M back up to 2nd in latest Directors Cup standings
Michigan is back up to 2nd in the latest Director's Cup standings, thanks to good showings from Men's and Women's basketball. Obviously Stanford will always be on top by a mile, so 2nd place is really what programs are vying for (inasmuch as they're vying for a place at all).
The Big Ten leads all Division I conferences in the top-10 each with four institutions – Michigan (2nd), Wisconsin (3rd), Penn State (4th), Minnesota (9th).
State is 29th.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
Ohio is 11th.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
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April 11th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
Whaaaaat! How is this possible. I was told that Michigan athletics were underwhelming. I mean we didn't even win a championship in football, basketball or hockey.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
your statement "I mean we didn't even win a championship in football, basketball or hockey" is very true.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
What "Michigan athletics" means to people can vary. For most people looking at big athletic departments, it's football, basketball, and some combo of baseball/hockey/lacrosse. While the non-revenue sports are boosting Michigan to #2 in the director's cup, I would gladly sacrifice all the non-revenue sports earning us points for a national title in any one of the big sports.
Michigan has a #2 director's cup ranking primarily due to wrestling, women's swimming, women's CC, and field hockey.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
At first I saw UM's men's basketball team at ninth and was like, ok. Then I saw wisconsin's men's basketball was ranked 3rd. I don't know how this works.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
Because of Ethan Happ and also because fuck us, right?
April 11th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^
It's a typo - it's correct in the more detailed sheet. Wisconsin basketball was actually 33rd (all the 1st Round NCAA losers are "33rd place.")
April 11th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^
the 3rd is a typo
in the detail they are 33rd
April 11th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^
Lets be honest. We'd all give up any other award for a football NC.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:43 AM ^
Let's be honest. The list of things I would be willing to do for a football NC is long and rather embarrassing.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
The day Stanford doesn’t come in first, it’s going to be a “you remember where you were/what you were doing when you heard it” kind of day.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
I’ve been wondering if next year is the year for a school to pass Stanford. There is going to be a lot of tumult at some of their top non-revenue sports on account of the admissions scandal. Maybe a one-year blip provides a chance for us to win the whole thing.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
....but staee is #1 in unreported sexual assaults by athletes, administrators, and couches burnt.
So they got that going for them, which is nice.
Fire Warde!