The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS BY THE NUMBERS has finished the regular season without suffering losses in back-to-back games: 1986, 1993 and now 2012. Campaigns in the past three decades in which Michigan basketball 3 Football scholarships, among the 19 officially available for the class of 2013, already spoken for by March 12. 15 gan quarterback Chad Henne and former U-M wide receiver Mario Manningham, respectively, according to SI.com's Peter King. Rank among the top 50 NFL free agents for former Michi- 19 & 33 U-M football and basketball's combined home record in 2011-12; the first time the two programs have suffered just one combined loss since going 22-1 in 1984-85. 23-1 Assists this season by LEE MOFFIE, ranking him seventh all time among junior defensemen at Michigan and three helpers shy of moving into the top five. 24 and Minnesota hockey teams; both teams are expected to qualify for this year's postseason March 23. Record for NCAA Tournament victories, shared by the Michigan 50 Attendance at Crisler Center this season for Michigan basket- ball compared to capacity (11,438 of 12,721), ranking U-M fifth in the Big Ten behind Michigan State (100), Wisconsin (99.7), Indiana (94.5) and Purdue (94.3). 90.0 Average viewers for every Big Ten basketball game in 2011 according to Nielsen year-in-review ratings, ranking first among all conferences in college hoops. 1,496,000 Average viewers for every Big Ten football game in 2011 according to Nielsen, ranking the confer- ence second only to the SEC (4,447,000). 3,267,000 PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL 16 THE WOLVERINE APRIL 2012