Duncan Robinson to wear the #22 Legends(ish) number
Okay, so it's not a Legends number with a patch like how Football does things, but the #22 jersey is hanging in the rafters at Crisler Center and players can still be assigned the number without all the fanfare.
Only one number is retired at Michigan and that's #33.
The last Wolverine to wear Bill Buntin's #22 was Blake McClimans.
List of #22s. Buntin's banner was raised on 1/7/2006.
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Jack Teotlebaum |
1932-33 |
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Matt Patanelli |
1936-37 |
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Milo Sukup |
1938-39 |
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William Seymour |
1943-44 |
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Don Lund |
1944-45 |
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Gordon Rosencrans |
1945-46 |
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Thomas Tiernan |
1949-50 |
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John Codwell |
1951-52 |
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Junior Stielstra |
1953-54 |
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William Wright |
1955-56 – 1957-58 |
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Robbert Kucher |
1959-60 |
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David Kroll |
1961-62 |
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Bill Buntin |
1962-63 – 1964-65 |
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Jason Bossard |
1991-92 – 1993-94 |
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Neal Morton |
1994-95 |
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Louis Bullock* |
1995-96 |
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Herb Gibson |
1999-00 – 2000-01 |
| #22 Bill Buntin honored on 1/7/2006 | |
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Sherrod Harrell |
2002-03 – 2005-06 |
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Ekpe Udoh |
2006-07 – 2007-08 |
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Jevohn Shepherd |
2008-09 |
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Blake McLimans |
2009-10 – 2012-13 |
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Duncan Robinson |
2014-15 - |
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
2 x 11 is 22
I love numeric symmetry
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:34 PM ^
At least with the basketball program, it's always been like this. It was always understood Cazzie's was the only number that would be taken out of circulation once they started "honoring" more jerseys. There was a good, what, almost 10 year gap in between the Cazzie retirement (what was it, '94?) and Rudy T. They've been very quiet about it, no extra hoopla or stupid patches. They're just up there. It's kind of nice, actually.
September 3rd, 2014 at 9:53 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
was my little league number. No one has worn it since my .174 career batting average and 1 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
I wore #22 the first year I played varsity baseball in high school, and put up some pretty good numbers. But in my senior year my number got changed to #12, and I couldn't hit above the Mendoza line.
I blame the number. I'm sure my lack of plate discipline and inability to hit a curve had very little to do with it.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:17 PM ^
i upvoted the OP just because i can't figure out why someone would have downvoted him.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:24 PM ^
Because his post says Duncan is wearing a "Legends number" which is totally wrong.
22 has been worn by many people since it was honored. This is not really newsworthy, unless you feel the need to point out you're one of the (many) people who knows that there's only one retired Michigan number.
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
Really not that big of a deal.. You knew he didn't really mean it was a Legends number by his inclusion of "ish." This is newsworthy in that it tells us what number the new kid will wear. We do this for football all the time.
September 3rd, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:21 PM ^
That's interesting. How do you find that out?
EDIT: Probably the tab that says "voting details" that I've never seemed to notice until now. Got it.
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:39 PM ^
You have 29k+ points and JUST noticed that?
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
Come ooooooon maaaaaaannn......
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
I think it came from Jason BOSSARD's mom. Now, that Jason BROssard was one cool dude, but I never played hoops against him at the IM building.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
Yikes, thanks for the correction!
September 3rd, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
Jason Bossard was one of my all-time favorite Michigan basketball players. Talk to anyone who was around either the football or basketball team back then and they all have absolutely hysterical Bossard stories. Gotta love when he'd get in at the end of a blowout and launch a three over the backboard.
September 3rd, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
Bossard was also epic in pre-game warmups. Jacking up half court shit and having a grand old time. 1st team all-stater with a nice stroke, though.
September 4th, 2014 at 1:11 AM ^
The way it was told to me by a guy who lived with Bossard, once he figured out he wasn't going to play, like, ever behind the Fab Five, he just started hitting the weight room. All the time. He built himself up to the size of a freaking defensive lineman, then lobbied to walk on to the football team. When that was summarily shot down, he just decided to have fun. Ergo, half-court bombs and emphatic bench cheering.
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
The whole everything being over the top deal annoyed me for a while, but then I realized what the hell do I care if that's how someone gets their kicks.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
I mean that sincerely. Gotta admit, I had no clue who Duncan Robinson was before this post.
September 3rd, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:22 PM ^
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September 3rd, 2014 at 8:49 PM ^
i.e. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/blue-retires-rices-jersey
It's very possible I'm having memory lapses, but did each jersey aside from Russell's #33 go from "retired" to "honored" at some point?
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
September 3rd, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
Maybe he should have to EARN the jersey like the last 4 guys to wear it had to. That's one hell of a lineup.
September 4th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 7:44 AM ^