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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
- NINE MICHIGAN FINALISTS:
Saturday, March 29, 1975
ymnas
By MICHAEL WILSON top compulsory floor exercise
Combining consistency with score of 9.0. Sakamoto's per-
gracefulness, Michigan's gym- formance typified the show put!
nastics team exploded into a on by the entire Michigan squad
commanding lead in the Big as Wolverines grabbed the top
Ten Gymnastics Championships spot in four of the six com-
last night at Crisler Arena. At pulsory events.
the halfway point of the option- Perhaps the most deserving
als, the Wolverines have amas- score was Bob Darden's 9.1 on
sed 312.15 points to second-place the high bar.
Minnesota's 292.65. His difficult compulsory rou-
With three - fourths of the tine included a German-rise
tournament completed, Michi- stunt in which the participant
gan seems a sure bet to capture must swing backwards with
its twelfth Big Ten title in fif- his arms fully extended, be-
teen years. hind the body, and lift him-
"Things are really going self up high enough to clear
great," an enthused Michi- the bar with his legs fully ex-
gan coach Newt Loken said. tended.-
"The guys are doing a super The average score for this
job and I'm extremely proud compulsory routine was only
of every one of them." 7.26.
By the end of the compulsory The performances of all the
portion yesterday afternoon, all-around competitors reflected
Michigan had 205.05 points, out- the consistency of the Michi-
distancing the Gophers who gan squad. After the compulsor-
compiled a score of 188.85. ies were completed, the three
The defending champion Iowa Wolverine all - arounders heldk
Hawkeyes were a distant third three of the top four spots. Sur-
at the end of the, compulsories prisingly, freshman Harley
with 182.20 points. Danner led the crew, totaling
"If we can just keep our mo- 1 49.35 points in the six events.
mentum going throughout the Bill Mason of Iowa settled into
optionals ,then we'll be in great: second place with 47.7 points,
shape" Loken emphasized. Michigan's Pierre LeClerc and
F r o m Randy Sakamoto's co-captain Bruce Keeshin an-
graceful performance during the chored third and fourth places
compulsory floor exercise to: respectively. LeClerc earned
Joe Neuenswander's stunning 47.55 points and Keeshin total-
optional performance on the led 46.25
lead
tourney
Mined the number one spot with
75.30. Mason held second place
with 73.55 tallies, LeClerc an-
chored third place with 71.95
points and LaFleur totalled 71.65
nintG
thlisberger reaffirmed Loken's
assessment. "Michig-n is just
great," Roethlisberger ad-
mitted. "They're the only
team that could compete at
he nationals," he added.
Michigan continued its consis- With the Wolverines in a com-
tency into the first round of the manding lead, attention centers
optional, scoring 36.6 in the on the races for individual titles
floor exercise, 34.45 in the pom- in thersixoeven
mel horse, and 36.45 points on six events .
the rings. One such event is the rings.'
Of particular notice was the Indiana's Lanny Fernandez, a
performance by Joe Neuens- superb ring specialist, stunned
wander. The strong junior the crowd with a 9.4 perform-
brought the Michigan bench to ance in the optionals. His team-
its feet and elicited a loud mate, Jack Malmedahl added
round of applause from about to the show by twisting and
200 gymnastic faithfuls with swinging his way to a 9.45 rou-i
an impressive 9.45 performance, tine, immediately following Fer-
"The guys' performances nandez' performance.
have been just tremendous," The pommel horse should be
Loken raved. "In many places, another close event. Howard
they performed above their pre- Beck of Illinois currently holds
vious maximum scores, really first place with an average of
deserving their fine scores." 9.225. Bob Siemianowski of
Minnesota coach Fred Roe- Iowa is in second, followed by!
Rupert Hansen and Jerome
Poynton of Michigan.
Tomorrow, at 10 AM. the sec-
ond half of the optionals will
take place. Events include
vaulting, the parallel bars and
the high bar.
At 3 PM, the individual finals
begin, with the top eight per-
formers, based on an average
score of compulsory and op-
tional routines, battle head to
head for the individual honors.
Team Standings
(After first three optional
.events)
Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN
INDIANA'S LANDY FERNANDEZ performs his routine on the rings. This stunt helped him
earn a 9.4, and placed him in a tie for first place with Joe Neuenswander of Michigan, go-
ing into the finals, this afternoon at 3 p.m.
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MICHIGAN
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Ohio State
312.15
292.6S
285.35
274.20
260.55
255.20
245.70
245.55
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sistently outperformed and out-
classed the other seven Big Ten
competitors.
Sakamoto displayed superb
grace and rhythm, earning thec
By RICH LERNER
T'HE CHAMPIONSHIP is up for grabs as the NCAA basketball
semi-finals begin today in San Diego. Three of the four
remaining teams could be called co-favorites.
UCLA, Kentucky and Louisville all field excellent teams-
sorting out their differences is difficult. Syracuse must be labeled
a darkhorse.
In the first match-up this afternoon, Kentucky and Syra-
cuse do battle. The Wildcats, coming off a big win over
Indiana, play run-and-gun basketball.
The key to their win over the previously undefeated Hoosiers
was Kentucky's ability to control the tempo of the game. Although
Indiana coach Bobby Knight has continually claimed that Quinn
Buckner is valuable because of his ability to control the game.
But in last week's contest, Kentucky's Kevin Grevey and
Jimmy Dan Connor kept the game at a harried pace, while
"The Mighty Quinn" tried in vain to slow things down.
Grevey, a 6-5 senior forward sports a 23.5 point average. If
he is in gear, the Wildcats are nearly invincible. Connor, the
only starter on the team that hails from the Bluegrass State,
is an excellent playmaker, averaging 12.5 points per game.
While Grevey, Connor and Mike Flynn carry the brunt of
Kentucky's scoring attack, coach Joe. B. Hall relies on husky
Bob Guyette and his pair of 6-10 freshman centers-Rick Robey
and Mike Phillips-for rebounding.
Guyette, a 6-9 forward with a build resembling Dick the
Bruiser's, is a terror both on the boards and at the dinner table.
Robey and Phillips are strong offensive players and adequate
rebounders, but leave something to be desired on defense. Both
have a penchant for getting in foul trouble.
Syracuse focuses its attack around 6-9 forward Rudy
Hackett, who's destined to be a first-round pro draft pick. He
averages over 22 points and nearly 13 rebounds per game.
Syracuse coach Roy Danforth's team has enough height to
match Kentucky on the boards. 6-9 Ernie Seibert and 6-5 jumping-
jack Chris Seace join Hackett in the frontcourt.
Guards Jimmy Lee and Jimmy Williams run the Orangemen's
offense. Lee, the squad's second leading scorer, tosses in over 16
points a game. Williams has lighting speed, and intercepts many
an opponent's pass.
The teams Syracuse has lost to this season include West
Virginia, Canisius and Penn State. None are basketball powers,
to say the least.
Kentucky will beat Syracuse because its players are
better.
The Louisville-UCLA battle later this afternoon promises to
be a super game between two well-coached and highly talented
teams. Don't let John Wooden fool you; he has some good
basketball players. But so does Louisville's Denny Crum.
Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman leads Crum's Cardinals. The 6-5
guard tops the team in scoring and is its second leading re-
bounder as well. His running mate at guard, Phillip Bond, is
one of three starters on the team native to Louisville.
Wesley Cox and Allan Murphy fill the forward slots for Crum.
Both average in double figures, but Cox has been troubled with
leg injuries recently. "I anticipate him to play," Crum said,
"but he won't be at full strength."
Senior Bill Bunton and freshman Ricky Gallon, both 6-10,
alternate at the pivot. Combined, the pair average 15 points and
12.5 caroms per game.
UCLA, big and strong, has a potent, powerful offense, but at!
times has faltered on defense. "For the most part their defense
has been pretty good," Crum said. "They were in a slump for a
while, but they played awfully good against Arizona State. Maybe
they snapped out of it."
The Bruins' frontcourt of 6-9 Richard Washington, 6-8 Dave
Meyers and muscular Marques Johnson hits the boards extremely
well, and threatens Louisville's hopes of winning.
"They're certainly a lot bigger and stronger than us,"
Crum admitted, "but we're quicker. I don't know if we can do
it, but we've got to beat them on the boards if we want to
win."
If there is one spot where the Cardinals have the advantage,-
it is at guard. Andre McCarter and Pete Trgovich are not nearly
as good as Curt Gowdy would have you believe.
This is the tenth straight year Louisville has been to a post- .
season tournament, and the 19th in the past 24 years. The Car-
dinals,hold an NCAA record with 31 consecutive winning seasons.
This might be the year they finally take the title.
If Louisville does win, Bridgeman would become the third
player from his high school team to play for an NCAA champion-
ship team. He prepped with Trgovich and Tim Stoddard of North
Carolina State in East Chicago, Indiana.
With the games being played in San Diego, UCLA has a slight
home court advantage. This edge, enough to tilt the scales for
the Bruins, will spell doom for Louisville. The Bruins will defeat
Kentucky in the finals for the same reason.
.EEA PT.e ot
After last night's first round ern Cal Trojans became certain
of the optionals, Jeff LeFleur repeat winners of the annual,
of Minnesota had edged into NCAA Division I swimming and I
fourth place, .05 points ahead of diving chamiponships at the1
Keeshin. At the halfway portion close of the second day of com-
of the optionals, Danner still re- petition yesterday.
USC led with 253 points afterJ
11 events had been completed;
at Cleveland State University,
well ahead of second-place In- 1
iana with 195. Tennessee wasr
third with 123 points, and UCLA'
fourth with 110.
Michigan's Tom Szuba placed
Y fifth in the 400 individual med-
ley title.
T h e championship m e e t
ends today with seven events.
Six American records were
set in the first 11 events, two
zof them during yesterday's
competition.
In the 200-yard freestyle,
UCLA junior George McDonnell
bettered the American record in
both the qualifying round, with,
a time of 1:37.75, and the finals,
clocking 1:38.04. McDonnell un-
seated defending champ Jim
Montgomery of Indiana, who
placed third. The old American
and NCAA record of 1:38.35
was set by Jerry Heidenreich
of Southern Methodist in 1972.
Stanford junior John Hencken
wonkthe 100 breaststroke and
broke his own NCAA record with
a time of 55.59. Hencken, who
also holds the American record
of 55.50, set the old NCAA rec-
ord last year with a 56.23 mark
T h e 400 - yard individual
medley, the event in which
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Szuba placed fifth, was won
by Lee Engstrand of Tennes-
see with a time of 3:57.80.
Utah's Jeff Rolan capturedI
the 100 butterfly with a timej
of 48.95.
Southern Cal sophomore John
Naber, who also won the 500-,
yard freestyle Thursday, suc-t
cessfully defended his 100-yard
backstroke title with a time of
49.49 seconds. That betters Na- 1
ber's 1974 record of 50.41, but
falls short of the 49.85 time he
turned in Thursday, when he set
an American record in the 100
backstroke leg of the 400-yard
medley relay.
Indiana held onto its 800 free-
style relay title and broke its
own American record with a
time of 6:36.29. John Murphy,
Jim Montgomery, R i c h a r d
Thomas, and Fred Tyler com-
prised the team that bested the
1973 Hoosier record of 6:36.39.
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