third-place game of the Old Spice Classic at the Milk House on Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex on Sunday .

Lazar Hayward's 22 points and nine rebounds Friday lifted Marquette to a 79-65 upset of 15th-ranked Michigan at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando.

DeShawn Sims plays against Houston Baptist on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The past three weeks have almost felt like an extended preseason for the Michigan men's basketball team.

Opponents had a hard time defending DeShawn Sims in the paint in previous seasons.

One of Michigan basketball coach John Beilein's goals is to be able to play with a big lineup at times.

The Motor City Duo of junior guard Manny Harris and senior forward DeShawn Sims combined for 47 points to carry the University of Michigan men's basketball team to a 77-55 victory over Houston Baptist on Friday night at Crisler Arena.

Manny Harris' performance lifted Michigan to an easy win in its opener, but coach John Beilein knows his team's competition will only get tougher over the next week.

Zack Gibson enters his senior year at Michigan hoping the team can improve. Bookmark It's Just Sports or subscribe to our RSS feed .

The Michigan basketball team has two men's basketball recruits in the fold. Forward Evan Smotrycz from the New Hampton Prep school in New Hampton, N.H., and wing Tim Hardaway Jr.

ANN ARBOR - Michigan tied a program record for the biggest single-season turnaround between coach John Beilein's first and second seasons.

University of Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein announced today the signing of 6-5 forward Tim Hardaway Jr.

When Division II Le Moyne College beat No. 25 Syracuse on Tuesday, Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein estimates he received 10-15 text messages the next day.

The University of Michigan men's basketball team defeated Wayne State, 73-54, in an exhibition contest on Friday night inside Crisler Arena.

Members of the Michigan basketball team demonstrate drills during the team's media day Tuesday night at Crisler Arena.