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Page 8-Sunday, January 23, 1983-The Michigan Daily
Hoosiers
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"I don't think I've ever called four time-outs that early in
the game," said the third-year head coach. "We tried not to
let the pressure bother us and take us out of the game, but it
didn't work."
Not until Knight pulled Wittman with 8:14 left in the contest
(Kitchel came out with 11 minutes left) did Michigan .
manage to narrow the 34-point lead that the Hoosiers had
built.
THE TWO ALL-AMERICAN candidates shared high-
scoring honors with 22 points apiece. Kitchel, who also hauled
down five rebounds, picked up over half of his points at the
free-throw line where he made an unbelievable 12 of 13 at-
tempts. Wittman, who only had managed eight points at the
half, came out firing after the intermission and wound up hit-
ting on nine of 13 attempts from the field and a perfect four
for four from the charity stripe.
Knight was happy with his team's second-half spurt as well
as with Wittman's improved play during the period.
"I was really pleased with the way we got things going in
the second half," said Knight. "Wittman moved better, was
more aggressive and got into the flow. We looked for him."
ALTHOUGH TAKING KITCHEL and Wittman out slowed
down the Hoosiers, it didn't stop them as all 11 Indiana
players got into the game and scored. As a team, the
Hoosiers shot a hot 55-percent from the field compared to
hoop pasi
Michigan's weak 37-percent.
During the first half, though, it looked as if the Wolverines
were ready to pull off the second Big Ten upset of the day
(Wisconsin beat Iowa, 65-63).
A Turner jumper gave Michigan an early, 7-4, lead as In-
diana committed an uncharacteristic number of turnovers
and Hoosier guard Jim Thomas picked up three fouls in the
first five minutes, putting him on the bench for the rest of the
half.
SOME MORE INDIANA turnovers, including two suc-
cessive travelling violations, and some good shooting by
Michigan increased the Wolverines' lead to- 16-12.
Even Knight was impressed by Michigan's quick start.
"Michigan was well set up and prepared," he said. "This
was the type of game in which I felt the controlling part of the
first half was how hard Michigan played."
Turner was high scorer for Michigan with 18 points but the
team leader was ineffective at critical moments during the
game. McCormick, who still felt the effects of a head cold
that left him dizzy and short of air, turned in a strong, 11-
point performance. Rockymore had 14 points and Dan
Pelekoudas finished with a season-high 10, including two con-
secutive three-point shots at the end of the game.
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... 22 points, eight rebounds
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PRES
A Knight at Assembly Hall...
. what an experience
By JESSIE BARKIN BLOOMINGTON
WELCOME TO THE Bobby Knight show.
The first thing that hit me when I entered Assembly Hall is that every-
thing is red. The seats are red; the fans wear red; the hundreds of Hoosier
cheerleaders, band members and Red Steppers are red. And during the
national anthem I could have sworn that I counted only three white stripes,
and the other ten were red. When Knight came out I was shocked. He wasn't
wearing red. He wore a plaid jacket (no surprise there), but it was grey and
blue. He did not come completely Hoosier-naked though: his temper was
fiery red.
Oh yes, I almost forgot - the team was red: red hot, that is. the game was
interesting for the first half, as the Wolverines battled Knight's team every
minute. But the second half was a Hoosier clinic.
When Ted Kitchel jammed on a fastbreak to make the score 48-32, the
game was over. With more than 17 minutes remaining to be played, it may
sound a little premature to pack up all hope, but the way Indiana was playing
there was no doubt. Bill Frieder knew; Eric Turner knew; the 17,231
screaming Hoosier fans knew.
After Kitchel's dunk, Michigan called time-out and the crowd exploded.
It was deafening. It was then I realized that Assembly Hall had changed.
The band was playing music or.? would expect to hear from Ringling
Brothers. When I looked at the court I realized why. It was a God-damned
circus out there! Assembly Hall had been transformed into the big top.
Cheerleaders came flying in from all direc-
tions, doing back-flips and cartwheels. One of
them - obviously the ringleader - ran around
like a chicken with its head cut off, madlys
waving a huge, red Indiana flag. And the crowd
did not take this sitting down. All I heard was
stomping, yelling, ranting and raving. It was in-
credible.
"It's just Hoosier hysteria," said cheerleader
Julie Bymaster. "We (cheerleaders) use everyi ht
bit of energy we possess and relay it to the crowd.
I just go as crazy as I can get." . .. the ringmaster
Dave Shoup, the madman with the flag, put it succinctly: 'Basketball at
Indiana - it's the only thing."
That is where Knight comes in.
All of the pageantry goes on under the watchful eyes of Knight. Because of
him, Hoosier hysteria exists. No, he doesn't start the cheers. participate in
the merry-making, or even smile when he is on the court. Jn fact, from all in-
dications, it appears as if he does not even approve of the pandemonium.
But he is the cause.'
It is because of him that the Hoosiers are always one of the toughest teams
in the nation. It is due to his coaching that the crowd has anything to cheer
about. Hoosier hysteria is awesome, but it is the play of Knight's team that
generates the commotion. The basketball team performs in the center ring.
And it is Knight, of course, who is its guiding force. He is the circus
strongman; the fire-eater; the lion-tamer.
And after letting his lions toy with the Wolverines for most of the after-
noon, the sun began to set, and it was finally time for Knight, himself, to per-
form for the insatiable crowd. Indiana was leading 83-51 with a little more
than five minutes remaining, but he was not satisfied with his team's play.
He berated his players; barraged the referee with obscenities; he stood up,
yelled, and gestured wildly and was finally rewarded with the technical foul
he craved. He still wanted more. With 48 seconds remaining he began
baiting the referees again. He even made faces at them, but this time they
would not give him the satisfaction he wanted.
It was his way of letting everyone know that he is the ringmaster.
Relford ...........17
Henderson.........23
McCormick........22
Turner.............36
Rockymore........24
wade............12
Person.............15
Tarpley............17
Pelekoudas ........ 20
Jokisch............ 6
Brown............. 4
Antonides ......... 2
Rudy ............2
Team Rebounds
TOTALS ........
1/7 1/1 3
2/3 3/5 6
3/5 5/6 3
5/16 7/9 4
5/11 4/4 1
1/2 0/0 1
0/1 3/5 2
2/8 4/5 4
4/6 0/0 5
0/2 0/1 0
0/0 0/0 1
0/0 0/0 0
0/0 0/0 0
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23/61 27/36 37
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Kitchel.............26 5/11 12/13 5
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Thomas ...........
Robinson ..........
Morgan...........
Brown..........
Bouchie ...........
Dakich..........
Giomi...........
Cameron ..........
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21
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16
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9/13
2/8
4/6
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2/3
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4/4
1/2
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2/2
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Team Rebounds 5
TOTALS...........29/53 35/41 37 22 27 93
Three-point field goals: M-Turner (1), Pelekoudas
(2).
Technical foul: Indiana bench.
The Hoosiers' Jim Thomas reaches to steal the ball from Michigan forward
Richard Rellford. The Wolverine eventually was called for travelling.
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Half-time score: Indiana 38, Michigan 32.
Attendance: 17,231.
BIG TEN ROUNDUP:
Buckeyes burn
Sp artan
COLUMBUS (UPI) - Tony Campbell
and Granville Waiters scored 17 points
each and Troy Taylor 14 to lead Ohio
State to a 74-69 Big Ten victory overj
Michigan State last night.
The Buckeyes, now 11-4 overall and 3-
2 in the Big Ten, led 33-26 at inter-,
mission after scoring the final eight
points of the first half.
MICHIGAN STATE'S Ben Tower
scored seven points in the first two
minutes of the second half to get the
Spartans within 35-33.
After Ohio State stretched its lead to
eight points, 7-foot center Kevin Willis
led Michigan State on a 17-8 spurt that
gave the Spartans their only lead of the
second half, 52-51 with 8:33 left in the
game.
Campbell then hit two straight jum-
pers and Waiters a pair of baskets to
put the Buckeyes back out in front, 61-54
with 5:44 to go.
