( Thursday, March 2 1972 TIME MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven I T Thursday, March 2, 1972 TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven -ta4t af&4#ect4 r PISTONS MISFIRE: Var ations on a theme: Johnny 0 raps the refs john papanek... 1 big bald guy with the gentle voice sitting behind his desk, reflecting on Michigan's Tuesday night 79-75 loss to Indiana could not have been Johnny Orr. At least he wasn't the same Orr who cooked nimself bright red at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington. That guy went crazy, and made it clear after the game that he thought the win was presented to the Hoosier by the grace of the three officials working the game. Now, he was changing the tune a little bit, but the ideas behind the words could not be concealed. He thought Michigan played well enough to win, but... Actually, Orr was not the first man out of the Wolverine dressing following the loss, and his contempt for the officials was mild compared to the long list of unprintables hurled at them by his assistant, Freddie Snowden. When Snowden went over to do his post-game radio show and tell all of Ann Arbor about the incompetence of the refs, Orr emerged smoldering, and offered his critique. "That was cheese officiating," Orr told the crowd of reporters. "We made a great comeback in the second half. fee, I hate to lose on something like that, It's disgusting." Orr's major beef was legitimate-a pair of inconsistent foul calls late in the game, when the contest could have gone either way. With Michigan trailing 76-73, Wayne Grabiec took a good foul--a semiintentional lunge, to try to steal the ball from Hoosier Kim Pemberton. The Wolverines were still under the limit for one-and-one, so Grabiec expected a one-shot foul, with Michigan regaining possession. But official Charles Fouty ruled the'foul intentional and awarded Pemberton two shots. Michigan caught up to within two, 77-75, with help from Joby Wright; who dropped a layup in the wrong basket. Then came the call that burst Orr's bubble. Wright grabbed Wilmore as he dribbled upcourt with the same idea that Grabiec used, that is give Michigan one point instead of a chance for two. Orr and Snowden shouted for two shots, but Fouty signalled one. A shaken Wilmore missed the shot, and the rest is in the books. Orr, called the foul "a gutless call" after the game, and clearly implied that it cost Michigan the game. But yesterday afternoon, the other guy, the modest guy, ' lightened up a bit. "Indiana played a great game," he said. "No, I don't think the officiating cost us the game. Our prob- lem was that we couldn't get the ball when we were 4inning." But he wouldn't let the officials off the hook for very long. "I think they did a bad job. They just can't make mis- takes like those two calls. I- guess they.get nervous after some- thing' like the Ohio State-Minnesota affairs happens, espe- cially in a place like Indiana, where they have some pretty wild fans.- But if Orr wasn't blaming the officials for the loss, what was he blaming it on? For one thing, he thinks that the game was Michigan's most aggressive of the- season. I know I've seen at least two better ones-Saturday's trouncing of Minnesota and the Wolverines' victory over Illinois a few weeks back. He thinks that Wright made a lot of "real good baskets" while it looked to me that Michigan was just allowing Indiana's guards, Bootle White and Frank Wilson to get the ball inside to Wright and Steve Downing. Purdue found success the same way when it knocked off the Wolverines at West Lafayette. The fact is that Michigan did not play a real good game, V except for the first 10 minutes of the second half, when they came aback to take the lead after an 11-point halftime deficit. Grablec's outside shot was flaming and Wilmore was doing another good job. But for the failure of the Wolverines' front line to stop Wright (26 points) and Downing (21 rebounds), coupled with an abundance of errors, Michigan did not outplay the Hoosiers. Even if Orr denies blaming the loss on the officials, he heaped enough criticism on them to make them look like the scapegoats. There's no doubt that there were some bad calls, most of them in Indiana's favor, but that is not uncommon, and usually goes along with the home court advantage. When the tables were turned four weeks ago during Ohio !States losing visit to Ann Arbor, Buckeye coach Fred Taylor was livid about the officiating, while Orr, whose team went to the foul line 50 times, said the officials wern't tough enough. They might both take a lesson from Indiana's young rookie coach Bob Knight. "I never