L
ast season proved a lost year for
John Beilein's basketball team. It
began the season with little margin
for error and mishaps abounded.
The Wolverines lost sophomores
Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III
and Mitch McGary to the NBA, af-
ter seeing fifth-year senior Jordan
Morgan graduate and redshirt junior
Jon Horford transfer. So much of the
team's leadership and early scoring
had to fall on starting guards Caris
LeVert, a junior, and Derrick Walton,
a sophomore.
LeVert barely made it to the Big
Ten season, while Walton missed the
final two-thirds of it. Both suffered
foot injuries that took them off the
court and swept the Wolverines, 16-
16, out of the NCAA Tournament for
the first time in five seasons.
"It was painful, and it is painful
for them, as well," Beilein said of his
players. "We had a lot of close losses,
MICHIGAN BASKETBALL
Wolverines Looking For
Much More After A Lost Season
Junior guard Derrick Walton was expected to help lead the team last year, but missed a sig-
nificant portion of the season due to injury.
PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN