FANS
Continued from page 1
Welcomed the Wolverine starters:
"R1 CHRIS! HI TONY!..." They
even got "HI DEMETRIUS!" in
,Dtison.
However, it became obvious that
crowd would turn on Michigan
4s the PA announcer introduced
coach Steve Fisher as "Bill."
MICHIGAN (68)
& = r TPG Fr R A P TP
Tolbert 3-9 1-2 4 0 3 7
Saer 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 1
Riey 6-8 5-5 10 1 5 17
Clip 10-23 0-1 3 0 3 23
Tlley 0-8 0-0 1 1 3 0
Mtchel 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2
S4-10 3-3 5 3 2 12
elver 2-2 2-3 4 0 0 6
hbia 0.1 0-0 0 0 0 0
T-rs 26-64 12-16 33 6 16 68
3-pt goals: 4-7 (Calip 3-4, Taylor 1-2, Tolbert 0-1) FG-
406, 3-pt FG%- .571, Fr%- .750. Blks.: 5(Riley 4.
Melver 1). Turnovers: 27.Steals: 10r(Taylor 4.Calip 3,
Taley 1,TTobert 1,Riley 1).
Duke (75)
P$ayer TFG Fr R A PF TP
Hall,2G. 9-15 1-2 8 1 4 19
JAM. 4-7 4-4 5 4 3 12
mr r 2-3 0-0 0 0 3 4
Maffey 4-5 0-0 0 0 1 9
H ly 4-8 0-1 0 7 1 9
2.5 0-0 3 2 2 4
HiUT. 5-7 1-2 7 2 3 12
1-3 2-4 2 1 2 4
cobk 0.1 0-0 2 0 0 0
ak 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 2
2obls 32-55 8-13 28 17 21 75
3-t. goals: 3-5 (r. Hill 1-1, McCafferey 1-1, Hurley 1-3).
+0%-.582, 3-pt. FG%-.600, FT%-.615. Blks: 9 (Lang 6,
Lattner1, Palmer 1,T. Hill 1). Turnovers: 25. Steals: 13
(Laettner 3, G. Hill 2, Palmer 2, Hurley 2, Davis 1, T. Hill
1. Lang 1, Clark 1).
Halfime: Dua 45-28.
Atcrnan: 9,314
The crowd noise continued its
deafening intensity once the game
began. Like the video game Q-bert,
"BOINK" echoed through Cameron
every time Michigan bounced the
ball. And like a Rocky Horror audi-
ence, the crowd boomed with every
move the Wolverines made:
"PASS," "SHOOT," and the shrill
"MISS" as the ball bounded off the
rim.
When Demetrius Calip missed a
wide open dunk midway through the
opening half, the fans didn't let him
forget it. Every time he touched the
ball after that, "DUNK" reverberated
through the building. And when the
Blue Devils' Antonio Lang provided
a monster slam during the second
half, the crowd's jeer erupted:
"THAT'S HOW YOU DUNK!"
Michigan's big men experienced
the brunt of Cameron's chastisement
during the second half. Both Chris
Seter and Rich McIver were bom-
barded for their not-so-stylish hair-
cuts. And when Eric Riley fouled
out, a deafening "I'LL!" hung over
the court until he sat down. The
crowd then greeted him with a
booming "SEE YA!"
While the crowd blew away
anything Crisler Arena could offer, it
was far from an exceptional
Cameron crowd.
"It was lousy," alumnus Jim Dun-
lop said. "They were more con-
cerned with studying than being a
good crowd."
The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - December 10, 1990- Page 7
F0 COURT ,
LLPRESS.
75-68, was it really
that close a game?
by Phil Green
Daily Basketball Writer
DURHAM, N.C. - Steve Fisher and the Michigan Wolverines lost to
Duke by seven points in their first road game of the year.
How do they feel?
Would this be considered a moral victory?
The opposition, full of compliments, seemed to think so.
"I thought Steve did a real good job keeping the margin below 20 in the
first half," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "They played good man-to-
man defense, and then in the second half I think Steve's move to the zone
was good."
