Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
University University of Michigan
First season 1909
All-time record 1,415-1,014 (.583)
Conference Big Ten
Location Ann Arbor, MI
Head coach John Beilein (10th year)
Arena Crisler Center
(Capacity: 12,707)
Nickname Wolverines
Student section Maize Rage
Colors Maize and Blue[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
NCAA Tournament champions
1989
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1965, 1976, 1992*, 1993*, 2013
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992*, 1993*, 2013
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1993*, 1994, 2013, 2014
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993*, 1994, 2013, 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992*, 1993*, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1998*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
*vacated by NCAA
Conference tournament champions
1998*
Conference regular season champions
1921, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1986, 2012, 2014

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 (NCAA). The Wolverines play home basketball games at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the university campus. Michigan has won an NCAA Championship—under coach Steve Fisher—as well as two National Invitation Tournaments (NIT) and 14 Big Ten Conference championships. In addition, it has won an NIT tournament and a Big Ten Conference Tournament that was vacated due to NCAA sanctions.[2] The team is currently coached by John Beilein.

During the 1990s Michigan endured an NCAA violations scandal, described as involving one of the largest amounts of illicit money in NCAA history, when Ed Martin loaned Chris Webber, Robert Traylor, Louis Bullock, and Maurice Taylor a reported total of $616,000.[3] Due to NCAA sanctions, records from the 1992 Final Four, the 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1998–99 seasons have been vacated. This includes a total of 113 victories and 4 losses, of which 49 wins occurred in conference games. It also includes the following postseason records NCAA: 7–4, NIT: 5–0, and Big Ten: 4–1. This reflects vacating games played in the 1992 Final Four; the 1997 NIT championship; the 1993, 1996, and 1998 NCAA Tournament appearances; and the 1998 Big Ten Tournament championship.[4] Throughout this article asterisks denote awards, records and honors that have been vacated.

Michigan has had 26 All-Americans selected 33 times. Eight of these have been consensus All-Americans: Cazzie Russell (two-times), Rickey Green, Gary Grant, Chris Webber, Trey Burke, as well as Harry Kipke, Richard Doyle and Bennie Oosterbaan (two-times) who were retroactively selected by the Helms Foundation.[5] Four All-Americans have been at least two-time honorees: Bennie Oosterbaan, Bill Buntin, Russell, and Henry Wilmore. Russell was a three-time All-American.[6]

Michigan basketball players have been successful in professional basketball. Fifty-four have been drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA); twenty-four of those were first round draft picks, including both Cazzie Russell and Chris Webber who were drafted first overall. The 1990 NBA Draft in which Rumeal Robinson was selected 10th, Loy Vaught was selected 13th, and Terry Mills was selected 16th made Michigan the third of only ten schools that have ever had three or more players selected in the first round of the same draft.[7] Five players have gone on to become NBA champions for a total of 9 times and eight players have become NBA All-Stars a total of 18 times. Rudy Tomjanovich coached both the 1994 and 1995 NBA Finals Champions.[7] Not only has Glen Rice won both an NBA and NCAA championship, he is also one of only nine basketball players to have won a state high school championship, NCAA title and NBA championship.[8]

Michigan's history

Early years (1908–19)

1909 Michigan basketball team
Richard Doyle, Michigan's First All-American basketball player

As a result of public and alumni demand for a basketball team, Michigan fielded a team of members of the then-current student body and achieved a 1–4 record for the 1908–09 season. However, after three years of demanding a basketball program, the student body did not attend the games and the program was terminated due to low attendance.[9] Basketball returned in 1917 in what was considered the inaugural season of varsity basketball. The team was coached by Elmer Mitchell who instituted the intramural sports program at Michigan. The team finished 6–12 overall (0–10, Big Ten). The following year Mitchell led the team to a 16–8 (5–5) record.[9]

Mather era (1919–28)

E. J. Mather coached the team to three Big Ten titles in his nine seasons as coach. After inheriting Mitchell's team, which he led to a 10–13 overall (3–9, Big Ten) record during the 1919–20 season, he led the team to an 18–4 overall (8–4, Big Ten) record during the 1920–21 season.[9] This 1921 team won its first eight and last eight games to tie the Wisconsin Badgers and Purdue Boilermakers for the Big Ten title.[10] The team won back-to-back championships in 1925–26 and 1926–27.[9] The 1926 squad, which was captained by Richard Doyle who became the team's first All-American, tied with Purdue, the Iowa Hawkeyes and Indiana Hoosiers for the conference championship. The 1927 team had a new All-American, Bennie Oosterbaan, and won the school's first back-to-back championships and first outright championship with a 14–3 overall (10–2, Big Ten) record.[9][10] Mather died after a lengthy battle with cancer in August 1928.[9]

