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By GEORGE HASTINGS
Once upon a time, it looked as
if the final two, basketball games
played by the Michigan Wol-
verines would make a big dif-
ference in the race for the Big
Ten title.
Michigan fans would probably
be spending the first Saturday
of spring break with ears glued
to the radio for the Michigan-
Wisconsin game tomorrow, and
studenits would be coming back
in droves two days early to catch
the exciting Big Ten-deciding
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finale as Michigan hosts Ohio
State a week from Saturday.
But then came a stunning
string of losses, and the Wol-
verines are now a woeful 6-6,
struggling to keep out of the
second-division. So, besides the
Badgers and Buckeyes, Michigan
coach Johnny Orr has another
enemy to battle the next two
weekends.
That enemy is apathy on the
part of the Michigan players,
and Orr frankly admits that it's
a problem. When a team that
was picked to challenge for a
title finds itself out of the race,
it becomes almost impossible to
get up for games.
"This team is tired," Orr said
after the Illinois defeat, "more
mentally tired than physically
tired. Losing to Minnesota was a
great disappointment."
Orr was reluctant to say that
his team can lick the problem
before the Wisconsin and OSU
games. "I hope we're not just
playing out the string," he said,
but added, "I wish I could tell
you we aren't."
If, however, the Wolverines are
just "playing out the string,"
they are in real trouble, for they
are taking on two teams which,
though erratic, are powerful
clubs.
The Wisconsin Badgers have
had a rough season, as they
sport only a 4-8 record in the
conference, including a humiliat-
ing loss to lowly Northwestern.
But lately, however, the Badgers
have come alive, and in their last
two games have taken on the
look of a rough spoiler.
Last Saturday, Wisconsin bad-
gered Indiana on the Hoosiers'
home floor and came within a
hair of an upset, losing 57-55.
Then Monday on their own court
the Badgers snuffed out any Big
Ten title hopes the Purdue Boil-
ermakers might have harbored
j by a score of 71-63.-
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Wisconsin's strength lies in its
front line, monsterous even by
Big Ten standards. Coach John
Powless' team starts a front line
of 6-11, 6-11 and 6-5 and often
complements them with a 6-6
guard.
The center is Kim Hughes, 6-11
according to the Wisconsin press-
book, who has played solid ball
all year long for the Badgers.
Kim averages 14 points per
game, and is the conference's
third leading rebounder with an
11.8 average.At one forward is
his twin brother Kerry, who, has
been chipping in with 13 per con-
test.
The captain and other forward
is Wisconsin's top scorer Leon
Howard, who is averaging 18
points in the conference this sea-
son. Howard is a jumper who
along with the Hughes twins
makes the Badgers imposing on
the boards.
In addition, Wisconsin has been
getting some punch lately from
6-6 sophomore Marcus McCoy,
who gave the team some much-
needed scoring from the back-
court with a combined total of 29
points in last weekend's action.
The Bucks, also 6-6 in the Big
Ten; have had their problems
this season, and 7-foot center
Luke Witte has been especially
erratic and dismaying.
OSU reached the depths just
last Monday as they fell to Michi-
gan State at East Lansing, 87-
83. Yet in just the previous four
weeks the Bucks have displayed
the type of team they can be by
edging Indiana, pushing Minne-
sota to the limit, and then severe-
ly thrashing Purdue.
The Buckeyes will be counting
heavily on their number one
player, steady little Alan Horn-
yak, third in the Big Ten with a
25.1 average. Hornyak is backed
up ably by 6-6 forward Wardell
Jackson, who is scoring at a
16.3 clip.
But the question for the Bucks
as usual will be Witte, who is
scoring a decent 15.3 per con-
test but does not rank within the
conference's top ten rebounders.
The Ohio State contest will
wrap up the season for the Wol-
verines, and will mark the final
game in a Michigan uniform for
Ken Brady, Ernie Johnson, and
Henry Wilmore.
