Tuesday,'Pebiuary 2 , 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Tuesday, February 22, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY v joel greer " T'he Coliseu m: It's getting too old SITTING COMFORTABLY in the press facility at Michigan Toth's fresh new Student Ice Arena a week ago, one could only wonder why a hockey team of Michigan's outstanding' tradition has been forced to endure that rundown rink on Hill Street affectionately known as the Michigan Coliseum. With so many new arenas springing up around the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, It's time to treat hockey at Mich- igan like the first-class sport it really it. Of the ten conference schools, only Michigan, Michi- gan State and North Dakota occupy antiquated structures. But after the. next few years Michigan will be the only school with such a problem. Michigan. Tech moved into its new structure over a month ago, while a new rink at Grand Forks will be ready at the start of "next season. Michigan State's building should be completed within two years. But in a time when every financial move at a major uni- versity is questioned, funding a new hockey arena would draw opposition from many circles. Realistically, while Wolverine hockey is presently not a money-making sport, a new structure here could eventually pay for itself and make Michigan hockey sel .supporting. Michigan Tech hockey coach John Maclnnes, who was an iuportant consultant. in the Houghton arena venture, fi9*iie that a building with a 6,000 seating capacity would beco ne profitable in the long run. Tech's new structure, built for $2.2 million and containing 2,990 seats, proves that an adequate facility can be cdnstructed with reasonable costs. Long range plans call for the Student Ice A ,ena to eventually expand to a seating capacity of 5,800. Building such an arena here would be beneficial on at least three counts. Not only would the hockey fans get a chance to see .a game without peering around posts, but the players and the regular student body would appreciate the new facility. At Michigan Tech, both benches are surrounded with tall glass barriers, thus keeping confrontations with the very partisan crowds at a minimum. Michigan coach Al Renfrew is especially pleased with the Houghton set-up, noting that it is nearly impossible for the players to hear the usual verbal abuse on the bench. In recent years, scattered violence between players and fans has occurred, creating an un- comfortable atmosphere for all. With the new arrangement, thesi confrontations are now practically impossible. While Michigan's dressing rooms are adequate, Tech's are superb. "They're better than a professional teams'," explains Renfrew. With facilities like this, hockey instruction is greatly maximized by the coaching staff. Recruiting is also a factor. With .both Tech and State of- fering such facilities, Renfrew's bargaining power without a new building will naturally decrease. In fact, the Wolverines' problems the last two seasons can almost be traced to this reason. Placing everything else aside, the student body could perhaps benefit the most from such an investment. Agoord- ing to Renfrew, the Coliseum is the most used building on campus. "What other building is going from morning to night?" asks Renfrew. And with the proper facilities, a new rink could operate 24 hours daily. Spots on the few IM team rosters are so limited that one practically has to be an heir to get a place on a squad. With such a building, Renfrew says that an IM leaune could be built up to nearly 40 teams, thrus allowing everyone a' chance to play. The female students also benefit from a new arena. Many more hours of figure skating instruction and free skating would bedprovided, thus giving the many skaters in Ann Arbor a better opportunity to skate. ut not everybody skates at Michigan and not everybody is a foekey fan. So simply putting up a hockey structure would be"inadequate to meet the current University needs. As was plnned back in the days when both Renfrew and MacInnes were Wolverine players, a new basketball arena, hockey rink and I.M. building were to be erected all under one roof. Now that the Athletic Department blew the whole thing 4 by wasting $9 million on "plush" Crisler Arena, the only answer :left is to build a hockey-gymnasium complex. This whole problem would have been solved a few years ago, but for some reason Fritz Crisler decided that hockey and basketball could not be played in the same arena. Strangely enough, at the same time Madison Square Garden in New Yor: *as constructed so that a complete changeover could be made in a couple of hours. The Canham regime should learn from this blunder and realize that a multi-sports center can be built for far less money. Incidentally, Crisler Arena, using pre-cast materials, could have been built 'for no more than $4.5 million, cutting the present cost in half. There has been some talk of moving the hockey team into equally old Yost Fieldhouse. By the time the ice plant is trans- ferred and the structure is renovated, costs would zoom even higher than they would in building a completely new structure. Then, Athletic Director Canham would be forced to relocate th'e track team, thus making that plan senseless. A sound plan has not yet been presented, and it seems like the Michigan Coliseum will be the Wolverines' home for some time to come. The Michigan hockey team, winners of more national champ- ionships than any other school, deserves a much better fate. Minnesota By BOB HEUER A weekend of Big Ten basket- ball action, which pitted the con- ference leaders against the weak sisters, produced some surprising- ly close contests and an unex- pected loss for favorite Ohio State. Co-leader Minnesota and Mich- igan, a half-step off the pace, both had their hands full before pulling out victories over Wis- consin and Northwestern respec- tively; while the faltering Buck- eyes blew numerous second half leads in bowing to Illinois in Champaign, 64-62. Ohio State (7-3) is now a full game back of Minnesota and half a game behind the Wolverines. Coach Fred Taylor didn't think the loss kayoed his team's title chances. "I hope this won't elimi-, nate us, but no team can afford the luxury of a loss now," com- mented Taylor. Ohio State's victory hopes went out the window Saturday when, facing a one point deficit with four second left on the clock, an inbound pass sailed over the heads of Alan Hornyak and Jack Wolfe and out of bounds. The game was actually decided at the foul line, where Illinois converted 34 of 46 free throws while the Bucks hit a measley 12 of 28. Minnesota's rookie coach Bill Musselman also expressed doubt as to the final outcome of .the ('ally sports NIGHT EDITOR: BOB McGINN title chase along with unbridled glee at the demise of the Gophers lead co-holders and part-tim punching bags from Columbus. " jumped up and down at my hous when I saw Ohio State get bea on television," said an ecstati Musselman. "'This race is going down to the wire. It's going to be tough." The Gophers blew a 12 poin lead against Wisconsin, but hel on to pull out a 76-73 win on the strength of Clyde Turner's 29 points and some clutch foul shooting by Dave, Winfield. Th latter hit four important fre throws in the last two minutes to stifle a Wisconsin rally. For Michigan, it was a case o having little more than enough Satuiday night in Evanston. Th Wolverines suffered througha lackluster performance agains Northwestern, but fortunately, th opposition was just a little bi worse, apture The last-place Wildcats played Michigan even for most of the game, outshooting the Wolver- ines 31.6 per cent to 29.7 per cent in a miserable first half exhibi- tion. Only a three-point play by Henry Wilmore followed by six unanswered points in the last three minutes put the game out of reach. In other Big Ten action, Pur- due shot a torrid 54 per cent- in "d burying Michigan State, 92-68. s' MSU's Mike Robinson, the Big e Ten's new scoring leader, tallied I 27 points to lead both teams. But e the Boilermaker duo of Bill t Franklin and Bob Ford more than tc offset Robinson's efforts, hitting g 22 and 19 points respectively. e Indiana remained tied with Purdue for fourth place in the t conference with an 86-79 win over A Iowa. Kevin Kunnert lead all e scorers with 34 points, but John 9 Ritter's career high of 32 spark-. lead ed the Hoosiers' victory. In upcoming games, Minnesota invades Ar Arbe 'is Saturday