4 Page 10-Wednesday, March 2, 1983-The Michigan Daily ICanham questions USFL Cagers to hunt Badgers, NIT bid despite signs By RON POLLACK Michigan athletic director Don Canham, no stranger to the world of football and big bucks, is taking a wait and see attitude before making a prediction about the success or failure of the free-spending United States.Football League. The USFL is shelling out vast amounts of money to college stars and Canham is unsure whether it can survive the lofty price structure it is causing or whether it will fold like other fledgling leagues. "IT'S HARD to say," said Canham. "They're very well funded. In contrast to the WFL (World Foot- ball League), this league is well fun- ded and can take losses for some time. "My concern is that the habits of the country will have to be changed," continued Canham. "You have baseball, NCAA basketball and golf going on at the same time as the USFL. You don't have that com- petition inuthe fall. You're asking people to change their habits and people are creatures of habit." Both a USFL and a Michigan Panthers of- ficial said that this will be no problem. "Between Tiger baseball and us, we don't have many games that Of success coincide," said Panthers box office and ticket manager Mary Beth Welton. "We have six games at 8:00 (p.m.) and one at 9:00, so it's pretty dark for anyone to be playing golf." "PEOPLE ARE willing to change their habits if it's good football," said league spokesperson Beth Albert. That's what ABC and ESPN are counting on, as both networks have signed two-year contracts with the USFL. "Television alone will not sustain them if no one is in the stands," said Canham. Albert said this concern does not worry the USFL either. "WE'RE SELLING tickets," she said. "Denver has sold over 30,000 season's tickets and New Jersey has sold 26,000." "We're going to have to sellout (80,638) for the first home game (against the Oakland Invaders on May 19), maybe the Chicago Blitz game and on May 16 against the New Jersey Generals," said Welton. "Yesterday (Monday), we started selling single game tickets and we were overwhelmed. We have six phone lines and they were ringing constantly for 10 hours. It was ridiculous. I had such a headache." By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily MADISON - For a team mired in ninth place in the Big Ten standings, the Michigan Wolverines have quite a bit of incentive to do well in tonight's game against Wisconsin. It's a longshot, but Bill Frieder and his squad feel that an NIT bid could become a reality if Michigan can do, well in its final four games. "I SAID IT a few weeks ago and I still think if we can win three more games we have a shot at the NIT," Frieder said. "That makes this Wisconsin game very important for us." The tournament bid, though, is not the only reason that tonight's game against the Badgers is crucial to Michigan. No team wants to fall to the cellar-dwellers, and Wisconsin, with its 2-12 Big Ten record, is only two games behind Michigan. A loss to the Badgers would bring Frieder's team one step closer to the basement, something he obviously would like to avoid. Frieder would also like to see the Wolverines win a Big Ten road game. Aside from Michigan's victory against Michigan State in East Lansing, it has gone 0-6 on the road inconference play. "WE HAVE not played badly on the road in some cases, but we just haven't had the experience to hold on to leads in these situations," said the Michigan coach. "Any time you play on the road in the Big Ten, you have an extremely tough time winning, and Wisconsin is playing good basketball on top of that." Lack of experience isn't just Frieder's problem. First year Wiscon- sin coach Steve Yoder heads a team made up of six sophomores, five fresh- men and only one senior. The Badgers will start three sophomores, one fresh- man and one senior against the Wolverines. Sophomore forwards Brad Sellers (6-11) and Cory Blackwell (6-6) are Wisconsin's top players. Sellers led the Big Ten in rebounding last year and THE LINEUPS combines with Blackwell this season to account for most of the Badgers offen- sive production. Earlier in the season Blackwell had 16 points and 12 reboun in Michigan's 62-57 victory over th Badgers in Ann Arbor. While Michigan's front line must worry about shutting down Wisconsin's two forwards, the Badger guards, freshman Ricky Olson and senior Greg Dandridge, have to contain Michigan's Eric Turner. Turner might have something to prove tonight because the last time these two teams met the Michigan sophomore had his worst game of the season. Turner took ju one shot in his 22 minutes of playing time and scored two points while tur- ning the ball over seven times. It was Michigan's Leslie Rockymore and Dan Pelekoudas who took over whenTurner was on the bench. Rockymore had 23 points and Pelekoudas had six assists. With Rockymore out for the season, however, Turner will not be able to duplicate his non-performance and still expect to win. If he does, Michigan's NIT hoped will be history. (15) (40): (44) (52) (25). MICHIGAN Robert Henderson . (6-9) Richard Rellford .. (6-6) Tim McCormick .. (6-11) Isaac Person ...... (6-7) Eric Turner........(6-3) F F C G G WISCONSIN (6-6).... Cory Blackwell1 (6-11).......Brad Sellers (6-8) .. Gregg Steinhaus (6-1) .......Ricky Olson (6-2) ... Greg Dandridge (30) (32) (50) (12) ( 5) The game can be heard on the following stations: WWJ (950 AM), WAAM (1600 AM), WUOM (91.7 FM), WLEN (103.9 FM) and WCBN (88.3 FM). Tired of Preppy? Then... GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE K i"Z Buck the trend With an embroidered logo of a falling polo player on a 100% cotton knit classic sport shirt in lades and mens sizes The shirt that out gallops the foxes ana akgator Not Sold In Stores UPI Top Twenty 1. Houston (30) (23-2) ............ 