Wednesday, December 1, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page,. Qoven Wednsda, Deembr 1,197 THEMICIGANDAIY Pae Eeve Cagers open wig reen Irish MORE OFFENSE: Iowa maplemen seek comeback By 19NDY PHILLIPS Austin Carr, former All- American at Notre Dame, has hit for about 25 points a game in his last five starts for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the Na- tional Basketball Association, but those 25 points will be sore- ly missed by the Irish when they host thei Wolverines in the sea- son opener for both clubs to- night. Carr, along with all four oth- er starters from last year's squad, has departed the college scene leaving new Irish Coach Richard Phelps with eight soph- omores and three upperclassmen to work with. As a result, Notre Dame will be starting five soph- ornores against last year's sec- ond place Big Ten team. However, one shouldn't get the idea that the Irish will be push- overs. Last year the Notre Dame Frosh squad rampaged over the Wolverine freshmen by 40 points. Michigan coach Johnny Orr has respect for both Notre Dame's young team and the Irish's new mentor. "(Bob) Valibus and (Gary) Novack are very fine players; they're very capable. They (Notre Dame) had a very fine recruiting year." Valibus is a fine passing and ball-handling guard from Mi- ami. Orr expects him to handle the ball most of the time. Vali- bus is also considered a fine de- fensive player. Valibus was a high school teammate of Michigan sopho- more guard John Bridges and they teamed up in their senior year to lead Carol City to a high state ranking. Bridges is temporarily ineligible, and will not play against Notre Dame. Gary Novack, a 6-7, 190 for- ward, is considered the best front line man for the Irish. Novak is a good shooter with tricky inside moves. Phelps, the Irish's first year coach, comes to Notre Dame from Fordham where he did a one-year stint leading the Rams to a surprisingly good season and a berth in the NCAA tour- nament. Phelps' teams have b e e n trademarked by running of- fenses and a tight pressing de- fense. But if the Notre Dame Varsity-Freshman game is any indication, the Irish will not continue the running style of play. The Irish mentor doesn't think his squad is the running type of team. "I don't think we're a running club; I don't think we have that speed; we're not a quick club." Orr is not going on the basis of the Freshman-varsity tilt. daily s NIGHT EDITORS: RANDY PHILLIPS The Irish did little' pressing or running in that contest, but ac- cording to Orr, "We expect them to do both." Michigan is hoping to get off to a good start and gain mo- mentum that would carry through, to the Big Ten season. Last season the Wolverines took off to a sizzling 0-3 record against nationally ranked Notre Dame, Kentucky, and Duke. Michigan didn't get moving un- til the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii when the Wolverines plastered eventual NCAA tour- nament finalist Villanova. But the Wolverines will be playing without big Ken Brady in center. Ernie Johnson has looked good filling in for the 6-10 Brady, and he should pro- vide a little more speed in the frontcourt. Orr added, "I'm anxious to see how we're going to play without Brady." Orr apparently is very happy with the play of junior forward John Lockard so far. Lockard is filling in at the front court spot vacated by Johnson when he was moved to center. Michigan's mentor is going with his two co-captains at the guard position, Wayne Grabiec and Dave Hart. Orr plans to use his starting five most of the way but will use Terry Tyler, Greg Buss, and Steve Bazelon to spell the starters. But the attention will be fo- cused on Michigan's great All- American candidate Henry Wil- more. The Wolverines' 6-31 forward ranked third in- scor- ing in the Big Ten last year and ninth in rebounding. Michigan's oftfense will try to get the ball to Wilmore as often as possible. Orr remarked, "Our offense is keyed for Henry (Wilmore) and Grabiec." The Wolverines will also try to run on the Irish, and may go into a zone press to try and upset the inexperienced Notre Dame squad. Irish coach Phelps has high respect for his Wolverine oppon- ents and calls them "a well balanced team with a lot of physical strength; they play a good inside game." His plan against Michigan will be to "keep them off the boards." It's too early to tell how good or bad the Irish squad may be, but Phelps says, "We're going to give everyone a game. Some people are saying that if you now play Notre Dame ten games you will win nine of them. But we're going to play that 'one' out of ten every game." The Irish play one of the most grueling schedules in the coun- try including two encounters with NCAA champ UCLA. So the Irish hope to get on the winning track early to gain their own brand of momentum. But a sloppy game is likely for the two teams opening their season, and the Wolverines ,experience may prove to be the difference. By MICHAEL OLIN The Iowa Hawkeye Hoop squad is hoping to turn over a new leaf this- year, while turning over few- er basketballs, in anticipation ofl a winning season. The Iowa City fans expect no less than a reversal of last years 9-15 record, having gotten used to championships and such in 1970 when the Hawkeyes finished 20-5 with the help of All American John Johnson. Last year's squad, though fin- ishing in a tie for seventh within the conference, at 4-10, was not without its moments. Led by now graduated Fred Brown, an Asso- ciated Press All American. the Hawks were spectacular