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Michigan: Most Underachieving Program of the Last 10 Years

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1. Michigan (4 first-place votes)

True, the NCAA sanctions and the Brian Ellerbe era didn't help the cause of recently deposed coach Tommy Amaker, but there's really no excuse for a school like Michigan to have missed nine consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Michigan had the nation's sixth-largest athletics budget in 2006 ($67.9 million; all budget numbers according to the U.S. Department of Education's office of postsecondary education, per midmajority.com). Even though proportionately less goes to the basketball program (expenses of $3.6 million, 49th in D-I), it's unfathomable that a program with the overall brand of Michigan -- one that won the national title in 1989 and made return trips to the championship game in 1992 and '93 -- could have flatlined like this. Injuries definitely hurt the program in recent years, as did player indiscretions off the court, but given that BCS schools get around 25-26 at-large bids each season (in addition to six auto bids), all Michigan (or any BCA team) needs to do is finish in the top 40-45 percent of all BCS teams to get in. Good news: John Beilein is a tremendous coach. Expect the streak to end very soon in Ann Arbor.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2865999
 
Does anyone else see a tv commercial at least once a day about all the advantages of moving or opening your business in Michigan? It cracks me up to see the desperation of the Michigan economy due to the downfall of the American automotive industry. :slappy:
 
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Golferdow01;837463; said:
Does anyone else see a tv commercial at least once a day about all the advantages of moving or opening your business in Michigan? It cracks me up to see the desperation of the Michigan economy due to the downfall of the American automotive industry. :slappy:
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It's tough to laugh from Ohio.
 
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