Veenker era (1928–31)

George F. Veenker compiled the highest overall and highest Big Ten winning percentages of any coach in school history during his three years as coach. He earned 1st(tied), 3rd and 2nd(tied) finishes during his three seasons, which included the 1928–29 conference championship. During Veenker's first season his team compiled a 13–3 overall (10–2, Big Ten) record to win the conference, and Veenker continues to be the only coach in school history to win a conference championship in his first season.[10][11] The championship team, which finished tied with Wisconsin, was captained by the schools third All-American Ernie McCoy.[10] Veenker resigned to become the Iowa State Cyclones football head coach.[11]

Cappon era (1931–38)

Franklin Cappon had a long history of association with Michigan athletics starting with his service as a four-time letterman in football and basketball from 1919 to 1923. In 1928, he became assistant football and basketball coach and in 1929 he served as Fielding H. Yost's assistant Athletic Director.[12] Although the highlight of Cappon's tenure as coach was a 16–4 (9–3) third place 1936–37 Big Ten finish, he coached John Townsend who in his 1937–38 senior season became last All-American for at least 10 years.[6][13] The team finished third in two other seasons with less impressive records of 10–8 overall (8–4, Big Ten) in 1932–33 and 15–5 overall (7–5, Big Ten) 1935–36,[14] and Cappon's overall record was 78–57 overall (44–40, Big Ten).[12] A notable captain during the Cappon era was 1933–34 captain Ted Petoskey, a two-time football All-American end and eventual Major League Baseball player.[15]

Oosterbaan era (1938–46)

In 1938 Michigan coaching duties were assumed by one of its greatest athletes. Bennie Oosterbaan had been an All-American in both football and basketball and held various coaching positions at Michigan in both of those sports as well as baseball. In basketball, he implemented a fast-paced attack as coach, and his teams' best overall record was 13–7 in 1939–40. That season he tied with his final season for his best Big Ten record at 6–6. He resigned after eight seasons to concentrate on his football coaching duties.[12]

Cowles era (1946–48)

Under Ozzie Cowles, during the 1947–48 season, Michigan ended the longest (19 years) consecutive year period without a conference championship in school history. They also became the first contestants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament during Cowles second of two seasons.[16] The 1947–48 team posted a 16–6 overall (10–2, Big Ten) record. This team also posted the first undefeated home performance in school history with a 9–0 overall (6–0, Big Ten) record.[14]

McCoy era (1948–52)

Ernie McCoy became the second former All-American Wolverine player to coach the team.[5] Like Oosterbaan before him, he became a football and baseball coach at Michigan. He also served as assistant Athletic Director under Fritz Crisler. During his four seasons as basketball coach, Michigan's best finish was during the 1948–49 season when they finished 15–6 overall (7–5, Big Ten) and earned a third place Big Ten Conference finish. He coached Michigan's first All-Big Ten basketball players that season in Pete Elliot and captain Bob Harrison who were both selected to the first team.[17] Harrison returned the following season as the first repeat first-team All-Big Ten basketball player and Elliot was a second-team honoree.[18] McCoy served as a football scout at the same time.[17]

Perigo era (1952–60)

Bill Perigo took over the Michigan coaching job after having served three seasons as Western Michigan basketball coach. Despite previous success as a conference basketball champion coach at Western and subsequent success as a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) champion basketball coach, his Michigan teams endured several mediocre seasons.[17] His best Big Ten records came in 1956–57 and 1958–59 when his teams compiled 8–6 conference records. The latter team was tied for second in the conference and was 15–7 overall (8–6, Big Ten).[19] It also had Perigo's only first-team All-Big Ten athlete in M. C. Burton.[18] Team captain and two-time football consensus All-American Ron Kramer was third-team All-Big Ten in 1957 after being second-team All-Big Ten in both 1955 and 1956.[18]

Strack era (1960–68)

