What Big Ten men's basketball team has an all-time winning record against every other conference team? (For answer, see page 2) Xxi. ~Jheitbi~izw zthI N1DA Q&A B lame it on Niyo Men's Basketball Hockey Women's Basketball Swimming Indoor Track Wrestling Men's Gymnastics Men's Volleyball 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 .Purdue proves to be a turkey, 84 -76 Heart; not heroics, lifts Inlired cagers Considering the results of yesterday's Michigan men's basketball game, an 84-76 victory over Purdue, perhaps you were expecting me to say something like this: The Wolverines overcame great adversity yesterday, and led by a terrific effort from their injured stars -Ray Jackson and Chris Webber - defeated Purdue, 84-76. While fellow injured player James Voskuil rested and did not play, the Wolverines showed their character by not letting the difficult circumstances interfere with their per- Adam formance. Miller Sorry. I won't say that. For one, it's clich6, and therefore empty. How many times have you read a story like that before? Hundreds, I'm sure. Every one of those stories is the same, and likeatypicaltelevision sitcom or supermarket tabloid, all are more style (a heroic or sob story) than sub- stance (about the players themselves). Furthermore, stories like that just aren't necessary. The players didn't necessarily act superhuman, heroically, or against an impossible situation; they did what they had to do to keep playing. An elbow in the face. A mask. A sore shoulder. The game continues. Listen to Chris Webber: "It's not extraordinary to keep playing," he said. "I'm not I going to stop from this. Nothing is going to stop me from playing, unless it's something like a leg or a hip. Something minor isn't going to stop me; you just gotta have heart." OK, so that's a clich6, too. But it's appropriate. There's a difference between dealing with your difficul- ties and working through them, as these players have, and being a superhero. The first is reality. The second is a myth. See MILLER, Page 4 'M' team effort does in scrappy Boilermakers by Ken Davidoff Daily Basketball Writer In their heyday, The Doors were ravaged by strife because JimMorrison's bandmates resented all the notice the curly-haired lead vocalist received. But at least the group released memorable albums that will be cherished for all time. The Purdue Boilermakers (4-5 in the Big Ten, 13-5 overall) also have a problem with sharing the glory. But this lack of noticeable production proved to be fatal in their 84-76 loss to Michigan (7-2, 18-3). Forwards Glenn Robinson and Cuonzo Martin combined for 53 of their team's points, over two-thirds of the total 76.. On the contrary, the Wol- verines spread the wealth, as four play- ers tallied double figures. "We can't have one guy taking 20 shots a game because we're so bal- anced," Michigan forward Chris Webber, whocontributed 14points, said. "But they need those two guys to step up, and they did." The Wolverines insisted, however, that they did not intend to let Robinson and Martin "do their thing" and concen- trate on stopping the rest of the Boiler- makers. "We didn't want to let Robinson get 30 points or whatever he had on us today," assistant coach Brian Dutcher said. "But he played a great game. He was in his rhythm, and once he gets in his rhythm it's tough to stop him. But we didn't say, 'Let's go in the game and let Glenn get his 30.' We want to shut everybody down." "We wanted to guard everybody, including Glenn Robinson," Michigan coach Steve Fisher added. Jimmy King led the way with 24 points, with Juwan Howard scoring 18 and Jalen Rose 12. But defense took over center stage. After running off an 8-0 run to take a 16-8 lead Michigan, who should rise in the national polls in light of Cincinnati and Kansas losses over the weelend, never allowed the Boilermakers to come closer than five points. "I thought their defense in the first five minutes really toqk us out of our game," Purdue coach Gene Keady said. "That was really the difference in the game." "I pretty much thought we were in control the whole way," Rose said. Indeed, even the most astute of bas- ketball scholars would be hard-pressed to pick out a turning point in the contest. Instead, every Michigan dunk served to dig deeper the Boilermakers' grave. King picked off an errant Martin pass and took ithome authoritatively to punc- tuate a 17-2 Michigan rally in the first half to make it 25-10, while Webber's windmill slam at 13:52 of the second half completed a 12-4 Michigan run to make it 68-55 that forced Keady to call a time out. In a rare display of emotion, the Crisler Arena crowd managed to make a difference in the contest. Although neither the "SAT" chants nor the bizarre See PURDUE, Page 4 Juwan Howard struggles to control the ball during yesterday's game vs. Purdue lcers fail to third with 4-3 Marmimmu loss i by Brett Forrest Daily Hockey Writer ja rt of St Mike Stone takes one Controversial overtime goal puts end to dreams of weekend sweep after impressive victory over Ohio State by Brett Forrest Daily Hockey Writer OXFORD - It was a tale of two different games for the Michigan hockey team this weekend. Friday at the Ohio State Ice Rink, Michigan waltzed to a 10-1 victory. Saturday at Miami's Goggin Ice Arena, the Wolverines were handed a 4-3 overtime defeat. In Oxford, Michigan faced its tough- esttestof the season. Trailing first-place Miami (19-6-3 overall; 17-2-3 CCHA) by onepointin the league standings and one goal entering the third period, the Wolverines needed