Sports Monday Trivia What team fielded the first all-Black starting lineup in the Major Leagues? (For the answer, turn to page 6) Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 AP Top 25 2 Men's track preview 2 Women's gymnastics preview 2 Get Rich Quick 3 Q&A 3 'M' ice hockey coverage 4 'M' men's basketball coverage 5 Women's swimming 6 Men's gymnastics 6 The Michigan Daily --Sports Monday-January 15, 1990 --Page 1 Tankers beat Stanford Men defeat No. 1 Cardinal, 61-52 by Michael Bess Daily Sports Writer Spectator-filled stands. The Michigan band. And two of the nation's top swimming teams facing off in an electric and highly competitive meet at the Canham Natatorium. What more can you ask for? Well, maybe the sight of watching a riled up Wolverine squad topple the num- ber one team in the country. The University of Michigan men's swim team did just that, upsetting the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal Saturday evening, 61-52, before a standing-room-only crowd that was literally hanging from the rafters. "It was the most exciting dual meet that Ann Arbor has ever seen," senior co-captain Brent Lang said. "Some people say that swimming is not a spectator sport, but I think we proved that wrong.". The enthusiasm and energy of both fans and swim- mers produced an atmosphere reminiscent of past NCAA championship meets. Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek was pleased with his team as well as the fan support. "It was very exciting," Urbanchek said. "This meet was good for the spectators and they helped us win. They elevated our performance." Michigan started the evening with an impressive performance in the 400-yard medley relay. Wolverine swimmers Rick Wilkening, Mike Barrowman, Jarret Winter and Brent Lang posted an NCAA qualifying time of 3:18.05. Their victory was crucial as it gave Ur- banchek's squad a great deal of confidence for the re- mainder of the meet. "I knew coming in that the 400 medley would be key," Urbanchek said. "We knew we could win follow- ing their performance. Rick Wilkening swam over his head and he enabled us to win the medley." Wilkening was only one of many Wolverine swim- mers to produce outstanding efforts. Lang garnered first place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyles with NCAA qualifying and pool record times. Mike Barrowman cap- tured top honors in both the 200 individual medley and the 200 breaststroke. In addition, sophomore Eric Namesnik and first-year swimmer Brian Gunn finished one-two in the 200 butterfly. See STANFORD, page 6 Gophers Stanford's Janet Evans looks out of the pool after one of her races at the Canham Natatorium Saturday night. by Lory Knapp * Daily Basketball Writer Free throws, those m- third-ranked Wolverines by No. 16 Minnesota, pr the deciding factor as escaped Crisler Arena wit Big Ten victory of the s 83. While the Wolveri overall, 1-1 Big Ten) hit of their free throws for the Golden Gophers (10-3 2 Big Ten) shot a sorry from the line, adding c points to their game tota Michigan guard Rumeal who shot 7 of 10 from th nearly four times as n throws as did the entire team. "We missed a couple o Ands of the bonuses, an (the free throw attempts) its hard to overcom Minnesota coach Clem H we had made those two or free throws then we win th Michigan head coa Fisher said: "Minnesot exceptionally well. (But) v the ball inside, we passe shots to get great shots, what leads to shooting al throws we shot." Free throws were not factor, however, as three W scored over 20 points. Sear and Terry Mills each had and Robinson led all score including three 3-pointers. Mills, who was comin horrible performance in golden a nights loss to Indiana, needed a good ade by the showing against Minnesota to regain and missed his confidence. oved to be "I really feel bad about that (the Michigan Indiana game). Coach (Fisher) really h their first kept talking to me about it and said eason, 87- 'you're going to have those kinds of games but you have to bounce nes (11-2 back."' He said I was the most 81 percent consistent player on this team and I 26 points, have to continue to show that, and I overall, 1- can't get frustrated. That's 33 percent something I did today - not get only three frustrated. I just came out and played al. In fact, my game." Robinson, Mills, along with Higgins, were he line, hit the emotional leaders out on the nany free court for the Wolverines as Higgins Minnesota waved his hand in the air a la Piston Dennis Rodman after he hit a triple f the front to put Michigan up 68-66, never to d anytime trail again. are 32-9, And, as Mills went to the free le," said throw line with 4:58 remaining, askins. "If Higgins and Mills were high-fiving, three extra and the normally solemn Michigan e game." crowd erupted. That eruption was part of a 13-3 ch Steve run that consisted of three-pointers, a played jumpshots and easy lay-ups as the we pushed Wolverines went from down 63-66 d up good to up 76-69. and that's "I just wanted to get everyone L1 the free going," said Higgins. "It seemed like we were falling into that trap of the only getting lazy and I was getting excited olverines because the crowd was going crazy n Higgins, and he (Mills) made a great play. 23 points The adrenalin gets going and it just ,rs with 26 takes over." That adrenalin was nearly snuffed g off of a out late into the