The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Stauskas endured three straight games of being limited to 10 points or fewer. He'd only scored in single digits twice all season. Now, it was getting nasty. "It's been a little bit different this year," Stauskas admitted. "There have been a few games, like the Duke game and the Indiana game, where I've needed to make a few adjust- ments. I'm just not used to it yet. It's been tough at times. "If a team is going to faceguard me, I'll take that as a compliment. At the same time, it becomes tough, be- cause I'm working a lot harder just to get open, not even scoring … against Indiana, there was a lot of frustra- tion, because I felt like I was letting my team down in the game. I felt responsible." Stauskas took responsibility to an- other level over the summer months. He stayed in Ann Arbor, living in a house with classmate Caris LeVert. Those two decided they were going to put in some serious overtime to keep their special freshman season from fleeting-memory status. They each took a class in the morn- ing, but by noon they'd settled into serious basketball business at Crisler Center. They'd receive treatment for nagging injuries, and then hit the practice courts at the Player Devel- opment Center to work on ball han- dling and shooting, often jumping into one-on-one contests. Next up — Camp Sanderson, with U-M strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson. They'd spend roughly an hour and a half with him, Stauskas making the 16-pound jump from 192 to 208, adding six inches to his vertical leap (now 38 During the offseason, Stauskas bulked up from 192 to 208 pounds and improved his vertical leap from 32 to 38 inches. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL