Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 13, 1975 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 13, 1975 WILD WEFT YARNS For weaving, knitting, crocheting, macrame 415 North Fifth Ave., Kerrytown 11 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 31 3-761 -2466 Undergraduate Political Science Assoc. General Meeting "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND CAREER PLANNING" THURSDAY, MARCH 13 7:30 P.M. 407 MASON HALL can dier IKupe c, By AL HRAPSKY accomplish It's been a long, long road for Wilmores co-captains C. J. Kupec and achieved. Joe Johnson-one that has seen Overcomi a lot of twists, turns and ing scorer changes. And even though the panella Rt two seniors may never know Clevelandt great riches or wealth, they ing with a have proven that Horatio Al- that forced ger's isn't the only authentic periment w success story around. tactics and After all, how many athletes up, the W can boast of playing in the impressive. NCAA tournament two years in Joe John a row, and finishing first and from Detr second in a conference with maturing p Purdue, Indiana and Minnesota? undergonet All this, despite playing second "Of cour fiddle to a nationally ranked was the big football team year after year, said. "I thi and seldom filling a 13,609 ca- pacity arena. "Joe and I have been through a lot in our four years here," the 6'8" Kupec said. "We've seen the low points as well as some of the great highlights.But most of all, I've learned that if there's mutual respect between al the players, it makes winning a > lot easier." And that's the story of this year's cager quintet: sophostica- tion, dedication and unexpected SENIORS LOOK BACK .Johnson finish ccareers ment-something the and Bradys never ing the loss of lead- and rebounder Cam- ussell to the NBA Cavaliers, and play- height disadvantage d Johnny Orr to ex- 'ith zones, slow down a three guard line- olverines have been son, the 5'11" guard oit, summed up the rocess Michigan has this year. se the forward spot g question," Johnson ink that John Robin- athletes since the Elliott broth- ers (Bump and Pete) to com- pete on a championship basket- ball and football team at Michi- gan, reflected on the team's confidence. "I can't take anything away from Campy," said C. J., "but without him everyone counted us out because they didn't think we could pick up the slack. We didn't expect anyone to fill his shoes, but we knew we could win. We just said to ourselves -'hey listen, we're not getting any credit. We don't have Campy but we're going to go out there and win anyway'." By now, the Wolverines surely have their critics at bay, finishing strongly in the Big Ten by winning seven of their last eight games to earn a berth in the NCAA Western Regional. But early in the season, there were few who even gave Michigan a prayer, let alone a chance, of finishing with a 19-7 season record. "We were optimistic early in the Big Ten season," "Little Joe" offered. "A lot of teams had beaten us, but we still had a chance to play them again. We hadn't put it all together at that point, but we were still confident we'd get an NCAA bid." Later, rumors that the NCAA might take the runnerup in the Big Ten, instilled more confi- dence in theteam, as Kupec mentioned. But the realization that no single player could do it alone was paramount to Michigan's success. "Last year I was a factor, but Campy was the major factor," Joe said. "Now we view each other as having about the same ability and we understand our roles. This year our roles are more clear- ly defined." Kupec agreed, saying, "It's like a piece of pie divided equally; everyone knows they have to play hard to win. sample our imported soaps made with the highest quality natural ingredients 209 s. state (downstairs) mon.-sat. 10-6 C. J. Kupec "At first, everyone was feel- ing their way trying to assume the scoring role that Campy vacated," Kupec continued. "But we found that no one really had to be the big scorer because everyone contributed." Although the Maize and Blue's accomplishments are largely due to a team effort, Kupec and Johnson have added the most essential ingredients-leadership and stability. Looking back over the last 13 games, Kupec and Johnson have taken turns as high scorer in 11 of those con- tests. But that's really not surpris- ing since Kupec finished as the Wolverines' leading scorer with a 17.7 average-third in the Big Ten with a 19.1 average-and Johnson runnerup,rhitting at a 14.2 clip. Both were selected to the UPI second All-Big Ten team. Since Russell defected to the pros, however, the co- captains have had to modify their roles. "I don't want to make excuses for my rebounding," said Kupec, "but last year with Campy tak- ing 20 shots per game, my main job was to stay around the boards. This year I'm shooting more and assuming a lot of the scoring load, so naturally I'm playing away from the basket." "But I think I've improved my shooting and ballhandling by playing further away from the basket," Kupec added. On the other hand, "Little Joe" sees his role as a stabiliz- ing agent among the often er- ratic Wolverines. "We don't have that one man to take the big shot all the time," said Johnson. "Some- times I made the basket and sometimes someone else came up with it. I've just tried to be consistent by hitting double fig- ures, playing tough defense and staying out of foul trouble." Johnson, who admitted that he wasn't heavily recruited by Michigan, said that his main ambition was to become a- complete ballplayer. It's dif- ficult to argue with the senior