How to watch, stream, listen: Michigan basketball vs. Memphis in Battle 4 Atlantis
Michigan Wolverines basketball is on the sunny Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Maize and Blue open up play with a tilt against Memphis.
Michigan is coming off a tough, 94-86 home loss in a buy game against Long Beach State, entering the game “irked” and “not over” the setback according to associate and interim head coach Phil Martelli.
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Memphis, meanwhile, has its head coach back, after Penny Hardaway served a three-game suspension to begin the year due to recruiting violations. The Tigers have been impressive in the early going, despite having an almost entirely new roster, having won at Missouri (70-55) and taken care of business in home buy games against Jackson State (94-77) and Alabama State (92-75).
Wednesday evening’s game will tip at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2, with Kevin Fitzgerald (play-by-play) and Andraya Carter (color analyst) on the call. The game will also be streaming on fubo. Brian Boesch (play-by-play) and Terry Mills (color analyst) will have the radio call on WWJ (950 AM) in Detroit, WTKA (1050 AM) in Ann Arbor and WOOD (106.9 FM) in Grand Rapids.
The winner will take on the winner of Stanford vs. Arkansas. The loser will face whoever fails to come out on top in that matchup.
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Michigan basketball vs. Memphis game informaton
Teams: Michigan vs. Memphis
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023
Venue: Atlantis Resort’s Imperial Ballroom Arena (3,500)
Time: 5 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
Stream: Fubo (try for free) — Fubo’s holiday offer just kicked off, for a limited time, new subscribers can save $40 on Fubo’s Pro, Elite and Premier plans today ($20 off the first and second months)!
On The Call: Kevin Fitzgerald (play-by-play) and Andraya Carter (color)
Radio: Detroit: WWJ-Radio (950 AM) | Ann Arbor: WTKA (1050 AM) | Grand Rapids: WOOD (106.9 FM) | Stream: MGoBlue.com
On The Call: Brian Boesch (play-by-play) and Terry Mills (color)
Betting Line: Memphis -1, over/under 153.5
Things to know
• Michigan head coach Juwan Howard made the trip with the Wolverines, but it’s unknown whether or not he’ll be on the bench this week. He’s recovering from a Sept. 15 heart procedure.
• Michigan and Memphis are tied 2-2 in the all-time series. All four games have been part of a preseason tournament, including the 1986 Preseason NIT (L, 82-76), 1988 Maui Classic (W, 79-74), 1996 Rainbow Classic (L, 73-72) and 2011 Maui Invitational (W, 73-61).
• When Michigan and Memphis square off in the opening round, it will pit two former college and NBA legends against each other — Juwan Howard vs. Penny Hardaway — whose careers mirror each other. Howard is in his fifth season coaching his alma mater (79-48) and played 19 years in the NBA. Hardaway is in his sixth season coaching at alma mater (113-52). He played 15 seasons in the NBA.
• After an opening loss at the 2015 event (No. 18 UConn, 74-60), Michigan has won its last five games, including the 2019 championship in its two previous visits. In 2015, Michigan had an 88-68 decision over Elon (Nov. 16) in a pre-travel campus matchup. After heading to Paradise Island, U-M dropped its opening game 74-60 to No. 18 UConn (Nov. 25) before rallying with wins over Charlotte (102-47, Nov. 26) and Texas (78-72, Nov. 27). In 2019, Michigan dazzled in Howard’s first season at U-M, winning Battle 4 Atlantis. Following an opening 83-76 win over Iowa State, the Maize and Blue posted back-to-back wins against No. 6 North Carolina (73-64) and No. 8 Gonzaga (82-64).
