The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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12 THE WOLVERINE APRIL 2017 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS .05 The number of team points that separated No. 11 Michi- gan and No. 1 Oklahoma in the women's gymnastics team's home finale March 4. Seniors Nicole Artz and Talia Chiarelli were honored, while the Wolverines posted their top score of the season, 197.575. 5 Top-10 showings among his position group at the NFL Combine by linebacker BEN GEDEON. After having a break- out campaign in his lone year as the starter, he led all line- backers with 27 reps on the bench press (225 pounds), tied for first in the 20-yard shuttle (4.13 seconds), ranked third in the 60-yard shuttle (11.58 seconds), tied for seventh in the vertical jump (34.5 inches) and finished eighth in the three-cone drill (6.98 seconds). Classmate Delano Hill also posted five top-10 finishes among safeties in combine drills, but did not finish higher than fifth in any. 7 Was where 247Sports ranked the Mich- igan job among all in college football. Ohio State was the only Big Ten program to rank higher, at No. 2. "Between satel- lite camps and spring trips to Florida and Rome, Harbaugh has figured out the buttons that again make Michigan great, irking rivals and strang- ers along the way," the website wrote. "… The fact that it's a na- tional recruiting job, geographi- cally removed from elite talent, is the primary facet keeping Michigan from being higher ranked." 12-1 Were the odds that Glenn Robinson III would win the 2017 NBA Dunk Contest, the lowest of the four contestants in the event. Despite the slim probability, the former Michi- gan hoopster had two "perfect" dunks in his four attempts, receiving a 10 out of 10 from all five judges for each. His final 50 came after jumping over a mascot, a cheerleader and Pac- ers teammate Paul George, all standing in a row. George handed the ball off to him during the leap, and Robin- son finished with a reverse slam. 12 I s w h e re re d - s h i r t f r e s h m a n 1 6 5 - p o u n d e r Logan Massa was listed in FloWrestling's pound-for-pound rank- ings of all collegiate competitors. He was the highest-ranked athlete in his first year of eligibility and ranked No. 2 nationally at his weight class heading into the NCAA Championships (held March 16-18), behind only Isaiah Martinez of Illinois, a two-time na- tional champion. 17 Is where former U-M defensive end Taco Charlton was ranked in ESPN NFL Draft expert Todd McShay 's listing of the top 32 available draft prospects following the combine. Jabrill Peppers, who had been included in the countdown since the end of last year, fell out while corner- back Jourdan Lewis checked in at No. 31. McShay lists Peppers as his No. 6 safety; four safeties made his top 32. 213 Victories at U-M for basketball head coach John Beilein after winning the Big Ten tourna- ment, breaking the school record of 209, held by Johnny Orr (1968-80). Beilein enters the NCAA Tournament (his seventh bid in Ann Arbor) with an overall mark of 213-134 (.614) in his 10 years at the helm. By The NUMBERS PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN