• Covering Crisler

    A little show and tell.  I thought I’d share a few thoughts about the media experience covering hoops as I made it to the Towson game Monday.  First, a view from the new media section: The media used to sit in two rows: one midway up the lower bowl (where the students sit today, see the maize rage filling in above) and another just below the concourse in the blue section as well.   The perspective was a bit closer in the Blue section before of course, but the new area is more spacious and has a nice angle on the game.  I asked a few media vets what they thought of the new space and they seemed pretty good with it. The postgame was pretty interesting.  At the end of the game, U-M media relations walked around with a shortlist, asking the press with whom they wanted to speak after the game.  I wanted to ask for Jalen but didn’t. Most of the media who hang around postgame then head down on the court, through the tunnel and wind down a hallway (not quite the kitchen in Good Fellas) and enter the Junge Center—the building between Crisler and the Big House.   Shortly after the players arrived, spread around the room and took questions for about 10-15 minutes.  A few shots:…