3B - February 18, 2013

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MICHIGAN
ATHLETICS
SCOREBOARD
L A S T W E E K
Woens Golf Lady Puerto Rico Classic (12th
after Day 2)
T UE SDAY (F EB. 12)
Womens Golf: Lady Puerto Rico Classic (12th
of 15)
Men's Basketball: Michigan State 75, Michigan 52
 FRIDAY (FEB. 15)
IfWomen's Golf: Florida State Match Up invitationa
(9th after Day 1)
Baseball: California 5, Michigan 4 (11 innings)
Womens GolfE Foid State Match Up Invitational
(9th after Day 2)
Women's Track and Field: Silverston Invitational
(non-scoring)
Men's Track and Field: Silverston Invitational (non-
scoring)
Women's Basketball:Michigan 70, Michigan State 69
Men's Swimming and Diving: Michigan First Chance
Meet (non-sig
Softball:Michigan10, Maryland 2 (Sinnings)
Women's Swimming and Diving: Michigan First
Chance Meet (non-scorng)
WOmren's Tennis: TexsA&M4, Michigan 3
MesTenns NotreDae 4 Mihigan3
Baseball: Califomia6, Michigan 5
Softball:LIUBrooklyn2,Michigan1
Mes Gymnastics: Michigan446.150, Ohio State
Women's Gymnastics:Michigan197.375, Penn State
196700
IlSUNDAY (F EB. 17)
Men's Golf: Puerto Rico Classic (12th after Day 1)
Women's Go. Florida State Match Up Invitationa
(9th of 12)
Softball Michigan12, Massachusetts 2(5innings,
Baseball: California2, Michigan1
Softball: Michigan 4, Florida Atlantic 2
Men's Swimming and Diving: Michigan First
Women' Swiming and Dving: Michigan First
Chance Meet (non-scoring)
Men'sBasketball:Michigan79,Penn State71
Wresting:OregonState22, MichiganT13
Wresting: Michigan27,Oklahoma 19
N E X T W E E K
MONDAY (FEB. 18)
Men's Golf: Puerto Rico Classic
8:00a.m.AT(RioGrande, PuertoRico)
T UESDAY (F EB. 19)
Men's Golf: Puerto Rico Classic
7:30 a.m. AT (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico)
WEDNESDAY (FEB- 20)
Women's Swimming and Diving: Big Ten Cham-
pionships
6:30 p.m.CT (Minneapolis, Minn.)
T HURS DAY (FE B. 21)
Women's Swimming and Diving: Big Ten Cham-
pionships
11:00a.m.CT(Minneapolis, Minn.)
Women's Basketball: Michigan vs. Nebraska
7.DD p.m.
FRIDAY (FEB. 22) II
Men's Track and Field: Big Ten Indoor Champion-
sips 10:00 anm (Geneva Ohio)
SWDmen's Track a(eld Bg Ten Indoor Champi- I
onships10:00 a.m. (Geneva, Ohio)
Women's Swimming and Diving: Big Ten Champi-
onships11:00 a.m.CT (Minneapois, Minn.)
Softball: Micia FA. Louisiana-Lafayette1:00
pv.m.Cearwater Fi.)
Baseball: Michiganvs. Fordham2:00p.m. (Port
St. Lucie, Fla.)
Softball: Michigan vs. Illinois State 3:30 p.m.
(Clearwater, FI.)
Men's ce Hockey: Michiganat OhioState6:35
p.m.(Columbus, Ohio)
SATURDAY (FEB. 23)
Women's Water Polo: Hoosier Invitational 8:00
a)m. (Booington, (nd6)
Mens T Eack andFeld Big TenindoorChampion-
ships10:00 a.m.(Geneva, Ohio)
Women's Track and Field: Big Ten Indoor Champi-
onships 10:00 a.m. (Geneva, Ohio)
Raseball Michiganvs. Fordham1T:00 a.m. (Port
St. Locim Fit.)
Women's Swimmingand Diving:BigTenChampi-
onships11:00a.m.CT(Minneapolis, Minn.)
Softball: Michigan vs.UC Davis1:00 p.m. (Clear-
Owater, Fia.)
Mens Lacrosse: Michigan at John Hopkins1:00
p.m. (Batimore, Md.)
Baseball: Michigan vs. Fordham 2:00 p.m. (Port
St. Lucie, Fla.)
Softball: Michigan vs. Hofstra6:00 p.m.(Clear-
water, FI.)

Men's Ie Hockey: Michigan at Ohio StateD7:05
p.m.(Columbus, Ohio)
SUNDAY (FEB. 24)
W bImens Tnnis Mihig vs. Tess 1100 a.m.
Baseball: Michigantvt. New Yolk MetsR1200p.m
(Port St. Lucie, Fla.)
Softball: Michigan vs. DePaul12:30 p.m.(Clear-
water, Fla.)
Me's asketball MEiianivs. Ilinois 1:00pol
Womto's Baskethall: Michiganlat PeTnYStaeEEE00
p.m. (State College, Pa.)
Women's Gymnastics: Michigan at West Virginia
2:00 p.m. (Morgantown, W.Va.)
Women's Gymnastics: Michigan vs. Towson 2:00
pom. (Morgantown, W.)
Women's Gymnastics: Michigan vs. New Hamp-
shire 2:00 p.m. (Morgantown, W.V.)
- (*) All home events are eligible to earn points
for the Athletic Department's H.AJ.L program.
BIG TEN MEN'S
0 BASKETBALL
STANDINGS
Big Ten Overall
Indiana 11- 2 23- 3
Michigan State 1t-2 22- 4
Michigan 9- 4 22- 4
Wisconsin 9- 4 18 -8
Ohio State 8- 5 18 - 7
Minnesota 6- 7 19 - 8
Purdue 6- 7 18 - 8
Illinois A- 7 17 -
iowa 5-9 ( 2 -14
Northwestern 4- 9 13 - 13
Nebraska 3- 10 12 - 14
Penn State 0- 13 8 - 17

Sophomore Stacey Ervin set a school record on the floor with a score of 16.15 against Ohio State in Columbus S)tuday.
Ervins record-settiyday
springys'M past Buckeyes

DAILY DOMINANCE INDEX
TEAM DOMINANCE
RATING
1. FLORIDA 2.762
2. INDIANA 2.332 .
3. LOUISVILLE 1.995
4. MIAMI (FL) 1 .875
5. KANSAS 1.756
6.PITTSBURGH 1741
7. GONZAGA 1.736
8DUKE 1.696
9. MICHIGAN 1.679
 10. SYRACUSE 1
Jp,11. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 1.582
13. CREIGHTON 1.439
14. COLORADO STAT132
15. MEMPHIS 1.284
t 16 BELMONT 1.269
17. MINNESOTA 1.257
18. MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1.238
19. MICHIGAN STATE 1.223
20 SAINT LOUIS 1.204
21. OKLAHOMA STATE 1.168
22.SAIN4T AR~Y'S 1.164-
23. OHIO STATE 1.149
BUCKNE L1.0
' 25. MISSISSIPPI 1.104
The Dominance Index is a computer ranking of college basketball
teams developed by Mark Edlund. It takes into account factors such as
margin of victory, strength of schedule, and home-court advantage.

