Michigan Athletics are doing VERY well

After last nights win over UCLA, I think it's safe to say Blue will get more than 7 wins this season and surpass last season's win total. With this year's basketball season looking promising, it got me excited not just about basketball, but excited about the state of our entire athletic department as a whole. A lot of Michigan teams are doing amazing so far this year and there are a few spring sports that are expected to do well also. Here's a list of our different programs and how they are doing, or did last year: Baseball (Spring) 2007-2008 Big Ten Season and Tournament Champions, Made NCAA Tournament M Basketball (3-0) Upset #4 UCLA, playing in the Coaches v Cancer Championship W Basketball (1-2) Lost last night 58-59 against #12 Texas A&M, last year had a strong season after some really bad years. Will have a good season after getting a good recruiting class. M Cross Country (-) Ranked #9 in the nation M Cross Country (-) Ranked #8 in the nation Field Hockey (no comment) After starting the season #9, FH really struggled this year but is easily one of the top 10 programs in the country every year Football (no comment) M Golf (-) Had two first-place finishes and a third-place finish this fall in five tournaments W Golf (-) Had one first-place finish and two third-place finishes this fall in six tournaments M Gymnastics (N/A) Ranked 6th in the country this year. There may not be a ton of men's teams in the country, but still W Gymnastics (N/A) Ranked 5th last year, they won their 16th Big Ten title Hockey (8-4) Despite a rough start this year, they are still ranked #9 and did reach the Frozen Four last year after being #1 most of the season M Soccer (12-5-3) Ranked 14th and received an 11 seed in the NCAA tournament with a first round bye. Plays Tuesday. Softball (-) Last season was ranked 6th when they lost to VT needing one win to reach the Women's College World Series. Has one of the greatest college softball coached in the history of the sport. M Swimming (2-1) Ranked fourth in the country this season. Last year, Peter Vanderkaay repeated as national champion of the 400-yard individual medley. Michigan swimming is also strongly associated with Michael Phelps after the Olympics. W Swimming (1-4) Ranked 16th in the country. M Tennis (-) Lost to #1 last year in the sweet 16, finished 16th in the country. W Tennis (-) Reached the second round of the NCAA tournament last year, finished 19th in the country. W Track (-) Finished third in the NCAA Indoor Championships, seventh in Outdoor last year in a sport dominated by southern schools Volleyball (22-6) Ranked 20th in the nation, fourth place in the second best conference in the country W Water Polo (-) Finished sixth in the NCAA last season, ranked #10 Wrestling ( - ) Ranked #10th in the nation Also: M Club Lacrosse won the National Championship last year and there have been small rumblings about them getting varsity status (hopefully in the next decade) (Omitted W Soccer, M Track, W Rowing) Last year Michigan finished third in the Nation in the NACDA Director's Cup, given annually to the best overall athletics program in the country behind Stanford and Texas, and this year looks promising for an even stronger finish. http://nacda.cstv.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-current-scoring.h… Its sooo great to be a Michigan Wolverine....