THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964, TIDE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ALM"JE4 Qrlv NCAA Tourney in 'M' Cagers' Future? BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Georgia Tech Tops Vanderbilt By TOM WEINBERG The proverbial "we play them one at a time" has hit the Michi- gan campus and basketball coach Dave Strack. But, with the Wolverines sitting pretty on top of the Big Ten standings, Strack, like everyone else, can't help but look to the future and the possibility of the National Collegiate Athletic As- sociation championship. The national championship is just ten games away: six in the Big Ten, two in the NCAA region- al and two more at the NCAA finals. Backtracking a month, in order for the Wolverines to even gain a berth in the NCAA's, they must win the Big Ten. To do this, they can afford to lose just one more game. Ohio State is nestled just a shade behind the Strackmen, with two losses in the conference, compared to one for the leaders. Just One Loss Even if Michigan were to lose one game, it would be certain to go to the NCAA's, since Ohio State went two years ago, a biti more recently than the 1948 ap- pearance of coach Ozzie Cowles and the Wolverines. Michigan has what appears to be a downhill schedule yet to play, but Strack is always quick to point out that when a team is on top, everyone else is gunning for it. The Wolverines meet inconsist- ent Indiana this Saturday at Yost, then face a stern test in an experi- mental Tuesday contest at Min- nesota; then it's up to Wisconsin Feb. 22; a week off; then the Yost rematch of last Saturday's Wol- verine shooting display against j Illinois on Feb. 29. The last two games are against Iowa and Pur- due, the Hawkeyes on the road, Boilermakers at home. Ohio State still has three at home and three on the road. At St. John, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan State will try to break the 32-game Buckeye Big Ten winning streak. The Bucks will travel to Iowa, Northwestern and Illinois. - The Big Ten champion plays in the Mideast regional of the NCAA tournament. The division is com- posed of the Southeast Conference champion and two other teams to be selected from preliminary round games. Kentucky and Vanderbilt, both with 17-2 records, ranked third and seventh nationally this week, are fighting it out for the SEC crown. One of them will be the entry in the regional to be held at Minneapolis, March 13 and 14. Regional Foes The other two teams in the re- gional will have to win one game during the week of March 7 to be eligible. The four first round teams are: the Ohio Valley con- ference champions, probably East- ern Kentucky or East Tennessee State; the Mid-American confer- ence champs, probably Ohio Uni- versity; and two at-large repre- sentatives which will probably be Loyola of Chicago, the defending national champions, and one other l 3 1 7 + among DePaul, Notre Dame, and from the East, probably Duke, St. Memphis State. Joseph's or Villanova. Michigan, or whoever wins the The other bracket for the finals Big Ten, will face one of the first includes the Midwest winner,, round winners March 13, then probably the Missouri Valley that winner meets the other win- champions, and the winner of the ner for the regional championship West Coast regional, most likely March 14. UCLA. If they get that far, the National Finals Uclans will have to face the The winner of the Minneapolis Midwest champions on Friday regional will then move on to night, March 20, then come back Kansas City for the semi-finals the next night to play in the finals and finals March 20 and 21. The against the East-Mideast winner. pairings for the finals are drawn But all that's a long way off. up already and the Mideast cham- "All we're worrying about right pion is in the somewhat easier now, is Indiana," according to1 bracket, paired against the entry I freshmarn coach Tom Jorgensen. By The Associated Press ATLANTA-Georgia Tech down- ed Vanderbilt 75-71 in an overtime ha .ikotbh Il nan a in e4 niht to mnvn seven-game winning streak in the nightcap of a basketball double- header at the Palestra. uinto a gan fi aaet i wi tho Ke- Jones, who injured his hip last into a first-place tie with Ken- Saturday in an upset loss to La- tucky in the Southeastern Confer- Salle, scored 22 points. Five came ence. in the last 2% minutes when Du- Tech's