comment on officiating," he said Tuesday night. "That's only one of many factors in the game. You've got to assume that bad calls will even out. If not, there's nothing you can really do about it, is there?" Eastern continues to gain in AP ranking Laker # By The Associated Press MADISON-Gail Goodrich's 15- foot basket with four seconds to go last night gave Los Angeles a 109-108 National Basketball Asso- ciation victory over Milwaukee, upping their season margin to 3-1 over the defending NBA cham- pions. The Lakers fell behind 108-103 on a shot by Oscar Robertson with 1:35 to go before Jerry West pulled Los Angeles within three. Then the Bucks fell apart, as Lucius Allen missed two free throws and LA's Happy Hairston connected to narrow the margin to 108-107. Wilt Chamberlain then muffed a chance to take the lead, missing three consecutive free throws, but Hairston grabbed the rebound and fed Goodrich, who hit the winning basket. Milwaukee's Bob D a n d r i d g e missed a 20-foot shot at the buzzer. Kareem Abdul Jabbar paced all z scorers with 33 for Milwaukee. Sonics 'boom DETROIT - Spencer Haywood and player-coach Lenny Wilkens teamed with Dick Snyder to pace the Seattle SuperSonics to a 116- 102 victory over the Detroit Pis- nip tons last night.. The victory gave the streaking Sonics sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division of the National Basketball 'Associa-' tion. It was Seattle's 11th victory in their last 12 games and lifted them a half game ahead of the idle Golden State Warriors in their torrid battle for the second and final playoff position in the Pacific Division. Wilkens wound up with 28 points, Haywood 27 and Snyder 23 as the Sonics pulled ahead 56-48 at half- time and extended their lead to as many as 13 points early in the fourth period. Bob Lanier topped the slumping Pistons with 32 points while Dave' Bing and Jimmy Walker each scored 19. The loss was the fourth in a row and eighth in the last; nine for the Pistons. * * * Gays sprained BOSTON-John Havlicek led a' daily NIGHT EDITOR: CHUCK BLOOM third-period explosion with 15 points last night as the Boston Celtics rolled to their fourth con- secutive National Basketball As- sociation victory with a 115-105 triumph over the Cleveland Cava- liers. The Celtics, who led 53-47 at halftime, scored 39 points in the third period, pulling away to an tasy victory. Havlicek received scoring help from Dave Cowens with eight points and Jo Jo White with six in the outburst. Boston, bidding for its first di- visional title since 1965, led by as Bucks; -Associated Press MILWAUKEE'S KAREEM JABBAR makes an interesting road- block as Los Angeles' Gail Goodrich tries to chase Lucius Allen. In a showndown of the possible NBA championship, The Lakers beat the Bucks, 109-108, in action last night. NIT PICKS FIVE: NCAA chooses eigt 09108 much as 21 points, 92-71, before coasting. Havlicek topped all scorers with 31 points. Cowens contributed 29 and White 21. Rookie Austin Carr was Cleve- land's big gun, hitting for 27 points. Rick Roberson was next with 15. * * * Sixers score PHILADELPHIA-Bob Rule's 20 points led a balanced Philadelphia 76ers scoring attack in a 108-99 victory over the Buffalo Braves in a National Basketball Associa- tion game last night. Rule was one of seven 76ers to reach double figures.- Substitute Dave Nyohl's 19 points compli- mented Rule's production and also marked his best scoring effort in a month and a half. The 76ers broke a 4-4 tie in the first period on a Fred Carter layup and never were headed. They in- creased their margin to 42-28 mid- way through the second period. Philadelphia stayed safely ahead throughout the second half and had several 15-point leads in the final period. Bob Kauffman and Elmore Smith each had 19 points for Buffalo, which lost its fourth straight game and its ninth in its last 10 starts. Colonels salute LOUISVILLE - Artis Gilmore scored a career high 41 points to lead the Kentucky Colonels to a 134-125 American Basketball Asso- cation victoryover the Carolina Cougars last night. Gilmore, who leads the ABA in field goal percentage, connected on 16 of 19 shots from the field, and also hauled down 20 rebounds. High scorers for Carolina were Stew Johnson and Wendell Ladner with 25 points each. Caldwell added 24. 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Marquette University, 23-1 and The first round begins March winner of 63 of its last 65 games, 11 with regional championships and eight other teams have ac- March 16-18 and finals at Los cepted invitations to fill at-large Angeles, March 23-25. berths 'in the National Collegiate With the scramble for first- Athletic Association's University round positions still wide open Division basketball tournament, because of an unusual number of an NCAA spokesman said yes- tight conference races competi- terday. tion March 11 shaped up like this: Nine of 25 starting spots in the East Regional - Middle Atlan- tournament are filled by at-large tic Conference champion vs. entrants. South Carolina at William and Besides Marquette, ranked fifth Mary; S o u t h e r n Conference in the nation, other Top Ten champion vs. Villanova at Prince- schools to fill at-learge positions ton; Ivy League champion vs. in the tournament are No. 8 South Providence at St. John's, N.Y. Carolina, 20-4; No. 9 Marshall, Mideast Regional - Mid-Amer- 23-2 and No. 10 Florida State, 23- ica Conference champion vs. Mar- 4. quette at Tennessee; Ohio Valley Others are No. 11 Southwest- Conference champion vs. Florida ern Louisiana, 22-3; No. 13 Hous- State at Tennessee. ton, 19-6; No. 15 Hawaii, 24-2; Midwest Regional - Southwest- Providence, 17-5 and Villanova, ern Louisiana vs. Marshall; 18-6. Southwest Conference champion Southwestern Louisiana a n d vs. Houston at New Mexico. Marshall will square off in the West Regional - Weber. State first round of the Midwest re- vs. Hawaii; Long Beach State vs. gional at New Mexico State, Las Brigham Young at Idaho State. Cruces, New Mexico, - St. John's University of New The only other at-large team York, winner of four National In- knowing its first - round oppo- vitation Tournament titles, was nent is Hawaii, which meets Big chosen along with four other in- Sky Conference champion Weber dependent college basketball pow- State in the West regional at Ida- ers yesterday for the 21st annual Gymnasts prepare fora gTen title defense By CHUCK DRUKIS Indiana, and Michigan State have Michigan's gymnastic bubble will had up and down performances be on the line this weekend when throughout the regular season. they travel to sparkling Cham- However, with off showings by paign, Ill., for the Big Ten tour- both the Wolverines and the Hawk- nament. eyes, an upset can not be com- The Wolverine dynasty of esthe- pletely discounted. tic body control will bt after it's The formula for victory, accord- eleventh Big Ten title in the past ing to Coach Loken is "staying 12 years. But the trophy will not with Iowa in the compulsories. If be an easy one. The. only team we can build a little lead, I think that beat Michigan in dual meets that we can hang on." this season, Iowa, will provide a! The burden of pressure will lie stiff r o a d b lo c k to Michigan's on the Michigan all-around men- hopes. Ted Marti, Ray Gura, and Jean The Hawkeye victory was the Gagnon. first loss for the Blue in 47 dual Besides the all-around men, meets, dating back to 1968. Since Michigan will need strong per- then, the Wolverines have started formances from their individual a new streak that now stands at event specialists. five, but a decisive victory over Dick Kaziny is one of the best Iowa would be sweet consolation. in the country on the side horse, So far, the Iowa loss is the but he'll have to prove that in his Blue gymnasts only blemish of the scores this weekend. season while the Hawkeyes en- Mike Sale and Marty Falb will joyed a perfect Big Ten rtcord. encounter stiff competition on the "We've been working very in- rings, especially from Indiana. tensely the last few weeks," said Murray Plotkin will need another head coach Newt Loken. "I think fine display on the parallel bars. we're ready for the weekend." Ward Black has, been improving Tomorrow morning, all teams tremondously in the floor exercise will perform the required Inter- and could add significantly to the national Olympic routines that team score. Jim Scully will enter have been stipulated by the NCAA. the tournament while at his peak In the afternoon each team will on the high bar. execute it's regular optional rou- Overall, Michigan's fate lies in tines. the hands of teamwork. If several For the compulsory and the op- members have off days, it's going tional routines, the participating to be up to the team to pick up schools will be divided into groups the slack. of three. On Saturday, the top - - three teams will battle it out HAIRSTYLING while the individual finals will be held in the evening. AS YOU LIKE IT! Each of the events, the\ com- NEW TRENDS FOR 1972 pulsory, the optional, the top TRIMS-SHAGS three, and the individual will be! and RAZOR CUTS worth one fourth of the final score a olBrb s that will decide the championshin. Besides Michigan and Iowa, only , 2 SHOPS three other teams appear to have 0 61 1 E. University a shot at the trophy. Minnesota, ' 615 E. Liberty event at Madison Square Garden. Joining the Redmen, already holders of the record for most NIT appearances and titles, were Fordham, Syracuse, Niagara and newcomer Jacksonville, Fla. Ben Carnevale, president of the NIT Selection Committee, announced the field for the remaining 11 teams in the March 17-25 tourney is still wide open. Only a few years ago, many collegiate conferences barred their runnerup teams - the winners are eligible for the National Colle- giate Athletic Assiciation cham- pionships - from playing in other post-season tournaments. Now only the Pacific-8 still pro- hibits such play. The NIT said yesterday it hopes to get some of the following teams: Two from the Atlantic Coast Conference, including Maryland, -Associated Press Virginia and defending champion North Carolina. NIT Louisville or Memphis State from the Missouri Valley Con- ference. Michigan, Minnesota or Ohio State from the Big Ten. Five more teams have been se- lected to compete for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's College Division basketball title, the NCAA announced yesterday. The latest to accept invitations were Biscayne College of Miami, Fla., 17-9; University of Bridge- port, Conn., 16-7; Gannon College of Erie, Pa., 18-6; University of Hartford, Conn., 18-5; and Univer- sity of California-Riverside 18-8. This brings to 25 the number of teams selected to date. At least 35 are expected to compete in regional tournaments, an NCAA spokesman said. MEET 'Cleve' Washington Regular and Styling EVERY MONDAY - U-M Barbers Titan Power Gerald Smith (52) of Detroit pops a soft jumper in last night's 79-71 victory over Duquesne. This win virtually insures the Ti- tans of a NIT tournament berth. ISC" Il IS SFor the Student Body: NHL Montreal 4, Buffalo 1 New York 4, California 1 Toronto 3, St. Louis 1 NBA Seattle 116, Detroit 102 Boston 115, Cleveland 105 Philadelphia 108, Buffalo 99 Los Angeles 109, Milwaukee 108 College Basketball S. Carolina 81, Creighton 64 Maryland 64, Wake Forest 56, of Detroit 79, Duquesne 71 Western Mich. 100, Ohio U. 83 vllanova 78, Notre Dame 75 Toledo 70, De Paul 66, ot Iowa 64, Okla. St. 62 LEVI'S Corduroy Bells Study in Guadalajara, Mexico The Guadalajara Summer School, a fully accredited University of Arizona program, will offer, July 3 to August 12, anthropology, art, folklore, geography, history, government, language and litera- ture. Tuition, $160; board and room, $1 90. Write Office of the Summer Session, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. CHECKMATE State Street at Liberty HI-Fl BUYS Ann Arbor-East Lansing 616 S. Main 769-4700 Comprehensive Repair Service Available I t r rU By The Associated Press Tennessee State edged to within six points of top-ranked Eau Claire and widened its lead over No. 3 Louisiana Tech in the Associated Press college division basketball poll yesterday. The Tigers who scored two vic- tories last week for a 21-1 season record, received three top votes and 230 points from a panel of sports writers and -broadcasters while the Wisconsin team collected six No. 1 votes and 230 points af- ter running its record to 21-1 with two triumphs. Louisiana Tech, 21- 3, was a distant third with 142 points and one top ballot. Last week Eau Claire held a 47- point advantage over Tennessee State and Louisiana Tech trailed the Tigers by only 50 points. Cheyney State, fourth last week,' plunged to No. 7 with one loss in three tries in games through Sat- urday. Akron, which split its two- game card, fell from No. 8 into oblivion in the season's next-to- last poll. Moving into the No. 4spot was Eastern Michigan, with one No. 1 vote with 132 points. Also moving up one notch behind the Hurons were Alabama State and Stephen F. Austin. Trailing Cheyney State were Western Washington and Evans- ville who moved up one place each to Nos. 8 and 9. - Kentucky State squeezed into the Top Ten as Akron's numerical replacement. Although the ballot- ing is to be based on games through Saturday night, the Tho- robreds' ranking received a hearty boost with their 121-76 upset of Ilastern Michigan Monday night. 11 m SPECIAL-During Spring Break REDUCED RATES: Billiards Table Tennis M Pin Bowling WIN A FREE GAME GUILD HOUSE-802 Monroe FRIDAY, MARCH 3 NOON LUNCHEON-35c Thomas N. Burnham Republican Candidate for City Council, 2nd Word Students are affected by the councilmen they elect. Rap about whatever you want to know. DUE TO SPRING VACATION, THERE WILL NOT BE A GUILD DINNER ON FRIDAY EVENING. MICHIGAN UNION OPEN 1 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 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