The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS FIVE YEARS AGO, 2011: Michi- gan sophomore point guard Darius Morris nearly carried the Wolverines past Duke in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. They fell just shy of that goal, and Morris' next move involved a fast break to the NBA Draft, when he announced he was giving up his final two years of collegiate eli- gibility. "This was a difficult decision, how- ever, in the end I decided to go with my heart," Morris said. "Playing profes- sional basketball has always been a dream for me. I feel this is the right time for me to pursue that goal. It will be hard for me to leave the University of Michigan; however, I truly believe the basketball program is moving in a very positive direction." John Beilein's team, meanwhile, faced a decision about moving for- ward. It featured a pair of candidates vying for the point guard spot in 2011- 12 — rising senior Stu Douglass and an incoming freshman and Mr. Basket- ball from the state of Ohio, Trey Burke. 10 YEARS AGO, 2006: Michigan baseball stormed through the month of May, on its way to 43 victories, along with the Big Ten regular-season and Big Ten Tournament titles. The Wolverines also earned an NCAA Tournament berth for the second straight year, the first time U-M put back-to-back NCAA appear- ances together since it logged seven straight from 1983-89. Because of those efforts, head coach Rich Maloney's program became The Wolverine's 2005-06 Team of the Year. "To say our program this year had the best season of any sport on this campus is pretty humbling because we have a lot of great teams, a lot of great coaches and a lot of great athletes at Michigan," Maloney said. "But this was a special THIS MONTH IN MICHIGAN ATHLETICS HISTORY Darius Morris led U-M with 16 points and six assists in a 73-71 loss to Duke in the third round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament before declaring for the NBA Draft, where he was selected in the second round. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS