2011–12 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
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The 2011–12 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
team represents the University of Michigan
during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
. The team will play its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan
at the Crisler Arena
, which has a capacity of 13,751, for the forty-fifth consecutive year. This season marked the team's ninety-fifth consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference
. The team witnessed the departure of underclassman Darius Morris
to the NBA. The team is led by 5th-year head coach
John Beilein
.
On August 1, the team announced its 14-game non-conference schedule. During the conference schedule, Michigan will host ESPN
's College GameDay
for the first time on February 18, 2012, when it hosts Ohio State
, marking the eighth time the Big Ten has hosted the show, which began in 2005. On October 11, the team hosted a preseason team media day and began practice on October 14. The team announced it would be represented at the Big Ten Conference Media Day in Chicago on October 27 by Tim Hardaway, Jr.
, Stu Douglass and Zack Novak.
assist
leader, point guard
Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers
in the 2011 NBA Draft
. The team welcomed an incoming class that included Carlton Brundidge and 2011 Ohio Mr. Basketball
point guard
Trey Burke. Both Brundidge (98) and Burke (94) are among the Scout.com
top 100 players in their final ranking of the 2011 class. Despite his family's ties to the Illinois Fighting Illini
(Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building), Max Bielfeldt signed with Michigan during the April late signing period. The incoming class is rounded out by Sai Tummala, who along with Bielfeldt was a high recruit by Ivy League
schools. Tummala earned an academic scholarship and is a preferred walk-on for the basketball team.
The team returned Tim Hardaway, Jr.
, son of Tim Hardaway
, who was coming off a freshman season in which he earned unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman, All-Big Ten honorable mention, Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America and Team USA FIBA U19
honors. Jordan Dumars, son of Joe Dumars
left the team, citing nagging knee issues.
verbally committed on September 14, 2010 as the first commitment in Michigan’s class of 2012. On March 26, 2011, Michigan received its second verbal commitment of the class of 2012 from Canadian wing guard Nick Stauskas. On November 3, Mitch McGary
, who was ranked as the number two prospect in the nationa at the time, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan. Within hours of the commitment, ESPN announced that Michigan ranked as the fifth best class in the nation. Each of the three signed a National Letter of Intent
with the team on November 9. After several other schools announced their commitments, the signing of McGary moved Michigan from outside the top 25 to the number 7 class in the nation, according to ESPN
.
Travis Conlan (1996–97 and 1997–98
) and C.J. Lee (2008–09
) serve as Director of Basketball Operations and Administrative Specialist, respectively. The other member of the staff is Peter Kahler, the Video Coordinator.
, the team defeated the #8 Memphis Tigers
73–61, lost to the #6 Duke Blue Devils
82–75, and defeated the 2011–12 Pacific-12 season
favorite UCLA Bruins
79–63, which helped the team finish in third place. Tim Hardaway, Jr.
earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors, while Trey Burke was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. The other power conference teams on the schedule are the in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge as well as Iowa State
and Arkansas
.
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Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Wolverines play home basketball games at the...
team represents the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011 with the and will end with the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 2, 2011 at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans...
. The team will play its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
at the Crisler Arena
Crisler Arena
Crisler Arena, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, is the home arena for the University of Michigan men's and women's basketball teams. Constructed in 1967, the arena seats 13,751 spectators. It is named for Herbert O...
, which has a capacity of 13,751, for the forty-fifth consecutive year. This season marked the team's ninety-fifth consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
. The team witnessed the departure of underclassman Darius Morris
Darius Morris
-College:As a freshman with the 2009–10 team, Morris averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 assist per game on 24.3 minutes of playing time per game. Three times he scored in double digits, including his first career game...
to the NBA. The team is led by 5th-year head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
John Beilein
John Beilein
John Beilein is an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The 2010–11 season was his fourth at Michigan, with whom he has a six-year contract...
.
On August 1, the team announced its 14-game non-conference schedule. During the conference schedule, Michigan will host ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's College GameDay
College GameDay (basketball)
College GameDay is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and is a spin-off of the successful college football version. Since debuting on January 22, 2005, it airs on ESPN Saturdays in the college basketball season at 11am ET and 8pm ET at a different game site each week...
for the first time on February 18, 2012, when it hosts Ohio State
2011–12 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team will represent The Ohio State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach will be Thad Matta, in his 8th season with the Buckeyes...
, marking the eighth time the Big Ten has hosted the show, which began in 2005. On October 11, the team hosted a preseason team media day and began practice on October 14. The team announced it would be represented at the Big Ten Conference Media Day in Chicago on October 27 by Tim Hardaway, Jr.
Tim Hardaway, Jr.
-Freshman year:Although Hardaway led the team in scoring in his first career game and the season opener with 19 points against , he was soon in a shooting slump that saw him shoot 4 for 30 on his field goals in late November games against Syracuse and...
, Stu Douglass and Zack Novak.
2011–12 incoming team members
The team lost 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marks the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members that began in 1904. The non-conference season began on November 8, 2010 with Illinois defeating UC Irvine in the opening round of the...
assist
Assist (basketball)
In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist...
leader, point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
in the 2011 NBA Draft
2011 NBA Draft
The 2011 NBA Draft was held on June 23, 2011 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time , and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball...
