'M' football ticket prices may rise Last night, Michigan's Board In Control of Intercollegiate Athletics voted 9-1 to recommend an increase in football ticket prices. The increase would offset escalating expenditures caused primarily by risingtuition costsfor scholarship athletes. An increase of $2 per ticket would generate $2.4 million over three years. Athletic Director Joe Roberson will take the board's suggestion to University President James Duderstadt for further consideration. 11 Friday February 23, 1996 11 1 11 Wolverines blue again as Lions roll Penn State goesfrom pretender contender under Jerry Dunn to TATE COLLEGE - Wel- come to Advanced Basketball 417; I'm Professor Jerry Dunn. Some of you may know me as the first-year head basketball coach at the Pennsylvania State University. Others may have heard of me on ESPN, where Dick Vitale, pondering his choice for national coach of the year, replied lassachusetts' John Calipari and then rry Dunn." So Vitale thinks I'm the country's best= coach who isn't unde- feated and ranked No. 1. Enough J!$ yammering - BRENT let's dive MINTO H 0aight into McIntosh today's topic: Classics How to build a contender out of a program known for also-rans. Here's the situation: I walked into a program that was on the upswing, no question. When head coach Bruce Parkhill stepped down last fall, I - his long-time assistant - was handed the ins of a team that had experienced ayers, a brand-new arena opening this season and a 1995 NIT consolation championship trophy to show off. We also had, however, a reputation as a doormat in the Big Ten, no Wooden Award candidates and a school that really wishes some of our power forwards would concentrate on a sport that mattered. For example, football. Or football. Or maybe football. *A certain Michigan Daily columnist - the Scottish one - even went so far as to say that my team would be lucky to be .500 in the conference. How is it, then, that my team is 10-4 in the Big Ten, undefeated in non- conference play and ranked No. 14 in the country? Like I'm going to tell you, so you can tell everyone else ... Seriously, though, it's not that difficult. Put in a couple dozen consecutive 90-hour work-weeks and follow these simple steps: Lesson No. 1: Beat the teams you should beat. That means you have to win every game against Northwestern, Wisconsin and the like. You cannot afford any letdowns, or you will be back in the cellar. Once you're consistently beating the teams that shouldn't beat you, you can concentrate on winning against the teams on your talent level. You're not going to beat Michigan every time - but if you split with them and don't lose to Wisconsin like the Wolverines did, then you have them a game in the hole. Next lesson: Defend the home court. We haven't lost in State College in 16 games dating back to last year. That's six games in our new home, the 15,000-seat Bryce Jordan Center, and 10 in musty, old Rec Hall. It's like I said after we beat Michi- gan, 67-57, yesterday in our place: "In the Big Ten you've got to win your home games and steal some on the road." That's the way Indiana and Purdue do it; that's the way I'm going to do it. Lesson No. 3: Set goals, and set them high. Concentrate on every game, but don't be satisfied with winning against Michigan or Purdue - look to the macro-level picture. Again, quoting myself: "Right now we've still got some things to do. I'll take a minute to enjoy it in May." Final lesson: Get the fans involved. The new arena we just built has nothing inherently more intimidating about it than any other Big Ten homecourt. In fact, it's a much easier place for opponents to play than Rec Hall was, because that place let fans get right in opponents' faces, right on the court. We did the right thing, though, when Solid effort for naught as 'M' falls again, 67-57 By Michael Rosenberg Daily Sports Writer STATE COLLEGE - In its first visit to Penn State's spanking new home, the Michigan men's basketball team looked like it would give the Nittany Lions something new - a home spanking. Then something unfortunate happened to the Wolverines - the second half. Michigan jumped out to a 34-28 halftime lead last night, largely by shooting well (50 percent) and playing good defense (Penn State shot just 41 percent). It looked like the crowd of 14,917 would see the Nittany Lions fall for the first time in six games at the Bryce Jordan Center. Then came the final 20 minutes, and Penn State (10-4 Big Ten, 19-4 overall) looked like the 14th-ranked team it is. The Nittany Lions hustled. They played defense. They hit shots. They limited Michigan to just 34.8 percent from the field. They torced the Wolverines into 11 second-half turnovers and gave the ball up just