)NEL-HUII iNDEi I'D I ' WENTYTH'1IIREEYIIA'isF DE I1 I )ITO1l IALRi EEI)OM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 11, 2013 michigandaily com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN * Be ore * the rim outa collapse ANN ARBOR - I t was always supposed to come down to this: Michigan and Indiana for the Big Ten championship. And what a heartbreaker it was. Trey Burke, always a step ahead, was working in slow motion as he started the ball up the court with 13.7 seconds on the clock. Burke had Cody Zeller beat with the left hand, and he nearly got to the rim, but Zeller, fresh off muscling in the go-ahead basket on the other end of the court, got his tower- ing7-footframethere just in time. Burke tried to correct, STEPHEN J. looping a shot over NESBITT Zeller's outstretched arms. It bounced off the far side of the rim and back out. Jordan Morgan rose next, banking a left-handed tip-back attempt off the glass. The junior forward's shot met the lip of the iron and rolled around a quar- ter of the rim. Then, as fate tilted with it, the ball rolled out. Indiana 72, Michigan 71. The Hoo- siers are outright Big Ten champions. Victor Oladipo, a villain at the outset of See COLLAPSE, Page SA HEARTBREAK AT HOME MEN'S BASKETBALL Michigan falls inches short of Big Ten title Morgan's putback, Michigan's three missed free throws seal loss By DANIEL WASSERMAN Daily Sports Editor With a Big Ten title literally hanging in the balance, a tip-in off the fingertips of redshirt junior forward Jordan Mor- gan rolled around the length of the rim before finally dropping out of the cyl- inder, leaving a previously undefeated home team heartbroken on senior night. Sophomore point guard Trey Burke, likely playing in Ann Arbor for the final time, drove right at Indiana's Cody MICHIGAN 71 Zeller with just INDIANA 72 under 10 seconds remaining. After his layup rimmed out, Morgan's put-back had a little too much on it, and Indiana grabbed possession with just a few ticks left, sealing a Hoo- sier victory, 72-71. "I thought the ball went in," Burke said of Morgan's miss. "It looked like it went all the way down and then came back up. We were unlucky." Added Michigan coach John Beilein: "I just thought for sure that baby was going in." After the Wolverines had grabbed a four-point lead with 1:10 to play, Michi- gan proceeded to miss three of its next four free throws, allowing the Hoosiers to close the gap and eventually take the lead after Zeller made a layup with 13 seconds remaining. With the win, Indiana won sole pos- session of the Big Ten Championship - a title that could've been split four ways with a Michigan win. The two top-10 teams battled until the final horn, just as expected. After Michigan (12-6 Big Ten, 25-6 overall) controlled much of the opening half and took a three-point lead into halftime, No. 2 Indiana opened the second half on a7-2 run. But neither team could put together any significant run or even come close to pulling away. The game saw a total of eight lead changes, with seven coming in the second stanza. BattlingIndianaguardVictorOladipo for National Player of the Year, Burke finished with 20 points - 16 in the sec- ond half - while Oladipo registered 14 points and 13 rebounds. The Hoosiers dominated the battle on the boards, though, 53-30, including 24 offensive rebounds. Zeller scored a game-high 25 points, and pulled down 10 of those rebounds. "Somebody always seemed to be miss- ing someone," Beilein said of his team's struggle to box out. "The rebounding was a huge, huge part of this game. It's a shame when we defend so well and then See TITLE, Page SA TKRA MuLENoAFF/uaily Clockwise from top: Freshman guard Nik Stauskas, sophomore forward Max Bielfeldt, and junior guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. make their way towards the tunnel after losing to the Hoo- siers 72-71. Freshman forward Mitch McGary (right) and sophomore guard Trey Burke (left) both had strong performances in Sunday's game, but still fell short of the victory. L a t , STUDENT GOVERNMENT Scott, Michaeli enter race for CSG president SOUNDS GOOD' BUSINESS Pair runs as independents, expands election to four tickets By GIACOMO BOLOGNA DailyStaffReporter Another entrance into the fray widens the race for Cen- tral Student Government pres- ident and vice president to four duos, but the other three tick- ets come from political par- ties - youMICH, forUM and momentUM. LSA junior Scott Christopher, the president of MPowered, and LSA freshman Ethan Michaeli, a CSG intern, announced Sunday their bid for CSG president and vice president as independent candidates. A relative newcomer to stu- dent government, Christopher became the inaugural chair of the Entrepreneurship Commis- sion when it was formed this fall. He had been approached by all three parties to discuss entrepreneurship's role in CSG next year, but said he wanted to expand his role beyond entre- preneurship while still main- taining its mindset. "Ethan and I both have the entrepreneurial spirit ingrained in us and the benefit of being an entrepreneur is you get things done very quickly," Christopher said. "I think we've seen that with (Parikh) this year - get- ting a lot more done than people thought he could as a student body president." Christopher and Michaeli have numerous points of their platform already worked out, though they have yet to release a formal version. With University President Mary Sue Coleman set to step down in 2014, Christopher said it's important that students' opinions regarding the next president are heard. He would survey students on what quali- ties they would like in a Uni- versity president. Christopher said he also supports having a See CSG, Page SA RUBY WALLAU/Daily Music junior Corey Smith creates sound effects behind the scenes for the rehearsal of the Interarts Program's spring showcase The Well of Horniness at the Walgreen Drama Center on Sunday. GOVERNMENT Lei n announces he won't run for re-elcinin 2014 Sava's owner to open third A2 eatery on Main Street Tapas spot to open with attached espresso cafe By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily StaffReporter By next fall, if all goes according to plan for restaura- teur Sava Lelcaj, a third venue will be added to her family of markets and eateries. Lelcaj has made plans to once again expand her rep- ertoire, which currently consists of Sava's Restau- rant and Babo market, both downtown. She recently pur- chased a third space on East Washington Street, which is currently occupied by the family-owned Mahek Indian Cuisine. Sava's General Manager Feli- cia Viening said the new res- taurant will be oriented around the concept of Mediterranean tapas. See SAVA'S, Page SA Michigan's longest serving senator ends 34-year run By DANIELLE RAYKHINSHTEYN Daily StaffReporter Democratic Sen. Carl Levin announced over break that he will not be running for re-elec- tion in 2014. Levin is the longest serving Michigan senator - he will end his term with 34 years in the nation's highest legislative body. Levin said in a statement that the decision - which had been speculated at - was hard for him because he enjoyed his position, but thinks he will be able to accomplish more in his position without re-election looming over his head. "Our country is at a cross- roads that will determine our economic health and security for decades to come," Levin said. "(I) decided that I can best serve my state and nation by concentrating in the next two years on the challenging issues before us that I am in a position to help address." Two current targets are to See LEVIN, Page SA ve and advance Aichigan hockey team swept >und 1 of the CCHA playoffs. a INSIDE WEATHER +r HI: 39 GOT A NEWS TIP? W LO:27 Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail TOMORROW + news@michigandaily.com and letus know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Spring Break in review MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE WIRE INDEX NEWS........................2A SUDOKU....................3A Vol.CXXIII, No. 79 OPINION..................4A CLASSIFIEDS ...............6A ©201 TheMichiganDaily ARTS......................6A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B michioondoilp.com .., . . r, 1 i A'z rn , ' . W 7 '." 1 Sa T c m' f",rt. y ~fir ,