I have posted about this before, but Under Armour would be bad for John Beilein and the basketball team. AAU basketball and recruiting is dirty and Nike runs the top flight of AAU. As a basketball fan, I want Nike

You get it. Mitch is not coming back - too much risk. I think he and Glenn want to go out together. Nik is definietely going, as he should.

A ton of people camped out before Indiana last year, including the Maize Rage core

The Maize Rage core (or whatever they are called) owes an apology to those students. That's what it comes down to. Student basketball seating is first come, first serve. This looks like a pretty obvious attempt by the group that has enough time to meet on Monday nights to ensure the best possible seats for themselves and they should take ownership or be reprimanded.

I can also see some beef with the AD as they did not make it clear that camping out would not be allowed, when it has been in the past.

Get it right in the future.

Great game. Go Blue!

Luke Fickell. LOL. Hope they keep him around

He might know everything there is to know about basketball, but you have to admit that his end of game management (usually the most important part of the game) is sloppy. Calls a timeout for Pitino and then lets them get an easy shot. Good coach, but there obviously needs to be more time devoted in practice to end of game situations. You shouldn't have to call a timeout there; your players should know how to defend in that situation because you have practiced it repeatedly.

Wish I could upvote you; because yes, that was unforgivable. That stuff loses games. You have to practice those situations, so there is no need for a timeout

Make him 2 stars for all I care. The kid is a good football player and seems to have toughness. What else matters?

Didn't mean to take anything away from Griffin. He was the last to attain both. Guess I was just pointing out his situation was somewhat unique. 

Remember though, Blake Griffin sat out his entire first year in the NBA with an injury. But it does happen quite often. Kevin Durant is the next most recent I believe.

The expectation is on the position not the player. - Bo Schembechler

This is Michigan. No excuses. Next man up.

Ridiculous because it's true. The highest level of AAU basketball is completely run and funded by shoe companies. Nike sponsors the most tournaments and teams. Adidas sponsors as well, but Nike is the biggest player. You think inner city Chicago kids have the money to fly to tournaments across the country every other weekend during the summer?

Rick Pitino.

John Beilein is a good coach, not sure he is a hall of famer like Pitino.

I'm not saying you can't get good recruits with adidas, it's just a lot easier with Nike. For example, Anthony Davis played for an AAU team called Mean Streets, coached by our own Tai Streets. Tai would have loved to pitch Michigan to Davis, but didn't because his team would have lost a good amount of money from Nike (complete speculation on the number but I'm guessing around $10,000 maybe even as much as $20,000 if you consider what Streets' team gained when Davis chose Kentucky). Tai is a true Michigan man, but AAU is a dirty business and you have to play the game with your sponsors if you want to stay at the highest level.

Michigan needs Nike for basketball recruiting. All top AAU programs are Nike. AAU coaches gain/lose money from Nike based on whether or not their players go to Nike school. We got lucky with guys like McGary, Robinson, and others because they didn't play on the Nike EYBL circuit. I am convinced that Nike played a big part in us losing Booker. Under Armour would be the death of the basketball program..

Anyone else. I'd happily take an idiot like Lane Kiffin at this point.

They also led Big Ten title teams. I guess I'm just old school in the fact that I believe a legacy at Michigan is defined by conference and national championsips and not much else. Denard did a lot of great things, but its hard to compare him to those two

Desmond Howard and Tom Harmon won the Heisman