. "12"^^ . "horizontal"@en . . "Norfolk State"@en . . "RV"@en . . "arizona"@en . . . "150"^^ . "Lake Forest, Illinois"@en . "Northeastern Huskies"@en . "Saginaw Valley State Cardinals"@en . . "Blake McLimans"@en . . . . . "Jevohn Shepherd"@en . . "NR"@en . . . . . . . "The 2008\u201309 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008\u201309 NCAA Division I season. The 2008\u201309 season marked the team's ninety-second consecutive season as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Big Ten Conference. The team finished the season with a 21\u201314 overall record and a 9\u20139 conference record. The 9\u20139 conference record tied for seventh place in the 2008\u201309 Big Ten conference standings. Michigan was seeded seventh in the single-elimination 2009 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament where it advanced one round. They were seeded tenth in the South Regional bracket of the single-elimination 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where it also advanced one round before losing to the Blake Griffin-led Oklahoma Sooners. Jevohn Shepherd and David Merritt served as team co-captains, and Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims shared team MVP honors. The 2008\u201309 season marked a turnaround for the team for several reasons. The team rebounded from a 10\u201322 overall record and a 5\u201313 conference record during the previous 2007\u201308 season. The season was highlighted by the team's first two wins in eleven years against teams ranked among the top five in the AP Poll, and by the team's first trip to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament since the 1998 tournament. Although the team had appeared in the 1998 NCAA tournament, the last appearance in the NCAA tournament that had been recognized in official NCAA records as not having been tainted by the University of Michigan basketball scandal was their 1995 tournament appearance. The team was in its first year off scholarship probation, which following the scandal had restricted the number of available scholarships. However, the team continued to be prohibited from affiliating with implicated athletes (Chris Webber, Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock) until 2012, which meant, among other things, that the players could not help the University recruit. The team began the season unranked, but in December 2008 it earned its first place in the top 25 since February 2006. As the season progressed, the team adopted the slogan \"Queme los barcos\", which is Spanish for \"burn the ships\", as a reminder that there was no turning back. For the forty-second consecutive season, the team played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Crisler Arena, which has a capacity of 13,751. John Beilein was in his second season as head coach with the team during the 2008\u20132009 season. At the conclusion of the season, guard Manny Harris was named to the All-Big Ten first team, and forward DeShawn Sims was selected by the Big Ten media to the second team and chosen by the Big Ten coaches for the third team."@en . . . "A basketball player in a dark blue uniform has the ball in his hands in the open court."@en . . "A basketball player in a dark blue uniform is maneuvering with a basketball while the defender in white is in the air behind his back."@en . "David Merritt"@en . . "Michigan 2009 Basketball Commitments"@en . . "242.5"^^ . . . "center"@en . . . . . "75"^^ . . . "80"^^ . . "Michigan Tech Huskies"@en . . "183"^^ . "85"^^ . "Gibson , Lee , Shepherd , Douglass , and Grady in Duke rematch"@en . "180"^^ . "Florida Gulf Coast University"@en . . "170"^^ . . "89"^^ . "90"^^ . . . "92"^^ . . "Chesterton, Indiana"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "2008-11-08"^^ . "Michigan Tech"@en . "Northeastern University"@en . . . . . "200"^^ . . . "4"^^ . . "2007-05-16"^^ . "5"^^ . . "6"^^ . "0"^^ . . "vertical"@en . "Shepherd , Novak , Lee , and Sims defend against Duke at 2k Sports Classic"@en . "250"^^ . "3"^^ . . "2008-10-28"^^ . . . . "8"^^ . . . "10"^^ . "11"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Jordan Morgan"@en . . . . . "Michigan Wolverines Logo.svg"@en . . . "Left to right: Michigan's top 4 scorers: Harris, Sims, Novak, and Lucas-Perry vs. Ohio State in 1989 Michigan Championship throwback uniforms and #5: Douglass vs. Illinois"@en . "Michigan Tech Huskies"@en . . . . . . "100"^^ . . "A basketball player in a dark blue uniform is shooting a jump shot over the outstreched arm of a defender in white."@en . . . "4"^^ . . "112"^^ . . "Basketball"@en . . "3"^^ . . . . . "Basketball players in maize uniforms look on as coach gives instructions in the huddle."