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Newsstand: Michigan women's basketball has NCAA Tournament draw

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Michigan women’s basketball has its draw for the NCAA Tournament. The Maize and Blue are a No. 6 seed in the South Bend region, set to take on No. 11 seed Iowa State Friday (March 21) at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN2.

Here are some notes on the Wolverines from MGoBlue.com:

• U-M is making its seventh straight and 13th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament in this year’s event. It is the first time Michigan has ever earned seven consecutive bids to the NCAA Tournament in program history. U-M is 11-12 all-time in the NCAA Tournament over its previous 12 appearances. Michigan has two Sweet 16 appearances in school history (2021, 2022) and an Elite Eight appearance in 2022. U-M has advanced to the second round in 1990, 2001, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2023.

• J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family head women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico is making her 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with the first four berths coming at St. John’s. Barnes Arico is 14-11 in the NCAA Tournament, with her teams winning at least one game in 10 of her previous 11 appearances. She is 9-7 as the Michigan head coach in the NCAA Tournament. KBA is also the Michigan program leader with eight NCAA Tournament appearances as head coach, accounting for more than 60 percent of Michigan’s berths.

• Michigan is the No. 6 seed in the Birmingham 3 region, tying for the second-best seed in program history. It is the third time U-M has grabbed a six seed, with the other two coming in 2021 when the tournament was in San Antonio and in 2023 when U-M played at LSU. Michigan made the Sweet 16 as a No. 6 seed in 2021.

• A record-setting 12 Big Ten Conference schools received berths into the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The 12 berths are the top mark among all Division I conferences, followed by the SEC (10), ACC (8) and Big 12 (7). UCLA, USC, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Indiana, Nebraska and Washington will be joining the Maize and Blue in the tournament.

Michigan men’s basketball held an open practice at Ball Arena in Denver Wednesday and will take on UC San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament tonight around 10 p.m. ET.

Some clips from Michigan football’s first spring practice, which took place Tuesday.

Michigan junior forward/center Danny Wolf speaks on what’s ahead of the Wolverines.

Quote Of The Day

“We’ve just taken a lot of pride, and we don’t know what it’s going to look like tomorrow. We have no idea how we’re going to win this game but we believe that we’re going to, and we’re going to figure it out during the game, whatever the game is going to — the game is going to tell us something and we’re equipped because of our league, because of our pre-conference schedule to figure out a way to win that game.”

— Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May

Headlines Of The Day

• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: WATCH: Dusty May, Michigan players preview NCAA Tournament matchup with UC San Diego
• Clayton Sayfie, Chris Balas and Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Podcast: From Denver — vibe check, preview, picks for Michigan vs. UC San Diego
• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Blue Chips: Early buzz on top Michigan targets following visits
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan freshman wideout made the first ‘wow’ play of spring practice, more on other standouts

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