Dave Strack, a former team 1945–46 captain, had become the freshman basketball team coach in 1948 and later had become a variety assistant to Perigo.[20] He led the team to three consecutive Big Ten Championships from 1963–66 and a third-place finish in the 1964 NCAA tournament. During 1964–65 the team compiled a 24–4 overall (13–1, Big Ten) record while completing an undefeated 11–0 overall (7–0, Big Ten) home season. Strack earned United Press International (UPI) National Coach of the Year honors. The team ended the season listed number one in both the UPI and Associated Press (AP) national rankings. He recruited All-Americans Russell and Buntin to anchor his mid-1960s teams.[20] Tomjanovich also became a Wolverine at the end of Strack's career and became second team All-Big Ten in 1968 subsequent later stardom.[18] The 1964 team, which went 23–5 overall (11–3, Big Ten), tied with Ohio State with sophomore Russell and junior Buntin. In 1965, Buntin became the first Wolverine to be drafted by the NBA. In 1966, Russell led the team to its third straight conference championship and NCAA selection on his way to National Player of the Year honors.[16]

Orr era (1968–80)

In Johnny Orr's twelve seasons, he twice (1973–74 and 1976–77) earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors with Big Ten championships. His teams earned four consecutive NCAA selections from 1974–77. The 25–7 overall (14–4, Big Ten) 1976 team lost to an undefeated Indiana team in the NCAA championship game, and Orr earned National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year honors that season. The 26–4 overall (16–2, Big Ten) 1977 team finished first in both the AP and UPI national rankings, and Orr won Basketball Weekly National Coach of the Year honors.[21] During Orr's tenure, six players earned a total of seven All-American recognitions, which is the most of any Michigan coach.[5] Steve Grote became Michigan's only three-time first-team Academic All-American from 1975–77 and with a second team All Big Ten as well as three honorable mentions was the first four-time All-Big Ten honoree.[22]

Frieder era (1980–89)

Bill Frieder, who had been an assistant coach for seven years, took over from Orr in 1980. He coached the school's first post-season basketball champions during the 1983–84 season and the following two teams were back-to-back conference champions. The 1983–84 team compiled a 24–9 overall (11–7, Big Ten) record on their way to a NIT championship victory over Notre Dame. The 1984–85 team went 26–4 overall (16–2, Big Ten), which earned Frieder Big Ten and AP National Coach of the Year honors. The 1985–86 team, which finished 28–5 overall (14–4, Big Ten), started the season with sixteen victories to make a total of thirty-three consecutive regular season victories. Frieder earned five of Michigan's six consecutive NCAA births from 1985–90, currently the longest streak in program history.[23] Roy Tarpley led the 1985 team as Big Ten MVP.[23] Frieder resigned, upon request,[24] immediately prior to the 1989 NCAA tournament to assume the coaching job for the Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team.[25]

Fisher era (1989–97)

Steve Fisher assumed the coaching position immediately before the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament from Frieder after having served and led the team to six straight victories and the championship. Fisher also signed the most famous recruiting class known as the Fab Five (Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson). He would take these players to the NCAA championship game as Freshmen and Sophomores.[26] In their sophomore 1992–93 season they compiled a 31–5 overall (15–3, Big Ten) record,[26] which has since been vacated. Fisher also won the 1997 NIT tournament with a team that compiled a 25–9 overall (11–5) record.[26][27] Many of Fisher's accomplishments were tarnished by NCAA sanctions. He left the job due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.[28]

Ellerbe era (1997–2001)

Brian Ellerbe assumed the title of interim coach less than five months after becoming an assistant coach. He was named full-time coach following the 25–9 (11–5) 1997–98 season in which he led the team to victories over Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue to capture the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship. His subsequent teams never finished better than seventh in the conference.[29]

Amaker era (2001–07)

Tommy Amaker inherited a team that imposed sanctions on itself after his first year at the helm of the program.[30] Nonetheless, he coached the team to the postseason three times including both an NIT championship in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2006. During the 2005–06, when the team compiled a 22–11 overall (8–8, Big Ten) record, he led them to their first national ranking in eight years when they reached the #20 position.[31] Despite his successes, the team never won a Big Ten Championship and never made the NCAA tournament, which led to his firing after six seasons.[3]

Beilein era (2007–present)

