Quote of the weeken "I've seen a lot of things in basketbal, u o think I've ever seen a game st34<; v - Duke senior S oStr who led all scorers w, i21pn: SportsMonday - December 11, 2000 -- The Michigan Daily -- 5B r T 'Player of the game "n I'VDuke point guard Jason Williams T Ifi~$liams had his isav with Michig-an s fi Fshmnan n 10 (4 point IgIUadV, Scor/ing 20 points and adding _. F seven~i assists in rust 24 minutes. '; I seas game before half ~IickICI Rem I) I. V ''V~'~ i flhi'r 6 ... > I III i: ;, ,,,'. , , .. x.. > ih ' ih ~l AN. N.- When the whistle 4. !~X\U th 1n~ilOff'Ciils tim1eout of the ti h XXiiii326to to, a Iiwmembers ,cili tumpd Lup to head back to IUL h. h momto i le i-ame stornes. "I i cioi~h haeVOU " one Duke ta i \e-ed Se ou later." 'Xid d j)mt.theNIichi "1an m1en's has- V tsil ~a~n ii temijdst of its worst half in c tmInilnoy.was behind 50-14 to the ic DC ik he Wolverines finished ii Imfi'wn 1 points. 59-18. Jw i ( i i Yon scored Miehin-an's >i ~~i col X it 16:4(0 left. 1But the ~ \\'l\me> idaI tet another unttil i-~ oa~ ae Ia\ i ~anchlard scored in ml iiXX u ust7:50 let in the half: By cj ten Y hini XiISbehind 34-4. A on omhe lichigan players made nio'cmar ae hld,)al in the fir-st half on 1 'dhe WoiX rines in scor'in1 Michigan's leading scorers, Bernard Robinson and Blanchard, were a coim- bined 1-of-9 in the first half for just six points. Duke shut the Michigan scorers down by denying them the ball in situa- tions were they could get a good look at the basket. ,They were in all of the passing lanes and denied the wings very hard," Blanchard said. "We should have baekscreenedi, but we couldn't do that because we couldn't rotate the ball quick euhThe opposite could not have been more the ease for the Blue Devils. Not one D~uke player who played in the first half shot under 50 percent. As a team, Duke was 21-of-32 (65.6 percent). The Blue Devils scored 26 points off of turnovers and 12 on the fastbreak in the first half BN,-t ', umBERS: Besides the 104-61 score. Michigan and Duke combined for a number of interesting stats in the game; 0 Duke scored 104 points, a high for the Blue Dev ils this season. The 43-point difference also tied their 91-48 win over Army as their largest margin of victory for the season. Michigan finished the first half with just 1 8 points, a season-low. The Wolverines' five-for-23 performance from the field (21.7 percent) was also their worst shooting half of the season. ® Michigan had 20 first-half turnovers, the most for the Wolverines in a half this season, against only 18 points. Its 29 turnovers for the game were also its most all year and the most for a Duke opponent all year; For the second time this season, six Duke players scored in double digtits: Shiane Battier (21), Jason Williams (20), Mike Dunleavy (12), Nate James (12), Casey Saunders (11l), C'arlos Boozer (10). Battier's 21 were the fewest by a Duke leading scorer this season. Despite combining for 46 team fouls, neither team had a player foul out for the game. MICIGAN (61) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A &-T A F PTA, Robinson 28 6-8 6-6 1-2 2 1 '19" Young 26 2-4 3-6 2-5 1 4 7. Moore 18 1-3 0-2 2-4 0 3' 2~ Queen 30 1-8 0-0 0-1 9 3 2:t Blanchard 36 8-16 3-3 610 2 3- 20" Jones 17 0-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 1. Searight , 7 1-2 0.0 0-0 0 1<.2 Dill 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gibson 2 0-0 .2-4 0-0 0 0 2' Gotfredson 3 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0: Garber 2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Groninger 17 1.2 0-0 '0-1. 0 0 2 ' Asselin 10 1-1. 