playmaker when he asserts, "My sophomore year I had a lot of assists, and last year I concentrated on defense. But this year I've put it all to- gether." With the Wolverines' show- down against UCLA Saturday night and a possible NCAA re- gional championship in the fu- ture, Michigan fans are about to witness the exodus of two- thirds of one of Johnny Orr's finest crops of recruits of recent memory-the other third being Campy Russell. "Because of the last two years," Kupec remarked, "people have greater regard for the team than before, and it's starting to look like we won't have to play backseat to the football team anymore. It's disappointing when you can't fill Crisler arena when you know you should. "At the Minnesota game there were only 8,000 people but they were so loud and so involved in the game," C. J. continued, "I was astonished and I'm sure it helped destroy Minnesota in the end Hopefully now we'll get more people to support the pro- gram." Johnson echoed similar sen- timents in looking back at his rapidly ebbing collegiate ca- reer. "I came to Michigan when the teams were below .500 (wins) and the program was shakey, so reestablishing a winning tradi- tion in basketball is my greatest accomplishment. A champion- ship team takes special ingredi- ents and I'm fortunate that I was a part of it." Although both Johnson and Kupec express concern about finishing their undergraduate degrees in education and eco- nomics respectively, Johnson summed it up perfectly: "This is a long time to spend anywhere and not accomplish what you set out to do." i i FRUSTRATED BY -__ ,.1 r ! i { UNIVERSITY POLICIES? You CAN do something about it on University Committees E I University of California, Santa Cruz Summer Language Ins ttute Offers intensive eight-week Programs in THERE ARE IMMEDIATE OPENINGS ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: " Student Relations " Committee on Communications " Teacher Awards " Steering Committee (Budgeting)j " Student Organizations Board " University Council -ALSO-I " Academic Planning Analysis Committee INTERVIEWS for all these committees will be held next TUES. and WED. (March 18 and 19). Stop by the SGC OFFICES, third floor of the Union, to sign up for an inter- view and pick up an application form. Additional informa- tion is available. Joe Johnson son's (Russell's successor) im- provement has mirrored the team's success. "It's really amazing what we've accomplished this year with the personnel we have," Johnson continued. "I mean we have a 6-2 guard playing for- ward (Wayman Britt)-that's a hard adjustment!" Kupec, a native of Oak Lawn, Illinois, and one of the first 3-6 FLORIDA FINISH: Beginning and Intermediate Beginning FRENCH GERMAN Baseball team returns Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced RUSSIAN Beginning and Intermediate SPANISH June 23-August 15, 1975 (eight weeks) Up to 15 quarter units University credit Tuition $364 Deadline May 16 Telephone: (408) 429-2952 For information about this program write to: George M. Benigsen, Coordinator Summer Language Institute University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064 !I 218 N. DIVISION 665-0606 C. G. Jung a day-long workshop with FILMS, DISCUS- SION, and THOUGHTS on some basic teach- ings of Jung. Saturday, March 15th 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. LUNCH PROVIDED Let's give By ED LANGE The Michigan baseball team completed its spring jaunt to the sunny south with an unim- pressive 3-6 ledger, but fear not, things are not as bad as they sound. "I think the ball club did well," said head coach Moby Benedict. "We were in every ball game but one (against South Florida, 17-5). "WINNING is important," continued Benedict, "but we go down there to get in shape and find out who can do it and who can't. I like to find out who the 'gamers' are." The major surprise of the trip, which i n c I u d e d games Billiards & Bowling Pibll & Foosball OPEN 1 o.m. today Michigan Union against Stetson, South Florida, Rollins College, St. Leo, Florida Southern and a team of Detroit Tiger farmhands, had to be the lackluster Blue hurlers. Michigan has had an excellent corp of moundsmen in recent years, and this vear's crop is supposed to be on, of the best, with no less than slx returning veterans, headed by Chuck Rog- ers, Craig Forhan, Tom Joyce, and Larry Sorenson. Benedict was understandably puzzled by the pitching perform- ances, which he thought would be the strong point of the- junket. "As a general rule, it dis- appointed me," stated the Mich- igan mentor. "A couple of the young ones, Bill Stennett and Craig McGinnis, did a good job," said Benedict, "and Mark Weber also did a nice job." Chuck Rogers, last year's ace hurler (5-0, 1.59 ERA), pitched well at times but was not the force he was expected to be. MICHIGAN'S main lineup in Florida consisted of Mark Gren- koski (LF), Dan Damiani (CF), and Pete Ross (RF) in the out- field and Randy Hackney, Dick Walterhouse (2b), Jim Berra (ss) and Jeff James (3b) with Ted Mahan behind the plate. The Wolverines did a com- plete turnabout from last year, when sporadic hitting sealed their doom. The Blue batsmen banged the ball at a .267 clip, and that brought a spurt of op- timism to Benedict. Senior first baseman Hackney and left-fielder Grenkoski led the Wolverine attack. Hackney cracked out 3 doubles and 3 homeruns and drove in 11 runs while batting .367. His most im- pressive statistic, however, had to be his slugging percentage, which was an awesome .767. 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