Doug in Deep i BY DOUG VOLAN Wisconsin crowd deserves an assist MADISON - When the Wolverines met Wisconsin on Saturday, little did they know that they'd be playing the Badgers five on six. The sixth man for the Badgers, 11,174 in number, played an important role in defeating the Wolverines. Although this is relatively small for a Big Ten crowd, Wisconsin Fieldhouse is similar to Yost Ice Arena - the fans sit right on top of the action and noise reverberates loudly. Wisconsin trailed by as many as 10 in the first half. But after a technical foul was charged to Sean Higgins, the Badgers went on a seven-point run to get back into the game. FROM THAT POINT ON, the fans turned it up a decibel or two. It got so loud that the Wolverines could not even hear the instructions shouted from the sidelines by coach Bill Frieder. "The crowd was pretty loud," said Michigan center Mark Hughes. "When you go on the road in the Big Ten, the crowd's always into the game. It's the sixth man in a lot of places." Rattling Robinson The Wisconsin faithful played an especially critical role down the stretch. Trailing 69-68, with nine seconds left in the game, Rumeal Robinson was fouled driving to the basket. Gazing into a sea of red sweatshirts,I whose owners were making as much noise as they possibly could, Robinson missed his two free throws.l The Wolverines ended up losing the contest, 71-68. "When Wisconsin tied the score at 68, they had their adrenaline going, and the crowd was cheering and that was a big thrill for them," Higgins said. "When they got the crowd on their side, they felt they could win it. For them, the crowd was a big factor." AFTERWARDS, the fans swarmed onto the court, trampling everything and everyone in their path. It was as if they had won the national championship. "The crowd was outstanding the whole game," Wisconsin coach Steve Yoder said. "It showed us that the people get excited too, and that they really care." Michigan forward Glen Rice added: "The crowd was very much into the game. That's why they played so well. Every time they did something good, the crowd was behind them, and that gave them momentum." Different story at Crisler Unfortunately for the Wolverines, the crowds at Crisler Arena aren't as boisterous as Wisconsin's, or for that matter, any other Big Ten team's. Despite the fact that Michigan has been ranked in the top five all season, its basketball games are rarely sold out. Once inside, it sounds more like a morgue than an athletic event. "Wisconsin's crowd has got the Crisler Arena crowd beat by a long shot," Rice said. "They were more into the game than our fans probably would have been." Several Wolverines, however, have tried not to let the situation at Crisler bother them. "I'm sure that when (the Badgers) come to Michigan, our fans will be just as vocal," Hughes said. Don't count on it, Mark. The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 23, 1989 - Page 11 First-place IU next up fOr BY ADAM SCHRAGER Irony always plays a major role in college basketball, and tonight's game between Indiana and Michigan at Crisler Arena (9:30, ESPN) is no exception. It's ironic that Michigan coach Bill Frieder said of his longtime nemesis, Indiana coach Bobby Knight, "He's a lot like me." It's ironic that Knight would say Saturday after a Hoosier fan tossed a coin onto the court: "You don't throw anything here, keep that in mind. I don't care how bad the officiating is, we don't throw things." THIS comes from the man who threw a chair onto the floor during a Big Ten conference game a couple of years back to protest a call. But what is not ironic about tonight's game is the intense rivalry that has developed between these two schools. "This is a big-time rivalry," said ABC and ESPN basketball commentator Dick Vitale. "You've got Frieder and Knight. You've got Big Ten basketball. Frieder better realize that when the General, Robert Montgomery Knight, comes to town, things will be exciting." THE HOOSIERS, who were predicted to finish near the bottom of the Big Ten standings this season due to the loss of All-Big Ten performers Dean Garrett and Keith Smart, have won 12 straight. After being walloped by Syracuse and North Carolina in the third and fourth games of the year, the Hoosiers have gone 13-2, 5-0 in the conference. "It's going to be a great game," said Frieder. "They are