Saturday, January 22, 1972 rHL MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Saturday, January 22, 1972 [HE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine ... sl out to lunch mort noveck Stubborn icers blanked Michigan Basketball: Disgraceful exhibitions IT WAS OBVIOUS to anyone that saw them play. Something was wrong with the Michigan basketball team. It wasn't just that they were losing. It was the way they lost. Only one team can win, so it's no disgrace not to win when the other team is better. But the Wolverines were getting beaten by teams that didn't have half the talent they did. And the two good teams they played didn't even extend themselves to win. Michigan players would go out on the floor and stand there doing nothing. Or they would forget everything they ever learned about the game and make some of the dumbest plays ever seen on the court. When Henry Wilmore was injured they didn't bother to play at { all. They just went out on the court and waited for the clock to run down. It was expeited when they lost to Marquette. They could nave given tne Warriors a better game, but no one expected tne Wolverines to win. To an extent the same was true of the Ohio State game. It's been a while since Michigan won anything in Columbus. However there is no excuse for the losses to Toledo, Wash- ington and Washington State. Michigan even without Wilmore, has more talent than any of those teams. But this talent wasn't doing the team any good. Wilmore was trying as hard as ever and John Lockard made vast improvements but the rest of the squad didn't seem to be very interested in playing. Especially disappointing were the sophomores. It was be- lieved that some of the sophs, like Sam Brady Mike Weaver and John Bridges would be valuable assets to the team. But they didn't help at all. When they played they disrupted more than they benefitted. It appeared that they just couldn't fit into the team, that they just weren't willing to run the plays. The immediate reaction was to blame Johnny Orr for the mess. The easiest explanation was that he didn't teach them ayt;A0g. TIow could they play a team game if no one told them wha:: o do? After all if he recruited them they must have some ability and if he couldn't do anything with it he must be a lousy coach. In a way it is Orr's fault. But not for failure to try. His misake until Thursday was to let them stay on the team. They didn't want to play and they didn't get along with the other players, so why should they stay? It would seem that an athlete who accepts a scholarship would want to play. It is understandable when basketball players don' go to class. Many of them have no academic motivation and are only in college to play. But at least most of these play as well as they can. As long as they stay eligible no one will complain if they are not exactly scholars. Then there are a few players who want to go to school. They only play for fun or for the scholarship. But as long as they try they are welcome on most teams. By BILL ALTERMAN The Michigan Icers made it six in a row last night; unfortunately it was their sixth consecutive loss, a 3-0 shutout at the hands of powerful Michigan Tech. For Huskie coach John MacInnes it was particularly sweet; it marked his 300th victory as a , college coach. Michigan did notl game. Indeed, Coach afterwards said, "We ter than any other Christmas break. Our, well, it's Just that played better." play a bad Al Renfrew' played bet- game since team played their team Tech, in fact, looked like thej daily sports. NIGHT EDITOR: SANDI GENIS some time coming around but last night they appeared every bit as' good as last year's Huskies. Last year's Freshman of the Year in the WCHA, Mike Usitalo, did much of the damage for Tech, scoring their first two goals. But for the first 20 minutes, it was a scoreless duel as Wolverine goalie Karl Bagnell and his Tech counterpart Morris Trewin made several spectacular saves. That doesn't mean, however, that the Huskies were unable to light up the red light. They did at 13:30 of the opening period but their momentary joy was turned to de- spair when referee Don Wilkie signaled no goal. He indicated that a Tech player had been guilty of being in the crease just as Huskie Gary Crosby shot the puck by Bagnell. Tech complained but to no avail. by Tec A few minutes earlier a Tech shot hit the crossbar and bounced down, inches outside of the red line. Then too, Tech thought they had broken the ice but the referees ruled otherwise. .