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Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, Wednesday, January 2, 1985 Page 17 Sports Big 10 Basketball Race Should Be Wide Open Sports Scoreboard United Press Interna tionaJ The preliminaries are over and if the pre- conference schedule was any indication, the Big Ten basketball race may be more wide open than many thought. The Big Ten posted an 85-20 mark in non- conference play to date for a winning percentage over 80 percent. Big Ten action gets under way tonight with a top attraction: Indiana at Michigan. The Hoosiers, under Coach Bobby Knight, were rated along with Illinois as the teams to beat in the league at the start of the 1984-85 season. But Michigan may have been the most impressive team in the league, vaulting into the top 20 with a 8-1 record.

The Wolverines had won eight straight before losing at Tennessee last Saturday. "Our foul trouble really hurt us," said Michigan Coach Bill Freider. "We got a lot of fouls (26 to 13) but a lot of those won't be called in the Big Ten. They let you play a little more aggressively." Indiana shook off upset loses to Louisville and Notre Dame to enter the league with a 8-2 mark. The Hoosiers got strong play from 7-foot-2 center Uwe Blab and last year's freshman of the year, Steve Alford.

Indiana won both of its own tourneys in December including last weekend's Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis. Michigan posted an impressive non-conference record in the conference. The Wolverines boast sophomore Antoine Joubert and center Roy Tarpley. Last year, Michigan beat Indiana at home but lost by 15 points at Bloomington. The Wolverines went on to win the NIT.

Illinois, despite two upsets to Alabama- Birmingham and Loyola of Chicago, is still rated as the favorite to repeat as league champion after sharing the crown with Purdue one year ago. Illinois will open the conference season at Minnesota. Purdue, which defeated Wake Forest, Kentucky and South Carolina in December, will visit Iowa while Ohio State travels to Michigan State in Thursday's other Big Ten games. Saturday, Northwestern and Wisconsin, the surprise team in the conference with a 9-1 ledger, debut in the conference meeting in Evanston. Other games Saturday find Illinois at Iowa, Purdue visiting Minnesota, Indiana at Michigan State and Ohio State on the road at Michigan.

Illinois has had 12 days to rest up after being upset 63-62 to Loyola. "No question this is the best and deepest team we've ever had at Illinois," said Illini Coach Lou Henson. "Our goals have been set accordingly." The goal is to get to the Final Four and win the Big Ten. Minnesota was an easy mark for the Illini last year with the Gophers being trounced by 27 at Champaign and by 12 in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers have the backcourt tandem of Tommy Davis and Marc Wilson but may have trouble trying to contain Illinois' muscular frontline.

Iowa wasn't seriously challenged in the preseason and lost at home to Iowa State and in last week's Rainbow Classic to Maryland. But the Hawks did defeat Arkansas in Hawaii. The Hawkeyes also team up two strong inside players in Greg Stokes and Michael Payne. Purdue caught the Big Ten by surprise last year, tying Illinois for the league title with a 15-3 mark. Like last year, the Boilermakers are picked for a middle division finish.

But Purdue beat Iowa in back-to-back games last year including a 21-point decision at Mackey Arena. Michigan State enters competition 9-1. Unlike last year, when the Spartans were overwhelming picks to capture the Big Ten honors, there are still some questions about the strength of Coach Jud Heathcote'steam. The Spartans do have strength in the backcourt with veterans Scott Skiles and Sam Vincent. Ohio State, which beat MSU by 16 and 14 points one year ago, has its entire starting team back except for leading scorer Tony Campbell.

The Buckeyes were 15-14 one year ago. Wisconsin is off to its best start in six years and has already exceeded last year's victory output. The Badgers defeated Northwestern twice last year. The Wildcats, the lone Big Ten club with a sub. 500 mark at 4-6, nearly upset DePaul at the Rosemont Horizon late last month and will be looking to improve on last year's 5-13 league mark.

Only Wisconsin at 4-14 had a worse record than Northwestern in 1983-84. College Football College Football Bowl Schedule Dec. 14 California Bowl At Fresno, Calif, Nevada-Las Vegas 30, Toledo 13 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Air Force 23, Virginia Tech 7 Dec. 21 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Brigham Young 24, Michigan 17 Dec.

