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Second place is bittersweet...
.. but it isn't-sour
WHEN THE Michigan basketball team takes the floor in Crisler
Arena this afternoon for its final home appearance of the
season it will have to be with mixed emotions.
While the season has been successful, it could have been
s more so and the team is somewhat disappointed. After leading
the Big Ten for most of the year they faltered in the stretch,
dropping a key game to Ohio State, and lost the conference
crown to the Buckeyes.
But while they won't be wearing the Big Ten championship
rings, the squad members are far from dejected. They have won
more games, played before bigger home crowds, and probably
had more fun doing it than any local cagers in recent history. And
they still have a chance to add to their collection of tournament
watches when they participate in the oldest postseason basketball
tournament, the National Invitational.
Though they would rather be heading to Athens, Georgia for
the N.C.A.A. regionals, most team members, from coach John Orr
on down, seem pleased to be going to New York and the N.I.T.
"I think it's wonderful," Orr commented. "It's tremendous
for Michigan to be the first Big Ten team to play in the N.I.T.
The team is very deserving. They worked hard and did- a tremen-
dous job."
But through the exuberance at getting the opportunity to take
his team to play in Madison Square Garden, it is easy to detect
Orr's disappointment at not going all the way. "We're disap-
pointed we 'didn't win the Big Ten," he admitted. "We thought
that that we were going to win and we won six road games, but
we still didn't win." All we can do now is look forward to next
time.
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squad. Both Dan Fife and Rod Ford have spent three years in a
Michigan uniform and two of them weren't exactly fun filled, but
they kept playing and came close to going all the way the third
time out. Both are happy for the chance to compete in the N.I.T.,
but they are a little sad that they didn't make the big one.
As team captain Fife phrases, it, "I'd much rather have been
going to Athens, but this is a long way from last year. I'm just
happy that we're getting to go. I'm really proud of this team."
"I'm glad that they dame up with the new rule," added Ford,
referring to the recent Big Ten ruling that allowed the Wolverines
to accept the N.I.T. bid. "It feels pretty good. It would have been
a big letdown to come that close to winning the conference and
then not going anywhere."
When asked, Ford acknowledged that he was unhappy that
the team didn't win the crown, but added that it wasn't from a
lack of effort. "We did our best and if you do the best you can,
what more can you do?"
Junior Wayne Grabiec will have another shot at the N.C.A.A.,
but he too wanted it this year. "It'll be a thrill going there to the
Garden. I guess that New York is a better trip as far as traveling
goes, but I'm disappointed that we didn't get to Athens."
Since the N.I.T. is sort of a tournament of also rans that
missed out on the N.C.A.A. it might be thought that the partici-
pating squads deplane in New York more intent on having fun
than on playing basketball.
But Orr and the Wolverines aren't thinking that way. "Sure
the N.I.T. is a reward," Orr admitted. But it's a matter of pride
and our team has a great desire to do well." I hope that we can
prove that we're the best team in the tournament."
Grabiec also takes the post season games seriously. "There's
always pressure," he said. "You feel the tension just as much in
the N.I.T. as you do in any important game.
It's no picnic there, you know," chimed in Rod Ford. "There's
going to be some good teams there."
Ford is right when he says that it won't be a picnic, but he'll
still probably love every minute of it. Both he and Fife have
played a lot of basketball for the Wolverines and both deserve
something special to end their careers with. Both have played
on bad teams in the past and along with the team's third senior,
Harry Hayward, have contributed much to making this year's
season a success.
Fife has been the team's floor leader, directing the offense and
providing much of the hustle on defense, while scoring at a 13
point per game clip. Ford is right behind Fife' in scoring with a
12.9 average. He too is considered an excellent defensive player
and always draws the toughest defensive assignment.
Hayward hasn't been a starter in his two years at Michigan,
but he has contributed much as a substitute. This year he has had
to fill in for Henry Wilmore, which is far from easy, but has done
an excellent job.
If they win today the Wolverines will be 12-2 in the Big Ten,
a very respectable record. Good enough to win in most years.
Not this time, but then the N.I.T. isn't a booby prize. As Ford
says, "It's the only way to go out."
By FRANK SZOPO
The Michigan basketball tean
owes a lot to Wisconsin, today';
opponent in their Big Ten seasor
finale at Crisler Arena.
Last January 9, the Wolverine,
traveled to Wisconsin to meet the
Badgers in their conference open.
er. At that time, their record wat
a mediocre 6-4 while the Badger
sported a 5-3 record, a mark whic.
didn't indicate their true talent.
At that time, Michigan coacl
John Orr called them, "The hot-
test team in the Big Ten."
The Wolverines blew a 12 point
lead, but a last second goaltend-
ing call against Wisconsin on a
shot by Wayne Grabiec gave the
cagers a hard fought 90-89 vic-
tory and started them on their
way in the Big Ten.
Undoubtedly, Badger coach
John Powless will be seeking re-
venge for that loss.
