Michigan
REPORT: Marquette To Host Central Michigan
About a week back or so, noted college basketball bracketologist guy Rocco Miller put out into the universe that YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball team will be hosting Central Michigan in the 2024-25 season.
Sources: Marquette will host Central Michigan as part of its 2024-25 non-conference schedule. #BigEast #MACtion
— Rocco Miller (@RoccoMiller8) May 30, 2024
Now, I feel comfortable passing along Rocco’s information as solid. The next thing I’m going to pass along is stemming from that and since I don’t know the two Twitter accounts in question, I can’t vouch for the information. However, not one but TWO Twitter accounts noted that 1) Central Michigan will be hosting Stony Brook in 2024-25 and 2) that game is part of a Multi-Team Event that Marquette is (technically) hosting.
Scheduling News:
Central Michigan will host Stony Brook as part of its 2024-25 non-conference schedule.
Final date TBD, but will be in November. The game is part of the MTE that Marquette is hosting though it will be on campus in Mount Pleasant. Return game at SBU in 25/26.
— Made For March (@madeformarch) May 30, 2024
Scheduling update:
Central Michigan will host Stony Brook in November as part of the MTE that Marquette is hosting.
Central Michigan will visit Stony Brook in 25/26.
— SBU Hoops (@NewYorkHoopsIns) May 30, 2024
We already talked about Marquette’s home game against Stony Brook, so the pieces fit together there. Marquette Deputy Athletic Director Mike Broeker mostly confirmed the hosted MTE in an interview with Cracked Sidewalks’ Alan Bykowski without actually saying it is 100% happening or who was involved, so that fills in that side of the puzzle as well.
“I would say we are going to host our own MTE. We’re going to get three games out of it. Next year’s MTE is really a factor of a desire to play an additional home game or two and the best way to do that. Is it an every year thing? I don’t think we can say that. I’ve said this, historically, your schedule has to do two things. One, it has to reflect your roster and what you’re capable of doing. And then two, it always has to feed your competitive expectation for the program, and obviously, our competitive expectation is pretty clear and Shaka has been open about it.”
Okay, so back to Central Michigan. This game will be the third ever meeting between Marquette and CMU. The Golden Eagles have won both, with both coming as home games for MU. Marquette won 81-67 in December 2008, and then again by a score of 97-73 in 2022. That game was the Students Only game at the Al McGuire Center. Marquette has confirmed that they are doing that event again in 2024-25, but between being a repeat opponent just two years later and coming as part of the MTE, I would presume that the Chippewas will not be the opponent slotted into that game.
Central Michigan is coming off an 18-14 season in Tony Barbee’s third season in Mount Pleasant. The Chips went 12-6 in MAC play and earned the #4 seed in the conference tournament, but had their season cut down in the quarterfinals by way of a 66-56 upset loss to #5 seed Bowling Green.
They finished 2023-24 at #277 in KenPom.com’s rankings, #269 at BartTorvik.com, and #264 in the NET. The Torvik computers show the Chippewas as perhaps being a touch better next season, as they project at #234 in the country, although that’s only 7th best in the MAC. Central Michigan returns Anthony Pritchard, a 6’2” guard who led the Chips in scoring (12.8/game) and assists (4.7/game) last season. He’s not much of an outside shooter after connecting on just 26% of his long range attempts last year, and shooting in general was a struggle for CMU all season. The Torvik RosterCast tells us that Central Michigan doesn’t return much else outside of Pritchard, so Marquette could have a notable tactical advantage if this game gets played in the first week or two of the season.
A date with Central Michigan brings us to seven known games on the Marquette schedule for 2024-25. We know dates for four of them — Maryland, Purdue, Georgia, and Iowa State — while we wait for details on the yearly game against Wisconsin as well as the aforementioned Stony Brook game and this CMU contest. There’s another game for the MTE that lays out there in the wilderness, and I would presume the opponent is on the rough level of Stony Brook and CMU. There’s also the theoretical game against NC State that Andy Katz reported as a possibility, but there’s been no announcement about that or further rumoring.
A Michigan man was charged after he allegedly threatened Republicans during a call to the state Capitol.
According to the Michigan Attorney General’s office, Gabriel Hetrick, 50, of Bronson, was arraigned on Feb. 5 on one count of making a terroristic threat and one count of malicious use of a telecommunications service.
State prosecutors allege that on Sept. 17, 2025, Hetrick called the Capitol asking about tour availability. During that call, he allegedly said he was “going to start hunting Republicans, I think,” according to the AG’s office.
Hetrick is due back in court on Feb. 19.
“Threats against elected officials are serious crimes that can have severe consequences,” said Attorney General Dana Nessel. “Public officials must be able to carry out their roles without fear, and my office will continue to hold those who threaten to harm others accountable.”
Michigan just signed the 12th-ranked class in the 2026 cycle — headlined by five-stars Carter Meadows and Savion Hiter — and now the Wolverines have all focus on the 2027 class behind their new coaching staff. Kyle Whittingham and Co. have been on the road seeing some top prospects.
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Rivals’ Greg Smith recently ‘called his shot’ by predicting ’27 WR Quentin Burrell to Michigan. Burrell was a player the old staff was very familiar with, and now new WR coach Micah Simon has begun to build a foundation with the Mount Caramel playmaker.
“Other teams have tried to push their way into this two team race between Michigan and Notre Dame. Lately, Arizona State has been rising here as a true threat to the blue blood programs. But right now I still like Michigan to get this one done. He’s very familiar with the program overall but just needs more time to get exposed to coach Kyle Whittingham and his staff.”
Burrell’s scouting report
The 6’3″ playmaker out of Chicago, Illinois, is ranked as the No. 50 prospect in the nation, per the Composite. Burrell is the No. 9 WR and No. 2 player from the state of Illinois. He holds offers from just about every college program in the country with notable offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, and Oregon, among others.
In 2025, during his junior season, Burrell’s squad went 14-0 and won the state title. Burrell was named the News-Gazette All-State Player of the Year and made First-Team All-State. He caught 67 receptions for 1,139 yards and 16 touchdowns.
For Burrell’s career, he has caught 142 passes for 2,396 yards and 34 scores.
The need for elite WRs in Ann Arbor
Michigan’s recruiting of the WR position appears to be trending upwards in the last couple of cycles, but the Wolverines didn’t recruit the position too well towards the end of the Jim Harbaugh era, so Michigan had to utilize the transfer portal to bring in starting-caliber playmakers.
The Wolverines landed a great one in Andrew Marsh, who led the team last season during his true freshman season. Michigan is also high on Jamar Browder and the Wolverines landed four-star Travis Johnson and three-star Jaylen Pile in this past cycle. The Kyle Whittingham connection helped Michigan land five-star athlete Salesi Moa, who was a short-term signee with Utah.
Michigan will have to prove it can pass the ball well enough to entice top-tier playmakers to come to Ann Arbor. But with new OC Jason Beck and QB coach Koy Detmer Jr., the play of Bryce Underwood should continue to improve.
EVANSTON, Ill. — – L.J. Cason scored 13 of his 18 points after halftime, helping No. 2 Michigan rally for an 87-75 victory over Nick Martinelli and Northwestern on Wednesday night.
Yaxel Lendeborg added 15 points and 12 rebounds as the Wolverines (23-1, 13-1 Big Ten) erased a 16-point deficit in the second half of their ninth consecutive victory. Morez Johnson Jr., Aday Mara and Trey McKenney each scored 12 points.
Michigan grabbed control with a 15-2 run. Lendeborg made a tiebreaking layup with 5:51 left, and Mara’s alley-oop jam off a pass from Cason gave the Wolverines a 75-69 lead with 4:43 remaining.
Michigan shot 55% (16 for 29) while outscoring Northwestern 52-31 in the second half of its 19th double-digit win this season.
Jayden Reid scored 20 points for the Wildcats in their fourth consecutive loss. Martinelli finished with 18 on 5-for-22 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds.
Northwestern used an 8-1 run to open a 58-42 lead with 14:22 left. Angelo Ciaravino capped the spurt with a jumper in the paint.
Michigan then got back in the game by scoring 16 of the next 18 points. Johnson’s alley-oop dunk trimmed Northwestern’s advantage to 60-58 with 9:38 to go, delighting a sizeable contingent of Michigan fans at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Lendeborg was 6 for 12 from the field. He has 45 rebounds in his last four games.
Northwestern got off to a fast start, holding Michigan to 35% shooting on its way to a 44-35 lead at the break. Reid scored 12 points in the first half on 5-for-5 shooting.
Up next
Michigan hosts UCLA on Saturday.
Northwestern visits No. 7 Nebraska on Saturday.
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