- But Tech was not to be denied and scored almost immediately after the faceoff opening the sec- ond period. Michigan was a man down at the time and the fancy passing Huskies worked the faceoff into Usitalo in all alone on Bagnell. Usitalo managed to fake Bagnell off his feet and then effortlessly shot it in the unprotected net. Tech capitalized on another Michigan mistake to open the third period and make the score 2-0. A shot by Crosby was deflect- ed by Bagnell and knocked down in front of the net by Wolverine defenseman Jerry Lefebvre where Usitalo picked it up and easily slapped it by Bagnell. Tech wrapped it up two-thirds of the way through the period when a slap shot by Graham Wise got through Bagnell who was. screened by teammate Jean - - ~ - h, Cartier. The Huskies had numerous oth- er opportunities but Bagnell had another excellent night in goal, Huskies howl FIRST PERIOD SCORING: None. PENALTIES: 1. Tech-Bob Loriner (high sticking) 2:15; 2. Tech-Crosby (roughing) 9:56; 3. M-Skinner (rough- ing) 8:56; 4. Tech-Coates (charging) t11:02; 5. M-Connelly (charging) 11:02; 6. M-Connelly (charging) 11:02; 7. M- Cartier (charging) 19:56. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: 1. Tech- Usitalo (Crosby, Hartviksen) :10. PENALTIES: S. M-Werner (tripping) 4:00; 9. Tech-McPhail (holding) 8:37; 10. M-Cartier (inters.) 9:28; 11. Tech-, Lorimer (tripping) 10:14; 12. M-Gag- non (Interf.) 12:04; 13. Tech-Nahrgang (tripping) 12:38; 14. M-Paris (Interf.) 15:06. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: 2. Tech- Usitalo (Crosby, Hartviksen) :25; 3. Tech-Wise (Chestolowski, Mott) 14:01. PENALTIES: 15. Tech - Hartviksen (InterE.) 1:02; 16. M-Cartier (roughing) 1:44; 17. Tech-Cartier (roughing) 1:44; 18. M-Straub (high sticking) 7:19; 19. Tech-Crosby (high sticking)' 7:19; 20. M-Lefebvre (tripping) 10:48; 21. M- Falconer (rough) 16:35; 22. Tech-Lori- mer (rough) 16:35; 23. M-Jarry (rough) 16:35; 24. M-Jarry (rough) 16:35; 25. T- Crosby (rough) 16:35. GOALIE SAVES Michigan Bagnell 18 14 16-48 Tech-Trewin 14 9 14-37 - - - - - - 30 Huskies of last year who through the WCHA en route 25-6-2 record. Graduation hard, however, and Tech. tore to a hit took I S CORES NBA Detroit 107, Baltimore 102 Golden State 113, Atlanta 111 Chicago 113, Buffalo 93 Boston 110, Houston 103 Milwaukee 120, Cleveland 91 ABA Dallas 129, Utah 116 Carolina 122, Pittsburgh 98 Kentucky 108, Indiana 88 Wilmore gets two more "JANUARY CLEARANCE" FOR ORR it g n t c h c R p t e s Cl t But the Michigan sophomores don't want to do anything. Brady and Weaver haven't shown much desire on the court e C and they are academically ineligible at the moment. Terry 0 Tyler and Bridges are eligible but they don't want to, play. It's a puzzle. Orr hasn't found the key to onlock it yet bot he has decided g to try something. Johnny Orr might not be the greatest bas- ketball coach in the world but he cares about his team and is t deeply worried by it's failure to respond to his efforts. 1 So he has suspended Tyler and Bridges. And if and when 1 Brady and Weaver get eligible he'll consider the same for them. i "It was more or less their attitude. at practice," he ex- p n plained. "Just a lack of enthusiasm, desire to improve and to f make a positive contribution to the success of the team."b "We've asked them time and again to do certain V things," Orr continued "and they haven't respond'ed the way c we wanted them to.".We have not been able to get them to fit into our concept of the game." The sophomores idea of basketball from the way they play- ed, was strictly one on one. . They didn't seem to believe in % working as a team. However at le st they had some idea. Orr s doesn't claim to have problems with the rest of the squad, but h they haven't been that good a unit either. Michigan has far too much trouble against the zone and the press to be considered n a well coached team. A good deal of baskeball is raw talent, j but enough of it is polish. And the Wolverines don't look very 1 smooth. Orr says that some of the problems can be explained by Ib the sophs. "I think the problem has affected the play of some p of the others," he claims. But even Orr doesn't think the suspensions will make an immediate difference. "We'll have to E wait and see," he said. "I have no idea what