The Links: Benton Harbor native is one of the greatest 76ers of all-time and is Trey Burke the best in the country?

December 23, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Slow posting will continue on BallinMichigan until after the holiday this week, then we’ll return to a more normal schedule. Numbers [...]

Weekly Awards: Michigan’s Trey Burke, Central Michigan’s Kyle Randall, Madonna’s Bobby Naubert pick up awards

December 18, 2012 in Division I, NAIA

By Patrick Hayes Three college basketball players in Michigan this week won player of the week honors in their respective leagues. Michigan‘s Trey Burke won the award in the Big [...]

Trey Burke, assister of jump-shooters

December 4, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes Dave Ryan of Hoop Speak has a really interesting post examining where the assists of some of the top point guards in the country go. Not surprisingly [...]

Basketball Prospectus on Michigan State, Michigan and University of Detroit hoops

November 21, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes The annual (and excellent) Basketball Prospectus College Basketball Prospectus is now available to purchase either as an online PDF or paperback, and as part of the promotion [...]

DraftExpress profiles NBA prospects of University of Detroit’s Ray McCallum

November 15, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes In their Big Ten NBA Draft prospects preview, NBA Draft site extraordinaire DraftExpress listed Michigan State‘s Keith Appling and Michigan’s Trey Burke among the conference’s top NBA [...]

Ray McCallum, Keith Appling, Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. on Wooden Preseason Top 50 list

November 9, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes The John R. Wooden Award, which is the top individual award in college basketball, announced its top 50 preseason players this week as voted on by the college [...]

1980s Michigan team, Syracuse team featuring Detroit’s Derrick Coleman looked back on by ESPN

November 7, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes Jason King of ESPN has a cool feature looking at some current NCAA teams and how they compare to their strong 1980s counterparts. Here’s King’s take on Michigan: [...]

The Links: Big Ten guards discuss guarding Trey Burke and how the D-League could help Chris Douglas-Roberts get back to the NBA

November 4, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Saginaw’s Jason Richardson making positive impact on Philadelphia 76ers. (Philadelphia Inquirer) Mott Community College coach Steve Schmidt will have his own [...]

2012-13 Division I Basketball Preview: Michigan State has intriguing options to replace Draymond Green’s immense production, leadership

October 24, 2012 in Division I

It’s hard to believe, but college basketball season is almost here. This week, we’ll preview Michigan’s seven Division I schools. By Pardeep Toor At a glance Coach: Tom Izzo, 18th season [...]

2012-13 Division I College Basketball Preview: Michigan enters the season with huge national expectations

October 24, 2012 in Division I

It’s hard to believe, but college basketball season is almost here. This week, we’ll preview Michigan’s seven Division I schools. By Pardeep Toor At a glance Coach: John Beilein, 7th [...]