MBB throwback jersey??
This was spotted at the B1G shop but you can’t click or buy it currently.
A 1989 fauxback (Michigan did not have a Maize jersey in 1988-89).
being that it’s Maize and not white, I expect this to be worn against state on 2/24.
How am I sure? It’s the 1989 National Champions 30th anniversary.
February 5th, 2019 at 11:24 AM ^
That is actually pretty cool. I'd probably prefer they just wear the blue like they did against OSU a few years ago, but it makes sense for a Maize out.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
This. Those blue throwbacks (was it 2008? 2009?) were gorgeous, even if the shorts looked a little weird with the longer style. No need to invent a fake uniform.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
I think it's kinda cool to see what they would have looked like in Maize
February 5th, 2019 at 11:26 AM ^
This was confirmed on Twitters as well
FIRST LOOK: The 1989 throwback uniforms #Michigan will wear against Michigan State on February 24th. The Big Ten conference store is selling the retail version already. (H/t: @chrisjbray) @UniWatch @PhilHecken @WolverineLounge @BrandonBJustice pic.twitter.com/myBMdOFiHq
— Jay Sarkar (@ByJaySarkar) February 5, 2019
February 5th, 2019 at 11:27 AM ^
I always thought those jerseys were ugly AF
February 5th, 2019 at 11:31 AM ^
It isn't the best Michigan basketball jersey, but it sure as hell beats these maize out uniforms. They would have been so much better if just the lettering and numbers were blue.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
...and the jerseys were maize
February 5th, 2019 at 12:58 PM ^
the socks and shoes are what made me like them. Plus I was in high school so the bright uniforms were in and I couldn’t get enough Oregon ducks.
February 5th, 2019 at 2:22 PM ^
I loved those all-maize highlighter unis. Probably just because they were so bold and the team was really good for the first time since I've been a fan, but I thought they were sweet.
February 5th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
So I really loved the 80s basketball uniforms when I was a kid; the side panels on the shorts were/are awesome. Some of the features, like the large block M on the front, have aged oddly, and they are distinctly a shorter-shorts fashion (which means that they will look better with recent uniform cuts) without side panels on the jerseys.
Thus, this is very interesting to me. It's a change from going with the white throwbacks, which hasn't always worked (the Adidas throwbacks from a couple of years ago looked sharp, except that they incorrectly made the M white on the blue side panel of the home unis--a startling change from the original uniform).
The real question: What pattern do they use for the shorts? There are three options:
1. Take the original blue short with white side panels and flip blue color to maize, and the maize stripes to blue, keeping the side panels white with a blue M.
2. Take the original white short, and basically do a color fill on all white portions to maize, keeping the blue panel with the maize M.
3. Do some weird design that is dissimilar from both the white and blue shorts, such as eliminating the side panel.
The jerseys pictured use white numbers, which evokes the blue uniforms from 1989; since that is the uniform worn in both Final Four games, I lean toward option 1, with a white side panel on the shorts and a blue block M. Not sure how good that will look, and if I'm wrong I'm just fine with that.
These pics of the jersey look sharp.
February 5th, 2019 at 1:36 PM ^
Interesting question! I guess because the numbers are white rather than blue, I didn't consider the possibility that it would be the home short template. I guess we'll see (and I hope they sell the shorts).
February 5th, 2019 at 2:22 PM ^
My first thought was, this will look good only if they pair a version of the original shorts as well.
February 5th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
Try MDen. Disappointed in you that you couldn’t figure that out. smh
February 5th, 2019 at 11:47 AM ^
They weren't on M-den before. They have, probably within the last couple of hours, been unveiled as a "pre-order" item with an expected shipping date of February 15.
I'm still waiting for them to sell the blue hockey jerseys with maize script, which have become my favorite blue hockey jerseys of all time. Saw them in person Friday, and they look incredible.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
All I know, is that I saw them in MDen BEFORE WD’s post. So there’s that.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:31 PM ^
Gangsta move.
You are an MDen maven and an out-and-out gangsta calling StephenRJKing out on that. Glad to have the record cleared on that important matter.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:31 PM ^
You can buy at the Big Ten Store.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
$80 for a basketball jersey? Certainly ain't a throwback in price.
February 5th, 2019 at 11:45 AM ^
They should of wore the White jerseys or Blue from 89, but I get the style to honor the 30th
anniversary of the title.
interested to see the style of shorts for that game ! Wonder if Rumeal Robinson will actually show up ?
February 5th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
TIL Rumeal Robinson is out of prison. Maybe best that he doesn't show.
February 5th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
Maybe someone could help me and post the picture, but does anyone remember during the adidas when MDen was selling blue pinstripe basketball jerseys with a script Michigan on the front? I bought one cause they were some of the best alternates I had ever seen and then we just never wore them in a game? They actually might not have even been made for the basketball team. So bizarre
These alternates are nice but fwiw my absolute favorite basketball jersey is the throwbacks we wore in 13 against Penn State. Such a weird game to wear them for but they were absolutely gorgeous and I'm so mad they were never for sale
February 5th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
I like this style but it always bugged me that Missouri wore an identical kit.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
You know what bugs most people? Calling them "kits."
February 5th, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
Generally you bug most people.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
I love them. There is an NCAA rule that basketball numbers need to be centered on the front of the uniform but I guess there are exceptions. They allowed us to wear almost this exact template a few years ago under adidas, but sparty was forced to alter their throwbacks to move the number to the center, not sure what the difference was...
February 5th, 2019 at 12:13 PM ^
Must be WD if it is a uniform thread. Like the matching shoes in the GRIII picture.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
I'd get a shirt if it were gray (spare me the "we have never had gray jerseys" response, Devoter guy), blue, or white.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
February 5th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
Looks like it's on the MDen site now.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Forget the uniform.
WIN the Game.
February 5th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Going Skins would save a lot of money
February 5th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
Just got an email from the M Den highlighting this gear. There’s at least a replica jersey and a jersey T-shirt for sale.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
That is a cool looking uniform! Cannot wait until they wear them and beat the snot out of MSU.
February 5th, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
No.
Just. No.
February 5th, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
Looking forward to seeing these - don't really like the white numbers, but I can live with them.
Like SRJK, I'm also curious to see what they do with the shorts and those side panels with the block M were classics. The trim that runs alongside the panels and flares down to the shorts' hems should be blue-white-blue to match the trim on the jerseys. As far as the panels themselves, they almost assuredly won't be maize, so you could do either blue field with a maize M or white with a blue M.
My guess is that the panel will be the former - blue field with maize M. Here's why:
Both the old-school home white and road blues had a "fourth stripe" to bridge from the trim to the short panels. The white uniforms went blue-maize-blue trim, then a white gap stripe, and then the blue panel. The blue uniforms had maize-blue-maize trim, then a blue gap stripe, and then the white panel.
These maize throwbacks have a blue-white-blue trim. The gap stripe has to be either maize or white to contrast with the inner blue stripe. Also, the shorts panel has never been the same color as the center stripe of the trim, so since the trim center color is white, that pushes me towards using blue as the field color for the shorts panels.
February 5th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
Top-notch analysis. Exactly the sort of quality content about the design of a one-off pair of shorts I expect from this website.
February 5th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
Only reason I'm not more excited for these is that I love our regular uniforms so much that these just don't look as good in comparison
February 5th, 2019 at 2:00 PM ^
#41. Perfect.
February 5th, 2019 at 7:52 PM ^
I clicked the PURCHASE button and it took me all the way to checkout. (which was as far as I wanted to go right now.)