Newsstand: Charlie Baker says NCAA Tournament has room to ‘grow to 72 or 76 teams’
Tweets Of The Day
NCAA president Charlie Baker said on ‘The Dan Patrick Show’ that the NCAA Basketball Tournament has “room” to “grow to 72 or 76 teams.” It’s currently at a 68-team field.
Former Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr., a standout for the Detroit Pistons, went down with what was reported as “multiple head injuries” in a win over the Miami Heat Tuesday night. According to reporter Chris Haynes, he underwent a CAT scan, and results were negative.
More from Yahoo Sports’ Ryan Young:
Midway through the third quarter of the NBA Cup game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Hardaway caught an inadvertent elbow from Heat star Bam Adebayo as he was driving through the lane. Adebayo’s elbow drilled Hardaway directly in the face, though no foul was called.
Hardaway got up quickly and tried to take a charge as Tyler Herro drove to the lane, but Hardaway’s head slammed back onto the court hard as he hit the floor.
Hardaway remained down on the court for quite some time. He was eventually taken off the court on a wheelchair with a towel over his head. He didn’t return.
Hardaway finished with 11 points and shot 3 of 6 from the field in 19 minutes on Tuesday night. He’s averaging 12.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game this season, his first with the Pistons after spending the last six with the Dallas Mavericks.
2025 Orchard Lake (Mich.) St. Mary’s four-star shooting guard Trey McKenney, who committed to Michigan Nov. 9, officially signed his letter of intent with U-M Wednesday. McKenney is a 6-foot-4, 205-pounder who’s ranked as the No. 21 overall player in the country and the top player in Michigan.
Michigan cornerback Zeke Berry joined Jon Jansen on the In The Trenches podcast this week.
Quote Of The Day
“That’s the biggest thing is you ultimately can’t simulate 110,000 people screaming at you or the people waving [towels] or things like that,” he noted. “But what you can do is just get a big speaker and put it in your ear and start yelling at you. So that’s what we do, especially when we’re going on road games, we’ll just grab a big JBL and put it right behind me and blast crowd noise and stuff like that.”
— Michigan junior kicker Dominic Zvada on if pressure kicks can be simulated
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