Other Michigan Victories Today
Lost in the excitement of Michigan's great win at MSU was other victories by Michigan teams today.
- Men's tennis won 4-3 at 10th ranked Mississippi
- #11 Women's tennis beat Virginia Tech 6-1
- #5 Women's gymnastics beat 23rd ranked Ohio State 197.325-195.200 (that's a pretty big win)
- #2 Men's gymanstics is currently leading #4 Stanford and #6 California in the Stanford Open
It's worth noting that gymnastics rankings are based on team averages. The men's team is undefeated and returns an incredible amount of talent from last year's National Championship team. They are very arguably the best team in the country. Oklahoma is ranked #1.
January 25th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^
2014!!
January 25th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
Beat me to it!
Women's basketball plays tomorrow at wisconsin on MGoBlueTV. They're currently in 2nd place in the B1G.
Men's and Women's Tennis both play in early season tournament championship games tomorrow as a result of their wins today.
Rankings are a little stupid in terms of how they're determined but anyways, I think Men's Gymnastics will win the NCAA Championship again.
Sam Mikulak & Adrian de los Angeles = Trey Burke & Tim Hardaway, Jr. of gymnastics.
January 25th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
That was my intent, Wolverine Devotee, to beat you to the non-revenue sport recap! I do have to disagree with your last comment though, Sam Mikulak and Adrian de los Angeles=Olympian Trey Burke and Olympian Trey Burke's only slightly worse twin brother Troy Burke. Those two are spectacular. 1 and 2 at NCAA's last year in the all-around.
January 26th, 2014 at 12:53 AM ^
The average scores determine the current rankings,but it should be noted that Michigan's men competed last week without Sam Mikulak (training with the U.S. team in China) and this week without Stacy Ervin (training with the U.S. team here in the U.S.).
And they still won both group meets against highly ranked teams, giving guys further down the depth chart a chance to compete under that kind of pressure.
January 26th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^
you talk about? My cave has been blocked off by snow and I haven't been able to get out much. However I do have a shovel and I will do whatever it takes to get such a TV program. May I ask where and how did you find such a TV?
EDIT. It turns out my son knew we had a shovel and dug us out while I was watching the basketball game yesterday. Then after my asprin started working this morning, I realized that I have the internet and found it on UM official website. Lords know I can't get enough UM Sports or news Thanx anyway..... Go Blue!!!
January 25th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
W W W w W W
January 25th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
Welp so much for a close meet. Michigan has pulled ahead big time in the meet going on right now-
January 26th, 2014 at 12:03 AM ^
Be careful there Wolverine Devotee, the way the meets play out one team might seem to have a commanding lead, but in reality they have done an event the other teams have not.
January 26th, 2014 at 12:08 AM ^
Oof.
I see what you mean now that the other two have mysteriously jumped ahead.
January 25th, 2014 at 11:57 PM ^
the b-slapping we put on Sparty over the last three days. Doubled them up on the ice, and beat them on the mats and the hardwood. Go Blue!!
January 26th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^
Ohio State hasn't had a very good women's gymnastics program over the last couple of decades, but it seems unlikely any Michigan coach has a better record against the Buckeyes than Bev Plocki. In her 25 years as head coach, she is 40-1 versus Ohio State.
January 26th, 2014 at 12:13 AM ^
Send that to ESPN for the next time they feel inclined to bring up a "Ohio State Dominance vs Michigan" stat.
January 26th, 2014 at 12:13 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 12:24 AM ^
Without going in depth into how gymanstics is scored, most simply look at the scores. The scores go to three decimal places, which shows how small of margins can be the difference. Women's gymnastics has four events, all particpated in by six people. There really isn't that much of a difference in scoring, and since the scores can be so close together, winners and losers can be separated by thousandths of a point. Many championships are won by far less than a point. Subsequently, winning by over 2 points is a blowout when you see how close results can be and usually are.
Full results:
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-gym/stats/012514aab.html
January 26th, 2014 at 12:59 AM ^
In women's gymnastics, six gymnasts from each team compete in each event, but only the top five scores are counted.
I thought men's recently changed to five up and five counted (no room for error), but that may only be for the tourneys.
January 26th, 2014 at 12:21 AM ^
I love 2014!!!
January 26th, 2014 at 2:20 AM ^
TOTAL 2014 DOMINATION !!!
(... although you may have already known that.)
January 26th, 2014 at 12:22 AM ^
yo all want to say is we in it!
January 26th, 2014 at 12:24 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
And Men's Gymnastics picks up 3 wins in Palo Alto!
- 433.050-430.300 v.s. #6 Cal
- 433.050-429.900 at #4 Stanford
- 433.050-363.650 v.s. Washington
January 26th, 2014 at 12:38 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 1:58 AM ^
Huge win for men's tennis! We are undermanned this year especially on court 1 and 2 and this win was unexpected and great.
January 26th, 2014 at 2:08 AM ^
I always love to hear non-revenue sports are winning. Leaders and the Best.
January 26th, 2014 at 3:13 AM ^
I don't care if were talking about Michigan's hop-scotch team, I love everything Michigan and love to see them win and do it the right way.
January 26th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 7:43 AM ^