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Two Michigan basketball players earn All-Big Ten Award

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On Tuesday, the Big Ten revealed the 2024-25 All-Big Ten Award winners. After finishing the season 22-9 (14-6) the Wolverines will march into the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 3 seed, and while Michigan men's basketball is in a current slump, the maize and blue couldn't have gotten as far as they have without their two stars. Both Vlad Goldin and Danny Wolf were named All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media who voted for the awards. No other Michigan players earned All-Big Ten, other than Nimari Burnett, who was named to the sportsmanship award.

Coaches

Second-team All-Big Ten
Forward Danny Wolf
Center Vlad Goldin

Media

First-team All-Big Ten:
Center Vlad Goldin

Second-team All-Big Ten:
Forward Danny Wolf

You can read the press release on both players being selected as All-Big Ten below:

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team had three Wolverines honored by the Big Ten on Tuesday (March 11) as Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin were named All-Big Ten, while Nimari Burnett was Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree.

Goldin earned a spot on the conference's first team from media voting and a second-team spot from the coaches. Wolf was named to the second team by both the coaches and the media. In addition to their conference accomplishments, U-M's "Area 50-1" was honored by the Associated Press, with Wolf earning a spot on the All-Big Ten first team, while Goldin was named to the second team.

Recently named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for the nation's top center, Goldin leads U-M with 16.7 points per game and 24 double-figure scoring games. He has 11 games with 20-plus points, including a career-best 36 at UCLA and 31 against Northwestern. With six games of 10-plus rebounds, including a career-high 15 against Maryland, Goldin has posted five double-doubles.

Goldin is shooting a team-best 64.2 percent, which leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth nationally. He has a team-best 50 dunks (190 FGs) -- a third of his field goals. He is 9-for-26 from long range (34.6 percent) -- the first makes and attempts of his career. He made a career-high three triples against Northwestern.

With 43 blocks, Goldin has three straight seasons of 40-plus. He has 10 multi-block games and a season-high four blocks against Northwestern. He has added a career-best 36 assists.

Wolf, a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, is averaging a near double-double with 12.9 points and a Big Ten-best 9.7 rebounds per game. Wolf has 22 double-figure games with six games of 20 points or more. Adding in 16 games of 10-plus rebounds, he has 13 double-doubles, which ranks second in the Big Ten.

He is shooting a career-best 50.0 percent from the field and recorded his first 100-plus assist season, as he ranks second on U-M with 114 assists (3.7 apg). In November, he dished out a career-best nine vs. Arkansas (Dec. 10). Like Goldin, Wolf has 43 blocks with two games with five blocks or more, including a career-high six at USC (Jan. 4).

Returning for a second season with the Maize and Blue, Burnett has yet to miss a game, or start, in Ann Arbor playing 63 straight. This season, he has averaged a career-best 9.9 points and leads the Wolverines with 58 three-pointers. In two seasons, he has 110 long-range buckets.

With a runner-up finish and 14-6 Big Ten record, U-M earned the No. 3 seed for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament and begins play on Friday (March 14) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Tipoff is scheduled for approximately 9 p.m., with the game airing on Big Ten Network.

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TRENT KNOOP

Trent began writing and covering Michigan athletics back in 2020. He became a credentialed member of the media in 2021. Trent began writing with Sports Illustrated in 2023 and became the Managing Editor for Michigan Wolverines On SI during the 2025 football season. Trent also serves as the Publisher of Baylor Bears on SI. His other bylines have appeared on Maryland on SI, Wisconsin on SI, and across the USA TODAY Sports network. Trent’s love of sports and being able to tell stories to fans is what made him get into writing.

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