4 Women's Tennis vs. Western Michigan Friday, March 22 Track and Tennis Building SPORTS State High School Basketball Championships Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 19, 1985 Page 8 Sudden death: Blue kicks the bucket 4 By JEFF BERGIDA The autopsy report is in. It all died at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, March 17 at The University of Dayton Arena. The 1984-85 version of the Michigan Wolverines came to an end at the hands of Villanova, 59-55. Also perishing in the process were a 17-game winning streak and an opportunity to advance beyond the second-round of the Southeast regional bracket of the NCAA tour- nament. THE CAUSE of death? Turnovers, inexperience in tournament play and a talented opponent. It wasn't the Wolverines' worst per- formance of the year. Michigan outshot the Wildcats while committing only three more turnovers. But the better team won on Sunday, no matter what the national rankings would have predicted. After a lackluster first half, the Wolverines scored the first nine points of the second stanza to take their biggest lead of the game, 35-30, with 12:43 to play. THAT WAS the high point. Costly turnovers plagued Michigan on its next few possessions and put Villanova right back in it. The Wildcats opened up a 46- 43 lead at the 4:22 mark and from there on in, it was a matter of not being able to come back in a game without h shot clock. "When we missed a shot in the Big Ten," said Wolverine forward Robert Henderson, "if we played 45 seconds of hard defense, half the time we could get them to take a bad shot and get the rebound. It was a lot easier for us to catch up." The Villanova charge was led by senior forward Dwayne McClain, who led all scorers with 20 points. As the Wildcats stretched their lead from 38- 37 to 48-43, McClain had eight of Villanova's 10 points. "I KNEW if they were going to pack (the defense) in, we had to make the sure jump shots," said McClain. "I was getting picked and I wasn't getting help at that time," said Leslie Rockymore, who was guarding the taller McClain over most of that stret- ch. "By the time I got to him, the best I could do was put a hand in his face." The Wolverines, who finish the season at 26-4, had to foul down the stretch and Villanova didn't give an in- ch. The Wildcats made 13 of their last 16 free throws. THE KEY statistic, however, was recorded even before the game began. Villanova coach Rollie Massimino star- ted three seniors and two juniors, all of whom had experienced NCAA tour- nament play in the past. None of Michigan's starters - three juniors, a sophomore, and a freshman - had ever played a post-season game without a 45- second clock before this year. "When we got up by five we lost a lit- tle poise," said Michigan forward But- ch Wade. "They had been there before and they had what it took to come out on top." Villanova's zone defense shut down one Michigan sniper in each half. An- toine Joubert, the man the Wolverines turn to in a crisis, was held to four poin- ts in the first 20 minutes and finished with 12. Michigan's superstar, center Roy Tarpley, had 12 at the half but the collapsing zone limited him to only two more the rest of the way. BILL FRIEDER'S club was thus running on three cylinders. It didn't help that the spark plug didn't spark. Gary Grant, the freshman guard who did so much all season, had no points, no rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes before fouling out. "Grant was playing that type of game for the first time," explained Frieder. "GARY HAS led us through some very tough games," said Rockymore, whose college career came to an unex- pected halt Sunday. "This was just one of those games. You can't blame anybody. He played his heart out." And now it's over. The dream season ended just before the really good part started. Still, the Michigan players demonstrated all the class in the world after the defeat. They left the arena with their heads held high. "We don't have anything to be sad about," said Rich Rellford. "We had the best year Michigan's ever had." "I DON'T care what anybody says," added Frieder, "you can't take away what we've already accomplished this season. We won 26 games. The Big Ten championship." By Steve Wise Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Michigan's Robert Henderson (15) and Villanova's Mark Plansky (31) swat for the ball but come up empty as the Wolverines' Roy Tarpley snatches one of his 13 rebounds. Nonetheless Tarpley's efforts were to no avail as the Wildcats snatched the second round NCAA contest 59-55. Don't blame the clock .. .. learn from experience A FTER ALL the hype and high expectations, the NCAA tournament had a to be a disappointment for Michigan fans. But the Navy, whose team also lost its second-round game, is not the only place to learn from experien- ce. So, Michigan fans, here's the first, hopefully, annual list of post season dos and don'ts, with special reference to the Dayton regional. Don't blame either the loss to