Michigan's Zak Irvin heroically catches a basketball inches away from a man's face

INDIANAPOLIS – What a perfect story for March. That a Michigan player you've probably never heard – a sophomore averaging seven minutes and under three points a game – could have just very likely shot the Wolverines into the NCAA Tournament.

Izzo is leading Michigan State in a Big Ten-record 19th straight NCAA Tournament, where he has won 73 percent of his games. He ranks fifth among active coaches, trailing just Basketball Hall of Famers Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Pitino, John Calipari and Roy 

Lima (Ohio) Senior point guard Xavier Simpson, who signed with Michigan last fall for the 2016 class, was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball today. A 5-foot-11, 165-pound point guard, Simpson is a four-star prospect, the No. 68 player nationally on the 

Michigan and Tulsa for the most part played a clunker of a game, but at the end of the second half things got interesting as the teams traded the lead. The Wolverines hit just six of their 25 3-point attempts as a team but this one from Zak Irvin with

We're just invading cities and playing basketball. That's what we love to do." Next: Michigan was due to fly to New York City around 1 a.m. The team's plane is expected to land in the wee hours, allowing the Wolverines to check into their hotel in