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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, March 28, 1971
Sunday, March 28, 1971
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Jewell
By JERRY CLARKE naturall
It really got started in the In- ketball
diana game this season when began
the Michigan Wolverines showed Dame g
George McGinnis and Company get goir
that they were merely mortals ana. I c
after all. In the ecstacy of the happene
closing moments of the contest. nembe
spectators were treated to a and He
strange sight in the Northwest A jun
corner of the floor. his bac]
An imposing figure in a white tle Cr
raincoat and hat could be seen played
strutting proudly near the play- ball. He
ing area. With arms upraised, he football
wandered around, a symbol of describ
the enthusiasm that the crowd scriptio
felt toward the unexpected and 27 strai
totally fantastic victory. Jewell the stri
Jenkins was doing his thing. He gc
For the remainder of the sea- notoriet
son. Jenkins made himself even rally be
more in evidence, and provided ball ga
almost as much a show as the star of
games that were in progress. At Bowl"
times, he could be seen talking to inson a
visiting players as if they were "Goin'
the oldest of friends. At the Min- later he
nogota game, he crept out to the on the
referee and exchanged soite the fiel
"skin." And he capped it all off berating
at the season finale against Wis- the myt
consin, when he warmed up with bility.
the team at halftime, drawing a Jenkir
standing ovation by sinking a play ar
long jump shot from the corner. team's
Incredibly enthusiastic toward on the+
sports in general, Jenkins came body is
len kins -
'Superfan'
y by his role as the bas-
team's "superfan." "'t
last fall with the Notre
game. but is really didn't
ng until we played Indi-
an't really even say what
ed in that game, all I re-
r was George McGinnis
nry Wilmore.'.
nor, Jenkins got much of
kground in sports at Bat-
eek Central, where he
both football and basket-
e was a tight end on the
team, a squad which he
es as a "whip," a de-
r for excellence. "We won
ght games before we had
ng broken."
ot his first real taste of
y at Michigan at a pep
efore the Ohio State foot-
me in 1969. He was ihe
the show with his "Roies
version of a Smokey Rob-
and the Miracles song,
to a Go-Go." Two day;
e could be seen standing
brick wall surrounding
Id in Michigan Stadium.
g Buckeye fans watching
th of their team's invinci-
ins feels that his activities
n important role in the
success. "When the guys
court can see that some-
really behind them, they
care more themselves. The prob-
lem with our cheerleaders s that
they have no spirit.
When individual stars come
into Crisler Arena, Jenkins rare-
ly misses an opportunity to talk
with them. "Austin Carr. Jim
Brewer, George McGinnis, and
Clarence Sherrod only -come here
once a year. I don't want to misu
any chance of meeting them.
Then the next time they come,
I'll know them and be able to
talk some more."
In addition to his enthusiasm
for sport, he possesses a number
of concrete ideas about what
makes for an exciting team. "in
today's specialized athletics, you
get the Billy Taylors, the Glenn
Doughtys, and the Henry Wil-
mores who bring a new life to the
game. They aren't just robots,
merely doing a job. When Wil-
more goes out onto that court, he
is a competitor. When it gets
down to where you are just do-
ing a job, you take the excite-
ment out of the game."
Jenkins attributes much of
Michigan's athletic success to an
awareness by the coa2hes "that
they have to play the hest play-
ers. You can't win without black
players, and Michigan -realizes
this now.
He also predicts a bright f«-
ture for Wolverine basketball.
Fife lays it in
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By RANDY PHILLIPS
The National Collegiate Basket-
ball Tournament, or the UCLA
Tournament as some would call it,
began two weeks ago in its year-
ly quest to find a national cham-
pion. This year was no differentI
than any of the last several as the
powerful UCLA Bruins were fav-
ored to take an unprecedented{
fifth straight title.
The NCAA crown is considered
the most prestigious award in col-
lege basketball by virture of the
vie
in
first class competition in the tour-
nament.
There are four Regions into!
which the college basketball world
is divided-the Eastern, Mideast.
Midwest, and Farwest Regions.
The conference champions in each'
region are automatically offered
a berth in the regional tourna-
ments. The NCAA Tournament
Committee than has the power to
add top 'anked independents in
each region to bring the total num-
ber of teams in each regional tour-
nament to eight.
Sixteen of the top twenty ranked
teams were named to this year's
competition including s e v e r al
squads with skyscraper centers
and forwards.
Seven foot Jim McDaniels of
Western Kentucky and 7-2 Artis
Gilmore, both first team All-
Americans, highlighted the opening
round game in the mnid-east re-
gional. The Hilltoppers pulled out
a come from behind two point win
over the taller Dolphins and then!
struggled past a scrappy Ohio
State Squad for an 81-78 overtime
win. Sandwiched in between was a
103-83 romp over rival Kentucky.
Western Kentucky, advancing to
the NCAA semi-finals, piled up a
21-4 regular season mark and a'
seventh ranking in the final Asso-
ciated Press Poll. The Hilltoppers
represent the Ohio Valley Confer-
ence. "Big Mac" McDaniels is an,
excellent outside shooter a - well as:
a tough rebounder.
But Clarence Glover, 0-3 senior
forward stole the show in both the
OSU and Jacksonville victories.
Glover put in the final basket that
sewed up the 74-72 win over the
~CAA's
Dolphins and picked off three cru-
cial rebounds and scored four
points late in the overtime period
to kill OSU's hope for a second
straight upset. Western Coach
Johnny Oldham declared. "He's the
quickest big man I think I've seen
in my life."
In the western regional UCLA
was favored to advance to the
semifinals at Houston and did. But
the Bruins did not have an easy
time in capturing the Pacific Coast
Conference title this season. The
top ranked Bruins, packed with
power on the front line had to con-
tend with a stubborn Southern
California team which boasted
great depth at the guard positions.
Southern California hosted the
Bruins in a mid-season showdown
to determine the conference title.
UCLA had lost to a fired up Notre
Dame squad just a week earlier
for the first loss of the season, and
the Trojans knew the Bruins were
beatable. Yet, UCLA came back
late in the second half to snuff out
the Trojans' upset bid 64-00. Sid-
ney Wicks, 6-8 forward and All-
American muscled his way to easy
ilayups to turn the tide in favor of
the Bruins.
After the first USC meeting the
Bruins struggled with close last
second victories over Oregon and
Oregon State to remain unbea ten
in the conference. But a rematch
with once beaten USC loomed at
the end of the regular season
schedule and the Trojans looked
for a win to force a conference tie.
Curtis Rowe, another strong Bruin
forward, dominated the boards in
the rematch and neutralized the
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