Taylor Lincoln ---... r 0I *Mind and body must show up with Rumeal When things aren't going well you have to look to the leader. Every successful team has a catalyst, a guy who sets the tone. At Michigan his name is Rumeal Robinson. Nobody disputes how important he is to the team. All year people have focused on the difficulty the offense has had when Robinson is out of the game, and Steve Fisher has said it as often anybody. * But it's time that Fisher looks deeper, questioning the difficulty Michigan has when Robinson is in the game but his mind is not. Last night Robinson played all but two minutes. But if you kept your eyes on him, you couldn't help but tell that something was missing. A quick glance at the stats may not tell the story. The numbers are there: 16 points, five assists, three blocked shots. Not outstanding, but respectable. But take a second look at the box score. Two-for-seven from the field. Seven shots in 38 minutes? Ohio State coach Randy Ayers said afterwards that his team's goal was to contain Robinson. By taking only seven shots in the game, Robinson contained himself. More important than the lack of shots was his lack of intensity - an unquantifiable, yet immeasurably important quality. Last night, Robinson's intensity was absent. You could see it in the way he directed the offense. His passes were sluggish and his away- from-the-ball play was complacent. When he went to set screens he sauntered like he was going through a 1 pregame run-through. After the game, the press tried to put a good face on his effort, siting his 12 of 15 foul shooting. What they failed to key on were the shots he missed -and when he missed them. Twice in the final minute he missed the back half of a one-and-one, giving Ohio State a chance to tie in the final minute. The first of the two misses barely scraped the front of the rim. This is not the Rumeal Robinson we'ye come expect, raising his concentration to newheights with the game on the line. When Robinson is at his most intense he occassionally loses control, making turnovers and getting into foul trouble. But his efforts inspire the team. Last night, Robinson had only two turnovers and two fouls, but Michigan was a judgement call away from losing the game. Monday at Illinois, Robinson and Michigan were at their best, diving for * loose balls and hustling for every shot. He made more mistakes and missed more foul shots than he did last night - but the team won by more points against a better team. The point is that Robinson's play is contagious. When he's fired up, this team can play so well that it will make you shiver. But when he disappears, the team will fall into a lethargic relapse. "You can't get too psyched up," Robinson said after last night's game. "When everybody's psyched up you let the game get away from you. Somebody's got to have a level head." No game ever came closer to getting away than last night's. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO TEST NEW THERAPIES FOR: OHIO ST. continued from page 1 start for this team," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said, putting the question to rest. Griffin had four turnovers in the first half as Michigan had trouble early adjusting to the Buckeye's pressing defense. And while the Wolverines ultimately overcame the press, and the Buckeyes, Fisher was not exactly pleased with the two- point victory. "I don't know if I have the feel of the team that won," Fisher said. "I feel the frustration that our kids feel. They played hard...but we didn't always play smart." Trailing 68-64 with 10:49 to play in the game, the Wolverines ran off 10 straight points to take the lead for good. Calip spurred the attack when he knotted the score at 68 with an underhand, around the basket layup. "I thought it was pretty nice," Calip said of the play. "It's one of those moves you make from the playground. I pump faked and then went to the other side and laid it in." The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 19, 1990 - Page 11 Sean Higgins then popped a three-pointer to give Michigan the lead and Ohio State quickly called a time out. But Higgins outdid himself later in the game when he hit another trey, this time with the shot clock down to three, the Wolverines' lead down to three, and double coverage on him from Mark Baker and Jamaal Brown and only 1:03 to play. "It was just a great play. What can you say," first-year Buckeye coach Randy Ayers asked. In addition to Calip's 19 points the Wolverines received scoring help from Terry Mills (18 points), Loy Vaught (17 points), Robinson (16 points), and Sean Higgins (13 points.) Buckeye center Perry Carter led all scorers with 32 points. "We had some confidence," Carter said of his team, which at the start of the season was expected to finish in the second division of the Big Ten. "I scored some points, grabbed some boards, but it wasn't enough. We didn't win the ballgame." Ayers echoed the point: "We didn't come here for moral victories." Michigan forward Sean Higgins passes the ball over an Ohio State defender. Higgins had 13 points in the Wolverines' 90-88 win last night. Iowa next up for 'M' by Mike Gill Daily Basketball Writer Going into Iowa this year should not be like it has been in the past. And it won't be like playing in Indiana,tor Illinois, or at Crisler Arena against Minnesota. The Wolverines are now 3-1 in Big Ten play andahave already finished the most challenging part of their schedule. Last night's 90-88 win over Ohio State starts a stretch of games against conference opponents who are not expected to be in the race for the title. After Iowa, the Wolverines travel to Northwestern, head home to face Michigan State and Purdue and then head out to Wisconsin. Iowa went into last nights game against Indiana winless in the Big Ten at 0-3. Despite Iowa's poor record, that does not have Michigan coach Steve Fisher expecting a blowout. "Now, we got to march forward to Iowa," Fisher said after last night's game. "They'll come at you with the same full-court pressure. Matt Bullard is a great three-point shooter. And it's on the road." Bullard played his first two years at Colorado, before transferring to the Hawkeyes and sitting out a season. Last year he returned to average 9.1 points-per-game. 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