to come up big. Going into Saturday's game, Michigan was pointless when trailing after two periods (0-3). They did come up big, pelting Redskin goalie Richard Shulmistra with 17 shots in that period. With under 12:00 left in the final stanza, Michigan center Mark Ouimet worked feverishly behind the Miami net to dig the puck out and fed left wing Dave Roberts in the right circle. At the 7:48 mark, Roberts slid a backhand shot past Shulmistra low on the far side to tie the score at two. With 9:00 left in the third period, the line of Roberts, Ouimet and Mike Stone was mucking it up in the offensive corners. Roberts worked for the puck and, through a crowd of players, fed Stone who was sitting in the goalmouth to the left of Shulmistra. The pass hit Stone's stick as the open net yawned. He did not get enough wood on his one- time shot and the puck slid away harm- defenseman Bobby Marshall whoan- ticipated the move and stole the disk. Marshall fed center Brian Savage who smoked his 24th goal of the season up high past goalie Steve Shields from the right circle. "I fanned on the dump-in," Ward said. "I wasplaying high. It wasn'tgood having me do that with only one defenseman back." That could have been all for Michi- gan. But :55later, center Brian Wiseman won an offensive left circle draw to right wing Mike Knuble at the top of the circle. Knuble fired his shot past Shulmistra low to the far side. "(Assistant coach) Mel (Pearson) wanted me to go through with it on the forehand,"Wiseman said. "ButI'd been beating those guys (on faceoffs) all night. I thought I'd bring it back to Knuble." "We lost the draw, there was'a big scramble," Shulmistra said. "I moved out. I heard his stick hit the ice and I felt it hit my stick. I looked back and it was in the net. There was nothing I could do about it. Wipe it away and face the next shot." The teams remained tied at three for the rest of regulation time. Michigan tookarecordof0-0-3 in overtime games into the extra period of what was possi- bly the most important game of the season. One minute into the overtime, it was all over. Miami's Jason Mallon, a fourth- line sophomore right wing, received a pass from linemate Kevyn Adams in the slot. He moved in on Shields and shot it off the crossbar. The puck slammed down off the crossbar and may or may not have gone over the goaline. The goaljudge was late in turning on the red light-no one was certain. It did not matter. The referees signaled a goal and Miami beat Michigan for the first tie inAt~,C*1hiA rntfe1Q'7_SQ This guy does not drink Perrier. He is not wowed by the stylings of Versace. You won't find him tooling around town in an Aston Martin. Stone is not attracted by the exces- sive, the outrageous - he wants it cut and dried. Mike Stone is not graced with great size, amazing speed or absurd puck-handling ability. However, he is capable in every aspect of the game - and when he comes to the rink, he comes to work. If there is a battle in the corner, expect Stone to knock around some bodies. If there is a race to the puck, expect him to win it. If a penalty needs to be killed, expect him to kill it. With Stoney, there's no quarter asked, none given. Stone, a native of Utica, Mich., played for Detroit's vaunted Compuware club during his minor hockey days. He then took his talents to the North American Junior Hockey League to play for the Detroit Junior Red Wings. In 1989-90, Stone was a second- team all-league left wing, Most Valuable Player of his team and a 119 point scorer. While with the Junior Wings, Stone attended Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights. He earned two varsity letters playing baseball there and was an all-league and all-Catholic selection as well. In his final season of junior hockey, Stone was courted by Illinois-Chicago, Ferris State and Lake Superior State. He had scholarship offers from UIC and FSU, and if he had played another year of juniors, from LSSU also. He no prisoners on ice out, but when we told them what happened, they let us slide. So my brother started off leading us in the wrong direction." Stone stayed in school and played in all but two of Michigan's games in his rookie season. With Don as co-captain, the team had its best year since the NCAA champi- onship season of 1964 and made it to the NCAA quarterfinal round. Mike played on the fourth line with senior Jim Bailantine and freshman Dave Wright, racking up 18 points on eight goals and 10 assists. He also saw time on the penalty-killing unit. "We had never played on the same team before, because he's three years older," Stone said of his brother. "I got to know Don in a different way. I saw how he acted around other people. I got to know his friends real well. (Playing on the team with Don) was a big deal for my parents - my mom loved it." In the 1990 Great Lakes Invita- tional at Joe Louis Arena, Don assisted on a goal by Mike in a game against Michigan Tech. It was a dream come true for Mrs. Stone. "One thing I always wanted was for them to score a goal together," Nancy Stone said. "Having the boys play together was my biggest thing. It was a great thrill." His freshman season was a definite transition for Stone. After scoring 56 goals for the Junior Wings, he had to take on a different role under coach Red Berenson at Michigan. He found himself setting up shop in the corners for the season. "I understood that coming here," Stone said. "I led my team in scorine in Jurnior. I knew I wasn't T icttithrP s 5fririt 11 Aint-h 1 S&S u;'c tiftici1t P-rio~r to i entatin.