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11/8/2005 – Week #01 – Here We Go Again
Welcome back to
"Nothing But 'Net" for the 2005-2006 season. Once again, I'm
really looking forward to following and rooting for the Wolverines
this season, and once again, things look promising. Of course,
things looked promising last year at this time, but a funny thing
happened on the way to the NCAA Tournament.
Actually, what
happened last season wasn't funny at all. Between injuries and
off-court legal problems, UM played almost all their games without
one starter (Lester
Abram), and about half
their games without another (Daniel
Horton). Toss in
shorter injuries to a third starter (Graham
Brown), two key
substitutes (Chris
Hunter and
Brent Petway), and two
lesser-used substitutes (Ashtyn
Bell and
Dani Wohl), and you have all the ingredients for a disappointing
season, and that's what we got. Instead of making it to the NCAA
Tournament, UM finished 13-18, and
lost in the 1st round of the Big
Ten Tournament.
Here's a table I whipped up for my last column last
season that graphically shows all the injury and suspension problems
they had:
|
Game |
Abram |
Bell |
Brown |
Horton |
Hunter |
Petway |
Wohl |
|
Binghamton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sacramento State |
Injury |
|
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
Arizona |
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Providence |
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia Tech |
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notre Dame |
|
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
High Point |
Injury |
Injury |
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
|
|
South Florida |
Injury |
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Injury |
|
Boston University |
Injury |
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Injury |
|
UCLA |
Injury |
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Injury |
|
Delaware State |
Injury |
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Injury |
|
UNC-Asheville |
Injury |
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Injury |
|
Iowa |
Injury |
|
Injury |
|
|
|
|
|
Fairfield |
Injury |
|
Injury |
|
Injury |
|
|
|
Northwestern |
Injury |
|
|
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Penn State |
Injury |
|
|
|
Injury |
Injury |
|
|
Indiana |
Injury |
|
|
|
Injury |
|
|
|
Wisconsin |
Injury |
|
|
|
Injury |
|
|
|
Michigan State |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Purdue |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Minnesota |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Ohio State |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Illinois |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Michigan State |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Indiana |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
|
|
Penn State |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
Injury |
|
|
|
Northwestern |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
Injury |
|
|
|
Iowa |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
Injury |
|
|
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Northwestern |
Injury |
|
|
Suspend |
|
|
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