The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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APRIL 2018 THE WOLVERINE 13 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS 3 Of the "12 games that could define the 2018 college football season" according to ESPN.com involve Michigan — No. 1 Michigan at Notre Dame (Sept. 1), No. 2 Michigan at Ohio State (Nov. 24) and No. 10 Wisconsin at Michigan (Oct. 13). 3 Men's teams have won their conference basketball tournaments and advanced to the Sweet 16 each of the past two years — Michigan, Kentucky and Gonzaga. 4 Sweet 16 appearances for John Beilein's squad since 2013, which is tied for the most nationally in that span along with Duke, Ari- zona, Kansas, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Gon- zaga. 5 Career victories for se- nior men's golfer Kyle Mueller through March 18, after he claimed medalist hon- ors at the Southwestern Jones Invitational (Feb. 26-27) and the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 3-4). Mueller shared first-place honors at the latter with fresh- man teammate Charlie Pilon, who had never placed higher than tied for 46th before the breakout performance. 7 Of the men's basketball team's eight Big Ten Tournament opponents were the highest seed possible during the last two years, according to BTN.com se- nior editor Brent Yarina. The lone ex- ception was when they faced No. 3 Purdue instead of No. 2 Ohio State in this year's final contest. 23.64 Meters was how far redshirt junior Joe Ellis' winning weight throw traveled at the Big Ten Championships Feb. 24. Twice at the event, he broke the school record of 23.31 meters, set by senior teammate Grant Cartwright, who placed third in the conference. The duo's best throws at the event combined for 46.51 meters, a single-meet, two-teammate total surpassed in collegiate history only once — by four centimeters. Two weeks later at the NCAA Championships, Ellis placed fifth for first-team All-America plaudits, while Cartwright earned sec- ond-team honors, finishing 12th. 52-5 Was heavyweight wrestler Adam Coon's won-loss record during his last two years of competition (2016 and 2018; he took an injury redshirt in 2017). All but one of those defeats came by one point or in overtime, while four of the five were against either Olympic gold medal- ist and three-time NCAA champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State or world bronze medalist and two- time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of NC State. Coon finished his career 116- 15, and as a two-time NCAA finalist and three-time All-American. 410 Career three-pointers scored by senior guard KATELYNN F L A H E R T Y , m a k i n g her only the second D i v i s i o n I wo m a n to eclipse 400. She a l s o b e c a m e t h e program's first- ever three -time first-team All-Big Ten selection this season, after being named the league's Sixth Player of the Year and an All-Freshman Team choice in 2014-15. 1996 Was the last time before 2 0 1 8 t h a t t h e wo m e n's swimming and diving squad returned to Ann Arbor from the NCAA Championships with a team trophy, which requires a top-four national finish. This year, the women tallied 267 points to place fourth at the four-day event in Columbus for its third-highest point total ever. The last Michigan wom- en's swimming and diving team to bring home hardware was also the last Big Ten squad to post a top-five finish at the NCAA Championships. The squad earned eight individual All-America honors, three relay All-America laurels and 10 more All-America honorable mentions, in- cluding one relay. By The NUMBERS PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN