Hockey vs. Western Michigan Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Lawson Arena (Kalamazoo) SPORTS Wrestling Big Ten Championships Saturday, 1 & 7 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, March 4, 1988 Page 9 Michigan to battle Purdue By JEFF RUSH CBS will be there. So will 13,000 fans, and they will be waving 13,000 gold pom-pons compliments of a bank in West Lafayette. Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder says he'd even pay his way into this party with Purdue. "I'd pay to see a game like that," he said. "I love good basketball games." It's likely he'll get one. Purdue (25-2 overall, 14-1 Big Ten) and Michigan (23-5, 12-3), No. 1 and No. 2 in the Big Ten, play each other tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Purdue's Mackey Arena. The game is the second this season between the two teams that played probably the best conference game of the season, a 91-87 Purdue win in Ann Arbor. The game also is t h e Boilermakers' chance to avenge the 104-68 drubbing t h a t Michigan laid on them in the final conference game last season. But Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady says he won't try to avenge last year's drubbing on Michigan's home court with a similar blowout on his own. "I think it's important that when I get to be 65 years old I have at least one fishing buddy," said Keady. "I'm not into blowing people away." Purdue has been criticized some this season for not winning Wolverines to host Big Ten's Keady ... not vengeful big over lesser Big Ten opponents. But win they have, losing in the conference only to another famed fisherman from the state of Indiana - Bob Knight and his Hoosiers. For both the Boilermakers and the Wolverines the game is a chance torshowsoff for the people who make the NCAA tournament pairings. Barring total disaster, Purdue probably will be the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, thus playing at the Pontiac Silverdome. The Wolverines, on the other hand, could use wins at Purdue and Wednesday at Illinois to boost themselves in the pairings. "We're not putting pressure on ourselves to win the Big Ten title," said Frieder. "We're setting our sights on the tournament." But that doesn't mean he won't be looking for a win tomorrow. By RICHARD EISEN 1973. That's the last time Iowa lost the Big Ten Championships. That's how much of a stronghold Iowa has on Big Ten wrestling. Can you imagine that? In a world in which successive championship seasons are a rarity, the Iowa wrestling team has done just that, 14 straight times. But that could all come to an end this weekend, as this is by far the most competitive, wide-open cham- pionship in recent memory. The Big Ten is the toughest wrestling league in the country, having five teams in the Amateur Wrestling News Top 15. All that means is that this time around, Iowa may have a run for its money. THE TOURNAMENT is doubly important, for not only does it crown a Big Ten winner, but it also decides which individuals go to the NCAA championships and which do not. Only the top four finishers from each weight class advance to the NCAA's at Iowa State later this month, which seems to concern Iowa coach Dan Gable more than winning the Big Ten championship. "We're more concerned about in- dividuals doing something at the NCAA's" said Gable, who has a lifetime record of 207-11-2, 78-0 in the Big Ten. "This is a qualifying tournament to us." Winning the Big Tens doesn't mean very much to Gable, since he has won so many of them before, but winning the Big Ten means more to the coaches who have never tasted that sweet victory. "GOING INTO this tournament, I've not thought once about second place," said Michigan coach Dale Bahr. "All I've thought about is being first, thinking about being first, and dreaming about being first." Michigan, ranked eigth in the country, is the best of four teams that could unseat Iowa, ranked third. John Fisher, ranked second in the country at 134, is a shoe-in to be seeded first. Another potential num- ber one seed is Joe Pantaleo, who is ranked fourth at 158. Next to Iowa, Michigan has the most balanced lineup in the Big Ten, with five wrestlers having five or more Big Ten wins. Ohio State, surprisingly, is in the running this year to beat the Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes have not finished in the top five of the Big Ten for years, but this year they are sure to make it. Ohio State, ranked fifteenth, is led by 190-pound Mark Colman, who is the number one wrestler at his weight class in the country. With the help of other na- tionally ranked wrestlers such as Andrew Skove (158) and Ron Gharbo (177), Iowa must be wary of Ohio State. Minnesota also has the power to upset the Hawkeyes. The Golden Gophers are strangers to Big Ten contention, having an 0-7 Big Ten record last year. But with the help of 1987 Big Ten placewinners Gordy Morgan (158) and Rod Sande (167), Minnesota, ranked twelfth, has a re- spectable 4-3 Big Ten record this. year. But the loss of returning 190 pound Big Ten champ Dave Dean to a knee injury could hinder Min- nesota's chances of winning. WISCONSIN is the other team that could win it all. Ranked thirteenth, Wisconsin has five nationally ranked wrestlers, one of whom is number one at 167 pounds, Dave Lee. Because points are awarded to teams from individual victories, Wisconsin can feasibly pull off an upset. The other five teams truly do not have the balance or the talent to win the entire tournament, but these teams have individual talents who are capable of winning their weight classes, hence taking some points away from the teams that might contend. These wrestlers are Jack Griffin (118) and Joei Bales (134), North- western; Mike O'Brien (126) and Kirk Azinger (142), Illinois; Brian Dolph (150), Indiana; Stacy Rich- mond (142) and Dave Mariola (190), MSU; and Joe Lilovich (142) the favorite in his weight class, Joe Urso (177), and Cal Vande Hoef (heavyweight), Purdue. Of all the teams that might un- seat Iowa, Michigan has the best chance. Not only do they have the talent, but the confidence as well. For instance, Big Ten teams usually shoot for second place, taking for granted that Iowa will win the title. But the Wolverines have different ideas this time. "A coach said to me at Michigan State last weekend, 'You're loolong pretty good this year, coach. It looks like you have a shot at second place'," said Bahr. "I said 'Second place? We're going for the title!' The heck with this second place crap." WHA T! 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"I feel that we can beat the other teams at the nine different sights," said Michigan's 190-pound entry Jerry Curby. IF ANY team can unseat Iowa, it probably is Michigan. They have the experience: seven out of the 10 wrestlers in Michigan's lineup have wrestled at the Big Ten championships before. They have the balanced lineup: Five out of the ten wrestlers have five or more 1988 Big Ten victories; seven out of the ten have four or more. They have John Fisher, the most dominant Big Ten wrestler at 134 pounds. Plus, they have the home mat advantage, remember? "It helps to have the support of your fellow students, plus your family," said Mike Amine, Nazem's 167-pound. son. "It's nice to have my father there in my corner, so I can look back and he's there." There really is no place like home. GRADUATING ENGINEERS!1 (Civil and Environmental) WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. is a 2-1/2-billion-dollar company with 25,000 employees recognized as the leader in the environmental services field. 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