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The odds were in their favor! While some stars fall flat after their big breaks, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have moved on from the Hunger Games franchise with success.

Based on author Suzanne Collins’ young adult books of the same name, 2012’s The Hunger Games, 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2014’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 and 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 blew up at the box office and became a constant topic of conversation in pop culture. The films follow a group of teens forced to battle for their lives in a dystopian world.

Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy), Elizabeth Banks (Effie Trinket), Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman) and Donald Sutherland (President Snow) made up the star-studded cast.

The costars quickly formed close bonds, especially the main trio. “The truth is, it was literally what everyone saw in all of our interviews together,” Hutcherson exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2020 of their friendship. “It was all of us being ridiculous children together, horsing around. I don’t know how we got any work done ever. I’m surprised the movies are good.”

The actor revealed that their connection remains, as they keep “in contact pretty closely” years after the franchise wrapped filming. “We always get together and see each other when we’re in the same place,” he explained. “There’s not a Hunger Games group chat. We’ve got a couple email threads that a few of us are on but we don’t have a group chat. I don’t think Woody has a cell phone so that makes it a little hard.”

Hutcherson, who “would love to play Peeta again” if given the chance, teased fans with a prediction about where his character would be in the present day. “It’s funny. ‘Cause we actually spitballed about [where the characters would end up] on set one day,” he recalled. “We were sort of talking about like … the Hunger Games and Peeta and Katniss are older and they have a kid and then the movie ends, but then what if we pick up the story and it’s like 10 years later and there’s a new rebellion that has to happen or something like that ended up.”

He added: “I’d like to hope and think that they are living happily and that the world is equal and lovely. But history is doomed to repeat itself. So I feel like there might be some more unrest that would come along.”

Scroll down to see where the cast of The Hunger Games is today.

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It was a heckuva game for Michigan basketball, taking down Wisconsin, 77-54, in a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score would suggest.

Naturally, Wolverines head coach Juwan Howard was ear-to-ear, having just taken down the perennially tough Badgers, who entered the contest as a top 10 team — one of the elite teams in the Big Ten as well as college basketball as a whole.

There was obviously a lot to like, with a 43-6 run — unheard of in any sport, let alone a basketball game — propelling the maize and blue to what was a 40-point lead in the second half.

Here’s everything Howard had to say after the game in his postgame press conference.

The team's unselfishness and the players' bench reaction during games

“Leading with your first part of your question, our guys, man — they do a phenomenal job of competing and the energy they’ve brought night in and night out, it’s not easy, but they’ve embraced the competition. They understand that they’re fortunate enough to be playing basketball, but they know that each day is not easy. They don’t know if they will be playing a game, but they appreciate the opportunity. And it is beautiful just to have some high character guys that’s wired the right way, give to the team, never wants a guy to be looked at as selfish. And it’s a beautiful buy-in.

“As far as the bench goes with the energy, I hear some of the energy in the background. But what I thought was it so inspiring was just hearing the bench energy when it was a time out and they all rushed to (the) floor. They are part of this team. All 17 matters and counts and we need them all.

“And they can be sitting on their hands, they can be sulking about minutes and shots, but we haven’t had that. They’re inspired by watching their teammates compete out there on the floor. And the guys that go out there and take a breather, they come off and they’re giving and feeding life into the guys that’s on the floor. I hear it. I also see it, too, when I go back and watch the games and I see our bench in the energy they’re bringing. They even had Coach Howard Eisley up clapping! Coach Howard Eisley normally is more laid back! He’s clapping while he’s sitting down, but tonight he was up and active!”

Opening up big leads and maintaining them

“It says a lot about there their maturity, understanding that every possession counts, that (it) matters. There are also gonna be highs, there also gonna be some lows. They never get to the point where it’s too high, where you can sit back in and feel that it’s going to be easy ball games. Wisconsin’s a team that’s capable of going on runs and basketball is based on runs. And fortunately for us tonight, our defense was doing a phenomenal job of being disruptive.”

Killer instinct/Hunger Games drill in practice

“You develop habits and you develop habits. And it’s going to force you to have a carryover into a game-like situation. And I cannot and I will not reveal what ‘Hunger Games’ is all about, but it is for competitors only. I’ll just sum it in those words.”

Was this a perfect formula for games moving forward?

“Now you’re right: I’m never satisfied. A little crazy, weird. I’m very happy with the effort at the guys brought. I’m also happy to see that they’re playing hard and I give them a lot of credit — it’s all about the players. But there’s room for improvement and we will go back and watch film and see how we can get better, because today, I won’t — tonight, I want them to enjoy it. Tomorrow, enjoy it. But on Thursday, when we come back into the gym, we have to prepare and see how we can improve. And they know I will have some things on a list of areas of where we need to get better with.”

On winning despite Hunter Dickinson not having a big game early

“Well, we have a deep team. And we also have very versatile forwards as well as guard play, with guys playing different positions, guys who are capable of going out and having big nights. We have a guy that comes off the bench, Chaundee Brown, he’s capable of having big nights.

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“There are gonna be nights when the leading scorer might not be the leading scorer and somebody else will step up. But it’s great to see that it’s a group effort. And it was also great to see that Hunter did not get discouraged or frustrated with himself and put him in positions in the second half where he could be effective and he responded.”

