Tuesday, December' 1, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Tuesday, December 1, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Toutei By ELLIOT LEGOW Are Wolverine basketball for- tunes entering a new era of glory. or is mediocrity still the hallmark of basketball at Michigan? Only time will tell, but the new look Wolverines get their first showing tonight when they host nationally-ranked N o t r e Dame --v AL cagers clash with Iris Brady will definitely start at the pivot but his performances in practice and in the freshman-var- sity tilt last week have not been quite up to earlier expectations,. Orr admits he is "disappointed with our rebounding. It's not as good as we hoped." Rebounding is primarily Brady's responsibility, and it is possible daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: and their superstar, All-American that his one year layoff has cut jHIL T I guard Austin Carr, in a game that down on his effectiveness. Brady tips off at eight o'clock at Crisler was forced to sit out his freshman likely bench warmers to see action. Arena. season with a scholastic ineligi- Johnson, if he doesn't start at for- The Wolverines have what bility. ward, will spell Brady at center. Coach Johnny Orr terms the best The other three Michigan start- Lockard, who performed well in basketball team at Michigan since ers will be returning lettermen the freshman game, scoring 17 the days of Cazzie Russell. How- Dan Fife, Wayne Grabiec, and points, and Hayward are the spare ever, he will be starting two Rod Ford. Grabiec, at 6-5, is a forwards and the 5-8 Hart is the sophomores who have been highly good outside shot, but has de- backcourt spare. touted, but have yet to perform fensive shortcomings. Orr plans to reduce his team's under the game conditions. Fife, the team's captain, joins reliance on the fast break this The answer to Michigan's cage Grabiec in the backcourt. The 6-2 year. "We're going to run when problems is supposed to lie in the senior averaged 13.2 points last there's a turnover or a missed laps of these two sophomores, season, and can be sharp from shot, but we won't always be run- Henry Wilmore and Ken Brady, the outside; witness his seven of ning," Orr explained. and their fellows, Ernie Johnson, ten shooting statistics against the The overall performance of the John Lockard. and Leon Roberts freshman last week. varsity in their 104-82 victory over who will be riding the bench to- Ford, at 6-4, the smallest center the frosh was very spotty, thus night, in the Big Ten last year has been another damern Orr's ftiy- -Daily-Mort Noveck AUSTIN CARR (34) sets up for a rebound in Notre Dame's 87-86 victory over Michigan last year in South Bend. Carr, who scored 37 points in last year's win, will lead the Irish attack to- night in a return bout at Crisler Arena. on this and that Carr: The fighting part of the Fighting Irish eric siegel THAT AUSTIN CARR comes to Crisler Arena tonight as one of the most heralded college basketball players in the country should come as no surprise to anyone. Four years ago, as a senior at Mackin High in Washington, D.C., Carr was /on every reputable scholastic All-American team, ,vas rated by many as the greatest high school player in America, and was heralded as the greatest basketball player to come out of the Washington area since Dave Bing, and possibly since Elgin Baylor. Today, as a senior at Notre Dame, you can substitute "collegiate" for "scholastic" and "college" for "high school" and all the accolades ring as true as ever. "It was no secret that Carr was a great player then we recruited him," Notre Dame Coach Johnny Dee said last night. 'We knew when we recruited h:n he was going to be a great player, and he's lived up to every bit of his potential." Saying that Austin Carr has lived up to his potential is cer- tainly true; it is also about the mildest praise he has received in his three years at Notre Dame. Dee himself accurately calls Carr "a super-player. If a coach had two Austin Carrs on his team, he could coach reclining on a tilt-back easy chair." In two varsity seasons with the Irish, Carr has helped his team to 41 victories against just 15 losses against some of the toughest competition in the country. On the way to that mark, the 6-3. 