Tuesday, February 13, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Tuesday, February 13, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven r... .._ior I t ftGt l 3 worth Hoosiers Unsu per Campy... .. .turns fans cool upend Illinois Randy Phillips - SUPERSTARS COME AND GO, and some just don't quite arrive. So it's been so far with Michigan's number two cage star, Campy Russell. Through the non-conference schedule and over the majority of the Big xTen portion of his first varsity campaign, the touted Pontiac Central whiz kid has certainly not achieved the super- star status expected of him. Maybe the Sports Illustrated Cover Boy bug has hit again. Perhaps Campy is just not the player everyone has said he is. It is possible that over publicity has marked Russell's play; he could be pressing too much to try and live up to his press clippings, or he could just be having his troubles with the tough Big Ten forwards. Actually, it's been a combination of all of the above- except of course the legendary SI curse-that has made Russell's performances merely mortal. Campy is not the answer to Michigan's prayers-he's not a great shooter and he's not a super player. He's just a very good one with potential to get even better. Mind you, Campy is good. Just look at his 17.7 average and 10 rebounds per game in Big Ten play. But he is also shooting poorly (41.6%), taking bad shots, making costly turn- overs, and occasionally not moving on offense or defense. Assistant Dick Honig, who coached Campy through a brilliant freshman campaign, admits, "He hasn't destroyed anybody by his play. He's supposed to be a superstar, but he's not at that stage, yet." Take Campy's shooting. He seems to try an unusually large percentage of his shots from far out. Yet, at the season's outset Coach Johnny Orr called Campy's inside moves his most potent weapon. Campy has realized his infrequent penetration. "I've noticed it, but I'll get the ball outside most of the time," he responded. Big Ten refsmay have discouraged Campy from going inside. Last year the "in" violations were travelling and three seconds. This season it's in to call offensive fouls- especially after driving lay-ups. Even so, a good player is not discouraged long, and with constant movement and a Henry Wilmore for opponents to guard, Russell should be getting to the basket more. Campy is not a bad shooter. In fact, he is quite good from the corner and top of the circle. He shot over 50% last year, though admittedly against shorter and less talented people. But if you aren't active, you don't get open for passes or shots, and if you don't get open you tend to force shots. Combine a lack of movement with a host of tough front line customers to shoot against and you get a bad percentage. At the start of the year Campy just didn't seem to hustle much. Perhaps all those press clippings gave him the im- pression he could just walk out on the court and score 30 points a game. He's since learned otherwise. Now Russell is hustling more, moving more, and playing better. But he is still not consistent. Honig says, "He's just trying too hard." Against Indiana, Campy was booed by the crowd for bad play. He scored but four points in that crucial match and Orr sat him down several times. Campy insists that the boos were not directed at him. "I don't think the fans were booing me; they might have been booing the team," he defended. But each time Campy was motioned to the bench the crowd reacted positively. Each time Campy returned to action the boos began again. That looks to me to be a reaction to Campy, not the team. Campy, as other players, has not been enthralled by the "boisterous" Crisler Arena crowds. He commented, "I don't really care what the fans think. The fans that come to the game are really old fashioned; they're so conservative." "They sit there like they're watching a game on T.V.," he added. "Maybe they're all trying to analyze the basketball game. Most people think they're great basketball fans, but I don't think so." The fans have been a little unfair at times, but they do deserve a full 40 minutes from their team and players, and if a player is not giving it to them, complaints are justified. But to boo a player simply for a bad performance-that's bush league. In the Indiana contest Orr kept putting Campy back in to the fans' chagrin, but he had to play the percentages, and hope Campy would break