"(Demetrius) Calip's got great shooting ability and Riley's got a soft
touch," Duke guard Bobby Hurley added. "And Kirk Taylor, I was impressed
with the way he played."
Fisher also stressed the Wolverines' positives.
"We appeared to at least get into a few things and fought hard," Fisher
said. "We can hopefully take some of the good things that we did. If you
take effort with you, you'll win, Kirk did that."
On the other hand, Taylor, like the rest of the players, did not see any
victory Saturday.
"I think it was a good learning experience," Taylor said, "but I feel we
should have beat them."
Calip added: "Michigan isn't in to moral victories. We're a team that's
used to rings."
In this bevy of opinions, the only thing to do is to look at the facts.
Despite its record, Duke is one of the nation's best teams, and its fans
represent the country's best. The atmosphere for the Wolverines' first road
game of the year couldn't have been much tougher. Many of them had never
faced a hostile crowd in their lives.
And in all honesty, the Wolverines held their own.
Calip rebounded from his blown dunk in the first stanza to score 15 sec-
ond half points in the best half he has played this year. Rich McIver, in his
first action of the young season, played extremely well. And Riley demon-
strated an impressive touch from the outside while dominating the inside.
Michigan also held Duke All-American Christian Laettner to eight
points and six rebounds below his season average. Granted, Duke guard Billy
McCaffrey's ankle injury contributed to the Wolverines' performance, but
they still earned their praise.
Even though Saturday's game didn't provide the Wolverines with mucIt
inspirational lift, it definitely pointed out some bright spots as they head
into the conference season.
When Duke opened up its 20 point leads, the inexperienced Wolverines
could have folded.
They didn't.
Twice during the second half, the last time with 8:11 remaining'
Michigan cut the lead to under 12. However, both times Duke proved its na
tional ranking by reopening its lead. And although the Wolverines' late.
spurt occurred when the game was all but over, they still accomplished it.
And don't forget the effect this game could have on the conference sea-
son. Michigan will defeat one of the conference's elites, and then everyone
can ask the Wolverines again if the Duke game provided any moral victory.
BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
M .
Mclver strikes it
4tich against Duke
by Jeff Sheran
Daily Basketball Writer
DURHAM, N.C. --Rich McIver, the man on the Wolverine bench with
the conspicuous "ramp" haircut, saw his first action Saturday against Duke.
In seven minutes of play, McIver amassed six points, four offensive re-
bounds and a block.
His impressive performance prompts the question of where Steve Fisher
has been hiding this raw talent, especially with Michigan's dearth of bench
*ize this season.
The 6-foot-9 rookie earned a less-than-adulatory description from Fisher
prior to the season opener.
"The only good thing for Rich right now is the weather," Fisher told re-
pcrters one 70-degree day in October.
Since then, McIver's presence on the team had gained little import. He
never even opened the top button on his warm-up jersey during the
Wolverines' victory over Central Michigan.
SAgainst Utah, when forwards Sam Mitchell and Chris Seter fouled out,
leaving Michigan with a four-guard offense, McIver again sat and watched.
owever, he didn't talk. His mouth was swollen after a visit to the dentist,
d he will undergo root canal surgery December 17.
Last Tuesday, as McIver watched his teammates barely repel an Eastern
Michigan comeback, Crisler Arena fans elected him their honorary bench fa-
vorite. "Put in McIver," they yelled.
It was a bit kinder than what Duke fans offered. "Gumby" and "Nice Do"
tained down from the Cameron bleachers, along with pleasantries for the rest
of the Wolverine squad.
x But McIver played in a vacuum, ignoring the jeers and igniting the
Michigan offense.
"It was my chance to show how I could play," McIver said. "I just
}locked the crowd out and tried to concentrate."
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski recognized McIver's significance in the
game, referring to him as a "spark."
4 And Fisher conceded he should have inserted McIver into the Wolverine
lineup earlier in the season.
