4 Ice Hockey vs. Western Michigan Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Arena SPORTS Fiesta Bowl Tickets On Sale Today 'M' Ticket Office Page 8 The Michigan Daily Wednesday, December 4, 1985 CAGERS FACE YOUNG TEAM 4 'M' looks toice Penguins By STEVE WISE Mike Rice is already saying his Youngstown State basketball team got a raw deal in tonight's game against Michigan. "We would really enjoy (the game) if we were playing at home," he said. "We're 22-2 on our home court, but when you have to go to Ann Arbor and they give you a lousy $4,500 to play... That contract was made before I got here. "NOT THAT I don't enjoy playing Michigan, but I wouldn't play for that kind of money," the third-year coach added. The truth, according to the Michigan athletic department, is that the Penguins' payoff is about average for an unheralded non-conference op- ponent. The truth, according to all in- dications, is that the Wolverines may be getting the short end of this tran- saction. "UNHERALDED"IS a nice way to describe this year's Youngstown State squad. Rice freely admits that his Penguins, 1-3 and coming off a 101-69 drubbing at the hands of the dreaded Cleveland State Vikings Monday, are not overpowering. "When (the top teams) play each other, it's a good game," said Rice. "When they play anyone else, it's dif- ferent. "We're anyone else. It's safe to say we're in that category." YOUNGSTOWN STATE qualifies a number of ways. First is experience or lack thereof. The Penquins have only one returning starter, and count three players serving their first year in Rice's program. Gary Robbins, a 6-3 senior guard averaging 12.5 points per game is the returning starter. He leads freshman center James Wilson, sophomore transfer Kevin Spivey, a 6-6 forward, and junior college transfer Robert Johnson, a 6-8 junior forward. "Finding the right chemistry and putting the people together that play well has been a little tough," Rice said. "It's going to take us a little time to get our feet on the ground." YOUNGSTOWN STATE may have even more trouble keeping them there. Checking in at 220 pounds, Wilson outweighs the Penguins next- heaviest starter, Spivey, by 35 poun- ds. Youngstown's other starter, front- liner Tilman Bevely, weighs just 175, That gives a substantial rebounding advantage to Michigan forwards Butch Wade and Richard Rellford, weighing 235 and 240, respectively. "Their forwards are much stronger," Rice said. "Ours are just as quick but not nearly as strong." The matchup at center goes back to the experience problem. Wilson, who turned 18 in September, is playing only his fifth college contest. While Michigan's man in the middle, Roy Tarpley, hasn't yet hit his stride this season, tonight will be his 93d game. "TARPLEY IS just so much more experienced that our kid," Rice said. "It's tough. It's going to be tough on our kid." Wilson is even with Tarpley on one score. The 6-9 center missed much of the preseason recovering from knee surgery. Rice said Spivey is also hampered by the effects of knee surgery he underwent last year. Perhaps the Penguins' biggest problem is the loss of 6-5 forward Vaughn Luton to academic problems. The sophomore sixth man had been Youngstown State's top rebounder and his 230-pound frame helped shore up the Penguins' inside game. "He was probably our best defen- sive player," Rice said. Now without him, we don't have great depth." Nor do they have a great chance at victory tonight. The fact that Michigan is the fourth straight op- ponent Youngstown State has faced on the road merely compunds the Penguins' problems. Rice said despite his gripes, he knows playing somewhere other than Crisler Arena wouldn't put the accounts in his favor. "We can play them on the moon and it wouldn't be any different." 4 Freshman pair to sit By BARB McQUADE Freshmen Loy Vaught and J. P. Oosterbaan will be redshir- ted for the 1985-86 basketball season, said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder, after each approached the head man with the idea. "They're behind the other guys," Frieder said. "They need time. They weren't going to play much this year.,, THIS MARKS the first time Frieder has ever postponed a player's eligibility. Vaught, a 6-9, 205-pound for- ward, averaged 25 points and 13 rebounds a game as a high school senior on his way to becoming conference player of the year in East Kentworth. But Frieder feels neither he nor Oosterbaan faced competition comparable to the Big Ten as preps. I 6 Tarpley ... should dominate Red Wing's G.M. speaks out Glen Rice glides to the hoop to slam home an alley-oop pass from An- toine Joubert in Monday night's game versus Tennessee. The freshman hoopster canned 14 points in the Wolverines' home debut. APi All-B' T'en STEIN, MICHIGAN, senior, 6-4, 244, Wapakoneta, Ohio; Hap Peterson, FIRST TEAvI Iowa, senior, 6-2, 260, Bettendorf, OFFENSEW Iowa; MARK MESSNER, Illinois,6-3, 19 senior s Ales' MICHIGAN, sophomore, 6-3, 235, Illinois, 6-3, 195 senior, Los Angeles; Milford, Mich. Jeff Drost, Iowa, Chris Carter, Ohio State, 6-3, 192, senior, c;5e286, fraukee tIowa sophomore, Middletown, Ohio. s enioL-5,28,a owa. Tight end - ERIC KATTUS, Linebackers - Larry Station, Iowa, MICHIGAN, 6-6, 224, senior, Cincin- senor, 5-11, 227, Omaha, Neb.; Chris nati. Spielman, Ohio State, sophomore, 6-2, Tackles - Mike Haight, Iowa, 6-4, 224, Massillon, Ohio; Thomas John- 275, senior, Dyersville, Iowa; CLAY son, Ohio State, senior, 6-3, 248, MILLER, MICHIGAN, 6-4, 268,Detroit; MIKE