4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, January 27, 1985 NETWORK HYPE FOLLOWS KANSAS INTO CRISLER Blue to battle Jayhawks on CBS By JEFF BERGIDA Sure, Big Ten basketball is exciting. It's an evenly-balanced league with a lot of pro prospects and an aggressive style of play. But let's face it. The conference doesn't get the national exposure of more glamourous Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences. Take away Bob- by Knight and his Indiana club away from the Big Ten and you're left with a lot of fine teams that are not as in- teresting as the North Carolinas, Ken- tuckys and Georgetowns which are on TV everyday. TODAY, however, the influencers make their way out to the boondocks as the 15-3 Kansas Jayhawks visit Crisler Arena. CBS will bring in Brent Musburger and Billy Packer to televise the game and Jayhawk coack Larry Brown brings in a background that in- cludes all the glamour stops-New York, Los Angeles and Chapel Hill, N.C. Danny Manning, the freshman sen- sation invited to the 1984 Olympic trials, will be making his first appearance on a major network. The 6-11 forward has been acclaimed as a big man who plays like a point guard. IT SHOULD all make for a fine television show. By the way, Michigan will also be playing today. Maybe you remember the Wolverines, 13-8 and riding a four game winning streak. But, apparently, CBS doesn't. The network is hyping the con- test by praising Manning, Brown and the "powerful Jayhawks." The "sur- prising Wolverines" are mentioned as an afterthought. WHILE 15th-ranked Kansas will be a difficult test for Number 18 Michigan, the game will be a lot tighter than the broadcast media would indicate. The Wolverines have been awesome in their last four outings and coach Bill Frieder says his task now is to keep the roll going. "We've been playing well," he said, "but I've been around long enough to know that you have to work extremely hard to sustain this type of thing." Kansas has struggled of late. Brown's club lost to Oklahoma last Saturday and needed a last-second shot to nip lightly- regarded Colorado, 70-68, last night. The Jayhawks possess a tremendous front line, however, which could be a problem for Michigan. JOINING the multi-talented Manning up front will be 7-1 center Greg Dreiling, a transfer from Wichita State, and 6-5 junior Ron Kellogg, Kansas' THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN (13-3) PPg (6-6) Richard Rellford (10.7) (6-8) Butch Wade ......(7.1) (6-11) Roy Tarpley .... (19.0) (6-5) Antoine Joubert . (14.4) (6-3) Gary Grant ...... (13.6) F F C G G KANSAS (15-3) ppg* (6-5) Ron Kellogg ..... (18.0) (6-11) Danny Manning (14.5) (7-1) Greg Dreiling ... (14.6) (6-6) Calvin Thompson (14.9) (6-0) Cedric Hunter .... (5.8) leading scorer who had 31 last night to lead the Jayhawks. "They're awesome," said Frieder, never one to underestimate an op- ponent. "Dreiling is only their third- best player. They may be the biggest team we play." Frieder hasn't decided how to defend Kansas but look for Butch Wade to start out on Dreiling with Roy Tarpley on Manning and Rich Rellford lining up against Kellogg. The Jayhawks play a lot of zone defense. "(THE ZONE) is uncomfortable for me," said Brown. "We prefer to play the man-to-man. But this conference (the Big Eight) calls it so close that we've been forced into the zone." Michigan gets the edge in the guard department as Gary Grant and Antoine Joubert have sparked the Wolverines' charge into first place in the league. KU's Calvin Thompson and Cedric Hunter have been solid, although the former shot a miserable 4-for-17 last night. Grant will get a chance to show America that Manning isn't the only freshman in the country. Frieder, however, hopes that his team pays no attention to the TV cameras that are all over Crisler. "You've got to work to prevent your staff and players from getting caught up in all that stuff," he said. CBS, which didn't have much luck with Michigan football (0-3 on TV), may finally find a Wolverine team that knows how to win. *Kansas scoring averages for 16 games. SITE: Crisler Arena TIME: 1:30 p.m. TV: CBS-TV (WJBK-TV, Ch. 2) RADIO: WUOM (91.7 FM), WAAM (1600 AM), WWJ (950 AM), and WPAG (1050 AM). LAST MEETING: Michigan 86, Kansas 74 (12-6-82) SERIES LEADER: Michigan, 3-0 Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Michigan guard Gary Grant drives toward the basket in action from earlier this season. Grant will be billed as the "other" freshman in today's nationally-televised game against Kansas, which features 6-11 frosh Danny Manning. Freshman Jayhawk flying high 4 By JOE EWING Move over Gary Grant, you might just get upstaged for a few hours this afternoon as the freshman sen- sation of Crisler Arena when Michigan