580 2. Virginia (10) (23-3) ............556 3. Louisville (24-3).............. 487 4. Arkansas (24-1)............472 5. Villanova (21-4) .................427 6. Kentucky (20-5) ................370 7. UCLA (21-3) .................. 358 8. St. John's (23-4) .................283 9. Missouri (22-6) ..................241 10. North Carolina (23-6)............ 237 11. Nev.-Las Vegas (24-2) .........225 12. Indiana (20-5) ..................140 13. Boston College (20-5) .. ........78 14. Ohio State (18-7) .................72 15. Washington St. (20-5)............ 34 16. Georgetown (19-7) ...............31 17. Tenn.Chatt (21-3)...........:..28 18. Memphis St. (19-5) ...............25 19. Oklahoma (20-7) .................23 20. Iowa (17-8) ......................16 L 1 ,, . % ,, Y By CHUCK JAFFE The Michiganshockey seasonmay have ended last weekend, but for sophomore center Jeff Grade the season and his Wolverine career en- ded on January 17. On that day Grade walked out of practice and was sub- sequently suspended by head coach John Giordano. Two weeks later Grade was told he was off the team and free to pursue hockey at another university. "I deserved the suspension," Grade said. "I walked out of practice on the Monday after the Lake Superior series, and that opened the door. I went in to the coach'.s office the next day and he said 'In two weeks you come back and tell me if you want to play or not.' "I WANTED TO come back to prac- tice all along, even though I knew I wouldn't play here anymore," he ad- ded. "I went back in there on the day I was supposed to and said 'I'm ready to play,' but he said 'I've changed my mind. I don't want you any more.' Grade left practice January 15 because of his position on the team. Although the 5-9, 190-pound center had scored five goals and two assists for the Wolverines, Giordano relegated him to the sixth line, alongside Steve Yoxheimer and without a third linemate. "I skipped a class to get down there, and then I was on the sixth line," Grade explained. "After a little bit, I knew I'd have to leave or I'd make the situation worse because I was so mad." GIORDANO ADMITS that walking out of practice ended Grade's days with Michigan, but said that there were other problems elsewhere. "I don't think it was just a personality conflict," the Michigan coach said. "At this point he is off the team, and it's a detailed story that I'd- like to keep private. I'll take the blame, but there's no hard feelings. I just think he'll be better off elsewhere.'' The next stop for Grade will be Nor- thern Michigan University where head coach Rick Comley is anxious to see if the Warren, Michigan native can im- prove on his two year record as a Wolverine. "I tried to recruit him originally," Comley said. "I haven't seen him much in the past two years, but I'm still in- terested. I just told him that he could. Grade suspended, NMU bound come up here and walk on and take a chance. If he lives up to what I expect of him, then he'll make the team and there won't be any problems." I Carraway cut BLOOMFIELD HILLS (AP) - For- mer Michigan defensive tackle Winfred Carraway, who had been listed as the starting noseguard, was one of several players axed as the Michigan Panther trimmed their squad to the 45-playe United StatesFootball League limit. However, one more player still has to be cut in order to make room on the roster for former Wolverine receiver Anthony Carter who signed a $2.4 million contract last week, Panthers' spokesman Bruno Kearns said. Carraway was placed on protec- tive waivers. That means the Panthers can withdraw his name if another team claims him. Also placed on protectiv*4 waivers was former Michigan State running back Steve Smith. Iwvr W§iA III ov%" V I V Uenesis Enterprises Inc. 1980 High Horse Shr PC0 Box 2806', St t{x) ;S MCA' 4A IS wish t~o order b Qh Hrsa >hrs f a dCatec oE eow -am enclosing a chreck or mar cor-r ______a t S24 v; pus $1 00 ostae and hndling Mr eahch show Please allowA 3- weeks fore ltt Nameo Address City State >;r The Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies announces that Dr. Lukasz Hirszowicz, Editor, Soviet Jewish Affairs; Lecturer> London School of Economics and Political Science will give a lecture on the topic: "Anti-semitism in Polish Communist Politics" on Thursday, March 3, 1983 at 4:10 P.M. in the East Lecture Room, 3rd Floor, Rackham Building. The public is invited. CCHI I Scorecard CCHA Final Standings M R S M L -XL LADES S M W L Bowling Green........24 5 Michigan State .........23 9 Ohio State..........21 7 Michigan Tech.........20 12 Northern Michigan .....16 13 Miami................15 16 Ferris State ............12 16 Notre Dame ............13 17 MICHIGAN ............11 21 Western Michigan ......10 20 Lake Superior ..........10 21 Illinois-Chicago ..........6 24 T Pts 2 51 0 46 4 46 0 40 3 35 1 31 4 28 2 28 0 22 2 22 1 21 2 14 L Red__ __ __ __ __ __ __ - Whie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ Now_____ ___ _ _ Burgundy__ __ Rch Blue _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ Hunt~rer QGreer'. B. Tippett, LW .. T. Speers, C. . C. Seychel, LW .. J. McCauley, RW.. J. Milburn, C ...... P. Goff, D....... M. Neff, D....... T. Carlile, D....... K. Mecrimmon, RW T. Stiles, C....... D. Krussman, LW. D. May, LW/D..... F. Downing. RW.. P. Kobylarz, RW.. P. Spring, LW..... R. Dries, C... J. DeMartino. . J. Grade, LW ...... S. Yoxheimer, RW. D. McIntyre, D/RW B. Brauer, D....... 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