at times. Second year coach Dick Schult- ze is optimistic about the 71-72 season. He commented, "We have a lot of players returning - young men who give 1,00 percent. With what we have coming back, plus some excellent prospects off the freshman team, and the addition of our junior college transfers, we should be a highly respectable team next season." Most of Schultz's hopes rest in the hands of Junior center Kevin Kunnert. Kunnert, who tips the scales at 231 pounds, also stretch- es skyward a full seven feet. Still young, Kunnert has obviously not yet finished growing as last year he played at a 'mere' 6'11! Last year, Kunnert averaged 10.4 points per game while snag- ging 9.4 rebounds. In their game against Michigan's Wilmore led Wolverines, he pulled down a re-I markable 22 rebounds. The Hawkeye's biggest prob- lem this year looks to be a lack of game experience. Kunnert is the only player on the squad who has played regularly in the past, starting all 24 games last year. Coach Schultz said, "The num- ber one item we are striving for in the December schedule is ma- turity. We are a young club, though Kevin has had a years play. Overall, though, we are just inexperienced."° The lack of game time play is liable to show up early as the Hawkeyes travel to Los Angeles Saturday night to take , on, UCLA's highly ranked Bruins, last year's national champions. The first game of the season is scheduled for tonight, in Iowa City, against Hardin-Simmons. According to Sports Informa- tion Director Phil Haddy, the Hawkeyes will rely on a "pres- sure" type of game plan, both offensively and defensively. The Hawkeyes will do a lot of run- ning and will guard their op- ponents closely in attempting to force turnovers and mistakes. Junior college transfer Rick Williams is being counted on to replace the much missed Brown at one guard. Williams, at 6-3, is quick and a fine marksman, hav- ing averaged 23.4 points per game at Fort Dodge. Ironically, Brown was also a Junior college transfer. The other guard position will be held by Glenn Angelino, a 6-4, 181 pound junior. Though Angelino saw game time in 22 clashes last year, he only started once. He av- eraged 4.4 points per game. One of the forwards, Neil Fege- bank, a 6-7 sophomore, holds real promise for the Hawkeyes. Last season as a freshman, he swished through 174 points in ten games Joe Gould has the starting nod at the other forward position. In 16 1971 appearances and two Big Ten starts, the 6-7 Junior scored 50 points and pulled down 40 re- bounds. The overall prospects' for Iowa this season lie in their ability to overcome inexperience. Kunnert at center is quite imposing and Williams too is highly regarded. The season could be an improve- ment over last year, but ; a Big Ten Championship seems out of the question. 4Iowever, only time will tell. SKI EQUIP EXCHANGE BUY OR SELL Barbour Gym-Dec. 4 BRING EQUIP TO SELL 9:00-12:00 SALE: 12:00-4:30 15% COMMISSION TO U-M SKI RACERS -Daily-Randy Edmonds APar ERNIE JOHNSON (30) leaps high in the air to shoot over the freshman's C. J. Kupec in last week's freshman varsity game. Johnson is filling in for the injured Ken Brady at the center position, and will start there against Notre Dame tonight. Brady, 6-10, led the Wolverines in rebounding last season and is expected to be out of action at least until the start of Michigan's Big Ten season. MICHIGAN MUFFLED Ne bra ska 4 e s lead By The Associated Press Alabama, an impressive 31-7 All winning Nebraska came winner over previously unbeaten within 14 points of a perfect score Auburn, earned four top votes and in this week's Associated Press 938 points while Oklahoma slipped poll, while equally unbeaten Ala- from second to third with 85 bama climbed into second place points. Many voters still rated the and set up college football's ver- Sooners No. 2. sion of the Super Bowl. Michigan, which finished its It will take place on New Year's regular season a week ago with an Night in Miami's Orange Bowl 11-0 record, remained fourth with when the two leaders clash with two first-place votes and 764 votes' the national championship at while Penn State picked up the stake. remaining top vote and moved up Nebraska's defending champions from sixth to fifth with 740 points. received 48 first, place votes and The Nittany Lions didn't play last 1,086 points in the next-to-last weekend and wind up their regu- regular-season poll from a nation- lar campaign Saturday at Ten- with some shuffling. Texas re- placed Tennessee as No. 11, fol- lowed by the Vols, Toledo, Notre Dame, Houston, Arkansas and Stanford tied for 16th, Mississip- pi and North Carolina tied for 18th and Washington No. 20. The Top Twenty teams, with first- place votes in parentheses, season re- cords and total points. Points tabulated on a basis of 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6- 5-4-3-2-1: 1. Nebraska (48) 11-0 1086 2. Alabama (4) 11-0 938 31. Oklahoma 9-1 850 4. MICIIGAN (2) 11-0 764 5. Pc'n State (1) 10-0 740 6. An brn 9-1 478 Ge~ga10-1 458 8. Colorado 9-2 397 9. Arizona State 10-1 380 10. Louisiana State 8-3 319 11. '1eaas 8-2 245 12. Tennessee 8-2 220 13. Toledo 11-0 128 14. Notre Dame 8-2 122 15. 1HoUston 9-2 104 16. Arkansas 8-2-1 46 Stanford 8-3 24 18. tie Mississippi 9-2 24 North Carolina 9-2 24 20. Washington 8-3 19 others receiving votes, listed alpha- betically: Boston College, Illinois, Iowa State, Northwestern, Ohio State, South- ern California. . + t,, ? ¢ . l 'r ,, ,,. . r .; , ' ' j i . . ; ; , t T r . ,, , vv;, r ''" eY tr , _ ' i.<