three times themselves. "We came to play," Michigan forward Willie Mitchell said. "We played good. Penn State just played better in the second half." So Michigan got an "A" for effort. Penn State got a "W." "If we would have lost, it would have been tough," said Penn State guard Pete Lisicky, whose team had lost two in a row before last night. "It was a big game for us. Every game is a goal for us to win it. But we look at every game as a steppingstone to March." If the Wolverines keep losing, it will be tough - and March will feature those three dreaded letters. N.I.T. Michigan dropped to 16-10 with the loss, including a 6-7 mark in the conference. The Wolverines need to win at least three - and possibly four -of their last five games to make the NCAA Tournament. "We're going to have to be 9-9 (in the conference)," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "That would give us 19 wins. We'll just have to see from there." Michigan is not likely to grab hold of an NCAA bid if it can't hold onto the ball. That was a major problem against Penn State. Fisher started three guards -- Travis Conlan, Louis Bullock and Dugan Fife - to steady the team offen- sively. It didn't quite work out as Fisher had hoped. "We had 14 turnovers between me, Lou and Dugan," said Conlan, who had five. "You can't have that." You certainly can't have that ifyour leading scorer, Maurice Taylor, is going to score exactly two points on nine shots. "We have to get more production out of our inside guys," said Taylor, who denied that the Wolverines were tired. "That wasn't fatigue. That was confusion." See PENN STATE, Page 12 -- ------------------ - --- MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily See McINTOSH, Page 12 Albert White and the Wolverines couldn't wrestle a victory away from Penn State, falling 67-57. Michigan enters stretch run with matches against Eastern, No. 9 Indiana By Jennifer Hodulik Daily Sports Writer After a tour de force week of practice, the Michigan wrestling team will huff and puff its way into its final two dual meets of the season Sunday. While the No. 13 Wolverines (5-2-1 Big Ten, 10-5-1 overall) are certainly not overlooking No. 9 Indiana (5-0 Big Ten, 14-1 overall) and Eastern Michigan, the season's focus now clearly rests on the Big Ten Championships. Michigan coach Dale Bahrdetailed the heavy practice load ich now includes two-a-day sessions. "We want to overwork for the next two weeks before one week of taper," Bahr said. "We're primarily concerned with getting people ready for the Big Ten Championships." The Hoosiers will provide yet another hurdle to clear, however, as they come into Cliff Keen Arena undefeated in the Big Ten. The Wolverines are riding a four-meet winning streak of their own, and are no strangers to ranked competition. Bahr noted that, despite the gleaming record, Indiana is just one of the many good teams in a balanced Big Ten conference. "Just like us, they haven't blown anybody out," Bahr said. "We'd like to win our last Big Ten meet." Indiana's best wrestlers will test the Wolverines across the spectrum of weight classes, but perhaps the best matchup will pit Michigan's No. 10 Bill Lacure against No. 5 Andy Trevino at 150 pounds. Lacure will be challenged again by Eastern Michigan's No. 12 Ramico Blackman, about five hours later. At 190, senior Wolverine Lanre Olibisi will have his hands full with No. 13 Ben Nachtrieb of Indiana. Olibisi played a critical role in last weekend's come-from-behind upset of Minnesota. Freshman Jeff Reese (142) will look for his first Big Ten victory against a formidable opponent in No. 3 Hoosier "We're primarily concerned with getting ready for the Big Ten Championships." -- Dale Bahr Michigan wrestling coach Roger Chandler. Freshman Chris Viola's match at 118 against Derick Moskovic will also be significant in terms of Big Ten Championship seedings. Michigan will expect the same solid competition Sunday from its ranked wrestlers that has propelled the team through- out the season. Third-ranked Jeff Catrabone will look to go undefeated in the Big Ten at 158, with a victory over No. 17 Brooke Hoerr. Catrabone (36-4) is closing in on records for wins in a season and is currently on a 16-game winning streak. Fifth-ranked Jesse Rawls Jr. (26-5) has been a reliable performer all season and will face a quality opponent in Indiana's Ryan Edmondson at 177 Sunday. As the season comes down to the wire, No. 7 Airron Richardson has performed well in securing Michigan victo- ries throughout the stretch run. Eastern Michigan will provide a breatlrof fresh air for the Wolverines, who have not met an unranked foe since Central Michigan eight meets ago. 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