Banner Unveiling to Kick Off 2025-26 Opener with Oakland in Crisler – University of Michigan Athletics

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• Pregame Banner Raising (2025 Big Ten Tournament)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The seventh-ranked University of Michigan men’s basketball team will open the 2025-26 season by raising its 2025 Big Ten Tournament championship banner before hosting Oakland on Monday (Nov. 3) at Crisler Center. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m., with FS1 providing coverage featuring Connor Onion (play-by-play) and Steve Smith (analyst).

Notes

• Michigan will open the 2025-26 season by raising its 2025 Big Ten Tournament championship banner at Crisler Center. The Wolverines earned a double-bye and won three games in three days to claim their fourth Big Ten Tournament title (1998, 2017, 2018, 2025).

• U-M opened the tournament with an 86-68 win over Purdue, sparked by a 17-4 first-half run. Danny Wolf (19 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists) and Vladislav Goldin (15 points, 8 rebounds) combined to shoot 14-for-20. In the semifinal, Tre Donaldson’s coast-to-coast buzzer-beater lifted U-M past Maryland, 81-80. He finished with 12 points and a career-high nine assists. Michigan rallied from 11 down to defeat Wisconsin, 59-53, in the championship — closing on a 32-15 run behind defensive stops and clutch free throws from Most Outstanding Player Goldin (11 points, five rebounds) and Wolf (eight points, eight rebounds.

• Michigan will begin the 2025-26 campaign ranked No. 7 in the AP Preseason Poll — the program’s highest opening position since 2021-22 and its seventh top-10 preseason ranking since 2012. The Wolverines are one of six Big Ten teams featured in the preseason top 25, joining No. 1 Purdue, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 24 Wisconsin.

• Michigan tips off its 110th season of basketball against Oakland. The Wolverines are 89-20 all-time in season openers — and have won 22 consecutive season openers, dating back to 2002-03.

• The opener against Oakland marks the fifth time the programs have met to start a season. Michigan has a 3-1 record in those matchups: Nov. 19, 1999: W, 82-62 (Ann Arbor), Nov. 17, 2000: L, 97-90 (Rochester), Nov. 16, 2001: W, 81-73 (Ann Arbor) and Nov. 21, 2003: W, 84-58 (Ann Arbor).

• Oakland opened with a pair of exhibition victories — defeating Alma College (111-77) and Rochester Christian (99-90). Warren Marshall IV led the way with 20 points against Alma, while Tuburu Naivalurua poured in 28 versus Rochester Christian.

• Oakland’s matchup at No. 7 Michigan (Nov. 3) begins a daunting three-game stretch against top-10 opponents. The Golden Grizzlies will face No. 1 Purdue (Nov. 7) and No. 2 Houston (Nov. 12) following their trip to Ann Arbor.

• Oakland was picked second in the Horizon League preseason poll, trailing only the favorite Milwaukee. Naivalurua, the league’s top returning scorer and rebounder, was selected as the Preseason Horizon League Player of the Year.

• Greg Kampe enters his 42nd season at the helm — the longest-tenured active head coach in Division I. A Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Kampe owns 715 career wins, ranking ninth among active Division I coaches and having guided Oakland through its transition from Division II to Division I and four NCAA Tournament appearances.

• Over the last three seasons, Dusty May owns an 87-22 record (.798), averaging 29 wins per year across his tenures at Florida Atlantic (2022-24) and Michigan (2024-25).