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UMass Recap: Pleasantly Routine
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A half-empty student section, a press box full of beat writers already finishing their game columns, a field littered with walk-ons and freshmen; with eight minutes remaining in the final stanza, Michigan Stadium exhibited all the telltale signs of a blowout. A one-yard touchdown run by Justice Hayes had just given the Wolverines a 63-13 lead, one that stood as the final margin.
After the last two weeks, this was a welcome sight indeed.
Denard Robinson overcame an ugly pick-six to complete 16-of-24 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns, adding another 105 yards and a touchdown on the ground to lead the way offensively. Robinson spread the ball around to nine different receivers, led by Drew Dileo's 91 yards on three receptions. The stars from last week, Devins Funchess and Gardner, each recorded a touchdown reception—Gardner's on a stellar effort to tightrope the sideline and dive for the pylon—and the enigmatic Roy Roundtree found paydirt for the first time this season.
It was a rebound performance for Fitzgerald Toussaint, as well, as he gained 85 yards on 15 carries, showing off the agility in tight quarters that made him so effective last season; after finding little room to operate against Air Force, Toussaint reached the edge on his 11-yard touchdown in the first quarter with help from an A.J. Williams block. Vincent Smith added a pair of touchdowns from inside the ten, Thomas Rawls doled out more punishment than he took, Justice Hayes recorded his first career score, and Dennis Norfleet made his offensive debut with a 15-yard jet sweep that surely made Brian one very happy blogger.
Michigan fans were even treated to a Fat Guy Touchdown, courtesy of a Taylor Lewan recovery after Denard fumbled into the end zone. Lewan, for his part, appeared more concerned about his quarterback's error than excited for his own fortune, sheepishly pointing his palms towards the sky when the officials belatedly signaled touchdown.
The defense limited UMass to 259 yards of total offense, though there was still reason for concern. The Minutemen doubled their offensive scoring output from their first two games—six points—and strung together three first downs in a drive for the first time this year. This should not cause PANIC, of course—six points, fergodsakes—but there are still issues to be resolved, especially on the interior of the D-line.
UMass got paid. Michigan got a chance to breathe easy and give their backups plenty of run. Now the team can look ahead to Saturday night's matchup with Notre Dame; for today, they can feel content about handling business as expected. With the baby seal emphatically clubbed, it's time to move on to the real season, not unscathed but with the ultimate goal—a Big Ten championship—still within reach.
Air Force Recap: Remnants Of RichRod
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In a game that felt like something out of the Rodriguez era, Michigan showed that while there's great promise for the future, the flaws exposed by Alabama are very real.
The Wolverines edged Air Force, 31-25, and the outcome wasn't decided until Jake Ryan batted down Air Force quarterback Connor Dietz's fourth-down throw with 1:28 remaining. Denard Robinson accounted for all but seven yards of the team's total offense. The defense ceded 417 total yards—290 on the ground—and failed to keep contain all afternoon.
Sound familiar?
It wasn't all bad, however. Robinson was masterful, completing 14-of-25 passes for 218 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception—one that deflected off the hands of Vincent Smith—while rushing for 218 yards and another pair of touchdowns on 20 carries. True freshman Devin Funchess emerged as a viable threat at tight end, becoming the first Michigan TE to eclipse 100 receiving yards in a game since Jerame Tuman. Devin Gardner looked like a wide receiver, hauling in five passes for 63 yards and a touchdown while running crisper routes.
The offense lived and died with Denard, as Fitzgerald Toussaint found little room to run—seven yards on eight carries, to be exact. The offensive line failed to get a push against Air Force's undersized D-line, doing little to ease concerns from last week's debacle. By the second half, Al Borges had essentially given up on generating yards the traditional way, and he was justified in doing so.
Defensively, Michigan looked ill-equipped to stop the Falcon triple-option attack. The defensive line spent much of the day on their stomachs, unable to evade chop blocks or get any sort of push. Kenny Demens looked positively Ezeh-esque, letting blockers get into him again and again before being pulled in favor of true freshman Joe Bolden. Jake Ryan was all over the field, recording a career-high 12 tackles, but sometimes "all over" can be a bad thing—keeping contain was an issue. The final Air Force touchdown came when Desmond Morgan overpursued. The defensive backs struggled against the run as well, failing to shed blocks and come up to take the pitch.
When the defense needed a big play, odds are it came from an underclassman. Ryan continually redeemed his poorer efforts with critical stops, including two pass breakups on the final Air Force drive. Bolden replaced Demens and displayed the aggressive, instinctual play that made him a high school All-American. Fellow freshman linebacker James Ross spelled Morgan late and acquitted himself well after struggling in his debut against Alabama. Several other freshmen made appearances during the game's biggest moments, including Ondre Pipkins and Mario Ojemudia.
Last season's 11-2 record belied the myriad issues Brady Hoke faced upon taking over in Ann Arbor. After two games in 2012, those issues are at the forefront for the Wolverines. The lack of depth on the offensive line means Michigan must move ahead with the current unit—despite its ineffectiveness in the run game—unless they want to insert a true freshman. The defensive tackles will be a sore spot all year; the players expected to relieve that problem are freshmen or not even on campus yet. The offense still leans heavily on Denard, whose style doesn't always mesh well with the offensive philosophy of Borges.
The Wolverines came away with a victory, a fact that cannot be overlooked, especially against a team with a difficult style to prepare for in a week's time. Denard will still make magic with his feet—his touchdown runs were both exhilarating—and perhaps his arm as well—he looks much-improved from last year even if the numbers don't necessarily bear that out. The future looks bright, too, thanks to the major contributions from a number of young players already gaining crucial experience.
The overwhelming feeling in the aftermath, however, is that this team is still two years away from competing on a national level, the only level of success that matters at Michigan. Today's game had Rich Rodriguez's fingerprints all over it; as we know, that's a smudge that isn't easily wiped away.
I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying
2/4/2012 – Michigan 4, Miami 1 – 16-9-4, 10-7-4 CCHA
2/5/2012 – Michigan 3, Miami 0 – 17-9-4, 11-7-4 CCHA
Pull the string on a college hockey observer and you'll get a torrent of profanity about the latest refereeing injustices. Do it again and you'll get a statement about how it's a weird year. Do it a third time: more torrents of profanity. A fourth time and you get this: "there are no elite teams this year." Don't bother going any further. It's torrents all the way down.
It's just that… I don't know. I'm definitely not saying this, you know… but… would they be saying that if Jon Merrill hadn't been suspended for the first half of the year?
Consider Michigan's season. When Merrill came back from suspension Michigan was 11-8-3 and yielding 2.6 goals a game. Since, 1.25. They've gone 6-1-1 in that stretch against four opponents fighting for tourney bids with all but one win coming by multiple goals. Nine of Michigan's eleven non-wins in the first half were one-goal contests.
How many of those does Merrill—and the marginalization of Michigan's third pair—swing to the positive? How many goals per game is having him worth? The answer can be a lot less than 1.35 and still be enough to propel Michigan's season record into territory only Minnesota-Duluth is scraping this year. Past it, maybe. The idea I am creeping up to gingerly and fleeing in fear from after considering its audacious blasphemy is obvious.
What if Michigan is this year's elite team?
Look at it from a neutral observer's perspective: here's this team tied for second in RPI and PWR, third in KRACH. It's 10-1-2 in its last 13 games and midway through that stretch added a top-pairing defenseman from the WJC team. Their goalie has entered a new plane of existence in which it's reasonable to put up a .980 over a month. They are surging towards the top of what looks like college hockey's toughest conference. If not Michigan, then who?
Mentioning that point in November when it looked like the team was dead and buried and marveling at the huge distance from that point to this one is obligatory and discharged here. The shift has been abrupt and dizzying.
What changed? Merrill is obvious but Michigan was already on a 4-0-1 move when he re-entered the lineup. The formation of a thunderous top line helps a lot, as does Hunwick going from "still a guy you can win with," as I termed him in a post around the midseason mark, to a surefire Hobey finalist*. And then there's just… this feeling. Of competence and confidence.
Whatever it is, Michigan has rarely found themselves threatened since the halfway point. If it's still a little shocking that this Michigan team is rolling everyone not named Notre Dame, it's true, and the longer it goes on the more confident you can be in your delicate assertions that Michigan might be pretty good at hockey this year.
*[As in top ten, not necessarily top three. That's a possibility, though.]
The throbbing pestilence
The fetid sore on hockey that is Keith Sergott cannot be better summarized than by the meaningless penalty to Blake Coleman with one second left in Friday's game. After they'd let Miami run Hunwick twice without putting Miami on the penalty kill, a pissed-off Coleman plows Hunwick. Sergott does what Sergott does by Sending A Message and making this guy's penalty a major.
This infuriated me. One: the penalty was not a major. It was not dangerous at all, not much of a hit, and warranted two minutes. Two: twice earlier in the game Hunwick had gotten run harder and Sergott either ignored it or evened penalties up. Since the player did not get a DQ, the net result is to make it look like you're being strict without actually penalizing the behavior on the ice in any way whatsoever.
That's Sergott's MO. That's why he was on the ice when Conboy and Tropp assaulted Steve Kampfer, and his inability to keep tempers in check is indirectly responsible for the suspensions handed out at the end of Saturday's game. His incompetence is total, which shouldn't be surprising since he is Bull from "Night Court."
Yost Built has a good summary of this guy's track record:
You'll remember that Sergott was the official a few weeks back at Notre Dame, when he let the Irish run Hunwick at every opportunity and usually just evened things up on the rare occasion that he did call anything. He was also the official when Steve Kampfer was attacked by Andrew Conboy and Corey Tropp. He was also the official of the ND/WMU game when the wrong player got ejected. Even if you set the bar for your officials at "Don't endanger players with your incompetence", Sergott fails in a big way. He shouldn't be reffing BGSU/Alabama-Huntsville, let alone high-profile games.
His existence as a referee is on the same plane as the CCHA adopting "gongshow" as a title sponsor.
Antidote. Denard was at the Friday game:
Bill Rapai
Further highlights from Friday:
And Saturday:
Bullets That Shawn Hunwick Perceives As Lackadaisical Watermelons
Hobey? Yost Built lays out the case for Hunwick:
Hunwick moved into 4th place in the history of the program with his ninth-career shutout. He also now ranks second nationally in wins, is fifth in save percentage, and ninth in goals-against. Hobey. Seriously.
Of the eight guys in front of him in GAA, four come from minor conferences (Union, Niagara, RIT, Quinnipiac), and he's played twice as many minutes as Knapp and CJ Motte. Only Douglas Carr from UML and Kent Patterson from Minnesota are from major conferences, have played around as many minutes, and have a better GAA. And Patterson is only .01 ahead.
The four guys ahead of him in save percentage play for Niagara, Union, RIT, and Robert Morris. And none of them are within 225 saves of him.
He is obviously the best candidate amongst goalies. Can he win against the usual parade of scoring forwards?
Baseball standings. Here you go:
|Ferris State
|Western Michigan
|Notre Dame
|1 2/3
|Lake Superior
|Michigan State
|2 2/3
|Ohio State
|2 2/3
|Northern Michigan
|3 2/3
|5 2/3
|Bowling Green
|7 1/3
The conference title race is still competitive, but Ferris State has a clear edge since they're in first place and have a BGSU series left. Michigan will either have to fly through the last three weeks or hope for Ferris to drop some points this weekend at Notre Dame.
The final week could be a barn-burner: WMU plays a home and home with Ferris as Michigan travels to BGSU. If the standings look like they do right now that could be a weekend where a split in FSU/WMU gives M the title.
The call out. Red Berenson is not a guy who expresses much emotion publicly, so a relatively gentle statement like this…
"We'll keep sending the information to the league but the league has to respond. I don't know that they've done a good job of it so far."
…says a lot about how frustrating it's been to watch the league ignore opponents making the Hunwick a target part of the gameplan without consequences. After Saturday, Red's opening statement was this:
"Don't ask me about the officiating."
So people figured out ways to ask him about the officiating without really asking him about the officiating. It was like watching JoePa interviewed at Media Day, when every question was not about retiring (nudge nudge wink wink). So Red said "we should not have to kill that many penalties in a game like that" when asked about the penalty kill and "it was the way the game was being handled" when asked about the emotions escalating at the end.
Legion of Boom! Top line nickname? No? Maybe? Yes? Needs more brutal hits, probably. Whatever.
Level up. When AJ Treais got a pass from Lee Moffie, held it… held it… held it(!) and then passed it back to Moffie at just the right moment for him to bang it into the net I was not surprised.
This was surprising. After a couple years of watching Treais be not Mike Comrie I'd resigned myself to the fact that he wasn't going to be the devilishly entertaining short guy that is my favorite hockey archetype*. But dang if he isn't basically all of Michigan's secondary scoring in the Legion of Boom era.
A lot of this has come from sniping. See his first goal Friday above. Yeah, Reichard could have done better there but Treais had about a square inch of real estate to make that relevant and nailed it. Then he zinged himself:
I saw a very small spot. I was just trying to get it to that spot, and the puck went in. I haven't done that since juniors. Usually my goals are back-door tap-ins.
This has not been true of late. High-variance shooting percentage aside, Treais has started walking dudes and generating chances. It seems like the light has gone on.
Moffatt and Brown are also contenders in this category.
*[Austin Czarnik's a good example. Western's captain this year is the best I've seen, though.]
You knew this was going to be in the post halfway through Saturday's game. I find it inexplicable that Lindsay Sparks ever gets scratched. He makes that line with Moffatt and Hyman so much more dangerous. Multiple times against Miami he set up excellent scoring chances by driving into the offensive zone and then pulling up to survey guys diving to the net or setting up in the slot; he also rang the post on a wrister.
Maybe he's not the greatest defensive player in the world but he's a chance generator. Against the flailing bottom sixes of the CCHA he's got to be a net positive.
Next up on "I can't believe this guy is a scratch": Mike Chiasson.
The Keith Sergott of power plays. A salute to the Miami PP, which sunk further into the depths after going 0/12 on the weekend. They dip to 13% on the year even without considering the shortie; Michigan's penalty kill is up to 16th.
Miami is now 8 of 94 on CCHA power plays.
Goal controversy. I will trade Blasi the goal they got double-reviewed Saturday for Fort Wayne, and I'll include Tayshaun Prince.
Vogelhuber. I'm little surprised "Vogelhuber" is not a rank in Vogon society.
Pairwise Bits
I did mention that Michigan's bye-week fall was mostly illusory and a strong weekend would see them pop up. I didn't think it would be all the way to second, and it really isn't all the way to second: they're in a three-way tie with Mass-Lowell and UMD that sees each competitor take one comparison and lose one from the other. Michigan wins the tiebreaker by the hair on its chinny-chin-chin.
There's not a whole lot of complexity here. Michigan will win comparisons based on RPI against virtually everyone with two exceptions:
- #1 BU. Michigan probably has to have BU get at most a tie out of a weekend series with Northeastern to pass them before the playoffs give people a bunch of unplanned series not accounted for in the TUC stuff.
- #4 Duluth. M is going to have a hard time winning this comparison unless Duluth spits the bit down the stretch and they play very well. COP is basically Duluth's without very specific events unfolding and they have a ~1.5 game edge in TUC.
If M goes 3-1 in the next two weeks they're in great shape; 2-2 and they are probably going to drop to fourth or fifth. The margins here are very narrow, just like they are in the CCHA. Michigan is assured of nothing but has positioned itself well.
Random factoid: every game Michigan has played has been against a TUC (above .500 in RPI) save for their opening swing against Bentley, SLU, and Niagara. This will be an even more impressive statement in two weeks because both MSU and Northern are also TUCs.
WCH on the weirdness of the series. The Daily on Hunwick's weekend and the ref business:
Despite forbidding any questions on the matter, that Berenson spent much of his time speaking about officiating and taking shots at Blasi (after a dominating sweep, no less) says quite a lot.
Referees Brian Hill and Keith Sergott lost control of the game, Blasi lost control of his players, and Michigan was the team getting penalized.
