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…-8A - Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MEN'S BASKETBALL Wolverines dominate offensive glass in win Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and freshman guard Trey Burke…

… each scored 19 points in the Wolverines' 66-64 overtime victory against Northwestern. gMiinfnisesWldcats inO By BEN ESTES Jr., who fouled Reggie Hearn Daily SportsoEditor with one second left in the…

… from first free throw, allowing Michi- Wolverine defenders off the ball gan (4-1 Big Ten, 14-3 overall) to and hitting almost all of his shots. hold on for the win. Shurna finished with 21 points to It…

…-0 Wolverine run with 13:38 left in the second half - punctuated by a fast-break, two- handed dunk by Novak - gave Michigan its first lead, 46-44, since early in the first frame. But the Wildcats didn't go away…

… Wildcats got open looks in the paint with ease in the first frame, the Wolverines got nothing out of their frontcourt. When redshirt sophomore for- ward Jordan Morgan wasn't los- ing his man on cuts on…

… been preparing. But for what? That is still an uncertainty. The Wolverines sit on the precarious NCAA Tournament bubble, and according to ESPN women's bracketologist Charlie Creme, Michigan is the second…

… team out, behind just North Caro- lina. The Wolverines' resume isn't great, but it just might be good enough to earn their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2001. Michigan comes in at 20-11 - its best…

… career as a Wolverine. But even if it doesn't get over the NCAA Tournament hump that has been present for more than a decade, Michigan will stillbe playing in the postsea- son - just at the WNIT. "It…

…p The Michigan Daily j michigandailycom | March 12, 2012 LOOKING PAST 'OHIO I TODD NEEDLE/ailt Membersof the Michigan basketball team express their frustration during the Wolverines' 77-55 loss to…

… to the No. 10 Michigan basketball team on Sat- urda Life Fieldhouse and theWolverines were caught without their gloves MICHIGAN 55 on. OHIO STATE 77 Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger shucked two…

… start between the pipes Friday, but he'll "talk it over" with the coaching staff, before making a decision. EarlyoninThursday'sgame, it looked as if the Wolverines were heading for a blowoutvictory…

… wrapped around t and sprayed a wr back of the net to put the Wolverines up 3-0. However, 29 seconds later Rutledge misplayed the puck and RIT pulled to with- in two. The scoring slowed in the second period…

…, and the Wolverin look came when B. the net before hitt a wrister. With a little ov to play in the perk forward Alex Gup self in the crease h a two-man r defenseman ceived a pass partner Jacob i a shot…

… er five minutes replythis time by the Wolverines od, sophomore and sophomore forward Travis till found him- Lynch off a turnover, extended with a chance the lead to two again. RIT's Elliot Raibl made…

… guessed incorrectly on a Tiger backhand from just outside the crease and RIT capi- talized, sending the game into overtime. That's when Hartley made Rutledge and the Wolverines pay for the puck that…

…." The Wolverines maintained a healthy shot advantage through- out the game, outshooting RIT by a 44-26 clip, but the Tigers made the most of their third-period opportunities, outscoring Michi- gan 3-l…

…. The Tigers and Wolverines will wrap up the two-game series Friday night with a7:35 p.m. puck drop from Yost Ice Arena. Merrill is expected to miss at least six weeks with a fractured vertebrae By LIZ…

…-ranked Wolverines disappointed in the home open- er against Rochester Institute of Technology, dropping a 5-4 overtime contest without their preseason all-conference defen- seman. Merrill suffered a frac- tured…

… 42 blocks. His absence at the beginning of the year, however, didn't signifi- cantly affect the Wolverines, as they reached the NCAA Tourna- ment as the No.1 seed. Tuesday was a different story. "We…

… period, the deflated Wolverines' defense gave up back-to-back goals. Though Michigan was plagued by the Tigers' late surge, Trouba manned the defensive zone with physical hits and recorded a pair of career…

… through every- thing." And so far, Michigan has. The Wolverines improved to 5-0 in games decided in overtime. That fifth victory didn't come easy on Friday. After Glenden- ing scored one minute into the…

… 1989, when Bowling Green defeated the Wolverines in three overtimes. That season was the last time Michigan failed to reach the CCHA semifinals, and the Wolverines have now made them 23 straight years…

… kind of lay all your chips on the table and fight until you win." If any unit took those words especially to heart during the sweep of the Fighting Irish, it was the Wolverine penalty killers and fifth…