out of his tailspin. Despite a stellar sub job by John Lockard, a hot Campy is better than a hot Lockard. Campy was moving, but the shots were just not falling, and that's no cause for boos. When Russell or anyone stands around and expects to be fed the ball or decides against hustling after loose balls then a crowd reaction is called for. Fans, this one included, read press clippings, magazines, and listen to the local gossip. We build up high expectations also. I guess we just expected to'l much of Campy too soon. Few expected Wilmore to blossom as he did-he didn't get all the ink Campy did. And just maybe the crowds have been a bit more critical of their wonder worker than their favorite Wilmore. Every mistake by Campy gets noticed and regis- tered; for Wilmore a miscue is easily forgotten. He seems to always make amends. True, some of Russell's blunders have been, critical-like a ball stolen at the end of the Purdue game to give the Boilermakers a last shot for victory. But few people remember how Campy sparked the Wolverines to an early lead. Honig says, "Everytime he makes a mistake they think, well, he shouldn't do that. He's supposed to be a superstar." The truth is that Campy has not played consistently well, and he has yet to play a game where he has put it all together. And as a result he has fallen from favor in the eyes of many fans- Wilmore is still the main man. This is true not only because of point totals, but Wilmore seems to have that little extra hustle, that intense drive, that Campy lacks. Campy's still got two years to gain superstar status, and he may yet get there. He believes he has played well this year. "I've done as well as I can. I think I've done a good job." So he has, but it's not the job many of us were giver good reason to expect. Maybe if we stop expecting so much, the next two years will be a pleasant surprise. By The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Steve! Downing poured in 41 points and, John Ritter added 21 last night, leading 11th-ranked Indiana to an 87-66 Big Ten basketball victory! over Illinois. The victory ended a two-gameI losing string and pushed the Hoosiers back into the conference lead with a 7-2 record. Illinois fell to 4-3. The Hoosiers dominated the en- tire game, taking a 39-33 halftime lead. Then, easily breaking an Illinois zone defense, Indiana wid- ened its lead to 22 points midway through the final period. Indiana coasted home after that, GYMNASTS LOSE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State defeated Michigan in a dual gymnastics meet last n i g h t 166.35-163.2, setting a school scoring record in the process. The Wolverines did, however, record their highest total of the year. Monty Falb had a 9.45 on the rings and Ward Black received a 9.4 in floor exercise to lead Michigan. t { 1 dailly sports NIGHT EDITOR: RICH STUCK i i i ;. i' I 10 other Hawkeyes who have Gregorio scored 23 points and reached 1,000 points in their U of I Marvin Barnes hit for 20 while basketball careers. grabbing 22 rebounds last night The game was tied four times, as Providence's eighth-ranked bas- all in the first half, but the Hawk- ketball team whipped Cleveland eyes held a 45-42 halftime edge. State 113-79. The final outcome was at the Cleveland State managed to stay free throw line in the second half close for 10 minutes, trailing 23-20, as the Buckeyes hit on 14 of 15 to but the powerful Friars opened up Iowa's three of nine. Ohio State and raced to a 53-36 halftime ad- was good for 30 of 35 free throws vantage. during the game. Providence Coach Dave Gavitt * * * pulled his starters midway through the second half and reserves fin- Friars win ished off the Friars 17th victory PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ernie Di- in 19 games. Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI Campy sweeps the boards with the substitutes entering the game with about three minutes to go. Nick Weatherspoon, w i t h 24 points, provided Illinois' only scor- ing punch. The Hoosiers, now 15-4 overall, will play at fourth-ranked Minne- sota Saturday night.'The def end- ing champion Gophers are 5-2. Illinois, now 10-7 overall, will entertain Ohio State Saturday. Iowa bucked IOWA CITY - A 24-point per- formance by Alan Hornyak and hot free throw shooting paced Ohio State to an 86-80 Big Ten Confer- ence basketball victory over Iowa here last night. Hornyak, the conference's lead- ing scorer, hit 50 per cent of his field goal attempts and eight of 12 free throws as Ohio State. came from behind four times in the sec- ond half to register its 10 victory aginst eight defeats. The Buckeyes evened their con- ference mark at 4-4. Iowa fell to 9-9 and 2-6. Iowa's seven-foot center Kevin Kunnert led all scorers with 31 points, hitting 13 of 22 from the field and five of seven from the free throw line. Kunnert's first field goal placed the former Dubuque prep among .