R. D. Craddock scored 20 quesne, trailing by as much as 18 points before taking a fall which points in the second half, pulled put him out of the game with a to within five points of the Wild- concussion and severe head lac- cats. erations. Craddock, attempting a Villanova, in winning its 18th driving layup, flipped over and game in 20 starts, built up a 13- was knocked unconscious with 1:35 point halftime lead mainly on the left in the regular game. He was shooting of Jones high scorer for the Yellow Jackets. DOCUMENTARY PROOF: Statistics Show Cage Rebirth Newsome Breaks Mark KALAMAZOO - Manny New- some set two Read Field House scoring records as he led West- ern Michigan to an upset 81-67a Mid-American Conference basket- ball victory over Toledo last night. He scored 45 points to surpass! his previous home court high of 44 earlier this season. He hit on 21 of 33 shots for a new field- house mark, and sank three of four foul shots in equalling his pre- vious high point performance against Michigan State. Villanova Snaps Streak PHILADELPHIA-Eighth-rank- ed Villanova, with Wally Jones back in action, defeated Duquesne 73-63 last night to snap the Dukes' NEW versity North out a Continental Bookstore 330 Nickels Arcade (over Blozo's) NYU Wins by One V YORK-New York Uni- fought off a determined Carolina team to squeeze 69-68 victory last night in I I Folkway Records-/2OFF $3.00 & $2.25 Artist's Gallery--Now Showing Sue Hodges and Helen Cohen A close examination of the sta- tistics of the Wolverines' first 18 games serves to explain why they suddenly are a national power. Last year, in the pre-Russell days, Michigan hit on just over 40 per cent of its shots. This year it's 48 per cent. Both Cazzie Russell and Bill Buntin are ahead of the all-time Michigan scoring record set by Buntin last year. Russell is the top scorer with 24.2, and Buntin has 23.3, compared to his 22.3 of last year. The improvement in accuracy is the key to the Wolverines' suc- cess thus far. Every man on the team has improved his shooting' since last season. In fact, six of the seven top scorers are all shoot- ing better than last year's leader, Tom Cole with .442. Buntin has gone from .426 last year to .529 this season, and such an improvement is worth about three points a game. Marked improvement also can be spotted in the Michigan cap- tain, Bob Cantrell, whose percent- age has jumped from .382 to over .47, despite the lack of driving, close-in shots this year. Larry Tregoning, whose con- tact lenses proved to be a worth- while expense, has shot .448 com- pared to a scant .342. One marked area of improve- ment is in the free throw shooting department, where the team, aid- ed by Russell's phenomenal .872 has jumped from .665 to .725. Buntin has made a leap from .696 to just under 80 per cent. In rebounding, Buntin is be- hind the pace he set last year in the Big Ten, but more balance has put the team ahead. Last year, the 16-8 Strackmen nabbed 54 per cent of the rebounds. This year, they are among the leaders in the nation in rebound percentage, with a .561 recovery rate. It should also be noted that a larger per- centage of these rebounds have come under the opponents' bas- ket as Michigan has missed fewer shots. One other noticeable plus for the Wolverines is the tendency to foul less. Last year, with Buntin leading the conference, Michigan was the most whistle-prone team. This year, Buntin has fouled fewer times and the team is now tied for Evans Group Takes First In Bowling The Evans Scholars needed. their high series of the season last night to down Beta Theta Pi and capture the social fraternity bowling championship. Leading by only fifteen pins after two games, the Scholars to- taled 988 in the final game to emerge with a 2628-2545 victory. Benior Bil Lee, bowling both right and left-handed, led the winners with a 559 total. Utilizing a respectable 867 total in the opening game, the Scholars jumped to a quick fifty-seven pin lead. But, a hot Beta five sliced the margin to fifteen, and it was still anybody's match. High for the losers was Lionel Endsley with a 541 series. the second fewest personals in the Big Ten. Below are the current statistics for the Wolverines with compari- sons to last year's where appli- cable. -Tom Weinberg A MUSICAL VALENTINE choose from our wide variety of L. P.'s. 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