200 pound guard has picked up the unqualified praise of the coach of every team he has played against, win or lose. Adolph Rupp, who has probably seen more basketball players in his coaching career than any man alive and whose Kentucky team beat Carr and the Irish, mostly the latter, 102-100 last year, said, "Carr conducts a clinic out there. I would say that he should be the outstanding player in the country this year." Villanova Coach Jack Kraft, who lost to Notre Dame by two points in overtime last year, said of Carr, "He can dribble, he's quick,, he's got great speed, he can rebound and he can shoot. What more can you ask one guy to do?" Michigan Coach Johnny Orr, who saw his team bow to the Carr-led Irish 87-86 last year with Carr scoring 13 of the last 18 points, isn't quite as poetic, but he's equally pointed. "Carr's the best player in the country," Orr said earlier in the year. All three coaches will have a chance to see Carr in action again this year, but Orr's chance comes first, and his team's chances to upset the fifth-ranked Irish hinge to a great ex- tent on their ability to stop Carr. "We're not going to double-team him, triple-team him or any of that stuff,' Assistant Coach Freddie Snowden said yesterday. "We're going to play him tough, and try to deny him the ball. "If he makes 25 field goals and gets 50 points," Snowden added, "there's not much we can do. But we're not going to send him to the line." Neither situation would be unprecedented. Last year, in the first round of the NCAA regionals, Carr hit 25 field goals on the way to a 61 point performance against Ohio University. He also .Qit 218 of 264 free throws last year, including nine of nine against Michigan. Carr's free throw percentage of .826 set a school record, and his 61 points was an NCAA record. He was second in scoring in the nation last year behind Pete Maravich, averag- ing 38.1 points a game. He was named the most valuable player in the NCAA Mideast regional tournament last year, scoring 97 points in two games, and he was also named the MVP of the Sugar Bowl tourney, leading his team to a sec- ond place spot behind South Carolina. With 1106 points last year, Carr became only the sixth player in NCAA history to score more than 100 points in a season. Carr has been getting so much pre-season ink that it's be- coming something of a problem for Dee. "He deserves every bit l the publicity he's been getting," Dee said, "but we've been trying to tone it down a little and make people realize there are other players on the team, too." Carr realizes that as well as anyone. He is a great in- dividual player with a host of records, a team leader and a good passer as well as a deadly shooter and a high scorer. Here are the others: Sid Catlett, John Egart, Doug Gemmell, Bill Hinga, Jim Hinga, Collis Jones, Bill Lucas, ' Jackie Meehan, John Pleick, Jim Regelean, Don Silinski, and Tim Sinnot. Sony Model 20 I, Makes Driving a Pleasure I Wilmore, a strong rebounder, moved back to his natural posi- good inside shooter, and flashy tion at forward. He is probably performer, is not a definite start- the Wolverines best defensive er, however. Orr may go with player and averaged 14.5 from his Johnson at the forward spot if he center spot last year. and assistant coach Fred Snow- Johnson, Lockard, Harry Hay- den decide to bench Wilmore. ward, and Dave Hart are the most ism. But, Orr claims, "We're ready for Notre Dame." To be ready for Notre Dame means being ready to take on one of the toughest teams in the coun- try. In all pre-season polls, the Irish are ranked in the top ten, and stand fifth in the AP listing. - The prime reason for Notre Dame's high ranking is Carr. The 6-3 guard from Washington, D.C., averaged 38.1 points as a junior last season to rank second in the nation behind LSU's Pete Mara- vich. Against the Wolverines he canned 37 last year to lead Notre Dame to an 87-86 victory. Orr will put either Dan Fife or Rod Ford on Carr tonight, but doesn't plan any special defense U to handle Carr. Not that Orr dis- counts Carr's value, but he fears the consequences of leaving any of the other Irish hoopsters un- guarded. Joining Carr in the starting lineup is a strong array of seniors and juniors who would pose a real threat even without Carr. Another Washington prep star, Collis Jones, is Notre Dame's top inside threat. The 6-7 senior forward av- eraged 19 points a game last year and led the Irish in rebounding with 12 per outing, Helping Jones out on the boards is 6-8 center John Pleick who av- eraged nine points and seven re- bounds a game for the Irish last season. The defensive standout for the Irish is their smallest man, 6-1 guard Jackie Meehan. Meehan on ly averaged 3.2 points last season but coach Johnny Dee values his talents 'highly. "Meehan puts our running game in motion, but even more important, he's a great play-y. maker." Meehan led the Irish in <> assists with over 200 although he only started late in the season. The only new man in Notme Dame's starting lineup is also their only starting junior, Doug Gem- mell. As a sophomore, Gemmell averaged 3.9 points but only start- ed in eight games. Leading a very strong bench for the Irish is former starter Sid Catlett. Catlett, a senior who can play at either center or forward, averaged 8.6 points and 7.6 re- bounds per game while starting part-time last season. COLLIS JONES goes up Hopefully Michigan will have Notre Dame and Michig betternrebounding, better shoot-4..