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Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS
Barnes Arico weighs in
on NCAA rule changes
Three Wolverines
taken in MLB Draft
By JACOB GASE
Daily Sports Editor
For women’s college basket-
ball, the days of 20-minute halves,
one-and-one foul shots and last-
second full-court drives are over.
Monday, the NCAA Playing
Rules Oversight Panel approved a
proposal to play all women’s bas-
ketball games in four 10-minute
quarters starting next season.
Under the new format, teams
will reach the bonus and shoot
two free throws
after the fifth
team
foul
in
every quarter.
In past seasons,
teams received
one-and-one
foul shot oppor-
tunities begin-
ning with the
seventh
team
foul of a half
before
reach-
ing the double bonus (two free
throws) with the 10th team foul.
Additionally, the new format
features a rule that allows teams
to automatically advance the
ball to the frontcourt following a
timeout in the final minute of the
game.
The recommendation was ini-
tially made by the 13-member
Women’s Basketball Rules Com-
mittee last month, and it aims
to both “enhance the flow of the
game” and emulate the rules of
the WNBA and international
basketball.
Michigan coach Kim Barnes
Arico, who is working with USA
Basketball for the second straight
summer,
welcomes
the
rule
change as a means of creating a
more universal game.
“We are excited about the
changes,” Barnes Arico said. “Our
game will now more closely mirror
both the professional and interna-
tional levels of competition, which
I think is a great
thing.
“I am very
fortunate
to
have the oppor-
tunity to coach
with USA Bas-
ketball
again
this year, allow-
ing
me
the
chance to play
with
interna-
tional rules all
summer as we prepare for next
season. Many of the new college
rules are reflected in the interna-
tional game, so I am really excited
that I get to experience that before
the season kicks off in the fall.”
But Barnes Arico understands
that the new changes will also
bring a steep learning curve, espe-
cially when it comes to late-game
strategy.
Games like the Wolverines’
one-point loss to Northwestern on
Feb. 14 — which featured numer-
ous bonus free throw attempts
down the stretch and culminated
in a futile near-half-court heave
by then-senior guard Shannon
Smith — would certainly have
unfolded differently under the
new rules.
“I think that with anything,
when you make changes like this,
it is going to take some time to get
used to,” Barnes Arico said. “We
always spend parts of practice
going through situations, espe-
cially end-of-game situations. We
will continue to do that, but now
those situations will be a little dif-
ferent and will be a learning expe-
rience for both our players and
coaches.”
With its eyes on creating a bet-
ter fan experience, the panel also
approved rules that allow more
physical post defense and permit
bands or amplified music to play
during any dead-ball situation.
In addition to the changes it
has already approved, the com-
mittee has plans to reduce the
number of media and team time-
outs per game — an issue that will
be further discussed in a confer-
ence call on June 24.
“A lot of these changes are
being made to make the game
more exciting for fans,” Barnes
Arico said. “I really think that
our game is heading in the right
direction, and I am excited to see
it.”
By CHLOE AUBUCHON
Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan baseball team
made its mark on the 2015 Major
League Baseball First-Year Player
Draft, as three current Wolverines
and two incoming freshmen were
picked in days two and three of the
three-day draft, which ran from
Monday to Wednesday.
On Tuesday, junior second
baseman Jacob Cronenworth and
senior outfielder Jackson Glines
were selected in the seventh and
10th rounds, respectively.
Cronenworth, who went to
the Tampa Bay Rays, has had an
award-worthy career at Michi-
gan, playing and starting in all 180
games of his career. This season,
the junior received All-Big Ten
Second Team honors for the sec-
ond time and was named to the
Big Ten All-Tournament Team, in
addition to being named the Big
Ten Tournament Most Outstand-
ing Player. He led the Big Ten with
91 hits and 62 runs scored on the
season.
The Chicago White Sox select-
ed Glines, who finished his final
two seasons at Michigan with a
.341 career average and 21 sto-
len bases after transferring from
Fresno City College. The senior
was named an All-Big Ten first
team selection in his final season,
where he posted a .492 slugging
percentage, after receiving All-
Big Ten second team honors in his
junior season.
Wednesday, the Kansas City
Royals selected junior infielder
Travis Maezes in the 13th round.
The two-time All-Big Ten third
team selection has a career .305
average with 39 doubles, seven
triples and home runs and 92 RBI.
His .313 average in his freshman
campaign was good for Louisville
Slugger Freshman All-America
honors.
Joining Maezes on Wednesday
were incoming freshmen Jonathan
Englemann and Charlie Donovan.
Englemann went to the Minnesota
Twins in the 28th round, while
the Milwaukee Brewers selected
Donovan in the 30th round.
Engelmann hit .462 for Burlin-
game High School in San Mateo,
California, earning Perfect Game
honorable mention All-American
honors as well as an all-region
first team selection in 2015. His 34
stolen bases in his senior season
broke the school record.
Donovan,
the
2015
Illinois
Gatorade Player of the Year, is a
two-time all-state honoree and
helped Westmont High School in
Clarendon Hills, Illinois, to a 30-9
record and a spot in the Super Sec-
tionals in the IHSA Class 2A State
championships.
This year’s draft marks the 17th
in the last 18 years where at least
one Michigan player has been
selected.
RITA MORRIS/Daily
Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico is working with USA Basketball this summer, where the new rule changes are already in place.
“I really think
that our game is
heading in the
right direction.”
ALEXANDRIA BODFISH/Daily
Senior centerfielder jackson Glines was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th
round after earning first team All-Big Ten honors in his second season at Michigan.