PAGE SIX THE MICHTIGAN D AILY' oAnmvvnvAwr v4tinimimvravw- m -- sAGE vIX vraa S Laaaa 1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1968 9 Sinking Cagers Northwestern Put to Test In Pass-Fail Showdown Battle Soaring Odds, Grayle Howlett Nf 4 By The Associated Press They start separating the front, runners from the potential route performers in the Big Ten basket- ball race today as four once- beaten contenders are involved in two of the day's five conference games. I Big Ten Standings Northwestern Iowa Ohio State Wisconsin Illinois Purdue Indiana 4 .3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 .800 .750 .750 .750 .667 .500 .500 All closely pursuing pacesetting Northwestern, 4-1, Wisconsin and Ohio State match 3-1 records at Columbus, Ohio, and Iowa, 3-1, invades Illinois, 2-1, in a regional TV matinee. Northwestern has a return match at Purdue, 2-2, in the only other afternoon game. The Rick Mount-powered Boilermakers seek to avenge an 82-74 setback at Northwestern last Saturday. In other games tonight, two winless clubs - invading Michi- gan, 0-4, and host Minnesota,0-5 -tangle respectively with Michi- gan State, 2-3 and Indiana, 2-2. Northwestern, which must cope with conference scoring coleader Mount, averaging 29.8 points, could yield the conference lead to a pair of rivals by losing at Pur- due. The Badger - Buckeye contest features 'three of the league's seven top scorers. Coleader Joe Franklin of Wisconsin sports a 29.8 average and Ohio State has the No. four shooter in Bill Hosket with 26.8, and another marksman in Steve Howell with 19.8. Additionally, Ohio State is the 'M' Primed For Rematch With MSU By HOWARD KOHN Tonight's basketball game not- withstanding, Michigan's Dave Strack (0-4) and Michigan State's John Benington (2-3) share a common history. Both of their basketball nu- merals have been retired at their respective universities. Strack's "33" was enshrined in 1966 when Cazzie Russell gradu- ated from Michigan, and Ben- ington's "16" was laid to rest in 1955 when Bill Russell graduated from San Francisco. Both have won Big Ten cham- pionships, Strack's latest in 1966 and Benington's in 1967. Unfortunately for those who propagate the myth that the Tonight's game with Michi- gan State will be televised on channel 9 at 8 p.m. combined Michigan - Michigan State forces could rule any con- ference in the country (as they ----OFF BASE JOE FRANKLIN HEYWOOD EDWARDS ..._. w. _ _.., _.._ _ _ ,., __ . , I? Michigan State 2 3 .400 VICHIGAN 0 4 .000 Minnesota 0 5 .000 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Wisconsin at Ohio State (n) Iowa at Illinois Northwestern at Purdue MICHIGAN at Michigan State (n) Indiana at Minnesota (n) Big Ten's best scoring team, av- eraging 94.5 points, 20 ahead of Wisconsin's 74.5 pace. The Buck- eyes also are tops in rebounding with 49.8 per game against Wis- consin's 37.8. Illinois, surprising many experts after being rocked by last win- ter's slush fund scandal, confronts Iowa with the league's best defen- sive record, an average yield of only 59.0. Hawkeye star Sam Wil- liams is third best conference scorer with a 28.5 average. ,: . __ __- f -i TON IGHT! j I I i I j ' is j' r s l Hl have for some time the Big Ten), this season's teams fall well be- low past standards. Tom (The Stick) Lick is typi- cal of Benington's problem chil- dren. Gangling, skinny, and rub- bery, Lick nevertheless is the tall- est man on the team. In a pre-season press release, Benington called Lick "the man who's got to lead the team in re- bounds." Lick doesn't. He doesn't even play much anymore, sitting out the entire 86-81 Michigan State victory against Michigan three weeks ago. Heywood Edwards came off the bench with less than 12 minutes to go and with the Spartans trailing to direct a comeback that afternoon. Edwards has always been a formidable nemesis for Michigan. But, according to Benington, "he is physically unable to play more than ten minutes a game." Sophomore Set Spelling Edwards will be either Jim Gibbons or Lloyd Ward, two sophomores who caught fire in Michigan State's recent upset of Northwestern. Benington has been leaning more toward his sophomores, aft- er a hasty pre-season prediction 'M'-MSU. Win One for The Sake of Winnin g Some politician in a more lucid moment made the state- ment to his listeners that it was time "for all of us to sit down and see where we stand." Tonight in East Lansing, it's time for the Michigan cagers to pull up a chair. I suppose it seems rather ludicrous to talk about tonight's Michigan-Michigan State game as a pivotal clash, especially since both teams are wallowing in the Big Ten depths. But tonight the Wolverines can confirm or refute the oft-quoted statement, "We have no place else to go but up." It's easy to refer back to the so-called Cazzie Russell era when every game took on national significance. Now, that period seems an- TOM LICK cient history, not to mention irrelevant. The present Wolverine squad has totally escaped the fall-out of