____ - ing, and better defense than last ___ year's 10-14 team, but nobody knows yet. Orr admits, "We didn't play well against the freshmen," and says about his team's strengths and weaknesses, simply IV 'we'll see." As a preliminary attraction this evening, Michigan's freshman bas-, ketball team, led by guards JohnIY o u Bridges and Mike Weaver, hosts the Irish frosh in a six o'clock contest, It will be the first regular season game for the Baby Blue T EL S and the first .for new freshman coach Dick Honig. - ----- a &" rM I Blue puts six griders don All-Big Ten squad By The Associated Press Michigan and Ohio State each' placed six players and Northwest-I ernl five as the top three teams ofI the championship race dominated the 1970 Associated Press All-Big Ten football squad named yester- day. The offensive and defensive lineups were chosen by an AP 12-man board representing the Big Ten area and AP football ob- servers. Michigan, tying with North- western for second place, is rep-s resented on offense by end Paul' Staroba, tackle Dan Dierdorf and: quarterback Don Moorhead; and1 on defense by end Phil Seymour; and tackles Pete Newell and Henry Hill. Dierdorf, who was also named time in the Oakland Coliseum. to the Look magazine All-America Michigan quarterback Moor- team, was unanimous while Hill head will be accompanied by Dier- missed by one and Newell by two. dorf and linebacker Marty Huff. Three players for champion and , In the Associated Press college Rose Bowl-bound Ohio State were football poll, Notre Dame's stun- unanimous choices-running back ning 38-28 defeat at the hands of John Brockington, linebacker Jim Southern California the past Sat- Stillwagon and defensive back urday dropped the Fighting Irish Jack Tatum. In other individual honors an- nounced yesterday the Shrine East - West Football Committee released their selection of 28 play- ers from 21 schools to represent the East in the 46th annual char- ity game Jan. 2. Michigan a n d Northwestern each will provide three players for the game to be played for the firstj ------- - - -- ------ Dolphins rip Falcons 20-7 Morris stars from fourth to sixth place yester- day while Texas, Ohio State and Nebraska held onto the top three positions. Michigan, all through at 9-1, climbed from eighth to seventh while Louisiana State slipped from sixth to eighth despite a 26-14 victory over Tulane. The Top Twenty teams, with first- place votes in parentheses, season re- cords and total points. Points tabulat- ed on basis of 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6- 5-4-3-2-1. j1. Texas 23 9-0 788 2. Ohio State 12 9--0 752 3. Nebraska 10-0-1 702 4. Arkansas 9-1 495 5. Tennessee 9-1 4381 6. Notre Dame 9-1 415 7. Michigan 9--1 372 8. Louisiana State 8-2 367 9. Arizona State 2 9-0 287 10. Auburn 8-2 237 11. Air Force 9--2 155 12. Stanford 8-3 95 13. Georgia Tech 8-3 95 14. Toledo 11--0 67 15. Dartmouth 9-0 62 16. Mississippi 7-2 49 17. Southern California 6-4-1 38 18. Penn State 7-3 32. 19. Northwestern 6-4 24 20. Oklahoma 7-4 23 ! the Friends JeverMae fGRAD COFFEE HOUR I -Daily-Mort Noveck p for two points in last year's game between gan. L I me -m A Nf 4-6 P.M. ATLANTA (A) - Fleet Mercury . Morris set up a touchdown and a i field goal with a dazzling display I of running last night as the Miami t Dolphins remained in contentionf for a National Football LeagueI playoff berth with a 20-7 nation-i ally televised victory over Atlanta.t Morris returned the opening1 kickoff 49 yards to the Miami 45 where kicker Kenny Vinyard made a touchdown-saving tackle, a n d later set sail on a 27-yard sweep to the Falcon 26 on a drive that produced a nine-yard field goal byI Garo Yepremian. Miami is battling Oakland andj Kansas City for a possible playoff berth as the division runner-up with the best record. The two Western teams share their division lead with 6-3-2 marks. Miami trails Baltimore by 11, games in the American Conference East. 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