Page 4 -The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday - February 15,1993 Big Ten race narrows to one After loss to IU, Michigan rfocuses on NCAA tournament goals * by Ryan Herrington Daily Basketball WriterI BLOOMINGTON - An NCAA tournament atmosphere surrounded yesterday's clash between Michigan and Indiana. Yet after the 93-92I Hoosier victory, their second one- point triumph against Michigan this season, neither squad was willing to say that this game had large tournament ramifications. "You play the regular season, then you play the tournament dif- ferently," Indiana coach Bob Knight said. Knight explained how the tournament has changed from when he played at Ohio State in the early 1960s - an era where only eight teams were in the tournament field. "In 1960, we won the NCAA tournament very easily. We had a tough game with Western Kentucky but we still won rather easily. The best team in the country that year other than us was Indiana, but they were ineligible to go to the tournament. "The big change now is that Indiana would be in the tournament and so would anyone else who came on at the end of the year. You don't have to win anything to get in and I think that makes a helluva difference." Nevertheless, the early-week loss by no. 2 Kentucky and Saturday's loss by no. 3 Duke left thet Wolverines and Hoosiers to battle1 for the top spot in college hoops. While Indiana kept hold of its top NIYO' Continued from page 3] but then cautioned that he didn't "want to characterize if it was a big part or a small part."] "It was a part," he said suc- cinctly. Whatever that means. Much less cryptic, though, arej the underlying motives in the firing. Campanelli, who was 123-108 at Cal, wasn't winning enough games, it seems. The team is 10-7 and sixth - in the Pac-10 standings. That isn't good enough for some people.1 It isn't good enough because Campanelli has brought in top-notch spot and extended the nations longest home winning streak to 27 games the Hoosier players played down the hype. "The rankings are nothing but politics," Indiana all-American 'You don't have to win anything to get in and I think that makes a helluva difference.' - Bob Knight Indiana men's basketball coach Calbert Chaney said. "We aren't into politics, we've just got to play our style of ball." Despite Chaney's nonchalant recruiting classes the last two years. He has Jason Kidd, everybody's high school player of the year last season; starting at point guard. At Cal. Not some big-name basketball power. Not UCLA. Cal-Berkeley. Kidd chose Campanelli and Cal last spring. And now, for some strange reason, a 10-7 start for a team that was picked to finish fourth or fifth in the Pac-10 just isn't cutting it. Mind you, these are the same folKs who cheered when Campanelli in 1990 led Cal to its first NCAA tour unent -appearance since 1960. And this is a school whose greatest sports moment to date is a scatter- view, the Hoosiers have done very well against ranked opponents. Indiana is 10-2 against Top 25 teams, and is off to its start since 1987 - the Hoosiers most recent National Championship season. With the defeat, the Wolverines now find themselves three games out of first place in the Big Ten behind the Hoosiers, and Illinois, which has only two conference losses. With seven Big Ten games remaining Michigan will have to hope for divine intervention if it is to capture the conference crown. "Anything can happen as far as the Big Ten r. :goes, but I think after they got through the Penn State game and after they got through today's game, it's going to be tough to catch them," Michigan guard Jalen Rose said. "If Indiana does win the Big Ten title, then we're going for the goal (NCAAs)." As Rose pointed out, Michigan's season is far from over. "We're probably not in the Big Ten hunt anymore, but we still have a lot to look forward to down the road," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. Fisher needs look no further than last season to know that Michigan's excitement won't necessarily stop with yesterday's loss. "You always worry about how you'll react when you loss a game like this," Fisher said. "But you can't dwell on it, you must just say there's nothing we can do about it now." brained kickoff return against the mighty Stanford Marching Band. Ten wins against seven losses isn't goo enough? tybe it is more than that. Maybe there is more to the story. We nay never know. But I doubt it was much more than wins and losses. They said, when they gave him the boot last Monday night, that Campanelli was fired because the program wasn't heading in the right direction. The question is: Where are they going now? Michigan's Juwan Howard and Indiana's Calbert Cheaney struggle to gain control of the basketball yesterday in Bloomington. Once again, the Hoosiers beat Michigan by a single point. This time, Indiana won, 93-92, despite a comeback attempt by the Wolverines. CAGERS Continued from page 1 cutting the lead to six before once again fouling Bailey with 37 seconds remaining. Bailey again went 1-for-2 from the line and the Wolverines looked for another three-pointer on offense. Webber was once again