Michigan Wolverines NCAA Basketball News

Build a winner and they will come. Ahead of his third season as University of Michigan men's basketball coach, Coach John Beilein is showing how it's done.

MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 14 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: The Ball State University women's basketball team defeated Central Michigan 83-75 in Mid-American Conference action Wednesday night in Worthen Arena.

MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 7 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: The Ball State University women's basketball team opened Mid-American Conference play with a 62-55 win over Eastern Michigan Wednesday night in Worthen Arena.

ESPN's Pat Forde looks ahead, far ahead, to the college basketball season and lists his top 10 rivalries for next year.

It's no secret that Flint is known for its keen ability to produce top-tier basketball talent, but while names like Glen Rice, Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell are familiar nationwide, Ervin Leavy Jr.

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio , July 1 -- Owens Community College issued the following news release: Owens Community College will offer area basketball players the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of the sport as part of the Detroit Pistons 2009 Youth Basketball Training Camp Tour, Friday-Saturday, July 31 - Aug.

On a day when the University of Michigan men's basketball team added to its 2010 recruiting class, it will have to live without an incoming freshman forward for several months.

Former University of Michigan men's basketball head coach Brian Ellerbe was hired as an assistant coach at George Washington University, head coach Karl Hobbs announced Thursday.

Growing up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hasheem Thabeet never thought of playing basketball .

MUNCIE, Ind., May 11 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: The Ball State men's basketball team wrapped up the 2008-09 season with the annual postseason banquet at Cardinal Hall in the LA Pittenger Student Center.

Michigan tailback Kevin Grady apparently is making amends and is expected to be on the roster this fall.

Compared to the trials Kristin Koetsier-Miller has experienced, turning around the Bloomingdale girls basketball program shouldn't be all that taxing.

The offseason is a time for reflection. It's a time for relaxation. Louisville coach Rick Pitino is in the midst of fighting an extortion case against the wife of his longtime friend and equipment manager.

Jeanette Woodberry and Angel Chan are at different junctures of their post-college basketball careers, but they can agree on one thing.

FINAL RECORD: 21-14, 9-9, tied for 7th in the Big Ten. WHAT WENT RIGHT: The Wolverines improved their record by 9.5 games as sophomore G Manny Harris and junior F DeShawn Sims became stars, freshmen guards Zack Novak and Stu Douglass became key contributors and Arizona transfer Laval Lucas-Perry made up for lost time.

Andy Beilein has spent his whole life in a father-son basketball camp. That goes with the territory when your dad has spent his entire adult life teaching basketball and coaching college players.

Will Sams showed out for the Michigan Road Runners at the Border Battle tournament at the University of Toledo over the weekend.

Michigan coach John Beilein often says his affinity for walk-on players comes from his own playing experience at Wheeling Jesuit College in West Virginia.

Eso Akunne and Josh Bartelstein each had other options. But both wanted to be part of the University of Michigan's basketball rebuilding program.

The camp, a fundraiser for the Saginaw Area Foundation for Eye Care, is for boys and girls entering the first through eighth grades.