Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 8, 2014 by Bencherlite ^Talk 15:37, 31 March 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

The 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2012–13 season, the Wolverines' 96th consecutive year in the Big Ten Conference. Co-champions of the Big Ten regular season the previous year, the team finished fourth in the Big Ten in 2012–13. It was the youngest team in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, in which it was the National Runner-Up. Led by sixth-year head coach John Beilein, the Wolverines had the best start in school history by winning their first 16 games and 19 of their first 20. They ended with a 31–8 win–loss record, the program's most wins in 20 seasons. The team also reached the top of the AP Poll for the first time in 20 years. The Wolverines had lost 2011–12 captains Zack Novak and Stu Douglass to graduation. The incoming class of Mitch McGary, Glenn Robinson III and Nik Stauskas was ranked among the best in the nation. The team was led by national player of the year Trey Burke (pictured) and All-Conference honorees Tim Hardaway, Jr., Robinson, and Jordan Morgan. Burke was the second National Player of the Year and fifth first-team consensus All-American in Michigan basketball history. At the 2013 NBA draft, Burke and Hardaway became Michigan's first pair of first-round draft choices since 1994. (Full article...)

1 points for being the anniversary of the 2013 national championship game that they participated in. Note that since the April 7, 2014 game will be played on April 8 (UTC) this will be on the main page simultaneously with the 2014 national championship game, if approved.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:38, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nomiminator.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:48, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There have been several recent sports biographies Bill Russell (Feb 12), Hobey Baker (Jan 15), and Paul Henderson (Jan 28) as well as 1952 Winter Olympics (Feb 6), but no teams. Can I add points? Also Bart King (Oct 19), Bob Feller (Nov 3), Faith Leech (Nov 13), Heidi Game (Nov 17), History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967) (Nov 25), Bryan Gunn (Dec 22), 2003 Insight Bowl (Dec 26), Keith Johnson (cricket administrator) (Dec 28).--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:09, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great article. While there is a slight diversity issue, I wouldn't be too concerned with the number of past sports articles, since none of them were about a specific team/season like this one. Thank God it's not Ohio State.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent high quality and well sourced page. Great quality improvement efforts by TonyTheTiger. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 19:47, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. a healthy sport :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:33, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Trimmed / reworded to get under the 1,200 limit (it's now 1,196) - as I know nothing about college basketball, TonyTheTiger, please tell me if I've changed the meaning anywhere! Bencherlite ^Talk 11:20, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I know it's a team article but the image at this size isn't very arresting. How about something like File:20130323 Trey Burke dribbling.jpg, an action shot of one of the players? Bencherlite^Talk 12:03, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I have no problem with the image suggestion.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:01, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Great. Done. Bencherlite ^Talk 20:08, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Win-loss record is a concept that fewer people outside of North America are familiar with, so I recommend rephrasing part of the blurb to this: "Led by sixth-year head coach John Beilein, the Wolverines had the best start in school history by winning their first 16 games, and 19 of their first 20. The team ended with a 31–8 win–loss record, the school's most wins in 20 seasons." Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 14:28, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]