* Big Ten Standings I INDIANA MEET HELPS Tan kers By BOB SIMON! Last Saturday's defeat at the hands of the Indiana swim team was a surprise to no one, includ- ing even the most optimistic tank- er. After all, the Hoosiers wentj into the meet with the fastest times in the nation in several events. In a couple of events Indiana had three swimmers who had gone1 faster than any Wolverine ever was able to go. "This is the nest team Indianai has ever had," according to Mich- igan coach Gus Stager. "Even without Spitz they are better than last year." Despite all this har- angue over Doc Counsilman's crew though, Michigan's tankers cer- tainly didn't and haven't disgraced themselves. The meet last weekend was definitely closer than most peo- ple had anticipated it would be. Michigan had gone through the season beating almost all oppo- nents by doubling their score. The tankers had gone through seven dual meets in this fashion and now it seemed that Mich- igan was destined for a dose of its own medicine. To be sure the tankers did lose, but the difference inrtalent be- tween the two squads was not in- dicated by the "sway the meet went" and the final score, 73-50. The score was tied at 29-29 and the. meet was still undecided when; Indiana's John Kinsella and Mike Halladay took to the blocks for the 500-yard freestyle race, third from the last event of the meet. Ther e were also somegreat in-, dividual races between inenbers SCORES COLLEGE BASKETBALL Missouri 64, Oklahoma 62 Alabama 78, Georgia 67 Austin Peay 96, Morehead 83 Creighton 76, Colorado 67 ABA Carolina 118, Dallas 111 Indiana 127, Virginia 119, ot. WHA Cleveland 8, New York 2 THURS., FEBRUARY 15 I v * FRE E IN STRUCT10N UN I ON '7-9 PM build stire ngth i . } This Week in Sports FRIDAY HOCKEY-Minnesota, at Minnesota WRESTLING-Wisconsin, at Wisconsin SATURDAY BASKETBALL-Northwestern, at Crisler Arena, 2;00 p.m. HOCKEY-Minnesota, at Minnesota SWIMMING-Ohio State, at Matt Mann Pool, 4:00 p.m. TRACK-Michigan State at Yost Field House, 4:00 p.m. I of the opposing swim teams as the tankers refused to slow down in awe of the Olympically lpopulated Hoosier squad. The highlight of the meet, of course, was the confrontation be- tween Michigan's heralded fresh- man, Tom Szuba and the nation's! best, Olympian Gary Hall. Almost 3000 screaming fans were on their feet as the two swimmers swam neck and neck, first one taking a small lead and then the other. The pair touched together as they start- ed out for the final 100 yards of the 400-yard medley race. The two freestyled together for more than SO yards, never more than a yard apart. With less than two lengths of the pool re- maining, it became somewhat apparent that Hall's slim lead would never be dissipated as Szuba was physically spent. Hall made the final touch less than two seconds before Szuba in a race that took more than four minutes to complete. If only another miracle would come about the Wolverines cer- tainly would become feared. Jose{ Aranha, one of Michigan's two top sprinters, could beat anyone if his turns and starts were nearly as good as his stroke. The divers efforts for the season and on Saturday should not be slighted, for against Indiana, es- pecially, they are the ones who kept Michigan in the meet. Joe Crawford has been consistently spectacular as he took first off both the low and high boards against the Hoosiers. Dick Quint has been improving steadily throughout the year and seems to have overcome his disgust with bad dives so he is able to come back with a great one. Steve Sch- enthal and Quint took seconds in the two diving events in the In- diana meet. If the diving continues to go this way for the Wolverines and if Coach Stager can pull off a few major miracles with his swimmers, Michigan will be tougher than ever. The once optimistic view of a fifth in the NCAA's may well come about. 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