By THEO DUBIN hard."
Daily Sports Writer Michigan's depth is the reason
it's ranked No. t in the nation; its
When sophomore Stacey roster boasts several of the top
Ervin stepped onto the floor to gymnasts in the country, com-
check out the mat before the peting in multiple events.
Michigan men's gymnastics "There is certainly a feeling of
team's dual meet against Ohio calmness and confidence when
State, something felt off. The everyone you have in the lineup
floor did not feel as solid as it is good, versus when you have
should. Ervin was nervous that a weak guy somewhere in your
bad footing could derail his lineup you know is coming up,"
routine and put the Wolverines said Michigan coach Kurt Golder
behind after the team's shaky As the Wolverines pulled
start on the pommel horse in the away, the body language on the
first rotation. sidelines told the same story
Instead, Ervin pulled off a as the scoreboard. Ohio State
school-record and nation-best lacked energy, and it was unable
16.15 on the floor. It was a perfor- to recover from misses on sev-
mance that set the tone early and eral routines. And an ACL injury
effectively put the Buckeyes out to Buckeye captain Kris Done
of the contest. that forced him out of the meet
Despite poor starts by top per- effectively guaranteed a Michi-
formers sophomore Adrian de gan win.
los Angeles and Olympian junior The feeling on Michigan's
Sam Mikulak, and the absence of sideline was loose and relaxed,
senior co-captain Rohan Sebas- a result of team chemistry that
tian, Michigan was able to domi- has been built over the last two
nate the meet, 446.150-435.650. years.
"The depth of our team is "We were a young class last
unreal," Mikulak said. "I've year, but we've all grown into
never seen anything like it in a each other a lot more this year,"
team. Everyone is working so Mikulak said. "When we're out
REDEDICATION noon's women's basketball game,
FromED geIATthe first women's varsity bas-
From Page 1 B ketball team was recognized
alongside Dietz and many other
in mind." former players. Dietz is the all-
Russell was not only time leading scorer in program
impressed with the arena, but history and gave a pregame talk
as he rode the escalator up to to the women's squad before it
the main entrance of Crisler, he took on Michigan State.
was blown away by the mural The men's basketball team
he approached. At the top is an also got the opportunity to meet
iconic photo of Russell standing and talk with Rice and Russell
in the middle of the future home in coach John Beilein's effort
of Crisler Arena - the photo that to help his players understand
helped make Crisler known as Michigan tradition.
"The House that Cazzie Built" "We talked a lot, we showed
The basketball team at the the video of 'The House that
time played at Yost Fieldhouse Cazzie Built,' " Beilein said.
and Russell never got to play "We're always talking about the
at Crisler Arena, as construc- tradition at Michigan. ... (Our
tion wasn't completed until 1967 players are) just starting to grasp
when Russell had left. this tradition, whether its Cazzie
"Once I saw that, my mind or Campy (Russell) or Phil Hub-
raced back to the time I actually bard or Rudy (Tomjanovich) -
took that picture, standing in the all the great players that have
middle of Crisler Arena," Russell been here. Jalen (Rose), Juwan
said. "There's 1,000 flashbacks. Howard wanted to be here -
(It was a) very humbling experi- those guys really love Michigan,
ence. (I'm) very grateful I got to and it meant a lot to have them
play at this institution." here today."
At halftime of Saturday after- Both Russell and Rice have
ROBINSON yet," said Michigan coach John
From Page 1B Beilein. "By running the floor
hard today, by knowing when to
go for an alley-oop, and (by) just
in more than five contests. And being active around the basket -
even when he was getting chant- that's the easiest way for him to
es, he wasn't converting - he had feel comfortable around the bas-
shot less than 30 percent during ket."
that stretch. The most telling part of Rob-
But an electric Robinson inson's aggressiveness might
showed up to play against the have been his numbers at the
Nittany Lions. Using his energy free-throw line. The freshman
and athleticism to attack Penn connected on nine of his 11 free-
State's zone defense away from throw attempts, equaling his
the ball early and often, Robin- combined attempts from the pre-
son created easy looks around vious eight games. On multiple
the basket for himself by using occasions in the first half, he got
backdoor cuts and sprinting hard to the charity stripe after gather-
off screens. He connected on all ing an offensive rebound. By the
six of his field-goal attempts, all end of the stanza, he had gotten
of which were either dunks or to the line six times.
layups, on his way to a season- "The coaches are always tell-
best point total and his highest ing me, 'Be more aggressive, try
scoring output since the first to get to the foul line - that will
week of the season. get you going more,' " Robinson
"His game is so evolving and said. "So that was something
developing that we don't even that I tried to do and it kind of
know where it's going to go just came within the flow of the

