I 2B - The Michigan Daily - Tipoff 2004 - Thursday, November 11, 2004 -w -W T _W Table of Contents "No. 1"tLyrics by "Air Georgia" (aka Brent Petwa) RostNo.NaeHWtYearE We could introduce the team ourselves, but Brent Petway's rap song does it 2 estrArm 60, r Jr. Not the Lone Star Page 3B so much better. They play the track an hour before tipoff, and if you show up o, 1W 1 1nlhman r n nnhmnrn li a early enough, this is what you will hear: 4 Dane lH rn G 6 3200 . Jr. The Michigan Daily - Tipoff 2004 - Big Ten Preview This season, the Big Ten is celebrating its 100th year of basketball. The Daily basketball writers project Michigan to finish third in the conference this season. Here's a look at what to expect from the other Big Ten teams this year, with teams ordered by their projected conference finish: We play in Crisler Arena, where the hoopers at The post men, the high flyers And the three-point shooters at.h NIT 2004, other teams pursuing that Dunkin on these lame cats (A.G., why you doin' that?) 'Cuz that's my job, 2-for. I catch the lob, the lob I catch make you say whoa like Black Rob. But it ain't ova yet cuz who handle the rfe? D. Horton, plain and simple, yeah he get off his shots. But who call the shots, T.A., coach Ram, coach Moore, coach Swen. Slam Jam thank you ma'am! Next up, nyce man game high 28, , My first 28 field goalsV (How many were dunks?) 28 Then L.A., Mr. consistency, Sherrod Harrell, Graham Brown Tri-capincy And why we play so hard Why we run when Plock say run. It ain't the name on the back It's the name on the front. The NIT was just for starters, Naw ... we ain't finished yet. Courtney Sims keeps blockin' shots, I'm fyin through the air like learjets. Then in comes Big Game Hunter, Known as the Big Game Hunter, Shoot three-pointers'like his name's Lindsay Hunter. Switch the subject, in comes J.C. Mathis, -He's complaining 'cuz Amadou keeps hackin'. Keeps smackin', he keeps foulin', 'meanwhile Ashtyn Bell still wildin'. Dani, John and R.c., too, Blue team combo like R2 D2. Michigan State and Illinois, too, Georgia Tech, yeah, they'll all get ran through. All get done too, Maize Rage, Blue Crew, Cheer for who, who, dribble, dribble, shoot, shoot. Basketball this year and football this year, all goin' for the championship. Chorus: We've got to be one of the most underrated teams in bas- ketball Number one! Number one! No.1Illinois No.5Purdue LAST YEAR: 13-3 Big Ten, 26-7 overall. LAsr YEAR: 7-9, 17-14. THE LOWDOWN: The Illini return THE LOWDOWN: The biggest story on their top 10 scorer from last year's campus is the retirio of head coach Gene team, including tis seon's Big Ten Keady after the ses.Although the old Preseason Pyr of thear, Deron drill sergeant dis'' "t his final year to Williams. it clod n uard Dee draw attentioa r ,' team, there's Brown nial k of the best no doubt that" a . ::"d will just be backcourt l hfre country. one more leg of' i "tour. Guard Luther ads e X-factor DID I READ THAT' : Keady will be DID I READ THAT RIGHT?: Illinois replaced by Matt Painter, who joins the has lost just three times at home dur- team this year as an associate head coach. ing the past five years, compiling a Learning the ropes while your predeces- 63-3 record. sor runs the show for a year? Awkward. No.2 Michigan State No. 61owa LAST YEAR: 12-4, 18-12. LAsT YEAR: 9-7, 16-13. THE LOWDOWN: Michigan State's THE LOWDOWN: The Hawkeyes have a schedule isn't as imposing this season strong junior class in Pierre Pierce, Jeff as it has been the pist few seasons. Horner and Gr 'ree, but are they The Spartans do return the most potent good eno d ring castto inside-outside combination in the Big the Big B et as ad aload of Ten, with center Paul Davis and guards size - bri'g in fo "re'h standing Chris Hill, Kelvin Tolbert and Alan above 6-food-7 - ' wgi'e them an Anderson. advantage over the otherwise