Tuesdoy; February 25 I975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Tuesda yerary 5 17 HEMCIGN IL ae ee full court PRESS Home court.. . ...a big advantage~ -MADISON By JEFF SCHILLER JOHNNY ORR always uses the same phrases. So when the Michigan coach says something like, "It's tough to win on the road," or "any Big Ten team can beat any other on a given night," there are those who tend to disregard his words. All the 'Dump Orr' campaigns and Sports Illustrated articles notwithstanding Johnny Orr is a knowledgeable basketball coach. His words are often prophetic. Last night's 70-68 loss to Wis- consin should at least quell the skeptics. It's easy to point to the Wolverines' 22 turnovers as evidence of ineptitude. Or claim that had Wisconsin shot better than 38 per cent from the floor, the game might not have been so close. Michigan could have, and maybe even should have, beat the Badgers. EXPLANATIONS? There are many. It was a game of inches. But one of the cardinal 'rules of he road' is that the breaks go against you when you are the visitors. John Robinson was called for travelling four times in the second half. None of them was a clear violation. Steve Grote was charged with a technical late in first half for yelling, "Come on" to the referee. And the Wolverines were whistled down for not advancing the ball while trying to stall away the game's re- maining. moments. This is not to say that the officials ganged up on Michigan, or that there weren't questionable calls on Wisconsin as well. But the close ones seemed to go consistently against the Wol- verines, and in a game this tight even the slightest difference is enough. WHAT CAUSED Michigan's surplus of 'bad breaks'? The best guess is the color of its uniforms. It's not that referees dislike the color blue. It's just that 'blue' signifies visitors, and referees, as human beings, are understandably swayed in borderline cases by a partisan crowd. The home team has won about two-thirds of the Big Ten basketball games this season. Often the difference in score the homecourt provides is tremendous. MSU beat Wisconsin by 18 points in East Lansing, yet lost by 7 in Madison. Indiana routed Purdue 104-71 at home, but the Hoosiers barely managed a one-point win on the road. There are other factors beside the crowd's partisanship. Visiting teams are forced to endure the discomforts of travel. Preparation for Monday night's opponent is necessarily limited. ALL THESE things influenced last night's outcome. Mich-. igan was sluggish, and the Wolverines were unprepared for Wisconsin's last-minute strategy which sent guard Bruce Mc- Cauley to the inside. The Wolverines are now 10-1 in Crisler Arena, and 6-6 on, the road. Their three Big Ten road wins are by a combined total of eight points. Johnny Orr usually says, "Any win on the road is a good# one." That's a cliche, but it's true.} Gal swiumers take third in conference adges edge cagers, 70 -68 By BILL STIEG over Grote's outstretched hand. Special To The Daily The shot swished through MADISON-Wisconsin's Bruce and Michigan called time with McCauley swished a ten-foot 0:01 remaining on the field- jump shot with two seconds re- house clock. maining to give the Badgers a Grote's full-court pass de- 70-68 upset victory over the flected off C.J. Kupec's hands, Michigan Wolverines last night. and out of bounds as the buzzer Wisconsin outscored Michigan sounded. 10-2 in the final 6:06 to defeat Michigan took a 66-60 lead on the Wolverines, who dropped out Grote's three-point play at 6:23, of second place in the Big Ten but scored only once thereafter. with a 9-6 conference record. Meanwhile, the Badgers took ad- McCauley's winning shot came vantage of two Michigan turn-; after Michigan's 22nd turnover. overs and some mistakes by The Wolverines tried to stall Blue rebounders to come back. away nearly two minutes, work- McCoy picked up a loose ing for the last shot. But at the ball under the boards and 1:12 mark, Steve Grote was dropped it in to make it 66-62. called for not penetrating the Dale Koehler scored after a Wisconsin defense. bad Michigan pass, and Mc- Grote and the entire Mich- Coy canned a hook after Rick igan team protested that he White fouled trying for an of- had crossed the hash-mark fensive rebound, tying the painted on the court for such game at 66-all. situations, but the referees McCoy's jumper from the cor- s a w otherwise. Wisconsin ner at 2:33 gave Wisconsin its controlled the ensuing tip. first lead since the 17:45 mark Ironically, B a d g e r Marcus of the first half. Grote re-tied McCoy committed the same vio- the game with a short jumper lation 24 seconds later, but moments