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‘Big as Hell’: Howard Coach Has Seen Michigan Play, Knows History Isn’t on His Side
Top-seeded Michigan (31-3) faces Howard (24-10) after Howard's first NCAA Tournament win, with Michigan averaging 86.8 points per game, the highest in the Big Ten.
- On Thursday, March 19 the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team faces the Howard Bison men's basketball team at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y., with a 7:10 p.m. tip on CBS.
- Howard reached this round by winning the MEAC and then a First Four game over UMBC, their first NCAA Tournament win, while Michigan earned the top seed after a dominant regular season.
- On offense, Howard averages 84.3 points, 33.0 rebounds and shoots 49.2%, using an opportunistic defense with 8.7 steals to hold opponents to 67.8 points.
- The winner will advance to face either 8-seed Georgia or 9-seed Saint Louis in Saturday's second round, with oddsmakers listing the Wolverines-31.5 spread.
- Michigan's roster depth, anchored by Yaxel Lendeborg, first-team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year, and 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara, shapes matchup expectations.
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Michigan using Howard matchup to move forward
Just a month and a half ago, No. 1 seed Michigan men’s basketball coach Dusty May said he was treating the upcoming game against Duke as a tournament-like game. That meant preparing for a game on a few-day’s notice with little rest. Michigan lost that game and the Blue Devils went on to be anointed as the No. 1 team in the country. In a close loss, Duke outmuscled and outrebounded the Wolverines throughout the night, to hold on late. Now, in the…
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Michigan Wolverines play the Howard Bison in first round of NCAA Tournament
The No. 3 Michigan Wolverines play the Howard Bison in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The teams match up Thursday for the first time this season.
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