Wrestling vs. Central Michigan and Morgan St. Saturday, 12 p.m. Varsity Arena SPORTS Wednesday, February 28, 1990 Women's Basketball, vs. Illinois Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily. Page 9 Mike Gill Michigan, as expected, and Michigan State, as not expected, find themselves battling Purdue for the Big Ten championship. "This time: it's for real," some say, now that the war between the two schools actually means something, after years of Carteresque malaise in Green and White land. Now they both have solid basketball teams. Thursday the two square off in East Lansing. The winner will remain in the race. The other will start dreaming of the Final Four. So there will be all kinds of talk about the two schools - how one is elitist and the other one is for the common man. How one knows how to study and the other knows how to down a 40 ounce of Schlitz in 10.8 seconds. How one uses their heads to solve medical crises and the other has a basketball coach who bangs his head to create headaches. But I'm going to tell you something. There ain't much different between these two schools. There's a lot of similarities indeed. First of all, they're both located in the state of Michigan. In case you fell a little short in junior high geography class, trust me, it's true. If you're faking classes in East Lansing and majoring in geography, trust me too. It's true -- you'll learn it in a few weeks. Second, there is a lot of milk in both Ann Arbor and East Lansing. In Ann Arbor, there's Kroger, Hop and Rob, and Village Corner which all sell milk. East Lansing has cows. The president of each University has a last name which begins with the letter "D." Michigan State students will learn about this on Thursday. According to the the TV listings, Sesame Street will be sponsored by the number "3," and the letters "H" and "D." So make sure you tune in. The new football coach at Michigan looks like Fred Flinstone. The on- again, off-again, but still football coach at Michigan State looks like his compadre Barney. Both campuses like to celebrate their athletic team's accomplishments. Witness the following conversations. Michigan, MSU not so different after all MICHIGAN STUDENT A: "Yo, pass me a beer, we gotta watch the NCAA championships." MICHIGAN STUDENT B: "Here's a Miller." A: "Boy, this really tastes great, but it's not the less filling stuff." B: "Nope." (Two hours later of this wretched conversation and at the conclusion of overtime.) A: Yo, throw me another beer. Pour it on my head. WHOOO-WHHEEE! WE WON! WE WON! WHOO WEEE! Let's go to South U. Thus, there is a riot. People scream. Check out the view from China Gate's awnings. Topple a car. Celebrate a national championship. Now, here's your typical Spartan student returning home after a football game at Spartan Stadium. SPARTAN STUDENT A: Yo, pass me a beer, that was quite a game. SPARTAN STUDENT B: Here's some Milwaukee's Best. A: This sure doesn't taste great, but it's less filling on the pocket book. B: Ha. Ha. Ha. You sure are the funny one. (Two hours later and after reliving all the great moments of the Michigan-Michigan State football game, which the Wolverines won, the conversation continues. A: Yo, throw me another beer. Pour it on my head. WHOOO-WHHEEE! WE LOST! WE LOST! WHOO WEEE! Let's have a riot. B: Yeah man, let's celebrate with a fire too. WHOOO-WHEEEE! A: But we need furniture. Yo, whose got furniture? We need furniture for the fire. Any TV's? Couches? And thus, these party animals join with others to celebrate a Spartan football loss by turning the town upside down. Can you believe it? Both schools celebrated - but one remembered that it's the winning that counts. The other hasn't quite mastered such an advanced premise yet. by Jeni Durst Daily Sports Writer Eight matches, eight wins. It's that simple. Undefeated in the 89-90 season, Michigan has definitely made it look easy. Though they have only played weaker non-conference teams, the improvements over last year have been tremendous. With just one more win the Wolverines will tie their entire 1988-89 victory total. "We haven't really been pushed in most of the matches," coach Bitsy Ritt said, "but it was the first time in six years we've beaten Miami of Ohio, and we beat them so decisively, 8-1. We definitely are ahead from last year." Another team which has caused the Wolverines problems in the past is Western Michigan. True to form, the revived Michigan squad defeated the Broncos handily in two matches earlier this year. One reason for the Wolverines' improvement is the depth of their strong recruiting class. Christine Schmeidal, a sophomore transfer from the University of San Diego, leads the team as the top seed in both singles and doubles. "It's a great thing any time you can bring in a number one seed," coach Ritt said. "She (Christine) has made a significant contribution. Transfers are always good to get since they have experience on the college level." Another transfer, sophomore Lindsay Aland, from the University of Texas, has also been a key contributor to the starting line-up, alternating with junior Anna Schork, at the No.5 and No.6 singles positions. Coasting: Women's tennis team is unbeaten Backing up the experienced college-level players are three impressive first-year students. Kalei Beamon beat out several of her upperclass teammates for the No.3 singles and No.2doubles spots. Rounding out the new players are frosh Lisa Worzniak and Jennifer Goldfarb. The two are currently not on the starting roster, but Ritt expects them to add a lot of depth to the squad and be able to ASTBALTEBOOK by Steven Cohen Daily Basketball Writer Richard Coffey, a 6'7" forward from Minnesota, earned conference Player of the Week Honors. The 24- year old Coffey, a former para- trooper, scored 32 points and grabbed *,25 rebounds in the Gop-hers' wins over Wisconsin and Iowa. A VOTE FOR THE BIG GUY: Yesterday, Purdue coach Gene Keady officially endorsed Steve Scheffler, the Boilermaker's 6'8" center, for Player of The Year in the Big Ten. Scheffler is the nation's leader in field goal percentage, hitting 78.5 percent of his shots. "I think that either he, Tony (Jones) or Ryan Berning should win it if we win the league, " Keady said. "There aren't many things in the league I disagree with, but I think the MVP should come from the winning team." A VOTE FOR STATE: Illinois coach Lou Henson likes the chances of our neighbors in East Lansing for Thursday's game. "I thought State would win it until Manns got injured, they still can win it, I think it will be a close game," Henson said. SILVER DOME II?: Yesterday, Michigan athletic director Jack Weidenbach announced plans for the building of a new roof at Crisler Arena at the end of the season. The Coffey pulls down Player of the Week new silver roof is a priority because Sunday, averages 15.6 points and 4 water leaked through the old one. rebounds per game. The University will foot the HOW MANY INVITES?: Ohio $470,000 cost as Crisler is a State's late-season charge has pro- university building. voked speculation about the number FROSH PHENOMS: Without a of conference teams that will receive doubt, the two most dominating invitations to the 64-team NCAA first-year players in the Big Ten this tournament next month. The season have been Ohio State's Buckeyes' schedule ranked as the Jimmy Jackson and Indiana's Calbert toughest in the nation by one Cheaney. Jackson, who lit up computer. While the top five teams Illinois for 28 points on Monday in the conference are considered locks night, is fourth in the conference for the tourney, Ohio State (8-7 Big scoring race at 19.4 points per game Ten, 14-11 Overall) and Indiana (6-8, and pulls down 5.1 boards per game. 16-8) are thought to be on the Cheaney, who exploded for 32 bubble. The two squads square off on points against Michigan State on the weekend of March 10. JUMMUEER IIDPLO 6E2T su1JR1en E= MMsa avarD* ff Ann rRIM GLL O R TOL E NER -00-47-PAOV AN a m a pCKTuUTEMPLMER Malik move up in the ranks at any given time. "With the five we've brought in this year it has completely changed the team," Ritt explained. Yet, much of the team's success still centers on their veterans. Junior Stacy Berg currently holds down the No.2 singles seed, while, sophomore Amy Malik reigns at the fourth singles slot. The Wolverine players will ride their winning streak into the break in Texas against a number of experienced squads. 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