2-2 1-2 0 4 4- Adebiyi 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0, Totals 200 21-49 17-27 14-31 14 23 61. FG%. .429. FT%: .630. 3-point FG: 2-7 .286 (Robinisoni 1-1, Blanchard 1-2, Queen 0-2, Jones 0-1, Gi-oninger 0-, 1). Blocks: 5 (Asselin 2, Garber, Gibson, Adebi)teali 3 (Robinson, Queen, Adebiyi). Turnovers: 29 (Robinson 7, Blanchard 6, Moore 4, queen 4, Searight 3, Jones, Gibson, Groninger, Asselin, team). Technical fouls: none. DUKE (104) - - FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F MT James 26 4-7 1-2 - 1-2 1 2' 12. Battier 29 7-14 4-5 2-3 2 2 21, Boozer . 20 5-9 0.1 1-2 2"'4; 10, Williams 24 8-12 2-5 1-2 7 4 20. Dunleavy 27 4-9 2-2 1-6 5 2 -12" Caldbeckc 2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0. 0 0' Sweet 16 3-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 6' Simso , 0- 00 0-0 0 0, 0, Bucne 2 -0 0-0 0-1 0 1-:0' Sanders 14 3-4 5-8 78 0 2 .I1' Duhon 24 4-5 0-0, 2-5 5 0 9' Borman 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0' Christensen 9 1-1 1-2 1-1 1 1 3 Love 3 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 Totals 200 39-70 15-252(0-38 24 23 164 FG%:.557, FTO%: .600. 3-point FG: 11-25 .440 (James , 3-5, Battier 3-7, Dunleavy 2-3. Williams 2-5, Duhon I-Z, Boozer 0-1, Sweet 0-1, Love 0-1). Blocks: 2 (Battier 2). Steals: 15 Dunleavy 5, Battier 4, James 3; Boozer, Williams, Duhon). Turnovers: 14 (Boozer 3, Williams 3, f Dunleavy 3, James, Buckner, Duhon, Bor-man, Love). Technical fouls: none. Michigan ............18 43 - 61 Duke. ...... -.. 59 45 - 104 At: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. Attendance: 9,314 jjpm / Ike senior Shane Battler and Michigan junior-Chris Young batlfopstia inder the basket. The Blue Devils outrebounded Michigan, 30-1 SHOW NO MERCY As the game turned ugly, the Cameron Crazies felt no pityfr h young Wolverines. Here are the highlights of what Michigan bear from t'oe toughest crowd in sports. iuCRAZIES AT THEIR BEST 'Gary Coleman" Not so subtle jab at 5-7 Avery Queen I"We want Oakland" -Michigan's opening loss in Rochester is still haunting the Wolverines "Need six touchdowns" With Duke up by 41 at the half, the SCrazies weren't fearing a comeback "Don't cry, Josh Moore" A frustrated and tearful Moore could- -n't hide his emotions from the crowd The Crazies aesakn. ny Coleman andi Aver Qcea not a match. Ut Team Michigan State Iowa Minnesota Penn State Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Ohio State Purdue Northwestern Michigan W LW L 0 0 7 0-: O 0 7 0. 0 0 8 1. 0 .0 51 0 0 5 1 0-0 7 2 0 '0 6 3 0 0 . 4 2'- 0 0 4' 2- 0 0 256 "Not the Fab Five" What the rivalry was, and to Duke fans, what the rivalry isn't "Worst team ever" Blatantly unabashed - that's why they are who they are. M'"ARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily Ani~ke ba3kebalJ gme for the Cameron Crazies who often wait out- ~~idn ~ ~ v aieo frawole day just to get a good seat. CAMERON ;ontinued from Page 1B paint on face after face while bare- chested Blue Devils spelled their hoof's name on a plump collection of pale bellies. The stage was set for the raucous, outrageous display the Crazies hate become so known for. The whole spirited spectacle was made com- plete not ,just by the fans them- selves, but by the unique atmos- phere of the shrine-like gymn the Crazies call home. In textured stone hauled 60 years o from the Duke quarry in nearby Hillsborough, Cameron's gray walls belie the rich color of what sits just inside. 