umhoops.com - 11/21/2008
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Michigan 55 - No. 4 UCLA 52
I had a good feeling about this game but I tried to restrain myself after the constant let down that Michigan basketball has been. Today is what we have been waiting for. This is the type of game that can make turn bandwagon fans into believers. This is the game ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/21/2008
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NEW YORK -- It was just one game,
but it was against one of the most famous
programs on one of the most famous stages. Michigan's 55-52 win over No. 4 UCLA on Thursday night may have given a reprieve, for two hours at least, to a Wolverine State that ...
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Andy Katz: Maize gives blue state of Michigan reason to ...
bruinbasketballreport.com - 11/20/2008
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bruinbasketballreport.com —
No. 4 ranked UCLA (2-0) travels to Madison
Square Garden to face the Michigan Wolverines (2-0) in
a semifinals match-up of the 2K Sports Classic. After easily dispatching of Prairie View A&M in the first round the Bruins barely survived its contest ...
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UCLA Basketball: UCLA vs. Michigan - Game Preview
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ATB: Is Michigan Back?
Rush The Court —
... to us that a program with the prestige and resources of the University of Michigan hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1998. With John Beilein’s system already beginning to bear fruit in Y2 of his rebuild, it won’t be long before we see the Wolverines playing in the March again. (Yes, we realize that former coach Tommy Amaker played deep into March several times… in the NIT.) For more detail on the partisan side of things, check the UM Hoops and ...
Michigan Basketball Beats UCLA 55-52
Maize and Blue Nation: Michigan Football Blog —
... is no time to celebrate. Michigan gets Duke tonight in the 2K Sports Classic Championship game tonight at 7PM. Duke is also scheduled to come to A2 on Dec. 6. So we'll see them again in a couple weeks. Either way, it's a great win and big congrats to Beilein and the boys. I don't make it a routine to cover other sports on here, but a win like this is noteworthy. To check out what other blogs, much more invested in basketball, have to say...check out here, here and here. And, Michigan Sports Center has a video of the final minute of regulation. ...
Game 4: Michigan vs. Duke Pre-Game
UM Hoops.com —
... Michigan just won their first game over a top 5 team since 1997 (a win over Duke) but their reward a game against the Blue Devils and another double digit spread. ...
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5pm ET - ESPN2 - NCAA Basketball - #4 UCLA vs. Southern Illinois - The Bruins look to rebound after getting bounced to the consolation game by Michigan.
7pm - ESPN2 – NCAA Basketball: 2K Sports Classic Final – #5 Duke vs. Michigan - Can Michigan pull another upset to win the 2K Sports ...
"A win for the city of Ann Arbor" —
The Diag
Let me get one more feel-good basketball piece in here before Michigan meets up with Duke in a few hours - just in case that one doesn't go as well as last night's upset over UCLA. Andy Katz has Michigan...
Michigan and Duke: You Don't Know [Blank] —
Amphibious Sports Duo
Last night the Michigan Wolverines upset the number 4 ranked UCLA Bruins 55-52 in the semi-finals of the 2k Sports College Basketball Classic. It was the first win for Michigan over a top five team in 11 years and set up a match-up tonight against Duke. This got us thinking, these two met in ...
Unranked Michigan Defeats #4 UCLA Bruins 55-52 —
MKRob's Sports Blog
The first major upset in college basketball happened Thursday night as unranked Michigan defeated the #4 UCLA Bruins 55-52 in the 2k Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs Cancer Tournament. The crowd at Madison Square Garden witnessed the Michigan Wolverines play their hearts out for this ...
Holy Hoop on a Stick! Michigan Beats No. 4 UCLA —
The Ace of Sports
I just want to say that the backdoor cut by DeShawn Sims, and the subsequent rim-rocking dunk off an Anthony Wright feed that provided the winning points in Michigan's 55-52 upset over UCLA, was the most beautiful thing related to Michigan basketball I've seen since, um, LaVell Blanchard ...