INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS
5
Consecutive regular-season Big Ten titles for the women's tennis team. U-M
had won the league title just once from 1974-2009 (in 1997) before enjoying
its current streak of dominance.
7
Rank for Michigan's Crisler Center among the best college basketball venues
according to StadiumJourney.com.
7
The rank for the tailgating experience in Ann Arbor on a college football Sat-
urday among the top 25 by BleacherReport.com.
15
Preseason rank for the Michigan men's basketball team in 2014-15 according
to a consensus accrued from rankings posted by ESPN.com, CBSSports.com,
NBCSports.com, Sports Illustrated, USA Today and SportingNews.com.
50.0
Percentage of national titles the men's gymnastics team is responsible for on
the U-M athletic campus since 2000. The team has won three championships
(2010, 2013 and 2014), while field hockey (2001), softball (2005) and men's
swimming and diving (2013) each have one.
.514
Sophomore slugger Sierra Romero's batting average in 43 games through
April 21; the softball single-season record is a .455 average by Melissa Taylor
in 2001.
$178,000
Fair market value (in potential salary) of the average college football player
according to a study conducted by the National College Players Association
and Drexel University.
$14.2 million
Value of the Michigan basketball team for 2013-14 according to Forbes.com,
ranking the Wolverines 14th nationally and sixth in the Big Ten. Louisville was
first at $39.5 million.
