ONE SMALL VOICE By Jeff Bergida TODAY IS YOUR last chance to buy student season tickets for basketball. If the past is any indication of what will happen, thousands will stay away in droves. About 2,000 student tickets were sold last year. That left 11,509 seats open for people who don't know the meaning of the word noise - alumni, professors and the society of professional librarians. It's time to change all that. This year's version of the Wolverine cagers has the potential to go in either direction. Last year's NIT champs could continue their recent improvement that has seen the Wolverines' record climb from 7-20 in 1981-82, to 15-13, to 23-10 last year. At that pace, Michigan would win 31 games in 84-85. The possibility of that occuring would be greater, of course, if Eric Turner was running laps at Crisler these days, instead of looking for a job in the CBA. The loss of Turner and fellow co-captain Tim McCormick could send Michigan spiraling down to the depths of Northwestern. "I've got some holes to fill," says Wolverine coach Bill Frieder, entering his fifth season at the Michigan helm. He might have said canyons. Tur- ner and McCormick were one-two in minutes played last year and their sudden departures did not give Frieder much time to adjust. But he made a damn good effort, signing point guard Gary Grant of Canto role. Grant was a conse American who is current Turner his freshman year. And the loss of E.T. an Frieder without talent. R best center in the Big Te Rich Rellford were showi at the end of last year, a only be helped by the exp European trip last May.i Purdue and Illinois, not similar trip in May of v credit the trips with prepa regular season. Fans make a c So the Wolverines stand conference that Frieder tougher than ever. "I wou six teams that can win t Saginaw native. "Illinois favored, but Iowa's got the Purdue's not going to bea and we're the NIT champi roll over for anybody." That brings us back to se major disadvantages that basketball is lack of fan su by "We would have kicke Knight is worshipped by mi The faithful at Illinois Wisconsin shake up the vi Crisler Cathedral... ., needs student support on to take over Turner's roar from the opening tip-off. nsus High School All- Michigan fans read their programs, study and tly being compared to leave early. If they're feeling especially energetic, id Big Mac didn't leave they start a wave. Wow. oy Tarply could be the Well this is one time when Michigan students n, Antoine Joubert and can do something to shake things up. Barrage the ng flashes of greatness ticket office with season-ticket applications today ng flahes otgreeatness and demand that students get priority seating. nd the entire team can Last year, undergrads wee in the rafters, the seats erience gained from its from which 6-10 Roy Tarply looked like 5-7 Jamie Co-Big Ten champions Morris. As Ron "I'm going senile," Reagan said in coincidentally, took a 1980, it's time for a change. .983, and both coaches You can make a difference. A new wave of fan ring their teams for the support could spark this team on to big things. Basketball is the one sport where home-court ad- difference vantage has consistenly played a major role in a team's success. Just as one example, Michigan [at the crossroads in a hasn't won at Indiana since 1966. is convinced will be Tickets are $52.50 for eighteen home games. ld say there are five or With the support of 'the student body and the he Big Ten," said the ticket office, Crisler can become a place that in- and Indiana will be timidates opponents. And it's not as if Frieder e whole front line back, wouldn't be grateful. When Michigan fans were in a second division team line for NIT tickets, last March, the coach went ons. We're not going to outside to thank them for supporting his team. Can you imagine Bo doing that? "You want me to leave ason tickets. One of the my projector'!" Michigan has had in The Big Ten will feature a 45-second clock this ipport. In Indiana, Bob- year. The games won't suffer from lack of action. d the Russians' asses" There's no excuse for not supporting a team that illions. some predictors have placed in the top 15 in the s, Purdue, Iowa and nation. sitors with a deafening Go for it, as they say between Tiger promos. By JOE EWING and JEFF BERGIDA In a somewhat surprising move yesterday, the Detroit Pistons waived former Michigan point guard Eric Tur- ner, the team's second-round pick in the 1984 NBA draft. Turner, who was instrumental in the Wolverines' victory at the National In- vitational Tournament last season, had decided to forego his senior year and give the NBA a try. The Pistons had hoped that he could be a backup for starter Isiah Thomas. TURNER WAS unavailable for' comment, but those close to him said the move was unexpected. "I think that he was pretty sur- prised," said his father Cliff Turner last. night from their Flint home. "But he's taking it well. I only talked to him for a minute on the phone and he seems to be in good spirits." Turner's agent, Cleveland attorney Pete Kirsanow, agreed that Turner wasn't taking the news too harshly. "He's doing fine," said Kirsanow, "the best that he can. He's in good spirits." ONE PERSON who wasn't very shocked by the cut was Turner's coach at Michigan, Bill Frieder. "That The Michigan