Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday- February 12, 1990 Michigan Sports Calendar A compilation of Michigan sporting events and information for the coming week. Monday, February 12 No events scheduled Tuesday, February 13 No events scheduled Wednesday, February 14 No events scheduled Thursday, February 15 Men's Basketball at Minnesota, 8 p.m. (Raycom) Women's Swimming at Big Ten Championships, Indianapolis Friday, February 16 Ice hockey at Michigan State, 7:30 p.m. Women's basketball at Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. COED Indoor Track at Eastern Michigan Classic, time TBA Saturday, February 17 Ice hockey vs. Michigan State at Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m. COED Gymnastics vs. Wisconsin at Varsity Arena, 7:30 p.m. Men's Swimming at Ohio State, 3 p.m. Sunday, February 18 Men's Basketball at Ohio State, 2 p.m. (ABC) Women's Basketball at Northwestern, 2 p.m. Wrestling vs. Indiana at Varsity Arena, 2 p.m. 2~~~~~~~ 12X )b at.w~ at~ 8 4 .4::::.::'.::::.:::::::) li ......:.M . Backs in the future for football? by Adam Benson Daily Football Writer WANTED: A running back. He can be big or small, short or tall, but he must be able to carry the foot- ball. If interested, contact Mich- igan football coach Gary Moeller. With Tony Boles' future in doubt, and Leroy Hoard looking to spend next year in the NFL, the Wolverines feel the need for a new running back. Moeller may find a replacement soon, as three of the nation's top backs - Jerome Bettis, Ricky Powers and Sebastian Small - will announce their plans this week. All three have included Michigan on their lists. If Moeller is going to persuade Bettis (a 6-foot-1, 235 pound fullback) to come to Michigan, the Detroit MacKenzie star will have to pass up Notre Dame. This weekend, Bettis had his final conversations with recruiters from both schools and will announce his decision today. "Both are great academic institu- tions, and the football is about the same," Bettis said. "You have to judge by the little things. I'm kind of in the middle. I'm not having any nightmares about it. Either decision won't be a bad one." Although Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz has made a strong impression on Bettis, Moeller has been able to keep Bettis interested in Michigan. "He's a very sincere man and a very nice man," Bettis said about Moeller. "He may be a little closer with the guys than Bo was." Moeller has also said the right things to Powers, a slashing tailback from Akron, Ohio. Powers (6-1, 190), who ran for 2,014 yards on 200 carries at Buchtel High School, has narrowed his choices to Michigan and Michigan State. "I'm not leaning towards any- where just yet," Powers said Friday. Powers' thinking has been cloud- ed by his brother Scott's attempts to transfer to Michigan State. Scott played at the University of Cincin- nati last season after not being re- cruited by any other schools, and now the Bearcats are hesitant to release Scott from his scholarship. Cincinnati is skeptical of the Spart- ans' sudden interest in Scott and won't release him if Ricky signs with State. "It has helped make my deci- sion," Powers said about the contro- versy. "But after a while, I'm going to make my own decision anyway." The Wolverines' opening at run- ning back appeals to Ricky, but he has been told by both Michigan schools that he will play in his first year. "At both schools, I know I have a good chance to play, maybe even start," Powers said. Small, a 5-11, 195 tailback from Fayetteville, North Carolina, had committed to Nebraska, but appar- ently changed his mind. He visited Michigan recently to consider the Wolverines before he formally signs with any school on February 14, the national signing date. 0 lb LU. ...1.....11:... ..e:.:.::.:111911 1 S Oeor~T~:h: ::::::::s:,>:::S :....b:.a:.:: >::.::e::44 17. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . N1nst...0-) ba Pu. ....72 18. .....tt 0-)betP eo~ 75 24. StsJoh. 19.6.bet.. noa4 :& .: :.:" ..... ...be::: ::":":::.:":":::"::::::8:":. 0 KENNt IH SMULLEMaiy Wolverine Eric Wise does the backstroke in the 200-meter medley in Saturday afternoon's meet against Indiana. Michigan soundly defeated the Hoosiers at Canham Natatorium, improving its season dual-meet record to 9-2. Wolverines plus water equals wins. IM Fraternity Top 20 Here's a look at total points thus far this seasoFtr Fraternity (Letters) Points by David Schechter Daily Sports Writer Directions for ready-made victory: just add water. It seemed almost that easy for the Wolverines Saturday as they dominated the Indiana Hoosiers at Canham Natatorium, 78-35. Indiana won only the 100-yard freestyle as the Wolverines soundly avenged last year's, 63-50, loss to the Hoosiers in Bloomington. Brent Lang turned heads with a standout, back- to-back performance. Lang won the 200 freestyle in a time of 1 minute and 39.8 seconds and then jumped back into the pool one minute later to record a win in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.7 seconds. "He put in an awesome double...that really makes him stand out as the fastest US swimmers right now," assistant coach Mark Noetzel said. Scott Ryan, Mike Barrowman and Lang each won two events. Although no swimmer on either squad turned in a NCAA qualifying time, new- comer Steve Bigelow came close with a time of 1:50.2 in the 200 backstroke. By winning the 500 and 1000 freestyle events, Ryan set a standard the rest of the team could strive for. "He took on a good role today and really led the team by winning his events," Noetzel said. "Those are good times for him, probably the best of the season. Swims like that are what you're looking for." First year swimmer Tom Hay recovered from a recent stomach sickness to turn in his best swims of the year with a 1:56.7 and 1:53.5 in the 200 individual medley 200 butterfly, respect- ively. Still, he has yet to do his best swimming. "I'm going for the cut at Big Ten's. I'll prob- ably be ready at Big Ten's. (Today's times) gave me an indication that I'm starting to go faster and bringing my confidence level up," Hay said. The past week of resting, or tapering, did not result in the improved times the coaching staff had hoped for. Noetzel pointed out that the overall times posted by the team were down on the average. "It made a lot of people swim slower," he said. "As we're staying home more, we're able to train more...we're working more and more to get them to maximum effort," he said. Team manager Alex Alvizuri, however, likes what he sees in the Michigan squad. "They are improving...they are looking really good, with a lot of team unity...they're getting close and they know it," Alvizuri said. The team has consistently shown signs that they will be highly competitive at the NCAA's in March. Michigan will most likely have be- tween nine and 11 swimmers qualify for the tournament, compared to last year's seven. n) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEn) Sigma Phi Epsilon (EOE) Delta Tau Delta (ATA) Alpha Delta Phi (AAOD) Evans Scholars Sigma Alpha Mu (EAM) Phi Gamma Delta (