Wednesday, February 11, 1976
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Question - Which Big Ten school has won the most confer-t
ence basketball games since 1959?
Answer - Ohio State University. Under the tutelage of Coacht
Fred Taylor the Buckeyes have won seven Big Ten titles, a na-
tional championship, and 158 league games since his first year
at the helm in 1959.
Recently, Ohio State has suffered through some dismal
seasons on the basketball court. OSU Athletic Director J. Ed-
ward Weaver gave Taylor a "win-or-else" ultimatum at the
start of this season, and Taylor resigned last week, with the
Buckeyes mired in ninth place in the Big Ten.
Taylor built the Ohio State basketball powerhouse of the
1960's from scratch with players like Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek,
Bill Hoskett, Gary Bradds, Dave Sorenson and Jimmy Cleamons.
For times Ohio State reached the final four of the NCAA tourn-
ament.
The downfall of the OSU basketball program can be traced
to a lack of talent. Despite Taylor's great ability as a tactician
and bench coach, the Buckeyes have been losing. No matter
how good a coach is, he can't win in the Big Ten with mediocrei
talent. And Taylor has not been able to recruit top-notch bas-
ketball players.
Insisting on staying within Ohio for his players, he hasn't
By MARCIA KATZ
The women's basketball team
overcame a sluggish start in
the opening minutes of the
game last night at Crisler Are-
na to defeat Delta Commun-
ity College, 67-48.
Michigan could not buy a
bucket in the first five minutes
of action and Delta pulled out1
to an 8-0 lead. The cagers bat-j
tled back and finally knotted"
the score at 16 all with less
than five minutes remaining in
the first half.
Michigan Coach Carmel
Borders decided to employ
a full - court press for the
final eight minutes of the first
half and the Blue rallied to
open up a 32-21 halftime ad-
vantage. The long outside
shooting of Carol Klomparens
was the main reason for the
lead, as she poured in 12
points in the first half.
Continuing with a tight zone
defense in the second half, Delta
could not get the ball insideE
and were forced to take long shooting mark. Cheryl Wozniak rebounds and Kathryn Young's
outside shots. The Michigan was high scorer for Delta tally- 12 grabs, the Wolverines out-
three guard offense turned on ing 15 points. maneuvered Delta on the boards
their speed and quickness and Due to the full court press 59-44.
used the fast break to perfec- and hustling defense, Michigan The only area in which Delta
tion in opening up their biggest came up with 17 steals. Bor- bested Michigan was in the
lead of the night, 59-37, with ders credits this to her three number of shots taken from the
five and a half minutes left in guards, who she says are field. Delta had 73 shots to 71
the game. "quick and are really good for Michigan, but only could
Once again junior guard Ly- on defense." connect on 22 for a 30 per cent
dia Sims led all scorers with Borders says this style of shooting average. On the other
23 points. Sims hit on 11 of 19 play inhibits rebounding pow- hand, Michigan rebounded from
from the floor for a 57 per cent er. Led by Terry Gonlin's 15 a one for 15 start, to shoot at
a 51 per cent clip the rest of
the way and 42 per cent in ov-
Delit oQueens ao ned erall shooting.
Once again the problems
MICIGAN SCORE AT HALFTIMEichigan had in the first five
G FT R FP t IGANnutes stemmed from the of-
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Team
TOTALS
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2-9 0-0 8
7-18 0-0 6
3-10 3-6 15
1-3 0-0 2
0-1 1-2 2
0-1 0-0 0
3-4 0-0 2
3-6 2-5 12
0-0 0.-0 0
0-0 0-0 1
6
30-71 7-14 59
2 4I
3 14
2 9 Thiel
0 2 Morelli
0 1 Fechter
1 0 Gildner
0 6 Andrews
4 8 Uirich
0 0 WoY-fiak
0 0 Lipinlski
Team
13 67 TOTALS
DELTA CC
FG FT R
3-17 0-0 3
0-2 1-2 1
0-0 0-2 0
2-8 0-4 3
0-3 0-0 0
3-11 2-2 6
7-17 1-2 13
7-15 0-2 10
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U.S. icers surprise Finns
fense. "No one was filling the
open spots at first," said Con-
lin, and "we were not taking
the time to set up."
Borders said the offense
is going to have to work on
penetrating more and having
more motion. "We are still
hitting some stagnant points
in our offense, but we will be
trying to work this out," she
added.
Whatever problems the of-
fense was having, the aggres-
sive defense came to the res-
cnte. "The defense was snot-
less." said Borders. "They
were forced to take 30 foot
shots, because our defense
wouldn't allow a pass inside."
The win gives Michigan a 7-4
record. and they will be on the
road the next couple of weeks
facing some tough competition.
They play Central Michigan this
Satlrdav and Wayne State next
Wednesday.
