10 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 6, 2000 FINAL AP FOOTBALL POLL Associated Press Top 25, Jan. 5 (first-place votes in parentheses) Team 1. Florida State (70) 2. Virginia Tech 3. Nebraska 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan 6. Kansas State 7. Michigan State 8. Alabama 9. Tennessee 10. Marshall 11. Penn State 12. Florida 13. Mississippi State Rec. 12-0 11-1 12-1 10-2 10-2 11-1 10-2 10-3 9-3 13-0 10-3 9-4 10-2 Pts. 1,750 1,647 1,634 1,519 1,406 1,402 1,357 1,236 1,168 1,136 1,033 941 923 788 678 640 575 452 358 345 340 281 272 201 198 Prey. 1 2 3 4 8 7 9 5 6 11 13 10 15 16 23 21 24 12 17 14 18 19 FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PTS Jones - 30 5-10 0-1. 1-1 1 2 11 Blanchard 12 0-4 1-2 2-6 1 S5 I Asselin 25 >2-5 3-A 3-6 1 1 7 Crawford 30 4-11 2-2 02 1 4 12 Gaines 34 711 0.2.3-4 2 3 15 Taylor 2 0-1 2-2> 0-0 0 1 2 Groninger 22 3-7 2-2 00 3 1 9 Smith 28 1-5 7-10 2-11 3 1 9 Young 4 0 0 0-0 0-0 01 0. Vignier 13 1-4 0-1 0-1 0 0 2 Totals 200 23-58 17-261435 12 19 68 FG%: 397 FT. .654 3-point FG: 5-18,.278 (Crawford 2-5, Gaines 1-3, Jones 1-4, Groninger 1-4, Blanchard 0- 1, Smith 0- 1) Blocks:;7 (Asselin 3, Jones, Smith, Young Vignier). Steals: 8 (Smith 3, Crawford 2, Jones, Banchard, Gaines). Turnovers: 18 (Smith 5, Crawford 4, Gaines 4, Jones 2, Blanchard, Asselin, Young). Technical Fouls, none. MINNESOTA (85) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A -T A F PTS Sickerstaff 27 3-7 1-2 4-S 1 3 7 Rychart .'14 47 2-2 3-5 1 3 10 Przybilla 33 8-11 0-1 2-11 4 4 16 Burieson 20 5-12 2-2 0-2 1 3 12 Simmons 34 2-9 1-3 1-4 6 1 5 Sinville 17 5-9 2-4- 6-8 0 1 12 Ohnstad 24 5-8 1-2 2-6 3 1 12 Keating 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Wldenborg 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Schilling 13 1-3 2-2 0-0 2 1 4 Bauer 10 3-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 7 Aune 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 200 36-72 11-1821-47 21 21 85 FG: .500 FT%:.611 3-point FG: 2-11, 182 (Bauer 1-1, Ohnstad 1-2, Bureson 0-5, Simmons 0-2, Schilling 0-1), Blocks:. 6 (Sinville 3, Simmons 2, Pr billa) Steals: 12 (Bickerstaff 3, Simmons 2, Ohnstad2, Rychart, Przybilia, Burleson, Schilling, Bauer). Turnovers: 14 Mychart Bickerstaff 2, Przybilla 2, Burleson 2, Schilling 2, Simmons, Ohnstad). Technical Fouls: none. Michigan............_27 41 - 68 Minnesota ........42 55 - 85 At: Williams Arena Attendance; 13,903 Continued from Page 9 game, not power forwards. Otherwise, what happened last night will happen repeatedly throughout this Big Ten season - opponents will pick the best size mismatch - most likely Blanchard against fill-in-the-blank - and pound the ball in continuously until Michigan gives up and doubles down. Vignier doesn't get enough credit for his defensive effort. He has well-docu- mented problems on the offensive end, and he is limited in that respect. Still, with the guards and Asselin handling most of the scoring, Vignier wouldn't necessarily be required to pour in 15 points. Defensively, Vignier is sound. When Asselin sat on the bench with four fouls against Georgia Tech, it was Vignier who quietly rode the storm against Alvin Jones and Jason C'ollier. Michigan won that game, in case anyone has forgotten. Ellerbe is correct in saying the reason Michigan lost was because of a lack of execution. But every win can't be 98-84 - there has to be some defense amidst all that fast-break flash. If Ellerbe thinks his lineup problems will go away by resetting the scoreboard to 0-0 this Saturday against Purdue, then he's in for his first 0-2 Big Ten start as Michigan coach. - Chris Duprey can he reached via e-mail at cduprevd4umich.edu. Team W LrWncL Indiana 1 0 11 1 Minnesota 1 0 9 2 Michigan State- 1 0 10 4 Iowa 1 0 7 5 Ohio State- 0 0. 8 2 Illinois0 0 0 8 3 Purdue 0 0 9 4 Michigan 0 1 9 3 Penn State 0} 1 . 8 .4 Wisconsin 0 1 8 5 Northwestern ' 0 1 4 8 Last night's results: MINNESOTA 85, Michigan 68 MICHIGAN STATE 76, Penn State 63 Iowa 58, NORTHWESTERN 52 INDIANA 71, Wisconsin 67 Frosh in disarray as Gophers coast to win 14. Southern Mississippi 9-3 15. Miami (Fla.) 16. Georgia 17. Arkansas 18. Minnesota 19. Oregon 20. Georgia Tech 21. Texas 22. Mississippi 23.Texas A&M 24. Illinois 25. Purdue 9-4 8-4 8-4 8-4 9-3 8-4 9-5 8-4 8-4 8-4 7-5 GOPHERS Continued from Page 9 same, as the Wolverines continued to struggle on both ends. Michigan tried changing defenses. But zones and backcourt pressure couldn't halt the Minnesota onslaught. The virus spread further, as the Gophers turned on their running jets with six straight fast- break points to extend their lead into the upper twenties. Freshmen Jamal Crawford and LaVell Blanchard both had their worst efforts of the season. Crawford shot a dismal 4-for- 11 from the field and committed four turnovers. Blanchard struggled too, fouling out when more than 10 minutes remained in the game, and shooting 0-for-4 on the night with one free throw. The lone bright spot for the Wolverines was when they were able to drive the ball inside. Kevin Gaines had 15 points, Leon Jones added 11. Both had success when Michigan was able to avoid the tempta- tion of a frantic outside shot and instead drove to the basket. Brandon Smith, who returned to Michigan's lineup this past Sunday against Colorado State, continued his recovery, netting nine points on 7-of-10 free-throw shooting. Sophomore Joel Pryzbilla tallied a team-high 16 points while leading Minnesota's charge on the boards. The Gophers outrebounded the Wolverines 47-35 for the game, including 11-2 on the offensive end in the first 20 minutes. "I think we were the aggressor," Minnesota coach Dan Monson said. "We pushed the ball on them. Our defense was able to open it up for us. We played extremely hard from the first guy to the last guy. To have the.best game of the year, that's got to happen." Michigan reduced the deficit below 20 in the final minutes and even gave back- up senior guard Darius Taylor time. WHERE'S THE SHOOTING?: Michigan, which has averaged better than 50 percent shooting from the field this season, shot a dismal 39 percent against the Gophers. Last night marked only the third time the Wolverines have shot worse than 40 per- cent -the other two coming in a tight 66- 64 win over Detroit and an 89-71 loss to Boston College. "It wasn't just about shooting, it was about execution." 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