SyE MICHIGAN DAILY . Page even Thursday, February 24, 1972 II I; <- - - ' '- r Harding stirs Titans to' life I , I ARLENE GRIFFIN recent delegate to Paris Peace Conference 4 Genie Plumondon visited N. Vietnam Marge Himmel venceremos By ROB HALVAKS Basketball, University of Detroit style, means discipline and a dedication to win- ning. Losing is the same as not having played the game at all. Much of the U. of D. winning philosophy was established by the Bob Calihan coach- ing dynasty, which lasted for 21 years and ended in 1969 when he decided to relinquish his, coaching duties to Jim Harding, and become Detroit's athletic director. Harding,, enjoying his third season as a coach of the Titans, has one of the best overall coaching records of anyone in the country. He ran up a phenomenal 107-23 record coaching high school teams and, in his first college season, posted a 16-8 re- cord, guiding Loyola of New Orleans to an appearance in the 1959 NCAA tourna- ment. Harding moved from Loyola to Gannon College 1n Erie, Pa. where he twice en- gineered them into the National College Division top ten and a, 56-9 record during his three year stay. In 1966, he was named college coach of the year in Pennsylvania.' After a year at LaSalle in which he posted a 20-8 record' and another NCAA title tournament appearance, Harding took the head coaching job with the Minnesota Pipers (now the Pittsburgh Condors) of the American Basketball Association. He led thy; Pipers to first place (21-11) and was chosen ABA All Star Coach in 1968. Taking over the Titans for the 1969-70 season, Harding ran up a 7-18 record in a. rebuilding year. In his second season he came 'up with a winning team (14-12) despiteunumerous player-coach conflicts. The player difficulties of the past have apparently been resolved and things have gone smoothly this season. With a record of 16-5 this season, Hard- ing has turned things around at the Jes- uit university, where everyone waits in anticipation of Harding's first invitation to the National Invitation Tournament in New York's Madison Square Garden next month. Harding, however, fears that "our loss to St. Peter's in the Garden last weekend, in our poorest showing of the year, may jeopardize our invitation to the NIT. Every- thing could depend on our home meeting with Marquette this Saturday." In their first meeting with Marquette in Milwaukee back in January, the Titans were nipped by the second-ranked War- riore 68-66. The game was marred by an unusual number of turnovers by each team, Detroit with 21 and Marquette with 18. When asked how he intended to play the Warriors in their crucial meeting Sa- turday, Harding replied, "It's too late in the year to make any change. We'll play them the acme as befor#." This season the Titans are playing t h e Harding single-post offense in the fore- court with most of the action centering around guard Frank Russell and forward Bill Pleas. Pleas, a transfer from Lamulle, is the team's leading rebounder with 12.4 grabs per game and is second in scoring with a game average ot 15.8 points. Both Russell and Pleas were named to the Motor City Tournament all-star team. Other Titans averaging in double figures are Tom Marsh (11.9) and Gerald Smith (10.9). As a team the Titans are averaging 76.9 points a game offensively, while their man-to-man defense is ranked 11th in the nation allowing 65.9 points a game. on "Indochina: The New Air War" FREE ADMISSION UNION BALLROOM, 8:00 P.M. FRI., FEB. 25 SLIDES, MUSIC AND RAPS CLUB 21 a nc -l c t6 m emingle, drink, and dance Thursday, Feb. 24 Music by SALMAGUNDI FREE BEER, Drinks $1.00 in lhe Huron 3 Room, CAMPUIS INN 9:00-12:30 p.m. Cover Charge: Girls $2.00, Guys $2.50 LSA 'EXECUIE ELECTIONS' NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR LSA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT-VICE PRESIDENTIAL SLATE 7 members-at-large for a full term and 1 member-at-large ,for a half term COME TO 3M, MICHIGAN UNION OR CALL 763-4799 Filing Deadline: Feb. 29, 1972, at 5:00 p.m. ELECTION MARCH 21 and 22, Iii .r0 . U ef M Students, WOLVERINES IMPRESSIVE: Senich beacons Blue netters 13 by RANDY PHILLIPS Neairy dominating the tourna- ment, Michigan's netters c a m e away, from last weekend's Mid- ! west Indoor Championships feel- ing pretty good. Although none of the seven Wol- verine players competing were seeded, Kevin Senich pushed his way into the finals before losing to the tourney favorite and two other netters made it to the quar- terfinals. But the icing on the cake came when all three Michigan doubles, duos waded through the competi- ion to reach the semi-finals. And then the team of Senich and Jer- ry Karzen brought home the doub- les crown in an all-Michigan final. Lenich was clearly the star of the show as he easily upset third- seeded Winn Irwin in the quarter- finals in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. He then upset Columbia's number-one player, Robert Binns, in decisive fashion, .6-4, 6-1 before succumb- ing to flick Johnson in the finals in a tough set loss 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Johnson had been r nked third in the midwest last ye while Irwia was sixthd.. Senich then. teamed up with Kar- zen to take the doubles title from teammates Tim Ott and Jeff Mil- ler, 6-3, 7-6. In the quarterfinals the Senich-Karzen team did away with the top-ranked duo of Mike Ducey and Irwin, 6-4, 6-4. Ott1 and Miller had reached the finals on the basis of a two-set tie break- er win over Wolverines Dick Rav- reby and Joel Ross., Michigan coach Brian Eisner was quite excited about the tourn- ament results, because this com- petition at Cleveland featured the best amateur players in the Mid- west. Eisner remarked, "Just the sing- les results would have made it a successful tournament, but with the doubles it was even more de- vastating." Senich's strong showing w a s somewhat unexpected since he played at five singles last year and is still playing behind Miller, Ross, and Ravreby at present. Bat Eisner was not too surprised: "Kevin has made that kind of progress; he's had a number of fine challenge match wins in pra c- tice, and he really had an out- standing tournament." As spring nears, the' Wolverine netters are switching into high gear. The second annual Varsity- Alumni match will be held Satur- day at the Huron Valley Tennis Club in Dixboro. Several outstanding former Wol- verine players are slated to chal- lenge this season's squad, headed by former three-time Big Ten champ Brian Marcus. Marcus ranked first in the Midwest for two years prior to this season. The competition should be cse as in last year's match, and the action begins at 1 p.m. Bllboaird The Michigan rugby' football club is holding practices in Yost Field House every Tuesday and Thursday evening between 9-11. Anyone who is interested in playing, whether you're exper. ienced or desiring to learn the game, is 'urged to attend. U of M Stude.t, Faculty and Staff BAHAMAS- NASSAU 5 DAYS/4 NIGHTS MARCH 6 to 10 FREEPORT 1 DAYS/7 NIGHTS MARCH 5 to 12 $15S9.0 ALL TRIPS INCLUDE: *Round trip nentrstop jot trenspetloin Sen :r end meal ervice en reut& e Accommedations for seveEf "iqts et the e"oT t Inn; four (4) Wlghts t the color Inn (Nassau). 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