Michigan being lights out to start the second half

“Just give credit to the guys, man, of just staying locked in. Not getting too emotionally high on thinking that the game is only played with 20 minutes. I heard guys in locker room reminding each other that we still have 20 more minutes to play. Look at the score as being 0-0. And it’s good to hear it’s coming from the players, holding each other accountable instead of the coaches having to say it.

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“There are times I had to go into halftime, I only had to say some of the things that I was prepared to say because guys already have addressed it amongst each other.”

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How free are the players playing?

“I’ll sum it up like this: they had fun. And they supposed to have fun. Because: why not? We put in a lot of hard work in practice and you come out in the game and you do it to what is basically our offensive identity and defensive identity. Have fun out there on the floor. They’re student-athletes –very young in age, they’re not professionals, they’re not getting paid. I still think professionals should have fun out there competing. But you don’t get these days back.

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“I remember a time when I was playing college ball and that was one of the key things that Coach Fisher always said to us: ‘Compete out there, play hard but have fun, enjoy it.’ And that’s what I want my guys to do.”

On the book 'The Energy Bus.'

“Yeah, I read The Energy Bus. I read i back when I was working with the Miami Heat. And, at that time — was I playing for the Heat? (Erik Spoelstra) gave us that book and it was a wonderful gift. And we don’t want to have those energy vampires in our team. All they do is just suck all the energy out of the group and they’re all about I, I, I, me, me, me. And we don’t have a group like that.”

The offensive efficiency vs. defensive efficiency

“Yeah, that’s a great question. That was one of my biggest concerns coming into this ballgame. Wisconsin is such a great defensive team, one of the leading efficient teams, not only just in the league but in college basketball. They do a great job of packing the paint, not allowing drives, and one of key things that we talked about as a team is just making a simple play and not trying to make the home run play.

“Our guys was very patient. Mike made some really good plays. Yes, I know he had four turnovers — four turnovers that I know that he’s really frustrated and upset about. But we will get better with it. We’re gonna watch the film and let Mike see it and see different reactions on how he can help himself and help his teammates. But it was wonderful to see how well he took care of the basketball, because any gifts that you give an opponent, and this is always –basketball is a possession game — the limited possessions we can give can give us the best chance to win.”

On Franz Wagner

“Franz is a very smart, high IQ player. And he also has shown that he’s a two-way player. Franz is not a guy who’s not all built on just offense. And one of the things that we focused on right when we arrived on campus back in June, we talked about the buy-in about how if you want to become an elite-level (player), defense has to be a part of your DNA. And not saying he has not ever focused on defense last season, but I think he’s taking the challenge for himself to become one of the elite defenders. And he’s just growing up before my eyes.”

Is it harder to coach defense or offense?

“It’s neither. It’s not hard to coach neither one of them. And I mean that in a respectful way, because our guys understand what the culture is about, we’ve had conversations about it last year. They see it in a locker room, they see it in they lockers, they know how it’s encouraged in film sessions and in practice. And they develop the habits of what are offensive and defensive is all about. So, yeah — you’re going to have moments when you gotta hold guys accountable when they’re not doing their job, but that’s a part of it. And that’s a part of the growth and I see a lot of growth in our guys.”

On Austin Davis getting back into the game and scoring quickly

“Hey man, it gave chills to my body, man. If you don’t like Austin Davis, something wrong with you. He’s one of the best leaders that we have in the locker room. And we got some great leadership in the locker room with a lot of guys, 1-17. But Austin is so pure and I felt so bad for him when the injury happened in the Penn State game. He worked so hard to get himself back healthy. Our trainer, Alex Wong, spent a lot of time away from his family being there to get Austin back. Sandman, Jon Sanderson, did an unbelievable job of keeping him in shape, making sure that, with this foot, that he didn’t reinjure it with some returning to play-type of conditioning they were doing.

“In a one possession I saw it there on the floor, I thought is a little limp, he made me nervous. But I looked up, and he was sprinting the floor and I said, ‘OK, well he’s fine!'”

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First team in college basketball to beat 3-straight ranked opponents by 19-plus points

“Oh, my God! No, I hope our guys don’t get too high on that! Still early in the season! But I give all the credit to the fellas, man. I mean players and staff. And our managers. Everyone is a major contributor to the success that we’re having. But we know that it’s still early. We’re not here try to break any records. Our goal is to be the last team — last team standing on Monday night in April.”

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The conversation at the end of the game with Greg Gard

“Greg is a guy who I respect a ton, like I do all — every coach in this Big Ten, because they all are great coaches. Got a chance to know Greg a little bit from the times when we had Zoom calls. They were once a week at times with all the Big Ten head coaches. There were times we had Zoom calls twice a week. But we all are on the front lines, trying to keep our players’ health and safety No. 1. And we all know how challenging it is to have a basketball season while the pandemic is happening. And it’s not easy. And Greg, like myself, we lose sleep. And we have those sleep disturbance while you’re trying to take a nap and lay your head on the pillow, but you may have not just Xs and Os you’re concerned with, you’re concerned with your players’ health. And I know how pure he is and so our conversation and relationship that we’ve grown to have at such and early moment, I have a ton of respect for Greg.”