After spending 4,357 minutes on a college basketball court, Zack Novak knows exactly what he is. "I'm just a kid who wasn't supposed to be any good, who turned out to be all right," he said this week. That was good enough for the Michigan basketball team.
Stu Douglass talked longer than he wanted, and Zack Novak made fun of him for it. Douglass, a team co-captain and one of the core members of John Beilein's Michigan basketball rebuilding project, took to the podium Tuesday at the William Davidson Player Development Center hoping to keep his speech ...
It's been quite a week for Trey Burke. One day after announcing his intentions to return to the Michigan basketball program for his sophomore season, the 5-foot-11 point guard became just the eighth freshman in school history to be earn the Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player Award. "I want to ...
A trio of Michigan basketball players were recognized for their winter academic achievement Wednesday. Senior guard Zack Novak, junior guard Matt Vogrich and junior guard Josh Bartelstein were all named to the Big Ten's Academic All-Conference team.
As a class, they won 81 games, advanced to three NCAA Tournaments and earned the program's first Big Ten championship banner in 26 years. Not a bad resume. Their careers ended bitterly earlier this month when the Michigan basketball team fell to Ohio in the second round of the NCAA ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The moment was almost surreal. Almost 10 minutes after their final games in a Michigan basketball uniform, Zack Novak and Stu Douglass emerged from the Wolverine locker room one last time — and neither one of them quite knew what to do. Douglass, eyes puffy and red ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For the better part of 35 minutes Friday, there was no question which point guard was having a better day. Ohio junior D.J. Cooper was breezing down the lane, flipping in layups, finding open teammates and hitting open jumpers, preserving the Bobcats' lead in the process. Michigan ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They fought. And fought. And fought. But by the time the No. 4-seed Michigan basketball team climbed back within three points of No. 13 Ohio, it didn't have much fight left. Basketball works like that sometimes. Getting back into the game isn't the hardest part. Getting over ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Zack Novak and Stu Douglass don't want to talk about it publicly. On the surface, Friday marks the start of the Michigan basketball team's third NCAA Tournament appearance in four seasons, and that's all that really matters. But on the inside, for the two senior captains that ...
Three years ago, the Michigan basketball team was happy to be here. Last year, they felt fortunate to be here. This time they believe they belong here. This time, it's all business.
Not everyone outside the Michigan basketball program understands the value of senior co-captain Zack Novak. Sports Illustrated, however, does.
This wasn't a fairy tale home exit for Zack Novak and Stu Douglass. There was no ceremonial kissing of the Crisler Center court, nor was there any time for a curtain call. As for a standing ovation? Well it happened, sort of, as fans clapped with car keys in hand ...
The Michigan basketball team honored its seniors before its 75-61 loss to Purdue on Saturday. The Big Ten Network has highlights:
Michigan basketball senior co-captains Zack Novak and Stu Douglass will play their final home game Saturday against Purdue (6 p.m., BTN). To date, Novak and Douglass have scored 78 career victories at Michigan and played in a pair of NCAA tournaments, with a third likely on the way next month. ...
Zack Novak is just the second three-year captain in Michigan basketball history. And now he's the program's first Academic All-American in 28 years. Novak, a senior guard, was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Third Team on Thursday, becoming the first Wolverine to earn Academic All-America honors since ...
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