Women's Basketball vs. Northwestern Today, 2 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's Swimming Wolverine Invitational Mar. 11-12, 3 p.m. Matt Mann Pool Page 7 The Michigan Daily Saturday, March 10, 1984 Cagers aim at NCA By JIM DWORMAN Special to the Daily EVANSTON - With the NCAA tour- nament berth carrot dangling in front of their hungry mouth, the Michigan Wolverines seek a victory here tonight against the last place Northwestern Wildcats. If the Wolverines (18-9, 10-7 in the Big Ten) beat the Wildcats (11-6, 4-13), they virtually will clinch a spot in college basketball's national cham- pionship tourney. "WE THINK this is the most impor- tant game of the season," said Michigan guard Eric Turner. "This is the one that's going to determine whether we go (to the NCAAs). We're going to go for it."" Wolverine coach Bill Frieder said his team should be in the tournament regardless of who wins the North- western game. "It will be a shame if our kids don't get in," he said, "Even if we lose, I think we should be in, but that might give the selection committee a reason not to take us, if that's what they're looking 'for. "IF WE WIN but don't get in, it would be an injustice because there would be a lot of teams with records not as good as ours who played weaker schedules. "If we lost and didn't get in, we'd be disappointed. But it would be easier to accept." The Lineups, Northwestern (11-11, 4-13) Michigan (18-9,10-)) (44) Andre God... (-1) 44) Tim M rmk.. (6-11) X(23) Paul Schltz ...(6M7) F (40) Richx Rellford ...(" (21) CoinMuray .... (7) C (42) Roy Tarpey . .(6-10) (20) Shaw Wtts.. ,.. "(6-1) G (2 ) Erek' urner.. j. (6-) (24) Art Aarn!R. Y Yi {$ -8) (\1) AntolneVJoub rt ! f6-5) SIT: Welsh-Ryanx Arena 'RAIO: OM (91.7 FM), WAAM ( 60M AM), WWJ(95f0 AM), PA (107FM) TV: WGN (Channel E), W(GRP (Channel 62) LAST MEJETING: Michigan 68, Northwestern 51 (at.Crister Arena) SERIES RECORD : Michigan lea~ds 664 LA bid scoring in 20 of their 27 games. PAUL SCHULTZ, a 6-7 center, is Nor- thwestern's top percentage shooter at .552. The senior has his problems, however, at the freethrow line where he has hit .490 of his attempts. Colin Murray is the other senior. Murray normally sits on the bench but Falk said he probably would start the 7- 0 senior center. Multi-talented forward Andre Goode and freshman guard Shawn Watts round out the Wildcat starting five. Michigan counters with the same starting lineup it has used during its ongoing four-game winning streak. Tim McCormick, 6-11, and Roy Tarpley, 6- 10, will man the posts. Rich Rellford and Antoine Joubert will begin the game at the wings, while Eric Turner will play the point. Immediately following the game, the Wolverines will return to Ann Arbor and wait in front of their television sets for tomorrow's announcement of the NCAA tournament pairings, after 5:30 p.m. With a victory tonight, they can eliminate the suspense. Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Michigan forward Butch Wade gets a closer look at the ball he just jammed in last week's Wisconsin game. Wade and crew battle Northwestern in Evanston tonight, hoping for a NCAA berth. Sooners bounce Bison Northwestern coach Rick Falk said a Michigan victory tonight would enhance the Wolverine's tournament possibilities. He added that Michigan deserves an NCAA berth regardless of the outcome of tonight's 9:00 p.m. EST clash at the McGaw arena. "IF THEY finish fourth and beat us, they have an excellent chance," Falk said Thursday night after his Wildcats dropped a 63-55 decision to Michigan State. "I've always said that anybody who finishes in the first division in the Big Ten is a legitimate tournament team." Falk's team,however, could knock the Wolverines out of the limelight. Despite Northwestern's four-game losing streak and poor record, the Wild- cats remain capable of an upset. Already this year they have surprised Indiana and Ohio State at McGaw. Frieder is well aware of this fact. "Northwestern always comes up with the unexpected," Frieder said. "They always win four or five games in McGaw Hall. We have to make sure we aren't one of them. "YOU CAN GO back year after year and find big upsets in there including this year. Back a few years ago when we had (Phil) Hubbard and (Ricky) Green they beat us. When Michigan State had Magic (Johnson) and won it all, Northwestern beat them." Falk hopes his team has enough left in it to pull off another ambush. He said his team will play for pride, and nothing more. "At this level you always hope your players give their all" Falk said. "Everybody wants to do their best." Northwestern starts three seniors in what will be their last home game. Art Aaron, a 6-8 forward, highlights the group. Aaron currently holds seventh place on Northwestern's all-time scoring list. He averages 16.5 points per game and has led the Wildcats in KANSAS CITY (AP) - All-American Wayman Tisdale scored 36 points and keyed a second-half surge that allowed sixth-ranked Oklahoma to pull away from upset-minded Colorado, 90-78, last night in the semi-finals of the Big Eight postseason basketball tournament. The Sooners who set the conference record with their 29th victory of the season, will meet the winner of the other semi- final between Kansas and Kansas State in a title game tonight. Mariland 69, N.C. State 63 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Keith Gatlin responded to the pressure of his first Atlantic Coast Con- ference basketball tournament by sinking seven of nine free throws in the last two minutes to lead 14th-rankedhMaryland "to a 69-63 victory over North Carolina State last night. Maryland's first-round triumph places the Terrapins in Saturday's semifinals against either No. 19 Wake' Forest or Virginia, both of whom met in the final first-round contest. S-racuse 66, Villanoa 65 NEW YORK (AP) - Freshman guard Dwayne "Pearl" Washington scored a career-high 30 points, including the winning shot with 1:15 remaining, to lead Syracuse to a 66-65 victory over Villanova last night and a berth in today's Big East Conference tournament final. Syracuse will meet the winner of the other semifinal featuring No. 2 Georgetown and defending Big East cham- pion St. John's. Washington, who had had his previous two best scoring games against Villanova, scored on an assortment of drives and. short jumpers to dazzle a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden. His game-winning basket followed a furious second-half Villanova comeback. Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Michigan guard Dan Pelekoudas handles the ball against Minnesota's Marc Wilson last week at Crisler Arena. 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