Wolverines to Square Off With St. John’s in Massive Apple Exhibition

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In collaboration with Complete Sports Management, the University of Michigan males’s basketball program introduced Tuesday (Sept. 2) that it’s going to face St. John’s in a preseason exhibition recreation at Madison Square Garden.

The matchup, a part of the Bad Boy Mowers Series, is ready for Saturday, Oct. 25, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. The tv broadcast particulars are to be decided.

The exhibition will present the Wolverines with a major preseason alternative towards the Red Storm, all set on considered one of basketball’s grandest levels — The World’s Most Famous Arena. This matchup additionally marks a return to New York City for the Maize and Blue, which took on Arkansas final season within the prestigious Jimmy V Classic.

Michigan holds a 2–4 all-time document towards St. John’s, with three of these conferences going down at Madison Square Garden. The most up-to-date contest got here through the 2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games, the place the Wolverines earned a convincing 89–73 victory. Notably, 5 of the six matchups between these applications have been held at neutral-site venues, persevering with a practice of high-profile, non-conference showdowns.

Ticket pre-sales open Tuesday (Sept. 2) at midday and finish Wednesday (Sept. 3) at 11 a.m. All ticketing is by way of Ticketmaster.