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down the stretch against a rugged Big Ten schedule. Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary are all contributing as freshmen, but the Wolverines could lose Burke to the NBA -- a move he considered making last year.
• Expectations are higher at Michigan than they've been in a while, which means there's pressure to make a longer postseason run in 2013 -- especially with the team playing so close to home.
• "No room in the margin this late in the season," Burke said. "(Thursday) could be our last game if we don't come out and execute the way we know we can."
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota now has a new economic development program intended to help recruit large projects to the state.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Wednesday signed the measure passed by the Legislature into law. It takes effect immediately.
• South Dakota had no incentive plan because a previous program was allowed to expire Dec. 31 and voters in November rejected a replacement plan suggested by

the governor.
• The new plan will refund part or all of the 4 percent state sales tax paid by projects of more than $20 million that would not locate in South Dakota without such an incentive. The contractor's excise tax paid by those projects and some other money will be placed in a fund to support housing, workforce training and other programs needed to support smaller development projects.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a measure setting up a state athletic commission to regulate boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
• Daugaard had originally opposed the bill because it would legitimize mixed martial arts fights, which he said are so violent they don't deserve to be called sport. But aides to the governor later said he would appoint the commission if the Legislature passed the bill.
• Supporters say the commission is needed to oversee boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts because unregulated professional matches often are conducted without proper rules, referees, testing and medical personnel.

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