SPORTS The Michigan Daily Saturday, March 7, 1981 Page 7 Wolverines' last stand icers Denver, i leading 4-1 1 By DREW SHARP Michigan's NCAA basketball tour- nament hopes are down to its last breath, but a Wolverine victory over Purdue today and a Minnesota defeat at the hands of Wisconsin, would revive those fading hopes. If the above happens, there would be a 1hree-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten between Michigan, Purdue, and Minnesota. Should Ohio State defeat Iowa, a four team pile-up would occur with the Buckeyes joining the pack. All of this adds up to confusion for the NCAA tournament selection com- mittee. THE COMMITTEE will decide tomorrow what 48 teams will receive invitations to the tourney and there is a distinct possibility that at least four Big Ten teams will be chosen. In a four-way ties Michigan might be considered to have a slight advantage over the other teams on the basis of its better overall record, but that may not hold much weight with the NCAA. "In the case of a tie, the NCAA does not just consider the. overall record," said Jeff Elliott, a representative of the Big Ten. "They consider whether a team has been playing well as of late and also the toughness of their non- conference schedule." The NIT will be making their bids af- ter the NCAA makes its announcement and it is virtually certain that if the NCAA passes by the Wolverines, the NIT probably will include them in its 32- team field. BUT BEFORE Michigan can worry about a post-season tournament bid, it must face a Boilermaker team that has been in the least - a surprise. Very few "experts" picked Purdue to finish in the upper division of the con- ference considering they had lost All- American center Joe Barry Carroll to graduation and head coach Lee Rose to a position at the University of South Florida... But new coach Gene Keady landed, a blue-chipper in freshman center Purdue, 'M' vie for NCAA Russell Cross, a 6-10, 215 pounder out of Chicago. Cross came in and im- mediately took up some of the slack, brought on by the departure of Carroll. Senior Brian Walker anchors the Boilermaker backcourt, having the most assists of any player in the con- ference. Junior guard Keith Edmun- dson provides Purdue with some excep- tional outside shooting, hitting 56 per- cent from the field, fifth best in the con- ference. Senior co-captain Drake Moris and Junior Mike Scearce play the fron- tcourt to round out the Purdue starting five. "PURDUE, LIKE Minnesota, is fighting for an NCAA tournament berth and I'm sure that the game will be ex- tremely important to them," said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder. "They beat us the first time we played them because they shot so well (a school record .775), and we have to play much better defense against them than we did the first time around." The Purdue game will be the final regular season home game for Michigan seniors- Mike McGee, Paul Heuerman, Johnny Johnson, and Mark and Marty Bodnar. McGee is now the all-time scorer in Big Ten history, sur- passing ex-Minnesota star Mychal Thompson on the conference game list and former Boilermaker standout Rick Mount on the overall game list. The starting time for today's contest has been moved up to 2 p.m. to cater to the Mid-American Conference Tour- nament being held at Crisler Arena later today. 1 By MARTHA CRALL Special to the Daily DENVER - After two periods of action last night the Michigan hockey team held a 3-1 lead over the host team from Colorado College. In the third period, Michigan upped its lead to 4-1 on a Dennis May goal at 23 seconds. The game was the first of a two-game series which will be completed this evening. The winner of this first round WCHA playoff encounter will advan- ce to the league semi-finals next weekend. THE SERIES WINNER is determined by total goals in the pair of games. The Wolverines broke a 1-1 tie at 7:01 of the second period. Dennis may scored on his own rebound when Denver goalie Scott Robison didn't get back to the net in time. Gordie Hampson and Roger Bourne assisted on the goal. THE WOLVERINES scored again just before the close of the period at 19:06 when Bourne flipped a wrist shot past Robinson on passes from Ham- pson and Tim Manning. THe Pioneers displayed their penalty-killing prowess as they effectively squelched a five-on-three Michigan powerplay. The Wolverines' defense was also tough on the Denver powerplay, however, killing two Pioneer power play opportunities. The first period elapsed without a single penalty. With his goal, Bourne became the fourth Wolverine to score 20 or more goals this season, to join Steve Richmond, Ted Speers and Jeff Mars. The first period saw Michigan and Denver battle to a 1-1 tie. The Wolverines scored first at 5:15 when Billy Reid took passes from Enzo Augimeri and Kelly McCrimmon and put the puck past Pioneer goalie Scott Robinson from the left side. i 1 Cager's Corner Michigan (17-9, 8-9) Purdue (17-9, 9-8) 40-Mike McGee, 6-5 Sr......... F .......... 