 ranked 98th and Burke ranked 94th . Max Bielfeldt committed to Michigan in April despite his family 's ties to the Illinois Fighting Illini . Illinois University 's Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building was endowed by his family . Sai Tummala , who along with Bielfeldt was recruited by Ivy League schools , rounded out the incoming class . Tummala earned an academic scholarship and was considered a walk @-@ on candidate for the basketball team .   Tim Hardaway , Jr . , son of former NBA All @-@ Star Tim Hardaway , returned to the team . He was coming off a freshman season in which he was a unanimous Big Ten All @-@ Freshman , All @-@ Big Ten honorable mention , Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All @-@ America and Team USA FIBA U19 honoree . Jordan Dumars , the son of Detroit Pistons All @-@ Star Joe Dumars , left the team , citing nagging knee issues .   = = = 2011 – 12 team recruits = = =   = = Roster = =   Former team captains Travis Conlan ( 1996 – 97 and 1997 – 98 ) and C.J. Lee ( 2008 – 09 ) served as director of basketball operations and administrative specialist , respectively . Peter Kahler was the team 's video coordinator .   = = Schedule and results = =   Michigan announced its 14 @-@ game non @-@ conference schedule on August 1 , 2011 . The team began the season in a renovated Crisler Arena : new seats and a high @-@ definition scoreboard were added , but seating capacity was reduced to 12 @,@ 721 from 13 @,@ 751 in the previous 10 seasons .   Michigan came in third place in the three @-@ game 2011 Maui Invitational Tournament between November 21 – 23 . The team defeated the eighth @-@ ranked Memphis Tigers 73 – 61 , lost to the sixth @-@ ranked Duke Blue Devils 82 – 75 , and defeated the Pac @-@ 12 favorite UCLA Bruins 79 – 63 . Tim Hardaway , Jr. was named the Big Ten Player of the Week , and Trey Burke was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week . In an ACC – Big Ten Challenge game in late November , Michigan lost to Virginia 70 – 58 . In its next game , Michigan defeated Iowa State 76 – 66 . On December 10 , 2011 , Michigan beat Oakland 90 – 80 , its highest @-@ scoring game since beating Northern Michigan 97 @-@ 50 on November 14 , 2009 . It was also Michigan 's first game since 2002 with three 20 @-@ point scorers ( Hardaway , Burke and Evan Smotrycz ) . Burke earned his second Freshman of the Week honor on December 12 after scoring a season @-@ high 20 points and nine assists in the game . On the same day , Michigan was the highest @-@ rated Big Ten team in the Ratings Percentage Index , although the team trailed several schools in the national polls . In the final two non @-@ conference games of the season , Smotrycz scored his first two double @-@ doubles against Alabama A & M and Bradley on December 17 and December 22 .   Heading into the Big Ten Conference schedule , both of the teams Michigan had lost to were ranked ( Duke was 7th and 5th in the AP and Coaches ' polls and Virginia was 23rd and 24th ) . On December 29 , Michigan won its first Big Ten Conference opener since 2006 – 07 , beating Penn State as Smotrycz extended his double @-@ double streak to three games . On January 2 , Burke earned his first Big Ten Conference Player of the Week honor and his third Freshman of the Week honor for his 40 points in Michigan 's first two conference games . On December 29 against Penn State he posted 13 points , seven assists , five rebounds and no turnovers . On January 1 , 2012 , he added a career @-@ high 27 points on 8 @-@ for @-@ 11 shooting with three rebounds and three assists against Minnesota to earn Big Ten Conference Player of the Week the following day .   