John Beilein's 10–22 overall (5–13, Big Ten) inaugural season featured the most losses in Michigan's history and ended with a March 14, 2008 performance that was the Big Ten Conference Tournament's lowest scoring output until 2011.[32][33] However, in Beilein's second season, the team posted impressive non-conference victories over top-five ranked opponents UCLA and Duke. Beilein led Michigan to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, its first appearance since 1998 and the first that was not vacated since 1995.[34] After upsetting Clemson in the first round, the Wolverines were eliminated by Oklahoma in Round 2 by a final score of 73–63.[35] Following a disappointing 15–17 season in 2009–10, the Wolverines bounced back to return to the NCAA Tournament in 2011, advancing to the round of 32 before losing to top-seeded Duke, 73–71. The 2010–11 Wolverines, who swept rival Michigan State for the first time since 1997, finished the season 21–14. In the 2011–12 season Michigan split the season series with both Ohio State and Michigan State and went on to be co-Big Ten champs along with the Buckeyes and Spartans. It was the first Big Ten title for Michigan since 1986. The Wolverines finished the regular season 23–8 (13–5). Michigan was ranked 5th in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll to begin the 2012–13 season.[36] For the first time since November 30, 1992, Michigan was ranked number one in the AP Poll on Monday, January 28, 2013.[37] Michigan had been in the top 10 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll for the entire season, holding each place at least once. The team also made program history for best season start at 21–2. Coach Beilein is 189–123 overall in his tenure with the Wolverines. On March 31, 2013, The Wolverines defeated Florida by a score of 79–59 to make their first Final Four appearance since the 1992–93 season. The Wolverines then defeated Syracuse by a score of 61–56 in the Final Four. In the 2013 National Championship game, the Wolverines lost against Louisville by the score of 82–76.

Championships

NCAA National Championships

Year Coach Opponent Score Site Record
1989 Steve Fisher (interim) Seton Hall 80-79 (OT) Seattle, WA 30–7
National Championships 1

Big Ten Regular Season Championships

Year Coach Overall Record Big Ten Record
1921 E. J. Mather 18–4 8–4
1926 E. J. Mather 12–5 8–4
1927 E. J. Mather 14–3 10–2
1929 George Veenker 13–3 10–2
1948 Ozzie Cowles 16–6 10–2
1964 Dave Strack 23–5 11–3
1965 Dave Strack 24–4 13–1
1966 Dave Strack 18–8 11–3
1974 Johnny Orr 22–5 12–2
1977 Johnny Orr 26–4 16–2
1985 Bill Frieder 26–4 16–2
1986 Bill Frieder 28–5 14–4
2012 John Beilein 24–10 13–5
2014 John Beilein 28–9 15–3
Big Ten Regular Season Championships 14

§ – Conference Co-champions

Big Ten Tournament Championships

Year Coach Opponent Score Site Record
1998* Brian Ellerbe (interim) Purdue 76–67 Chicago, IL 25–9*
Big Ten Tournament Championships 1

Rivalries

Record against Big Ten opponents

Opponent Series record
Illinois 81*–86 (77–86)
Indiana 58*–106 (55–106)
Iowa 91*–62 (87–62)
Maryland 4–5
Michigan State 97*–80 (90–80)
Minnesota 91*–65 (85–65)
Nebraska 12*–2 (11–2)
Northwestern 111*–57 (105–57)
Ohio State 77*–100 (71–100)
Penn State 33*–12 (27–12)
Purdue 68*–86 (63–86)
Rutgers 8–0
Wisconsin 91*–70 (84–70)
Total 822*–732 (767–732)

Totals through March 12, 2016

Fab Five

The Fab Five during their sophomore year, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI. From left to right, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard.

The Fab Five, the 1991 recruiting class of five freshman starters, were Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. They were notable for having gone to the championship game of the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as freshmen and sophomores, for having started the trend of wearing baggy gym shorts,[38][39] which was later popularized by Michael Jordan,[40] and for wearing black athletic socks.[40][41] Due to the Ed Martin scandal, the records from their 1992 Final Four appearance and the entire following season have been forfeited.[40] Although Webber was the only member of the Fab Five officially implicated with the scandal, the reputation of the whole group has been tarnished.[42] Webber (1993), Howard (1994) and Rose (1992, 1994) were college basketball All-Americans.[5][43] and both King (1995 3rd team and 1993 & 1994 honorable mention) and Jackson (1995 2nd team & 1994 honorable mention) achieved All-Big Ten honors.[18] All but Jackson played in the NBA.[44] They were the subject of Mitch Albom's book entitled Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, the American Dream,[45] which at one point was under development by Fox Television as a made-for-television movie.[46] In March 2011 ESPN broadcast a documentary, Fab Five, that was the network's highest-rated in its history.