The women return to Crisler
on Feb. 28 for a game with
Northwestern, with varsity ac-
tion beginning at 6 p.m.
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been able to attract the top players within the state, and there By The Associated Press on a sloppy performance. to take the lead."
lies the problem. Ohio schoolboys are playing and starring for INNSBRUCK - Reviving Hemmi won with a time of With a crowd of 4,500 chant-
schools throughout the Mideast. Scott May has led Indiana to memories of similar great vic- 3 minutes, 26.97 seconds on two ing, "USA, USA," the Ameri-
its number one ranking. Phil Hubbard and Steve Grote are both tories in past Olympics, the I hard and steep tracks. Good cans jumped to a 2-0 first peri-
averaging in double figures here at Michigan. Jeff Tyson leads United States young hockey I was runner-up in 3:27.17 and od lead and never trailed. But
17th ranked Western Michigan in scoring. Bruce King is scor- team combined a frantic effort Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark they had to fight off a 2-2 tie,
ing 20 points per game at Iowa. Kevin Grevey led Kentucky into with an effort with an assist was third in 3:27.41 then hold off a mad rush by
last year's NCAA finals, and this year the Wildcats are led by from a Russian referee yester- Thoeni could do no better Finland in the final three min-
Truman Claytor and Mike Phillips. All of the aforementioned day to upset Finland 54 in the than fourth in 3:27.67. Thoeni utes.
players are from Ohio. Seven of the Big Ten teams have an Wainter Games tournament and:'was the defending Olympic In those final minutes when
Ohioan among their starting fivet h thrust itself into medal conten- giant slalom champion. He led: the Americans played a man
hh s.tion. ' Monday after the first of two short, a Finnish goal which
"The man can't recruit," said Iowa's John Hairston. "He In another surprise, Dan runs. A repeat of the gold med.- would have tied the score 5-5
never even contacted me." Hairston left his hometown of Immerfall, 20, a University of al victory would have made was disallowed by Russian re-'
Columbus to start as a freshman for the Hawkeyes. Wisconsin music major, out- him the first skier in the his- feree Victor Dombrovski. It oc-
"He recruits in the small towns and the class "AA" and "A" raced his teammate and long- cured with 2:36 left to play.
schools," Hairston said. "He doesn't go after the kids from the time rival Peter Mueller of ---- -- Finland's Hannu Kapanen
"AAA" schools in the cities." Mequon, Wisconsin to capture * O t tknocked a rebound of a slapped
A quick check of the OSU roster shows six players from a third place behind Russia's shot past U. S. goalie Jim War-
"A" or "AA" schools. Two Buckeyes hail from Cleveland and Valeri Muratov. Russia's Eu- -- - -- - --- den, but Dombrovski claimed
se'A rom " Colbs, ut Cicinsatile, roC n Yons geni Kulikov won the event osKapanen had kicked the puck
several from Columbus, but Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Youngs- with a time of 39.17 seconds. tory of Alpine skiing to win in and he disallowed it.
town, Canton, and Dayton are not represented on the Buckeye EAST GERMANY made a gold medals in two Olympic T J
squad. None of the eight players named to the "AAA" All-Ohio clean sweep in the luge com- games. { STEVE JENSEN of Plymouth,
team last year went to Ohio State. petition when Hans Rinn and Greg Jones of Tahoe City, Minn., scored two goals to spark
In fact, the Buckeyes' sixth man, Mike Cline, is a walk-on Norbert Hahn won the double Calif. was ninth in 3:31.77. Philthevictory by the Americans,
fromMilersurgOhi. saterevet wth acomine Mahre's twin brother Steve was who at average age of 21 are
r s ,13th in 3:33.76 and Cary Ad- the youngest team ever to rep-
"They won't go out-of-state," said Cincnnatian Grote, "even time of 1 minute, 25.604 sec- gate of Boyne City, Mich. 21st resent the United States in the
when they can't get the top Ohio players." onds. . in 3:36.41 Olvmpics.
Many feey that Taylor has had difficulty in recruiting Black The victory gave the East But the story of the day was Bob Harris of Omaha, Neb.,:
players since he benched Wardell Jackson in the middle of his Germans gold medals i all the upset of the Finns by the Bob Dobek of Taylor, Mich.,
senior year. Jackson, player of the year while in high school three luge events. West Ger- hockey team. and Steve Sertich were the other
and a starter as a sophomore and junior, played for Seattle of many'sa rander and 'WE PLAYED our best game of - oal scorers for the United
the NBA, last year. slth sanSchwarm tookathe: the year and we're just thrilled States. Goalie Jim Warden
But Taylor's recruiting woes date prior to Jackson. In 1969, riv 'me dl i 1 2 n to death," said Bob Johnson, came up with another solid per-
Austria's Rudolph Schmid and! the jubilant U. S. coach. "We formance as he had 36 saves.