While the Texas forward was not the lone star for Michigan Saturday,
this lone start proves McIver will provide much-needed relief deep in the
beart of the frontcourt lineup.
:ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE: Heralded Chicago recruit Juwan Howard,
*ho last month signed a letter of intent to play for the Wolverines, scored a
917 on his October ACT. Howard has easily cleared the necessary 2.0 grade-
point average, but must score an 18 in order to clear eligibility requirements
tp play at Michigan next year.
SORRY, K: Detroit Country Day's Chris Webber was scheduled to
travel to Duke Saturday on a recruiting visit. However, the blue-chipper
pulled ligaments in his ankle Thursday in practice and did not make the trip.
Webber had reportedly narrowed his choices to Michigan, Michigan State
4nd Minnesota, but when he opted not to commit during the early signing
period, Kentucky and Duke resurfaced as additional frontrunners. Webber
still has yet to visit either school, but he plans on rescheduling the Duke
p in the near future.
Duke senior Glenn Coleman dons the honorary baskethead. Coleman led
the Duke student body in giving Michigan an unfriendly welcome in its
first road game of the season.
DUKE
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Michigan changed its defense."
With outside threat McCaffrey ic-
ing his foot on the bench, Fisher
opened the second half with a zone
defense that plugged Duke's low-
post scoring flow.
"I think Steve's move to the zone
was good. Our best shooter is out,"
Krzyzewski said. "I thought we
didn't race the ball down the court
like we should have."
Michigan cut the Blue Devil lead
to 10 points with 14:56 remaining
in the game. But Grant Hill helped
double the lead with six of his ca-
reer-high 19 points, upping the score
to 73-53 with 3:03 left.
However, the Wolverines closed
the game with a 13-1 run. In one
three-second span, Kirk Taylor
scored, stole the inbound, scored
again, and sank a free throw for five
of his 12 points.
"We made some dumb mistakes
in the last minute and a half of the
game," Krzyzewski said. "But it
doesn't take away from the overall
good defensive performance we had."
Krzyzewski did not take away
from the overall good defensive per-
formance Wolverine center Eric
Riley had, either.
"I was impressed with Riley -
he showed a lot of poise and disci-
pline," Krzyzewski said. "He's got
long arms and he doesn't foul you."
Riley posted 10 rebounds and
four blocks; he also established his
offensive prowess from outside the
paint, sinking foul-line jumpers all
afternoon. Riley finished with 17
points, garnering praise from Duke
center Christian Laettner.
"Eric's a good player," Laettner
said. "I didn't think he got the ball
enough. He probably could have
scored a lot more."-
"I felt I could hit anything,"
Riley said. "But in the second half I
couldn't even touch the ball - they
collapsed on me."
Rich McIver bolstered the front-
court in his first action for the
Wolverines. McIver finished with
six points and four rebounds, all of-
fensive, in seven minutes.
"McIver came off the bench and I
thought sparked them with some re-
ally good offensive rebounds,"
Krzyzewski said.
Fisher agreed. "They were
McIver's first minutes, and he proba-
bly should have gotten some be-
fore."
The Wolverine backcourt felt the
effects of Duke's press. Taylor,
Michael Talley, Demetrius Calip and
Tony Tolbert combined for 15
turnovers.
"Turnovers are important, but the
number of assists a team makes
against you, that tells you how
you're playing." Krzyzewski said.
"Michigan had six assists, and that's
good for us. They got a lot of points
from one-on-one moves and offen-
sive rebounds."
While Calip led all scorers with
23 points, he acknowledged the
guards' difficulty in controlling the
Michigan offense.
"We came out and didn't execute
too well," he said. "We let their
pressure dictate our offense.
"That happened all game," Taylor
agreed. "I think we learned we have
to be the aggressor."
However, Fisher took solace in
his team's performance. "I don't
think we'll see anybody that plays
better press than Duke," he said.
"That will certainly prepare us for
the Big Ten."
.
Michigan guard Kirk Taylor drives to the basket in the second half.
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