Ed Martin scandal

During the University of Michigan basketball scandal the Big Ten Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, and United States Department of Justice investigated the relationship between the University of Michigan, its men's basketball teams and basketball team booster Ed Martin. The program was punished for NCAA rules violations, principally involving payments booster Martin made to several players to launder money from an illegal gambling operation. It is one of the largest incidents involving payments to college athletes in American collegiate history.[47] It was described as one of the three or four worst violations of NCAA bylaws in history up to that time by the NCAA infractions committee chairman and the largest athlete payment scandal ever by ESPN.[47][48]

The case began when the investigation of an automobile rollover accident during Mateen Cleaves' 1996 Michigan Wolverines recruiting trip revealed a curious relationship between Martin and the team. Several Michigan basketball players were implicated over the next few years and by 1999 several were called before a federal grand jury. Four eventual professional basketball players (Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock) were discovered to have borrowed a total of $616,000 from Martin.[47] During the investigation, Webber claimed not to have had any financial relationship with Martin. Eventually he confessed to having accepted some of the money he was charged with having borrowed. For his perjury during a federal grand jury investigation, he was both fined in the legal system and briefly suspended by National Basketball Association after performing public service.[49][50]

In 2002, the University punished itself when it became apparent that its players were guilty by declaring itself ineligible for post season play immediately, returning post season play monetary rewards, vacating five seasons of games, removing commemorative banners, and placing itself on a two-year probation.[51] The following year, the NCAA accepted these punishments, doubled both the probation period and the post-season ineligibility, penalized the school one scholarship for four seasons, and ordered disassociation from the four guilty players until 2012.[48][52] The disasociation formally ended on May 8, 2013.[53] The additional year of post-season ineligibility was overturned on appeal.[54][55]

The punishment cost the 17–13 2002–03 team its post-season eligibility, cost past teams the 1997 National Invitation Tournament and the 1998 Big Ten Tournament championships as well as 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four recognition. It cost Traylor his MVP awards in the 1997 NIT and 1998 Big Ten Tournament, as well as Bullock's standing as the school's third all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in 3-point field goals. Steve Fisher lost his job as Michigan head coach as a result of the scandal.[4]

Coaching records

Overall Conference
Coach Years Record Pct. Record Pct. Note
George D. Corneal 1908–09 1–4 .200
Elmer Mitchell 1917–19 22–20 .524 5–15 .250
E. J. Mather 1919–28 108–53 .671 64–43 .598 3 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championships (1921, 1926, 1927)[10]
George Veenker 1928–31 35–12 .745 24–10 .706 1929 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championship[10]
Frank Cappon 1931–38 78–57 .578 44–40 .524
Bennie Oosterbaan 1938–46 81–72 .529 40–59 .404
Osborne Cowles 1946–48 28–14 .667 16–8 .667 1948 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championship[16]
Ernest McCoy 1948–52 40–47 .460 18–34 .346
William Perigo 1952–60 78–100 .438 38–78 .328
Dave Strack 1960–68 113–89 .559 58–54 .518 3 Big Ten Conference Championships (1964, 1965, 1966), 2 Final Fours (1964, 1965)[16]
Johnny Orr 1968–80 209–113 .649 120–72 .625 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (1974, 1977), 1976 Final Four[23]
Bill Frieder 1980–89 191–87 .687 98–64 .605 1984 National Invitation Tournament Championship, 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (1985, 1986)[23]
Steve Fisher 1989–97 184*–82*
108–79		 .692*
.578		 88*–56*
55–56		 .611*
.495		 1989 NCAA Tournament Championship, 3 Final Fours (1989, 1992*, 1993*), 1997 National Invitation Tournament Championship*[27]
Brian Ellerbe 1997–2001 62*–60*
25–59		 .508*
.298		 26*–38*
10–38		 .406*
.208		 1998 Big Ten Tournament Championship*[56]
Tommy Amaker 2001–07 109–83 .568 43–53 .448 2004 National Invitation Tournament Championship[27]
John Beilein 2007–Present 189–123 .606 88–74 .543 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (2012, 2014), 2013 Final Four
Total 1908–09
1917–present		 1528*–1018*
1415–1014		 .600*
.583		 770*–698*
721–698		 .525*
.508

Honored players and coaches

Below are lists of important players and coaches in the history of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball. It includes lists of major awards and retired numbers. The honors include: Helms Foundation Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year, Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award, Associated Press Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NCAA Final Four MOP, National Invitation Tournament MVP, Big Ten Tournament MVP, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball, Big Ten Player of the Year, All-America, Wayman Tisdale Award, Bob Cousy Award, UPI Coach of the Year, Henry Iba Award, NABC Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year.

