Michigan Monday: Early Look at OSU and Michigan Basketball Wins A Tourney

Jessica Hill, AP

John Beilein's club looked much different in the Northeast then they did at the Crisler Center for its first two games.  Michigan is now the leader in the Big East with wins over Villanova and Providence.   Michigan took care of  George Washington on Saturday and took on a young talented Providence team on Sunday for the Tournament Championship.  The Wolverines started quickly, let Providence back in the game, and then went on a run just before half-time and never looked back.

If this team can shoot the ball they are going to be hard to beat with that defense.  On Saturday, they shot well and Sunday they didn't.   When that happens they look to their 7 foot starter John Teske who had a career high of 17 points in the game.   Super Freshman Iggy Brazdeikis also added 20 on some nice drives with both hands.  

Michigan plays Chattanooga on Friday and then NC comes to town a week from Wednesday. After North Carolina, Michigan has a few early December Big Ten games against Purdue and Northwestern before they finish off the non-conference. 

Michigan is now the 2018 Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip Off Classic Champion - Raise another banner!  
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Michigan Football also welcomed a new 2019 recruit Amauri Pesek-Hickson who is from Overland Park, Kansas.  If you think Michigan can find diamonds in the rough in KC like Ronnie Bell,  AP-H is another example.  Amauri stopped playing football his sophomore and junior years to focus on basketball and just started playing again during his senior year.   That is pretty much a death sentence for recruiters as the junior year is pretty much the most important year to get noticed.   Many guys that have great senior year can go un-noticed.  That was the case for AP-H, during his senior year he had 1,158 all-purpose yards (563 rushing on 76 carries, 595 receiving on 38 catches) with 14 total touchdowns.

If you didn't know, Michigan has a scout in KC (Jimmy's brother-in-law) who found Ronnie Bell and I assume also found AP-H.   This is a Don Brown recruit and AP-H is expected to play on defense as a Viper or another LB.  He is 6'3 and 210 pounds and for sure heading for a red shirt.  Welcome big man! 

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Winovich Injury Status?

We really don't know and I'm not sure we will until 12:00 on Saturday.  From Jimmy's report on Saturday the XRay and Scans were negative.  Chase also posted on IG that basically, the reports of his demise are overstated and he will be back.   Which still leaves a ton of room for interpretation.
Jimmy has his presser today around noon and I don't expect to hear too much of an update on him.  Solomon also went out on Saturday and his status is also unknown at this point.

JBB left after a couple of snaps on Saturday and is clearly still working through something.   His status is still TBD as well.

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Early Look at OSU:

10-1

Best Win: @ PSU    
Only Loss: Purdue

Total Offense: #2 at 41.6 points per game
Total Defense: #75 at 25 points per game

It's clear OSU strength vs. weakness.  OSU's neighbors on the total defense list include Minnesota, Memphis, and Middle Tennessee.

Line:  Michigan -3.5

Weather: Warm 51 and Rain

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