playing exceptionally well. At the start of the season, I said they were too good a team to finish five, six, seven in the conference. They found a lineup that works, and it has translated into victories." THIS LINEUP has included the insertion of point guard Lyndon Jones and the switch of previous point guard Joe Hillman to forward. This switch has made Indiana a much quicker team and stronger defensively. The Hoosiers' leading scorer, Jay Edwards, last season's Big Ten Newcomer-of-the-Year, has worked well with his high school teammate Jones as his backcourt mate. Defense has always been the strength of Knight's teams. H' recently became the second youngest coach to reach 500 career victories and the 26th coach overall to achieve that honor. But his record against the' Wolverines has been dubious in the last three years. Frieder has beaten his former friend in four of the last six meetings between the two conference powerhouses. Wisconsin forward Danny Jones pulls down a rebound over the hand of Michigan guard Sean Higgins in Saturday's 71-68 Badger Wolverines. Jones had 19 points. ELLEN LEVY/Daily outstretched upset of the 'M' Relays yield positive results Upset Continued from Page 1 The officials, however, disagreed. Wisconsin stole the ball from the Mills and raced down the court. The Badgers couldn't convert the missed Wolverine opportunity but did force Michigan to foul Tim Locum. Locum converted on two free throws to secure the Badgers' final margin. With four seconds remaining, the Wolverines then failed to successfully inbound the ball and release a three-point shot. Michigan never trailed Wisconsin in the first half, but managed to lose a 10-point lead. The Badgers' defense troubled the Wolverines and prevented them from getting into their offense. After giving up too many points to Glen Rice in the man-to-man defense, Yoder decided to switch to a zone. The adjustment paid off. Guards Robinson and Sean Higgins only shot once each in the first half and at intermission had been held to zero and three points, respectively. Robinson was shut down by All-America candidate Trent Jackson, who at the other end of the court led his team in scoring with 21 points. The Badgers' zone also held Michigan to 30 points below its season scoring average. Higgins eventually found open territory and ended the game with 12 points, including two three-point shots. Rice finished with a game-high 25, and Mills added 15. Wisconsin's Danny Jones was the Badgers' second-leading scorer with 19. Only six minutes into the first half, the Wisconsin Fieldhouse crowd demonstrated that it wanted to be a factor in the game. The Badgers trailed Michigan until one minute left in the first half, but the fans didn't need a lead to raise their enthusiasm. Several Rice three-pointers and a Loy Vaught dunk to answer two Jackson free throws still failed to quiet the thunderous cheers. After the game, to show their alpreciation for the upset, a quarter of the arena stormed the court to congratulate the Badgers. BY JOSH MITNICK Michigan men's indoor track coach Jack Harvey liked what he saw over the weekend. "We've had some improvements in time, and that's what we're looking for," Harvey said in describing Saturday's Michigan Relays. Although no Wolverines broke under 50 seconds in the 400-meter dash, Harvey was pleased with the performances, saying that they were improvements. Mark Tillman led Michigan in that event with a time of 51.77 seconds. SENIOR runner Matt Butler faced a competitive field in the finals of the half-mile, but held on to claim that event for Michigan by a margin of .01 of a second. "(Butler's) time wasn't good, but it was a really competitive race," said assistant coach Ron Warhurst. In the pole vault, Michigan's Dave Irvine cleared 16 feet, 6 inches to finish as the top collegiate competitor and third overall. The Wolverines dominated the mile competition, as seniors Brad Barquist and John Sherer and sophomore Jeff Barnett took first, third and fourth places, respectively. Only Dennis Topolinski of Michigan State could break up the block of Michigan runners with his second- place finish. In their first race of the indoor season, Barquist and Sherer finished with times of 4:07 and 4:09 respectively, while Barnett crossed the finish line at 4:11. "IT FELT great. There was a ldt of bumping and shoving, but it was