will happen." Of course, nothing might happen due to the suspensions because Orr could be his own problem. He and Fred Snow- w den recruited these players. They wanted them on their team a and they thought that they could help. It's possible that the V coaches made a mistake in their recruiting. Maybe these r players should be kicked off the team now that their true V character is discovered. But maybe the problem is that Orr just doesn't know how to handle -them. None of them seem to be interested in school so they must have come to Michigan to play basketball. It's too soon to tell who's right. If team spirit picks up then Orr made the right move. But if nothing happens then he may have needlessly driven four players out of the game. r rmmii rrrrrirmrrmmmmmmmmmm m. * CU r FF O:n i r r 15c, r r r: OFF r _O{ r Cone r Islands r By BOB ANDREWS The problem - ridden Wolver- ne cagers (2-1) will host the Northwestern Wildcats (1-3) in a game at Crisler Arena this after- noon. Not only must Michigan win o maintain any hopes for the onference championship, but lead coach Johnny Orr will have o contend with the loss of four' of his players. As of Thursday, guards Sam Brady and Mike Weaver were de- clared ineligible while Terry Ty- er and John Bridges were tem- porarily suspended for lack of eam play. Fortunately for Orr. Northwest- ern has also had their share of etbacks and should pose no ser- ous threat in the Wolverine's quest for their third Big Ten vic- ory. While Michigan's absentees in- clude none of the starting five, ne week ago the Wildcats dis- missed last year's leading scorer. starting forward Barry Moran. ecause of his dispute with Coach Brad Snyder over the rules. The Wildcats have won three of twelve contests, including only ne in the conference. However, ast Tuesday. they upended Mich- gan State 76-69 and Snyder was pleasantly surprised by the per- ormance of three of his sonho- mores; 6-8 forward Bryan Ash- baugh, 6-7 backup center Greg Wells, and 6-1 guard Kevin Ka- chan. According to Athletic Director Tippy Dye "All three might b¢ starting against Michigan but we wron't know until game time." Wells is not as fine a shooter as starting center Barry Hentz, but he is a better rebounder. The Wildcats employ a shiftine man on man offense led by 6-1 unior guard. Mark Sibley. Not on- y does he boast a 14.7 scoring average. but he is the team's eader in assists and second in re- bounds. Dye insisted, "Sibley has played well enough for strong con- sideration for best guard in the Big Ten" The only other sure starter for the Wildcats will be 6-4 for- ward, Rick Sund. Coming off the 84-73 thrashing at the hands of Ohio State, the Wolverines will be starting the regular five of Dave Hart and Wayne Grabiec at guards, Henry Wilmore and John Lockard at the forward slots with Ernie Johnson playing the pivot. Wilmore, the squad's leading ' scorer with a 23.9 average, will start at forward. But Orr defi- nitely plans to play him at guard. "When Henry plays the back- court for us, he'll be the man who brings the ball up for us", added the Wolverine mentor. Lockard seems to be playing his best basketball ever as a Wolverine. Not only is he pacing the team in rebounding with a 10.4 average, but he is fourth in scoring with 12.5 points per game. According to Orr, "Right now John is one of the premier players in our league. The rea- son he has improved is his new- ly found self-confidence." Ken Brady made his season's debut against the Buckeyes and showed that the long lay-off had hindered his ability and timing. However, he seemed to be mov- ing better this week in practice, but not to the point where he could go 40 minutes. Although, Orr plans to start Johnson at center, Brady will come in whenever Wilmore re- TV & Stereo Rentals $10.00 per month NO DEPOSIT FREE DELIVERY, PICK UP AND SERVICE CALL: bait l awless places Hart at guard with John- son moving to the vacated for- ward position. Against Ohio State, one of the major reasons for the Wolverine's impotence was the inability' of the guards to hit from the out- side. Combined, Hart and Grabiec hit only 2 of 14 from the floor and totalled five points between them. Tyler and Bridges later came in and did an adequate job, but with them no longer on the squad it is even more important that Hart and especially Grabiec, re- gain their shooting eye. 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