takes on Kan- sas. That is, if everything they say about Kansas newcomer Danny Manning is true. From looking at all the national and local media coverage Manning gets, as well as listening to what his own coach, Larry Brown, and opposing coaches have to say about the 6-11 forward, you might think Manning is the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain for the Jayhawk program, or even the second coming of, er, you know who. BUT, really, just how good is he? "He's tremendous, just a super player," said Iowa State head coach Johnny Orr, who couldn't say enough to praise Manning. "He's probably the best Freshman in the United States. "He does everything," continued Orr, whose Cyclones were nipped by Kansas two weeks ago, 76- 72, thanks to Manning's 22-point effort. "He dribbles the ball up the court against the press, shoots from the outside or inside, and moves around underneath. He's a complete player." UNIVERSITY of Detroit coach Don Sicko is of pret- ty much the same opinion as Orr. "He's everything they say about him," noted Sicko, whose Titans lost to the Jayhawks earlier this season. "He handles the ball well, passes the ball really well, he gets under- neath, too. He's got some size. He's very multi- dimensional." The media also appear to agree. Just this past week, while preparing for the today's nationally televised contest with Michigan, Manning was barraged with requests for his time. CBS, ESPN, both Detroit papers, and several other publications have all interviewed for features, and CBS has been using his name to promote today's game. So there's probably something special about him. But just how good is he? WELL, how many players get the chance to try out for the U.S. Olympic team straight out of high school? Manning did and, according to Orr, one of the coaches who helped select the Olympic squad, he nearly made it. "He had a hard time at the beginning," remem- bered the former Wolverine head coach. "But he came on and was really good at the end. If he had gotten off to a good start, he would have been on the team. "He did well against the other big men," Orr ad- ded. "Guys like Sam Perkins. He didn't go against (Georgetown's Patrick) Ewing, but this kid is not a pivotman, he's a forward." MANNING was also one of the most sought-after big men in the country by college recruiters, despite the fact that his father Ed, a former NBA and ABA player, was already an assistant coach at Kansas. When it came down to it, he chose the Jayhawks, but it wasn't because of his father's position with the team. "That was not that big of an influence for me," said Manning. "The biggest was staying close to home and my mother and my family." Now that he is at Kansas, Manning has had a great influence in helping the Jayhawks gain national recognition and a national ranking, although he denies it. "I. REALLY don't think my impact is all that great," he claimed. "I've come in and done a few things and gotten credit for them, but that's it." But Manning's coach, Larry Brown, doesn't agree with his phenom. "I don't think it's out of the question for a freshman to step in and have an im- pact," said Brown. "I had no doubt that he was going to be this good this soon. He's already a great player and he's going to get better." Because he's so good already, he's gotten a lot of attention, which can be hard on a player, particularly a freshman. "THAT'S BEEN tough," said Brown of all the coverage. "He does it, and he's open and accessible, but it puts a lot of strain of him." "It's nice to get attention," Manning admitted, "but it does get a little old. I try not to let it get to my head, I'm just a college student." A college student who's also a star. Just how good is he? "You're going to enjoy watching him play," noted Orr. "He's a quality kid." We'll find out today at Crisler Arena. No. 1 Hoyas Mullin-g first loss Associated rress Kansas forward Danny Manning goes up with the ball in a game earlier this season. The freshman is averaging a little over 14 points a game. He scored 10 yesterday afternoon in a victory at Colorado. BIG TEN ROUNDUP: OSU dumps Purdue LANDOVER, Md. (AP)-Chris Mullin scored 20 points including three key free throws and third-ranked St. John's withstood a frenzied rally by top-ranked Georgetown to end the Royas' 29-game winning streak with a 66-65 Big East Conference basketball victory yesterday. The Redmen, who led by as many as 18 points early in the second half, were hard-pressed to extend their winning streak to 10 and raise their season record to 15-1. GEORGETOWN made only 11 of 21 WEST LAFAYETTE UPI -Brad Sellers scored 16 points, including two consecutive baskets to give Ohio State the lead for good, and the Buckeyes defeated Purdue, 67-63, yesterday