Page Sixteen THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday,, November 24, 197E Green ignites the Wolverine attack (Continued from Page 11) nent, I don't care who we play. THE DAILY: There's M a r c h 6 against Marquette too. Do you realize that Michigan is at Purdue one after- noon and at home against Marquette the next? That's less than 24 hours between those games, and Purdue's tough too. GREEN: I just hope we have enough strength to carry us through. Whew. THE DAILY: Do you ever feel it's up to you to run the show in a close game? GREEN: When we're down I feel like putting out all I've got. In the closing minutes you put out extra hard, because that's your last chance. Wichita State-I guess that was one of those games. That was nice. THE DAILY: Michigan barely es- caped, 74-73, in that first game of the Midwest Regionals. Was it planned that the last shot would go to you? There was a timeout just before that. GREEN: No, they just said "open shot." I looked around and there was no one there, so I thought 'that must be me this time. I knew it was getting down to the very last seconds, but it seems like taking that time to look over at the clock would throw your concen- tration off, and you'd throw a brick or something just thinking, "Oh no! I've just got to make this." Yup, that was a game to remember. THE DAILY: How did you feel in the finals against Indiana last year?' GREEN: All we had to do was to keep up the pace we had in the first half. I hate to blame anything on the refs, but I think they slowed us down. Phil and Wayman got in foul trouble, and that's when they took their commanding lead. You've got to play hard regardless if two of your best men have fouled out. THE DAILY: Were you disappointed not to make the Olympics? GREEN:. Yeah, I really was for awhile, because I thought I should have made it. But then; they said they didn't necessarily pick the best twelve guys, but they picked the twelve guys who could play the best together. And I guess they didn't feel I could play with the team they picked. THE DAILY: Why did you decide not to go pro? GREEN: Well, I knew we had a good team coming back. THE DAILY: Did you feet you owed it to Coach Orr and your teammates to come back? GREEN: I, really didn't owe it to them. It's just something I want, to play on a championship team-I haven't since high school. Now that the leagues have merged, there are no more bids and that's hurt- ing me money-wise. But it's better in a way. THE DAILY: Are you aiming for A teaching certificate in phys ed? GREEN: Yes. I'll be behind about eight hours in school after next term. 'That's-pretty close to my degree. Maybe I can stay the summer, or I can always :ome back later. THE DAILY: How do youi like stu- dent teaching? GREEN: I enjoy that. I do it three times a week at 7:45 at Pioneer. Nobody likes getting up at 7:45, but I manage to make it just about all the time. THE DAILY: You must be their herd, GREEN: Nope, all the heroes I know are making money. THE DAILY: Do you think you'll make it as a pro? GREEN: If I get the opportunity, I think I'll make the best of it. The Russians Are Coming!' World's Greatest Gymnasts To Perform at michigan's Crisler Arena-Ann Arbor Dec.7 - 7:30 p.m.' * Nelli Kim * Olga Korbut * Nicolai Ahdrianov * 9 World Champions Tickets on Sale At: U of M Athletic Dept. 1000 S. Stat St. Ann Arbor, Ml 48109 RESERVED SEATS $10 - $7 - $5 Hubbard back in middle (Continued from Page 8) (Julius Erving), Nate Archi- bald, a lot of guys," said Hub- bard. "Tha Olympic games were rough, but those exhibi- lion games were the roughest. It was dirty-holding, pushing, a lot of dishonest tactics go- ing on." But Hubbard is used to being pushed and shoved. Last season at center, Hubbard faced a big- ger and taller opponent in 29 of Michigan's 32 games. Standing 6-7, Hubbard weighs "exactly 202," the same as last season. He made the best of the situation, leading the team in rebounding (11.0 ave.) and com- ing second in scoring (15.1 ave.). Despite his size, most Big Ten officials apparently felt that Hubbard dished out at least as much punishment as he took. Hubbard was in foul trouble as often as not, and that's what worries Orr. "Doggone, he's aggressive. Our one big fear is fouls," sid Orr. "Hell, Phil gets into foul trouble even when Fife and Frieder ref." "That's all in the past," said Hubbard. "I hope I don't have as much trouble, this year. I think the refs made some bad calls-they just wouldn't let you play." Hubbard will again start at center, although Orr will try to give him some time at forward. Hubbard is the first to admit that he'd rather 'play in the corner. "Yes, I'd rather play it. Why not?". said Hubbard. "I played forward in high school. "There's n o t h i n g wrong with playing center, but I'm not the biggest guy in the world," he explained. "I've wanted to play forward for as long as I've been here. "But you like to play," he added, "so you just go along with what's going on. I'll do what I can 'to help the team out." There is no question he'll play. "No one can beat Phil out," said Orr. Orr feels trat Hubbard plays the f o r w a r d "tremendously well," but has problems with the defense. Most of the time Hubbard will play defensive. pivot no matter who's in the game. Most pre-season publications ranked Hubbard a second- team All-American. A certain first team All-American, name- ly Indiana's Kent Benson, gave Hubbard more headaches than anyone last season. But Hubbard denies giving him a second thought. Grote Rob lead team (Continued from Page 6) led the team in both field goal and free throw percentage last year (57 and 83 per cent re- spectively). Academically ineligible his freshman year, Robinson quick- ly came into his own, averag- ing 10 points and 7 rebounds as a sophomore and 14 points 'and 8.2 rebounds last season. But Robinson has never re- ceived much publicity for what he does, and maybe never will. He looks only to improve his own performance during his final year at Michigan. "I WOULD really like to win that (NCAA) championship," he said. "I'm going to try to play a little harder and try to im- prove on the statistics-like re- bounding and scoring-to see if I can better myself," Improving his own play might lead the team's total perform- ance to improve ... to a point, Rohb opes to lead the team to Atlans. "I don't think we'll disappoint, people'i the long run," says Robinson. "Nope, I haven't thought about playing him," he said. "You don't have to think about that. You think about just play- ing, period." Hubbard says his goal for the Michigan team is to "win games, most likely. As long 'as we have a good team and do all right that's what's important. We should have a good team again." And Hubbard should be even better this year. "He's bigger, stronger, more confident and active than a year ago," said Orr. "I expect him to double the number of shots he takes." Olympic coach Dean Smith feels Phil Hubbard will make a great pro someday. "Who, me?" Hubbard said in mock disbelief. "Right now I'm j u s t thinking about getting through school. I'm glad to be here. I think we've got a good team again." 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