For those keeping track at home, yes Keith Sergott is that Keith Sergott, the one who presided a particularly touchy and physical Michigan-Notre Dame series two weeks ago.
So, in honor of Berenson and in the spirit of reticence, I too ask that you not question me about the officiating.
Yost Built on Friday and Saturday. Saturday:
So after the first 13:50 of the game, the RedHawks had had nearly eight full minutes of power play time. In that 7:57 span with Miami up a man, shots were 5-5 and goals were 1-0 in favor of the Wolverines. That is some penalty killing!
There is also a quality ref rant in that post.
It's Business Time
3/11/2011 – Michigan 5, Bowling Green 1 – 24-9-4
3/12/2011 – Michigan 4, Bowling Green 1 – 25-9-4, CCHA semifinalists
Michigan did what would have been extremely hard for them not to do by dispatching Bowling Green easily. It's business time. Let's jump right to the bullets that aren't:
MFan in Ohio's usual breakdown awaits. Miami's sweep of a better opponent and some other jostling sees the Redhawks move up into a tie for Michigan's fourth spot. Usually one-on-one ties are broken with the comparison and Michigan holds that despite getting swept by the Redhawks earlier this year, so Michigan is still nominally in possession of that last one seed.
Other threats:
- Union was swept out of the ECAC playoffs by Colgate and won't be a threat; their RPI went from fourth to eighth and they've got no more games.
- Denver swept Mankato and remains a threat but now they're in the meat of the WCHA playoffs. They get Bemidji State or UMD followed by probably North Dakota—you want UND to win that hypothetical matchup big time. By sweeping the Screaming Eagles Denver obliterated their own TUC record and now can't pass Michigan unless M loses.
- UNO was swept by Bemidji State and went from threatening to take Michigan's comparison to hanging on to the last three seed. They're not a threat.
- Notre Dame beat LSSU in three games, which hurts them to the point where they can't pass Michigan even with a head to head win.
It's pretty simple now. Michigan gets a one seed if they win the CCHA or if they split at the Joe and two other things happen: Not Denver wins the WCHA and Not Miami wins the CCHA. Root for anyone against Denver and you really want Notre Dame to take the first semifinal on Friday; if it's a Michigan-ND CCHA final and Denver's knocked out by whoever in the WCHA playoffs the one seed could be locked up before the final.
Not Bullets
Dirty. Thanks to reader Peter Saul you can relive Scooter's toe drag goal from Friday in gorgeous HD:
Just BG caveats apply but quick name Michigan's best forward not named Hagelin now that Wohlberg's out. Scooter, right?
Speaking of gurrrrgh. Losing David Wohlberg for the season is a heavy blow. With Llewellyn and Fallon gone—in Fallon's case temporarily—and Wohlberg and Caporusso out, Kevin Clare was the only healthy scratch on Saturday. Caporusso is supposed to be back this weekend but his health is going to be a big question. Michigan's going to need him to be his usual moderately effective self.
Break your nose six times next week and it will be a perfect comparison. Chris Brown's recent scoring run has taken him to nine goals, tied with Treais—on a run of his own—and Caporusso for fourth on the team behind Hagelin, Wohlberg, and Scooter Dominance. He's done this mostly by being a the big ugly net presence that he was supposed to be when he got drafted in the second round, and he's developing quite a knack for deflections* a la Ryan Smyth. He coolly directed a Merrill point shot into the net this weekend, for one. Of late it's usually Brown who is the source of "ohhhhh" moments when a defenseman's shot goes close after changing direction.
*[deflections FOR GLORY!]
Which one of you should be a forward next year? Mac Bennett or Lee Moffie: fight. Moffie now has six goals in 26 games. If he'd played as much as Caporusso he'd have eight, one fewer than Louie. His first on Saturday was a shorthanded bomb that caught the iron as it went in; his second was another lethal shot from distance. Meanwhile Bennett continues to lead any rush he can.
With Michigan bringing in a couple of guys who can fill in the sixth defenseman spot, if they don't lose anyone early it might be time to Scooterize one or the other. As far as the rest of this year goes, the reason Michigan is competing for the last one seed without seeming to be that good at scoring is that the defensemen are just insane. Merrill has seven goals, Moffie six, Burlon five, and the other three guys combine for seven. I'm not sure how that ranks nationally but I've scanned almost every CCHA team's roster for preview posts at this point and I can tell you that Michigan has probably doubled up the second-best D in the league in points.
I'm going to name a caffeinated alcoholic drink after you. Just Bowling Green caveats apply, but Lindsay Sparks, yo. Two goals and an assist on the weekend, one of them a display of impressive speed on the breakaway. Even if the big leap in competition level this weekend will make it hard to replicate that performance I'm still pretty excited to see Sparks-Treais-Moffatt hit the ice. They've been effective against third and fourth lines and since Michigan gets last change all weekend Michigan can shelter them from guys like Andy Miele.
Please bury me with it. With Michigan's depth already stretched to the breaking point it's time to adopt the same strategy deployed in the tourney last year: stop rolling the fourth line. Michigan should retrieve Lynch from it, put Winnett back down there, and put that fourth line out there once or twice a period with Winnett giving occasional people a rest when they need it.
I'd put Scooter on Hagelin's wing and reform the checking-plus-Scooter-domination line as Rust-Lynch-Glendening, give them the job of shutting down top lines, and get Vaughn some of Hagelin's playmaking ability to better further his utter dominance of opponents. I don't think Red will break up combinations that seem to be working well but Vaughn is Michigan's second-best forward right now and it seems like a bit of a waste to have him out there with people other than Hagelin.
I confess that I'm mystified by how much run Winnett has gotten over the course of his career. He spent three ineffective season on the point on the power play, including plenty of time this year, despite never getting off a checking line. This year literally every defenseman on the roster has more points than him except Kevin Clare and his 0-1-1 in 12 games. I'm sure he's a dutiful checker and good defensive player but at least Lynch has shown something other than that in his career thus far.
Go time. Is now. Don't expect much out of me on Friday. With the clear relevance of the other semi and Michigan's tourney game I'm probably going to head down to Detroit to catch the Michigan game, then head over to the Joe for the double-header.
Doing Things The Hardaway
Feel free to shoot me for the headline.
2/6/2011 – Michigan 65, Penn State 62 – 14-10, 4-7 Big Ten
via UMHoops
Michigan played well for about ten minutes yesterday but in those ten minutes they poured in three pointers from all over, drove to the basket with abandon, and twice turned double-digit Penn State leads into deficits. Since Darius Morris kept Michigan in contact during the other thirty and six of the ten minutes came at the end of the game that meant Michigan won.
That isn't a small feat. Penn State spent the past month cannibalizing seeds across the Big Ten by defending their home court. They beat Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan State at the Bryce-Jordan Center. On the road they were this close to enormous upsets of Ohio State (L 69-66) and Purdue (L 63-62). In a not-very-alternate universe they were cruising towards a tourney bid even if they did get crushed by Maine.
So that was a good, weird win. If you want it in a chart (chart):
The point on the graph where it drops like a stone until the end should be labeled "Hardaway kill switch engaged." Down ten and aimless with nine minutes left is when the fan packs it in and starts grumbling. In this game it's also when Tim Hardaway goes from Freshman Liability, Jr., to Just Tim Hardaway, Thanks.
In the two minutes of video above a possible future of Michigan basketball reveals itself. When UMHoops describes the Hardaway sequence above as a "coming of age" Dylan's talking about Hardaway himself, but it could be one for the team as a whole. Those things don't seem that different right now.
Everyone comes back next year, so the various bits of basketball that depend on cohesion (rotation on D, cuts and passing on O, etc.) should improve. Everyone should get incrementally better, which gets you an increment. Michigan's hopes to go from an NIT hopeful to a solid NCAA team rely on at least one guy getting so much better that twitter threatens to kill Tim Doyle again, and the erratic freshman leading Michigan in shots is the obvious candidate.
In the clips above it's not the three-pointers that set hopes to tingle. We've seen Hardaway shoot a ton of threes this year and while he's adding a couple points of shooting percentage to them is encouraging, Michigan has plenty of guys who can take shots from outside the arc. It's the two different drives to the hoop where he glides into the lane and elevates to finish. Yes, you are 6'5". Yes, you are Tim Hardaway's son. Yes, you can turn into the kind of player who's an all-around nightmare. Yes, please, by next year.