in Big Ten basketball. Ron Stokes, who led Ohio State with 18 points, scored a basket at the buzzer of the first half to put the Buckeyes ahead, 31-30. James Bullock, who was the game's high scorer with 20, scored four of Purdue's first six points in the second half to give the Boilermakers a. 36-33 lead with 14:55 left in the game. But Ohio State got four straight baskets in that string to put the Buckeyes ahead for good at 39-36 with 13 minutes remaining. Freshman Troy Lewis scored 13 poin- ts for Purdue, which fell to 4-4 in the Big Ten and 13-5 overall. Ohio State raised its conference record to 4-3 and its overall record 12-4. Iowa 105, Wisconsin 65 IOWA CITY (AP)-Iowa Coach George Raveling was happy with the of- fense, but displeased with his team's defense after the Hawkeyes routed Wisconsin 105-65 yesterday in Big Ten Conference basketball. Iowa, 16-4 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten, put the game out of reach early, s~n~r f _9thafim land figures, led by forward Gerry Wright with 19 points. Wisconsin, 10-7 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten, was led by Scott Roth's 28 points. The Badgers' Ricky Olson, who averaged 17 points coming into the game, scored just 7 points. N'western 56, Minnesota 51 MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) - Elliot Fullen scored 15 points and Colin Murray ad- ded 12 to lead a second-half rally, lifting Northwestern to a 56-51 Big Ten victory over Minnesota yesterday for the Wild- cats' first conference win. Northwestern overcame a 28-22 half- time deficit for the victory, raising its record to 5-12 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten. Minnesota dropped to 11-6 and 4-3. The Wildcats pulled within 36-34 on John Peterson's tip-in at 10:38 of the second half, capping an 8-2 North- western rally. Peterson tied the game 38-38 at 9:02 on a layup and Fullen's 15-foot jumper at 8:16 gave Northwestern the lead for the first time since midway in the first half. free throws, including two straight misses apiece by Billy Martin and All- American center Patrick Ewing after Georgetown had cut the lead to 59-51 with seven minutes to go. Ewing was held to just nine points but had 14 rebounds. It was the first loss for the defending NCAA champions since last Feb. 21, when St. Johns beat them 75-71, also at the Capital Centre. St. John's' winning margin came with 25 seconds left when Mullin hit the second of two free throws to make it 66- 61. Michael Jackson scored with 18 seconds left and again with six seconds left for Georgetown's final four points. Mullin then held the ball out of bounds before throwing it in just as time ran out. Kansas 70, Colorado 68 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Calvin Thompson canned two free throws with 16 seconds left and popped in a jumper at the buzzer as No. 15 Kansas, which takes on Michigan this afternoon, squeaked past Colorado 70-68 in a Big Eight Conference basketball game yesterday. The Jayhawks, 15-3 overall and 3-1 in league games, broke a 68-68 tie as time expired when Thompson swished a running 15-foot jump shot. COLORADO, which dropped to 7-10 and 1-3, had knotted the score five sec- nds earlier on a Michael Lee jumper from the top of the key. The Buffaloes jumped out to a 33-29 advantage at halftime and increased the lea to 41-31 four mminsinto the Memphis State 89, Virginia Tech 79 BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Keith Lee scored 37 points and hauled down 12 rebounds yesterday to propel Memphis State's-fourth-ranked Tigers to an 89-79 Metro Conference basketball victory over Virginia Tech. Lee, a 6-foot-10 senior averaging 20.5 points a game, broke a three-game scoring slump in which he scored a total of just 27 points. The victory raised the Tigers' record to 15-1 overall and 5-1 in the conference. Tech dropped to 13-4 and 4-1. Dell Curry finished with 30 points and teammate Perry Young added 27 points and 10 rebounds for Virginia Tech. William Bedford backed Lee with 17 points and 12 rebounds and Baskerville Holmes added 16 points and 10 caroms. Syracuse 80, Pitt 75 PITTSBURGH (AP)-Dwayne "Pearl" Washington scored 30 points as Syracuse rallied from a seven-point second-half deficit for an 80-75 victory over Pittsburgh in a Big East Con- ference basketball game yesterday. Rafael Addison scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half as the 11th- ranked Orangemen, trailing 55-48, reeled off eight consecutive points to take a 56-55 lead with 8:30 remaining. After seven lead exchanges, Syracuse, 12-3, took the lead for good when Addison hit a running one-hander in the lane with 2:49 to play, giving the Orange a 70-68 edge. Wendell Alexis came off the bench to Big Ten Standings - N #: