0 PR S L_ SPOdRTS TheMichigan Daily Wednesday, March 3, 1982 Page 8 6 Carter rises above doubts By RON POLLACK Pessimists probably don't like Michigan freshman basketball player Willis Carter, for whenever they have doubted him in the past he has proven them wrong. During most of Carter's senior year at Detroit Murray-Wright High School last year, Michigan showed little in- terest in recruiting him. "He wasn't playing that well, and then he got in- jured," said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder about Carter's final prep season. "So we didn't know his status." BUT WHEN last season's state tour- nament had reached its conclusion, Carter had led his team to a second- place finish. Suddenly the Wolverines COMING SOON UNIVERSITY PASSWORD " Watch the Daily Classifieds Page Tuesday thru Friday for hidden clues that reveal the answer to the week's Password. " All submissions with name, address and phone number must arrive at the Daily, 420 Maynard, by 5:00 PM, Friday of that week. 1 Prizes include gift certificates from Discount Records, Bicycle Jim's, Ulrich's, Miller's and more! Answers and winners will be announced in the next Tuesday's paper. One guess per person, please. STARTING MARCH 9 were interested in Carter. "We weren't recruiting him before the state tournament, but when he star- ted playing well in March and we lost out on some kids (high school recruits) Willis became important to us," said Frieder. Carter, on the other hand, decided that he wanted to attend Michigan before the state tournament ever took place. ."I had Michigan in the back of my mind from the beginning of my senior year in high school," said Car- ter. "I wanted to go to Michigan. It's home, and I thought I could get some playing time." IT IS ON THE subject of playing time that Carter was doubted for a second time. When he chose Michigan, very few people would have believed that of whether he could start a game as a freshman, skepticism of another sort still exists. The addition of an excellent crop of front court freshman next season, along with the return of Mc- Cormick and Antonides would seem to place Carter's future status on the team up in the air. "I thought about that for a second, but I decided to put the team ahead of myself," said Carter. "Basketball means a lot to me, and the second you start worrying about something else you start losing your game." BOTH CARTER and Frieder believe that the Detroit native's playing status is less up in the air than people may think since he will have an advantage over next year's freshmen. "The freshmen will go through the 'We weren't recruiting him before the state tournament, but when he started playing well in March and we lost out on some kids (high school recruits) Willis became impor- tant to us.' -Michigan basketball head coach Bill Frieder on Willis Carter Carter would be capable of starting any games as a freshman, and sharing this opinion was Frieder. "At that time, he was just going to be a freshman in our program with a lot to learn," said the Wolverines' second- year mentor. Carter, however, never doubted that he could start a few games this season. "I did think I could start a couple of games as a freshman," he said. "I knew that it would be tough, but I decided that I was just going to go for it." This optimism proved to be well- founded, as he has started in home games against both Ohio State and In- diana. CARTER WAS in the starting lineup of those two games for a number of reasons according to Frieder. "I think Willis has improved and we had the in- juries to (centers) Tim McCormick and Jon Antonides," said Frieder. "We've been inconsistent in that front line spot, so we've started people at that spot depending on the lineup thrown at us by the opposing team." Although Carter has removed doubt freshmen problems just like I did this year," said Carter. "Experience takes time, and I'll have frbm freshman to sophomore experience. "In the beginning, this season I didn't know a lot," he continued. "Now that I've learned those things, I can work toward them. The biggest adjustment that I had to make early on, was what it feels like to play Big Ten basketball. It's one thing to watch it, but another to be out there. It's a different at- mosphere." "WILLIS HAS a better chance than the freshmen because he's been in the system," said Frieder. "He knows he'll have to work hard over the summer, because he knows how hard it will be when he comes back." Does he ever. "I know it's going to be my duty to play basketball two or three times a day this summer," said Carter. "I'll put that.work in. Last sumer I only played one or two times a day. But some days this coming summer I'm going to play all day long." Having overcome skepticism twice before, Carter certainly sounds intent on doing so one more time. Daily Photo by KIM HILL' MICHIGAN'S WILLIS CARTER (no. 15) fires a jump shot over his opponent. Although Michigan did not recruit Carter until late in his senior year of high school, he chose to play for the Wolverines and has started in two games this year. PeTop Twenty 1. North Carolina (36) .... 2. DePaul (16)......... 3. Virginia (5).......... 4. Oregon St. (3)....... 5. Missouri............ 6. Idaho ................. 7. Minnesota........... 8. Georgetown, D.C...... 9. West Virginia........ 10. Tulsa ................. 11. Iowa .................. 12. Fresno St. ............ 13. Memphis St:.......... 14. Arkansas .............. 15. 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