0 Page 8-Thursday, March 3, 1983-The Michigan Daily Wisconsin blasts Blue, 82-70 By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily MADISON - Michigan made Wisconsin basketball coach Steve Yoder very happy last night. "Whew, it's nice to get a win," he said smiling after watching his Badgers blast the listless Wolverines, 82-70. YODER AND the Wisconsin team desperately needed a victory against the Wolverines to improve the Badgers' chances of moving out of the Big Ten cellar and Michigan cooperated to the fullest extent, sleepwalking through three-quarters of the basketball game. The Badgers are now 3-12 in the con- ference, just one game behind the 4-13 Wolverines. "We just didn't play well for 30 minutes ofsthe game," said Michi an coach Bill Frieder. "You can't play like we did and expect to win." YOU NAME IT and Michigan didn't do it. Shooting? The Badgers' point total was their second highest of the season. Ballhandling? Michigan com- mitted 19 turnovers, including eight by Eric Turner. "We were terrible," Frieder admitted. "We did everything and nothing worked." The opposite was true for the Badgers' freshman guard Rick Olson. He could do no wrong, scoring 25 points on 10-15 shooting, including 3-3 on three- point shots. Olson broke the game open in the first half when, with the score 22- 21 in favor of Wisconsin, he scored seven straight points during a five minute Wolverine shooting drought. Wisconsin's Brad Sellers added four straight after that and with 3:34 left in the first half Wisconsin led, 33-21. The Badgers took a 41-29 lead into the lockerroom at halftime. AP Photo' WISCONSIN CAME OUT fired up in the second half and, taking advantage of Michigan's poor defense, took it to the Wolverines. With the Badgers leading 51-40, two straight Wisconsin dunks brought the sparse crowd of 5,572 to its feet. After a Wisconsin free throw and a Turner jumper, Olson hit on four straight to give the Badgers a 60-42 lead with 10:32 left. Michigan called time out, but that didn't stop the Badgers, as they increased their lead to 66-47 with just over 8:30 remaining. It was then that Wisconsin "lost its in- tensity" according to Yoder and allowed Michigan to make a run. Wolverine freshman forward Richard Rellford scored nine of his career high 23 points while the Wolverines went on a 15-2 tear to narrow the gap to 68-62 with a little over five minutes to go. Two foul shots by Wisconsin's Jim Smith and a tip-in by Cory Blackwell (23 points, 12 rebounds) upped the Badgers lead to 10 and Michigan could get no closer than seven points from then on. Olson put the icing on the finest game of his career by hitting a 25-foot three-pointer at the buzzer. "I'M JUST disappointed with the way our team played," Frieder said. They didn't go out and play with the kind of enthusiasm we needed." Yoder agreed that Michigan lacked enthusiasm. "We probably wanted to win it more than Michigan did and I think it probably showed," he said. One Michigan player who looked like he wasn't quite sure where he was was Turner. As he did the first time these two teams met, in Ann Arbor, Turner had a horrendous game. Along with his eight turnovers, Turner made just three of 13 shots from the floor. Af- ter hitting a three-point play on the first shot of the game, Turner seemed anxious to keep on gunning, bu~t missed his next three three-point attempts. He had a lot of trouble in the first half penetrating the Wisconsin zone and for- ced Frieder to put Dan Pelekoudas at the point guard position. PELEKOUDAS did a better job of getting the ball inside in the second half, but it still wasn't enough. When he was able to penetrate the Badger defense Pelekoudas got the ball in to center Tim McCormick and Rellford. Like Rellford, McCormick scored 23 points. He hit on 10-13 from the field and grab- bed 10 rebounds. 17 of those points came in the second half. Michigan hopes of getting a bid to the NIT were all but dashed by the loss to the Badgers. The Wolverines will have to win their remaining three games beginning Saturday at Min- nesota to have any chance of continuing their season. MICHIGAN MinFG/AFT/A R WISCONSIN MinFG/AFT/A1 A PF Pts Reliford Wade McCormick Person Turner Henderson Pelekoudas Jokisch Tarpley Team Rebounds Totals 31 15 30 25 35 20 23 7 14 10/18 1/2 10/13 0/2 3/13 2/6 0/4 1/3 1/5 3/4 1/1 3/5 0/0 1/2 0/0 2/2 1/1 2/4 4 1 7 0 10 2 S3 2 4 4 1 2 3 0 1 S0 3 4 1 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 23 3 23 0 8 4 2 3 4 Steinhaus Blackwell Sellers Smith Olson Laszewski Roth Dandridge Ploss Team Rebounds Totals 15 35 27 36 36 24 16 9 0/1 7/18 7/15 5/11 10/15 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/0 0/0 9/11 0/2 3/4 2/2 0/1 1/2 0/1 0/0 R A PF P 1 2 1; 12 1 1 23 4 1 4 14 5 3 2 13 2 1 3 4 4 0 1, ; 0 1 1 2 9 28/66 13/19 43 15 22 70 First half score: Wisconsin 41, Michigan 29, Attendance: 5,572 32/69 15/23 43 18 16 8Z Olson 3, Turner 1. Three point field goals: ' full court PRESS Re A s.