 's Basketball Tournament against Minnesota , Burke led the team to victory with a career @-@ high 30 points . Burke 's total was a school record for the Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament . In the semifinal contest , however , Michigan was eliminated by Ohio State for the third year in a row . Michigan entered the 2012 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament seeded fourth , but lost to the thirteenth @-@ seeded Ohio Bobcats 65 – 60 . Burke became Michigan 's first Associated Press All @-@ American honoree since Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock in 1998 .   Stu Douglass concluded the season as the school 's all @-@ time leader in games played , with 136 . He surpassed Loy Vaught , who played in 135 games . Novak set the school record in career minutes played with 4 @,@ 357 , surpassing Louis Bullock , who played 4 @,@ 356 minutes . Burke had a school record @-@ setting freshman season in assists , ending the year with 156 .   = = Statistics = =   The team posted the following statistics :   = = Rankings = =   = = Watchlists and awards = =   = = = Preseason = = =   Five of the 30 nominees for the men 's basketball Lowe 's Senior CLASS Award were from the Big Ten , including Michigan 's Zack Novak .   = = = In @-@ season = = =   Trey Burke was one of nearly 60 Bob Cousy Award candidates named in December 2011 . On January 4 , Burke was one of 20 finalists . On January 25 , Novak was named one of ten finalists for the Lowe 's Senior CLASS Award along with three other Big Ten athletes . He was also one of four Big Ten men 's basketball players named Academic All @-@ District , putting him among the 40 finalists for the 15 @-@ man Academic All @-@ America team . Novak was named a third team Academic All @-@ American .   = = = Accolades and honors = = =   Trey Burke   CBSSports.com Second Team All @-@ American   Big Ten Freshman of the Year ( Big Ten media )   Co @-@ Big Ten Freshman of the Year ( Sporting News )   All @-@ Big Ten ( second team , coaches and media )   All @-@ Freshman ( unanimous )   USBWA All @-@ District V Team   Tim Hardaway   All @-@ Big Ten ( third team , coaches and media )   Zack Novak   Academic All @-@ District   Academic All @-@ American ( third team )   All @-@ Big Ten ( honorable mention , media )   Academic All @-@ Big Ten   Josh Bartelstein   Academic All @-@ Big Ten   Matt Vogrich   Academic All @-@ Big Ten   = = Roster changes = =   The team lost senior captains Stu Douglass and Zack Novak as well as senior reserve Corey Person to graduation following the season . Person was later granted an extra year of eligibility to return to the team . At the end of the season , three players ( Evan Smotrycz , Carlton Brundidge and Colton Christian ) decided to leave the program . Smotrycz , who had started in 42 of the 69 games he played in during his first two years , left the program as the program 's fifth all @-@ time three @-@ point shooter with a percentage of 40 @.@ 5 . Smotrycz transferred to Maryland , Brundidge transferred to Detroit and Christian transferred to Florida International .   Following the season , Trey Burke first said he was not inclined to enter the 2012 NBA Draft . A few days later , however , the realization that the pool of point guards in the 2012 draft was shallow and Burke 's stock was high led to some deliberation for him and his family : " When you have a season as a freshman like he did , the NBA , they like them young , " Trey 's father , Benji Burke said . " They think their ceiling is higher when they 're young . Trey had ... a solid season for a freshman . It 's going to be one of the weaker point guard drafts in years . " Some observers thought Burke was at his peak in terms of NBA potential . Eventually , he decided to return to play for Michigan for another year .   = = = 2012 – 13 team recruits = = =   The team announced in September 2010 that Glenn Robinson III , son of former first overall NBA Draft pick Glenn Robinson , verbally agreed to attend Michigan , making him the first commitment in the school 's class of 2012 . Canadian wing guard Nik Stauskas gave Michigan its second verbal commitment for the class of 2012 on March 26 , 2011 . On November 3 , Mitch McGary , who was
