First-year Michigan women's basketball coach's optimism strong

By David Goricki The Detroit News Comments Kim Barnes Arico, who took St. John’s to the Sweet 16 last season, is now at Michigan and hopes to improve upon a squad that last season made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 11 years. (John T. Greilick/Detroit News) Ann Arbor — Michigan's new women's basketball coach, Kim Barnes Arico, hopes to duplicate the success she had at St. John's last season when she led her team to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. The Wolverines should have a strong nucleus. The team's top recruit is Madison Ristovski, who was named Miss Basketball last season for Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett. Senior guard Jenny Ryan (6.8 points, 6.4...