22 Cherry Bowl At Pontiac, Mich, Army 10, Michigan State 6 Florida Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State 17, Georgial7(tie) Sun Bowl Al El Paso, Texas Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 Dec. 26 Freedom Bowl At Anaheim, Calif. Iowa 55, Texas 17 Dec. 27 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Auburn 21, Arkansas 15 Dec. 28 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Oklahoma State 21 South Carolina 14 Dec. 29 Aloha Bowl At Honolulu Southern Methodist 27, Notre Dame 20 Hall of Fame Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Kentucky 20, Wisconsin 19 Monday's Results Peach Bowl At Atlanta Virginia 27, Purdue 24 Bluebonnet Bowl At Houston West Virginia 31, Texas Christian 14 Tuesday's Results Cotton Bowl At Dallas Boston College 45, Houston 28 Fiesta Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

UCLA 39. Miami 37 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Southern Cal 20, Ohio State 17 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Nebraska 28, State 10 Drange Bowl At Miami Washington 28, Oklahoma 17 Playoffs uci PlauriHn rlrL rlayuTTB (All Times EST) Wild Card Games Saturday. Dec. 22 AFC -Seattle 13.

LA Raiders 7 Sunday, Dec. 23 NFC NY Giants 16, LA Rams 13 Divisional playoffs Saturday, Dec. 29 AFC Miami 31, Seattle 10 NFC San Francisco 21 NY Gianis 10 Sunday, Dec. 30 yrp Chicago 23, Washington 19 AFC Pittsburgh 24. Denver 17 NFC Conference championships Sunday's Games Pittsburgh at Miami 12:30 p.m.

Chicago at San Francisco 4 p.m. Super Bowl XIX Sunday, Jan. 20 At Palo Alto, Calif. NBA NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOC. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet.

GB Boston 26 6 .813 Philadelphia 25 6 .806 Washington 19 13 .594 7 New Jersey 15 17 .469 11 New York 12 22 .353 15 Central Division Milwaukee 22 11 .667 Chicago 16 15 .516 5 Detroit 16 15 .516 5 Atlanta 13 19 .406 iVi Indiana 9 22 .290 12 Cleveland 6 22 ,214 Western Conference Midwest Division Pet GB Denver 19 12 .613 Houston 18 12 ,600 'A Dallas 15 15 .500 3'A Utah 15 18 .455 5 San Antonio 14 18 .438 Kansas City 10 18 .357 7 'A Pacific Division LA Lakers 22 10 .688 Phoenix 17 15 .531 5 Portland 14 18 .438 8 Seattle 14 18 .438 8 LA Clippers 14 19 .424. Golden State 10 20 .333 11 Tuesday's Results Indiana 119, Utah 117 Philadelphia 1 1 1 Portland 1 06 Wednesday's Games (All Times EST) Chicago it Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Boston at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m Houston at Denver, 9:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Thursday's Games Indiana at Golden State, night Washington at Cleveland, night L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, nigh! Dallas at San Antonio, night Seattle at Portland, night Board of Coaches top 20 Indiana nigh school basketball teams total rating points and votes): I.Marion (9) 9-0 2. Ben Davis (1)9-1 3. FW Northrop (1)10-0 4.

EC Washington (1)7-0 5. Warsaw 9-1 6. 6-1 7. Indpls. Manual 8-0 8.

Muncie Central 7-0 9. Lafayette 8-1 10. Richmond 5-1 11. New Castle 6-1 12. Gary Roosevelt 7-1 13.

Bloomington South 8-1 14. South Bend Clay 8-1 15. Huntmgton8-1 16. Frankfort 8-0 17. Anderson 6-3 18.

Jeffersonville 6-1 19. Vincennes5-t 20. Gary Wallace 6-2 Also receiving votes: Carroll (Allen), Columbus Cannelton. Corydon, Fort South. Harding, Bellmont.