Tickets taken' Anybody who doesn't have a ticket for this Saturday's bas- ketball game between. Michi- gan and Minnesota had better find a scalper if he wants to be in Crisler Arena for the show- down. The last tickets were sold yesterday for the Big Ten game of the year. in the final meeting of first place contenders. Gopher starters Ron Behagen and Corky -Taylor may be in uniform, pending the out- come of a district court decision today. The Wolverines play three of their last five' games on enemy courts plus the big one Saturday against Minnesota. -Daily-Robfe Tessem MICHIGAN GUARD Wayne Grablec battles along the boards with an unidentified Illinois player during the Wolverines' last home game against the Illini. Standing under the basket with apprehensive faces are Michigan's Steve Bazelon and Illinois' Jim DeDecker. Michigan won the game convincingly 105-83, and has since moved into second place in the Big Ten behind Minnesota. HERD STAMPEDES: l- e e o f h, ie a t e t This Week in Sports FRIDAY HOCKEY-at Notre Dame WRESTLING-Big Ten Tournament at Indiana GYMNASTICS-at Michigan State SWIMMING-at Southern Methodist TRACK-at Ohio State SATURDAY BASKETBALL-Minnesota at Crisler Arena, 2 p.m. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL--CentralMichigan at-Crisler Arena, 11:45 a.m. HOCKEY-at Notre Dame WRESTLING-Big Ten Tournament at Indiana GYMNASTICS--Illinois at Crisler Arena, 4 p.m. l . 1 AG199fO.^ A riT1W. ': 'JS'.;.};.:.;. Y'L . S':Y Ragin' Cajuns roll Qfl Big Ten Standings W L Pct Minnesota 8 2 .800 MICHIGAN 7 2 .778 Ohio State .7 3 .700 Indiana 4 4 .500 Purdue ' 4 4 .500 Michigan State 4 5 .444 Illinois 3 5 .375 Wisconsin 3 5 .375 Iowa 3 7 .300 Northwestern 2 8 .200 Tonight's Games Indiana at Illinois Purdue at Wisconsin t I 3 t } i By The Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. - I Lamar scored 41 points an Ebron added 36 to giveF western Louisiana, the n No. 10 major college bas team, a 112-91 victory over time -rival Northeast Louisia Lamar, the nation's l scorer with a 36.4 point pe average, connected on 15 field goal attempts and ad more from the free throw He also led in assists eight. Ebron, ranked seventh nation in -field goal perci hit 17 of 28 from the fiel two of four from the free line. Ebron also was thegame' ing rebounder with 24. Northeast was led by Steele with 32 points. Southwestern now is 21 the ~season while Northeast 8. St. Francis sacrificedl JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A starters. scored in double as eighth - ranked Marsha feated St. Francis 95-80 in lege basketball game last n Led by Russ Lee's 23 poin 'Thundering Herd made a half comebackrby scoring I- -- S41,0I E S NBA Baltimore 102, Philadelphia 101 ABA New York 104, Dallas 95 COLLEGE Kentucky 87, Georgia 63 Central Michigan 71, Wayne Stat Slippery Rock 90, Grove City 59 Tennessee 55, Florida 52 Villanova 92, Boston College 70 Ferris 61, Lake Superior State 42 SW Louisiana 112, NE Louisiana St. Louis 76, Texas 69 Marshall 95, St. Francis 80 Kan sas 71, Colorado 59 Davidson 85, Dayton 69 Vanderbilt 111, Alabama 51 6 W. Kentucky 103, Morehead 97, overtime Kansas St. 74, Oklahoma St. 52 Mississippi St. 62, Auburn 60 Grambling 92, Jackson, Miss. St. Virginia 62, Clemson 60 NW Louisiana 92, McNeese 80 Dwight id Roy South- ation's ketball rlong- ana. leading r game of 31 ded 11 line. with points in a row after St. Francis held a 46-45 halftime lead. The. margin of victory was their big- gest lead of the night. The victory was the 13th in succession for Marshall,1which now has a 22-2 record. Tyrone Collins scored 18 points for Marshall, Bill James and Randy Noll poured in 14 each and Mike D'Antoni added 11. Wildcats ravage MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State moved into a tie for first place in the Big Eight conference last night by blasting cellar- dweller Oklahoma State 74-52. The Wildcats, who are now even with Missouri at 8-2, jumped out to an early lead and coasted the rest of the way. K-State's man-to-man defense held the Cowboys scoreless for 51/2 minutes at one stretch in the first half. During that span, the Wild- cats bolted from a 17-10 lead to a 29-10 advantage. 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