This year we expected and got that graph above, struggles punctuated by tantalizing flashes. So far we've gotten slightly more of the latter than we were banking on. Maintain that, reach the NIT, and get one guy—one guy—to make a Morris-like leap and next year Beilein's program can establish itself for real.
Let's get ahead of ourselves bullets
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. File this under general fan overreaction as well:
After PSU Win, Can U-M Make a Tourney Run?
That's The Wolverine Blog laying out Michigan's stretch run and saying "well?" Said run, home games in bold:
Feb. 9 — vs. Northwestern — 14-8 overall (4-7 Big Ten, 3-4 road), No. 53 Sagarin, No. 76 RPI
Feb. 12 — vs. Indiana — 12-12 overall (3-8 Big Ten, 0-7 road), No. 89 Sagarin, No. 148 RPI
Feb. 16 — at Illinois — 15-8 overall (5-5 Big Ten, 11-1 home), No. 27 Sagarin, No. 37 RPI
Feb. 19 — at Iowa — 10-13 overall (3-8 Big Ten, 7-5 home), No. 103 Sagarin, No. 130 RPI
Feb. 23 — vs. Wisconsin — 17-5 overall (7-3 Big Ten, 2-4 road), No. 14 Sagarin, No. 20 RPI
Feb. 26 — at Minnesota — 16-7 overall (5-6 Big Ten, 11-2 home), No. 32 Sagarin, No. 24 RPI
Mar. 5 — vs. Michigan State — 13-10 overall (5-6 Big Ten, 3-6 road), No. 43 Sagarin, No. 49 RPI
Opposite the hockey devil sitting on my shoulder there's a basketball angel screaming "THIS IS TOTALLY DOABLE." There are four games on the schedule (the home games that aren't Wisconsin and @ Iowa) that look like should-wins, which gets Michigan to eight wins, and then if you squint real hard you can see Michigan picking off one of the others to get to 9-9 in the nation's toughest conference. That plus 19-12 overall could get into the new, pointlessly larger field.
There's a problem with the mind's definition of "should," though. Accrording to Kenpom Michigan's easiest game left is against Indiana. Michigan has a 69% shot to win that. Even if Kenpom is wildly pessimistic and Michigan has a 70% shot at all four of its "should-wins" that means they have just a 24% shot to win all four, and even then they'd have to pick off one of the other three, and in reality Kenpom has Michigan a slight underdog @ Iowa. Add it all up and a pretty accurate mathematical model says Michigan has a 10% chance to get to 9-9. Not so good.
Michigan really needed to pull out that Kansas game or the Ohio State game that immediately followed. Even without making the small positive adjustment in expectations that would give them a 35% chance to finish 9-9 or better and a marquee win to thrill the committee with. And at that point 8-10 might be feasible since they'd still be 19-12 overall in that scenario. If that was in play they'd have a 60-70% shot at the tourney.
As it stands they'll have to play perfectly to make it, and with all these freshmen the chances of that are slim. If I had to guess it'd say 17 or 18 wins and an NIT bid, which would be fine by me.
More evidence about the getting ahead of yourself. Michigan's still tenth in the league in efficiency margin, though said margins aren't huge and Michigan's finishing stretch is probably easier than average:
W-L Pace PPP Opp. PPP EM
1. Wisconsin 7-3 56.1 1.19 1.03 +0.16
2. Ohio St. 11-0 63.0 1.14 1.00 +0.14
3. Purdue 7-3 64.0 1.14 1.04 +0.10
4. Illinois 5-5 62.7 1.10 1.03 +0.07
5. Penn St. 5-6 58.6 1.07 1.09 -0.02
6. Minnesota 5-6 61.7 1.07 1.10 -0.03
7. Northwestern 4-7 63.2 1.08 1.14 -0.06
8. Indiana 3-8 63.0 1.06 1.13 -0.07
9. Michigan St. 5-6 61.6 1.03 1.10 -0.07
10. Michigan 4-7 59.7 1.07 1.15 -0.08
11. Iowa 3-8 65.9 1.00 1.11 -0.11
Big Ten Wonk (aka John Gasaway) dubs this "The Year Nobody Sucked" because the league's worst team is way better than LSU or DePaul or Wake Forest, all of whom are just getting hammered. So… on paper we're filing three teams with better conference efficiency margins as should-wins when we're constructing our tourney fantasies.
Also of note in the above numbers: Michigan's defense is the worst in the league. It's close; the number is still the number. This isn't hugely surprising given the fleet of underclassmen and Zach Novak's persistent inability to escape the 4, but it's a comedown from earlier in the season when the Michigan D was shockingly proficient. I think we've got an obvious route for Michigan's offense to improve, but the defense is murkier. Michigan needs Smotrycz and Hardaway to get a lot better, I think, but without numbers that's just one guy's opinion.
Very aggressive. Earlier in the year I mentioned that Morris should have more of a nose for the basket when Michigan ran the shot clock under ten and in this game he went nuts with an array of floaters in the lane, layups he'd fought for tooth and nail, and various other shots where the viewer was like "bad idea bad idea bad idea actually that looks like he got a decent shot off it went in yay."
Part of this was Penn State adopting OSU's defensive approach—stick to the shooters and force shots from the lane. It worked for OSU because they have athletic shotblockers in the post and Michigan missed a lot of short-range shots. Penn State just gave up a lot of points in the lane.
Torrent. The rest of UMHoops' five key plays. Game recap. AnnArbor.com scouts Trey Burke against Brookhaven; UMHoops catches him going for 35 in a narrow loss to St. Edward. Mets Maize also chips in recap bits. Since I neglected to mention him:
Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, Stu Douglass, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself! Consitent with Michigan's inconsistent season, Stu, who probably had his worst game of the year against Ohio State a few days ago, had his best game yet: 14 points, including 4/5 from behind the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists off the bench. I still think Stu needs to have more shot clock awareness at the 1, but he made timely 3's all game. One 3 came mid-way through the 2nd half to cut Penn States's lead from 10 to 7 when Michigan JUST started to look as if they were ready to give up. STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
MGoUser 2012 also assesses Michigan's chances at a tourney bid and comes to the same conclusion—wait 'til next year.
Format C:
12/18/2010 – Michigan 69, Oakland 51 – 9-2
This doesn't happen so much anymore, but back in the day there was a point in the lifetime of any Windows installation at which the operating system was so loaded with cruft that the only thing to do was take it out back, shoot it in the head, and reinstall. During this process there was always a moment when the computer reminded you in all caps that you were about to shoot it in the head.
The moment when you hit "Y" was always slightly* thrilling. At that time you had to beat your head against extended memory to get Master of Magic to play—there was always a chance your brilliant reinstall plot would end with you banging your head against the case screaming vile things about Bill Gates's parentage. But if things worked out you'd be able to open your word processor without it automatically typing "I hate you and you are stupid."**
Watching this year's basketball team is like sitting in front of a blue screen that asks you if you'd like to format C:. Last offseason John Beilein saw that prompt and hit "Y," and how. This was not entirely voluntary, since DeShawn Sims had run out of eligibility and Manny Harris tolerance for college, but Beilein also lost Anthony Wright and Laval Lucas-Perry to smaller schools in the area—seemingly by his choice, not theirs—and fired his entire coaching staff.
As a result Michigan entered the year without five of the nine players Kenpom had individual stats for last year. Only one—seldom-used freshman Matt Vogrich—used enough possessions to escape the "limited roles" dungeon. Here's what the very bottom of Kenpom's "height and other stuff" shows when you order by average experience:
|North Dakota
|Texas Arlington
|Tennessee St.
|Savannah St.
|St. Louis
|Robert Morris
|Georgia Southern
Anyone who had coached the straggling returners and a couple of redshirt freshmen was out the door as well. An entirely new coaching staff started burning up twitter with exclamation points, installing a man-to-man defense, and trying to get three pointers to fall. The Big Ten was projected to be brutal, with Michigan a speed bump. This was to be a year of banging the head upon the case without even much hope that it would amount to anything.