Lebanon, Cannelton, Pike, Princeton, Michigan City Rogers, Muncie South Albany, South Bend Adams NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college basketball ratings. First-place votes and records through games ol Dec. 30 in parentheses (Total points based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, I.Georgetown (35) (11-0) 2. Duke (9-0) 3. Memphis State (8-0) 4.

St. John's (9-1) 5. Syracuse (8-0) 6. Illinois (11-2) 7. Georgia Tech (9-11 8.

Southern Methodist (9-1) 9. North Carolina (8-1) 10. DePaul(9-2) 11. Kansas (8-1) 12. 13.

Washington (7-2) 14. Oklahoma (9-3) 15. Louisiana State (8-1) 16. Maryland (9-2) m. Op.m.

30p.m. m. 30p.m. ght night s. nigh! it The UPI liana high (includes rst place 175 167 163 154 118 110 95 71 68 53 45 40 35 34 29 24 22 18 12 8 3ellmont, 5 North, Wayne Lebanon, Michigan th.

New United Coaches ratings. through jntheses. joints for 525 484 438 330 321 289 284 278 218 207 144 134 115 96 79 42 17. Michigan (8-1) 30 18. Louisiana Tech(11-1j 25 19.

Virginia Commonwealth (8-1) 24 20, Ohio State (8-1) 20 Hockey NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Ptj. GF GA Washington 22 10 7 51 160 '18 Philadelphia 21 8 5 47 152 108 NY Islanders 20 15 1 41 1 4 6 Pittsburgh 14 17 4 32 127 153 NY Rangers 18 5 29 129 152 New Jersey 12 20 4 28 124 149 Adams Division Montreal 21 9 7 49 156 1 22 Buffalo 16 12 9 41 134 113 Boston 16 16 5 37 139 133 Quebec 16 16 6 38 148 145 Hartford 13 17 4 30 110 145 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE orris Division Pts. GF GA Chicago 17 17 3 37 150 139 St. Louis 15 15 5 35 130 135 Detroit 13 19 5 30 138 166 Minnesota 12 19 6 30 128 148 Toronto 6 26 5 17 113 175 Smythe Division Edmonton 25 7 4 54 186 117 Calgary 20 15 3 43 188 151 Winnipeg 19 15 4 42 156 153 LosAngeleslS 14 7 37 163 149 Vancouver 8 25 5 20 120 208 Tuesday's Results Washington 5, Boston 1 Calgary 5. Winnipeg 3 Wednesday's Games (All Times EST) Montreal at Chicago.

8:35 p.m. Hartlord at Quebec, 7:35 p. N.Y. Islanders at Detroit. Vancouver at N.Y.

Rangers, 7 25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton. 3:35 p.m. INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE East Division Pts.

GF GA Flint 18 12 2 40 145 118 Muskegon 17 12 2 36 125 103 Kalamazoo 14 16 4 33 128 120 Toledo 13 18 5 31 123 161 West Division Peona 17 10 5 39 141 110 Fort Wayne 17 12 4 3S 135 124 Salt Lake City 16 15 3 35 124 1 2 4 Indianapolis 14 15 3 32 101 120 Milwaukee 7 23 4 21 115 157 Teams get one point for an overtime loss. Pacers Top Utah Jazz SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Indiana Pacers Coach George Irvine wants his team to play five-man ball rather than relying on one or two stars, and Monday night his players used the team concept in the second half to beat Utah, 119-117. The Pacers won after a dramatic comeback in the fourth- quarter Wednesday, with Clark Kellogg hitting two free throws with just 18 seconds remaining to seal the victory. The Jazz had a chance to tie the game in the waning seconds, but Adrian Dantley missed a shot with three seconds to go and Steve Stipanovich grabbed the rebound. The Pacers overcame a seven-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win the game, just their ninth victory of the season but their second over the Jazz.

Stipanovich scored 14 points in the final quarter, going five-for- five from the field and four-for- four from the free-throw line, to finish with 22 points and join Kellogg and Herb Williams with 24 points each as the scoring leaders. "I was open in the fourth where I wasn't earlier," Stipanovich said of his sparkling final quarter. "We were able to play well down the stretch and make the plays we needed. The team is gaining confidence and maturity with every game. "I thought that was a great game," said Irvine.

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