Women's Basketball Alumni Tailgate September 8th

From the alumni web site:

Women's Basketball Fall Event

September 8, 2007 Save the date!
All Michigan Women's Basketball Alumni, please mark your calendars now for Fall Football Tailgate!

Michigan Women's Basketball Alumni and guests are invited to the Fall Football Tailgate on Saturday, Sept. 8 at the outdoor tent located on the East side grass of Crisler Arena from 12:00-3:00 p.m. befor the start of the football game kickoff at 3:30 p.m. between Michigan vs. Oregon

More information will be sent to all Alumni, and please check the Alumni website for updates.

Hope to see you in September!

For more information, contact Lisa Savoury at 734-763-1443

2007-8 Roster

The new roster is now posted on mgoblue.com. Veronica Hicks (the teams lone freshman) will wear number 3.

Two verbal commitments

Hat tip to mzonefan and TruBlue on umgoblue.com. It appears Michigan has picked up two verbal commitments for next year: Jamillya Hardley of Grand Rapids Christian and Carmen Reynolds of Hilliard Davidson (in Ohio).

Hardley: (article posted 8/21/07)

http://www.michladyballers.com/today_s_news

Reynolds:

http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/080907/Hilliard/Sports/080907-Sports-399494.html

Full Schedule Announced

Posted here, on mgoblue.com. Most times are still TBA.

Big Ten Schedule Officially Released

Link to schedule. So far, no times announced.

Purdue gets probation

From Purdue's Student Newspaper:

Purdue University has been put on two years probation for minor and major violations made by the women’s basketball program, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions announed today.

In addition to probation, the NCAA declared that the women’s basketball team will lose two scholarships and that former assistant coach Katrina Merriweather will face a three-year show-cause penalty.

In February 2006, Purdue officials suspended guard Cherelle George and Merriweather for possible NCAA violations. Almost two months later, George was declared permanently ineligible and Merriweather resigned. An internal investigation by Purdue found six possible violations.

Article in the Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily has an article about the new men's and women's basketball coaches at Michigan. A nice quote from Carly Benson:

"My decision to (turn down Wisconsin-Green Bay to) go to Michigan had nothing to do with coach Borseth," Benson said. "He was the whole reason I originally wanted to go to Green Bay. Now I feel like I have the best of both worlds with him here as the coach."

Big Ten Schedule

From mgoblue.com. No times yet:

12/30/2007 W Basketball - vs. Iowa Ann Arbor
1/3/2008 W Basketball - at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio
1/6/2008 W Basketball - vs. Northwestern Ann Arbor
1/10/2008 W Basketball - at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind.
1/13/2008 W Basketball - vs. Michigan State Ann Arbor
1/17/2008 W Basketball - at Wisconsin Madison, Wis.
1/20/2008 W Basketball - at Penn State State College, Pa.
1/24/2008 W Basketball - vs. Indiana Ann Arbor
1/27/2008 W Basketball - at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
1/31/2008 W Basketball - at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich.
2/4/2008 W Basketball - vs. Illinois Ann Arbor
2/7/2008 W Basketball - vs. Penn State Ann Arbor
2/14/2008 W Basketball - at Northwestern Evanston, Ill.
2/17/2008 W Basketball - at Indiana Bloomington, Ind.
2/21/2008 W Basketball - vs. Purdue Ann Arbor
2/24/2008 W Basketball - at Illinois Champaign, Ill.
2/28/2008 W Basketball - vs. Wisconsin Ann Arbor
3/2/2008 W Basketball - vs. Minnesota Ann Arbor
3/6/2008 W Basketball - First Round - Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.
3/7/2008 W Basketball - Quarterfinals - Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.
3/8/2008 W Basketball - Semifinals - Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.
3/9/2008 W Basketball - Championship Game - Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.

Non Conference Schedule

Two games at the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament have been added, so the non-conference schedule looks like:

11/3/2007 W Basketball - vs. Lake Superior State Ann Arbor 12:00 p.m.
11/10/2007 W Basketball - vs. Akron Ann Arbor TBA
11/13/2007 W Basketball - at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio TBA
11/19/2007 W Basketball - at Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. TBA
11/23/2007 W Basketball - vs Iowa State - Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament, Nashville, Tenn, TBA
11/25/2007 W Basketball - vs Vanderbilt or Belmont - Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament, Nashville, Tenn, TBA
11/29/2007 W Basketball - at Texas A&M College Station, Texas TBA
12/2/2007 W Basketball - at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. TBA
12/8/2007 W Basketball - vs. Kentucky Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.
12/10/2007 W Basketball - vs. Southern Cal Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.
12/21/2007 W Basketball - vs. Ohio Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.

Schedule

Hat tip to mzonefan on umgoblue.com who found this information. A quick search today shows no new games - I would guess there will be a couple of additions to the non conference schedule.

11/3/2007 W Basketball - vs. Lake Superior State Ann Arbor 12:00 p.m.
11/10/2007 W Basketball - vs. Akron Ann Arbor TBA
11/13/2007 W Basketball - at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio TBA
11/19/2007 W Basketball - at Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. TBA
11/29/2007 W Basketball - at Texas A&M College Station, Texas TBA
12/2/2007 W Basketball - at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. TBA
12/8/2007 W Basketball - vs. Kentucky Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.
12/10/2007 W Basketball - vs. Southern Cal Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.
12/21/2007 W Basketball - vs. Ohio Ann Arbor 7:00 p.m.

Big Ten Coaches

Ok, its the off season, and things are slow. From Women's Hoops Blog, a synopsis of a article in the premium section of scout.com:

In the pay-for-it section of Full Court, Sharon reflects on the new crop of Big Ten coaches. Her predictions: success at Penn State and Illinois, a good choice with some question marks at Michigan, and a serious disappointment for the only-recently-really-good Spartans. (But how can Kevin Borseth be "a jerk" if his players "love him"?)

Not having read the original article, I have no idea why Coach Borseth was labeled a jerk, nor why Suzy Merchant would be considered a disappointment (at least at this point).

Badgers head down under

The University of Wisconsin Women's Basketball team is heading to Australia and New Zealand for a four game tour. (Hat tip to Girls Basketball Recruiting Blog.) It should be a great experience for the players, and the extra practices (and games) should help the team.

Maybe Coach Borseth will be able to arrange a foreign tour for the Wolverines one of these upcoming summers.