Derrick Walton Jr.'s journey has been filled with thrills, injuries, peaks and valleys. Now the senior point guard is playing the best basketball of his career for Michigan down the stretch.
The Big Ten office released its players of the week for Week 7 of conference play Monday. See the award winners, plus watch video highlights, inside.
It's time for my latest ?Three Takes,? and this week I?m offering my thoughts on Wisconsin's six game winning streak, the Wolverines' 3-point shooting and Michigan junior guard Derrick Walton Jr. Get my latest thoughts below. Remember early in the season when Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig had to play great in order for […]
It's been a long road back for Derrick Walton. [ MORE: Like this post? Check out our Gone Viral section! ] The other Michigan guard who missed much of last season, along with preseason first All-Big Ten honoree Caris LeVert, is doing things he couldn't do for the last several months. For example, cutting and […]
While analysts across the nation are busy compiling their super-early 2014-15 hoops polls, I thought I'd go with a more exact-inexact exercise and share my top five 2014-15 breakout candidates. You know the names from this season, but they're certain to be even bigger names next season. Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan. Two names for you: […]
Michigan claimed its first outright Big Ten title since 1986 in Tuesday night's 84-53 victory at Illinois. The Wolverines, who won a share of the 2012 crown, have now been on top of the Big Ten in two of the last three seasons. For fun, I decided to highlight some of the top moments along […]