33-Drake Morris, 6-5 Sr. 45-Thad Garner, 6-7 Jr............ F ........... 23-Mike Scearce, 6-7 Jr. 15-Paul Heuerman, 6-8 Sr......... C ......... 40-Russell Cross, 6-10 Fr. 34-John Johnson, 6-4 Sr........... G ........... 20-Brian Walker, 6-2 Sr. 24-Marty Bodnar, 6-3 Sr........ .. G ........ 11-Keith Edmonson, 6-5 Jr. Game Time: 2:05 p.m., Crisler Arena TV/Radio: WKBD (Channel 50); WWJ-950; WAAM-1600; WPAG-1050; WJJK-650; WUOM-91.7 (FM) Expected crowd: 13,609 (sellout) Ticket availability: None. Ti tie IX Ruling . 0 Heuerman ... ready to bear Cross MAC tournament at Criser &N. Illinois downs WMU, 75-73- Ball St. squeaks by Toledo, 79-77' (Continued from Page 1) "nutty, off-the-wall decision." WOMEN'S ATHLETIC director Phyllis Ocker was unsure about the results of the decision, but stressed that Title IX had significantly aided the development of the women's athletic program at the University. "Without the support o'f the legislation, I'm not sure women's spor- ts would be where it's at today," Ocker said. "I think it's been a fantastic sup- port. It's been a crucial part of the program. Ocker said she anticipated a number of higher court decisions on the issue before the ruling is made clear. CANHAM SAID he was not worried about Joiner's ruling being overturned "because he was so right." "When the government tells me to treat my women's tennis team the same as my men's, then that's fine, because we already do that," Canham said. The athletic director has stressed a number of times that he believes equality of opportunity does not mean spending equal dollars. CANHAM DID NOT think the new decision would have an effect on the athletic deparment here or most other places. But he believes each institution must be looked at on an individual basis. "We have proportionate scholarships now for women in non-revenue sports," he said. "If one (of the women's sports) becomes a revenue sport, then we will treat it as a revenue sport." "We are not going to turn back the clock on our eleven sports for women," he said. WOMEN'S TRACK coach Red Sim- mons commented on the ruling, saying, "I don't think it would have any effect. We have 11 sports for women and there has been every attempt to keep them. I don't think a watch guard will matter one way or another. We'll wait for a decision and then see what the athletic director decides." The golf coach for both the men's and women's teams, Tom Simon, said he doesn't expect to see any changes in the programs. As it currently stands, Simon said, the men's and women's golf program are practically even. ',I can't see Canham making any changes that would hamper the women's program," Simon said. "What ever the court or Canham says to do, I'll do it." Most of the players seemed uncon- cerned and uninformed. "Everyone I talk to says Title IX is good and should be passed, and everything should be equals," said one women trackster. "But who's to say what's equal. I don't really know what it is, and I guess that's what they're trying to decide." The plaintiff - othen - will have un- til March 25 to file an appeal. By RON POLLACK Six seconds remained in the opener of last night's Mid-American Conference semi-final when Northern Illinois' Ron Lindf ors stepped to the line for the front end of a one-and-one with his team leading 75-73. Lindfors missed the free throw and Western Michigan garnered the rebound, running it upcourt for a last shot in hopes of sending the game into overtime. MELVIN MAXWELL took a half court shot at the buzzer that was straight enough, albeit not accurate enough, as it hit the heel of the rim and fell aimlessly to the ground, bringing the Husky fans to their feet and a grimace to Maxwell's face. - "That shot," said Northern Illinois head coach John McDougal, "an inch or two shorter and we'd be playing over- time." During their two-point victory, Nor- thern Illinois (which led 42-35 at half- time) never trailed. Yet, every time it looked like the Huskies were about to put Western Michigan away, the Huskies clawed their way back. But as surely as the Broncos would come back, Northern Illinois would build their lead again. NORTHERN ILLINOIS was led by Allen Rayhorn's 22 points and 16 rebounds. Western Michigan was kept in the game by Maxwell's outside shooting and game high 26 points. During the first half of the game, Western Michigan's Walker D. Russell hurt