Men's Basketball at Penn State Tomorrow, 7 p.m. State College SPORTS Wrestling at Michigan State Tomorrow, 7 p.m. East Lansing Th ichian.ail Tusda, Blue spikers fall in 46a 4 g4 .. .4. BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK For what it's worth, Hoosiers shoot worse by Ken Davidoff Daily Basketball Writer BLOOMINGTON - Looking for something salvageable from Michi- gan's 93-92 loss to Indiana on Sunday? How about the fact that the Wolverines limited the Hoosiers to .484 shooting? Well, it probably doesn't help that much, but it does mark an improvement from the previous Michigan-Indiana contest, when the Hoosiers shot .552. This marked the highest percentage of any opponent all year. "They came in and shot tough shots," Michigan center Juwan Howard said of the first game. "They shot well from the field. No team has shot that well against us because we have played so much intense defense that we have made teams shoot under 50." The Wolverines remain 0-1 in games in which they allow their opponent to shoot over 50 percent. AND SPEAKING OF SHOOTING: The Wolverines shot at a .579 clip, tying their Big Ten season high set against at Purdue at Crisler Arena on Feb. 7. They set their season high - .641 - at the Palace of Auburn' Hills on Dec. 19 against Iowa State. Michigan also set its season record of 22 three-point shot attempts in one game. ARE YOU SURE THOSE ARE FREE?: Michigan has been plagued by free throw problems throughout the year, and Sunday's game was no exception. The Wolverines converted 14-of-23 free throw opportunities, only a .609 success rate. The Hoosiers did not do much better, converting 25 of 38 attempts for a .658 clip. Prior to the Indiana matchup, Michigan had been shooting .683 in the Big Ten and .644 for the year. SHINY HAPPY PERSON: Who was that white-haired gentleman with the red sweater and considerable gut extolling praise on his players? Why, it was none other than Indiana coach Bob Knight. Known more for his profanity-laced diatribes than his praise, The General had only good things to say about his squad. "When we went into the lead, I thought our defense was pretty good," he said. "This was obviously an excellent win against a great team. "We have won some games this season that we would not have won in the past," he added. "The team has gotten a lot tougher." PINE PRODUCTION: Michigan's bench has received a lot of attention this year, but Indiana's reserves got the job done Sunday. The -Hoosier quartet of Chris Reynolds, Brian Evans, Todd Leary and Pat Knight contributed 50 solid minutes of play and 21 points. The Wolverines' tandem of Rob Pelinka, James Voskuil, Eric Riley, Michael Talley and Dugan Fife could only chip in 11 points for their team's cause. "I was very pleased with the play off the bench," Knight said. "Everyone contributed to the win." THERE'S A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING: Before Sunday's game, you could confidently forecast the Wolverines' destiny by checking the halftime score. If they had the lead, they were guaranteed victors; Michigan had an 18-0 record when winning at the half. Indiana put that streak in check, as it trailed, 46-44, at the half. Incidentally, Michigan holds a 1-2 record when trailing at the half and 0-1 when tied. UNMASKED: Webber played without his mask for the first time since North-Sou by Jeremy Strachan Daily Sports Writer Sometimes, size and stature mean everything. This was displayed last weekend by the Tennessee men's volleyball team. The Volunteers muscled past Michigan in the quarterfinal round en route to the North-South Tour- nament championship at the Univer- sity of Kentucky. Tennessee won the 24-team tournament with sheer strength and power. The Volunteers' two middle blockers were both over six-foot- three and made it very difficult for teams like the Wolverines to score consistently. "Their middles were just huge," Michigan coach Pam Griffin said. "And the rest of the team just passed everything we served. They were very good." Michigan State, Ohio State and Illinois also represented the Big Ten and all four members advanced to the final eight of the tournament. Those four teams are all expected to contend for the conference title. In preliminary play, Michigan finished second in its pool behind Tennessee. One of the Wolverines' victories was a two-game triumph over Illinois. "In the first game we were down 14-7 and came back one point at a time and ended up taking it. 16-14," outside hitter Mike Rubin said. "In the second game we were down again 14-7 and came back and won that one, too. They were a little sur- prised. I've never seen a team lose th tourney two close games like that in a match. We must have had six, seven, or eight side outs that game." A few days prior to the tourna- ment, the Illini had beaten Big Ten favorite Michigan State. After finishing pool play, the Wolverines advanced to face Al- abama in the preliminary round of the playoffs. 'This is definitely our best performance this season. We're peaking at the right time.' - Mike Rubin Michigan volleyball player "We lost the first game and came back to win the next two," Rubin said. "We won 15-13 in the rally game. I thought we played incredi- bly good. We took it one step at a time, pass, set, hit. This is definitely our best performance this season. We're peaking at the right time." "Our level of play picked up at every stage of our game," Griffin said. "We seemed to start out slug- gish in every game, but overall we played very well." The Wolverines are looking for- ward to spring break to heal some of their injuries and prepare for the up- coming tournaments in March. Start- ing middle blocker Soren Juul has been out with ankle problems and several other team members have nagging minor injuries. Only ten players were present last weekend in Lexington. 