Michigan State, now 9-7 and 2-4, got to
within three, but that was as close as
the Spart
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20 shots
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tans could come.
tate,-one of the top free-throw
teams in the nation, hit its first
from the charity stripe and
with 26 out of 30. Taylor made
ed the Spartans in scoring with
s, 15 of them coming in the
half while Sam Vincent had 18
er 13.
firs 65, Hawke.yes 62
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From wire service reports
MADISON - Cory Blackwell scored
18 points, 12 in the second half, to lead
Wisconsin to a 65-62 uipset win over 10th
ranked Iowa. The Badgers overcame
Steve Carfino's 22 points, including six
three-point shots, to raise their Big Ten
record to 2-4.
Freshman Ricky Olson added 17 poin-
ts for Wisconsin and Brad Sellers 16, to
help the Badgers fight off a furious
second-half comeback.
Minnesota 68,
Northwestern 53
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's
7-foot-3 center Randy Breuer scored 19
points to lead the 16th ranked Gophers
to a 68-53 victory over Northwestern in
a Big Ten basketball game last night.
The victory boosted Minnesota's
record to 12-3 overall and 4-2 in the Big
Ten. Northwestern fell to 11-4 and 2-3.
MINNESOTA APPEARED to have
the game in hand early in the first half.
The Gophers ran up a 10-5 lead and then
increased it to 16-7 with 13 minutes left.
But the Gophers' shooting touch, good
for 58 percent in the half, got spotty in
the final 10 minutes. The Wildcats
stayed within striking distance by
capitalizing on foul shots and Min-
nesota turnovers and with two seconds
left, Jim Stack, who led the Wildcats
with 19 points, cut the Gopher lead to
one, 27-26.
Willis
... 25 points, seven rebounds
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AP Photo
Michigan Center Tim McCormick reaches for a rebound but is hampered by
Indiana's Ted Kitchel (right) and Dan Dakich (11). Teammate Richard
Rellford looks on.
Pistons slip past Hawks, 111-109
By RANDY BERGER
Special to the Daily
PONTIAC - In front of their largest
home crowd in history, 28,254, which
coach Scotty Robertson called a
"major factor in the outcome," the
Detroit Pistons defeated the Atlanta
Hawks, 111-109.
Bill Laimbeer's two free throws with
three seconds remaining proved to be
the margin of the victory. With the win,
the Pistons move into second place with
the Hawks in the National Basketball
Association's Central Division.
LAIMBEER, WHO HAS been depen-
dable with foul shots in the past, could
not have dreamed of a better way to end
the game. "If someone is going to shoot
those foul shots, I prefer it to be me,"
Michigan men's and women's gym-
nastic teams had no cause to drink
champagne in celebration of' victory.
Both Wolverine teams swallowed
losses.
Illinois' men topped Michigan's, 274-
263.8, while its women edged the
Wolverines, 171.90-168.20.
MICHIGAN MEN won three events.
Kevin Mckee took first in the floor ex-
cercise with a score of 9.45 and team-
mate Milan Stanovich finished second
with a 9.4. Stanovich went on to win the
vaulting (9.6) and ended up third in the
all-around with a cumulative score of
53.9. Dino Manus earned the third
Wolverine victory with a 9.5 of the
parallel bars.
"We're never pleased when we lose,"
yet. She also took first in the all-around
with a score of 34.65, another team
season high.
Tankers dunk Purdue
Special to the Daily
WEST LAFAYETTE - The Boiler-
makers of Purdue proved to be no mat-
ch for the men of the Michigan swim
team, as they were handed a 76-37 loss
Friday night.
"It was a confidence-builder," said
Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek, whose
swimmers won 11 of the 13 events. He
praised the performances of Benoit
Clement, Gary Antonick, and Mark
Noetzel. Clement was first in the 200-
yard individual medley (1:57.98) , 200-,
yard butterfly (1:55.19), and the 400-
yard freestyle relay, where he joined
ball scored 293.4 on the one-meter board
and 320.8 on the three-meter.
Urbanchek commented that the team
is now gearing up for its toughest
challenge of the season when Indiana
comes to Matt Mann pool on Friday,
January 28 at 7:30 p.mt
Illini pin grapplers
Special to the Daily
CHAMPAIGN - The Illinois
wrestling team stopped a four-match
Big Ten losing streak yesterday with a
21-15 dual meet win over the
Wolverines. the Illini overcame
Michigan's dominance in the heavier
weights to gain the win.
After dropping the first two matches,
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