Wednesday, Mooch 23, 1977
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
Wednesday, Mcrch 23, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven
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Dekers attitude..:
... reason for success
By JOHN NIEMEYER
YEP, TOMORROW night I'm going to Detroit to see the NCAA
Ice Hockey championships. I've been looking forward to this
weekend since September. "What a great year to cover hockey,"'
I thought, knowing I'd have the chance to cover the event in
nearby Olympia.
But I got a bonus that I hadn't really expected. ,
The bonus is that Michigan will be competing in the chain-
pionshins. Sure, I had dreams of such a conclusion, and early
press releases were predicting Michigan to better its finish from
last year.
But after all, hadn't I been duped the previous year by
such preseason prophecies of greatness? Nearly everyone
had picked the 75-76 dekers as odds on favorites to win it all
in the WCHA and unite nossibly the nation.
With the likes of All American Robbie Moore, Angie Morettox
and the Lindskog brothers leading the talent-laden Wolverines,
how could they nossibly go wrong? But they did. Not that their
22 wns and fourth place finish in the WCHA was not respectable,
but the season had fallen-way short of the team's expectations:
and notential.
The 76-7 squad had been decimated by the graduation of
six seniors and were on paper nowhere near as talented as the
year before.
With such reasoning. I dismissed the possibility that MichiganG
wold make it to o'vmnia and simnlv awaited the treat of wit-W
nessin a ereat hockey series in Detroit.,
As the season progressed. I began to get my hopes up as Di v Photo by CHR
Michigan won repeatedly. Then my hopes were dashed by a "WATCH OUT, or I'll step on you," North
seven-game losing streak, plummeting the dekers Into sixth star center Cerdic 'Cornbread' Maxwell c
place in the conference and certainly out of any chance of ing to Michigan forward Tom Staton.
reaching Detroit.-! 49'ers, the Cinderella team of the NCAA
Maybe, just maybe. they would climb back to fourth and 25 points and 13 rebounds.
get a home olavoff berth.-
But from the greatest deths, this hockey team has turned
around and proved themselves to be one of the best squads in PREP CAGER G( FS:i
Michigan hockev history. That nt them in some pretty imores-
sive comnanv when von consider that they are pursuing Michi-0
gan's eighth NCAA hockey title this week, more than any other
school in the contry. Fdry ci
What then has made this team so good, where last year's
team was so mediocre? LAKELAND, Fla. - Detroit rays thatI
Some of the credit has to go to a couple of freshmen who Tigers pitcher Mark "The two or tht
stenned in to fill some big holes. Most notable among them Bird" Fidrych will miss his ing re-exa
is Dean Turner. Turner's hustling defense and hard check- scheduled start Thursday night termination
ing has been invaluable, especially with the loss of Greg against the Houston Astros due be made th
Natale. to a sprained knee suffered
Another freshman, Dan Lerg has contributed a great deal on in -practice. Isks P
offense. esecially in the last four weeks of the regular season. The 1976 Rookie of the Year, Gene Ba
In addition, all of the returnees from last year's team who a 19-game winner, sprained highly sou
were to be counted on heavily, have come through. Dave Debol his left knee while shagging ball player
had a banner year. Kip Maurer improved immensely to help fly balls during the American not attend
anchor the offense. League team's training ses-I he had on
New and imnroved talent is not the only answer, though. Sin at Marchant Stadium Apparent
I think the biggest difference between this year's team and Doctors said after viewing X omal i
the oreceding one's is in its attitude. i o de gfra i
Every game the whole team is out there hustling, trying toRakneer
win. After losing those seven in a row. the Wolverines fought B he last 1
back when many teams would have folded. DJ 3 U freshmant
I can't help but recall many series last season when Mor- take his S
etto and company would come out on Friday night and man- 22nd.
handle a team, only to turn around on Saturday night and IVBanks,
lose. Even with all that talent, it seemed as if the only time 300 colleg
they would play hockey is when they felt like it. A weekend now is loi
sweep was nearly unheard of last year. . 03sightingI
While admittedly gifted, players like Moretto and Doug Lind-UCLA.
skog were moody and inconsistent. This year's stars like Debo ib
and Manery put out all the time.
According to more than one player I have talked to, Far- By ERIC OLSON . w
rell's rapport with all the players has improved immensely. When With just 1:40 remaining in . TO
relations are right between the coach and the team, winning overtime, Gary Forhan scored
comes much easier. the winning goal for the Beaver 14
Wisconsin is proof of that point. The Badgers have turned Patrol, who defeated the White
around from the worst team is the conference last year to Nights, 3-2 last night in the
number one in the country today, largely because of the All-Campus class "A" 'hockey°
finals at Yost Arena.
return of head coach Bob Johnson. Last year strife was com- Mk Jackovick opened the A
mon between the team and their interim coach, making win- scMring for th e te ghs
verydfficutiddscoring for the White Nights
ring very difficult indeed. d
So in retrospect,.it is not so surprising that the 7-77 dekers perio The Beaer Patrol tied99
have advanced so far. Perhaps they are not as talented man the game with a power play
for man as they were the previous season, but attitude-wise, by John Banks in the second
'ersai
By DON MacLACHLAN
To some people it will never sink in. Some basketball
followers will never believe it.
But North Carolina at Charlotte's basketball team is a
very good one. The 49'ers are 28-3 and riding a thirteen-game
winning streak heading into Saturday's NCAA semi-final game
against Marquette.