Ġ' s ĠBasketball ĠTournament Ġagainst ĠMinnesota Ġ, ĠBurke Ġled Ġthe Ġteam Ġto Ġvictory Ġwith Ġa Ġcareer Ġ@ - @ Ġhigh Ġ30 Ġpoints Ġ. ĠBurke Ġ' s Ġtotal Ġwas Ġa Ġschool Ġrecord Ġfor Ġthe ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference ĠMen Ġ' s ĠBasketball ĠTournament Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġsemif inal Ġcontest Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġwas Ġeliminated Ġby ĠOhio ĠState Ġfor Ġthe Ġthird Ġyear Ġin Ġa Ġrow Ġ. ĠMichigan Ġentered Ġthe Ġ2012 ĠNCAA ĠMen Ġ' s ĠDivision ĠI ĠBasketball ĠTournament Ġseeded Ġfourth Ġ, Ġbut Ġlost Ġto Ġthe Ġth ir teenth Ġ@ - @ Ġseeded ĠOhio ĠBob cats Ġ65 ĠâĢĵ Ġ60 Ġ. ĠBurke Ġbecame ĠMichigan Ġ' s Ġfirst ĠAssociated ĠPress ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġhon ore e Ġsince ĠRobert ĠTr aylor Ġand ĠLouis ĠBull ock Ġin Ġ1998 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt u ĠDou glass Ġconcluded Ġthe Ġseason Ġas Ġthe Ġschool Ġ' s Ġall Ġ@ - @ Ġtime Ġleader Ġin Ġgames Ġplayed Ġ, Ġwith Ġ136 Ġ. ĠHe Ġsurpassed ĠL oy ĠV aught Ġ, Ġwho Ġplayed Ġin Ġ135 Ġgames Ġ. ĠNov ak Ġset Ġthe Ġschool Ġrecord Ġin Ġcareer Ġminutes Ġplayed Ġwith Ġ4 Ġ@ , @ Ġ357 Ġ, Ġsurpass ing ĠLouis ĠBull ock Ġ, Ġwho Ġplayed Ġ4 Ġ@ , @ Ġ356 Ġminutes Ġ. ĠBurke Ġhad Ġa Ġschool Ġrecord Ġ@ - @ Ġsetting Ġfreshman Ġseason Ġin Ġassists Ġ, Ġending Ġthe Ġyear Ġwith Ġ156 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠStatistics Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġposted Ġthe Ġfollowing Ġstatistics Ġ: Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRankings Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠWatch lists Ġand Ġawards Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠPre season Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFive Ġof Ġthe Ġ30 Ġnominees Ġfor Ġthe Ġmen Ġ' s Ġbasketball ĠLowe Ġ' s ĠSenior ĠCLASS ĠAward Ġwere Ġfrom Ġthe ĠBig ĠTen Ġ, Ġincluding ĠMichigan Ġ' s ĠZack ĠNov ak Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠIn Ġ@ - @ Ġseason Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠTrey ĠBurke Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġnearly Ġ60 ĠBob ĠCous y ĠAward Ġcandidates Ġnamed Ġin ĠDecember Ġ2011 Ġ. ĠOn ĠJanuary Ġ4 Ġ, ĠBurke Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġ20 Ġfinalists Ġ. ĠOn ĠJanuary Ġ25 Ġ, ĠNov ak Ġwas Ġnamed Ġone Ġof Ġten Ġfinalists Ġfor Ġthe ĠLowe Ġ' s ĠSenior ĠCLASS ĠAward Ġalong Ġwith Ġthree Ġother ĠBig ĠTen Ġathletes Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġalso Ġone Ġof Ġfour ĠBig ĠTen Ġmen Ġ' s Ġbasketball Ġplayers Ġnamed ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠDistrict Ġ, Ġputting Ġhim Ġamong Ġthe Ġ40 Ġfinalists Ġfor Ġthe Ġ15 Ġ@ - @ Ġman ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerica Ġteam Ġ. ĠNov ak Ġwas Ġnamed Ġa Ġthird Ġteam ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠAcc ol ades Ġand Ġhonors Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠTrey ĠBurke Ġ Ġ ĠCBS Sports . com ĠSecond ĠTeam ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġ Ġ ĠBig ĠTen ĠFresh man Ġof Ġthe ĠYear Ġ( ĠBig ĠTen Ġmedia Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠCo Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen ĠFresh man Ġof Ġthe ĠYear Ġ( ĠSporting ĠNews Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ( Ġsecond Ġteam Ġ, Ġcoaches Ġand Ġmedia Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠFresh man Ġ( Ġunanimous Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠUSB WA ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠDistrict ĠV ĠTeam Ġ Ġ ĠTim ĠHard away Ġ Ġ ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ( Ġthird Ġteam Ġ, Ġcoaches Ġand Ġmedia Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠZack ĠNov ak Ġ Ġ ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠDistrict Ġ Ġ ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġ( Ġthird Ġteam Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ( Ġhonorable Ġmention Ġ, Ġmedia Ġ) Ġ Ġ ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ Ġ ĠJosh ĠBart el stein Ġ Ġ ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ Ġ ĠMatt ĠVog rich Ġ Ġ ĠAcademic ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠR oster Ġchanges Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġlost Ġsenior Ġcaptains ĠSt u ĠDou glass Ġand ĠZack ĠNov ak Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġsenior Ġreserve ĠCorey ĠPerson Ġto Ġgraduation Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġseason Ġ. ĠPerson Ġwas Ġlater Ġgranted Ġan Ġextra Ġyear Ġof Ġeligibility Ġto Ġreturn Ġto Ġthe Ġteam Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġseason Ġ, Ġthree Ġplayers Ġ( ĠEvan ĠSm ot ry cz Ġ, ĠCarlton ĠBru nd idge Ġand ĠCol ton ĠChristian Ġ) Ġdecided Ġto Ġleave Ġthe Ġprogram Ġ. ĠSm ot ry cz Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġstarted Ġin Ġ42 Ġof Ġthe Ġ69 Ġgames Ġhe Ġplayed Ġin Ġduring Ġhis Ġfirst Ġtwo Ġyears Ġ, Ġleft Ġthe Ġprogram Ġas Ġthe Ġprogram Ġ' s Ġfifth Ġall Ġ@ - @ Ġtime Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġpoint Ġshooter Ġwith Ġa Ġpercentage Ġof Ġ40 Ġ@ . @ Ġ5 Ġ. ĠSm ot ry cz Ġtransferred Ġto ĠMaryland Ġ, ĠBru nd idge Ġtransferred Ġto ĠDetroit Ġand ĠChristian Ġtransferred Ġto ĠFlorida ĠInternational Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFollowing Ġthe Ġseason Ġ, ĠTrey ĠBurke Ġfirst Ġsaid Ġhe Ġwas Ġnot Ġinclined Ġto Ġenter Ġthe Ġ2012 ĠNBA ĠDraft Ġ. ĠA Ġfew Ġdays Ġlater Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġrealization Ġthat Ġthe Ġpool Ġof Ġpoint Ġguards Ġin Ġthe Ġ2012 Ġdraft Ġwas Ġshallow Ġand ĠBurke Ġ' s Ġstock Ġwas Ġhigh Ġled Ġto Ġsome Ġdeliber ation Ġfor Ġhim Ġand Ġhis Ġfamily Ġ: Ġ" ĠWhen Ġyou Ġhave Ġa Ġseason Ġas Ġa Ġfreshman Ġlike Ġhe Ġdid Ġ, Ġthe ĠNBA Ġ, Ġthey Ġlike Ġthem Ġyoung Ġ, Ġ" ĠTrey Ġ' s Ġfather Ġ, ĠBen ji ĠBurke Ġsaid Ġ. Ġ" ĠThey Ġthink Ġtheir Ġceiling Ġis Ġhigher Ġwhen Ġthey Ġ' re Ġyoung Ġ. ĠTrey Ġhad Ġ... Ġa Ġsolid Ġseason Ġfor Ġa Ġfreshman Ġ. ĠIt Ġ' s Ġgoing Ġto Ġbe Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġweaker Ġpoint Ġguard Ġdrafts Ġin Ġyears Ġ. Ġ" ĠSome Ġobservers Ġthought ĠBurke Ġwas Ġat Ġhis Ġpeak Ġin Ġterms Ġof ĠNBA Ġpotential Ġ. ĠEventually Ġ, Ġhe Ġdecided Ġto Ġreturn Ġto Ġplay Ġfor ĠMichigan Ġfor Ġanother Ġyear Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ2012 ĠâĢĵ Ġ13 Ġteam Ġrecruits Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġannounced Ġin ĠSeptember Ġ2010 Ġthat ĠGlenn ĠRobinson ĠIII Ġ, Ġson Ġof Ġformer Ġfirst Ġoverall ĠNBA ĠDraft Ġpick ĠGlenn ĠRobinson Ġ, Ġverbally Ġagreed Ġto Ġattend ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġmaking Ġhim Ġthe Ġfirst Ġcommitment Ġin Ġthe Ġschool Ġ' s Ġclass Ġof Ġ2012 Ġ. ĠCanadian Ġwing Ġguard ĠNik ĠSt aus kas Ġgave ĠMichigan Ġits Ġsecond Ġverbal Ġcommitment Ġfor Ġthe Ġclass Ġof Ġ2012 Ġon ĠMarch Ġ26 Ġ, Ġ2011 Ġ. ĠOn ĠNovember Ġ3 Ġ, ĠMitch ĠMcG ary Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas