Michigan has had its way with Iowa in recent years.

JOHN BEILEIN

That might not mean anything to the current Hawkeyes when they visit Ann Arbor for a key Big Ten basketball game Wednesday night.
Iowa, which is 4-1 in the Big Ten and 15-3 overall, has lost to Villanova, at Iowa State and at Wisconsin. All three of the teams that have beaten Iowa are in the current AP Top 25.
The Hawkeyes lead the Big Ten in scoring with 86.8 points per game, and they have outscored opponents by an average of 20.2 ppg, second-best in the country to defending national champion Louisville.
Michigan has won 10 of its last 12 meetings with Iowa, including the last four at Crisler Center.
U-M and coach John Beilein defeated Iowa 95-67 last season.

Michigan has won 20 consecutive home games against non-conference opposition as the Wolverines head into a noon Saturday match-up against No. 1 Arizona at the Crisler Center.
Kansas was the last team from outside the Big Ten to win at Ann Arbor. The Jayhawks took a 67-60 overtime victory on Jan. 9, 2011.
The Wolverines are 2-23 all-time against No. 1-ranked teams.
Michigan has not beaten a top-ranked team since taking down Duke in December 1997.

The Arizona Wildcats will carry a No. 1 national ranking when they face Michigan in a non-league basketball game at Ann Arbor at noon Saturday.
The Wildcats are 9-0, including a victory over Duke.
Arizona is No. 1 in the writers and coaches polls.

How high can John Beilein climb?

The 60-year-old men's basketball coach signed a contract extension at Michigan on Wednesday. He is signed to coach the Wolverines through the 2018-19 season.

Beilein is fourth on the Michigan coaching victories list with 122 at the school.

Johnny Orr leads with 209, followed by Bill Frieder with 191 and Steve Fisher with 181.

Beilein just finished his sixth season as the Wolverines' coach. He led U-M to the national championship game.

Michigan has averaged 20 wins per season under Beilein.

Michigan had to settle for second place, and a tie.

JOHN BEILEIN

Louisville's 82-76 victory over the Wolverines in the NCAA basketball tournament championship game at Atlanta on Monday not only denied U-M its second national championship; it kept Michigan from setting a school record for victories in a season.
With 31 victories to its credit, the 2012-2013 team tied the 1992-93 squad that also won 31 games.
Michigan was undefeated against non-conference opponents this season, until it ran into Louisville. Michigan finished 18-1 against non-league teams.
The 31 victories also was a career coaching high for the Wolverines' John Beilein.
U-M has won 20-plus games in each of the last three seasons.

Gas up the car, NCAA basketball tournament fans from southeast Michigan.

Sites for the 2014 and 2015 tournaments have been selected by the NCAA, and The Palace of Auburn Hills is not on the list. Nor is any other Michigan venue.

Regionals for the 2014 tournament will be held at Memphis, Anaheim, Indianapolis and New York.

The 2015 regionals will be at Cleveland, Los Angeles, Houston and Syracuse.

Dayton will continue to host the First Four games in 2014 and 2015.

Second- and third-round sites for 2014: Buffalo, Milwaukee, Orlando, Spokane, Raleigh, San Antonio, San Diego and St. Louis.

In 2015, second- and third-round sites will be Jacksonville, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Portland, Charlotte, Columbus, Omaha and Seattle.
The 2014 Final Four will be at North Texas (Cowboys Stadium), and the 2015 Final Four at Indianapolis.

In 2013, Michigan and Michigan State won second- and third-round games at the Palace to advance to the South and Midwest regionals, respectively.

Guard Russ Smith led Louisville in scoring in all five of the Cardinals' NCAA tournament games, including their semifinal victory over Wichita State.

Tim Hardaway Jr., left, and Trey Burke

Four different players took scoring honors in Michigan's five tournament games through the semifinals.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led Michigan with 13 in the Wolverines' semifinal win over Syracuse.

Prior to reaching the Final Four, Michigan's tournament scoring leaders were Glenn Robinson III and Hardaway with 21 against South Dakota State; Mitch McGary with 21 against Virginia Commonwealth; McGary with 25 against Kansas and Nik Stauskas with 22 against Florida.

Trey Burke, a sophomore guard who has won multiple national player of the year awards, has not led the Wolverines in scoring in a tournament game this year. Burke had 23 against Kansas.
Louisville defeated North Carolina A&T, Colorado State, Oregon and Duke before meeting Wichita State in the Final Four. Smith has scored at least 21 points in each game, with a high of 31.

John Beilein

Michigan has to defeat a second No. 1 seed in order to win its second NCAA basketball tournament championship.
Coach John Beilein's Wolverines play Louisville, the No. 1 seed from the Midwest Region, in the title game Monday night. U-M was the No. 4 seed in the South Region.
En route to the South championship, Michigan defeated top-seeded Kansas and Florida, the No. 3 seed.
Michigan's other tournament victories came against a 13 seed (South Dakota State), an 8 (Virginia Commonwealth) and a 4 (Syracuse in the Final Four).
Louisville's road to the championship game included wins over a 16 seed (North Carolina A&T), an 8 (Colorado State) a 12 (Oregon) and a 2 (Duke). The Cardinals beat a 9 seed (Wichita State) in the Final Four.
Last year, on its way to the championship, Kentucky beat teams seeded 16, 8, 4, 3, 4 and 2. The Wildcats met the highest-seeded of those teams, No. 2 Kansas, in the championship game.