Villanova or the near-loss to Fairleigh Dickinson on the absence of a shot clock. Sure it put the safety on the Wolverines' run and gun. Sure both opponents used slow-down tactics during parts of each game. But Michigan wasn't unfairly victimized by the tempo. "They (Villanova) do such a great job playing without the clock," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder, "and yet in the second half at times when we needed to have patience, we went a minute and a half to get a good shot." Do remember that the Big East, from whence the evil Wildcats come, also played with a shot clock this year. Villanova simply adjusted better to the change. And speaking of the Big East, don't let anybody tell you Sunday's Michigan loss confirms the supremacy of that conference over the Big Ten. Like Frieder said, you can't judge anything from one game. "You look at it over a five, ten year period and you'll see we're right up there with national championships, teams in the final four and victories," said Frieder, coach of the year in the alledgedly inferior conference. Do give credit to Villanova's defense. Their zone turned Roy Tarpley into a spectator most of the second half and created crucial turnovers when Michigan was ahead. Don't get down on Michigan's guards, whose ineffectiveness let that Villanova zone digest Tarpley after it had swallowed him. Yes, Gary Grant had five fouls and nothing else on Sunday, but he had a great season. Except for a second half shooting spree Sunday, the same complaint can be made about Antoine Joubert, and the same answer applies. Especially don't blame Leslie Rockymore, who was victimized in his last college game by a mismatch agasinst Wildcat forward Dwayne McClain. The 6-6 McClain went over the 6-3 Rockymore for a few crucial jumpers late in the game. "Rock has guarded some big guys this year," Frieder said. "He covered Gerry Wright at Iowa, and the last 15 minutes, Wright didn't get a basket. "He's done that before, but McClain just got a hot hand." Do remember Rockymore's 10-point performance against Fairleigh Dickinson. Without it, Michigan wouldn't have had the opportunity to lose to Villa nova. As for Dayton, don't ever get stuck there in a car with Michigan plates or bumper stickers, because you won't get much help. They just don't seem to like us down there. Chants of "F-D-U! F-D-U!" during Friday's game were followed by consistent verbal abuse in Sunday's game. They booed the team, they really booed Tarpley, they roared when Grant and Joubert fouled out and they made a great effort to change the lyrics of "The Victors" to "Hail to the B0000000000000!" And if you're ever stranded in this southwest Ohio oasis, stay away from a place called Skyline Chili. The White Castle of chili restaurants, this place features four inch long hotdogs covered with "chili" which are supposed to be consumed four at a time. The dogs, called "Skyliners" (What else?), leave a much worse taste in your mouth than any kind of disappointment the basketball team may have caused. Most importantly; don't let the final result cast a pall on memories of the '85 Wolverines. They actually played a decent final game, but were out- played. "No matter what anybody else says or does or writes, they can't take away what we've accomplished this season," F-rieder said. Rookie Agemy leads batsm en to victor 4 14 4 Yet the Wolverines couldn't mask the pain. "You just keep saying to yourself, 'We'll pull it out in the end,' "said Gar- de Thompson. "Then, all of a sudden, there's only five seconds left on the clock and you're still saying you can pull it out in the end. And you don't. "IT HURTS. It really does." "It just hurt me because we weren't supposed to lose," said Rellford. "But we've got everybody coming back next year and you've got to think about that." Rellford, Wade and Tarpley will be the senior front line in 1986. Joubert will be a junior and Grant a sophomore. Henderson, Thompson,Steve Stoyko and at least three well-regarded freshment will add depth. As Rellford said, think about it. It takes some of the hurt away. E SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Wome n By SCOTT G. MILLER Last weekend's Big Ten women's gymnastics championships may have been the last meet of the season for the Wolverine tumblers. Michigan's fourth place finish might mean the Wolverines will not qualify for a spot in the NCAA regionals, which will be announced tomorrow. Ohio State won the Big Tens with a score of 180.95. Michigan State finished second with a 177.85, Minnesota was third with a 175.15, and Michigan was fourth with a 172.95. THE BALANCE beam, which had been a thorn in Michigan's side all season, continued to be in the Big Tens, as the tumblers suffered some falls off the beam. Nonetheless, they rebounded by doing well on the three other events including a first place finish in the floor exercise. "I was very pleased by our perfor- mance," said Michigan coach Dana Kempthorn. "It was extremely tough gym nas I for us to start out