game as the Golden Monday Gophers refused to die. With under t foul line, beats one minute to play in the game, Minnesota's Walter Bond (19 points) hit a jumper followed by a Melvin Newbern lay-up to pull the Gophers to within one. Newbern, who eventually fouled out along with Bond, led Minnesota scorers with 20 points. Mike Gill GilAgi Higgins escapes haze, Hgisec ehecpsmakes spectacular plays It had been one of those games where Michigan took the court, put their Sony Walkmans on, and then waltzed up and down the court. They were never losing badly - they're too good for that - but a spark could not be found. They looked like the Geritol Generation after watching a 14-hour telecast marathon of Lawrence Welk and his bubbles. Then Sean Higgins started to act up. And Terry Mills decided to join him. They went from two old men looking for their AARP applications to two youngsters flying a kite. They were kids - and they were having fun. But Higgins and Mills came to play Saturday. Their leadership and shots in the stretch, along with a generous referee's whistle, were enough to hold off a pesky Minnesota Gopher team, 87-83. Higgins hit a three-pointer to give Michigan its first lead in ages. Then Mills drew a foul and Higgins was right there yelling at Mills, screaming at Mills, hitting Mills - complimenting his play. Mills hit both free throws. After Mills bounced a jumper in from off the glass, Higgins could not hold back anymore. Hands flailed, and leaps occurred. He danced. Higgins just became Dennis Rodman's younger brother. All of this proved to be the heart of a 11-0 Michigan run - and one that was keyed by enthusiasm and emotion, enough so that it woke the Wolver- ines up from that halftime speech Steve Fisher imparted back on Monday in Indiana, and caused them to play so sleepily since. Fisher told them they needed some verbal enthusiasm, some emotion. Higgins answered the call. See GILL, page 5 Blue tries to break long losing streak at Illinois by Taylor Lincoln Daily. Basketball Writer When Michigan last won a basketball game in Champaign, Illinois Sean Higgins was in fifth grade and Johnny Orr was the Wolverine coach. The year was 1979. Tonight, the Wolverines could take a long step towards winning the conference cham- pionship if they are able to snap thier losing streak in Illinois (9 p.m., ESPN). The Illini, whom the Wolverines defeated 83- 81 in last year's NCAA semi-final, are co- favorites along with Michigan to win this year's Big Ten title. The game will be the Wolverines' third in eight nights during a Big Ten opening spree in which they face all three of the teams which promise to threaten them most: Indiana, Minn- esota, and Illinois. But center Loy Vaught does not worry about the lack of rest. "It's not going to be hard mentally to get ready for Illinois," he said. "We realize that we're a contender and they're a contender. It's going to be a dogfight." The Illini (i2-1, 2-1 Big Ten) lack their two main players from last year, forwards Kenny Battle and Nick Anderson. They make up for their lack of experience up front with the Big Ten's premier back court, with point guard Kendall Gill and swingman Stephen Bardo. Michigan guard Rumeal Robinson sites the frontline game as the key to victory. "This is not a typical Illinois team," he said. "They lost their front line and we'll have to take advantage of that, especially with Loy and Terry (Mills) down low." Falcons' OT goal ends crazy contest and weekend sweep Loy Vaught tries for two against the Gophers. The usually accurate forward shot a tepid 4 for 11 from the field but pulled down 14 rebounds. Women's basketball drops two, falls to 1-3 in Big Ten by Eric Lemont Daily Hockey Writer Conventional wisdom says nothing exciting should happen in Bowling Green, Ohio. But don't tell that to the frenzied record crowd of 5,005 at Bowling Green State University Ice Arena last Saturday. And certainly don't men- tion it to the Falcons hockey team, which converged on/attacked defense- Oman Otis Plageman after his over- tmP a.nal li - ; k tem ton . chance for a comeback two minutes and twelve seconds into overtime when his innocent looking slapshot hit off goaltender Tim Keough's shoulder and into the goal. After twice being down by three goals, Michigan got its first lead at 8-7 with a blistering Mike Moes slapshot at just under five minutes left in the third period. But with 2:41 left in regulation, Falcon left winger Matt Ruchty tipped in a rt.n ir nl -au a arn. m . .. rti .o t by Theodore Cox Daily Basketball Writer BLOOMINGTON - A frazzled Michigan coach, Bud VanDeWege, entered the post-game press confer- ence looking for answers anywhere he could find them. His Michigan women's basketball team suffered two more Big Ten losses over the weekend. Michigan first lost to Ohio State Friday afternoon, 84-67, and then dropped a heartbreaker to Indiana 60-58. Michian n t9. 1-3 in ihe TRo and built up a 23-13 lead. "They reached and grabbed on of- fensive rebounds and they just went after it," VanDeWege said. "They were more aggressive." Late in the first half, guard Tempie Brown found her shot in the open lane to bring Michigan to within four points at half, 27-31. Brown's shot never left her in the second half as her soft touch gave the Wolverines a 45-41 advantage with 11:28 left in the game. Indiana ae acnk.however. as mmmmmmwsamw -