there competing we're all joking
around with each other. It's that
positive-energy atmosphere."
Part of Saturday's win can be
credited to the Wolverines'extra
focus in practice leading up to
the meet in Columbus.
"I think there was a little
more intensity during the week,"
Golder said. "Before the meet,
we talked about beating Ohio
State. They gave us about as
much as we gave them. We knew
they would be ready for us."
In the end, Michigan's relent-
less volume of talent was too
much for Ohio State, as Michi-
gan pulled off hit after hit on the
final three rotations in the meet.
The key for Michigan going
forward will be to get Miku-
lak going as he returns from a
leg injury. Having him at full
strength will solidify the lineup
and add more potency to the top
team in the nation.
"This team is one of the great
ones I've coached," Golder
said. "I've been blessed to have
coached two national champi-
onship teams. We have yet to do
that with this team, but I like our
chances this year."
continued to follow the program
after they left. Rice said he sets
an alarm on his television so he
knows when Michigan is play-
ing and calls his support for the
team "an unconditional love,"
and Russell is pleased to see the
program playing at a champion-
ship level again.
Though Michigan has disso-
ciated itself with the Fab Five,
this weekend was an effort to
embrace other former teams to
create unity in the program. Rice
and Russell were elated to return
to Ann Arbor for this weekend's
events, and Rice appreciates the
effort Michigan is putting into
reuniting former players.
"As a former player, you want
to come back and do whatever
you can to support your pro-
gram," Rice said. "In the past,
that reach hasn't been there. One
thing Beilein is stressing to all of
us is we need to bring it back to
where it used to be, and he can't
do it by himself. He needs all of
us as a collective group, and now
it's up to us to give our time and
do the right thing."
offense."
The growth in Robinson's
confidence throughout the game
might have been best exhibited
by a sequence early in the second
half. Six minutes into the period,
the Wolverines were leading
46-40 and Robinson briefly woke
up the lifeless crowd with an
exciting two-minute span. Dur-
ing the stretch, Robinson threw
down two dunks and a three-
point play to score seven straight
points for Michigan.
"This game was huge for him,"
said freshman guard Nik Staus-
kas. "He's had a few games where
he hasn't played his best, so to
come out - I think he had 21 and
10 - that's a great game for him.
"He had a bunch of highlight
dunks and that's what we want
from him. We want him to get
easy baskets and dunks in tran-
sition. I know he's happy and I
know his confidence is definitely
going to get boosted from this
performance."

WEEKEND
From Page 1B
mance, Michigan (9-4 Big Ten,
22-4 overall) came out of the
locker room with a 6-0 run to
take a 38-32 lead. The Nittany
Lions (0-13, 8-17) clawed back
to tie the game at 38, but that
would be the last time the Nit-
tany Lions knotted the score.
The Wolverines continued to
make their run, pushing their
lead to as much as nine points
late in the second half, due to
the resurgence of two of their
keys to the offense - Robinson
and freshman guard Nik Staus-
kas.
Robinson scored a career-
high 21 points, 10 of which
came from dunks or alley-oops.
Though the freshman hasn't
displayed much confidence in
the Wolverines' games against
tougher opponents - Robin-
son totaled just 18 points in the
past four games - he seemed to
regain his swagger.
He was able to get more
involved in the offense in tran-
sition to get open for three
separate alley-oops. Another
time, he was found cutting hard
across the baseline for an easy
dunk. Robinson even grabbed
10 rebounds for a double-dou-
ble.
"(Robinson) did a great job
second-cutting, not just stand-
ing," Chambers said. "He had
five dunks, I'm sure. He did a
real good job of not standing
and getting himself to the bas-
ket. He ran the floor really well
(and) I felt like he cut pretty

well. He got a lot of easy shots,
and a lot of them were dunks
unfortunately for us."
Stauskas also found his
shooting touch again. Prior to
Sunday, the freshman guard
only shot 7-for-19 from 3-point
range and hadn't shown much
poise in getting to the rim.
But against the Nittany Lions,
Stauskas tallied 18 points and
hit a couple of key 3-pointers to
help maintain Michigan's lead
down the stretch.
The trio of Burke, Robinson
and Stauskas shot a combined
20-for-31 from the floor and
accounted for 68 of Michigan's
79 points. They were also more
aggressive driving to the basket
and drawing fouls. The Wol-
verines shot a total of 35 free
throws and were 27 of 35 from
the charity stripe.
"It's nice (to have Glenn and
Nik back contributing)," Burke
said. "It gives them that level
of confidence that they may
have been missing in the (past
few) games (when) they weren't
shooting the way that they
know they can shoot. It's their
job to hit it when they're open,
(and) I think the earlier we get
them involved, the earlier they
hit shots, get to the free throw
line, be a part of the offense, the
better they're going to play."
NOTE: During a first-half
timeout of Sunday's game, the
1989 NCAA Champions team
was honored as a part of the
"Return to Crisler" weekend.
In addition, Glen Rice was rec-
ognized for his selection as one
of the 75 best players in NCAA
Tournament history.

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