Eleven games in, Michigan has essentially completed the nonconference schedule. A game against 1-9 Bryant remains and Michigan bizarrely takes on Kansas in early January, but we've gotten all the information we're going to get before Michigan's brutal Welcome To The Big Ten And Kansas stretch (all numbers Kenpom):
- Dec 28: #11 Purdue
- Jan 2: #74 Penn State
- Jan 5: #9 @ Wisconsin
- Jan 9: #2 Kansas
- Jan 12: #3 Ohio State
That still looks like pain, but after three bludgeonings of okay teams and one stirring comeback against Tommy Amaker's Ivy League favorites the chance Michigan swipes one of those uphill battles is something less than infinitesimal. They'll be worth watching, at least. The stretch after that is littered with teams from 15 to 81, with just two forays back into the top ten after, and with Kenpom wavering between 7-11 and 8-10 for the league record both math and your lying eyes suggest this is an NIT team.
So that's weird. Weirder still is how this is being accomplished: with fierce man to man defense. After shutting down Keith Benson Michigan is now 16th in defense, and we're getting to the point where you can't wave away the results as small sample size against poor competition. UMHoops:
Michigan's defense held Oakland – a team that has already faced West Virginia, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State, and Tennessee – to their worst offensive output of the season. I've been hesitant to believe that Michigan's defense is the real deal, because making bad teams look terrible only goes so far, but right now there's no denying that Michigan is playing great defense.
On one particular possession on Saturday, Michigan did so well over 35 seconds that the crowd rose to its feet like the hockey team had just killed off a 5-on-3 power play. With the offense still bombing away from 3 (sixteenth nationally) despite not making any of them (253rd), the primary difference between this year and last year is a switch-mad man-to-man that is totally unlike anything Beilein's ever put on the court before.
That, the complete lack of seniors, and the expectation the team's best player returns. We're about to hit the stretch in the format process where the drive makes horrible noises and bad sectors pop up, but the path from here to the point where our word processor loves us again is far clearer than it was two months ago. This, too, is slightly thrilling.
*(very, very slightly)
**(Things like this actually used to happen. They were called macro viruses and I managed to get one back in the day when I shared a spreadsheet with a lab partner. I don't remember exactly what the cryptic message was, but whenever I opened Word it would type a bunch of stuff, delete it, and then type something else that might have been "ferret" but is probably just me misremembering things.)
The All-Seeing Eye. You know it's a good game when the thing that makes you wince in the second half is when the other team goes on a run to cut the lead from 20 to 10 because the all-seeing Eye of Kenpom will disapprove. Fouling and whatnot pushed Michigan's final margin out to 18, and the Great Eye is pleased—Michigan has run itself from triple digits after the UTEP game to 52nd. They've cleared Penn State and Iowa and are in a virtual dead heat with #50 Northwestern, #51 Minnesota, and #54 Indiana for the title of Sixth Best Team In The Big Ten According To Ken Pomeroy.
As far as tourney resumes go, Michigan is clearly behind Minnesota and their wins over UNC and WVU but well ahead of Northwestern (one decent win against GT and that's all) and Indiana (best win over Wright State). If the Big Ten is destined for seven bids, the last one seems up for grabs with Michigan in the conversation. I don't think the BT is going to get seven mostly because none of the three teams after Minnesota has a nonconference win that would cause the committee to sit up and notice, but Michigan could be vaguely on the bubble late this year.
Put this in your pocket. Illinois suffered a demoralizing loss to their version of Oakland, barfing up a 57-54 stinker against Illinois-Chicago. The difference is UIC isn't secretly pretty good—they're 5-7 and have already lost to Akron, Illinois State, Central Michigan, and other less than awesome teams. Here's a reason why:
When UIC took the 1-3-1 zone against us, we looked lost, and since we were unable to shoot ourselves out of it, we were flailing.
Well, then. Michigan plays the Illini only once and that's in the middle of February, so maybe this won't have a huge impact. But if Michigan pulls the 1-3-1 out against Illinois remember this post.
(Side note: Central Michigan is completely awful despite having what must be the most talented player in the MAC. Trey Zeigler and company are 2-8 and just got obliterated by Detroit. This is depressing but from the Zeiglers' perspective the only thing keeping dad around is the presence of his son so the decision makes sense.)
Doubling down. Michigan doubled Benson the instant he got the ball, which was new. They hadn't helped out their center all year even when Harvard's counterpart was tearing Morgan up; in this game they forced turnovers and kickouts from Benson all day. Morgan held up pretty well with the help.
Infectious coaching. Beilein must have gotten a tiny thrill after Jon Horford gave up an and-one to Benson in the first half when both Zack Novak and Darius Morris went over to him to demonstrate what he did wrong on the play. Novak even provided helpful "arms straight up" versus "whatever you were doing, freshman" pantomimes.
I know how you feel. The UMHoops game preview said "expect a lot more zone" and I thought "that's a really good thing to put in the preview because it's probably going to be true" and then the only zone we saw was a single possession of 1-3-1 at the end of the first half.
How Darius Morris makes the defense go. Thanks to their huge point guard, Michigan's perimeter rotation of Morris, Novak, Douglass, Hardaway, and Vogrich is all about the same size, which allows them to switch relentlessly on all screens, which goes a long way towards making up for a lack of quickness from the pastier guys in the rotation, which means teams get few opportunities to drive the lane because there's always a dude right in front of them.
Michigan's defense is now Wisconsin's: built on never fouling you, never blocking your shots, never stealing the ball, but forcing you into a wide array of not-very-good shots. Michigan is 10th in three point D, 57th in two point D, 11th in FTA/FGA, 14th in eFG%, and well down the list when it comes to forcing turnovers and getting blocks. Instead of leaving their feet they get in spots to take charges and get their hands in the air.
It's the exact opposite of the 1-3-1, which might make the 1-3-1 pretty effective if they 1) figure out how to use it, and 2) deploy it as a change up.
UMHoops game recap. Beilein on guarding Benson. The Wolverine Blog talks about the defense. Morgan fluff from the News. Five Key Plays from UMHoops features this assist, which wasn't key but it was awesome:
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The JU women's golf team posted the lowest round of the day, a 10-over par 298, and took home second place at the Sea Trail Intercollegiate.
Junior Morgan Jackson carded an even-par 72 in the final round to finish second individually, with her score tying for the fifth-best round in program history.
The Dolphins finished second behind host Elon, who won the 10-team event at 30-over par, 894. JU ended the event at 47-over par, 911, rallying to pass Appalachian State in the last round. Elon's Tara McFadden shot a one-over par 73 in the final round to finish at one-under par, 215.
"To shoot the best round of the day shows that we're making the improvements we need to make," said JU assistant coach Jen Poth. "We know we've got some work to do, but this is a great finish as we dive into the heart of our fall season."
For Jackson, it's her best career finish and the fifth top 20 finish of her career. Jackson finished eight shots behind McFadden at seven-over par.
"Morgan played extremely well today," Poth said. "She managed her game really well and stayed focused on each shot."
Kristen Boettcher posted her second straight top five finish of the season, tying for fifth place at 10-over par, 226, following her four-over par 76 in the final round.
Jessica Williams tied for 14th after carding a two-over par 74 in the final round to finish at 14-over par, 230. For Williams, it's her best finish in a 54-hole event and the second top 20 finish of her career.
Melissa Magdor carded a four-over par 76 to finish in 17th place at 16-over par. The round was Magdor's best of the event and gives her the fourth top 20 finish of his career.
Francesca Yong tied for 35th at 28-over par, posting a season-best five-over par 77 in the final round.
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UPDATE: JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin man who admitted burning the corpse of an 18-year-old woman in his backyard fire pit has been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison.
Thirty-year-old Nathan Middleton of Evansville was given the maximum sentence for burning the body of Aprina Paul of Fitchburg.
Middleton pleaded guilty in March to charges of hiding a corpse and mutilating a corpse.
The Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/T8bCS6 ) reports Paul's family and friends erupted in applause at the end of the hearing.
