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YEAR IN REVIEW
Daily sports editor Dan Feldman and Daily sports
writer Alex Prosperi pick the best and worst of
Michigan sports from the 2006-07 season.
DAN FELDMAN:
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
An outright Big Ten Title sets this
team apart from women's track and
field, which shared its conference
championship. Both finished third at
ALEX PROSPERI:
FOOTBALL
The team didn't win the Rose Bowl,
but it was the best squad to don the
maize and blue this year. Although
the season ended with downers - a
42-39 loss to Ohio State in a game of
undefeated rivals and a 32-18 loss to
Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl - the
the NCAA Championships.
The Wolverines were led by red-
shirt sophomore Nicole Edwards,
the NCAA Great Lakes Regional
Athlete of the Year for women's cross
country.
senior-laden defense, complemented
by the star-studded offensive attack
of Chad Henne, Mike Hart and Mario
Manningham, brought more than
109,000 fans to The Big House for
every home game. The enthusiasm,
excitement and anticipation brought
on by 11-0 start makes this Michigan
team the best of the year.
W MOST DISAPPOINTING
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DF: WRESTLING place finish at Big Tens was their lowest
The grapplers (2-10) finished with ever.
their worst regular-season record since Whatever the excuses - a lack of depth
1924-25. That's pre-Cliff Keen - the or injuries - this normally solid program
coach and the arena. And their eight- went through a disastrous season.
AP: MEN'S BASKETBALL final 11 regular-season games. Michigan
This team shouldn't be called a dis- couldn't win when it had to, showed a
appointment, but rather a travesty. The lack of effort, had poor play calling and
cagers looked great on paper, starting no consistent floor general. Wolverine
four seniors. The previous season's NIT coach Tommy Amaker was fired after
championship game appearance seemed his team lost in the second round of the
like it would be a stepping stone to the NIT. This underachieving squad did
NCAA Tournament. Michigan even one thing right - it put fans out of their
started 16-4. misery by ending its season sooner than
But the Wolverines went 4-7 in their expected.
TO MOMENT ....
DF: FRESHMAN ALAN OAKS'S
REGIONAL-WINNING HOME RUN
The No.1I pick in the Major
Lea gue Baseball draft, David
Price, was pitching for the
No. 1 team in college base-
ball, Vanderbilt.
The only No. I about.Oaks,
who was pinch-hitting for
Michigan, was the first digit
in his .188 batting average.
But a homer to left-center cba
put the Wolverines up for Oak
good in the deciding game But
of the Nashville Regional des
AP: SOPHOMORE ADAM ABRAHAM'S
DIVING CATCH TO ROB OHIO STATE
In the bottom of the ninth with
the score tied at four, the Michi
gan baseball traim was ha a jam.
With a full count and the win-
ning run at third base, Wolverine
sophomore pitcher Ben Jenzen
was instructed to walk Buckeye
Ryan Dew with first base open.
But Dew had other plans.
Jenzen left a pitch over the
plate and Dew hit a shot to third,
which seemed like the winning
hit. But sophomore Adam Abra-
ham jumped higher than any
baseball player in recent memory
and snatched the ball out of mid-
air, sending the game into extra
innings, where Michigan carried
its momentum a win and a even-
tually a sweep in Columbus.
WORST MOMENT......
DF: REDSHIRT FRESHMAN CARSON BUTLER'S responded swiftly, kicking both off the
ALLEGED ST. PATRICK'S-DAY ASSAULT team, even though Butler appeared to be
With all signs pointing to the upcom- the favorite to start at tightend this year.
ing season being Michigan football coach
Lloyd Carr's last, he should be riding off
smoothly into the sunset. But off-the-field AP: MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM S COLLAPSE
incident after off-the-field incident in the VS. IOWA
last year are putting the kibosh on that. When there's a must-win game on
Already off the team for at least spring Jan. 31, things probably aren'tgoing well.
practice, Carson Butler, along with red- Nonetheless, the 16-6 squad needed to
shirt freshman cornerback Chris Richards, beat Iowa at Crisler Arena after getting
allegedly beat up another student. Carr See WORST, Page 12
ANG E LA CESER E/Daly
ampionship game and heavy hitter, homered over
ks in the same stature as the Green Monster to help
cky "Fucking" Dent. Dent, the Yankees win the AL East
pite not being known as over the Red Sox in 1978.
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