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By JON MORELAND
With less then ten minutes left in last
year's Michigan-Michigan State game
at East Lansing, Mike McGee misfires
on a 20-footer and the Spartans' Ron
Charles grabs the rebound, initiating a
fast break layup at the other end of the
court by Terry Donnelly.
The Wolverines still hold a 63-55 lead,
but that advantage is negated because
about 98 per cent of the 10,004 fans
jammed into Jenison Field House are
on their feet, screaming for the
hometown Spartans.
THE MOMENTUM has completely
switched and Michigan watches its lead
vanish in a matter of about three
minutes. The Wolverines are never in
the game again as they suffer an 82-74
defeat that eliminates them from any
NCAA tournament consideration.
The home-court advantage. It's been
part of the American system since the
original home-court upset.
You remember that encounter a few
years back. The undefeated and num-
ber one-ranked Red Coats came in
featuring a lineup spotted with names
like Burgoyne and Cornwallis. They
were heavy favorites to dispose of a
squad comprised mostly of freshmen
and sophomores.

BUT PLAYER-COACH George
Washington led an aroused band of
Patriots in a strong second-half
comeback as the underdogs sent the
highly touted British away with their
first loss of the season.
That struggle of a few years back was

1979-80
Indiana
Ohio State
Purdue
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
MICHIGAN
Wisconsin
Michigan State-
Northwestern

RoadRecords
On Road Overall
W L W L
4 5 13 5
4 5 12 6
3 6 11 7
3 6 10 8
2 7 10 8
2 7 8 10
1 8 8 10
1 8, 7 11
1 8 6 12
1 8 5 13

claims Michigan coach Bill Frieder.
Frieder knows his team must improve
on last year's 1-8 road record in the con-
ference if it is going to even think about
contending for the title. -
"LAST YEAR Indiana won all their
home games, and went 4-5 on the road,"
he continued. "That was good enough to
win the conference."
Not much seems to have changed
from a year ago when home teams won
more than 75 per cent of their conferen-
ce games. There's still the two-game
Thursday-Saturday road trips; there's
still the jam-packed arenas in every
Big Ten city from Columbus to Min-
neapolis; and there's still the easily-
influenced trio of zebras that is trying-
often unsuccessfully-to maintain some
semblance of order on the 94-foot strip
surrounded by those screaming
throngs.
"There's nothing tougher in college
basketball than playing Indiana in
Bloomington Thursday night and get-
ting up to go to West Lafayette to play
Purdue on Saturday," said Frieder.
"It's extremely hard to keep the kids up
mentally."
THIS SEASON, Michigan has its
share of those road-trip weeken-
ds-three, to be precise. The team
opens its Big Ten season with a trip to

Purdue and Minnesota, makes a
weekend visit to Northwestern and
Wisconsin later in January, and sojour-
ns to Indiana and Minnesota in one fell
swoop during February.
These six games could very well
determine the Wolverines' fate in the
Big Ten race.
As for the extremely vocal crowds
and their effect on the officials, well,
it's anyone's guess as to how much dif-
ference the zebras can make.
ONE THING is for certain: they do
have an effect on the game, and that ef-
fect is usually not favorable as far as
the visitors are concerned. Coaches are
obviously reluctant to publicly
reprimand the officials in any given
game, but from reading between the
lines of any mentor's comments, it is
pretty safo to say there is not a coach in
the league who doesn't feel the officials
cost his team at least one game last
season.
It's all part of the game, and in the
end, it all ,probably evens out. That's
how the home court advantage has im-
proved in the last few years.
George Washington never had to take
his troops and give the British a remat-
ch on their home field. At least in the
Big Ten, everyone plays everyone else
home and away. -

Jay Vincent, MSU.....
MIKE McGEE, MICH ...
Joe Barry Carroll, Purdue
Wes Matthews, Wisc .....
Herb Williams, OSU.....
Claude Gregory, Wisc ....
Eddie Johnson, Ill.....
Kevin McHale, Minn.
Steve Krafcisin, Iowa ....
Kelvin Ransey, OSU .....