his ankle and had to be taken out of the game. Russell had his ankle taped up and was then taken to the locker room. He returned later in the first half but was not the same player who averaged 16.9 points during the season. He was held to two points, one of six shooting from the field. By JIM DWORMAN The Ball, State Cardinals raced to a 49-35 half-time lead and held on for a 79- 77 victory over the Toledo Rockets in the nightcap of the Mid-American Con- ference semi-final playoffs at Crisler Arena last night. Led by Al Gooden and Ray Mc- Callum, the Cardinals held off a furious Toledo rally to escape with a victory. and advance to the finals of the tour- nament tonight against Northern Illinois University. Toledo got off to a hot start, taking a quick 8-0 lead over Ball State before the fans had settled down from the Nor- thern Illinois-Western Michigan game. After that quick burst by the Rockets, however, it was all Ball State for the remainder of the first half. RAY MCCALLUM got things started for the Cardinals when he connected on a 20-footer, and when Al Gooden got in- side for a hoop, Ball State was well on its way to turning things around. After a layup by Toledo center Mitch Adamek, McCallum hit anether jumper and Jeff Williams followed vith a layup to bring Ball State within four at 12-8. A pair of fast-break baskets by Gooden and Williams then tied the game for the Cardinals. More impor- tantly, it settled the Toledo crowd which made more noise in Crisler Arena than the Michigan throng com- piled when Bobby Knight's Indiana Hoosiers invaded. C.C. Fullove and McCallum conver- ted breakaways into two more easy layups, and when Toledo coach Bob Nichols called time out with nine and a half minutes left, Ball State was on top 27-1$. Ruling about Title IX not fatal (Continued front Page 1' taking the story too seriously, and has covered the issue "very negatively." The University's athletic director Don Canham said, "It (the ruling) is not going to have a hell of a lot of ef- -Ject." THE LAW THAT everyone is talking about is Title IX of the educational ,Amendments. It basically prohibits public institutions from discrimination on the basis of sex. It was first issued in 1972, then revised in 1975, and reinter- preted in 1979. One person who is taking the recent ruling seriously is Uiversity Title IX coordinator and Affirmative Action Director Virginia Nordby. "It (the decision) will have a very definite impact application to the University. We are in the district that the decision covers," she said. THE JOINER decision may also have some implications for other areas of discrimination. According to Nordby, since the wording of Title VI and other Tracks By SARAH SHERBER With Wire Service Reports A COLUMBUS - The Michigan track non-discrimina ory laws involving race, age and handicaps are similar to that of Title IX, federal funds may have to be traced directly to them also as the Joiner decision stands. Kathleen Dannemiller of the Ann Ar- bor school board also said she feared that the decision could have im- plications for discrimination laws that are worded similarly to Title IX. But she added, "Ann Arbor will not allow us to cut back (the programs they already -have)." The decision was met with mixed opinions all over the country, but some of the most confusing comments come from the Office for Civil Rights itself. Jean Park, spokeswoman for OCR, in- dicated that the agency admits the ruling is law in our area. But she also added that "there will be no change in our policy." That's fine, but the problem is that no one knows what the OCR policy is. The new administration is reassessing ,all policies of the department. The letters of findings from the investigations of athletic departments, including the University's, are still sitting on the desk of the new secretary, waiting to be reviewed. Is Title IX alive or dead? No one knows at this point. Most are expecting an appeal to be filed soon and the case to make its way to the Supreme Court. But OCR's Besner said for the time being "the department (of Education Office for Civil Rights) will continue to enforce Title IX of 1972 in the area of athletics and education." MODEL EDITOR PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP)-Editor Judy Scheuch doubles as a model for the magazine on which she works. In a recent issue of "Woman's Spor- ts" magazine, she is shown in photos accompanying articles on jogging clothes and camping equimpent. She says she has no plans to pursue modeling full-time. Summer Sublet Suppleeent NAME ADDRESS_ _or the Summer A modern house PHONEthru AUG. PHONEms available eoom mhouse. 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