Michigan must sweep a pair of Big East Conference teams to win its second NCAA basketball championship.

The Wolverines play Louisville for the title Monday night.

In March, the Cardinals beat Syracuse for the Big East tournament championship.

U-M beat the Orange in a national semifinal Saturday night.

Michigan beat a Big East team for its only national title.

The Wolverines edged Seton Hall in the 1989 final at Seattle.

The Pirates made the NCAA tournament as an at-large team after Georgetown won the '89 Big East regular-season and conference-tournament titles.

Indiana's loss to Butler and Florida's defeat at Arizona on Saturday helped shrink the number of unbeaten Division I college basketball teams to nine.

Here is the list as of Sunday morning:

ATLANTIC COAST: Duke
BIG EAST: Cincinnati, Syracuse

BIG TEN: Illinois, Michigan
MOUNTAIN WEST: New Mexico, Wyoming

OHIO VALLEY: Eastern Kentucky
PAC-12: Arizona

Since Thursday, five teams lost for the first time. They include Wichita State, Charlotte and LSU.

Here are some storylines for the week ahead in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, courtesy of the league office:
FERRIS STATE:  After scoring just one goal last season, sophomore forward Justin Buzzeo tallied his first two goals of the season in a weekend split with Miami with a goal in both Friday’s 3-0 win  and Saturday’s 4-2 loss. 
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE: Junior goaltender Kevin Murdock faced 50 shots during Saturday’s 4-2 victory against Alaska. The last time a LSSU goaltender faced 50 shots or more was at Ferris State on Dec. 8, 2006, when Jeff Jakaitis totaled 49 saves in a 1-1 tie against the Bulldogs.
MICHIGAN: Sophomore forward Alex Guptill notched an assist in both Friday’s 4-4 tie/shootout win at Northern Michigan and Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Wildcats to extend his point-scoring streak to six games (4-4-8).
MICHIGAN STATE:  MSU readies for a home-and-home series with archrival Michigan this week.  MSU trails in the all-time series, 125-143-19.  Last season, MSU won and tied (and won the shootout) in the two games at Munn, lost at Yost, and lost two overtime games at Joe Louis Arena in the GLI final, and in the annual regular-season game.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN: The ‘Cats earned their first CCHA points with a 4-4 tie against Michigan on Friday and its first conference win, 4-3, over the Wolverines on Saturday in front of 4,260 fans at a sold out Berry Events Center. The last sellout was Nov. 4, 2011 against Notre Dame.
WESTERN MICHIGAN: After defeating Notre Dame, 3-2, on Friday, the Broncos were held to 14 shots in Sunday’s 4-0 loss to the Irish. It is the fewest since they were held to 16 on March 19, 2011 in the CCHA Championship game by Miami.

Savvy sports fans should start making plans, and contingency plans, for following the 2012 World Series that will feature Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers against the National League champion, either St. Louis or San Francisco.
Some tough choices might have to be made. Start times for the baseball games have yet to be announced by Major League Baseball.

MIGUEL CABRERA

If the World Series stretches past five games, Game 6 will be played at the home of the NL champion on Wednesday, Oct. 31. That's right, on Halloween. The baseball game will likely start in prime time. That could be after trick-or-treating is over, but still in the midst of holiday parties.
Also on Halloween, the Detroit Pistons start their season. The Pistons play Houston at the Palace at 7:30 p.m.
Game 3 of the World Series, the first game to be played at Comerica Park, will take place Saturday, Oct. 27. That day's college football schedule includes the Michigan State Spartans at Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m., and the Michigan Wolverines at Nebraska at 8 p.m. (Expect the baseball game to go head to head with the Wolverines game.)
Game 4, the second game scheduled for Comerica Park, will be Sunday, Oct. 28. The Lions have a home game that day, a 1 p.m. kick against the Seattle Seahawks.
Game 5, if necessary, would be played at Comerica Park. Couch potatoes note: The Monday night football match-up that week features San Francisco at Arizona.

Michigan State won the national college basketball championship in 2000. Since then, no Big Ten team has captured a title.
Ohio State got to the Final Four this year, but the Buckeyes, who haven't won a national championship since 1960, lost to Kansas in the semifinal round.
Since MSU beat Florida at Indianapolis for the 2000 championship, Atlantic Coast Conference teams have won five championships. The Big East and Southeastern conferences have won three apiece and the Big 12 one.
The Big Ten's six national championships since Ohio State's were won by three schools: Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State.
IU won in 1976, 1981 and 1987; Michigan in 1989 and MSU in 1979 and 2000.

Ray McCallum of Detroit and Trey Burke of Michigan are among the 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year award.
The honor, named for former Boston Celtics star Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guard in college basketball.
The list of finalists will be trimmed to 10 in early February, and then to five by early March. The winner will be announced April 2 at New Orleans as part of the Final Four weekend.
McCallum (pictured) is a sophomore. He averages 14.6 points and 3.6 assists per game.
Burke is a freshman. He averages 14 points and five assists.