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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III are skipping their last two seasons at Michigan to enter the NBA draft and chase a dream theyve had since they were kids. Stauskas, who is from Mississauga, Ontario, set his sights on joining in the worlds best basketball league when he started playing the game in an organized way at the age of 7. "From that point on, I pretty much committed myself to doing whatever it took to get to this point," he said. "I dont think many Canadian kids had that same dream. I think most of them were trying to go to the NHL, but I think the rise of Canadian basketball has been unbelievable. You see a lot of kids now making that jump from Canada and Im glad to be a part of that group." Robinson, meanwhile, might have looked at the league a little earlier because his father -- nicknamed "Big Dog" -- was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. "My dad has been through this whole process, so that was definitely a big help," he said. "He stayed an extra year in college when he thought he wasnt ready." Robinson, who is from St. John, Ind., said the NBAs undergraduate advisory committee informed him he would be a first-round pick if he entered the draft and he chose to make the leap Monday night. Stauskas wouldnt say what he was told, but he obviously liked the feedback. "I heard from the advisory board in the middle of last week, a couple days after that I really decided," he said. "The information I got from them was kind of what I wanted to hear." Mitch McGary has not announced his future plans. "Mitch is still gathering information," coach John Beilein said. "He has all the way until the 27th to make a decision, so hes looking at all the possibilities right now." McGary was not made available for interviews after his teammates had a news conference. He turned down a chance to enter the draft last year as a likely first-round pick and ended up having back surgery last season, putting his standing as an NBA prospect in doubt. The Wolverines lost Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway to the NBA last year as underclassmen, but retooled well enough to win the Big Ten title and advance to an NCAA tournament regional final. Stauskas said hes confident Michigan is strong enough to keep winning next season. "I think were leaving this program in great hands," Stauskas said as he looked toward his former teammates, who gathered to show their support for him and Robinson at their news conference. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard became one of the nations most well-rounded offensive players, averaging 17.5 points and improving defensively and earning Big Ten player of the year honours last season. The 6-6 Robinson came on strong toward the end of the season and finished with a 13.1 point average. The pressure will now be on improving guard Caris LeVert to have another big season for Michigan next season. Derrick Walton and Zak Irvin -- who both had their share of impressive moments as freshmen -- will also have a chance to take on more leadership. The Wolverines also will lose fifth-year senior Jordan Morgan, and Jon Horford is transferring. Early departures have become the norm at Michigan now that the program has become a Big Ten power again. After going without a regular-season conference title since 1986, the Wolverines tied for first in 2012 and went on to reach the NCAA finals. Thanks in part to Stauskas and Robinson, Michigan won a school-record 59 games over the last two seasons and lost just 17 times. Jimmer Fredette Authentic Jersey . Gregor Blanco doubled, singled and drove in three runs, and the surging San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday for their fifth straight win. "Theres nothing I can complain about," manager Bruce Bochy said. 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Trim returned an interception 82 yards for a touchdown, Hunter Stover hit a go-ahead 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, and Louisiana-Lafayette held off Tulane 24-21 on Saturday night for its third straight New Orleans Bowl victory. GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The end of the season hit the Phoenix Coyotes particularly hard. After scratching and clawing their way deeper into the playoffs than they had ever been, the Coyotes were struck by the did-that-just-happen shock of an overtime goal that simultaneously ended Game 5 of the Western Conference finals and their season. On the ice and in the locker room, they were bitter, angry, frustrated; at the officiating, the Los Angeles Kings, themselves. Two days later, the disappointment was still there, only tempered by the sense of accomplishment. A first division title in the NHL, three games from the Stanley Cup finals, a prospective owner in waiting -- its hard to stay mad too long after what was easily the best season in franchise history. "It did sting and it still does a little bit," Coyotes forward Mikkel Boedker said on Thursday as the team held its final meetings and the players cleaned out their lockers. "Looking back, its obviously not the way you want to end, but looking back at the whole season, its a story that should be told all the way around." It was quite a tale. Picked to finish near the bottom of the Western Conference, the Coyotes played with a prove-everybody-wrong intensity all season. They overcame a string of injuries and a ruthless schedule the first half of the season with an 11-game winning streak in February that got them back into the playoff picture. They won the final five games of the regular season to capture their first division title in 33 years as an NHL franchise. They got past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 25 years and kept going, knocking off two supposedly superior teams to reach the conference finals for the first time. OK, so maybe it didnt end the way they wanted. Watching Dustin Penner score 17:42 into overtime just seconds after Phoenix defenceman Michal Rozsival limped off following a questionable hit was tough to take. Still, finishing three wins from reaching the Stanley Cup finals with a team that has no superstars, its hard for these desert underdogs not to feel good about what they accomplished. "Youre going 100 mph and it stops, so thats the frustrating part," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. "But as days go by, I think were going to recognize that this was a pretty special group." It could be the group that sets the franchises foundation firmly in the desert. The Coyotes have had a few surges in popularity, from when the team moved from Winnipeg to when Wayne Gretzky became owner and, later, their coach. But in recent years, support in Phoenix has waned, in part because fans were reluctant to support a team they werent sure was going to stick around. The Coyotes jumpstarted the fan base with their late-season push and the Phoenix area became infused with hockey fever as the team reached deeper into the playoffs, filling Jobing.dddddddddddd.com Arena with a "Whiteout" for every home game. And with that enthusiasm has come the possibility of some long-awaited stability: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced before Game 5 of Phoenixs second-round series with Nashville that the league had reached a preliminary agreement to sell the team to a group headed by former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison. The deal has a few hurdles yet to cross and there have been disappointments in the past, but theres a feeling that this one will go through. And should it work out, the Coyotes would finally break free of the shackles of being run by the league the past three years, giving them resources to keep their best players and bring in a batch of new ones. "From Ive been told, this is the most positive everyones been about everything," Coyotes captain Shane Doan said. "The run we had obviously has helped and I really hope it gets done quickly." Once the ownership issue is solved, Doan will be the teams top priority. The only remaining player from the Winnipeg days, hes been the face of the franchise and the heart of the locker room. He ended an agonizingly long wait with his first hat trick in 16 seasons this year and showed he is still a force on the ice at 35, pinballing opponents throughout the playoffs. "Certainly, Shane is priority No. 1 once we get our ownership situation take care of," Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. "We want to keep Shane. Hes not going anywhere, if I have anything to do with it." Doan isnt the only player the Coyotes want to keep. Ray Whitney, who led the team in scoring at 40, will become a free agent, along with Daymond Langkow, Taylor Pyatt, Adrian Aucoin and Rozsival. Goalie Mike Smith, who became an undeniable No. 1 goalie in his first season in the desert, also has one year left on his contract and could start negotiating with the team this summer. Adding Jamison as an owner would give the Coyotes the resources to keep the players they want and finally go after big-name free agents without having to convince them the team is staying in Phoenix. So with financial and organizational stability, a solid core of returning players and the confidence that comes from going deep in the playoffs, theres more optimism for the franchise than perhaps at any time since it moved to the desert in 1996. "We put ourselves in this position, got to where we got because we deserved to be there," Smith said. "We raised the bar now to come back next year in better shape and to be a team that fights for the division title again and hopefully get another run to the Stanley Cup." The foundation has been set. 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