on the balance beam. Our team pulled together after that and really did well. It was the sign of a real competitor to comeback strong after our slow start. "We finished ahead of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Iowa. All of those teams beat us in the regular season, and this shows how much we improved. I think we peaked at the right time.,, Michigan freshman Angela Williams turned in the team's best individual performances, finishing first in the floor exercise with a 9.55, second in the vault with a 9.4, and fifth in the all- around with a 35.35. Williams was also named first team All Big Ten, and could reach the regionals as an individual competitor. "Angela worked hard and had an ex- cellent meet," said Kempthorn. "For a freshman she put on a super perfor- mance. She still has a lot of potential that has yet to be unlocked. I am really looking forward to coaching her the next three years." 4th at Men tumblers fall Mitch Rose's first place in the high bar and team-high 9.0 on the parallel bars were not enough to make up for in- juries and illness to key personnel that dropped the Wolverine tumblers to last place in last weekend's Bronco In- vitational Gymnastics meet at Western Michigan. Rose's 9.7 on the high bar earned him the first place and was Michigan's best individual effort of the meet. However, Rose's team first on the parallel bars did not qualify in the top six scores for the event. THE WOLVERINES' best all arounder, Gavin Meyer- owitz, participated in only one event and Stu Downing missed the meet altogether. According to Michigan coach Bob Darden, Meyerowitz was nursing a tender knee. "He had a flair up with his chronic knee," said the Wolverine coach, "We wanted to get it rest for this weekend's Big Ten Championships." Downing stayed home with the flu. BjgTens Host Western Michigan finished four- th in the meet with a combined team score of 266.45. Southern Illinois took first (279.41), Indiana State second (273.90), and Illinois-Chicago third (271.65). Michigan's combined score was 258.20. Meyerowitz turned in a .9.35 on the pommel horse that was good enough to lead the Wolverines. Scott Moore took team firsts on the floor exercise (9.4) and vault (9.45), and John Ross led the team on the rings with an impressive 9.55. Darden is optimistic about this weekend's upcoming Big Ten Cham- pionships in Minneapolis and about his team's performance last weekend, "I think we performed really well with the squad we put on the floor." -SKIP GOODMAN Rice named Mr. Basketball DETROIT (UPI)-Glen Rice of Flint Northwestern, who once felt he was too clumsy to go out for the team, yester- day was named the fifth winner of the "Hal Schram Mr. Basketball" award as the state's best player of 1985. Rice, who outpolled Flent Beecher's Roy Marble 449-439 in the closest voting ever, couldn't believe he had won when Grand Haven's Al Schaffer of the Basketball Coaches' Association of Michigan called to inform him of the honor late last week. "IT'S LIKE a dream come true," said Rice, who has 1,551 career points and 659 points this season-both Flint records. A Special to the Daily EDINBURG, Texas-Freshman right hander Jim Agemy went six in- nings and allowed one earned run while leading Michigan to a 13-1 victory over Northern Iowa in the first game of a doubleheader yesterday. Agemy yielded six hits and one walk, and struck out four. The win raised the Wolverines season record to 2-0; Northern Iowa dropped to 0-2. FIRST BASEMAN Ken Hayward led Michigan's 14-hit attack with three doubles. The three two-baggers raise Hayward's career total to 34, tying him for third on the school's all-time list with Jeff Jacobson. Hayward scored three runs and had three RBI's. All-American shortstop Barry Larkin went three-for-four, while scoring three runs and knocking in two more. Catcher Eric Sanders was two-for-two, and six other Wolverines had one base hit. Michigan jumped out to an early lead in the first inning. Withtwo outs, Larkin singled and scored on Hayward's first double. THE WOLVERINES added three more runs in the third. Sanders singled, and scored on Larkin's base hit. Kurt Zimmerman was hit by a pitch, and both Larkin and Zimmerman scored on wild pitches. Michigan scored two more in the fifth inning, and seven in the sixth. The Wolverines were to have met Pan American in the night cap of yester- day's doubleheader (results not available at press time). Michigan shut out Pan American, 12-0, last week. EUROTAN TANNING SALON 10 Visits For $43.00 333 4th Ave. ANN ARBOR 995-8600 SUMMER CAMP POSITIONS STILL AVAILABLE AT TAMARACK Brighton, Ortonville, Camp Kennedy. Agree Outpost, and Teen-Adventure Trips Positions For: Cabin counselors " Specialists in Arts & Crafts, waterfront, nature/ campcraft, performing arts, horseback riding, computers, video, sports, ROPES course 9 Trip leaders " Supervisors " Social work- ers * Nurses/Physician " food service staff " bus drivers " and more. 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