FG-FGA
153-301
160-351
134-291
117-252
135-263
118-276
130-275
126-231
110-194
112-238

Pct. FT-FTA Pct.
.508 91-121 .752
.456 60-89 .674
.460 73-111 .658
.464 82-95 .863
.513 60-88 .681

Pts.
397
380
341
316
330
319
308
289
272
272

Avg.
22.1
21.1
18.9
18.6
18.3
17.7
17.1
16.1
15.1
15.1

Player
Mike McGee
Thad Garner
Paul Heuerman
Marty Bodnar
John Johnson
Keith Smith ;
John Garris ;
Mark Bodnar
Mark Lozier
Ike Person ;
Joe James ;
Leo Brown
MICHIGAN
Opponents

G-S FG-FGA
30-30 277-584
30-30 126-248
27-23 92-187
30-25 102-209
30-12 103-198
29-14 67-145
24-5 43-81
18-0 14-28
30-6 28-58
22-2 21-56
23-3 6-22
4-0 1-1
880-1817
30 860-1693

Pct.
.474
.508
.492
.488
.520
.462
.531
.500
.483
.375
.273
1.000
.484
.508

FT-FTA
111-159
49-88
75-99
39-46
3543
4 1-52
10-14
18-24
13-21
12-16
6-8
0-0
409-570
344-507

Pct.
.698
.557
.758
.848
.814
.788
.714
.750
.619
.750
.750
.000
.718
.679

Rbs. Avg.

200
158
70
85
48
63
9
46
58
11
3
982
1003

4.3
6.7
5.9
2.3
2.8
1.7
2.6
0.5
1.5
2.4
0.5
0.8
32.7
33.4

.428
.473
.543
.567
.470

83-113
48-70
37-50
52-86
48-64

.735
.686
.740
.605
.750

Blocked Shots: Garris 34, Garner 13, Person 6, Heuerman 5, McGee 4,,J
Smith 1, Brown1. Totals: MICHIGAN 70, Opponents 74.
Dunks: Garner 15, Garris 8, McGee 2, Johnson 1.
Turnovers: MICHIGAN 424, 'opponwnra 518.
Deadball Rebounds: MICHIGAN 57, Opponents 42.
Record:17-13 (8-10 Big Ten); (Home 13-2; Away 2-10: Neutral 2-1)

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6
40
6
68
41
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All Games

not nearly as intense-nor did it carry
the drama-that this year's Big Ten
basketball race promises, however.
And the home court advantage should
be even more prevalent.
"You've got to win all your games at
home and maybe go 50-50 on the road,"

Indiana......
Ohio State ....
Purdue .......
Iowa .........
Minnesota ....
Illinois .......
MICHIGAN..
Wisconsin ....
Michigan State
Northwestern

W-
13
12
11
10
10
8
8
7
6
5

L
5
6
7
8
8
10
10
11
12
13

Pct.
.722
.667
.611
.556
.556
.44
.444,
.389
.333
.278

W
21
21
23
23
21
22
17
15
12
10

L
8
8
10
10
11
13
13
14
15
17

Pct.
.724
.724
.687
.687
.656
.629
.567
.517
.444
.370

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Big Ten Schedule
January 5
MICHIGAN itPurdue
January 8
Illinois at Northwestern
Michigan State at Indiana
Ohio State at Iowa
Wisconsin at Minnesota
January 10
Illinois at Indiana
MICHIGAN at Minnesota
Michigan State at Iowa
"Ohio State at Purdue
Wisconsin at Northwestern
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Indiana at MICHIGAN
Iowa at Wisconsin
Minnesota at Michigan State
Northwestern at Ohio State
Purdue at Illinois_
January 17
Northwestern at Michigan State
Purdue at Wisconsin
Iowa at MICHIGAN
Minnesota at Illinois
January18
Indiana at Ohio State
January 22
Illinois at MICHIGAN
Iowa at Indiana
Michigan State at Wisconsin
,Northwestern at Purdue
Ohio State at Minnesota
January24
Indiana at N9rthwestern
MICHIGAN at Ohio State
Michigan State at Purdue
Minnesota at Iowa
Wisconsin at Illinois
January 29
Illinois at Michigan State
Indiana at Minnesota
MICHIGAN at Northwestern
Purdue at Iowa
Wisconsin at OhioState
January 31
Iowa at Illinois
MICHIGAN at Wisconsin
Northwestern at Minnesota
Ohio State at Michigan State
Purdue at Indiana
February 5
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Michigan State at MICHIGAN
Minnesota at Purdue
Ohio State at Illinois
Wisconsin at Indiana
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