i 7 fr 1.. i IF * 1~ N .4 1 'q Page Ten 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 Up, over, and i THE ROSTER Th e Mn, No. Name Pos. Hgt. Class , 5P- MAIN PARTY STORE Located on the corner of Main and Ann Streets FREE PARKING AT THE DOOR-PHONE 769-1515 LIQUOR * IMPORTED WINE AND BEER * PARTY SUPPLIES * BARTENDER SERVICE * TELEFOOD SERVICE AVAILABLE *kGIFT BASKETS MADE TO ORDER z;>.' ' WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR Kings 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 (See THE KING, page 12) 32 15 21 24 43 40 44 20 30 45 34 23 41 25 Steve Bazelon Ken Brady Greg Buss Dan Fife Rodney Ford Wayne Grabiec Dave Hart Harry Hayward Ernie Johnson John Lockard Tim Nicksic Larry Rea Leon Roberts Henry Wilmore F C G G F G G G-F C-F C-F C G G F 6-6 6-9 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-6 5-8 6-4 6-8 6-5 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-3 Soph Soph Soph Senior Senior Junior Junior Senior Soph Soph. Senior Soph Soph Soph "This team is so much closer tham any team I've been on. Before there were too manyr differ- ent views but now we're all thinking the same thing and it shows in the way we pl'y." Dan Fife Lockard and Johnson to the board gc Home Town Milwaukee Flint Frazer Clarkston Hammond, Ind. Downers Grove, Ill. Ypsilanti Wildwood, N.J. Grand Rapids Detroit E. Chicago, Ind. 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