From: peppler@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Peppler)
Subject: Big Ten Update (1-12-93)
Summary: Michigan, Indiana roll on, meet tonight
Keywords: Big Ten
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:19:13 GMT

Saturday (1-9):

Illinois 52, MICHIGAN STATE 39:  In undoubtedly one of the most
	bizarre games played in the Big Ten in years, Illinois scored
	the last 10 points in what was a butt-ugly defensive struggle.
	Illinois shot just 38% from the floor, MSU 30%, and the Spartans
	were far below that in the second half.  There were numerous
	air-balls from both sides.  With the score tied at 22 at the break,
	Illinois assumed some small second half leads.  The lead did
	reach 7 at 39-32, but MSU pulled within 42-39 with 2:24 to go
	when they iced out completely.  Deon Thomas led all scorers with
	13 points, while Shawn Respert "led" MSU with 9 points on 4-17
	shooting.  He took some ill-advised, wild shots in this one,
	while Mike Peplowski was "discombobulated".  14,873 at the Breslin
	Center...

INDIANA 105, Penn State 57:  IU gave Penn State a rude road baptism,
	bludgeoning the Lions.  Indiana led by the modest margin of 10
	at 23-13 when they ran off 18 straight to assume a 41-13 lead.  It
	was 53-20 at the break, and well, you know the rest.  Penn State
	shot just 8 of 31 from the floor in the first half.  Damon Bailey
	had a game-high 28 points as 5 Hoosiers reached double figures.
	DeRon Hayes and Rahsaan Carlton both had 11 for PSU.  17,265
	at Assembly Hall...

OHIO STATE 92, Iowa 81:  Iowa went down in flames for the second straight
	time, as OSU was unstoppable on the offensive end.  Frosh Greg
	Simpson scored 23 for the Buckeyes, who romped to a 48-27 lead
	by halftime (I guess the press didn't work).  The Buckeyes actually
	led by as many as 24 in the first half.  Val Barnes led Iowa with
	27 points, 24 in the second half.  This game featured a confrontation
	between Randy Ayers and Tom Davis near midcourt with just over 3
	minutes to go, concerning several seconds that were run off the
	clock after a foul was called.  The Buckeyes did have a bit of a
	cold second half, and Iowa ended up outrebounding them 49-38.
	13,276 at St. John Arena...

Michigan 98, WISCONSIN 73:  Michigan again was simply awesome, spoiling
	Stu Jackson's Big Ten conference debut.  The Wolverines led only
	34-30 with three minutes left in the first half, but Jalen Rose
	fueled a 10-2 run that gave Michigan a 44-32 halftime lead (sounds
	like the Purdue win).  Then, he fueled an 11-2 spurt to open the
	second half that gave Michigan a commanding 55-34 lead.  It was
	blowout city thereafter.  Rose and Juwon Howard both scored 18
	points, while Chris Webber had 20.  Tracy Webster of UW led all
	scorers with 25 points.  11,500 crammed into Wisconsin Fieldhouse
	for this one, with many, many showing up very early to watch
	Michigan warm up...

MINNESOTA 81, Purdue 60:  Purdue was an offensive no-show for the second
	straight time, as Minnesota scored at will and trounced the
	Boilermakers.  Nate Tubbs, from my high school (bless him), but
	mostly a bricklayer in his career in Gold Country, scored a
	career-high 16 points (his previous career-high was 15 against
	Purdue last year) and led the Gophers to what turned out to be
	an easy victory.  After a close first half, the Gophers scored
	the last 6 points before the break in taking a 37-31 lead.  Purdue
	got things tied up at 43 after 5 minutes had elapsed in the
	second half, mostly fueled by two Glenn Robinson treys and two
	thunderous dunks by, you guessed it, Glenn Robinson.  Nobody
	else on Purdue knew where the basket was in this game, though,
	and once Minnesota got things cranked up again, it was katy-bar the
	door.  I turned it off when the score was 69-55 (I can't take
	humiliation very well), and the crowd roaring lustily.  Purdue
	appears to have two very serious problems right now - (1), nobody
	but Robinson can be relied upon to score, and (2) the team defense
	has gone to pot.   Minnesota finished off the game with a 38-17
	run after the 43-all tie.  The Gophers were getting plenty of
	second chances on offense, just like Michigan did against Purdue
	on Thursday.  Oh, that's a third thing, Purdue can't rebound.
	Voshon Lenard scored 17 points, 14 in the first half, and Jayson
	Walton matched him.  Robinson ended up with 25 points, but no other
	Boilermaker had more than 11.  16,332 at Williams Arena, chanting
	"Overrated, overrated".  Nice touch...

Tuesday (1-12):

	Indiana at Michigan (ESPN, 6:30 pm Central)

Wednesday (1-13):

	Wisconsin at Purdue
	Minnesota at Iowa
	Michigan State at Ohio State
	Northwestern at Penn State

Saturday (1-16):

	Indiana at Illinois (7 pm Central)
	Purdue at Penn State (Big Ten/Raycom, 11 am Central)
	Michigan State at Northwestern	
	Minnesota at Wisconsin
	Iowa at Duke (CBS, 3 pm Central)
	Notre Dame at Michigan (NBC ??)
	

STANDINGS
		  Overall	   Conf			     Ratings
						     New	New	Old
Team		 W	 L	 W	 L	USA Today/CNN	AP    Sagarin
----		--	--	--	--	-------------	--    -------
Michigan	12	 1	 2	 0	      3		 2	  3
Minnesota	10	 1	 2	 0	     24		19	 36
Indiana		13	 2	 2	 0	      4		 6	  4
Ohio State	 9	 2	 2	 0	     22		21	 17
Illinois	 9	 4	 2	 0	     38		--	 78
Wisconsin	 7	 3	 0	 1	     --		--	 53
Northwestern	 5	 5	 0	 1	     --		--	141
Iowa		11	 2	 0	 2	     13		13	  5
Purdue		 9	 2	 0	 2	     15		17	 11
Michigan State	 8	 3	 0	 2	     19		23	 38
Penn State	 5	 6	 0	 2	     --		--	154
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