Cazzie Russell. Last year's banishment to the cellar was overlooked because The Linezps most Wolverine fans were still blinded by the previous three straight Big Ten titles. And playing for the last season in Yost, MICHIGAN STATE the real house that Cazzie built, it would be sacrilegious for the Lee Lafayette (35) F minus-Cazzie Wolverine cagers to win. Besides, it would have Steve Rymal (15) F made a lot of prognosticators look'bad. Heywood Edwards (33) C But now it's Cazzie Russell, New York Knicks, not Cazzie Russell, John Bailey (12) G ex-Michigan star. Now it's the antiseptically clean All-Events Build- Harrison Stepter (31) G ing, home of the Wolverines. Now -it's time for the Michigan cagers MICHIGAN to do it on their own. Bill Fra mann (54) F "Doing it on their own." has been somewhat of a problem this Rudy Tonjanovich (45) F year, as witnessed by the cagers' 5-9 overall record, and 0-4 confer- Dennis, Stewart (40) C ence slate. The tale of the tape can be quickly summarized by some Jin Pitts (24) G post-game comments from head coach Dave Strack. Ken Maxey (44) G After the Kentucky game: "Whatever I told them at half- } :'': itime, I'm never going to tell them again." old stand-bys like Lee Lafayette, After the Duke game: "I don't know what the key to this Steve Rymal and John Bailey, he ball club is but I'd better find it before long." has discredited many of the up- After the first Ohio State game: "My team should be dis- perclassmen. appointed in itself.... I know we're not that bad." When he took over for the After the second Ohio State game: "We played so hard and Spartans at the opening of the so long only to lose it. I don't know what to say except that I am 1965-66 season, Benington spout- in despair over what happened out there." ed optimism and bravado and Read 'em and weep, which must be some kind of a macabre pun Michigan State finished secondto Dave Strack. The pattern is clear: the Wolverines have progressed Now he contents himself with from just plain losing to losing with tragic overtones. short innuendoes, as he did after After Ohio State destroyed Michigan 103-70 at Columbus two the win over Michigan: "Vern weeks ago, the death knell was supposed to have sounded. Plans were Johnson listens well . . . when rapidly being made to book something into the Events Building he's on the bench." which would show a profit. But, despite being regionally televised, Johnson, a scrappy second- the Ohio State rematch drew over 8.000 fans. string junior guard, when con- And Michigan didn't disappoint. They attracted attention be- fronted with the statement later, j cause they played well. Against a tall, powerful, and accurate Buck- 4 9", BOBBY TCHERSON Vibra-harpist with his Quintet s i, ' I.i i Ii . IIj Y SATURDAY, February 3 8:30-Trueblood Aud. that they won't be ready for Big replied, "Well, that's the Ten play this year. Except for time anyone talks to me." Michigan Basketball Stats only eye squad the Wolverines showed they had talent. Michigan fans have been described as being fickle. The fact lales FG Tickets: $2.00 at Union desk Rudy Tomjanovich Dennis Stewart jdim Pitts Bob Sullivan Ken Maxey Dave McClellai, Rich Bloodwo th Willie Edwards Mark Henry Mike Maundrell Scott Montross Bill Fraumann Team MICHIGAN T10TALS Opponents' Totals I it IQ) 10 IC 9 9 91-183 61-172 54-140 28- 90 27-89 15- 31 16-34 8 6-14 ,8- 15 4- 9 1- 4 1- 3 14- 37. 51- 26- 18 4 FT RB PF Pts -28 145 35 196 -48 91 39 159 -75 72 27 159 -37 50 29 102 -25 36 22 72 7-8 27 17 37 - 5 10 7 36 3-6 9 7 15 2-2 6 8 18 3- 5 3 2 11 - 2 4 1 2 - 4 5 2 6 9-245 533 196 813 161--242 527 177 853 Ave 19.6 15.9 15.9 10.2 7.2 4.1 4.0 1.8 2.5 1.5 0.5 1.2 81.3. 85.3 is, traditionally Wolverine fans aren't anything. They nod quiet assent in victory and get up and leave in defeat. But last Sat- urday they showed emotion and a true understanding of basket- ball, or, at least, of refereeing. And I'm sure they vowed to come back. Tonight the Wolverines must show whether losing is a habit. There might be a better place for it, as the Spartans have been practically invincible at Jennison Field House for the past three seasons. Admittedly the game won't be for the Big Ten title and it's rather doubtful that Michigan will be playing a game with that much importance the rest of the season. The game will be locally televised on Channel 9, so, basket- ball fans, let's all pull up a chair before the tube and see where we stand. UAC .1 J II , _____- - - - -______ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _---.--------.j 10 322-784 16 10 346--787 I wakh, THE SPREAD-EAGLE OF TECHNOLOGY AT GRUMMAN Ranges from inner to outer space Grumman has special interest for the graduating engineer and scientist seeking the widest spread of technology for his skills. At Grumman, engineers are involved in deep ocean technology...engineers see their advanced aircraft designs proven daily in the air over Vietnam, and soon... in outer space, the. 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