Michigan to Welcome No. 2 Sooners to Ann Arbor for Top-Three Showdown

» The No. 3-ranked Wolverines will host the No. 2-ranked Sooners for a Saturday (Feb. 15) meet at Cliff Keen Arena.
» U-M's top event is high bar, where the Wolverines are ranked No. 1 nationally.
» Paul Juda was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his three-event title performance against UIC and NIU.

THIS WEEK
Saturday, Feb. 15 -- vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (Cliff Keen Arena), 1 p.m.
Admission: Free | Live Results | Live Video | Digital Program (PDF)
• Head Coach Kurt Golder Interview (WTKA)

PROMOTIONS
• Feb. 15: Maize Out (Free T-shirts to first 300 fans), Kids Go Blue Club Day
• Full Promotions Schedule

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The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team welcomes No. 2 Oklahoma for a top-three matchup on Saturday (Feb. 15) at 1 p.m. from Cliff Keen Arena. Despite being ranked No. 3 in both polls, U-M marked the second-highest score in the NCAA last week with a 413.400, while Oklahoma's high score on the season is 412.200.

Wolverine Bites

• Coming off a trio of event titles, Paul Juda was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Juda took home top honors against Illinois-Chicago and Northern Illinois with event wins on floor exercise (14.200), vault (14.450), and high bar (14.300). The honor was the first of his career.

• Michigan ranks in the top five nationally on four events, highlighted by the top spot on high bar (67.683). U-M is No. 2 on parallel bars (68.100) and pommel horse (66.950), as well as fifth on still rings (66.883). The Wolverines are No. 9 on floor exercise (67.300), but 2019 Big Ten event champion Jacob Moore has yet to compete on the exercise this season.

• U-M's top event is high bar, where the Wolverines are ranked No. 1 nationally. U-M is led by Juda (No. 2, 14.000) and junior Jonathan Liu (No. 17, 13.483) on the apparatus.

• On parallel bars, junior Cameron Bock ranks third (14.317) and owns the No. 2 score in the country on the event (15.050). Juda's season best of 14.650 is the No. 5 score in the land.

• The Wolverines hold an advantage over Oklahoma on three events: pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar. Conversely, OU holds an advantage on floor exercise, still rings and vault.

• The Sooners are the top floor exercise team in the land (72.333), with three gymnasts ranked in the top 10. Gage Dyer checks in at No. 1 with an average of 14.883 and owns a season-best 15.150. Vitaliy Guimaraes ranks No. 2 (14.817) but has the top mark in the country with a 15.200.

• Oklahoma leads the all-time series over Michigan, 17-5, with the Wolverines' last dual-meet victory in Ann Arbor coming in the 2007 season.

Tweet of the Week

Paul Juda of @UMichGym is the #B1GMGym Freshman pic.twitter.com/cGSv4qXRPc
— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) February 11, 2020

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