later. again the home team won the McCoy then missed a long jump ball, shot. Michigan grabbed the re- The 6-3 McCauley took the bound, and the controversial ball with about seven seconds penetration call came next. left, and drove the left side "I don't understand why against Grote. McCauley was they called that jump ball," near the baseline, but he jump- said Johnny Orr afterwards. ed high and pushed a soft shot "But that's over-there's noth- Feisty farmers fall to Wildcats, 6 7-66' ing we can do about it. It's ' collided n a tough loss." j son lost In the first half, a similar needed f Wisconsin surge in the last three the gash minutes reduced Michigan's 38- returnedi 27 lead to just four points, 39-351 half. at the in t e r m i s s i on. The, o Badgers' comeback was aided ;l by a technical foul on Grote with 1:19 left, and the Wolver- Britt ines ahead 38-30. Robinson "I said, Come on' really Kupec Johnson nasty," explained Grote, "and Baxter he took it personally." Grote Kupec put Michigan in com- White mand early with four long jump- ers, but was held to four points Team in the rest of the contest even Totals near the basket. John- a tooth, and White ive stitches to close on his forehead. He in time for the second -season play? MICHIGAN FG FT R F TP 4-10 0-0 4 2 8 2-7 2-2 11 1 6 6-10 0-1 11 3 12 5-9 5-6 1 1 15 4-7 0-0 3; 3 8 5-8 5-7 4 2 15 1-2 2-2 1 2 4 S 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 4 27-53 14-18 40 17 68 WISCONSIN FG FT R FTP. t h o u g h Wisconsin's Koehler played nearly all the second half with four fouls. "We should have won the game," said assistant coach Jim Dutcher. "We had a lot of chances to put it away, but we just couldn't come up with the big play when we needed it." Late in the first half, 6-7, 210 White and 6-8, 239 Bob Johnson Big 10 Standings McCoy Pearson Koehler McCauley Cobert Luchsinger Paterick Falk Johnson Brey Team Totals 8-20 1-9 8-16 3-8 2-6 3-9 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-1 3-4 1-2 4-4 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 7 8 15 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 42 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 19 16 5 17 10 7 5 6 0 4 70 70 29-76 12-17 Indiana Purdue MICHIGAN Minnestota Michigan State Ohio State Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Northwestern Conf. W L 16 0 10 5 9 6 9 6 8 7 8 8 4 11 4 11 4 11 4 11 All W L 27 0 15 8 16 7 16 7 15 8 14 12 8 15 7 16 7 16 6 17 AP Photo MICHIGAN'S JOE JOHNSON attempts a jumpshot against Wisconsin in their Big Ten contest last night, but the Badgers' Tim Paterick (15) had other ideas. Paterick blocked the shot and Wisconsin won the game 70-68, to damage the Wolverines post-season tournament hopes. This Week in Sports WEDNESDAY WOMAN'S BASKETBALL: Arbor at Michigan, Crisler 6:30. Spring3 Arena, COLLEGE State at 12:00. BASKETBALL: Ohio Indiana on channel 4,1 By PEGGY GIRSHMAN The Michigan women's swim team barely missed capturing second place in the Big Ten Women's Swimming Champion- ship last weekend, as their 249 points were topped by Indiana's 250 and MSU's astounding '505 point totals. Despite the third-place show- ing, Michigan swimmers Kathy Knox and Debby Brevitz set six conference records, with Brevitz placing first in the 50 and 100 yard breststroke and the 100 and 200 yard . individual medley. Knox, meanwhile, broke two conference records in her first place showings in the 200 and 400 yard freestyle. Knox placed, second to OSU's star sprinter. Anne Emmenecker in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle. "I am really proud as hell of the way the girls swam," Michigan Coach Stu Isaac stated. "Everyone on the team, whether they placed or not, put in their best times of the season." Knox's and Brevitz's times qualified them for the nationals while establishing eight new: team records. The women tank- ers' 200 yard freestyle relay3 team of Knox, Brevitz, Connie Ortega and Anne Allison also qualified for the nationals with a time of 1:42.9. Also putting in good, place-' setting performances were breaststroker Jenny Orr, back- stroker Robin Orr and divers Sue Gottlieb and Brenda' Truitt. The diving, however, was "a little disappointing," Isaac said, "because going into her last dive Sue was placed second, then she hit the board and dropped down to eighth." Ortega and Allison swam s t r o n g in their individualI events, placing eighth and twelfth respectively, in the 501 yard freestyle. On Thursday, the women head for the Midwest Regional Cham- pionships at CMU for their last competition before the nationals. "We couldn't expect to win on a couple of good individuals," Isaac explained. "We just