U-M Basketball News and Notes

 

The 2009-2010 Michigan Men’s Basketball schedule has come out and the Wolverines will battle some of the most prestigious basketball programs in the country. Michigan will participate in the Old Spice Classic Thanksgiving weekend in Orlando. Other teams slated for the tourney are Florida State, Marquette, Xavier, Baylor, Creighton, Alabama and Iona

 The Wolverines non conference schedule sets up as followed. Coming to Crisler Arena, Wayne State (Exhibition), Northern Michigan, Houston Baptist, Boston College (part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge), Arkansas Pine Bluff, Detroit Mercy, Coppin State and UConn. On the road, Michigan will battle Utah and Kansas. The season opens up with the pre season game against Wayne State on November 6, in what will the first of 17 total home games for the Maze and Blue.

 

 

 

Incoming freshmen guard Jordan Morgan will miss four to five months due to a left knee injury. Head coach Jim Beilein had this to say after finding out the unfortunate news:

 

"The timing of Jordan's injury is very unfortunate. We are very confident; however, that with the great medical staff at the University of Michigan, Jordan will make a full and speedy recovery."

 

 Morgan, who is Detroit Jesuit High School alum, was named to the 2009 Detroit Free Press Class A All-State third team and earned All-Catholic and all-league honors his last three years in school. Morgan had surgery performed on July 1.