THE MICHIGAN DAILYTED
Wolverines
By JERRY KALISH
with what he calls a feeling
It's approximately 668 miles "guarded optimism."
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Field, but you'd think you were
actually in Brooklyn last season
when you heard Wolverine basket-
ball fans echo the old war cry
made famous. by the Dodgers,
"Wait 'till next year."
And as "next year" approaches
head basketball coach Dave Strack
isn't exactly pessimistic. The Mich-
igan mentor enters his third sea-
son at the helm for the Wolverines
are expecting Wolverine basketball
fortunes to be on the upswing
with the return of four regulars,
all of whom averaged in double
figures, and the availability of
some outstanding sophomores who
comprised last. winter's freshman
team considered by many to be the
best in the school's history. And
for the first time in recent years,
the Wolverines won't be lacking
depth.
This problem has plagued Strack
in his two years here. In his fresh-
man year, he had the great John
Tidwell but only managed to win
two conference games. Last year,
too, the Wolverines finished eighth
with a 5-.9 mark, and Strack was
forced to go with only six or seven
players.
But now Strack happily notes,
"We'll start out with more depth
and more Big Ten quality ball-
players than when I first came
here."
Captain Tom Cole, John Harris,
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baan head the list of the return-
ing front line starters. Strack's
third guard, Doug Herner, will be
back, along with newcomer soph-
omores Bill Buntin and Larry Tre-
goning.
Team Leaders
Among these players, interest-
ingly enough, three have played
on state championship teams from
neighboring states in the Midwest.
Cantrell led his Washington High
of East Chicago to the Indiana
title, Herner sparked Lansing Sex-
ton to the Michigan crown, while
Cole shot Springfield High into
the winner's circle among Illinois
preps.
Cole, 6'7" senior, will handle
one of the forward positions this
year. He wound up the season as
the Wolverines' top scorer and
rebounder and was tenth leading
scorer in the Big Ten with a 17.4
average.
Though "only" 6'5", John Harris
is another big man in the front
court. The smallest center in the
Big Ten last year, Harris was
Michigan's leading rebounder in
conference action and placed sixth
in that department among the
other giants with 163 grabs.
Averages 13
Oosterbaan, who manned the
other forward slot, is the finest
shooter per centagewise, with 42
per cent, the highest on the club.
He averaged 13 points.
Directing the offense will again
be Cantrell, 5'19" speedster guard.
His average of 13 points under-
states the damage he can do if he
gets hot. Wisconsin, for instance,
still remembers his 29-point effort,
20 of those coming in the 'irst
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