a good race, especially for the first one of the year," Barquist said. "I'm pretty happy with the way I ran," Sherer said. "It's going to take a little bit more practice to bring my time down." The mile relay was a fitting finale to the day's events. In a race ai which the lead kept seesawing back and forth, Michigan's A team of was edged out coming off the final turn by the squads from Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. The Wolverines ended up in third place, .52 seconds behind Eastern and .01 seconds behind Western. "Mile relays are always crazy like that," said Warhurst. Tiller, who had caught the flu earlier in the day, said he felt weak going into the race. "When we beat Eastern last week, all our guys were healthy. But today, guys had competed in events earlier in the day. We weren't up to par," Tille explained. Illini survive scare, make bid for No. 1 ranking BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It was somewhat premature but * Illinois began celebrating its expected status as the No. 1 college basketball team in America on Sunday after surviving a scare by Georgia Tech in double overtime. Illinois fans screamed "We're No. 1," as the final seconds of their team's 103-92 victory ticked off the clock. "It's great, but we've got to play like we're No. 1," senior guard Lowell Hamilton said. Illinois rallied from a 14 point halftime deficit and went on to its 17th victory of the season, remaining the only unbeaten team in Division I. The second-ranked Illini appeared the heir apparent to the No. 1 spot after top-ranked Duke lost both its games last week. LOUISVILLE 92, NEVADA- LAS VEGAS 74: Pervis Ellison matched his career high of 28 points as Louisville saw its 23 point lead cut to five before recovering to beat Nevada-Las Vegas. Louisville, 13-2, now owns the nation's second longest winning streak with 13 straight, while Las Vegas, 13-3, had its 11 game streak snapped. Louisville built a 59-36 lead with 14:40 left in the game before UNLV charged back to make it 66-61 as Stacey Augmon scored 12 points and Clint Rossum eight. S ETON H ALL 108, NE W HAMPSHIRE 67: Seton Hall hit a school-record nine 3-point shots, including five in the first half by Andrew Gaze, as the Pirates ran past Division II New Hampshire College. Gaze keyed a decisive 22-3 first- half run that sparked Seton Hall to its 17th victory in 18 starts. The point total was one more that the Pirates scored in beating Mt. St. Mary's of Maryland earlier in the season. Women swimmers defeat EMU We're changing the meaning of the word fraternity... BY ERIC LEMONT Eastern Michigan women's swimming coach Margo Mahoney spent last summer helping coach Michigan swimmers. For all her help, Mahoney's Hurons were rewarded with a 99-40 defeat to those grateful Wolverines on Saturday at the Canham Natatorium. Michigan coach Jim Richardson, commenting on the laid-back atmosphere of the meet, said it was a "family-type situation." The Wolverines ended up sweeping six events while losing only one. Nothing like family. Michigan (5-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) used the meet against the 3-4 Hurons to experiment. Richardson placed swimmers in multiple events. to see how individuals raced in events outside their specialties. As a result, Michigan had more swimmers posting multiple victories. Jennifer Jackson led Wolverine sweeps of the 1,000-yard freestyle and 200 butterfly with times of 10 minutes 22.96 seconds and 2:10.05 respectively. Lisa Anderson, who normally races the backstroke, took first in the 100 butterfly (1:01.59) and the 100 breaststroke (1:11.24). Eastern Michigan's only first- place finish caiie when Leane Hilbink swam a 2:19.13 in the 200 individual medley. Michigan's meet next week against Michigan State will have a little more at stake. The Spartans were the last team to beat the Wolverine's in a dual meet, back in the 1985-86 season. Since then, Michigan has won 27 straight dual meets. "The meet next week will be a real barn burner," said Richardson. ...and you can too Pi Lambda Phi 821 East University Rush Jan. 22-26 Sun. 4-10 P.M. Steak Dinner M-Th. 7-10 P.M. I The Alumni of University of Michigan Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity ,-i.--q~IT is proud to announce the construction of its new house. 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