Columbus East High School swept to the state championship Frans Sulzbacher won the wanted a medal and now we In other games in the Olym-
behind its star players, Ed Ratleff, Dwight Lamar, and Nick bronze in with an aggregate have a c e for n s w c ornamen terdy
Conner. Playing in Ohio State's backyard, all three left the time of 1:25.919.have hchandfor oneThiswiCpecora e eterdy
state for college, as did the 1969 Player of the Year, Nick Wea- The two American doubl needed. We followed a game 7-1 and th Soviet Union played
therspoon. finished in the last two places plan, getting some quick goals West Gemany in a night game.
Ohio State's Inability to get top talent is not discriminating. among 24 sleds that completed
The top white players from Ohio are not going to OSU either. therace. Robert Barkley of nd>
Tyson, Grote, Grevey and Phillips all left the Buckeye state. rchard Cavnaugh oloHermo 0
Grote's high school teammate, Rick Apke starts for Creigh- sa Beach, California were
ton, and Oholan Craig Lynch is in his third year as a starter at 23rd in 1:32.009 and James
Furman. Both Furman and Creighton were in last year's NCAA Moriarty of St. Paul, Minneso-
tournament. Flip Saunders of Minnesota, Doug Ashworth of Ten- ta and John Fee of Lake Plac-"
nessee, Jim Paxson of Dayton and Miami's Randy Avers were id. N. Y. were l-ist in 1:32.040.
high school stars in Ohio but elected not to attend OSU. Two Swiss bricklayers, Heini
The Ohio State Lantern attributed Ohio State's lack of Hemmi and Ernst Good, built j4
recruiting success to Taylor's refusal to bend or break NCAA th'mselves a gold and a silver V
and Big Ten rules when recruiting. n"ihe onr the Olympic giant sla-
lam slope, foiling the bid by 3
"I wouldn't say that," Taylor said in reply, "But I will say l's G'it' oeni to ak
this, I've never bent one yet, and I'm not going to worry about it qnv hitorv.
any more." THE UNITED STATES' only
Successful recruiting takes work, work and more work. hone for a medal in the giant
Michigan's top recruiter Bill Frieder will attest to that. Assist- slalom. Phil Mahre of White
ant coaches and reerniters ns coninnally be on he road, call- Pss, Wash., fell to fifth place %0
ing a coach or writing a letter: -, Y
to a potential recruit. V-" .
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Atlanta 111, Kansas City 89
Philadelphia 85, Chicago 84
Los Angeles 2, washington 2
Montreal 6, St. Louis 1I
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By the UPI
Team
1. Indiana (42)
2. Marquette
3. No. Carolina
4. Maryland
5. Rutgers
6. UCLA
7. Tennessee
X. Nevada-Las Vegas
9. Washington
10 Notre Dame
11. MICHIGAN
12. Alabama
13. Missouri
14. Utah
13. (Tie) N. Car. St.
15. (Tie) Louisville
17. Western Michigan
18 St. John's N.Y.
19. (Tie) Cincinnati
19. (Tie) W. Texas St.
19-0
18-1
18-2
17-3
19-0
17-3
16-2
23-1
18-2
14-4
14-5
15-3
18-3
16-4
16-4
16-4
18-0
17-3
17-3
15-3
Points
420
355
288
237
205
190
147
146
105
49
46
25
24
21
12
12
7
5
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Plans have been finalized for the 45th annual Open House
presented by the Department of Recreation, Intramurals, and
Club sports. The open house will be held Thursday, February
26 at the IM Sports Building, the Coliseum, and Yost Ice Arena.
In Fraternity "A" basketball, the competition has narrowed
down to four teams. Phi Delta Theta plays Delta Upsilon and
Theta Chi faces Psi Upsilon to determine the final match-up. The
Residence Hal finals, "A" tournament, pits Michigan House
against Chicago House, both of West Quad.
IN THE CO-REC semi-finals the Okymorons defeated Hackers
Row and now will face the victors of the CBA and Omega
Psi Phi matchup. The Women's finals, scheduled for Opera
House, feature the Amaiz'n Blue playinng Couzen's Exilq.
In the Graduate Basketball "A" tournament, Litton Derl,
faces D.S.D. "A" and Law-Indigo meets Law-Green in their
semifinals. Among Independents, the quarterfinals lgin this
week with the top-seeded teams being the Has Beens, who beat
Athlete's Foot, 67-56, the Brotherhood who defeated the Frustrated
Jocks, 84-34, the Miami Express who beat the Brucers, 7546,
and the Splinters who have averaged 111 points per game and
include former varsity players Don Johnston, Howie Com-
stock and Kent Storey.
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