The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 22, 1980-Page 7 Iowa and Purdue: NCfinalists? * Can the Cinderella 's By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE One of the characteristics of the annual NCAA basketball tournament is the appearance of at least one "Cin- derella" team-an under-rated team that was not thought tQ be a contender ' or the title-in the final four. Last year the Cinderella team was Penn. Seeded next to last in the East Regional, the Quakers fought their way to the regional crown, only to be rudely disposed of by eventual national cham- pion Michigan State. This year's final four contains not one, but three teams that weren't con- sidered among the pre-tournament' favorites. Purdue, UCLA and Iowa. q urdue is ranked twentieth in the ation while the Bruins and Hawkeyes are nowhere to be found on the national charts. Louisville, ranked number two behind DePaul, is the only team left in the tourney that was thought to be a legitimate contender. So while Purdue and UCLA battle it out in one of today's semifinal games, Iowa, must contend with the high- flying Cardinals. But playing against e best should not seem like anything new to coach Lute Olson's Hawkeyes. Iowa has already disposed of such gian- ts as third-ranked Syracuse and num- ber 11 Georgetown.. The question is, how much longer can Ronnie Lester and his mates continue to dispose of the cream of the college basketball world? Probably not too much longer. pull it out? The Cardinals of Denny Crum showed last week that they are the best team in the final four by totally devastating LSU, 86-66. Under the leadership of first team All-American Darrell Griffith, Louisville appears to be at the peak of their game right now. Even Crum can't hide his optimism about his squad. "This has been an out- standing team," said Crum. "They've far exceeded the expectations that I had for them at the beginning of the season." If Iowa, listed as six point underdogs going into the game, are going to upset the Cards, it will most likely be Lester leading the way. The senior guard from Chicago's Dunbar High has spent about half of this season on the bench with a knee injury, but when he has been healthy, the Hawks have only lost one game. In addition to Lester, another positive factor on Iowa's side is the fact that no one outside the Big Ten has been able to beat them. At least not yet. Olson recognizes the fact that his team is a decisive underdog. "This week in Indianapolis they'll probably be talking about the other three teams, but that's all right," said Olson. "These guys (Iowa) just won't quit. I don't think they know how." So with nothing to lose and everything to gain, the Hawkeyes must be looking forward to today's game.*-But for the fourth place team in the Big Ten, it's going to be an uphill battle. Prediction: Louisville by 10. SCORES High School Basketball Willow Run 65.Flint Beecher 60 Saginaw-Eisenhower 61. Wyoming Rogers 56 Grand Rapids S. Christian 79. Bronson 62t Reed City 56, Ecourse 55 Exhibition Baseball Montreal 9.Detroit(B) Minnesota 5, New York Mets I Texas 6. Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 1. Chicago White Sox 7 Toronto 6. Philadelphia (B) 5, 11 innings Kansas C'iy 9. Cincinnati :3 Boston 7. Los Angeles 6 St. Louis 10. Houston 4 Milwaukee 14. Cleveland : Oakland 2, Seattle 0I California .Xhicago:l San Diego 1. San Francisco 0 Pittsburgh 6. Detroit (A) :3 Baltimore 14. New York kA )o Purdue faces Kili and The Kids By DREW SHARP It will be Kiki and The Kids vs. Joe Barry and the Wrecking Crew. The UCLA Bruins, unranked and fourth in the Pac-10, will take on the Purdue Boilermakers, 18th ranked in the bountry and third in the Big Ten, Saturday in the NCAA semi-finals at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Neither team was given a chance to advance to the illustrious "final four," but 'through excellent coaching and some fine team play, the two teams have been able to stifle the od- dsmakers. The two teams do have a contrasting syle of play. UCLA relies on the cumulative efforts of its entire team while the fortunes of Purdue rise and fall with the performance of 7-foot-1 All- American center Joe Barry Carroll. So far in this tournament, the senior from Denver has been able to rise to the occasion. He has scored a total of 89 points in four games for an average of 22.1 ppg and alto has cleaned off the boards for an average of nine rebounds a contest. Purdue head coach Lee Rose knows the value of his big man and intends to use him to the utmost. "He's the franchise," said Rose. "It's very important that we go to Joe Barry as often as possible. He's gotten us this far so it makes sense to stay with something that works." This is the second team that Rose has led to the semi-finals. In 1977, he coached surprising North Carolina- Charlotte to an upset victory over tour- nament favorite Michigan and earned a trip to Atlanta to play in the semis, only to lose to eventual champion, Marquet- te. It is difficult to imagine UCLA being considered a Cinderella team con- sidering their past national champion- ships but such is the case in this year's NCAA's. Quite a fury erupted when the Bruins were chosen for the tournament over Pac-14 third place finisher, Washington State. However, that was forgotten when the Uclans upset top-ranked DePaul, 77-71, -during the - second round. That victory was attributed to timely free- throw shooting near the end of the game. Many observers considered that win a fluke and that they would meet their match against the more physical Ohio State Buckeyes. But once again, the Bruins laughed in the faces of their detractors by defeating the Bucks, 72-68. They advan- ced to the semis by thoroughly handling the Atlantic Coast, Conference com- petition, Clemson, 85-74.y Why has the Bruins performance been such a shock? Two of their starting five are freshmen and they play with a 6 foot 6 center. First-year backcourt players, Rode Foster and Mike Holton have matured with experience as the season wore down. Foster averaged 11 points a game during the regular season. During the tournament, he's averaged;, 15 points. The biggest surprise has been the play of Michael_ Sanders in the pivot. The 6-6 sophomore has averaged 16 points a game in the NCAA's and just under 12 rebounds. The team is led by senior third-team All-American for- ward Kiki Vandeweghe and senior for- ward James Wilkes. UCLA assistant coach Keith Glass was naturally concerned about his ; team's lack of height on the front line. "We're always concerned about our Y. smallness but we've played well with bigger teams since we installed San- ders into the lineup," said Glass. "Remember Ohio State and Clemson both had extremely big forward but we handled them." "We'll probably put Wilkes on Carroll,., since he's probably our best defensive player." It's obvious that Joe Barry Carroll will.dictate who will win this game. If he gets at least 25 shots off today, the Boilermakers will waltz their way into the finals Monday night. Lester ... Hawkeye sparkplug Moeller returns to Bop's footbal staff By ALAN FANGER Gary Moeller, the former Michigan defensive coordinator who served as head football coach at Illinois the last three seasons, has returned to Bo Schembechler's staff as the Wolverines' quarterback coach, the Daily lear- ned yesterday. Moeller replaces Don Nehlen, who became the head coach at West Virginia last December. SCHEMBECHLER ALSO named Lloyd Carr, an assistant to Moeller the last two season, as 4he-new defensive backfield coach. Carr replaces Jack Harbaugh, who left last week to become the defensive coordinator at Stan- ford. In three years at Illinois, Moeller compiled a 6-24-3 record. He was released shortly after the completion of the 1979 season and was replaced by former California head coach Mike White. CARR SERVED AS defensive back coach at Eastern Michigan before joining Moeller's staff in 1978. Prior to his Eastern assistantship, Carr ser- ved as head coach at John Glenn High School in Westland. THE RETURN OF MOELLER and the addition of Carr completes Schembechler's organization of his staff for the 1980 season. The Wolverine coach earlier named former Michigan middle guard Tim Davis as middle guard and defensive tackle coach. While Schembechler was doing some shuffling among the coaching ranks, he received some somber news concerning wolfman Stuart Harris. Harris suffered a knee injury during conditioning drills early in the week,a and the speedy junior is expected to miss the duration of spring practice. STATE HOOP FINALS Prepsters tip-off Euro peans BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)-Offi- in the issue and estim cials of 18 Western European Olympic dorses President C committees meet here Saturday to request it would lead discuss a possible boycott of the Olym- by many Western E pic Games in Moscow. But before the tees. conference began, some officials said they do not expect the meeting to OTHER EUROPE produce a firm position on a boycott. fered similar commen "One shouldn't expect too much of Col. F. Don Miller,e Saturday's meeting," Robert von Bose, of the USOC, will a director of the Dutch committee, told meeting here. the Associated Press on Friday. "I amhere as an He predicted his Western European called upon, I will gi colleagues will continue their wait-and- the USOC," he said Fr see attitude until the U.S. Olympic Twenty-two West Committee (USOC) has made up its committees have been mind about a boycott. the meeting, but four "AS LONG as the USOC doesn't say dora, Greece, Portug "no" to participating in the Moscow not be here. Games, we (Western European com- mittees) will wait with our decision." A SPOKESMAN He said the USOC holds a key position Olympic Committee, mated that if it en- Carter's boycott to similar moves uropean commit- AN officials of- nts. executive director attend Saturday's observer and, if ve the position of riday. ernm European n invited to attend r-those from An- al and Italy-will for the Belgian the organizer of are scheduled to be held from July 19 to Aug. 3 in the Soviet capital. Adrien vanden Fede, secretary- general of the Belgian committee, said he's hoping a meeting of European committees scheduled for Rome in May will produce a final position on any boycott action. He and Miller said Olympic officials worldwide are discussing privately a range of conditions the Soviet Olympic Committee must meet before they can agree