,. I full court PRESS No contest: The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 25, 1980-Page 9 Blue whomps Windsor 103-48, in exhibition By SCOTT M. LEWIS Worrying. It's the name of the game for many college basketball coaches until the regular season gets under way. All the promise of the upcoming season remains just that - unfulfilled promise - until a team puts a few "W"s in the win column. One might expect, then, that Michigan coach Bill Frieder is worried as he prepares his team for Saturday's lid-lifter against Eastern Michigan. He's not concerned about EMU in particular, probably not much more so than he was about last night's exhibition game against Windsor. Rather, he's very concerned about the Wolverines' performance in the ,tough non-conference games (against Kansas and Arkansas) and in the Big Ten. Worried? Definitely. At least he says heis. Last weekend at the annual Big Ten basketball writers' and coaches' conference in Chicago, Frieder described his squad as "not as talented as some of the other teams in the conference." True enough; the calibre-oft lMichigan's lineup falls somewhat short of that of Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa and even Illinois, which tied Michigan for sixth place last season. , Time and again lie has stressed that the Wolverines' returning starters are the same individuals who played at near-peak ability and still finished in the second division of the Big Ten. Certainly, however, the arrival of five freshmen - a group considered b most scouting experts to be one of the nation's best - would warrant great optimism. Even here, Frieder is careful in his assessment. "On paper they've been given a good rating, but they haven't done anything yet," the first-year coach said. "They get so highly publicized, but they haven't accomplished anything yet." A few of the assembled writers asked about Tim McCormick, whom stome fans expect to lead Michigan to its first NCAA appearance in four years. Frieder virtually ended speculation that the 6-10 forward-center will begin the season in the starting lineup. "He's going through some adjustments right now," said the coach. "(Senior center Paul) Heuerman and (junior forward Thad) Garner tear trim up pretty good in practice." Frieder anticipates that all five newcomers will contribute heavily to Michigan's chances in the future, but "whether they do it as freshmen, I don't know," he said. Why the great caution? Why the worry? Coaches who are working with talent inferior to Michigan's - Northwestern's Rich Falk, for example - spoke in glowing terms of their teams' 1980-81 chances. ' One hypothesis is that Frieder, like so many college coaches only feigns concern while actually holding confidence in the Wolverines' abilities. In only six months as head coach, he may already have learned the art of worrying in public, a psychological strategy which can lull opponents into complacency and enable his team to pull off upset victories. Another equally plausible possibility is that Frieder's concern is genuine. He knows that Michigan will have to play as hard as it did last year if it is to entertain any NCAA hopes. He has put the team through rigorous practice sessions, often leaving his players thoroughly exhausted. As they sprint up and down the court, they are exhorted by Frieder; "Three overtime losses," he shouts to his team, referring to last year's trio of heartbreaking defeats. He has brought to the team practices a level of intensity which was sometimes lacking under his former boss, Johnny Orr. The Frieder dif- ference has produced a more serious atmosphere. His very nature - that of a hard-driving; dedicated perfectionist - goes hand in hand with worrying. The players, for their part, have been receptive to the change: "There's a lot more teaching; fundamentals are stressed more," said Heuerman. "Everyone is working really hard: The coaching style will differ because you've got two different personalities. "It's a lot tighter now than what it was. I, can't say whether that's beneficial or not. If you win, it doesn't matter whether you're tighter or looser. If you win, everyone will be happy." By SCOTT M. LEWIS Last night's basketball contest bet- ween Michigan and Windsor was labeled an exhibition game, and an exhibition it was-in every sense of the word-as the Wolverines devastated the visitors from Canada, 103-48, in Crisler Arena. Michigan displayed an ability to score at will against the undersized, overmatched Lancers, whose series record against theWolverines dropped to 0-5. Coach Bill Frieder gave all 14 of his players at least six minutes of playing time, and several of them distinguished themselves before 7,002 bemused spectators. HERALDED freshman center-for- ward Tim McCormick was particularly effective from inside, scoring 14 points and hauling down a - team-high seven rebounds. The 6-10, 230-pounder logged 16 strong minutes, showing no effects of the minor knee ailments which have troubled him at times during practice. Two more crowd-pleasers were Johnny Johnson and Marty Bodnar. Johnson, shooting often and accurately from long range, hit on seven of eight field goals en route to a 14-point, four- assist performance. The senior guard, Indiana tops writers 'poli Indiana was chosen to repeat as champion and Michigan's Mike McGee was selected to the pre-season All- Conference first team last weekend at the 15th annual Big Ten writers' and coaches' conference. The Hoosiers collected 63 of 108 first place votes, followed, by Ohio State, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. Michigan finished sixth in the poll, ahead of Pur- due, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Northwestern. McGee was joined on the first team by forward Jay Vincent (Michigan State), last year's Big Ten scoring leader, guards Kenny Arnold of Iowa and Isiah Thomas of Indiana, and Ohio State center Herb Williams. Williams also was tabbed the top player this year by the sportswriters, ten votes ahead of Thomas. McGee received four votes. Wolverine freshman Tim McCormick picked up seven votes for newcomer of this season. Illinois guard Derek Har- per edged Russell Cross of Purdue for the honor. who apparently has recovered from an ankle sprain suffered two weeks ago, provided the evening's most elec- trifying moment (if such an adjective can be used to describe a 55-point rout) when he soared high to jam home a shot at 12:13 of the second half. Bodnar, meanwhile, connected on six of seven shots, including a 17-foot jum- per late in the game, which gave Michigan its 100th and 101st point, plus four of four from the foul line to finish with a team high 16 points. THE GAME itself was a typical Michigan-Windsor affair. The Wolverines led, 45-20, at the half, upped the margin to 67-27 with 11:47 to play, toying with Windsor throughout almost the entire 40 minutes. Frieder, understandably, was hear- tened by his team's performance. "Thist (Windsor) is a team which lost to Texas, 77-70 (two weeks ago). For this time of year, I'm really satisfied with our play. The game gave me a chance to see all of our players." After committing several turnovers ; within the first few minutes, Michigan regrouped to play fine team ball - not at the Big Ten level, certainly, but im- pressive enough considering the early stage of the season. "WHAT PLEASED me most was that we continued to play hard and play together throughout the game," said Frieder. "It was a good job of playing together as a unit. Our defense did a good job, holding them under 50 points. "I was also pleased that everyone went out and made a contribution and played up to his potential at times." Two players who did not perform up to their potential were senior scoring sensation Mike McGee and freshman center Jon Antonides. McGee missed badly on a couple of baseline shots early in the contest, and finished with only 13 points on five of 12 from the field. Last year, McGee scored 43 points in less than 30 minutes of work. The 7-2 Antonides, a native of Ontario who was recruited by Windsor, ex- perienced defensive troubles, even- tually fouling out with 4:40 remaining in the game. Frieder tried some interesting com- binations on the court against the Lan- cers. Dean Hopson, a 6-7 freshman, was used at the guard spot, while M.C. Bur- ton and Leo Brown flanked McCormick in the middle. Twice last night, Mc- Cormick, Paul Heuerman, and Thad Garner played on the same front line, with McGee joining Johnson in the backcourt. A. Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ MICHIGAN'S Leo Brown goes up between two Windsor defenders to pull down a rebound in last night's Wolverine victory. MICHIGAN SPOR TS R OUND-UP: Tankers destroy Ilini NO LIVE NETWORK f NO ---- -ROUNDS RADIO TONIGHT, NOV. 25, 1980(WBC Direct from the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La. By CHUCK HARTWIG It was just no contest last Friday night as the women's swimming team swamped Illinois by the score of 115-25 in their first home meet of the season. "We had a lot of great times for this early in the season, so that gives us some indication that we're doing things right in practice," said Coach Stu Isaac. ISAAC SAID that they were able to do a lot of experimenting in the meet cause they won so easily. "We used a ot of different people in a lot of dif- ferent events and they all did good jobs." Isaac said that he thought the team would win going into the meet, however, he never expected the meet to be' so one-sided. One swimmer who did ar exceptional job in the meet was Melinda Kopp, who qualified for the national meet with her effort in the 100 meter backstroke. 'the team has several big meets loning up in the month of December, inpluding their next meet December 4th at- the University of Pittsburgh where they will swim against both Pittsburgh aid North Carolina State. Gymnasts ninth The Michigan men's gymnastics team placed ninth out of 12 teams at the Windy City Invitational held in Chicago this past weekend. The gymnasts finished with 479.5 points Which was way below the vic- torious and defending NCAA champion Nebraska team that had 538.4 points. "'WE FINISHED the same as we did last year in this meet," said Coach Newt Loken. "However, we were fairly satisfied with our performance because some of our previously injured perfor-, mers were able to compete and because of the high level of competition that we faced." Loken singled out all-around perfor- mer Milan Stanovich, praising him for his fine performance in his first outing of the season. Other top performers for. Michigan included Kevin McKee in the floor exercises, Nevin Hedlund on the pum- mel horse, and Darrell Yee on the rings. No -Michigan gymnast qualified for the finals although many were within tenths of a point from doing so. -LARRY MISHKIN Spikers eighth The Michigan women's volleyball team placed eighth in the 12-team MAIAW regional this weekend in Madison. Seeded twelfth in the region, Michigan advanced to the quarter- finals by defeating Miami 15-5, 7-15, and 17-15 in their second match. 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