11Complete in 1940 at a cost of 5400,000, Cameron was instantly the pride of the Carolinas, as it was honored as the largest arena in the South. Originally sketched on the 'hack of a matchbook by longtime Duke Athletic Director Eddie ~ameron, the first plans called for unheard of 5,000 seats. When it was completed, the sparkling arena boasted nearly 9,000 seats with a special stipulation that has remained to this day: the 3,500 bleacher seats can the floor w~ere to be reserved for students.- Today, through a narrow lobby fit for a high school gymnasium, small plaques honor All-Americans, t tional players of the year and sim- arlv impressive players in a sur- prisingly simple way. Nothing is overstated - it doesn't need to be. In trophy cases too small for the job, Final Four plaques squeeze game- balls and championship nets into a collage of accomplishment in the entrance way. Jlust past the doubl-or m i1a guard the arena, the in..xid X more impressive.TrX 1m.tc' doors and you'r-e certai L {tiib very flavor of col!;-e , mi a_ Maybe it comes in abl-i: tuba player with a k:iltad _li war paint screadiiinc i bn a.I- into a pregame frenix. O n.c ix in the tich history tlhat loat> i . gym and tugs at the rfe>m form of chamipionsip a a . t seem destined to pull h tm c Maybe its in the XX all-tia-' thle moorings and shae. ma ' nine fixed steel fr am-,Xi thunder of 9,314 faninhur1i"i i rage anid exuberance . Na '-- the floorboards that ci 1:kXXnl- tory' and squeak wXith t dt In Carolina's ci adle dii basketball, vwhencpsi aa excitement feels a ithc 1>ti to get inside the gm isi o to imagine the %, Ieccco a lege basketball is fon th surstngy.chants and bangs on aenbaI es in a rabid frenzy.Itpc'i voices of hazy blackanXI ipm tos framed in the G o(h b idi g t hi . i , and sweats astcymx(1i blue paint. And ~hn~mmiVk' past brass rails) andximle r1I cases and listenOXerte 1,ia the crowd, you cianVtha iam of history and a sni i ;fmt ai-K you can't get xx hen 'o ac television. But therelfXli' stirs more than senses i aa the emotion of the peopl ht'ili to the rafters onl cool ('ri-oiina nights -- that's thle magic o Cameron. 1 -Geoff Gagion Cli i':UIr.i'm via e-mail Cat gg'i"onci unulle PI 7777-77 71 Yes erday's results; ; . Massachusetts at Ohio State --- La Salle 62, NORTHWESTERN 44 Saturdav's games: No. 1 DUKE 104, Michigan 61 PURDUE 79, Alabama A&M 51 IOWA 80, No., 25 Iowa State 68 INDIANA 65, Ball State 50- PENN STATE 66, Temple,60 -- No. 17 WISCONSIN 65, Ohio 46 No. 9 ILLNOIS 87, No. 7 Seton Hall 79 01T MINNESOTA 93, Bethune-Cookman 70- No. 2 Michigan State 103, LOYOLA (IL) 71 Today's game: Wis.-Milwaukee at No. 17 WISCONSIN, 8 P.M. Tomorrow.'s : de: t.- Louisiana Tech AT MINNESOTA. 8 P.M. Wednesday _., : _ .... . _ s r r ri r . rr r r i r i r r iri wr r rn w X~~;, 0 bkig hellhoked, and con- m~ ~ ~ ic apd O"th D logo at himP. ni- Iefre- thegae a ritual the \\ mi'1 nxidobefore cevrgamne. aVlaem, he Blue Dev ils were me- lio comes in here and a ' li dm->-cspet us ... that l ust a~.d , I'o1 ieIiic''Duke shooting I m , _)nhA said. "it wxas dis- em i to srad made us ev'en 1k- 7:8 mar of the first half', xi~ 1mmci ha-Xard L~a Vell Illmm Ind mnai\scotred Michigan's 1 imi~. 