After Michigan’s 100-98 exhibition loss to Cincinnati last October, then-assistant coach Mike Boynton had a question for Trey McKenney. The former McDonald’s All-American and consensus No. 1 recruit in the state of Michigan had just gone 0-for-8 from the field in his first collegiate game, and Boynton, who’d watched plenty of that stellar high school tape […]

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Kenny Noland was “probably as intentional of a signing as we had,” according to Mike Boynton Jr., and it’s easy to see why. Of all the players Michigan brought in this year, none were expected to have such a defined role on this roster. Moustapha Thiam wasn’t brought in just to guard the rim, JP […]

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Michigan wrapped up its exhibition slate with a loss to Houston in Grand Rapids on Sunday. Dylan and Eric break down the loss, dig into what to make of the exhibition season as a whole, and share how they’re feeling about this team with opening night less than a week away. The podcast is available […]

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Michigan fell to Houston in its final preseason exhibition game Sunday, 83-66. In a game marred by foul trouble on both sides, Houston pulled away in the second half. Houston exposed flaws that have plagued the Wolverines through their earlier exhibitions, and with the regular season on the horizon, they have […]

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It wasn’t pretty, but Mike Boynton Jr. got what he wanted out of Sunday’s exhibition loss to Houston. “We wanted to test ourselves against somebody that was at that level, and again, that’s as close to a Big Ten high-level opponent (as it gets), right?” Boynton said. “If they were in […]

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