BGSU men's basketball will play in Nov. at Michigan

The BGSU men's basketball team is set to play at the University of Michigan November 18. Enlarge

BOWLING GREEN - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team will play Nov. 18 against Michigan in a regional round pairing in Ann Arbor for the fourth annual Legends Classic.

Syracuse, Georgia Tech and UTEP are also scheduled to serve as hosts.

Besides playing host to BG, Michigan will also welcome Gardner-Webb for a game Nov. 21. Syracuse will host Detroit Mercy and William and Mary; Georgia Tech will meet Albany and Niagara at Atlanta's Memorial Coliseum and UTEP will play host to Mercer and Western Carolina.

Michigan, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and UTEP will also play in championship round games Nov. 26-27 in Atlantic City.

The Falcons will also play in a sub-regional game but the matchups will be revealed at a future date. Detroit Mercy and William and Mary are also set to serve as hosts for sub-regional games.

The Wolverines, which finished last season 15-17 overall and 7-11 in the Big Ten, head into the 2010-11 season with 10 players back from last season's team, which was the youngest among the Big Ten programs. Zack Novak, a junior point guard, is the top returnee. He averaged 7.4 points and 4.3 rebounds.

BG, which finished 14-16 overall and 6-10 in the Mid-American Conference last season, returns two full-time starters. Senior guard Joe Jakubowski, who averaged 8.3 points and a team-best 3.7 assists, was in the starting lineup all 30 games and has been a three-year starter under coach Louis Orr. Junior forward Scott Thomas, figures to help lead BG after being named an All-MAC honorable mention after averaging a team-best 13.2 points and ranking second on the team in rebounding (6.3).