"WE'RE QUITE PROUD OF OUR TEAM," said Mean
Green coach Lee Rose. "We feel we can play pretty good
basketball on a given night."
And this season the Mean Green has played some pretty
good basketball. Included in the squad's 28 conquests are vic-
tories over Creighton, Syracuse and of course, Michigan.
On the other side of the ledger only. three teams have
managed to upend North Carolina-Charlotte. Tennessee and
Wake Forest nipped the Mean Green with last second shots
by a total of four points. St. Francis of Pennsylvania is re-
sponsible for the only other blemish on the 49'er season slate.
Rose is not a coach who talks his team into national
prominence, a la Detroit coach Dick Vitale. Over the past,
three years the Mean Green have quietly accumulated a
record of 69-13. Finally last year the 49'ers received a tourna-
ment bid to the NIT and finished runner-up to Kentucky.
"IT'S A GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE to be in the final
four this year," Rose said. "But we've had to have some
luck and talent to get there."
The Mean Green would be sidelined in Charlotte today,
if it weren't for a little luck against Central Michigan in the
NCAA first round in Bloomington.
CMU center Ben Poquette's last second tip, which would
have won the game, rolled around the rim but fell harmlessly
out. The 49ers went on to beat the Chippewas in overtime,
91-86.
AFTER THE SCARE AGAINST CMU, the Mean Green
proceeded to down Syracuse and Michigan on its way to At-
lanta. Now the 49'ers have momentum and are dreaming of
a national title.
"We've been in pressure situations since we started in
the NCAA," King added. "And I think we've handled it very
well."
North Carolina-Charlotte plays together well and is very
unselfish - which results in a lot of easy baskets in close.
n
for
"EVERYBODY IS WILLING TO GIVE IT UP," King said.
"We look for Lew Massey and Maxwell a lot and that is
why they are our high scorers."
Maxwell confronts the problem of shutting down Mar-
quette's Bo Ellis on Saturday, but he isn't looking at it as
a one-man job.
"EVERYBODY SAID AGAINST MICHIGAN it would be
me against Hubbard," Maxwell said. "Now its supposed to
be me against Bo Ellis as the key matchup. No one lools
at Kevin King or Lew Massey to see how important they
are."
"They kept Hubbard off the boards and will help do the
same against Ellis. They deserve recognition too, "continued
HOWEVER, FOR THE TIME BEING, the Mean Green
are concerned only with the Warriors of Marquette, as the
Cinderella team of the 1977 NCAA's strives for a national
title.
Will Marquette have the advantage because they are try-
ing hard to win the championship for retiring coach Al Mc-
Guire?
"Heck no, we wanna win it for Coach Rose," Massey
said.
That is the type of team UNCC has!
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h Carolina-Charlotte
ould be heard say-
Maxwell paced the
k tournament, with
Fidrych should rest
ree days before be-
mined. A further de-1
of his condition will
en. - APt
errs
nks, one of the most
ht after prep basket-
s in the nation, may
Duke University, as
ginally intended.
ly, the West Philadel-
school cager, never
lled out an appfica-
nission to Duke. Also,
r took his SAT's and
1. ible day that a'
entering Duke can
AT's is on January
recruited by over
ges in the country,
yking to joining theI
rish of Notre Dame
ly going west with
fersi7)Injury
There still exists the possi- repair loose cartilage in his left
bility that Banks could enter knee, and the team's doctor said1
Duke if it "bends." Michigan the operation "went very well."
was one of the six campuses LaGarde, who injured his
Banks visited.; knee in February and has
' Banks was the source of an- missed the Tar Heels' tourna-
other major controversy this ment play, was operated on
season. He was benched for his by Dr. Frank Wilson at North
league's championship game Carolina Memorial Hospital.
against Overbrook High School, Dr. Joseph DeWalt, the team
Wilt Chamberlain's alma mater, physician, said the 6-foot-10 sen-
when he missed practice the day ior from Detroit would prob-
before the game. ably be discharged from the
Over 9,000 fans turned out to hospital in four or five days,
see Banks play and were be- aid may be able to travel with
fuddled when he showed up to the Tar Heels to Atlanta for
the game in street clothes. His their 4:15 p.m. game Saturday
coach was criticized but he with Nevada-Las Vegas.
stuck to the team rule. Banks "He should have a complete
watched his teammates ove recovery," DeWalt said. -AP
come 'a seven-point halftime ______ ___eal sad.-A
deficit to win. -DAILY SPORTS
La arde r epairirunr rinm i
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Carolina center Ton
underwent surgery
.C. - North
rm LaGarde
Tuesday to
they have the winning edge.
The intangibles, attitude, desire, or whatever you want to
call them are talked about ad nauseum, but they make a dif-
ference., This .year the Wolverine icers have the'intangibles.
Whether they return victorious from Olympia or not, they have
already proved that!
A final plus for this year's team is in the coaching depart-
ment. If success, as some have criticized, has spoiled John Orr,
it has had an opposite effect on Dan Farrell, Michigan's head
period.
Both teams added a goal in
the third period, Gary Ruben-
stein for the White Nights, and
less than two minutes later, Da-
vid Stoble for the Beaver Pa-
frol, knotting the score at 2-2.
In the consolation game play-
ed earlier, three-time defend-
ing champion Fish, who lost
to the Beaver Patrol last week,
whipped Baits, 11-0.
coach. This season.FArrell has been
lations with both press and players.
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at ease in re-
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