Michigan guard Caris LeVert will return to school for his senior season, the program announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-7 junior was averaging 14.9 points, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals before a foot injury sidelined him for the season’s 14 games. LeVert was considered a possible first round…
Updated May 7, 3:15 p.m. Although the Big Ten partially redeemed a down-year by having two teams advance to the Final Four, the league’s national title drought reached 15 years with Wisconsin losing to Duke in Monday night’s championship game. While the Big Ten likely won’t…
Rosters for the 2014-15 season are closer to being set now that the NBA Draft deadline has passed and we are getting deeper into the regular signing period. Here is an updated version of the Ultra Early Top 25, reflecting roster changes that occured since the…
The Catch and Shoot’s Ultra Early 2014-15 season preview continues with an early look at the Big Ten. Wisconsin enters as the big favorite with four starters returning from a team that is fresh off a Final Four appearance. There are still some questions about…
Replacing the National Player of the Year when you’re a freshman is not easy. And that’s exactly what Derrick Walton Jr. had to do for Michigan this season. “As soon as Trey decided to leave, he knew he had to take on possibly the starting…
That thing called the First Four will soon be in the past, and then we can move on to the real Madness. (Don’t get me wrong. The First Four was very entertaining. It’s just not the same as what is about to happen Thursday and…
All-Big Ten First Team (Player of the Year in bold) Tim Frazier, Penn State—15.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.5 apg Gary Harris, Michigan State—17.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.9 spg Nik Stauskas, Michigan—17.4 ppg, 3.4 apg, 45.8 3P% Roy Devyn Marble, Iowa—17.0 ppg, 3.5 apg, 1.8 spg…
The Big Ten season is halfway done as we enter the first full week of February. The league has been one of the more topsy-turvy conferences in college basketball. Michigan started non-conference play at 6-4, but the Wolverines would be the conference tournament’s No. 1…
After a disaster of a conference opener, Northwestern (7-7, 0-1 Big Ten) hits the road for the first time in 2014 to face Michigan (9-4, 1-0) on Sunday. The Wolverines, a preseason top 10 squad which struggled to an 8-4 non-conference record, picked up a…
What better way to close the door on 2013 and turn forward to 2014 than have three of the nation’s premier college basketball conferences begin league play. Today, the Big Ten, Big East, and American Athletic Conference tip off their conference seasons. The Big Ten…
