Michigan Wolverines Basketball 2009-13 Sleeved Jersey?

[RaiderNationPDX]

I'm curious if anyone knows of a game or games between roughly 2009 and 2013 in which the University of Michigan basketball team wore t-shirt style sleeved basketball jerseys. I'm not running across anything on Getty or AP, nor anything on Google referencing a jersey like this, but I came across a jersey recently with all the attributes of a Michigan game jersey, only it had sleeves. Any thoughts?

[PAC]

Re: Michigan Wolverines Basketball 2009-13 Sleeved Jersey?

Volleyball

[RaiderNationPDX]

Re: Michigan Wolverines Basketball 2009-13 Sleeved Jersey?

This jersey's definitely basketball. It's one of the new (-ish) Adidas sleeved basketball jerseys.

I may have actually answered my own question on this one. Ran across this article just now. Apparently Adidas did introduce these jerseys to a few college teams in the 2013 NCAA tournament, but Michigan and NC State flat refused to wear them. Can't say I blame 'em for that; those sleeved jerseys are ugly as sin.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/02/report_michigan_will_not_wear.html

Article about the jerseys themselves. Apparently not the first time Michigan and NC State have turned down wearing specialty Adidas gamers (did the same thing with some Zubaz-patterned ones):

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1992783-ucla-basketball-why-adidas-made-in-march-uniforms-are-the-worst-again

I'll post pics of the jersey when I get a chance.

[RaiderNationPDX]

Re: Michigan Wolverines Basketball 2009-13 Sleeved Jersey?




Photos of the referenced jersey. Heat-pressed numerals have begun to degrade. Overall an interesting piece; compares well in both style and tagging to Getty photos of Louisville's short-sleeved game jerseys from the 2013 championship (ironically, won against Michigan). Tagging and detail doesn't appear to match the retail jerseys Adidas made available for sale from Baylor, UCLA, and a few others. My guess is a team-rejected Adidas sample.

My family comes from Detroit, and my father graduated from UM, so this is definitely staying in my personal collection. Though instead of "game worn," it's more along the lines of "too ugly to wear in a game."