Daily- Friday, October 19, 1984-Page 9 Ex-'M' cager cut; Pistons drop Turner doesn't surprise me," said Frieder. "That's a big jump from junior year in college to the pros." "There's no question, in most cases, that a fourth year is extemely impor tant to anyone planning on going pro" he added. "If he had been an All-Big Ten or All-American first team,.things might have been different. With anything less than those credentials, it's difficult for anybody in the pros." Kirsanow and Turner's father were unsure what Turner's next move would be. Turner will become a free agent on Saturday if no other NBA team picks him up, the Pistons said. "AT THE PRESENT time we're ex- ploring other options," said Kirsanow. "He's on the waiver wire. There might be an NBA team that is looking for a point guard." Kirsanow would not specify what the other options might be. "He's going to play basketball somewhere this year," said Kirsanow. "We're hoping it'll be in the NBA." "I really feel bad," said Frieder. "But I know that he still has options open to him, whether they be in Europe or the CBA." -The weekly Daily line- "What's going on here, girls don't know anything about football," cried Daily male chauvinist, Doug Levy. Levy has been agonizing for weeks now, ever since Katie Blackwell blew past him in the standings of the Daily Line. Following a superb 7-2-1 week, Blackwell leads everybody with an overall 42-17-1 record. Levy, meanwhile is languishing in fourth place at 35-24-1, seven games behind the Trenton phenom. "Oh, Dougie's so cute when he gets upset," sympathized Blackwell. "See what I mean," moaned Levy. Paul Helgren picked Iowa to beat Michigan in tomorrow's crucial Big Ten battle. That means the Wolverines are likely to take the upset. Antoine Joubert took second place last week, posting a 6-3-1 record. That's better than his coach, Bill Frieder did several weeks ago when he went, 5-5. Believe it or not, the news staff here at the Daily applied some internal pressure and got their man - this week's special guest, Go Blue Univer- sity President Harold Shapiro. "I guess we owed it to him," sighed Mike McGraw. "Ah, I don't know," ranted 'Raising Hel' from a distant corner. "Does Harold Shapiro play sports?" Well, Shapiro it is, and he's a pretty cool guy. Shapiro is a widely respected economist and has earned a reputation for being a low-key, yet outstanding negotiator. Knock 'em dead, Hal. ONJOSTENs GOLD COLLEGE RINGS. , \ Shapiro '17- N-1 LAST DAY FRIDAY! Oct. 19th 11am-4pm See your Jostens representative. He'll be at Ulrich's Monday, Oct. 15-Friday, Oct. 19, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm to answer questions and show you the entire Josten's line of gold rings. Spikers to host Badgers By SCOTT G. MILLER "We need two Big Ten wins to pick up our team mentally for the remainder of the season," said Michigan volleyball coach Barb Canning as her team heads into matches tonight vs. Wisconsin and Saturday night vs. Minnesota at the CCRB. Both matches have a 7:00 p.m. starting time. Injuries continue to plague the Wolverines' search for a consistant lineup. Every week the team has used a different starting-six, and this week will be no exception. STARTING middle hitter Jayne Hickman broke her finger in practice, and probably will not play again this year. Canning will try to replace Hick- man with two inexperienced middle hit- ters Joan Potter and Wendy Confer. Key hitter Jennifer Hickman is still bothered by a tender ankle but she should be ready to play tomorrow. Coach Canning will employ a new alignment to compensate for injuries. The Wolverines usually use a 5:1 alignment (one setter, five hitters) with junior Andrea Williams doing the set- ting. Tomorrow Michigan will try a 6:2 alignment with Williams and Lisa Vahi doing the setting. Michigan's record is 9-7 overall and 0- 6 in the Big Ten. The team should im- prove its record as it enters the easier part of its Big Ten schedule. Wisconsin and Minnesota both have losing Big Ten records: Michigan's last match was a victory over Toledo, and Canning felt the key to the match was her team's serving. She hopes that winning at- titude will carry over into tonight's match. Now is the time to squash all those ridiculous rumors. Let it be known once and for all that Yankee owner George Steinbrenner is not going to buy the Detroit Tigers for $100 million and 50 pizza delivery cars and move the World Champs to the Big Apple. Word has surfaced out, however, that Steinbrenner may have set his sights on a bigger target - Griddes. Well we won't stand for it and neither should you. If all of us turn in our Gridde Picks by Friday night at the Daily, it will be a collective show of strength, 1. MICHIGAN at Iowa (pick score) 2. Ohio State at Michigan State 3. Wisconsin at Indiana PICKS 4. Purdue at Illinois 5. Northwestern at Minnesota 6. Arkansas at Texas 7. Oregon at Washington. 8. Oklahoma at Iowa State 9. Boston College at West Virginia 10. Brigham Young at Air Force 11. Houston at SMU 12. Tulane at Florida State 13. Pittsburgh at Miami, Fla. 14. Syracuse at Penn State 15. Louisiana State at Kentucky 16. Vanderbilt at Georgia 17. Georgia Tech at Auburn 18. S. Carolina at Notre Dame 19. Kansas at Oklahoma State 20. 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