called on, only this time he was fouled by Chris Reynolds, - allowing him to take three free throws with 31 seconds left. Webber missed the first - one of his seven misses from the charity .stripe - but made the next two, making the score 91-86. After trad- ing possessions, Michigan again fouled Indiana in the backcourt. Calbert Cheaney, the Hoosiers' lead- ing scorer for the season and an 81 percent shooter from the line, missed both his chances, allowing the Wolverines to set up their offense. Jimmy King launched his own three- pointer to cut the score to 91-89 with five seconds on the clock. In a final last-ditch effort, Rob Pelinka fouled Brian Evans with two ticks remaining. Evans, who scored a career-high 17 points, canned both his shots. As time expired, Webber took a desperation three and hit it from the top of the key, making the final 93-92. "It was simply too little too late," Fisher said dejectedly after the game. "It was a good stretch, but I don't care if I would have made 30 points in nine seconds and we lost by one," Webber said. He led the Wolverines in scoring with 23. Throughout the game Michigan was on target from outside the three- point line. The Wolverines used the long-range shot to mount an early 27-14 lead. "I thought we did a good job of not taking the outside shot the first time we had an open one," Fisher said. "We explored the inside first." For the game, Michigan hit 12 of 22 three-pointers for a season-high 55 percent mark. "Their three-point shooting was excellent," Knight said. "I would not under any circumstances want to play Michigan again if they were shooting like that." The Hoosiers foreshadowed their late comeback when they went on an 11-3 run in the final four minutes of the first half, allowing them to enter the lockerroom only two points 'We never gave up, but we just didn't make the plays when we had to.' - Steve Fisher Michigan coach down despite the 60 percent first- half shooting of the Wolverines. "I thought the first point for us and the most important point of all, was the group of players we had on the floor at the end of the first half," Knight said. "We were 11 points down and we went into the lockerroom down two." The Hoosiers came out with two quick buckets in the second half to take their first lead of the game, 48- 46, before Michigan's long-range bombers reclaimed the lead. DAVIDOFF Continued from page 1 I tried to find a silver lining in this cloud of a game. I really did. But if the Wolverine players say that the last-minute comeback didn't soothe the wound, then the last- minute comeback didn't soothe the wound. Michigan considers itself a big-time squad, but it comes out of this one looking more like Pat Sajak than Letterman, Leno or Koppel. Life's been better period. The End. MICHIGAN (92) FG FT Rob. Min. M-A M-A O-T A F Pts. Webber 33 8-14 4-11 3-11 6 3 23 Jackson 21 6-10 1-3 1-2 2 5 13 Howard 32 5-8 5-5 0-5 0 4 15 Rose 31 4-9 4-4 1-2 3 5 14 King 35 6-9 00 2-4 6 1 16 Pelinka 18 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 4 6 Voskuil 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 Riley 14 1-2 0-0 2-3 1 3 2 Talley 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Fife 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 33-57 14-23 10-30 21 29 92 FG%- .579. FT%- .609. Three-point goals: 12-22, .545 (King 4-6, Webber 3-5, Rose 2-4, Pelinks 2-3, Voskuil 1-1, Howard 0-1, Jackson 0- 1, Talley 0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocks: 3 (Jackson, King, Webber). Turnovers: 14 (Webber 5, Rose 3, King 2, Riley 2, Talley, Voskuil). Steals: 3 (Webber 2, Rose). Technical fouls: none. INDIANA (93) FG FT Rob. Min. M-A M-A O-T A F Pts. Cheaney 36 7-17 5-7 4-9 4 2 20 Henderson 29 4-11 4-7 6-8 0 1 12 Nover 33 8-11 4-5 5-8 0 2 20 Graham 29 6-9 2-2 2-2 2 4 16 Bailey 21 0-2 4-6 1-3 2 2 4 Reynolds 18 0-0 0-1 0-2 3 2 0 Evans 28 4-11 6-10 0-2 1 3 17 Leary 4 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 Knight 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 31-64 25-38 20-38 13 17 93 FG%- .484. FT%- .658. Three-point goals: 6-12,_500 (Evans 3-6, Graham 2-3, Cheaney 1- 2, Henderson 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocks: 1 (Graham). Turnovers: 9 (Cheaney 2, Henderson 2, Nover 2, Bailey, Evans, Reynolds). Steals: 4 (Evans 2, Graham, Reynolds). Technical fouls: none. Michigan ................ 46 46 - 92 Indiana .................. 44 49 - 93 At Assemble Hall; A-17,269 (paid) 0 0 Robinson's 42 1ead Purdue past Wisconsin, 90-87 Associated Press Glenn Robinson scored 42 points and blocked a potential game-tying shot in the final seconds as Purdue beat Wisconsin, 90-87, in double overtime Saturday. Robinson, the Big Ten's leading chance to win the game in the final seconds. Wisconsin had the ball with the score tied at 79, but committed a turnover with .7 seconds remaining. Purdue got off a final shot by Wad- dell, a three-pointer that bounced off good. It went in and I had a feeling." Northwestern 67, Penn State 58 Kevin Rankin scored 22 points and Pat Baldwin added 18 as host Northwestern won its first Big Ten game. The Wildcats snapped a nine- game losing streak, while the Nit- { -~