Friday, March 3, 1972 Vage Seven. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY i'oae Seven i Cager By GEORGE HASTINGS While the rest of the University takes a rest during the spring break, the Michigan basketball team will be taking on its tough- est assignment of the year as they attempt to win their last three Big Ten games. The Wol- verines have their backs to the wall, and winning all three is a must to gaining even a tie for the Big Ten crown. Currently, the Wolverines with an 8-3 record, stand in third place, a half game behind the co- leaders, Ohio State and Minne- sota, who are both 9-3, and who each have two games left. Mich- igan coach John Orr agrees that at least one of the other two contenders will take its last two contests, so that his team needs all three. "If we win them all, I think we'll probably tie for the title," he says. The remaining schedule is not exactly favorable to the Wolver- ines. Michigan plays the three games within an eight-day per- iod, taking on Michigan State and Iowa, both away games, to- morrow and next Saturday, with a home contest against Wisconsin sandwiched in between on Tues- day. face rugged. road In title bid -Daily--Sara Krulwichl Lockard jams the boards OSU SECOND: Tankers place third in prelims 8y'CHUCK BLOOM home in second place. Special To The Daily The Wolverines captured ninth EAST LANSING-Following lastEeleventh, and twelfth in that night's first set of finals, Michigan event. finds itself in a big hole in the Big aThe 50-yardhfreestyle saw th Ten S w i mi m i n g and R iving last of IU's holy trinity, Mark Championships. Spitz, blast home in record time The Wolverines with 51 points Spitz, the Sullivan Award winner trail favored Indiana and Ohio set an all-time Big Ten mark with State who have 179 and 109dpoints, a quick time of :20.81. respectively. Jose Aranha of Michigan swam The Michigan tankmen were his best race of the year, a fine plagued yesterday by their inabil- effort that gained him third place ity to place enough swimmers in in a time of :21.86. the finals. Indiana and Ohio State Illinois' Joe Tanner was second, both did well in this department, while Ohio State's Bill Catt, came the Hoosiers advancing nine and in third., the Buckeyes four. Ohio State really cleaned up in Michigan's Dan Fishburn gar- the diving events, taking 1-2 in nered ninth place in the 500-yard the one 'meter springboard. Tim freestyle with a good time of Moore, a freshman, was the victor- 4:50.11. Re could not, however, sous Buck by a wide margin with match: John Kinsella of Indiana, sidekick'Todd Smithsplashing who clocked in with the winning down second. time of 4:35.27. Kinsella's team-: Indiana took the next two po- mate Bill Heiss finished second. sitions with Gary James third and TheHoosier swept the first four TomEldridge fourth. Rick Math- places in the 200-yard individual eny of OSU dove to fifth, while medley. Gary Hall was the victor defending cbcampion Craig Lin- with a new Big Ten record time coin of Minnesota fell to a dis- of 1:55.63. Larry 'Barbie raced i appointing sixth. M __.:.., This Week r Sports ..., 1 TODAY HOCKEY-Minnesota at the Coliseum, 8 p.m. TRACK-Big Ten Meet at Columbus GYMNASTICS-Big Ten Meet at Champaign SWIMMING-Big Ten Meet at East Lansing SATURDAY- HOCIEY-Minnesota at the Coliseum, 8 p.m. BASKETBALL-Michigan State at East Lansing, 2 p.m. TRACK-Big Ten Meet at Columbus GYMNASTICS-Big Ten Meet at Champaign SWIMMING-Big Ten Meet at East Lansing BASEBALL-at Phoenix (doubleheader) MONDAY LACROSSE-at Roaroke BASEBALL-at Arizona State TENNIS-at Corpus Christi, TUESDAY BASKETBALL-Wisconsin at Crisler Arena, 8 p.m. BASEBALL-at Arizona State TENNIS-at Texas A&M WEDNESDAY BASEBALL-at Arizona State LACROSSE-at Duke THURSDAY WRESTLING-NCAA Championships at College Park, Maryland LACROSSE-at Virginia Tech BASEBALL-at Arizona TENNIS-at Southern Mehodist University FRIDAY WRESTLING-NCAA Championships at College Park BASEBALL-at Arizona TRACK-at Detroit TENNIS-at Trinity SATURDAY BASKETBALL-Iowa :at Iowa City WRESTLING-NCAA Championship Finals at College Park TRACK-at Detroit BASEBALL-at Arizona (doubleheader) SUNDAY LACROSSE-at Denison BASEBALL-at Arizona. In Michigan's best effort of the night, the 400-yard medley squad t was barely "touched out" for first place. The Wolverine team of eChris Hansen, Byron MacDonald, rStu Isaac, and Aranha toured the pool in a swift 3:30.84, just .28 of a second slower than the Hoos- iers. The outstanding time for the Wolverines was due mainly to Ar- anha's split of :46.6. Aranha has been constantly improving and should do well Saturday evening in the 100-yard freestyle. Coach Gus Stager sadly ad- mitted that this first night was "worse than last year." "We really dug ourselves in a hole this time," he added, "and it may not be until Saturday before we pass Ohio State. If we do at all!" Michigan must improve in its diving where Joe Crawford placed' a poor eleventh. So far, Oh 10 State's complete domination of the diving events is the reason for their large point spread over the Wolverines. Tonight things should improve for Michigan. Isaac will gofor the 100-yard breaststroke title, while Mas Donald will swim in the 200 yard butterfly. Saturday night will feature the freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, and 100-yard butter- fly. All hopes of catching the high- flying B u c k e y e s rest on thesej events. Michigan State fans have been treated to the heroics of "Doc" Councilman's magnificent crew. His marvelous men and potential - Olympic medal winners have been completely dominating all of the swimming events. Their press buildup as superhuman seems to be very well founded.