. The team welcomed an incoming class that included Carlton Brundidge and 2011 Ohio Mr. Basketball
Ohio Mr. Basketball
This is a list of players who have won the title of Ohio Mr. Basketball.There are actually two awards, one awarded by the Associated Press, and one awarded by the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association.-Associated Press Mr. Basketball:...
point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
Trey Burke. Both Brundidge (98) and Burke (94) are among the Scout.com
Scout.com
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top 100 players in their final ranking of the 2011 class. Despite his family's ties to the Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois Fighting Illini
The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports....
(Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building), Max Bielfeldt signed with Michigan during the April late signing period. The incoming class is rounded out by Sai Tummala, who along with Bielfeldt was a high recruit by Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
schools. Tummala earned an academic scholarship and is a preferred walk-on for the basketball team.
The team returned Tim Hardaway, Jr.
Tim Hardaway, Jr.
-Freshman year:Although Hardaway led the team in scoring in his first career game and the season opener with 19 points against , he was soon in a shooting slump that saw him shoot 4 for 30 on his field goals in late November games against Syracuse and...
, son of Tim Hardaway
Tim Hardaway
Timothy Duane "Tim" Hardaway is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association and who in his prime was one of the league's best point guards...
, who was coming off a freshman season in which he earned unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman, All-Big Ten honorable mention, Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America and Team USA FIBA U19
2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was hosted by Latvia from June 30 to July 10, 2011. The draw for the Championship took place on February 17, 2011 in Riga. Teams played a round robin schedule, with the top three teams advancing to the knockout stage. Lithuania became the champion...
honors. Jordan Dumars, son of Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars III , nicknamed Joe D, is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
left the team, citing nagging knee issues.
2011–12 team recruits
2012–13 team recruits
The team also announced that Glenn Robinson III, son of Glenn RobinsonGlenn Robinson
Glenn A. "Big Dog" Robinson is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He last played during the 2004–05 season.-Early life:...
verbally committed on September 14, 2010 as the first commitment in Michigan’s class of 2012. On March 26, 2011, Michigan received its second verbal commitment of the class of 2012 from Canadian wing guard Nick Stauskas. On November 3, Mitch McGary
Mitch McGary
Mitch McGary is a blue chip high school basketball player who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play with the Michigan Wolverines basketball team. At the time of the signing, ESPN.com and Scout.com ranked McGary as the No. 2 player in the Class of 2012, while Rivals.com ranked him as the...
, who was ranked as the number two prospect in the nationa at the time, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan. Within hours of the commitment, ESPN announced that Michigan ranked as the fifth best class in the nation. Each of the three signed a National Letter of Intent
National Letter of Intent
The National Letter of Intent is a document used to indicate a student athlete's commitment to participating NCAA colleges and universities in the United States. The NCAA Eligibility Center manages the daily operations of the NLI program while the Collegiate Commissioners Association provides...
with the team on November 9. After several other schools announced their commitments, the signing of McGary moved Michigan from outside the top 25 to the number 7 class in the nation, according to ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
.
Roster
Bielein's staff includes assistants Jeff Meyer, LaVall Jordan, and Bacari Alexander. In addition, former team captainsCaptain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
Travis Conlan (1996–97 and 1997–98
1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1997–98 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction...
) and C.J. Lee (2008–09
2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I season. The 2008–09 season marked the team's ninety-second consecutive season as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic...
) serve as Director of Basketball Operations and Administrative Specialist, respectively. The other member of the staff is Peter Kahler, the Video Coordinator.
Schedule and results
In the 3-game November 21–23 2011 Maui Invitational Tournament2011 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 2011 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament played from November 11 to November 23, 2011. It was the 28th annual holding of the Maui Invitational Tournament, which began in 1984, and was part of the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season...
, the team defeated the #8 Memphis Tigers
2011–12 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team will represent the University of Memphis in the 2011–12 college basketball season, the 91st season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers will be coached by head coach Josh Pastner , and will play their home games at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee...
73–61, lost to the #6 Duke Blue Devils
2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Duke University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Returning as head coach is Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski...
82–75, and defeated the 2011–12 Pacific-12 season
2011–12 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2011–12 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2011 and ends with the 2012 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament from March 7-10, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles...
favorite UCLA Bruins
2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season...
79–63, which helped the team finish in third place. Tim Hardaway, Jr.
Tim Hardaway, Jr.
-Freshman year:Although Hardaway led the team in scoring in his first career game and the season opener with 19 points against , he was soon in a shooting slump that saw him shoot 4 for 30 on his field goals in late November games against Syracuse and...
earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors, while Trey Burke was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. The other power conference teams on the schedule are the in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge as well as Iowa State
2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Fred Hoiberg who is entering his second season as a head coach. The team plays its home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and are...
and Arkansas
2011–12 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team will represent the University of Arkansas in the sport of basketball during the 2011–12 college basketball season. The Razorbacks will compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Western Division of the...
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Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
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| AP | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
External links
- M Go Blue page
- ESPN page
- stats @ ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....