U-M Winter Sports
I follow many of the teams at Michigan, and it struck me that the current sports are performing at a very high level. I decided to go through and see how good they are doing and these are the results. (Spoiler Alert: We are doing very well.)
Note: I did not include Track because I'm not familiar with the ins and outs, and it appears they have only so far been competing in large events with no team scoring.
Record | B1G Record | Nat. Rank | |
Men's Basketball | 19-6 | 8-4 (4th) | 24 |
Women's Basketball | 19-5 | 8-3 (3rd) | 13 |
Wrestling | 9-2 | 6-1 (3rd) | 4 |
Hockey | 13-12-2 | 8-9-2 (3rd) | 20 |
Men's Swimming | 8-1 | 5-1 (2nd) | 7 |
Women's Swimming | 10-0 | 7-0 (1st) | 2 |
Men's Gymnastics | 1-1 | 1-0 (1st) | 7 |
Women's Gymnastics | 3-1 | 2-1 (2nd) | 7 |
Men's Tennis | 3-1 | 0-0 (1st) | 14 |
Women's Tennis | 3-1 | 0-0 (1st) | 10 |
Women's Water Polo | 6-4 | 0-0 (1st) | 8 |
As you can see, every one of our current teams (minus track and field) are ranked in the national top 25. Men's basketball is the lowest in the current B1G standings at 4th place. I would guess we will somewhat easily score the most points for the Winter portion of the Director's Cup if we perform to expectations in the post season, especially if Hockey sneaks into the tourney. We will also continue to be at (or at least very near) the most overall B1G championships at the end of the 2017-18 academic year (per season and overall) vs. B1G foes.
For all of the doom and gloom when our most prominent teams disappoint (see: 20 minutes ago if Minnesota hung on to win today in MBB), it's always great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
This should also serve as motivation for anyone making a visit to Ann Arbor that there are many sporting events beyond the big ones to take a look at for high quality athletics at very low or even free admission. I always try to sneak in whatever other event I can when I am in town for Football/Hockey/Basketball, and I am never disappointed.
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:17 PM ^
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February 3rd, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
Someday we will figure out how to get a bag of money to play tackle. When that happens the Big Ten is in trouble.
February 3rd, 2018 at 8:26 PM ^
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:19 PM ^
Very Impressive.
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:44 PM ^
True, but there is a lot of competition in many ways. Money, facilities, weather, location, sports hotbeds, and even cheating all come in to play. It's quite the feat to be good at everything all at once.
Edit: I meant to reply to the next post by Amir with this, sorry
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
Cool. Also, it's almost SOFTBALL SEASON!!!!
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
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February 3rd, 2018 at 5:42 PM ^
OSU is ahead of us in Men's Basketball, Hockey, Men's Tennis (national rank), and Wrestling (4/10). They play women's hockey while we play women's water polo... both are good I believe, so that sort of cancels out.
MSU is ahead of us in Men's Basketball (1/11)
February 3rd, 2018 at 6:08 PM ^
82-72
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:45 PM ^
Well Michigan beat OSU in men's gymnastics today
February 3rd, 2018 at 5:51 PM ^
February 3rd, 2018 at 6:21 PM ^
The Men's Swimming team has a streak of wins against Staee going back back to the days when Johnny Weismuller was starring as Tarzan.
February 3rd, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
Michigan Men's Swimming is a top 10 program. Auburn and Texas have been pretty dominant for the last 15 years but Michigan hass been in the mix for a while now.
February 3rd, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
February 3rd, 2018 at 8:26 PM ^
Track will only have multi team invitationals. They used to do one meet vs either OSU or MSU but since those dont help much in the prep for championship season they were scrapped. But regardless both the Mens and Womens teams are off to a great start with the BIG Ten meet 2 weeks away. You can already see on the mens team how much the new facility has helped bring in a good group of freshmen.
February 4th, 2018 at 8:16 AM ^
is ranked 17th in the country right now and should send several athletes to nationals, including Erin Finn, the school record holder in several events. She's a real star.
Track is typically dominated by teams in the Sunbelt and by tradition rich programs like Oregon; however, I believe Michigan's new indoor facility will enable it to become a consistent power in the coming years.
February 6th, 2018 at 5:03 PM ^