The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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michigan basketball the national championship game. Expect more of the same this season." Lindy's: Stauskas ranks No. 10 among the nation's shooting guards, Robinson No. 2 among small forwards, and McGary No. 2 among power forwards. Athlon: McGary makes the secondteam All-America listing, along with MSU's Harris. Craft and MSU's Adreian Payne are the Big Ten representatives on the third team. All-Big Ten Squads Sporting News: This publication lists the top 10 players in order, McGary checking in at No. 1 overall and Robinson fifth. Freshmen Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton show up No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on the list of "Top 10 Newcomers." Lindy's: Robinson makes the first team, while McGary and Stauskas land on the second. Athlon: McGary makes the first team here, with Robinson earning secondteam recognition. Special Categories Sporting News: Under "DifferenceMaker," the publication says of McGary: "During last season's NCAA Tournament, the Chesterton, Ind., product emerged as an interior weapon. This season, the sophomore will thrive in John Beilein's attack, which has always been able to feature big men in creative ways." Lindy's: Under "Top Newcomer," this assessment is given of Walton: "The heralded point guard has all the tools to step right into the starting point guard role and will do his best to ignore the inevitable comparisons to predecessor Trey Burke." ❏ Basketball Notebook • Head coach John Beilein made it clear at Michigan's media day that his forwards are basically interchangeable, perhaps to calm some of the speculation over whether sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III would be a fixed feature at small forward or play more of the "four," or power forward role, he did last year. Assistant coach Jeff Meyer noted Robinson brings the length and skills to help the Wolverines in a variety of ways. "He will get there [to the four] at some point in time," Meyer said. "As we look at our roster, I think our biggest concern is, where are we going to be defensively? All the close games are going to come down to getting defensive stops. Who is going to be that defensive lineup we want on the court if we need two or three consecutive stops, which will invariably happen? "I think 70 percent of the teams we played last year used a stretch four or basically a small forward at the four position. That lends itself to, 'If you're going to play small, we can play small.' We have a really good athlete at the four spot, too." • Sophomore Mitch McGary's lower back condition has kept him out of work-