@en . . . . . . . "2007"^^ . "Transfer"@en . . "2008"^^ . . "2009"^^ . . . . . . . . "left/right/center"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "men"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "20010140"^^ . . . . . . "2008"^^ . "2009"^^ . "21"^^ . . "2007"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "3"^^ . . . . . "1"^^ . . "4"^^ . . . . . "Florida Gulf Coast"@en . "North Carolina Central University"@en . . "Saginaw Valley State University"@en . "A team of basketball players are huddled together on a basketball court. The entire team is reaching to the center with one arm so that their hands touch."@en . . "4.5"^^ . . . . . "Ben Cronin"@en . . "The 2008\u201309 Michigan Wolverine's Top five scorers"@en . . . "Two opposing basketball teams on a basketball court with a team in dark blue uniforms at the free throw line. One team is in white uniforms with names on the back and the other is dark blue with the word Michigan on the front and names on the back."@en . . "130238"^^ . . . . . "18"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "0"^^ . . . "The 2008\u201309 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008\u201309 NCAA Division I season. The 2008\u201309 season marked the team's ninety-second consecutive season as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Big Ten Conference. The team finished the season with a 21\u201314 overall record and a 9\u20139 conference record. The 9\u20139 conference record tied for seventh place in the 2008\u201309 Big Ten conference standings. Michigan was seeded seventh in the single-elimination 2009 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament where it advanced one round. They were seeded tenth in the South Regional bracket of the single-elimination 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where it also advanced one "@en . "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles"@en . . . . "Detroit, Michigan"@en . "Michigan Technological University"@en . . . . "Flint, Michigan"@en . "Matt Vogrich"@en . "106"^^ . . "2009-04-07"^^ . "2007-12-09"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Big Ten Conference"@en . . "Florida Gulf Eagles"@en . "19"^^ . "2008-12-02"^^ . . "North Carolina Central"@en . . . . . . . . "second round"@en . . . "Mike Jackson"@en . . "Norfolk State Spartans"@en . . . . . . "182.5"^^ . "162"^^ . "2008\u201309 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team"@en . . . "2008-05-10"^^ . . "Laval Lucas-Perry"@en . . "Michigan Wolverines"@en . "center"@en . . . . "Saginaw Valley State"@en . . . . "20090117"^^ . . . "left/right/center"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Two opposing basketball teams on a basketball court fight for a rebound. One team is in maize uniforms with the word Michigan on the front and names on the back and the other is light blue with the word Duke on the front and names on the back."@en . . . . . . . . . "ESPN"@en . . . "Northeastern"@en . . . "3.5"^^ . . . "Michigan Basketball Commitments"@en . . "20081206"^^ . . "Two opposing basketball teams on a basketball court with a team in white defending the basket behind them. One team is in white uniforms with the word Michigan on the front and names on the back and the other is dark blue with the word Duke on the front and names on the back."@en . . . . . . . "Arizona Basketball Commitments"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2007"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Hamburg , New York"@en . "A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle."@en . . "130"^^ . . . . . "Gibson , Merritt , Lee , and Shepherd against Duke at 2k Sports Classic"@en . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "20090104"^^ . "5"^^ . . . . "yes"@en . . . . . . "right"@en . "North Carolina Central Eagles"@en . . "Big Ten"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "20081121"^^ . "A basketball player in a dark blue uniform is eying a shot with the basketball in his hands at his waist."@en . "8"^^ . . "10"^^ . . . "left"@en . . "0"^^ . . "Lucas-Perry , Grady , and Harris against Ohio State"@en . "Syracuse, New York"@en . "2"^^ . . "3"^^ . . . . . "Two opposing basketball teams on a basketball court. One team is in white uniforms with the word Michigan on the front and names on the back and the other is dark blue with the word Duke on the front and names on the back."@en . . . . . . . . . "Norfolk State University"@en . "Los Angeles, California"@en . . "40"^^ . "9"^^ . "Head coach John Beilein in the huddle as David Merritt and Manny Harris look on."@en . . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "220"^^ . . "210"^^ . . . . "1.5"^^ . . . "michigan"@en . . . "Northeastern Huskies"@en . . "John Mahoney"@en . "Carmel, Indiana"@en . "0"^^ . . . "1121359875"^^ . . . . . "2009"^^ . "Florida-Gulf Coast"@en . "24"^^ . "25"^^ . "The basketball players in maize uniforms are huddled around a man in a white shirt."@en . "22"^^ . . . . . "2007-12-18"^^ . .