Background Information

The Michigan Wolverines basketball team has always been a very successful athletics program of the University of Michigan. The team participates in the NCAAs (the National Collegiate Athletics Association) Division I and in the Big 10 Conference.

During the long history of the teams existence, the Michigan Wolverines became a twelve-time Big Ten winner and have the 1998 inaugural Big Ten Tournament award. Six times the basketball team participated in the NCAA Final Four (in 1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992, and 1993). In 1989 the Michigan Wolverines became the national champions, at that time their head coach was Steve Fisher. The current basketball head coach is Tommy Amaker. There are several world-famous players who played in the Michigan Wolverines basketball team, like Gary Grant, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Rumeal Robinson, and Terry Mills, to name but a few.

At the end of the 90s the basketball team was accused of receiving payments from a booster. The authorities banned the teams playing for the whole 2002-2003 season. The team made a voluntary step by canceling all results of the previous years, including their participation in the Final Four in 1992.

The Michigan Wolverines are playing at the Crisler Arena, which was opened in 1967. Situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it seats almost fourteen thousand people. The facility was named after one of the Michigan Wolverines coaches, who led the team from 1938 to 1947 and later became the universitys athletics director.

The Michigan Wolverines are known for their steady participation in the Olympic Games which always attract many spectators who buy the tickets to see some unforgettable competitions. Lets make an example: only in 2004 there were 178 athletes and coaches from the University of Michigan. The university boasts of its gold students who became the best in their kind of sport. Michigan sportsmen represent twenty-two countries. Thirty of them became two-time Olympic medal winners. The number of medals won totals 116 (among which, fifty-four gold, twenty-seven silver and thirty-five bronze medals).

The main rival of the Michigan Wolverines is the Ohio State which is thought to be one of the strongest American teams. They met a lot of times, mostly in the final games. Another rival is the University of Minnesota with which the Michigan Wolverines had a rich confrontation history.

The Michigan Wolverines are not only professional basketball players, but also experienced football, ice hockey, volleyball, golf, tennis, water polo, soccer and baseball players. If you are interested in one of these kinds of sports simply buy a ticket to see the exciting games of the Michigan Wolverines. The Michigan Wolverines tickets will give you a wonderful opportunity to relax and watch a captivating match with professional basketball figures at play. Vividseats.com ticket broker offers you a great variety of tickets to choose from.