Friday January 9,2004 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com aORTSlig ttilg 7 f , . . - ----------- - ., -, Michigan wary of 'desperate' Indiana Hoosier no Moore:'M coach faces mentor By Daniel Bremmer Daily Sports Writer As coach at Michigan, Tommy Amaker has never beaten Indiana in three attempts. Indiana coach Mike Davis has led his team to four straight wins over " the Wolverines. But both of these streaks may be in jeopardy on Sunday when the Hoosiers come to Crisler Arena. Tn: 4 Davis' Hoosier squad Ciser has struggled so far this Cl season. Indiana holds a meager .500 record (0-1 Big Ten, 6-6 overall) and was thumped Tuesday 79-45 by Wisconsin on nation- al television. The game before that, Temple knocked off the Hoosiers 59-50 in Bloomington. Even with Indiana's early struggles, Amaker refuses to take the Hoosiers lightly. "(Indiana's) going to be a very des- perate team coming in here," Amaker said. "(They have) one of the more storied programs in the history of col- lege basketball, so that tradition speaks for itself. We're gonna have our hands full - we know that." Michigan (1-0, 10-2) comes off a win in its Big Ten opener, breezing past Northwestern 78-54 on Wednes- day night. Although Northwestern car- ries the status of perennial Big Ten doormat, Michigan was truly impres- ::a r ,:t. A' :4i sive, as it came out and played one of its most complete games of the season. The Wolverines clicked on offense, draining open shots all over the floor. They shot well at the free-throw line for the first time this year, connecting on 17 of their 19 attempts. And their smothering lAY defense forced the Wild- cats into bad shots all night. "We've gotta come in D pl with the same intensity we x< came in here (on Tuesday) >v ' with - play hard, play - smart and just try and get another victory," Michigan sophomore Chris Hunter said. "I think (Indiana's struggle) makes it even tougher. They're a very desperate team. They need a win, and they'll be hungry for a win." Michigan and Indiana's respective previous games were like night and day. While Michigan shot an astound- ing 65 percent from the floor (28-for- 43) against Northwestern, the Hoosiers struggled against Wisconsin, hitting for less than 30 percent (16-for-55). In Ann Arbor, Bernard Robinson (9-for- 11, 18 points) and Lester Abram (7- for-8, 27 points) shot the lights out for Michigan, but in Madison, Indiana's leading scorer, Bracey Wright, could- n't hit the broad side of a barn, finish- ing 2-for-15 for seven points. Wright, who averages 20 points per game on the season, grew up in North Texas playing high school basketball JASONOuO~ Michigan senior Bernard Robinson will once again be matched up against his opponent's top scorer, this time indiana's Bracey Wright. against Michigan point guard Daniel Horton. The Michigan sophomore knows that his longtime friend will be ready to go on Sunday, and that the Wolverines will need solid team defense to stop him. "We have to contain Bracey," Hor- ton said. "I think Bernard is the only guy who has the ability to shut him down (one-on-one), but we can't rely just on him. We have to play good solid (team) defense, box out and rebound." In addition to Wright, Indiana (6-6) By Megan Kolodgy Daily Sports Writer will look for offense from sophomores Sean Kline and Marshall Strickland, who both average more than eight points per game. Freshman Pat Ewing, Jr., son of for- mer New York Knick Patrick Ewing, averages three points and four boards per game. Amaker is 0-4 against Indiana all- time, with one loss coming while he coached at Seton Hall. Most recently, the seventh-seeded Hoosiers knocked the third-seeded Wolverines out of the Big Ten Tournament last March. About eight years ago, Michigan assistant women's basketball coach Janine Moore became a player in Kathi Bennett's program at the University of Evansville. Bennett TOM became a mentor to Moore, and a year after her graduation from Bennett's program and T?' Evansville, the aspiring Crish coach followed her men- FOX Sp tor to Indiana. Moore served as assistant coach to Bennett until 2003. Then, Michi- gan offered Moore an opportunity to help rebuild a struggling program. Moore couldn't resist. This week, Bennett will see if lend- ing her expertise might put her Hoosiers in a tight spot when they line up against the Wolverines Tomorrow, Bennett and Moore will both be looking for a wirt, but for the first time, they'll be sitting on oppos- ing benches. "This really isn't a game that I've been looking forward to," Moore said. "Of course I want both teams to play well, but I don't like to lose." Moore and Bennett remain close and have chosen to largely avoid the touchy subject of their upcoming matchup. Michigan coach Cheryl Burnett empathizes