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…, let's try to figure out what happened at St. John Arena on Monday night. The Wolverines, whose backbone is composed of perimeter shooting, hit for 38.8 per cent - 45 per cent in the first and a horrible…

… offense at the critical stages of the game. When Ohio State needed a basket to stall Wolverine momentum, it got the basket. And that may be the key to the game, because had Michigan been able to regain the…

… lead, it would have gone into its effective zone defense. This is the first Big Ten game in which Michigan did not meet its defensive goal of 65 points. Sure, the Wolverines tried to shake things up…

… the free throw was missed, thus ruining the opportunity. When Michigan misses free throws, which is part of basketball, it can really destroy its defense. Then when the Wolverines commit ten turnovers…

… half, which shows that more than once the door was open for a Wolverine comeback. With 10:45 left in the game, Michigan was within two points. But after that it began its downhill slide, never coming…

… lose this week to either OSU or Indiana, they could be miles ahead since Purdue plays both Minnesota and Michigan this week. The Wolverines did not want to enter the toughest part of their season with a…

… more than four losses. Michigan has only two losses to go before it reaches that point. And besides the two road games next week, the Wolverines must still face Minnesota and Indiana on the road. Yet…

… 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 have also netted six of the last seven. Illinois has lost its last four home Big Ten games in a span of two years. So what is the theory behind using so many players in a ballgame? "We're going to…

…. Despite the improved status of the Illini, Orr still feels his Wolverines will be ready for the game. "At this point we are mentally and emotionally as ready for this game as we could be," Orr said…

… losing streak, the big question will be whether they can awaken and get hot in the frigid north. Standing in the way of a Wolverine turn-around, however, is a Minnesota hockey team which is unbeaten at…

…'s 10-year reign as king of Wolverine basketball, D he has established a prestigious, winning tradition at Michigan. Orr's teams play an exciting, fast-paced brand of basketball, sparked by their…

… tenacious, man-to-man defense. Well, not exactly. At least, not any more. In keeping with tradition, the Wolverines are still w'inning. But Michigan is winning in an altogether different way this year…

…. Defensively, the Wolverines are relying more and more upon the zone when the chips are down. Never has this emerging trademark been more evident than it was Thursday night in Iowa City where the Wolverines…

… Baxter, Ronnie Lester, the one Hawkeye who can really make things happen, wass face to face with five Wolverines. Baxter met him at the top of the circle. Behind him in the center was Joel Thompson flanked…

… Baxter with three fouls. But, working against the rest of the Wolverines, Lester found himself outnumbered. Usually, Lester tried squeezing the ball right through the zone into the middle. The usual…

… the Illini all afternoon, the Wolverines finally succumbed to the combined deadly free-throw shooting of Illinois' guard Rob Judson as well as their own inability to hit from the line and absor- bed a…

… 6541 defeat. It was Michigan's first loss of the Big Ten season after three victories, and dropped the Wolverines out of a first place conference tie. JUDSON, WHO played in nearby Adrian for two years as…

… DAVE BAXTER drives against Illini forward Mark Smith (42) in yesterday's 65-61 Wolverine loss. Baxter scored eight points for the game. ore by Periods 26 33 35 61 32 i 65 DROP FIFTH STRAIGHT, 5…

… Hoover and State approx. Decem- ber 3rd. And information should be di- rected to the Michigan hockey team. Without their offense the Wolverines dropped their fifth league game in a row, 5-3, in a…

… the puck into the crowd after play had stopped. Dan Lerg scored a goal, the Wolverines first power-play tally in their last 23 attempts, at 9:37. ' Twenty-two seconds later John Olver knotted the score…

… from Gordie Ham- pson and Mark Miller. Michigan was . back but nothing had changed. That was to be the Wolverines only serious challenge. THE BLUE defense lapsed in the last six minutes of the first…

…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…

… - if the players still, recognize it. After five straight weeks and six straight conference losses on the road, the Wolverines finally return horme to host the North Dakota Fight- ing Sioux in a two game…

… KNOX THE AGE OLD RITUAL of congratulating a teammate after a goal has not been a regular occurence for the Wolverines of late. The icers hope to end the scoring drought and their six-game conference…

… Michigan's ing an 80-65 decision to Purdue last ice-colod shooting with the Boiler- ight. makers' 60.3 per cent accuracy, and The Wolverines put on the coldest you have the makings of a romp. hooting display…

… trying to get back into the game." corer for the season, Mike McGee, For a while the Wolverines were it on only six of his 22 attempts. very much in the game. In fact, they The shooting statistics pretty…

… nine and one. half minutes of the second stanza. Michigan countered with just ten, and found itself behind 60-45. "We can't shoot our way back into a game," said Wolverine Tom Staton in his post…

…, that being a 90-7616ss in the '74-'75 campaign. With a conference record of 5-3, the, Wolverines have significantly re- duced their margin for error in the remaining ten games. Hard-Boiled Blue MICHIGAN…

… nothing more than a disappointing enigma. The new order was confirmed Saturday and Sunday in Denver, where the Wolverines swallowed a double dose of humiliation in falling to the Pioneers 14-4 and 9-2. It…

… MAY recall that defense has been a sore spot for Michigan. It still is. The 14 goals scored against the Wolverines on Saturday were the most against a Michigan team since WCHA Standings W L T Pts…

… Ptoneers 1944. The ten goal margin of defeat was the biggest in Wolverine history. wa Scoring, usually a mark of Coach th Dan Farrell's Michigan teams, con- fo tinues to slump mysteriously. The DE same…

…-goal lead of their own, en route to snapping a seven-game conference losing streak. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, Weak Sister. U., played by the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, didn't like what it saw, and…

… drastically changed the script. The Sioux- scored four third period goals to drop the Wolverines, 12-10, before a dis- illusioned, disappointed and disgusted crowd of 3,693, last night at Yost. North Dakota…

… game." It was a simple but effective strategy. To the players' credit, they were truly like a vicious Wolverine, whose nickname they represent. The WANTED victory. Something that all the coaching in the…

… time is preparing his , remaining healthy forces for the upcoming meet with the Hoosiers of Indiana, which will be held today at 4 p.m., Crisler Arena. One plus for the Wolverines is that "the men from…

… could come down to our all-around against theirs." THE WOLVERINES have won 24 of the previous 33 meets with the Spartans, including one tie. Meanwhile, Michigan's women tumblers join the men in East…

… USC teams. Bo surely couldn't have expected to out- play a superior team by merely using the same strategy which succeeded against the weaker teams. The weaker Wolverine opponents in the bowl games…

… Bowl 8 conference is superior to the Big Ten. The Wolverines have shown little trouble downing good Pac 8 teams during the regular season. In fact, the Big Ten finished 3-3 against the Pac 8 teams during…

… putting up a good battle. Thus, one of their losses is to a very legitimate team. But Toledo also lost to Central Michigan, while the Wolverines handled the Chippewas easily, 92-79. And I'll bet Orr would…

… appropriate. With 6:34 remaining the Wolverines held a comfortable 77-65 lead. Joel Thompson had tallied 18 points while only collecting two fouls. The world could cave in, but Joel would save the victory…

…. Apparently the universe collapsed, something the Wolverine center couldn't cope with. In the next three minutes Thompson collected fouls three, four and five, while only putting in two points. In the meantime…

… Wolverines re- kindled their early season flame and burned the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 5-2: WITH THE LINE of Dan Lerg, Bill Thayer and Mike Coffman leading the way, the Wolverines ended a month and a…

… turned in a good perform- ance, blocking 19 shots and clearing, Fighting Sioux attackers away from the crease. After playing the first period in a 1-1 tie, Michigan took charge. LERG PUT THE Wolverines out…

… a solid performance, stopping 33 Sioux shots. The Wolverine victory moves them within three points of fifth place Minnesota. Next week the Blue icers travel to Denver to battle the first place…

… eight tries as the Wolverines defeated North Dakota, 5-2, last night at Yost. Dan Lerg- Game's first star skiPuckh9 Hard to criticize... 0. icers slump By BRIAN MILLER OjNE OF THESE DAYS, I'm going…

… togive Joe Falls a call. "Joe," I'll say, "tell me how you do it." Tell me how you can cover the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, Lions, Wolverines, Spar - oops, not the Spartans - but everyone else, and rip…

… checking the Wolverines' two top scorers, Dave Debol and Kip Maurer a lot closer than before. They are unable to cruise up and down the ice looking for the breakaway pass as they once did. Need a leader…

… MICHIGAN at Ohio State (7:35) _ _ _ _ . : Grappler gripes Michigan's walking wounded had a chance to rest yesterday as the Wolverines' wrestling meet with Indiana at Crisler Arena was cancelled due to bad…

… Joseph (142) and Steve Fraser (177) both joined the injury ranks last weekend, as Fraser hurt his knee and Joseph injured a shoul- der in the meet with Northwest ern. Currently the Wolverines are holding…

… the second cancelled home meet of the season for the Wolverines, as the Dec. 9 meet with California Polytechnic was also cancelled, due to a highly enmmunicable skin disease eon- LF THE 'PROE' FO L LO…

… then used it to blow Wisconsin out in the second half, notching an 83-64 Big Ten victory. The Wolverines retired to the lockerroom after the first twenty minutes of play knotted with the Badgers, 32…

… quiet Crisler Arena crowd to its feet in the final minutes of the game with its inten- se play. Once again the shooting of Mike McGee led the Wolverines. With the score even at 48 at 12:49 in the second…

… Wolverin Baxter and Hardy from the perimete went inside and out,. more and even Mik fast break pass, dis fancy moves and la bucket. For the first ti radio station WC cast an away bE Thanks to a spe the…

… JUNIOR WOLVERINE forward Alan Hardy seems to be casting a voodoo spell on Wisconsin's Joe Chrnelich during action in last night's game which saw Michigan win, 83-64. The Hardy hex did the job, as the…

… reserve asketball team outran Eastern ichigan, 79-76, prior to the varsity ontest last night. Although outsized at every match- p, the quicker Wolverines pressed early in the game and confused the Hurons…

… first places for the Wolverines. In addition to Flom in vaulting, Ginger Robey on uneven bars, Colleen Forres- tel in floor exercise, and Axon on the balance beam led the gymnasts' charge. Axon's 8…

… four contests. Thompson poses the biggest prob- lem for the Wolverines. The 6-10 Bahamian occupies the pivot for the Gophers, and his presence is always felt. "Mychal is probably the -best player in…

… America," said Wolverine assistant coach Bill Frieder. "He is a very tough ball player." THOMPSON HAS played in only three games since coming off suspen- sion, leading the Gophers to two alented victories…

… endowed with talent. At the point guard is All-Big Ten guard, Osborn Lockhart. The 6-2 senior is one of the best shooting guards in the country and this afternoon's match-up with Wolverine guard Dave Baxter…

… Wolverine defensive standout Steve Grote hawks Gopher big man Mychal Thompson in action from last year's Michigan/Minnesota clash. In thos days last year's Big Ten scoring champ spelled his first name like…

… any othe Michael around, but, any way you spell it, he means trouble for the Wolverines The two teams tangle in a key Big Ten match-up today at 2:05 at Crisler. FUMBLES PAVE WAY TO 42-22 ROUT West…

…-on-man defense. But Miller quickly shifted his squad to a zone defense, which the Wolverines' cold shooting couldn't break. Immediately after the move, the Bucks popped in ten consecutive points, giving them a six…

… point lead which Michigan failed to recover from. The Wolverines closed to within two late in the period after Buckeye center Herb Williams collected his fourth per- sonal foul. But a pair of buckets in…

…. Take the Michigan hockey team. The. Wolverines were supposed to leave yesterday for Denver, where they are scheduled to play the league leading Pioneers in a Friday-Saturday series. Now they're cooling…

… battle red hot Michigan Tech and Wisconsin, thinks the Pioneers can hold on to first place if they win four of their next six games. Michigan coach Dan Farrell has similar aspirations for the Wolverines…

… that staked the Maize and Blue to a 13-point half-time edge. With the Wolverines on the skids after losing two of their last three games, in- cluding that embarrassing overtime af- fair to Toledo on New…

… of Wolverines around to pick things up, as blossoming star Joel Thompson and forward Alan Hardy shared the scoring honors with 18 apiece. Mike McGee tallied 14 more before fouling out with almost…

… player seen at far left) 27 points to 23 which, coincidentally, was the margin of victory in the Wolverines game last Sunday. full court f VKPRESS Cager victory.. . . .intensity over height By CUdl…

… our big boys didn't play very tall," he said. -Therein lies the key to Michigan's victory Sunday. The Wolverines were mentally perfect against the Gophers. They forced Minnesota's mental errors into…

… Michigan to have the Thursday night to lead 12th-ranked Mi 4st the Wolverines Saturday in Michigan goes into this meet with a 3- edge in the freestyle events. "Our ad- Currently, Williamson, a long distan…

… and two-time swimmer of the year in leads of 24-16, 36-24 and 42-33 at the hal 30itive races. last two times they've met. Michigan's One Wolverine swimmer important Leinster province. way. "Wisconsin is…

… Wolverines placing first were Kevin Williamson in the 1000 yard free style, Fernando Canales in the 200 yard free style, Bob Murray in the 50 and 100 yard free style, and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Kevin…

… the champion Wolverines. "Both teams (swimming and div- ing) will provide the best competition we have faced this season," said Michigan coach Stu Isaac. "They have a really good sprint relay team, and…

…. Michigan (as well as Syracuse) shares the distinction. The Wolverines have competed once in the West, once in the Midwest and twice in Mideast Regionals. " Pet PEEVE: the Burns Security GUARD AT Crisler who…

…, ILL., where 15 inches of A Story of Wolverine Basketball Meet the author and some of the players and coaches Who Became UM Sports Legends and National Sports Figures Thursday, January 19 at Borders…

… the jump on Hoosier Scott Eells during yester- day's game at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines taught Indiana a 92-73 lesson during the snow-delayed afternoon contest. Human rights law aims to end city…

… paralyzed by snow yesterday the game was put off until Monday night, same time, same place. Luckily, the Wolverines knew before they hit the road that it was ixnay on the game. Good thing. Can you imagine a…

…Little A Story of Wolverine Basketball Meet the author and some of the players and coaches Who Became UM Sports Legends and National Sports Figures Thursday, January 19 at Borders Book Shop 4:30 to 6 p…