*taing the show.. By JESSE BARKIN 4 Flying high Former Michigan All-American wide receiver Anthony pass during his first practice with the Michigan Panthers. Badgered Carter catches a SUS FACORYSubscribe to The T HURSD AY N IG HT , DIESFMichigan Daily 2FOR - PITCHERS 9-10:30764-0558 SUMMER CAMP POSITIONS AT TAMARACK Brighton and Ortonville, Michigan Cabin Counselors * Specialist Counselors in crafts, waterfront, tripping, dance-drama, sports and riding * Music and Jewish resource * Unit and Specialist Supervisor * Social Worker Nurse * Secretary * Kitchen Staff INTERVIEWING TUESDAY, MARCH I AND MONDAY, MARCH 7 CALL 764-7456 FOR APPOINTMENT THE FRESH AIR SOCIETY 6600 W. Maple Rd. W. Bloomfield, MI 48033 A JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION AGENCY 764-0558 764-0558 "Ref, you suck! Ref, you suck!" This chant echoed throughout Crisler Arena last Saturday during Michigan's,81-71 loss to Ohio State. It seems the fans, mostly in the student- filled South end, disagreed with some of the calls being made by referee Ed Maracich and his crew. To be sure, Crisler Arena patrons have been at odds with the zebras all season long. During last month's Illinois game, a fan in the South end's front row berated the officials (it was Phil Robinson and his crew this time) with roun- ds of "ref, you suck," and was eventually ejected from the arena. According to the fan, "I got eye contact with him and said, 'hey, you ree-lly suck!' Then the ref stopped the game and told a security guard, 'Get that fan out of here.' "One minute later he was being dragged out of the arena. Are these Michigan partisans without class? Probably. But that is not what is at issue here. Were the catcalls and arguments warranted? Yes. Sure, it is the easiest thing in the world to rag on the officiating. First, the officials are probably trying to do their best, and it is undeniably an ex- tremely difficult and thankless job. Bad calls are part of the game, and to be fair, some are unavoidable. Occasionally an official is screened out of a play, or his eyes may be fixed on the ball when the foul is being committed with the legs. But this does not excuse the zebras from making horrendous calls, game after game, as they have this season in the Big Ten. Refs must do more than call-them-as-they-see-them in Big Ten games. They have.the responsibility of keeping the game under control at all times and seeing that each team has an equal chance of winning, under the rules. However, the Big Ten is known as a rough-and-tough conference. Technically, fouls are committed all the time inside the key area, but calls are not made because it is traditionally the style of play the fans, coaches, and most of all, players want. Nothing is wrong with this system. Basketball on the collegiate level is a rough game, and it should be of- ficiated as such. When an infraction is committed a call should be made ... most of the time. It should not, for instance, when two big men are jockeying for position inside the lane away from the ball and neither one is getting an absolute advantage. The problem is that the officials only par- tially subscribe to this theory. One time that shove is a foul, then next time down that same shove is "incidental contact" - no call. The officials are mistaken in exercising their powers in the arbitrary manner they do now. Officials should be invisible. They should not be the focal point of every game. But in the Big Ten this season, so many fouls have been called that it is a rarity that the foul situation does not dictate the coach's strategy. How often this season has a team's top one or two players had to sit out most of the game in foul trouble? Last week Indiana coach Bobby Knight broke the conference's gag rule and blasted.the Big Ten officials. He said they were the worst in the country. He acknowledged that officiating is always a tough job, but when it "starts hurting the kids," then it is time to do something about it. That time is now. In the Ohio State game much of the uproar was incited by Eric Turner being called for three first half fouls, two of which were questionable, make that bad calls. Taking Turner out of the game with most of the first half yet to play may have cost Michigan the game. And it is not just Michigan. In the Wolverines' 74-67 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing, it was questionable third and fourth fouls called on Spartan Scott Skiles early in the second half that kept him sidelined and gave the Wolverines the ad- vantage. The argument is not that star players should not be able to get into foul trouble, but too many fouls are being called so that in every game a star player is in foul trouble. Nowadays, the team which keeps its best players away from the zebras long enough has a great chance of winning. In short, the game has been turned over to the officials. What is the solution? Not much can be done for the remainder of this season, but during the off season serious evaluations of the official's perfor- mances should be made by the conference athletic directors and coaches. The league should redefine exactly how the game should be officiated. Con- sistency should be stressed, and fewer infractions should be called. a long mosioll- Sooner Or Later You'll Get Responsibility Like This. in The NavyIt's Sooner. You're maneuvering 445 feet of guided missile frigate through the navigational hazards and non-stop traffic of one of the world's busiest ports. But you'll dock safely. 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