1 0 0 DOUGLASKANTER/Daily Steve Fisher barks instructions to Michael Talley Sunday at Indiana. he broke his nose on Jan. 18. Michigan coach Steve Fisher said that Webber had visited the doctor late last week, and he had been informed that the nose was "Ninety plus percent healed." Voskuil continued to don his mask after breaking his nose at Iowa on Jan. 31. Using the heavily unscientific assumption that Webber's and Voskuil's noses heal at a similar rate, Voskuil should be tossing his shield for the Wolverines' game at Ohio State Feb. 28. TREAT US LIKE THE KINGS WE ARE: To the dismay of the media traveling with the Wolverines, Indiana's press room did not offer any pre- game food. Not even water. Writers tried to soothe themselves with the belief that surely the Indiana culinary staff was working diligently on a halftime delight. But when the first half ended, the corps flocked into the press center to see absolutely nothing. Renowned Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom looked as though his dog had just run away. Media types actually purchased eats with their own money at the game, an event unheard of among reporters. "If I invite you to my house, I at least offer you a Coke," veteran Detroit News columnist Joe Falls complained. Place 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Team Indiana Illinois Michigan Purdue Wisconsin Michigan St. Minnesota Iowa Ohio St. Penn St. Northwestern Record 10-0 8-2 8-3 6-5 5-5 5-6 5-6 3-5 4-7 1-9 1-9 Overall 22-2 15-7 19-4 15-5 12-7 13-7 13-7 14-6 11-9 6-13 6-13 GB 2 2.5 4.5 5 5.5 '5.5 6 6.5 9 9 01 _____j - 15 MirAlt iFe Tbnches Y Vo r lunch sev in 15 m utes orit's REEF 15-Minute Lun offerodom SEARCH Continued from page 1 ure out what I'm looking for." Conspicuously absent from the search committee roster, however, are coaches from Michigan sports. Despite their formal absence from the committee, though, coaches con- tacted yesterday said they were not particularly concerned. "I don't think that will be a big problem," football coach Gary Moeller said. "I'm sure there will be coaches' input. It would be hard to put one coach on (the committee) because we have very different in- terests." Women's swimming coach Jim Richardson agreed with Moeller. "Well, I think it would have been nice to have a coach on the commit- tee," Richardson said. "But through- out the process, I'm sure coaches will have the opportunity to inter- view some of the candidates." Richardson, who chaired the search committee that selected the associate athletic director for wom- en's sports last year, said he could see how not having coaches on the committee level could be both good and bad, but said he was sure coaches would have enough input. 11:30 - 2:00 "The committee will pick the type of athletic director, specifically the philosophy, that we're looking for," Richardson said. "The athletic department has built up a philosophy with Jack (Weidenbach) and (Asso- ciate Athletic Director) Peggy (Bradley-Doppes). "I think that's the philosophy Duderstadt is looking for," he said. Bradley-Doppes, who was chosen last year by the committee Richard- son chaired, said the criteria for the candidate will be appropriate to the importance of the job. "This is the number one position in the country," Bradley-Doppes said. "Michigan knows what it wants and what it needs." Womack would not elaborate on the specific categories the committee will be looking for, but he did offer more general guidelines. "I would guess that the commit- tee would search for the person best able to do the job, who would rec- ognize Michigan's tradition for ex- cellence in athletics and concern about playing within the rules - ev- erything that makes Michigan spe- cial." - Daily editors Josh Dubow and Melissa Peerless contributed to this report. This week's games Tuesday. Feb. 16 Ohio St. at Iowa, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 17 Michigan at Penn St., 7 p.m. Northwestern at Michigan St., 8 p.m. Illinois at Indiana, 8 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18 Wisconsin at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20 Minnesota at Michigan, 3 p.m. Illinois at Penn St., 1 p.m. Wisconsin at Ohio St., 8 p.m. Iowa at Northwestern, 8 p.m. Sunday.Fe b.21 Purdue at Indiana, 2:45 p.m. Discount tickets available for season ticket holders . Open Mon - Sat 11:30 am to 2 am " 21 & 310 S. Maynard " Ann Arbor, MI 48103 " over after 8 pm (313) 995-0100 Hey Greeks: ALL TOGETHER NOW!! FOR THE BEST: from staff reports University of Michigan student hockey season ticket holders can re- serve their regular season seat loca- tion for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Play- offs. Tickets can be reserved in per- son at the Michigan Athletic Ticket Department or by phone (764-0247) with MasterCard or Visa. The dead- line to reserve your seat for the playoffs is February 19. After a special request from the Michigan Athletic Department, the CCHA has agreed to permit Univer- sity of Michigan students with sea- son tickets to purchase their playoff tickets at a discounted rate of $5.00 per game. In the past, students were required to pay the full amount ($9.00) for CCHA playoff tickets. If you want to attend the first round games but do not have season tickets, you can purchase tickets at the normal rates of $9.00 for sideline reserved and $6.00 for seats behind the goals. The Wolverines will open the CCHA playoffs Friday, March 12 against an opponent not yet known. The series will be the best two-of- three games. Game two will be played on March 13, and if neces- sary, the final contest will take place that Sunday. Last season, Michigan began its drive to the CCHA championship game with a series sweep of Ohio State, defeating the Buckeyes 4-2 and 9-4. 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