Basketball vs. Yugoslavia Thursday, 7:30 p.m. C rider Arena SPORTS Michigan vs. Ohio St. Televised by CBS Saturday, 12 noon _... .......U ~ -__ __ _ ..- - The Michigan Daily Thursday, November 15, 1984 Page 7 Slav slammin' M'hosts Yugoslavia in exhibition By STEVE WISE The opponents bring a number of dif- ferent things into tonight's Michigan basketball debut: a different language, a different level of experience, and a different set of rules. But for the Wolverines, the exhibition game again- st the Yugoslavian national team will not change many things. "We'll play the same tempo," said freshman guard Gary Grant, who makes his first appearance wearing Maize and Blue tonight. "We're not going to change anything around." THE INTERNATIONAL rules in ef- fect tonight may make some changes for the Wolverines, though. Along with a wider free throw lane and nine fouls before a team goes into the bonus, the game will have a 30-second shot clock. "It's gonna have an effect," said Bill Frieder, beginning his fifth year as Michigan's head coach. "It'll be a faster paced game than normal and there'll be a lot more shots because you're playing with a 30-second clock." Because they are more familiar with international rules, the Yugoslavs may have some advantages, but Frieder said he is not overly concerned. "WE'RE ADJUSTING to the rules for this game, but we're not gonna waste time getting ready for rules we won't see the rest of the season," he said. What Frieder does have to get ready for is a big, physical Yugoslav team. "You have to be able to bang up front" to beat the Yugoslavs, according to Wichita State coach Gene Smithson. The Shockers' head man knows because the Yugoslavs banged up his team, 98-91, Tuesday night in the first game of their five-game tour. Smithson believes the Yugoslavs' size and strength should not be as much of a problem for the Wolverines. "You guys can go with them physically," Smithson said. "That's a big key. You've got to be physical and have depth up front, and you guys have that." LEADING MICHIGAN'S front-line depth chart is junior Roy Tarpley. The 6-11 center averaged 12.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game last year to lead the Wolverines and scored 16 or more in ten of his last 14 appearances. secret weapon - 6-5 guard Drazen Petrovic. One of five players from Yugoslavia's Olympic bronze medal squad, Petrovic shelled the Shockers for 33 points, 20 of those in the first half. 'I'm looking forward to slammin' on a couple Yugos.' - Richard Rellford -Al (I Illk "He's very important," said Robert Henderson, a 6-9, 220-pound junior who along with juniors Rich Rellford (6-6, 230) and Butch Wade (6-8, 235) and freshman Steve Stoyko (6-9, 195) will get physical with the visitors. "We can't have him getting in foul trouble." That group could have trouble with players like 7-0 Stojan Vrankovic and 6- 8 Ivan Sunara, who scored 16 in the game against Wichita State. But the struggle should be good experience, ac- cording to Frieder. "IT MIGHT BE a problem," he said of the Yugoslavs' strength, "but it's something we'll have to get used to because we'll see it in the Big Ten." "I'm looking forward to slammin' on a couple of Yugos," said Rellford, ob- viously not intimidated. If the Wolverines can neutralize the Yugoslav front-line arsenal, they'll still have to contend with another not-so- SCORES NBA Detroit 137, Philadelphia 133 (OT) Boston 115, New York9 Indiana 125. Houston 117 Petrovic signed a letter of intent with Notre Dame but then reneged on it. "We'll just try to deny him the ball and put pressure on him to do the op- posite of what he wants to do," said Grant, who will share defense of Petrovic with 6-4 senior Leslie Rockymore, 6-5 sophomore Antoine Joubert, and 6-1 sophomore Garde Thompson. ACtion SportSWear FACTORY CLOSEOUTS FREE JUMPROPE WITH PURCHASE OF 3 PIECE NYLON RUNNING SUIT Daily Photo by DAN HABIB It's the calm before the storm for Michigan guard Antoine Joubert as he rests in an empty Crisler Arena. Tonight, the place will be far from quiet when the Wolverines take on the Yugoslavian national team. 'M' GRAPPLER IS QUIET BUT DEADLY: Bahr to put heavy trust in NHL Buffalo 4,Boston 2 419 E. LIBERTY Trost By MARK BOROWSKY The wrestling meet is tied, and it is time for the last match of the night, the heavyweights. Michigan head coach Dale Bahr worries not: It's time for Kirk Trost. "I like to have Trost out there when the match depends on it," Bahr said. "He's going to give the best he can." BAHR HAS the utmost confidence in Trost as a wrestler, who qualified for the NCAA tournament his sophomore and junior years at 190 pounds. Now up to his natural weight of 220 and wrestling at heavyweight, Trost is 6-1 in the young 1984-85 season with three pins. Yet Bahr praises Trost not only for wrestling ability, but as a person and as an example for others to follow. For Trost, a senior with an extra year of eligibility, shatters most myths about wrestlers. At 220 pounds, Trost is light for a college heavyweight, especially when considering some weight in at 300 poun- ds or more. He isn't slow or obese, as is commonly conceived. Still, Trost feels he can be a better wrestler at heavyweight, as he doesn't have the ex- tra burden of cutting weight. "NEAR THE end of the year ('83-84) I was thinking about losing weight over wrestling," Trost said. "I can work harder and last longer." Trost is so quick, in fact, that his best moves are single- and double-leg takedowns, almost unheard of for a heavyweight. His technique on lower body moves is excellent, which Bahr credits to Trost's football experience in high school. At Lincoln Way High School in New Lenox, Illinois, he was an honorable mention all-state halfback, in addition to finishing second his junior year and third his senior year at 185 pounds in the state wrestling meet. But that's not the only reason why Bahr recruited him. "We don't recruit just athletic ability," Bahr said of Trost, who won an Illinois Wrestling Academic award in high school. "We recruit kids that will be a credit to the University; I'm not going to get animals. He hasn't disap- pointed us at all." MOST PEOPLE would think of wrestlers, especially heavyweight wrestlers, as animals, but Trost is a gentleman; he is quiet and unobtrusive. His teammates call him "Mumbles" and coach Bahr said Trost is "kind of a gentle guy." Perhaps too gentle. Both coach and wrestler pointed to Trost's lack of intensity as his major weakness. "It's hard to get him motivated," Bahr said. "He has to work at getting himself psyched up." "Sometimes I could be more inten- se," Trost added quietly. "Sometimes, in practice, I'll get hit in the face and go wild." IF TROST can get wilder as the season progresses, hewill certainlytbe the favorite of the Big Ten heavyweight championships, held in March. Having finished 4th and 3rd in his sophomore and junior years, respectively, Trost feels that he can win the Big Ten, and perhaps make All-America (the top eight finishers in NCAA tournament earn this distinction). Whatever fate the grappling gods pin on Trost, Bahrwould find it hard to be disappointed. "Kirk is coachable, good to be around, and always gives his effort. I'd take ten Kirk Trosts anytime." 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