Retired numbers

Michigan Wolverines retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
22 Bill Buntin PF, C 1962–65 January 7, 2006
33 Cazzie Russell SG, SF 1963–66 December 11, 1993
35 Phil Hubbard PF, C 1975–79 January 11, 2004
41 Glen Rice SF 1985–89 February 20, 2005[57]
45 Rudy Tomjanovich PF 1967–70 February 8, 2003

Awards

National Player of the Year

  • 1966– Cazzie Russell (AP, U.S. Basketball Writers, UPI, Helms, The Sporting News)
  • 2013– Trey Burke (AP, U.S. Basketball Writers, NABC, Naismith, Wooden)

National Freshman of the Year

Bob Cousy Award

NCAA Tournament MOP

National Invitation Tournament MVP

Big Ten Tournament MVP

Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball

Big Ten Player of the Year

Big Ten Freshman of the Year

All-Americans

National Coach of the Year

Big Ten Coach of the Year

Postseason

NCAA Tournament results

The University of Michigan has an all-time 52–24* (45–21) record overall and 1–5* (1–3) championship game record in the NCAA Tournaments in 26* (22) appearances.[58][59][60] Glen Rice holds the NCAA single-tournament scoring record with 184 points in 1989.[61] The 1992 Final Four and all 1993, 1996, & 1998 games have been forfeited due to NCAA sanctions.[58] Michigan has been the NCAA tournament runner-up more times (5) than any other team.

Year Round Opponent Score
1948 Elite Eight
Regional Third Place 		Holy Cross
Columbia 		L 43–63
W 66–49
1964 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Third Place 		Loyola Chicago
Ohio
Duke
Kansas State 		W 84–80
W 69–57
L 80–91
W 100–90
1965 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		Dayton
Vanderbilt
Princeton
UCLA 		W 98–71
W 87–85
W 93–76
L 80–91
1966 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Western Kentucky
Kentucky 		W 80–79
L 77–84
1974 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Notre Dame
Marquette 		W 77–68
L 70–72
1975 First Round UCLA L 91–103OT
1976 First Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		Wichita State
Notre Dame
Missouri
Rutgers
Indiana 		W 74–73
W 80–76
W 95–88
W 86–70
L 68–86
1977 First Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Holy Cross
Detroit
Charlotte 		W 92–81
W 86–81
L 68–75
1985 First Round
Second Round 		Fairleigh Dickinson
Villanova 		W 59–55
L 55–59
1986 First Round
Second Round 		Akron
Iowa State 		W 70–64
L 69–72
1987 First Round
Second Round 		Navy
North Carolina 		W 97–82
L 97–109
1988 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		Boise State
Florida
North Carolina 		W 63–58
W 108–85
L 69–78
1989 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		Xavier
South Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Illinois
Seton Hall 		W 92–87
W 91–82
W 92–87
W 102–65
W 83–81
W 80–79OT
1990 First Round
Second Round 		Illinois State
Loyola Marymount 		W 76–70
L 115–149
1992 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		Temple
East Tennessee State
Oklahoma State
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Duke 		W 73–66
W 102–90
W 75–72
W 75–71
W 76–72
L 51–71
1993 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		Coastal Carolina
UCLA
George Washington
Temple
Kentucky
North Carolina 		W 84–53
W 86–84OT
W 72–64
W 77–72
W 81–78OT
L 71–77
1994 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Pepperdine
Texas
Maryland
Arkansas 		W 78–74OT
W 84–79
W 78–71
L 68–76
1995 First Round Western Kentucky L 76–82OT
1996 First Round Texas L 76–80
1998 First Round
Second Round 		Davidson
UCLA 		W 80–61
L 82–85
2009 First Round
Second Round 		Clemson
Oklahoma 		W 62–59
L 63–73
2011 Second Round
Third Round 		Tennessee
Duke 		W 75–45
L 71–73
2012 Second Round Ohio L 60–65
2013 Second Round
Third Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship Game 		South Dakota State
VCU
Kansas
Florida
Syracuse
Louisville 		W 71–56
W 78–53
W 87–85OT
W 79–59
W 61–56
L 76–82
2014 Second Round
Third Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Wofford
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky 		W 57–40
W 79–65
W 73–71
L 72–75
2016 First Four
First Round 		Tulsa
Notre Dame 		W 67–62
L 63–70
1989 NCAA Tournament Results[62]
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 # 14 Xavier 92–87
Round #2 # 11 South Alabama 91–82
Sweet 16 # 2 North Carolina 92–87
Elite 8 # 5 Virginia 102–65
Final 4 # 1 Illinois 83–81
Championship # 3 Seton Hall 80–79 (OT)