to attend the Moscow Games. Saturday's meeting comes on the heels of a meeting of Western European sports ministers in Strasbourg at which only the Netherlands, Great Britain and Portugal supported boycott action. to. boycott? Blue players score in Al-Star voin A number of Michigan players were included in the results of the Denver Post WCHA All-Star team, as the 28th annual rankings were released yesterday. Making the second team was forward Murray Eaves, the 5-10, 185 pound sophomore from Windsor, Ontario. Eaves also finished third to Minnesota's Tim Harer in the Most Valuable Player category. Paul Fricker, the frosh sensation in the net for the Wolverines this year, finished second in the balloting for Outstanding Freshman honmors, behind the 16.5 points of Aaron Broten of Minnesota, and missed winning an Honorable Men- ton for best goaltender by a mere one point, as Bob Iwabuchi from North Dakota won with 33 points to Fricker's 32. Dan Lerg, the senior from Southfield, was awarded an Honorable Mention, as the Michigan forward finished in eighth place in the voting with 12 points. Team- mate Bruno Baseotto also received recognition for his outstanding play this season, as he wound up twelfth in that category with 5 points. Two Wolverine defensemen scored points in their category, as junior Tim Manning from Dearborn Heights finished eighth with 9 points and junior John Blum from Warren wound up tenth with a 6 point total. Michigan coach Dan Farrell garnered fourth place honors in the Coach of the Year voting, ending up behind Brad Buetow of Minnesota, John Gaspalrini of Nor- th dAkota and Jeff Sauer of Colorado College with 9 points. League champion North Dakota dominated all aspects of the rankings, as the first and second sting All-Star teams included four North Dakota players in their ranks. Members of the first team were Wisconsin's Roy Schultz (goalie), Dave Feamster of Colorado College (defense), Howard Walker of North dAKOTA (defense), Tim Harrer of Minnesota (forward), Mark Taylor of North Dakota (forward), and Greg Meredit of Notre Dame (forward). The only repeater from the 1978-79 All-Star team as Feamster, who was a second team choice last year. Of the seven underclassmen on last year's team, four left the WCHA this season to play in the Winter Olympics-Mark Johnson (Wisconsin), Mark Pavelich (UMD), and Steve ChristOff (Minnesota) for the U.S., and Kevin Maxwell (North Dakota) for Canada. the meeting, said the non-participation by those four committees is unrelated to the boycott question. Miller said the three-day USOC meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., which starts April 11, may not produce an American decision whether to go to Moscow or not. THE USOC, he said, yke any other Olympic committee, has until May 24 to make up its mind. The Olympic Games Classes forming for April 19 and June 28 LSATs CALL 1-261-LSAT OR WRITE: University LSAT Preparation Service 33900 Schooicraft Road Suite G2 Livonia, Michigan 48150 I WRESTING WITH CONSCIENCE TAKING STOCK March 24--7:30 p.m. Conference Room 5--Michigan Union This session will explore the meaning of "Responsible Patriotism." What is patriotism? Are there things worth killing for? Worth dying for? What authority do you respect? By ERIC LUTTINEN Ypsilanti Willow Run and Saginaw W senhower advanced to the Michigan igh School Athletic Association Class B Championshipes at 11 a.m. today, and Grand Rapids South Christian and Reed City will battle it. out for the Classs C title at 8:30 today in Crisler Arena. The Class A and D Championships will also be played in Crisler at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. respectively. In the opener, Willow Run jumped out to a 17-11 first quarter margin but Flint- Beecher came back to take a 34-29 half- time lead. Carl Banks, Beecher's fine senior forward, scored 14 of his game- high 21 points in the first half. Johnnie Bailey of Willow Run tied Banks for the scoring honors with 21, despite sitting out much of the first half, came on strong to lead the Flyers to a -60 victory. Saginaw Eisenhower knocked off Wyoming-Rogers 61-56 as cold shooting plagued the Golden Hawks, Eisenhower shot a torrid 61.5% from the floor as compared to Rogers' 39%. The game's leading scorer and reboudner, Steve Chappell of Rogers, scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Troy Davis of Eisenhower led the Commanders with 16 points, all on long range field goals. i The Sailors of Grand Rapids South Christian used 38 points and 12 reboun- ds from 6-8 Paul TenBrink to trounce the Bronson Vikings 78-62 in the first Class C semifinal game. TenBrink scored 25 in the second half as South Christian built up leads of as many as 25 points. "I think they were intimidated by our big men," said victorious coach Tom Dykema. "Rebounding has been our strong point all year and it was tonight." In the nightcap, number one ranked and undefeated Reed City nipped Ecor- se 56-55 on a free throw by Chuck Holmquist with less than one second remaining. Holmquist was fouled by Ecorse's John McPhaul in a wild scrabble after a missed free throw Scott Fredrick, who had tied the game on his previous charity toss. 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