The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics likely need to rack up 500 points this (football and men's ice hockey). This spring to claim first place. year alone, four U-M programs have The good news is that U-M has al- finished among the top three teams ready made the NCAA field in men's nationally, with men's gymnastics and women's tennis and softball, and and men's swimming and diving is poised to make the NCAA post- placing first, men's basketball earnseason in rowing and ing runner-up honwomen's track. The ors and volleyball Directors' Cup Maize and Blue could coming in third after Standings make the postseason losing to eventual naThrough April 30, 2013 in baseball and men's tional champ Texas Rk. School Points track. in the Final Four. 914.25 1. Michigan Michigan is one Had John Beilein's 2. Stanford 902.75 of five programs nahoops team bested 3. Penn State* 857.00 tionally to record at Louisville, Michigan 4. Florida 748.50 least 10 top-five finwould have won 743.00 5. Notre Dame ishes since the Directhree NCAA titles in 6. North Carolina 712.83 tors' Cup (formerly the same sports year 7. Minnesota* 697.50 the Sears Cup) befor only the third 8. UCLA 624.50 gan in 1993-94, tying time ever (1933-34 615.50 9. Georgia North Carolina with and 1947-48). 10. Florida State 614.00 10. Penn State and Though his hockey 544.00 15. Ohio State* Ohio State represent team did not make 16. Nebraska* 536.33 the next best in the the NCAA Tourna18. Michigan State*522.50 Big Ten, but have ment for the first 23. Wisconsin* 471.00 only four top-five time in 23 years, head 25. Indiana* 453.50 performances. coach Red Berenson 31. Illinois* 414.75 The Wolverines' is taking pride in the 39. Purdue* 341.00 top effort was a secsuccess of his col316.50 43. Iowa* ond-place showing leagues and their 55. Northwestern* 265.50 in 2003-04, and like teams. * Big Ten teams this year, the Maize "You don't take it and Blue led after the for granted," Berenwinter term. However, a poor spring son said. "Look how hard every team season doomed the Wolverines, who competes. We're going to work hard scored in just three — softball, wom- in the summer to have a good team en's tennis and rowing — of 10 eli- in the winter. And then we work hard gible sports. all winter to try to have a good endRegardless of how it turns out, ing. And every other team does the Michigan is enjoying a special year, same thing. So much hard work goes earning a pair of national titles for the into this, and it's gratifying to see it first time since the 1997-98 campaign pay off."