Horford was the name that came to mind since he was around at the same time. I think he may have missed one of the tournaments due to injury though.
Fantastic memory-- I was at this game as I lived in Iowa City at the time. I remember when he got fouled thinking it was over because no way would he make 2 in that spot in that environment. Really impressive and clutch.
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Always love J-Mo, someone who represents the university well on and off the court.
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Dylan always has us covered! Free throws at Iowa listed at #4.
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Thanks for posting…those were great teams! JMO big motor, lots of grit. I love how he fills the lane and is rewarded from his teammates! Those guys played for each other…MICHIGAN!
The European career is weird. By all accounts, Morgan is a pretty good European player - he’s continuously playing on bigger teams in bigger leagues and has started for almost his whole career - he also basically got invited to naturalize to Slovenia to play on their national team which is actually good (defending European champions - admittedly this is like 80% Luka).
But I don’t think he’s played more than one season anywhere. At which point do they sign a multi-year contract?
Then went on to have a hell of a tourney run. The end of that Tennessee game still brings on a cold sweat.
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That battle with Sullinger was my favorite J-Mo game.
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Charles Matthews just graduated from Michigan
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Really happy for him.
Good for Spike, and I don’t blame him for taking the job, but that picture makes me sick! 
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I always expected Spike to become a coach. Good luck to him…hopefully he gets a promotion to a less annoying school next year.
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Great post. Here’s the full text of the caption at the bottom of the screenshot:
This post is simply about the Goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ!
13 years ago, I met Coach John Beilein when he became the coach at Michigan. I was a walk-on and I remember our first real conversation very vividly.
He simply told all the walk-ons that he could not guarantee us a spot on the team the following year, we wouldn’t be involved in the regular team activities going forward, and that only the scholarship players were his concern at the moment. All bad news.
But for someone that had already tried out three times to make the team, what’s the harm in a fourth tryout!
A year later, I was selected as one of his captains.
And today, we both completed our first class as Co-Lecturers teaching a class on leadership and coaching in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
This post is simply to give honor to God and to also encourage those out there to realize that the decisions we make today could show up bearing fruit 13 years later.
God Bless!
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Looks like Zavier Simpson is headed over to Germany to play for a team called “Science City Jena” in the Bundesliga. Couple other Americans on the roster. Everybody’s journey goes through somewhere…
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How on earth did you stumble across that news link?
Good for him. I will be curious to see what his international basketball career looks like - he could become a star somewhere and play for a decade…or his lack of a jump shot could cause him to call it quits early after a vagabond trek through a few leagues you’ve never heard of (check out Courtney Sims international career sometime…). Ultimately I think X is going to become a coach someday.
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How many of you guys and gals rushed out to buy the ANTHONY WRIGHT signature shoe?
That was pretty hard to type with a straight face.
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If there was a degree program in self-promotion David Merritt would have an endowed chair, man.
(Not even an insult, I admire the hustle)