By Brian Rexroth
Oakland University is in The Big Dance, but the question on everyone’s mind is who else will be dancing from the State of Michigan?  Oakland defeated IUPUI 76-64 to claim the Summit League Championship and advance via automatic bid to the field of 65.  This will be OU’s second NCAA Tournament appearance after [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
As much as the signs of spring are beginning to show their face, we here at least in the north are not feeling much spring in our step instead having to un-bury ourselves from a mountain of snow.
Here are a few things I am looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
If nothing else, we got a buzzworthy clip from Coach Rich Rodriguez urging the media to be positive which unfortunately I can’t find a soundbite for.  Positive, we’re talking about Positive Rich Rod, how about a winning season under your coaching before we talk to the media about being positive when discussing the [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Talks have sparked up this past week about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament being expanded from its current format of 65 teams (gotta love that play in game), to 96 teams.  The NCAA has the option this summer to opt out of its current CBS contract this summer to broadcast the games.
To me, [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Coached by none other than Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz, the North All Star Team defeated the South All Star Team 31-13 in Mobile Alabama’s 2010 60th playing of the annual Senior Bowl.  Aside from winning the game, state of Michigan Senior’s had good outings in the game including Central Michigan’s Dan Lefevour [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Kalin Lucas was the hero with 3.5 seconds left on the clock hitting a clutch jumper in the face of the entire Michigan team to give the Spartans a one point lead and ultimate game winner that showed why he was named pre-season player of the year in the Big Ten Conference.  He [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With the recent “Big Wins” by Michigan and the Detroit Pistons against top teams the thought came to me, what does a “Big Win” really mean to the rest of the season or even the next game?  It makes good headlines for sure, but what does it really mean in the scheme of [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Ford Field has been the site of many attendance records in recent years and in the recent trend of utilizing NFL stadiums for sporting events other than NFL Football (In the Lions case if you can call it that).  It has been the site of record attendance at an NCAA Basketball Championship game during the 2009 Final [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The University of Michigan announced this morning that a replacement Athletic Director has been named for Bill Martin who is retiring in September.  His name is Brandon David and he is the former CEO of Dominos Pizza.  He will take over the position effective March 8th for a five year term.
His qualifications aside [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
A new year and the NCAA basketball season is now in full swing with conference action beginning.  Michigan who struggled early in the season in non conference play made a statement in conference play today by defeating #15 ranked Ohio State 73-64.  DeShawn Sims led the way with 28 points and 9 rebounds [...]

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