with the some- what awkward situation between the player-turned-coach and the woman who helped her excel. "It's a unique position," Burnett said. "I had to play against the Uni- versity of Kansas, who I played for (1977-1980), and it was a very emo- tional time. You don't want to put your personal emotions at all into your players." Burnett has made it clear that she has no desire to take an unfair ry of coaching against them before." This knowledge, however, has made Burnett quite aware of what type of performance Michigan can expect from Indiana. She recalls Ben- nett's large role in rocketing Evans- ville from obscurity to one of the top teams in the Missouri Valley Confer- ence and in leading the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament in the 2002 season, with somewhat apprehensive admiration. "Am I excited to play against a Kathi Bennett team?" Burnett asked. "No." Although this game will likely be- uncomfortable for Moore, she is con- fident that both coaches will be able to treat it as just that: another game on the schedule. "There are no secrets in basket- ball," Moore said. "You come out, you play, you work hard, you exe- cute your game plan, and that's how you win." And Burnett certainly does not have any questions about Moore's fidelity to Michigan. "Her loyalty is definitely to Michi- gan, but you just don't want to put a staff member in that position because you're gaining an insight that isn't really fair," Burnett said. : 4 % A orts advantage by tapping into Moore's thorough knowledge of Bennett's coaching style. She will instead have other coaches scout the Hoosiers and- recall game situations that occurred when Burnett led Southwest Mis-' souri State against Ben-" nett's Evansville squad' ;RW to help prepare the Wolverines. n lVs. "There is a level of comfort in preparation because you know how, they coach," Burnett IDtnoj said. "You know what tendencies they have just. because we have a histo- Blue hopes to shut out, shut up Buckeyes By Michael Nisson Daily Sports Writer After the Michigan hockey team's 4-0 victory over Ohio State on Nov. 14 - a game that was just want to go out there and play the way I can play, and whatever (other people) think, just let it be and just play the way I can play and let that take care of itself." Even with Montoya's relaxed response to Bittner's arguably goalie Al Montoya's best per- formance this season - the Buckeyes' junior captain J.B. Bittner had some choice words when asked about Mon- toya's play. "I don't think he made any spectacu- lar saves," Bittner said at the time. "I don't think he did anything out of the ordinary. I think he just did his job." Bittner also noted that Ohio State (8-5 CCHA, 13-8 overall) had lots of ~Tiw 7.35 pmt. "Ya t IceAnnta comments, there is no doubt that the atmosphere at Yost Ice Arena tonight will be intense. The Buckeyes have not won at Michigan's home rink since February 1999, having been outscored 17-5 in the four contests they have played in Ann Arbor. Despite this seemingly discouraging statistic for the Buckeyes, Ohio State coach John Markell said it means noth- 2.24 goals against average. At one point the Buck- eyes sat atop the CCHA standings (currently third, one point behind co-leaders Miami and Michigan State). They also beat Maine, which was ranked No. 3 at the time, just before the New Year. Markell said he is pleased with the way the team has picked up its intensity after it fell out of first place in the CCHA. "I think (the team) understood the magnitude of having a good second half," Markell said. "I thought they paid attention to what they had to get done - their conditioning and their focus - and also relaxed a little bit." What makes this weekend's series even more interesting is that either of the two teams, if they're able to sweep the weekend series, could jump to the top of the league standings. For Michigan, this would mean jumping from sixth place to first. "Every game now is like a four-point game," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "You're either two points ahead of a team or you're two points behind them, and that's a four-point swing. This is a team in our cluster. They're a top team ... their goals against is so good, their penalty killing is so good. "These are huge games." opportunities, and he commented that the Buck- eyes' inability to score was the reason the game was a blowout - not the play of Montoya. The Michigan goalie, who returned this week from minding the net for the U.S. gold-medal winning squad at the World Junior Championships, said com- ments like Bittner's don't faze him. "That's the way (Bittner sees) the game, so you can't really do much about that," Montoya said. "I ing. 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