'i mtr U'oois on an easy -\ hn '\~ wreip 34-2, it was _ llkeptem at two tor the V 'i 1 I )uhon said. "Any' easy ml Cor m C-th roxx s really hurt I~~~~ -le mm Xl\mxthydidn't deserve cm ml . i(Xi r rard Shane Battilir: r, mmX~x rtty awesome. I've seen I 'Iihins i basketball. but I Vt knk IXe ver seen a game IXn-etalk about being in a zone ill:I->i 'Iad not being able to miss -i hinI o apoint thlem-, we felt like h-i~~ 2 z atm one defensivelyv. i'hev C 4- bm naeass 55against us. "noc te cdoes tis leav e the Dee ' cding to rev ise their e got to learn from this," _l oic iiid(I avin (ironinget- '-id ~ l~-efilvwe'll brinm some- i a' amodgot of this. l think thetre - me'ml ~that XX eren 't ready foi- WEEKEND'S BEST BEDTIME FOR BONZO Indiana point guard Tom Coverdale, who faces his sec- ond alcohol-related charge this year, won't be able to watch late-night UPN reruns of Horneboys in Outer Space. Following Indiana's Friday night win over Western Michigan, Coverdale, a 20-year old sopho- more, said interim Indiana coach Mike Davis has put him under a 10 p.m. curfew that extends into the off- .hn season and ordered him to move into a dorm ands xi seek counseling. BLIND ZEBRA If referee Rich Ballesteros had one more eye, he'd be a j4 Cyclops. With 1.8 sec- onds left in a tied game between No. 5 Arizona and No. 151 Connecticut, Ballesteros called Arizona center Loren Woods for goaltending a shot that he blocked off the backboard. Replays showed the block to be clean, yet Connecticut won the game 71- 69. A regretful Ballesteros asked to officiate his next game in Braille. ELOQUENTLY SPEAKING Ryan Humphrey ~,and the 10th- ranked Notre Dame r basketball team got i'outrebounded by Miami (Ohio) 44-26. Humphrey, leading the Fighting Irish with six ..rebounds, talked about how the team needed to ~j/take glass-wiping more seri- F "We've got to box out," Humphrey said in the postgame press conference. "I don't care if it's five midgets out there, haven't been doing that." Notre Dame's Ryan Humphrey Michigan vs. Bowling Green- Crisler Arena, 7 p.m. Michigan looks to rebound from its embarrassing showing against Duke with a home match against Bowling Green of the MAC. The °" Falcons do not have a player on their squad averaging double figures in scoring for the season. .Saturday Michigan vs. Morris Brown Crisler Arena, noon.. ('ESPN) .. Next Saturday Michigan will host ; - the Wolverines of Morris Brown. ' Michigan will not be taking this battle among Wolverines for grant- ed. Morris Brown was competitive on the road vs. Minnesota (7-0). Next Wednesday Michigan vs. Towson Crisler Arena, 7 p.m. The leader of the America East . Conference, Towson (5-3), is cur- rently riding a five-game winning streak.. The game will take place two days after Christmas. ~SIMPLY OUTS:HO-T In Michigan's four-game losing streak, no statistic is mr o than comparative field-goat percentages. The Wolverinesddi4 an 44 percent in any game, and their four ranked opponentsn- ei no less than 4-4 percent AP PHOTOiU Michigan Wake Forest { Differential of 12.7 p Michigan Maryland (Differential of Michigan St. John's (Differential of1 FG percent 34.8 47.5 percent) 35.9. 44.6 ercent) 43.6 53.2 ercent) learn 1. Duke 2. Michigan State 3. Kansas 4. Stanford 5. Arizona 6. Tennessee 7. Seton Hall 8. Florida 9. Illinois 10. Notre Dame 7-0 7-1 6-0 5-2 X3-0 5-1 4-1 7-2 4-2 This weekend's results beat Michigan 104-61 beat Loyola-Chicago 103-71 lost to No. 11 Wake Forest 84-53 did not play lost to No. 15 Connecticut 71-69 did not play lost to No. 9 Illinois 87-79 beat Rutgers 79-65 beat No. 7 Seton Hall 87-79 lost to Miami (OH) 73-64 Player Blanchard Robinson" Young Queen Assel in Groni nger Moore Searight Jones Dill Gibson Garber Adebiyi Gotfredson Field-goal pi Youngd G 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3. Min 31.1 29.7 25.7 26.1 18.9 17.7 17.0 14.1 16.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.3 Reb Avg.', 9.1 17.3-.. _5.1 17.3- 6.6 .10.4 2.9 6.4. 5.0 6.4 1.6 6.1 4.4 5.65.6 2.1 3.7 " 1.1 2.3 0.3 X1.3, 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.8 00 9.5 pe 9.6 pe "ercei 2F ntage R-41 .8 I zv M