December 10, 1990
(vol. 101, iss. 67)
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… FANS Continued from page 1 Welcomed the Wolverine starters: "R1 CHRIS! HI TONY!..." They even got "HI DEMETRIUS!" in ,Dtison. However, it became obvious that crowd would turn on Michigan 4s the PA…
… the ball. And like a Rocky Horror audi- ence, the crowd boomed with every move the Wolverines made: "PASS," "SHOOT," and the shrill "MISS" as the ball bounded off the rim. When Demetrius Calip missed a…
….C. - Steve Fisher and the Michigan Wolverines lost to Duke by seven points in their first road game of the year. How do they feel? Would this be considered a moral victory? The opposition, full of compliments…
… he played." Fisher also stressed the Wolverines' positives. "We appeared to at least get into a few things and fought hard," Fisher said. "We can hopefully take some of the good things that we did. If…
…. Despite its record, Duke is one of the nation's best teams, and its fans represent the country's best. The atmosphere for the Wolverines' first road game of the year couldn't have been much tougher. Many of…
… them had never faced a hostile crowd in their lives. And in all honesty, the Wolverines held their own. Calip rebounded from his blown dunk in the first stanza to score 15 sec- ond half points in the…
…. Michigan also held Duke All-American Christian Laettner to eight points and six rebounds below his season average. Granted, Duke guard Billy McCaffrey's ankle injury contributed to the Wolverines…
…' performance, but they still earned their praise. Even though Saturday's game didn't provide the Wolverines with mucIt inspirational lift, it definitely pointed out some bright spots as they head into the…
… conference season. When Duke opened up its 20 point leads, the inexperienced Wolverines could have folded. They didn't. Twice during the second half, the last time with 8:11 remaining' Michigan cut the lead to…
… under 12. However, both times Duke proved its na tional ranking by reopening its lead. And although the Wolverines' late. spurt occurred when the game was all but over, they still accomplished it. And don…