NCAA Tournament seeding history

The NCAA began seeding the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with the 1979 edition.[63] The 64-team field started in 1985, which guaranteed that a championship team had to win six games.[64]

Years → '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '98 '09 '11 '12 '13 '14 '16
Seeds → 12933361397310844211

NCAA Tournament round history

Round Record Most Recent Appearance
National Championship 1–5 2013
National Third Place 1–0 1964
Final Four 6–1 2013
Elite Eight 7–6 2014
Regional Third Place 1–0 1948
Sweet Sixteen 12–1 2014
Round of 32 9–8 2014
Round of 64 14–4 2016
First Four 1–0 2016

NIT results

In 10* (9) National Invitation Tournament appearances, Michigan is 25*–7 (20–7) overall all-time and 3*–1 (2–1) in the championship game. 16*–0 (14–0) at Crisler Arena and 8*–2 (6–2) at Madison Square Garden.[27] The 1997 tournament was forfeited due to NCAA sanctions.[27]

Year Round Opponent Score
1971 First Round
Quarterfinals 		Syracuse
Georgia Tech 		W 86–76
L 70–78
1980 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals 		Nebraska
UTEP
Virginia 		W 76–69
W 75–65
L 68–79
1981 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals 		Duquesne
Toledo
Syracuse 		W 74–58
W 80–68
L 76–91
1984 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals 		Wichita State
Marquette
Xavier
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame 		W 94–70
W 83–70
W 63–62
W 78–75
W 83–63
1991 First Round Colorado L 64–71
1997 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals 		Miami FL
Oklahoma State
Notre Dame
Arkansas
Florida State 		W 76–63
W 75–65
W 67–66
W 77–62
W 82–73
2000 First Round Notre Dame L 65–75
2004 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals 		Missouri
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Oregon
Rutgers 		W 65–64
W 63–52
W 88–73
W 78–53
W 62–55
2006 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals 		UTEP
Notre Dame
Miami FL
Old Dominion
South Carolina 		W 82–67
W 87–84
W 71–65
W 66–43
L 64–76
2007 First Round
Second Round 		Utah State
Florida State 		W 68–58
L 66–87

Statistics

National records
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records
Selected former NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records
National statistical champions
Selected notable statistics
Current Big Ten records
Selected former Big Ten records
Big Ten statistical champions (individual)
Big Ten statistical champions (team, conference games only)

Rankings

Michigan teams have spent a total of 22 weeks ranked number 1 with the last time occurring in 2013. Entering the 2013–14 season this ranked 13th and third in the Big Ten behind Indiana (54) and Ohio State (37).[88] Two Michigan teams (Dec. 14, 1964 87–85 over Wichita State at Detroit and Dec. 13, 1997 81–73 over Duke at home) have defeated the number one ranked team.[89]

The following table summarizes Michigan history in the AP Poll:[90]

' Preseason Peak Final Weeks ranked Weeks @ #1
Top 10 Poll
1963–6482215/150
1964–6511115/1510
1965–6622910/150
1966–67NR5NR3/150
Top 20 Poll
1970–71NR12NR4/160
1971–72139NR4/160
1972–731918NR3/160
1973–74NR6612/180
1974–751711198/190
1975–76169916/170
1976–7711117/178
1977–78139NR4/170
1978–7986NR8/170
1980–81NR9NR11/160
1983–84NR15NR2/170
1984–85NR2212/170
1985–8632517/170
1987–88971017/170
1988–89321018/180
Top 25 Poll
1989–90431317/170
1991–9220111518/180
1992–9311318/183
1993–94531118/180
1994–951613NR5/180
1995–961716NR13/180
1996–9794NR16/180
1997–98NR121212/180
2005–06NR21NR2/190
2008–09NR23NR3/190
2009–101515NR3/200
2011–1218101319/190
2012–1351T–1019/191
2013–1477713/190
2014–152417NR4/190
2015–162524NR2/190

Notes

^ a: * designates records and awards forfeited due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.

See also

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