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… You to Attend a Party in Celebration of the Publication of Jeff Mortimer's Pigeo B d100yNoses and Little Skinny Kids A Story of Wolverine Basketball t r Blue By HENRY ENGELHARDT A lesson in Wolverine…

… economics: there is no such thing as a free throw. Saturday afternoon Michigan lost to Illinois 65-61, a four point spread. The Wolverines took 12 shots from the free throw line but hit only three. If they…

…, it's Tuesday and the Wolverines are 3-1. Tommy Staton aptly analyzed the free throw situation. "We missed them," he said. It is, as Staton alludes, a rather black and white situation. Either a free…

…. But the Wolverines are not moping over the problem. "We're really a good shooting team," said Joel Thompson. "Most foul-si1 guys hit in practice, sometimes 90 per cent. I don't know what happened…

… games." While the coaches are very pleased with the team's progress thus far, they are by no means getting complacent. At practice yesterday they added some new plays to the Wolverine offense. "The new…

…WOLVERINES PSYCHED OUT? leers-a seven ByERROL SHIFMAN A Daily Sports analysis After watching the Michigan icers drop their sixth straight game, 5-2, Sunday afternoon to the Minnesota Gophers, it…

… appeared that things were as bad as they could get. The Wolverines looked inept and nothing was going right for them. Then, the team bus broke down on the way home from Willow Run Airport to Ann Arbor.. The…

… most inconsistent teams in the cir- cuit. After playing catch-up most of the evening, Michigan had the ball with :57 remaining and the game tied at 66. The Wolverines worked their delay tactics until…

…, had the ball. After a time out, the Badgers were con- fronted by a 1-3-1 Wolverine zone. It was the first time in the game that Michigan went to the Zone. The Badgers-worked the ball around the…

… half), then we played very hard," said a pleased Michigan coach Johnny Orr. The victory keeps the Wolverines in the thick of the Big Ten race, or at least kept their NCAA bid hopes alive. They now sport…

…- ting at a pace that would embarass a snail. The Wolverines didn't hit their first point until four-and-a-half minutes had been played. Alan Hardy got the initial bucket from short range. It turned out to…

… bucket to give Wisconsin a 30-28 halftime edge. Wisconsin opened the lead in the second half, but the Wolverines refused to fold, and-Joel Thompson, who was tough all night with nine boards and 16 points…

… seven straight points for Michigan during one stretch, including a three-point play that gave Michigan a 63-60 lead. But the Badgers decided not to die, either. They kept pace with the Wolverines and…

…. "Gregory is the most improved player we've seen," said Orr, "up at our place I didn't even know he was in the game." The Wolverines must put two wins back-to-back to stay in the race. Something they haven…

… Wolverines eight or ten. The small number is due to the recent inception of the team and Simmons believes in using only those athletes who have shown potential. As a result, he finds himself of- ten without…

… WLN EWADK Page 12-Friday, March 17, 1978-The Michigan Daily Debol: Wolverine. All-American yesterday, Stinger rookie tonight , 8TAjY, STA RY NI HT Stanley Kubrich 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY AT -9M-1…

… quite nervous about his pro debut. "I planned to come to town tomorrow, but my agent called me last night and said to get ready. I couldn't sleep last night,''said Debol. DEBOL, WHO JOINED the Wolverines…

… as a freshman walk-on, }von national acclaim last year when he finished second in the nation in scoring with 99 points and led the Wolverines into the NCAA finals. He was called by many going into this…

…, Destiny teased the Wolverines, ranking them Numero 1Jno in the land and blessing them with a 9-3 record after the first few weeks. But, while at the peak of their game, Destiny kicked the dirt out from…

… under the Wolverine skates, causing a landslide and sending Michigan tumbling steadily downhill, like so many Jacks and Jills. For the remainder of the season the Wolverines went 3-17, and even though…

… their play improved measurably in the last four weeks, they had lost too much ground in the WCHA race. Even when they were playing well, the Wolverines just couldn't get the puck in the net. It seemedlike…

… Illini, By HENRY ENGELHARDT Who's next? Notre Dame by name-the long-awaited trip to Leprechaun City-that's who's next for the Wolverines. After putting Illinois 'away 31-0 yesterday in a game highlighted…

… scoreboards at the game's end, the Wolverines were far from awesome-the opposition was weak. The Illini, now 0-1-1, have scored only seven points in their last five games, dating back to last season. They have…

… moved it to the Wolverine 43. LEACH guided the offense to the Illinois 10, but on third and seven most of the Illini defense waded in on him as he attempted to pass. Leach slipped to the turf after a 19…

…? Michigan hockey fans will be able to decide that for themselves this weekend, as the icers, losers of 13 of their last 14 conference games, host the Tigers of Colorado College. the Wolverines' fatal fall has…

…, and the eighth place Minnesota- Duluth Bulldogs stand a mere one point behind the Wolverines. The icers realize the importance of this series, as any possibility of produc- ing something out of the…