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The 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by John Beilein. The team played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Crisler Arena, which has a capacity of 13,751, for the forty-fourth consecutive year. [3]
This is a list of seasons completed by the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. The team played its first game in January 1909. The team played its first game in January 1909. Michigan's highest-scoring team, measured in points per game, was the 1965–66 team led by Cazzie Russell , which averaged 91.9 points per game.
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 ]
Michigan ended the year with a 7–11 conference record (tied for seventh) and a 15–17 overall regular season record. Turner's buzzer-beater came in the second round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament in which the eighth-seeded Wolverines lost by a point to the top-seeded Buckeyes.
The Wolverines represent the University of Michigan in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference. [1] Michigan began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1909. [1] However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.
Michigan men's basketball was picked to finish 11th out of 14 teams in the Big Ten this season in an unofficial media poll. This comes after perhaps its most disappointing season in the past decade.
On April 3, 2010, Butler Bulldogs, playing in their hometown, faced off against the Michigan State Spartans. In a tough, physical game, the Bulldogs, despite going more than 11 minutes without a field goal, were able to hang on after forcing Michigan State into 16 turnovers and holding the Spartans to zero fast-break points.
The Michigan–Michigan State basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball that is part of the larger intrastate rivalry between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University that exists across a broad spectrum of endeavors including their general athletic programs: Michigan Wolverines ...