Authorities believed -- but couldn't prove -- that Middleton murdered Paul.
According to the complaint, Middleton said he found Paul dead in his bed Oct. 28 after having sex and doing drugs with her the previous night. The complaint said they met after Paul responded to Middleton's ad on Craigslist.
UPDATE: ROCK COUNTY (WIFR) -- Rock County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a man after learning he was plotting an escape from jail.
Detectives learned earlier this month that Nathan Middleton had been talking to other inmates about escaping. He had also been trying to reach out to friends or relatives for help.
After being arrested today, his security has now been increased as well. Middleton is on $100,000 bond for hiding and mutilating a corpse. He is expected to be in court on Monday.
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- A southern Wisconsin man is charged with two felonies after police say he burned the body of a missing Fitchburg woman in his backyard fire pit.
Twenty-nine-year-old Nathan Middleton of Evansville was charged Wednesday with hiding a corpse and mutilating a corpse.
Police say Middleton burned the body of 18-year-old Aprina Paul.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports Middleton appeared in court Wednesday via video from the Rock County Jail. Middleton has been held since Nov. 1 on a probation hold.
According to the complaint, Middleton said he found Paul dead in his bed in the morning of Oct. 28 after having sex and doing drugs with her the previous night.
The complaint says the two met after Paul responded to an ad Middleton had placed on Craigslist.
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He is charged with crimes including hiding a corpse, mutilating a corpse, and failing to notify coroner of death. Middleton was also arrested for drug charges and was previously being interviewed and held at the Rock County Jail on a probation violation.
Police started searching the yard of a home in Evansville which is about 20 miles northwest of Janesville after receiving a tip that a missing teen, 18-year-old Aprina Paul may have died at the residence. Paul went missing from the Madison area in October. Rock County Sheriff's deputies say they found bone fragments in a burn pit while searching for the missing teen. Middleton was an occupant of the residence.
Police say forensic evaluation of bone fragments and evidence is still ongoing in Dallas Texas. If that evidence indicates a cause of death, further charges could be possible, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office.
Middleton is currently in custody and is expected to make a court appearance on November 14th.
EVANSVILLE (WIFR) -- Rock County Sheriff's deputies say they found bone fragments in a burn pit while searching for a missing teen believed to have died at an Evansville home.
Police started searching the yard and home Saturday in Evansville which is about 20 miles northwest of Janesville. They're looking for Aprina Paul, 18, who went missing from the Madison area last Sunday. Officers got a tip she was killed at the home in Evansville.
Deputies say they seized numerous pieces of evidence including bone fragments. The Wisconsin Crime Lab found those bones were from a woman. Detectives are still looking for Paul's body.
Nathan Middleton, 29, who lives at the home was arrested on a probation violation. He's being questioned in the case.
Deputies are at a home at 12016 US Highway 14, that's near Evansville which is about 19 miles northwest of Janesville. Sheriff Robert Spoden tells me crews are excavating the yard, looking for 18 year old Aprina Paul's body.
The teen is from Fitchburg which is near Madison, but officers say she was last seen at that home near Evansville. Sheriff Spoden says deputies got a tip Paul was dead and her body was near the house. They have found forensic evidence, but are still looking for a body.
Nathan Middleton, 29, who lives in the home was arrested for a probation violation and is being questioned by investigators.


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In the years following the Civil War, settlers in Butler, MO, built the first public power plant west of the Mississippi, earning the town the nickname "The Electric City."
Now the town is living up to that legacy with another energy milestone - an 11,000 panel solar farm that generates 10 percent of the town's power.
The farm is the first utility-grade solar facility in the state, something that makes residents like Peggy Buhr proud.
"People don't often think of Bates County as being cutting edge," Buhr said. "But we are."
Buhr manages the Bates County History Museum and often tells visitors anecdotes of Butler's early years. She said when the town first installed a public grid, it became a tourist destination for surrounding towns, even Kansas City, because of the evening glow of the electric lights.
Now she hopes drivers along Interstate 49 experience the same feeling of awe when they see the solar panels.
"I think people are becoming more and more receptive of incorporating solar into their plans," Buhr said.
The facility is owned by MC Power Companies, a company that builds and installs commercial solar panels. Joel Gray, a vice president with the company, said the Butler project was the organization's largest so far.
"The utilities win by not having to invest in costly infrastructure," Gray explained. "The city of Butler gets the power it needs at a predictable cost."
Predictability has become an issue with Butler's power supply in recent years. The city's power plant can no longer meet the growing energy demands of the town. It runs on fossil fuels, which are becoming increasingly scarce. For that reason, according to Gray, the town needed supplemental power.
"In certain situations like this one, it makes complete sense," he said. "The cost of power has to be high enough to warrant new energy systems."
It began operating in early March and is already producing 80 percent of its possible output. Gray said Missouri weather can actually be very conducive to solar power since cool temperatures help the panels work more efficiently.
"It's not always related to a place you'd think of as a sunshine place," he explained. "But we can produce a lot of great energy right here in the Midwest."
Gray said rural areas like Butler hold massive potential for energy. He said he hopes the project will help other towns and power companies to realize the value of the sun's power.
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One thing that has remained constant is the human connection. One of the most important pieces of that puzzle rests in the hands of nurses. Now, more than ever, nurses play pivotal roles in the delivery of healthcare. Many nurses serve on the front lines providing care, compassion and education to those they serve. Nurses also find themselves growing into more prevalent leadership positions. It's comforting to know that many business decisions are being made by nurses who keep the needs of their patients close to their heart.
May 6 through the 12 is National Nurses Week. With that in mind, I would like to offer a sincere thank you to all of the nurses within our community. Nursing is at the heart of our business and we are grateful for the nurses on our team. We are also grateful for the opportunity to work with countless other nurses throughout the healthcare continuum. If you're out and about this week, thank a nurse for all they do!
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- 3:04 pm Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Post Staff
Up until two months ago, former Florida All-American golfer Brian Gay had never won a tournament on American soil in 15 years as a pro.
Today, he woke up as a two-time PGA Tour winner, a fresh $1 million in his pocket and an exemption to this week's U.S. Open to boot after winning the St. Jude Classic in Memphis.
And he doesn't just win — he wins big. Gay won the Verizon Heritage in mid-April by a tournament-record 10 strokes, and took a wire-to-wire victory at the St. Jude, winning by five shots.
"It's been pretty special," Gay told reporters after the final round. "It's kind of hard for it to sink in right now. I've been playing well, it took me a long time to break through, but all of a sudden I've gotten a couple (wins) here real fast."
But the last two months haven't been all roses for Gay, 37, who won the 1992 and '94 individual SEC titles while at Florida and was part of the 1993 team national title.


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After having clinched a share of the District 32-4A championship against the Mission High School (MHS) Eagles, the Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) Patriots baseball team claimed the title outright last Friday evening with their 9-4 home field victory over the Rio Grande City Rattlers. With the win, Coach Casey Smith's Patriots improved their district record to 12-1 (25-4 overall) with only winless PSJA Southwest (0-13) left on their district schedule.
Against Rio Grande, VMHS fell behind when the Rattlers scored two runs on a double, a walk, a passed ball and an errant throw to first base in the top of the second inning. The Patriots responded quickly however when they scored two of their own in the bottom of the frame with J.R. Martinez' clutch single which drove in teammates Edward Pena and Isaac Guerrero.
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Fishermen's Walk-in, KCB Convenient Care Now Open
MARATHON, Florida Keys—Fishermen's Community Hospital recently opened its KCB Convenient Care at 306 Sadowski Causeway on Key Colony Beach. The facility provides quick care – no appointment necessary – for minor injuries and illnesses.
"With many minor injuries or illnesses, a trip to the hospital emergency room is too much, while getting an appointment with a doctor may take too long," said Hal Leftwich, CEO of Fishermen's. "With our new KCB Convenient Care facility, minor health care services are available right now for everyone, just walk in for fast, affordable treatment."
Whether it is painful sunburn, minor cuts and bruises, or a miserable cold, the experienced Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) at KCB Convenient Care can quickly diagnose and treat patients. The nurse practitioners treat flu symptoms, fever, sore throats, strains and sprains, rashes, allergic reactions, earaches, and more.