On January 19 , Michigan became the leader in the conference with a 5 – 2 record , thanks to conference wins over ranked Wisconsin and Michigan State teams . Michigan remained in first place until losing to Ohio State ten days later . The team went 5 @-@ 2 in conference in February , including wins over ranked Indiana and Ohio State teams . Michigan lost its final home game of the season to Purdue on February 25 to finish with a 15 – 1 home record . On March 1 , the team defeated Illinois for their first road win in Illinois since 1995 . During the game , Michigan 's 30th of the season , Trey Burke broke Gary Grant 's school freshman assists record , set over the course of 30 games in the 1984 @-@ 85 season , by pushing his total to 143 .   In the first game of the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men
Ġranked Ġ98 th Ġand ĠBurke Ġranked Ġ94 th Ġ. ĠMax ĠB iel feld t Ġcommitted Ġto ĠMichigan Ġin ĠApril Ġdespite Ġhis Ġfamily Ġ' s Ġties Ġto Ġthe ĠIllinois ĠFighting ĠIll ini Ġ. ĠIllinois ĠUniversity Ġ' s ĠB iel feld t ĠAthletic ĠAdministration ĠBuilding Ġwas Ġendowed Ġby Ġhis Ġfamily Ġ. ĠSai ĠT umm ala Ġ, Ġwho Ġalong Ġwith ĠB iel feld t Ġwas Ġrecruited Ġby ĠIvy ĠLeague Ġschools Ġ, Ġrounded Ġout Ġthe Ġincoming Ġclass Ġ. ĠT umm ala Ġearned Ġan Ġacademic Ġscholarship Ġand Ġwas Ġconsidered Ġa Ġwalk Ġ@ - @ Ġon Ġcandidate Ġfor Ġthe Ġbasketball Ġteam Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTim ĠHard away Ġ, ĠJr Ġ. Ġ, Ġson Ġof Ġformer ĠNBA ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠStar ĠTim ĠHard away Ġ, Ġreturned Ġto Ġthe Ġteam Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġcoming Ġoff Ġa Ġfreshman Ġseason Ġin Ġwhich Ġhe Ġwas Ġa Ġunanimous ĠBig ĠTen ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠFresh man Ġ, ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠBig ĠTen Ġhonorable Ġmention Ġ, ĠCollege ins ider . com ĠFresh men ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerica Ġand ĠTeam ĠUSA ĠFI BA ĠU 19 Ġhon ore e Ġ. ĠJordan ĠDum ars Ġ, Ġthe Ġson Ġof ĠDetroit ĠPistons ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠStar ĠJoe ĠDum ars Ġ, Ġleft Ġthe Ġteam Ġ, Ġciting Ġn agging Ġknee Ġissues Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ2011 ĠâĢĵ Ġ12 Ġteam Ġrecruits Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠR oster Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFormer Ġteam Ġcaptains ĠTravis ĠCon lan Ġ( Ġ1996 ĠâĢĵ Ġ97 Ġand Ġ1997 ĠâĢĵ Ġ98 Ġ) Ġand ĠC . J . ĠLee Ġ( Ġ2008 ĠâĢĵ Ġ09 Ġ) Ġserved Ġas Ġdirector Ġof Ġbasketball Ġoperations Ġand Ġadministrative Ġspecialist Ġ, Ġrespectively Ġ. ĠPeter ĠKah ler Ġwas Ġthe Ġteam Ġ' s Ġvideo Ġcoordinator Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠSchedule Ġand Ġresults Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠMichigan Ġannounced Ġits Ġ14 Ġ@ - @ Ġgame Ġnon Ġ@ - @ Ġconference Ġschedule Ġon ĠAugust Ġ1 Ġ, Ġ2011 Ġ. ĠThe Ġteam Ġbegan Ġthe Ġseason Ġin Ġa Ġrenovated ĠCris ler ĠArena Ġ: Ġnew Ġseats Ġand Ġa Ġhigh Ġ@ - @ Ġdefinition Ġscoreboard Ġwere Ġadded Ġ, Ġbut Ġseating Ġcapacity Ġwas Ġreduced Ġto Ġ12 Ġ@ , @ Ġ7 21 Ġfrom Ġ13 Ġ@ , @ Ġ7 51 Ġin Ġthe Ġprevious Ġ10 Ġseasons Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMichigan Ġcame Ġin Ġthird Ġplace Ġin Ġthe Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġgame Ġ2011 ĠMau i ĠInv itational ĠTournament Ġbetween ĠNovember Ġ21 ĠâĢĵ Ġ23 Ġ. ĠThe Ġteam Ġdefeated Ġthe Ġeighth Ġ@ - @ Ġranked ĠMemphis ĠTigers Ġ73 ĠâĢĵ Ġ61 Ġ, Ġlost Ġto Ġthe Ġsixth Ġ@ - @ Ġranked ĠDuke ĠBlue ĠDevils Ġ82 ĠâĢĵ Ġ75 Ġ, Ġand Ġdefeated Ġthe ĠPac Ġ@ - @ Ġ12 Ġfavorite ĠUCLA ĠBruins Ġ79 ĠâĢĵ Ġ63 Ġ. ĠTim ĠHard away Ġ, ĠJr . Ġwas Ġnamed Ġthe ĠBig ĠTen ĠPlayer Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġ, Ġand ĠTrey ĠBurke Ġwas Ġnamed ĠBig ĠTen ĠFresh man Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġ. ĠIn Ġan ĠACC ĠâĢĵ ĠBig ĠTen ĠChallenge Ġgame Ġin Ġlate ĠNovember Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġlost Ġto ĠVirginia Ġ70 ĠâĢĵ Ġ58 Ġ. ĠIn Ġits Ġnext Ġgame Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġdefeated ĠIowa ĠState Ġ76 ĠâĢĵ Ġ66 Ġ. ĠOn ĠDecember Ġ10 Ġ, Ġ2011 Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġbeat ĠOakland Ġ90 ĠâĢĵ Ġ80 Ġ, Ġits Ġhighest Ġ@ - @ Ġscoring Ġgame Ġsince Ġbeating ĠNorthern ĠMichigan Ġ97 Ġ@ - @ Ġ50 Ġon ĠNovember Ġ14 Ġ, Ġ2009 Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġalso ĠMichigan Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġgame Ġsince Ġ2002 Ġwith Ġthree Ġ20 Ġ@ - @ Ġpoint Ġscore rs Ġ( ĠHard away Ġ, ĠBurke Ġand ĠEvan ĠSm ot ry cz Ġ) Ġ. ĠBurke Ġearned Ġhis Ġsecond ĠFresh man Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġhonor Ġon ĠDecember Ġ12 Ġafter Ġscoring Ġa Ġseason Ġ@ - @ Ġhigh Ġ20 Ġpoints Ġand Ġnine Ġassists Ġin Ġthe Ġgame Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe Ġsame Ġday Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġwas Ġthe Ġhighest Ġ@ - @ Ġrated ĠBig ĠTen Ġteam Ġin Ġthe ĠRatings ĠPercentage ĠIndex Ġ, Ġalthough Ġthe Ġteam Ġtrailed Ġseveral Ġschools Ġin Ġthe Ġnational Ġpolls Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġfinal Ġtwo Ġnon Ġ@ - @ Ġconference Ġgames Ġof Ġthe Ġseason Ġ, ĠSm ot ry cz Ġscored Ġhis Ġfirst Ġtwo Ġdouble Ġ@ - @ Ġdoubles Ġagainst ĠAlabama ĠA Ġ& ĠM Ġand ĠBradley Ġon ĠDecember Ġ17 Ġand ĠDecember Ġ22 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠHe ading Ġinto Ġthe ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference Ġschedule Ġ, Ġboth Ġof Ġthe Ġteams ĠMichigan Ġhad Ġlost Ġto Ġwere Ġranked Ġ( ĠDuke Ġwas Ġ7 th Ġand Ġ5 th Ġin Ġthe ĠAP Ġand ĠCo aches Ġ' Ġpolls Ġand ĠVirginia Ġwas Ġ23 rd Ġand Ġ24 th Ġ) Ġ. ĠOn ĠDecember Ġ29 Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġwon Ġits Ġfirst ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference Ġopener Ġsince Ġ2006 ĠâĢĵ Ġ07 Ġ, Ġbeating ĠPenn ĠState Ġas ĠSm ot ry cz Ġextended Ġhis Ġdouble Ġ@ - @ Ġdouble Ġstreak Ġto Ġthree Ġgames Ġ. ĠOn ĠJanuary Ġ2 Ġ, ĠBurke Ġearned Ġhis Ġfirst ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference ĠPlayer Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġhonor Ġand Ġhis Ġthird ĠFresh man Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġhonor Ġfor Ġhis Ġ40 Ġpoints Ġin ĠMichigan Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġtwo Ġconference Ġgames Ġ. ĠOn ĠDecember Ġ29 Ġagainst ĠPenn ĠState Ġhe Ġposted Ġ13 Ġpoints Ġ, Ġseven Ġassists Ġ, Ġfive Ġrebounds Ġand Ġno Ġturnovers Ġ. ĠOn ĠJanuary Ġ1 Ġ, Ġ2012 Ġ, Ġhe Ġadded Ġa Ġcareer Ġ@ - @ Ġhigh Ġ27 Ġpoints Ġon Ġ8 Ġ@ - @ Ġfor Ġ@ - @ Ġ11 Ġshooting Ġwith Ġthree Ġrebounds Ġand Ġthree Ġassists Ġagainst ĠMinnesota Ġto Ġearn ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference ĠPlayer Ġof Ġthe ĠWeek Ġthe Ġfollowing Ġday Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOn ĠJanuary Ġ19 Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġbecame Ġthe Ġleader Ġin Ġthe Ġconference Ġwith Ġa Ġ5 ĠâĢĵ Ġ2 Ġrecord Ġ, Ġthanks Ġto Ġconference Ġwins Ġover Ġranked ĠWisconsin Ġand ĠMichigan ĠState Ġteams Ġ. ĠMichigan Ġremained Ġin Ġfirst Ġplace Ġuntil Ġlosing Ġto ĠOhio ĠState Ġten Ġdays Ġlater Ġ. ĠThe Ġteam Ġwent Ġ5 Ġ@ - @ Ġ2 Ġin Ġconference Ġin ĠFebruary Ġ, Ġincluding Ġwins Ġover Ġranked ĠIndiana Ġand ĠOhio ĠState Ġteams Ġ. ĠMichigan Ġlost Ġits Ġfinal Ġhome Ġgame Ġof Ġthe Ġseason Ġto ĠPurdue Ġon ĠFebruary Ġ25 Ġto Ġfinish Ġwith Ġa Ġ15 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1 Ġhome Ġrecord Ġ. ĠOn ĠMarch Ġ1 Ġ, Ġthe Ġteam Ġdefeated ĠIllinois Ġfor Ġtheir Ġfirst Ġroad Ġwin Ġin ĠIllinois Ġsince Ġ1995 Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġgame Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġ' s Ġ30 th Ġof Ġthe Ġseason Ġ, ĠTrey ĠBurke Ġbroke ĠGary ĠGrant Ġ' s Ġschool Ġfreshman Ġassists Ġrecord Ġ, Ġset Ġover Ġthe Ġcourse Ġof Ġ30 Ġgames Ġin Ġthe Ġ1984 Ġ@ - @ Ġ85 Ġseason Ġ, Ġby Ġpushing Ġhis Ġtotal Ġto Ġ143 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġthe Ġfirst Ġgame Ġof Ġthe Ġ2012 ĠBig ĠTen ĠConference ĠMen