This fact, and the fact that the
game is at home and the oppon-
ent is Ohio State may provide a
bit of incentive for the Wolver-
ines. Perhaps the seniors will
want to go out as winners for
the home fans, and certainly they
remember that it was this same
OSU team which knocked them
off two years ago in their nearest
bid for a conference crown.
But at any rate, the Michigan
men are going to have to find
some sort of motive to go out
give 100 per cent the next two
Saturdays, or they're going to be
in for two long afternoons.
By THERESA SWEDO
"Every gymnast is an enter-
tainer in some sense. We wouldn't
get up in front of all those people
and do the things we do if we
weren't." '
When Michigan ringman Monty
Falb enjoys what he's doing, so
do the fans and the judges. This
junior gymnast has emerged from
Michigan's dual meet season with
an impressive list of high scores
and brilliant performances.
Without falling below a 9.0
score this year, Falb has been
hailed as "impressive", "spectac-
ular" and "outstanding" by coach-
es, fans and teammates. Monty
feels that he reached his peak dur-
ing the February 12th Penn State
meet. Although Michigan lost the
meet, 166.35 to 163.20, Falb receiv-
ed a 9.45.
"I seem to do my best earlier
in the season," he says, "and then
burn out. Right now I'm not doing
so well. I think that this slump is
due to laziness on my part. My
routine is coming too naturally
and I'm letting my body get too
loose.
Falb makes few changes in his
routine during the season. If he
can't do a move well every time,
he believes it isn't worth including.
Analyzing his slump Falb says
that ii the beginning of the season
he concentrated on everything he
did during a routine in order to do
it perfectly.
Every move was thought out;
keeping his toes pointed, avoiding
swinging, staying between the
rings and polishing every trick.
"My scores went down when I
started to perform just on instinct.
For two years I've been doing the
same sort of thing, starting out
really well, getting into a slump,
and then, hopefully, doing well
again in the" Big Tens."
Falb's Big Ten conference meet
performance last year earned him
a second in the rings. This year
he sees the event as up for grabs.
"Whoever hits during those two
days (March 23rd and 24th) will
take the title." His event will be
the toughest of the meet because
of the four men who are in intense
competition for the individual
crown.
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Benny Fernandez of Indiana,
teammate Jack Malmahdahl, Dan
Repp of Iowa and Falb are all cap-
able of scoring 9.4. Right now the
final result will depend on who has
the better day; "whoever hits".
The compulsories are set rou-
tines that every gymnast must do.
Preparing these routines has been
stressed in practice in anticipation
of the Big Tens. The gymnasts are
free to practice as they wish, Falb
says, and are basicly on their own
in the gym throughout the year.
Coach Newt Loken assures him-
self, through recruiting, of ath-
letes who will work well on their
own. The practices are structured
so that the members of the team
can help one another.
"Coach Loken is an excellent or-
ganizer," Falb said, "if it weren't
for him, I don't think I could get
along in a college gymnastic pro-
gram. He treats everyone as an
individual and tries to get to know
everyone as a friend." Other
coaches, Falb believes, are too
authoritarian.
"I still like the academic pro-
gram, even though I'm not quite
sure where I'm going right now.
I was thinking of getting into Busi-
ness School, but I haven't yet, and
I don't know if I will. Right now
I'm in the BGS program."
Falb's main concern at present
is making sure that he has some-
thing to do when he gets out of
school. He doesn't want to coach
and says, "professional gymnasts
don't make too much money."
Looking forward to his senior
year, Falb wants to do the best
possible job for his final collegiate
effort. Although he has problems
with flexibility conditioning to con-
tend with, he maintains a calm,
relaxed attitude throughout a meet.
"I only get nervous when my
routine is crucial to winning or
when I can't do anything right in
practice. But I try to stay pretty
calm about things."
"I' give one quick thought to
what I have to do before I go up
on the rings, and after that I don't
have time to worry about any-
thing. All I have to do then is to
go through my routine and smile
right before I dismount, when it's
practically all over."
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