don't have the depth of MSU or In- diana, but I think our team was great because of ts unity and its overall performance." THURSDAY NHL: Detroit at Boston on channel 50, 6:30. MEN'S SWIMMING: Big Ten Cham- pionships at Indiana. j FRIDAY HOCKEY: Michigan State at Michi- gan, Yost Ice Arena, 7:30. MEN'S SWIMMING: Big Ten Championships at Indiana. WRESTLING: Big Ten champion- ships at Ohio State. NBA: Detroit at Washington on channel 50, 7:00. SATURDAY MEN'S BASKETBALL: Purdue at Michigan, Crisier arena, 2:05, on channel 2. GYMNASTICS: Michigan at Lndi- ana State. HOCKEY: Michigan at Michigan. State on WCBN Radio, 7:30. MEN'S SWIMMING: Big Ten Championships at Indiana. WRESTLING: Big Ten Champion- ships at Ohio State. TRACK: Eastern Michigan Track Classic at Ypsilanti. MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: MIVA, wes- tern Division at Purdue. SCORES College Basketball Florida 66, Kentucky 58 Alabama 73, Georgia 64 Tennessee 109, Mississippi St. 83 Purdue 84, Ohio State 72 Auburn 110, Louisiana St. 94 Vanderbilt 86, Mississippi 80 Oral Roberts 71, Okla. City 67 tH IAV E SUNDAYI NHL GAME OF THE WEEK: BostonI at Chicago on channel 4, 4:00. NBA GAME OF THE WEEK: Los Angeles at Washington on channel 2, 12:00. The To n2'0 By The Associated 1' ess The Top Twenty, with first-placej votes in parentheses, season records; through Sunday, Feb. 23 and total points. 1. Indiana (47) 26-0 940 2. Maryland ?0-3 798 :3. Louisville ?0-2 633 4. Kentucky 20-3 6301 5. UCLA 20-3 6241 6. Marquette 20-3 470 7. N. Carolina State 19-4 4051 8. Alabama 20-3 379 9. Arizona State 20-3 281 10. Pennsylvania 20-4 195 11. Clemson 15-8 178 12. S. California 16-6 1401 13. Creighton 19-4 116 14. North Carolina 16-7 72 15. Texas-El Paso 18-4 61 16. Notre Dame 16-8 54 17. Oregon State 153-9 52 18. Pan American 21-2 47 19. Arizona 18-5 33I 20. Washington 16-7 30j Others receiving votes, listed al- phabetically: Centenary. Cincinnati, DePaul, Furman, Kansas, LaSalle,I Memphis State, MICIGAN, Middle Tennessee. Minnesota, New Mexico1 State, Nevada-Las Vegas, UNC- Charlotte, Oregon, Purdue, Rutgers, Stetson, Tennessee, Texas A&M,1 Tulane. Utah State. By The Associated Press :rIllinois managed to stay close EVANSTON - Willie Williams until there were 14 minutes left scored 23 points and Billy Mc- in the game when the Hoosiers Kinney sank a free throw with blew it wide open. Green col eight seconds to play last night econd 2alof and Keoints Bnn to lead Northwestern to a 67-66 finished with 20 while QuinnE victory over Michigan State in Buckner added 14 for the Hoo- a Big Ten basketball game. siers.o The Spartans, hoping for a iers post-season berth, blew a chance~ to win the game when Benny Boilers cook White missed a one-and-one WEST LAFAYETTE-Eugene free throw attempt with three Parker led an evenly paced seconds to play. Purdue attack with 18 points Northwestern took command and the Boilermakers downed in the first half and moved to a Ohio State, 84-72, in Big Ten 36-32 lead at intermission and basketball last night. the Wildcats boosted the advan- Wayne Walls and Walter Jor- tage to 48-42 in the second half. dan had 15 each and John Gar- But the Spartans fought back rett and Bruce Parkinson added to tie the game at 52-all and 14 apiece. again at 55-55. The two teams Ohio State, with troubles had several other ties before keeping its offense in gear, got McKinney snanped a 66-66 dead- 24 points from Bill Andreas. lock with his free throw. He Purdue trailed 6-0 at the start missed his second in a one- of the game, but zoomed back and-one attempt to oven the with Walls scoring the first door for the Spartans with eight nine Purdue points and Parker seconds left. put the Boilermakers ahead to! White, however, lost his stay at 11-10. chance to win the game and ----- -- - Williams recovered the rebound and was fouled. With one second ljnft, Williams also missed a WAG N free throw to end a string of 23 straight from the free throw line but the game was over. V W tune-up ** *$10 plus parts MIay or May not 8-6 Mon.-Fri. CHAMPAIGN - Indiana's top- 1237 ROSEWOOD ranked and undefeated Hoosiers showed no ill effects from the 662-2576' loss of leading scorer Scott May and got 30 points from Steve between S Industrial Green to crush Illinois 112-89 Packard last night in a Big Ten basket- ball game. John Laskowski filled in for May, who suffered a broken arm against Purdue Saturday and scored 28 points, 15 in the first half when the Hoosiers rolled to a 50-44 lead. P = rb orII " " " PRESENTS Louis Malle's MURMER OF THE HEART in French, subtitled TONIGHT, Tues., Feb. 25 7 & 9:30 pm. Aud. 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