"We also administer vaccinations, perform school athletic physicals, and for the anglers, we can remove fish hooks," said Jennifer Angelilli, ARNP. "Our services are perfect for visitors and snowbirds, and locals too, who don't have a local doctor but need minor care right away."
For more complicated injuries and illnesses, the nurse practitioners can refer patients to the appropriate health care provider.
KCB Convenient Care accepts all major insurers as well as self-pay patients, and is next to Leigh Ann's Coffee House on Sadowski Causeway, one-half mile off the Overseas Highway. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call (305) 735-4107.
Fishermen's Community Hospital is a nonprofit organization located in the Middle Keys community of Marathon. It offers an emergency department, full array of diagnostic and laboratory services, an intensive care unit, impatient and outpatient surgery, physical and occupational therapy (Marathon and Big Pine Key), and pharmacy.
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July 1, 2011 - MARATHON, Florida Keys—Today, Fishermen's Hospital officially became a community-owned and operated, not-for-profit organization, ending its 25-year association with Health Management Associates (HMA), which leased the hospital as a for profit organization.
"This is a momentous day as we return direct control of the hospital to the greater community through the Fishermen's Hospital Board of Trustees," said Michael Cunningham, board chairman. "Going from a for profit organization to a community operated, not-for-profit status is big plus for everyone. Now all the revenues, after expenses, will be reinvested in the hospital rather than sent to corporate shareholders."
Fishermen's Hospital -- Earning the Community's Trust
By Michael Cunningham, President Fishermen's Hospital Board of Trustees
Fishermen's Hospital has come full circle. It started as a community-owned and –operated, not-for-profit in 1962, became a leased for profit hospital in 1986, and today is a nonprofit hospital again.
As a nonprofit, all revenues left over after the bills are paid will be reinvested in the hospital to better serve patients and the community. When Fishermen's was a for profit hospital, profits earned here in the Keys were distributed to stockholders outside our community.
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Sophomore Matthieu Burtez led the team with three top-five honors.
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Top finishers for the Owls were Eric Williams, Matthieu Burtez, and Anett Kovacs.
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High School: Swam for coach Casey Claflin...was four-time all-conference and holds seven school records...made the honor roll...was seventh at states in both the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle.
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Hi, and thanks to those who kindly welcomed me to the forum. I brought my first-ever Cub home yesterday, and started messing with it today. The guy said he'd not been able to get it to run, so I bought a battery and gave it a shot. Turns over fine, seems to have compression. But apparently no spark. The push-pull ignition switch was pretty rusted and corroded, I just twist-tied those wires together to close the circuit. But got sparks when I did that. Then I tried, but no fire in engine. However, coil was growing hot, even when I wasn't trying to crank it. So, I'm assuming the coil is bad or it is grounding out somewhere. Can someone point me to a simple wiring diagram? I should point out, the wiring on this old Cub is very shot, not to mention it has a single wire dangling down from the wiring harness that I have no idea where to connect.
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Hunters have considered areas in South Dakota to be "God's Country," and have access to the sport year-round. Outdoorsmen have held prominent positions in South Dakota government. With lakes and rivers galore, and approximately 5 million acres of public hunting lands, South Dakota is an outdoor paradise. For fishing, there is a choice of 30 species, from brown, brook, and rainbow trout in the Black Hills region to sauger in the Southeast region. Hunt for a variety of game including prairie dogs and antelope. If you enjoy nature, you will enjoy a South Dakota vacation rental!
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The Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region represents Western South Dakota. The Black Hills extend the Rocky Mountains with dense forests containing pine, spruce, and aspen atop granite. Downreaching canyons, streams containing trout, and clear lakes fill the area. Badlands National Park features multicolored sandstone formations such as spires and buttes, along with hybrid-grass prairies. The rest of the region is high plains with short-grass prairies. You can marvel at the carvings of Mount Rushmore in this region, and the Crazy Horse Memorial has an associated Indian Museum of North America, pulling artifacts and art from all tribes.General George Custer has both a state park and national forest bearing his name. Gold panning can be a fun activity, and the golf challenging. Shopping may include a stop for Black Hills Gold Jewelry.
The Great Lakes Region's primary feature, a bit surprisingly, is a river - the Missouri. The Missouri River cuts the region in half,, landscape wise: from the flat east side to rolling country to the west. The dams, including the largest Oahe Dam, provide water recreational activities and a habitat for wildlife. They have created what is called the "other Great Lakes," where plenty of outdoor recreation from boating to fishing to windsurfing takes place. Hunting is also very popular, whether it's for big game, pheasants, waterfowl, or predatory animals. The State Capitol Building in Pierre is a must-see in this region, and a flaming fountain (caused by natural gas in the water) pays tribute to deceased veterans and public service officials. In Fort Pierre, the Verendrye Monument is a lead plate that claims land for the king of France, buried in1743 and discovered by children in 1913.
Northeastern South Dakota is the Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region, where the land formed by glaciers is alternately flat and hilly. Marshes, swamps, glacier lakes, and national forests are also in this region. Visit the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, made popular by the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The recreation in Northeastern South Dakota is an exciting mix of hunting, fishing, canoeing, water skiing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, a good number of 9- and 18-hole golf courses, and plenty of camping opportunity. For a real regional flavor, visit the Campbell Original Straw Bale Built Museum, a completely South Dakota straw-insulated museum directed at South Dakota history. The Eureka Pioneer Museum focuses on the German-Russian ancestry artifacts collected since the founding of Eureka in 1887.
The Southeast South Dakota Region transitions between flat lands and rolling hills. A major part of this region is Sioux Falls, the largest city in a four-state area. Known for friendly people, and a wonderful view of the Big Sioux River Falls, Sioux City offers many attractions. Prepare to see the USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial, where a museum displays historical memorabilia. More than 10 golf courses lie in the Sioux Falls area, and will challenge golfers of various skill levels. Nightlife music has a wide range, including country, folk, rock, jazz, and blues. Sioux City has a large shopping complex and a downtown area for perusing items. You can even learn techniques to improve your outdoor recreation at the Outdoor Campus. A little art appreciation will com from visiting Sticks & Steel gallery, featuring hand-crafted artworks such as freeform organic furniture.
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Raiders rookie MLB Rolando McClain broke his media silence on Monday, but only to make a plea for Raiders fans to fill Oakland Coliseum.
McClain, the No. 8 overall pick in April's draft, has not done an interview with local media since the season opener against the Titans on Sept. 12. McClain explained Monday that he would not give an interview until the Raiders sold out a game.
The Raiders, who have won back-to-back games and are in second place in the AFC West, have gone 11 consecutive games without a sellout, including their 33-3 victory over the Seahawks on Sunday that drew just 35,721 fans.
The Raiders play the Chiefs on Sunday, a surprising battle for the top of the AFC West.
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Etowah County authorities have enlisted pharmacists as they crack down on the practice of smurfing, which is when an organized group of individuals go from one store to another to gather enough pseudoephedrine to make meth.
Etowah County's Drug Task Force Commander Rob Savage and District Attorney Jimmie Harp announced a new campaign Friday at Jerry's Pharmacy in Gadsden.
Pharmacists will take advantage of the N-Plex computer database, which keeps up with people who buy pseudoephedrine. The database can help flag people who may be smurfing.
Authorities say catching these smurfing groups will be a major step in cracking down on meth labs.
"It's destructive, it's devastating, and any tool that we've got to aid in the pharmacy industry, to aid in law enforcement, aid in prosecution, I'm all for it," Harp said.
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The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a 36-foot boat from its slip in the Catalpa Cove community, according to sheriff's office reports.
The owner of the boat, named the Gypsy Fiddler, contacted the sheriff's office Sunday. He told deputies he last saw his 2008 Grady white 36-foot boat in its slip on Saturday around 6 p.m. On Sunday around 10 a.m. he noticed the boat was gone.
The suspects had disconnected the shore power cables from the power box mounted to the dock and took the mooring lines, reports said.
The boat also had twin outboard motors on the boat worth $20,000 each. The boat is estimated to be worth $400,000.
