Wednesday, February 11, 1976 [HE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Seven full court * PRESS~ Women cagers triumph f it I Recruiting woes .. . plague Ohio State' By RICH LERNERj f il, I. 1 a'" .I 1 i. 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- Fertig Klompar Conlin Boyden Zald Woodbur Severin Young Tath Scheele Team TOTALS ens ry 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 8 22-73 4-14 44 h I', ii i i i i ! i E k E r-l" A W7' I" 'i SPEED SKATER IAKES BUONLE 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. The Too 20 AP Photo Downhill Racer 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-" . "There's no reason why Ohio ki 1 :r3 State should not be good in bas The that Telsthtlasts ketball," said Grote. Ohio State holds a nat'fral a recruiting advantage by being Valentines are for love the only Big Ten school within < Ohio. Indeed, a large part of f it a big the blame for OSU's recruiting -Mad woes must be shouldered by the --r- recrliters and assistant coach- - alyVletne oum es. The actual job of recruiting -l belongs tn them not to theD--i- head coach. However, the finaldd result is that Fred Taylor, one - of college basketball's premierSe l v a coaches is out of coaching.p i v t NBA Buffalo 115, Washington 105 Y Atlanta 111, Kansas City 89 Philadelphia 85, Chicago 84 Los Angeles 2, washington 2 Montreal 6, St. Louis 1I ABA St Louis 127, Indiana 126 OTr Latin American $ ".c v Luncheon Se/+ri ries :rn J ,!u '}w . }" WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 MENU: This delightful sterling silver kiss SPECIALTIES FROM will remind her forever of your jj CHILE AND COLOMBIA affection. It faithfully reproduces the SPEAKER: famous wrapped chocolate kiss-all but dm~ ue Souza the calories. Just $17.50. 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