- When the Olympics roll around this summer, Councilman's tank- ers can be counted on to play a dominating roll, just as they have taken command of the Big Ten meet here in East Lansing. TV & Stereo Rentals $10.00 per month NO DEPOSIT FREE DELIVERY,'PICK UP AND SERVICE CALL: NEJAC TV RENTALS 662-5671 Meanwhile, the Buckeyes take a dangerous trip to Indiana tomor- row, and conclude their season by entertaining MSU Tuesday, while the Gophers have a home game against Illinois and a road contest at Purdue. Going into the clutch games, Orr expresses confidence. "I think we're quite capable of winning all of them," he says. Despite the Wolverines tough 79-75 loss at Indiana Tuesday night, he feels that his team is currently play- ing some of its best basketball of the year. Michigan played perhaps its best half of the season in the sec- ond half against Minnesota just last week, and Orr insists, it "did not play badly" against Indiana. He denies that his front line of Ken Brady, John Lockard, and Ernie Johnson let down against the Hoosiers. "They're front men may have outscored ours, but -they took three times as many shots," he pointed out. The statistics bear him out, showing that Indiana's Joby Wright, Steve Downing, and John Ritter, shot 26 of 60 in scor- ing 59 points, while the Michigan trio took only 20 shots, making nine for 18 points. "Besides," Orr says, "Our guards were hot and we didn't have to go to our forwards so much," noting that Henry Wil- more and Wayne Grabec com- bined for 51 points, The game tomorrow against the Spartans might seem to be an easy one in light of the Spar- tans' 4-7 Big Ten and 11-10 ov- erall records, but the Wolverines are counting on a hard struggle anyway. "They'll probably play their best game of the year Sat- urday," Orr speculated, noting the traditional Michigan - Michigan State rivalry, the Spartan home court advantage, and the fact that MSU is "due" for a big game after three straight defeats as factors which suggest a strong Spartan performance. The big gun for Michigan State will probably be Mike Robinson, the Big Ten's leading scorer. Robinson, a quick 5-11 guard, has averaged better than 26 points per contest in conference games so far. He does most of his scoring on outside shooting. The other man who could hurt the Wolverines is Bill Kilgore, the Spartans' 6-7 center. The big pivotman is ore of the confer- ence's premier rebounders, netting Big Ten Standings WV L Pt. Minnesota 9 3 .750 Ohio State 9 3 .750 MICHIGAN 8 3 .727 Indiana 6 5 .545 Purdue 5 6 .454 Wisconsin 5 6 .454 Michigan State 4 7 .3641 Illinois 4 7 .3641 Iowa 4 7 .364 Northwestern 2 9 .182 Tomorrow's Games MICHIGAN at Michigan State Illinois at Minnesota Purdue at Iowa Ohio State at Indiana Northwestern at Wisconsin daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: DAN BORUS 11 a game. However, Michigan, with all three of its big men av- eraging 10 rebounds or letter, should take the overall battle of the boards tomorrow. Next week's contests are also against teams in the Big Ten's second division, but again are not likely to be won without strong Wolverine performances. Needless to say, upsets have been quite common in the Big Ten this year. For Wisconsin, which has been coming on strong lately, the game Tuesday could mean climbing above .500 for the season, should the Badgers, now 5-6, conquer w e a k Northwestern tomorrow. However, they will have to con- tend with the Michigan home court edge, which so far has been for six victories in six tries for the Wolverines. The Badgers rely heavily on Leon Howard, averaging 20 points a game, for their scoring junch. As for rebounding, they feature Kim and Kerry Hughes, a pair of 6-9 identical twins, along with the 6-5 Howard. Kim leads this department with 10 a contest. A week from tomorrow, should the Wolverines still be in therace, the team to beat will be Iowa- at Iowa. And while the Hawkeyes are only 4-7 on the year, the Michigan squad would be wise to. be wary when they enter the Iowa arena. 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If there is any kind of a tie for the title, one playoff game at a neutral site will determine the Big Ten representative for the NCAA tournament. Should tlere be a two-way tie between Michigan and either of the other two contenders, a single playoff contest will be the deter- minant. However, should there be a three-way jam, Ohio State, hav- ing gone to the tourney last sea- son, would be out of luck, and the Wolverines and Gophers would simply play for the NCAA bid. On the other hand, should the Wolverines falter once in their last three outings, there still might be an NIT bid. But for Orr and his Michigan team, that prospect would not be especially sweet. Lone Peacock Rich Rinaldi of the Baltimore Bullets is the only graduate of St. Peter's University in the NBA. E . 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