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I have only ever been on a boat around the East Anglia Coast and got get plenty of signals here even when you cannot see any land.
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Am just wondering how far into the Atlantic Ocean and over places would these signals travel if you had a good decent set up on a boat?
From both the USA and UK?
Would they be any place in the Atlantic Ocean where you cannot pick up MW signal to?
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HOUSTON -- Former Astros pitcher Mike Scott, who provided one of the greatest moments in franchise history when he tossed a no-hitter against the Giants to clinch the National League West title in 1986, threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday as part of the Astros' Flashback Friday promotion.
The Astros, as part of their 50th anniversary, have brought back a former player to throw out the first pitch prior to each Friday home game this year. Scott won 110 games for the Astros from 1983-91 and had his No. 33 retired in 1992.
"I like coming back," said Scott, who lives in California and spends his time playing golf and cheering on the Anaheim Ducks. "I don't get back here as much as I'd like to. I loved playing here, I loved living here, but it's always good to come back."
Scott, who began his career with the New York Mets, was 110-81 with a 3.30 ERA as an Astro from 1983-90, winning the NL Cy Young Award in 1986 when he led the Majors in strikeouts (306), innings pitched (275 1/3) and ERA (2.22). He became the first player from a losing team to win National League Championship Series MVP honors in '86, and in 1989 became Houston's fourth 20-game winner when he posted a 20-10 record.
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HOUSTON -- Astros manager Brad Mills hasn't had what would be categorized as a long reliever at his disposal this year, but that's changed with the arrival of Chuckie Fick. Fick was acquired by the Astros off waivers from the Cardinals on Friday, putting the Astros' 40-man roster at 40.
To make room for Fick, the Astros optioned right-hander Enerio Del Rosario to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
"I've never laid eyes on Chuckie, but I spent the afternoon watching film on him," said Mills, who played with his dad, Chuck Fick, with the Expos. "I like the sink on his ball and how he throws across his body. He's a tall, slender kid. It will be interesting."
The Astros' bullpen was terrific the first two months of the season before the heavy workload caught up with them, and in the past week they've seen closer Brett Myers and reliever Brandon Lyon shipped off via trade. Fick could eat some much-needed innings.
"I've said this many times, in the National League your long guy rarely goes over two innings, and sometimes you can stretch him to three," he said. "I think that's how we will kind of use him right now and see how that goes going forward."
Fick, 26, made two appearances for the Cardinals this season in May, posting no record and a 5.40 ERA. He's spent the majority of this season with Triple-A Memphis, going 1-1 record with one save and a 4.68 ERA in 42 relief appearances. The Cardinals designated him for assignment on Wednesday.
A 15th-round selection by current Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow when he was with the Cardinals in 2007, Fick has posted a 23-17 record with five saves and a 3.35 ERA in six seasons (2007-12) in the Cardinals' Minor League system.
Toe injury keeps Cordero out on Friday
HOUSTON -- Closer Francisco Cordero was expected to be out of action for the second game in a row on Friday. Cordero was unavailable Thursday after throwing nearly 60 pitches in blowing a pair of saves in consecutive outings, and manager Brad Mills said Friday the veteran had a sprained toe.
"It came up after his last outing," Mills said. "We knew about it [Thursday], but he was shut down mainly because of his usage. He's going to at least need one more day to make sure it's better. Everyone else should be good to go."
Cordero, acquired last week from the Blue Jays, took over as closer for Brett Myers and has posted a 23.14 ERA in three games with Houston. He allowed three runs in the ninth inning on Tuesday and Wednesday in losses to the Reds.
Wilton Lopez, who's 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA, is the most likely candidate to fill in as closer while Cordero is out. Lopez has not allowed a run in 29 of his 37 appearances, and ranks first among relievers with a 1.18 walks per nine innings ratio.
Worth noting
Starting pitcher Armando Galarraga, who will make his Astros debut on Saturday, didn't join the team on Friday, as his wife gave birth to a baby. Galarraga was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma to take the spot in the rotation once occupied by Wandy Rodriguez, who was traded to the Pirates and will pitch against the Astros on Saturday.
Shortstop Jed Lowrie, who's been on the disabled list since July 15 with a sprained ankle and an injury to his nerve, is scheduled to get the brace off his knee on Wednesday. He won't travel with the team to Milwaukee and Atlanta next week, remaining in Houston to continue therapy. He will be out another four weeks.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Robert Murray of Murray Energy: "Obama will destroy low cost energy in America"
Original post made by More Coal on Oct 28, 2012
Murray states that the word "lie" is a very strong word. But they used this word deliberately because it was true.
Murray states that Obama has closed down 204 power plants in America already and that "he is the greatest enemy of the coal industry this country has ever seen."
Obama is destroying low cost energy in America.
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:06 am
I'm glad he is the enemy of coal energy. Coal is the dirtiest, most harmful energy source we currently use. Natural gas, nuclear, and hydro-electric, supplemented by solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal can fully meet our energy needs without any use of coal. Coal kills and sickens more people than all other energy sources combined.
We need to revamp the licensing process for nuclear power plants and strongly promote new plant designs that are both safer and more cost effective.
on Oct 29, 2012 at 11:16 am
Neither clean nor renewable are moving forward fast enough to meet our growing population and replacement needs. Coal can act as a motivator. Stop excuses and foot dragging on nuclear expansion. We need to use more nuclear, more natural gas, wind, biomass, and geothermal...do it all.. NOW ! We can't wait forever. We need the cheapest, cleanest, and most efficient, that can meet our needs and deliver to homes at lowest cost now and in the future. Solar should only be rooftop for both business and residential. We should not consume any more masses of land covered with flat panels...a real assult on our limited earth surface...such a cruel, wasteful, ugly, ignorant, and primitive concept....all for 2% of our energy. I can't imagine more of those assults for such tiny contribution. Stick to rooftops, period. Get busy on all the other assorted power for our grid needs.
on Oct 29, 2012 at 11:38 am
It is true, since Obama is owned by green extremes, he does lean to more expensive longshots. Of course his green expenses have been off the chart, with payoffs like solyndra, that waste time, focus, and money.
on Oct 29, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Pat said : "Coal is the dirtiest, most harmful energy source we currently use. Natural gas, nuclear, and hydro-electric, supplemented by solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal can fully meet our energy needs without any use of coal. Coal kills and sickens more people than all other energy sources combined."
Coal is pretty dirty, alright. Throws lots of garbage up into the air, including radioactive impurities in the coal. Not sure how effective the newer "clean" coal plants are, but I suspect that "clean" here is a relative term and that a lot of garbage still gets pumped into the air.
on Oct 29, 2012 at 6:45 pm
We have an abundance of coal!!!! Extreme greens usually don't consider cost. Coal can serve as a motivator to move a bit faster in all the other areas to bring down the costs. So far, it seems the hardheads just stand their ground and saying No, No, No, to our long list of available resources.... screaming just stop using and close your business, stop all business & wait, just wear dirty clothes, or shower with them on and air dry.
It's past time to look closer, fine tune, improve, compromise, faster, faster. Being punitive and saying pay MORE and doing WITHOUT are NOT SOLUTIONS !! Get on with improving faster and using what is available. There should be 100 new nuclear plants under construction now !If you don't like that, start peddling faster, or shovel the coal. The American economy needs power!
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Our third annual walk for Parkinson's was again a great success. We hold the walk each year in Pismo Beach, CA, because of the wonderful weather and scenery. This walk is sponsored by the Central Coast Parkinson's Support Group and is hosted each year by JJ's at the beach, a local restaurant. The community is very involved with their wonderful donations of money or door prizes for our walkers. This is a walk at your own pace of either 1.5 miles or 4 miles and many of our members with Parkinson's walk the four miles, which is a great inspiration to all of us. The walk originated in 2007 when Marie Bukey wanted to do something in memory of her mother who had Parkinson's. She coordinates the walk each year and each year the walk has grown in size as more and more of the community becomes aware of our fundraising efforts to "Fund the Research - Find the Cure". This is just another way for our support group to get the message out that our organization's goal is to assist anyone associated with Parkinson's in any way, be it patient, family, friend or caregiver.
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