Even though the Wolverines
have already received a National
Invitational Tournament bid, to-
day's game is still important to
them. A victory today would as-
sure the cagers of sole possession
of second place in the Big Ten. It
would also give them the second
best won-lost record in Michigan
history.
A victory will up Michigan's re-
cord to 12-2, a mark surpassed
only by the 1964-65 champion-
ship team which won 13 and
dropped only one in league play.
The Badgers pose a potential
threat although, at best, their sea-
son has been plagued by inconsist-
encies.
After their auspicious s t a r t,
Wisc'onsin soon cooled off and, at
one point in the season, had a 1-7
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mark. They seemed, to find the
range midway through the season
and registered three consecutive
victories against Illinois, Iowa,
and Indiana. But they were un-
tracked again, and come into to-
day's game after recent losses to
Minnesota and Purdue. Their re-
cord now stands at 4-9, leaving
them in a four way tie for sixth
place.
Most of the Badgers' scoring
punch lies with co-captain Clar-
ence Sherrod. Sherrod is cur-
rently the fourth leading B i g
Ten scorer, hitting at 24.5 points
per game. Sherrod may be the
greatest Wisconsin basketball
player ever. He now owns over 20
Wisconsin school records, and can
pick up three more records by
scoring only three more buckets.
The Wolverines, on the other
hand, come into today's game rid-
ing the crest of a three game win-
ning streak.,
Head coach John Orr realizes
the importance of today's game,
but feels it may be difficult to get
his team"emotionally up for the
game. He thought that the as-
surance of no lower than , a se-
cond place finish along with al-
ready being offered the National
Invitational Tournament bid may
cause his team to let up a bit.
Orr said today's game would
be a "matter of pride," referring
to the rewards that will go along
with a victory today. Orr also stat-
ed that he would not like to go to
tournament play being tied for
second place in the Big Ten.
Michigan could end up in a tie for
second if they should lose today
ands Purdue should win against
Iowa.
Today's game marks the final
home game for the Wolverine sen-
iors. Lost after this season will
be captain Dan Fife, forward Rod-
ney Ford, as well as Harry Hay-
ward and Tim Nicksic.
Fife, who has developed into a
fine team leader, will be called
on again to check Wisconsin's
Sherrod. In the opener Sherrod
led the Badgers with 31 points
including 14 of 28 from the floor.
Of the other departing seniors,
Ford is the only other starter that
will be replaced. Ford, despite his
lack of size, has also played fine
defense all year. He's averaged 12.9
points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
MARQUETTE MEETS MIAMI:
Jacksonville opens NCAA's
SOUTH BEND (1) - Second-
ranked Marquette will be favored
to s t o p Miami of Ohio's little
guys today but the Jacksonville-
Western Kentucky match may be
a barnburner in the first round
of t h e NCAA Mideast Regional
basketball playoffs.
Marquette's Warriors, 26-0 for
the season and nursing a 38-game
winning streak o v e r two years,
face Miami's Mid-American Con-
e
ference champions in the double-Y
header opener at 2:10 p.m., EST,
in Notre Dame's new athletic cen-
ter. The Redskins are ranked 20th
with a 20-4 record and a 13-game
victory string.
Western Kentucky, Ohio Valley
Conference titlist, is No. 7 with a
20-5 mark and will play No. 9
Jacksonville, 22-3, at 4 p.m.
Both games will be televised by
NBC (channel 4).
The winners advance to the
Mideast round in Athens, Ga., op-
ening Thursday.
The Marquette-Miami winner
will test Big Ten champion Ohio
State and the Jacksonville-West-
ern winner will oppose Kentucky,
Southeastern Conference king.
Jacksonville eliminated t h e
Western Hilltoppers last year in
the first NCAA round at Dayton
109-96 en route to national run-
nerup honors, losing to UCLA 80-
69 in the finals. But last Decem-
ber, Western trimmed the Dol-
phins 97-84.
In th e previous meetings be-
tween the two teams, Western's
superstar 7-foot J i m McDaniels
totaled 75 points and 18 rebounds
while his counterpart, 7-2 Artis
Gilmore, had 59 and 37.
Jacksonville is tops nationally in
scoring average with 101 points,
also in field goal accuracy with
.542 percentage, and in average
winning margin of 21.8 points.
Gilmore has no peer in rebound-
ing with an average of 23.2 re-
trieves. He is scoring at a 22.3
clip while McDaniels is hitting at
29.2.
"If McDaniels plays as well
against us as he did in December,
we are going to have a t o u g h
time," said Jacksonville Coach
Tom Wasdin.
"Jacksonville will play a better
game against us without a doubt
than it did in December, and I
think now they have a psycholo-
gical edge on us," said Coach John
Oldham of Western. "I wish we
hadn't played 'em this season."
The last loss by Marquette's
smooth team, led by the g r e a t
Dean Meminger with his 21.3 point
average and hubbed by 6-11 soph-
omore Jim Chones, was at Notre
Dame last year.
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his 42 p Int n the game, the Wolverines still fell to 'the title-
ssnbound Buckeyes, 91-85. Wilmore leads the squad in scoring this
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