…-year senior netminder Shawn Hunwick. Beginning with Michigan's January split in South Bend, the Wolverines successfully killed all 15 of Notre Dame's power plays they faced this season. "It just shows how good…

… Fighting Irish had the person- nel advantage. But Hunwick was hardly the only Wolverine that caused Notre Dame's power play to leave empty handed. Michigan racked up the blocked shots, sending puck after…

… CCHA semifinals. Though Berenson hopes the Wolverines will be conscien- tious of the penalties they take there, if they are forced to play a man down, all that's left to do is burn the boats - no…

… Wolverines took a cou-- ple of potentially disastrous penal- ties, including a rare one assessed to sophomore defenseman Jon Merrill. It was just his second of the s*eason.Tiofer is not valid on wdsingUMW Wm…

… and the end of Michigan's NCAA Tourna- ment chances. Look at how the Wolverines fared in the Big Ten Tournament. Calm and cool, Burke polished off a career-high, 30-point mas- terpiece on Friday…

…, playing all 45 minutes, while other teammates floundered early against a medio- cre Minnesota team. Saturday, Burke had the worst game of his life - no poise, no legs - and the Wolverines lost to Ohio State…

… the floor at that open gym." After the Minnesota game, Merritt and C.J. Lee, the other cool guard from the 2009 tourna- ment run, drank in the Wolverine locker room that was buzzing about Burke's game…

… leadership and poise got Wolverines struggle at Red and Black Tournament By ALEXA DETTELBACH DailySports Writer LOUISVILLE, Kent. - Senior first baseman Amanda Chidester hit a hard triple to left field and…

…. 14 Michi- gan softball team can be. Sometimes it can be easy to forget. . Playing at the Red and Black Tournament in Louisville this weekend, the Wolverines struggled to find their offensive rhythm in…

… weekend against the Red Birds, when the Wolverines were again unable to get much going offensively. "(A) pitcher's goal is to throw it so you don't have a good chance to hit," Hutchins said. "When she doesn…

… on base or not. The good news is we did have runners on base." Against the Cardinals, the Wolverines' first seven batters were retired. And after not capitalizing in the top of the third inning when…

…-best five before Wagner came in for relief at the top of the sixth inning. It's clear that, moving for- ward, the Wolverines need to find some consistency on offense. "We have to worry about what we do…

…, Hanlon and Pol- lack will further discuss how the University is funded at 5:15 'p.m. in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League, in a dis- cussion open to students. MICHIGAN From Page 1A The Wolverines…

…. With the loss (to Ohio State on Saturday), we're eager to get back to work." The team will have quite a bit of work to do, considering how poorly the Wolverines played in the 77-55 loss to the Buckeyes…

… Beilein is taking the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament for the second-consecutive season. Michigan draws No. 4 seed W h To] S olverines earn its NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday night, but the Wolver…

…'s strong resume. For By BEN ESTES their 24-9 performance this Daily SportsEditor season, the Wolverines were rewarded with a No. 4 seed in ere wasn't any suspense, the Midwest Region. It's the watch party or…

… he marched Michigan to Iowa's three-yard line late in the game - all the Wolverines needed was a MAR ISSA MCCL AIN/ Junior quarterback Denard Robinson must improve in Borges' second year. touchdown…

… the Michigan hockey team dur- ing shootouts this year. The Wolverines' ineffective- ness in that category has hurt them in the standings this year especially, but it's a decade-old struggle. "It's not…

… John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine") is a Confederate veteran who is transported to Mars, where he turns from ** rogue to hero John Carter and leads an alien people to At Quality16 a…

… trite and inconsequential - and a childish love story. Love story? Of course there's one! And, of course, it involves a sensual-but-independent prin- cess (Lynn Collins, "X-Men Ori- gins: Wolverine") who…

… thanking his childhood dog, Hoser. It seemed as though Novak was once again downplayingcthe gravity of the moment. On his last night assa Wolverine, it was his final chance as a player to address the…

…. And tell them that when a presi- dential candidate says that we should let our schools go bank- rupt, that as a Michigander and a Wolverine, you're not going to stand for that." CSG President De…

… defen- sively, and I'm prouder than hell of these guys. I really mean that." So don't apologize for Michi- gan for the way it played on Sat- urday. Given the outcome, the Wolverines themselves certainly…