basketball

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7680883/georgia-te...

the younger rice has been charged in a shooting incident.

Vote for Zack Novak for the Lowe's Senior Class Award.

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/mens_basketball_2011-12/

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I didn't see it.

NOT THAT OHIO

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I have never attempted to hide the fact that I'm just not much of a basketball fan.
Never played it, never watched it, and certainly never followed UM's teams in any
way.  But many of you do, and these are the stories that the fan base is buzzing
about these days... and with good reason.  Michigan Basketball has had a
great season and is certainly deserving of the spotlight.

So this weekend I found myself-- for the first time in my life, mind you-- doing
an online search to discover who Michigan drew in the tournament brackets.  And
as we've all seen, the matchup itself is its own punchline.  So much so that I even
considered discarding the topic and going somewhere else.  But that'd be unfair for
all of the Bball fans, and probably the fan base as a whole-- our little illustrated
family was designed to be representative of all Michigan fans, not just, well, me.

In the end, as it always does and probably should, it came back to the
characters.  It's been fun getting to know the archetypes of each individual
Blockham, and getting inside their heads pretty much writes the story
each time.  Today, the frustration of the blue hair won out.

Look Thursday for another Men's Bball Tourney strip, where I'll get
inside the head of another Blockham who has good reason
to be enthusiastic of his team's chances this March.

THE BLOCKHAMS™ runs (typically) every Tuesday here at MGoBlog, and at least
every Thursday on its official home page.  Also, don't forget to check out our newest
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Congratulations to the Women's Basketball team, making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001! They are a 11 seed and will play 6 oklahoma on the road.

The selection show is on ESPN and they will be discussing the matchups at 8pm on ESPNU.

Yes, according to this guy:

 http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/four-cinderellas-consider-picking-bracket-161448903.html

Madison Ristovski, a senior point guard for Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, was today named Michigan's Miss Basketball for 2012, per Mick McCabe of the Free Press (sponsor of the award). Ristovski has signed a letter of intent for play basketball at Michigan starting this fall. Another member of Michigan's 2012 class, Kelsey Mitchell of Inkster, finished third in the balloting.

Madison Ristovski was in the seventh grade when she met a sports writer and made a prediction.

“I’m going to be Miss Basketball someday,’’ she said.

The writer was impressed at the precociousness of the youngster.

“That’s nice,’’ he said. “What state are you moving to? Montana?’’

“Nope,’’ she said shaking her head. “I’m staying here in Michigan.’’

Five years have passed since then and Ristovski was right: She is Miss Basketball.

. . .

“To be Miss Basketball means a lot to me,’’ she said. “But I don’t want the title to define me as a player. I worked so hard because I just wanted to be the best player I can be, whatever that came out as.’’

Ristovski is the fourth future Michigan to win the Miss Basketball award, following Tabitha Pool (2000), Krista Clement (2003), and Jenny Ryan (2009).

Congratulations, Madison!

Addendum:

Ristovski and Liggett have reached the quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament in Class C. Liggett will play Riverview Gabriel Richard in the quarterfinals, which take place tomorrow.

Two other future Michigan women's basketball players have also reached the state tournament quarterfinals. In Class A, the aforementioned Kelsey Mitchell and Inkster will play Detroit King, while in Class B, Taylor Gleason (member of the 2013 class) and her undefeated Goodrich team faces Detroit Country Day.