small Big DID I READ THAT RIGHT? The Spar- Ten frontcourts. tans have made seven consecutive trips DID I READ THAT RIGHT? Iowa has 17 to the NCAA Tournament, the longest NCAA Tournament appearances over the streak in the Big Ten. past 25 years. No.4 Wisconsin No.7indiana LAST YEAR: 12-4, 25-7. LAsT YEAR: 7-9, 14-15. THE LOWDOWN: This year might be THE LOWDOWN: Indiana should turn about what could have been. When 2003- things around this season, with Bracey 04 Big Ten Player of theYarDevin Har- Wright and guard Marshall Strickland's ris chose to - ar j ior season, abilityto do it all Look for the frontcourt to he may ha k pe another Big improve with Patrick Ewing Jr. finally liv- Ten title a sour appear- inguptohis names dfre nJ. ance with hi " Mke Wilkinson White - Parade All-Ameic in high and Alando t behind to pick school - mak'tg an instantimpact. up the pieces. DID I READ THA T sRIT?: The Hoosiers DtD I READ THAT RIGHT?: The Badgers have one of the best recriting classes u have won 25 straight home games, the the country with White and 7-foot -I Rob- longest streak in the Big Ten. ert Rothbart? No.8 Northwestern LAST YEAR: 8-8, 14-15. THE LOWDOWN: Head coach Bill Carmody i ac y have a legit- imate tea s ds. No longer the laughis of 'Big Ten, the Wildcats ar s'ly t'rning heads. They've lr 4 transfe "'Tim Doyle from St. JOh and Ihael Thomp- son from Duke Both will be eligible to play thie eason DID 1 READ THAT RIGHT?: North- western has never reached the NCAA Tournament. No.9 Ohio State LAST YEAR: 6-10, 14-16. THE LOWDOWN: First-year head coach Thad Motta has inherited a complete mess from form r oach Jim O'Brien. Motta may h aenwesme magic at Xavier-7 ' 're"' athere - but he'll '"'"'i ' ,phis sleeve to get th ''u eto'4. gether. DID IATHA TIGT,: The Buck- eyes ha'e, alreu In rched "'ommit- ment from B.J. Mullens, a 6-foot-10 high school freshman. No.10 Minnesota LAST YEAR: 3-13, 12-18. THE LOWDOWN: Minnesota's best player from a year ago, freshman Kris Humphries, darted to the NBA, like he said he ouId The Gohers return just four players who 'Were on the roster from last season, and just one who pled mope1 t tha 7 minutes per game. DID I READ THAT RIGHT? Minnesota welcomes eight freshman and three junior college transfers this season, while returning just one starter. No.11 Penn State LAST YEAR: 3-13, 9-19. THE LOWDOWN: Penn State reloaded at every position with its recruiting class, and every little bit will help. Sophomores Ben Luber and Marlon Smith were the only guards on scholarship for the Nitta- ny Lions last year, forcing them to shoul- der an unbearable amount of the burden for losing. DID READ THAT RIGHrr?: Luber and Smith ranked first and third in the con- ference, respectively, in minutes played la+t c-- nact + f- m- Ube~ n a STAFF PICKS Preseason selections Michigan projected record Big Ten champion Big Ten second place Big Ten third place Michigan's Big Ten finish Big Ten Tournament champion Big Ten MVP Michigan MVP Big Ten surprise team NCAA "bracket buster" National Player of the Year Most overrated team :'ry . <. 5 Ambinder 25-9 Illinois Michigan $tate Michigan Third Michigan State Bracey Wright Daniel Horton Indiana Central Florida LawrenceRober ts Screw, Josh Holman 25-11 Illinois Michigan State Michigan Third Michigan Deron Williams Horton Northwestern Charlotte Wayne Simien r rsn a ^h 23-12 Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Third Wisconsin Williams Lester Abram Indiana Princeton Chris Paul Duke isran Schick 22-12 Illinois Michigan State Wisconsin Fourth Iowa Williams Courtney Sims Iowa Pacific Francisco Garcia Kentucky ,n but do you have Work In Sports Do you want to... -Become a Sports Agent? -Work in the Front Office? -Become a GM? -Become an Athletic Director? -Become a Sports Broadcaster? -Receive College Credit? 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