MALLORY, senior, Norman, Okla. ' MICHIGAN, senior, 6-2, 223, DeKalb, Guards - Jim Juriga, Illinois, 6-5, I s b- 255, senior, Wheaton, Ill.; John Defensive backs - BRAD Wojciechowski, Mich. State, 6-5, 252, COCHRAN, MICHIGAN, senior, 6-3, WsjnioWskrenMich. , , ,197, Royal Oak, Mich.; Jay Norvell, senior, Warren, Mich. Iowa, senior, 6-4, 207, Madison, Wis.; Center - Bob Maggs, Ohio State, 6- Rod Woodson, Purdue, junior, 6-0, 192, 5,274, senior, Youngstown, Ohio. Fort Wayne, Ind. Quarterback - Chuck Long, Iowa, Punter - GregMontgomery, 6-4, 213, senior, Wheaton, Ill. Michigan State, junior, 6-4, 215, Running backs - Lorenzo White, Shrewsburv. N.J. Michigan State, 5-11, 201, sophomore' SECOND TEAM Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Ronnie Har- LB-Andy Moeller, DB-Garland mon, Iowa, 5-11, 191, senior, HONORABLE MENTION Laurelton, N.Y. WR-P A BLJoMsNT-B b Kicker - Rob Houghtlin, Iowa, 6-0, WR-Paul Jokisch, C-Bob 169, junior, Glenview, Ill. Tabachino, QB-Jim Harbaugh, RB- DEFENSE Jamie Morris, PK-Mike Gillette, P- Down linemen - MIKE HAMMER- Monte Robbins. This is the first part of a two- part series on Red Wings General Manager Jim Devellano. By DUANE ROOSE His job is one of the toughest in professional sports. His name is Jim Devellano, and his task is to restore the Detroit Red Wings to the prominence that the tradition-laden franchise enjoyed in decades past. As the team's general manager, "Jimmy D" was a key figure in the Red Wings' aggressive off-season acquisitions in the free agent market. Recently, Devellano took some time out to share his thoughts on the Red Wings, professional hockey, and the rise of the college game. The Michigan Daily: Let's start with you, Mr. Devellano. How has your career progressed through the years, and how did you eventually become the general manager of the Detroit Red wings? Jim Devellano: I was involved in minor league hockey in Toronto in the early sixties, and when expansion came along in 1967, Scotty Bowman, who was heading up the St. Louis Blues, hired me as their Ontario scout. After five years, I joined an ex- pansion team, the New York Islan- ders as a scout, and in 1974, I became their chief scout. I 'eventually became their assistant general manager, and my ten years with the Islanders culminated in their winning three (of four) Stanley Cups. In late June of 1982, Mike Ilitch pur- chased the Detroit Red Wings, and I was one of the candidates he inter- viewed for general manager. I got the job and signed a four-year contract to become the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. Daily: Last year, the Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Red Wings rather decisively in the playoffs. Did that defeat affect the management to such an extent that it intensified the resolve to build a winner here in Detroit? In other words, was it sort of a blessing in disguise? Devallano: No question about it that it had intensified our desire. What had happened to our team - and it showed up dramatically during the playoffs - was that our team had gotten very old physically. We had about 10 players over the age of 30 and they, basically, ran out of gas physically and emotionally, which is understandable. What we had done was begged, borrowed, and stolen older players from around the league to get this team into the playoffs while building through the draft. We were able to get into the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in two decades while finishing in third place both years. But after the playoff disaster, Mike Ilitch helped us acquire some young players and free agents to make our team a little younger and more competitive while we wait for our draft choices to mature. Daily: While the Red Wings won only one of their first twelve games, does it offer any consolaton to you that the team is only (at the time of the in- terview) five points out of first place AP Basketball poll 1. N. Carolina (45) ..... 5-0 1239 2. MICHIGAN (12) .... 4-0 1165 3. Duke (4) ............ 6-0 1112 4. Syracuse ........... 3-0 1054 5. Georgia Tech ......2-1 910 6. Georgetown (1) ..... 2-0 908 7. Kansas ...........3-1 830 8. Oklahoma.........5-0 753 9. Kentucky .......... 3-0 693 10. Notre Dame (1) .... 2-0 636 11. Louisiana St........ 3-0 585 12. Illinois........... 2-1 527 13. Memphis State. 2-0 469 14. UNLV .............. 4-1 445 15. St. John's.........3-1 412 16. Louisville.........2-2 287 17. UAB ............... 2-1 166 18. Iowa ............... 3-0 126 19. Auburn.............1-1 122 Indiana ............1-0 122 AP Football Poll 1. Penn St. (47) ..... 11-0-0 1164 2. Miami= (Fla.) (3) 10-1-0 1063 3. Iowa (3)........10-1-0 1050 4. Oklahoma (5) .... 9-1-0 1048 5. MICHIGAN (1) .. 9-1-1 935 6. Florida .......... 9-1-1 903 7. Nebraska.......9-2-0 779 8. Tennessee........7-1-2 746 9. Brigham Young.. 10-2-0 657 10. Air Force........11-1-0 617 11. Texas A&M......9-2-0 562 12. Louisiana St.. 8-1-1 531 13. Arkansas ....... 9-2-0 416 14. UCLA ........... 8-2-1 410 15. Alabama ........ 8-2-1 363 16. Auburn .........8-3-0 318 17. Ohio State....... 8-3-0 255 18. Florida State .... 8-3-0 140 19. Oklahoma St......8-3-0 97 20. Bowling Green .. 11-0-0 73 in the Norris Division? Devallano: No question about it. 0 That is a fact that we're in the Norris Division, and that's where we have to compete. We have gotten off to a slower start than we would have liked and there are some reasons for that. Our number one goalie, Greg Stefan, was out for some time, and also, we were breaking in a lot of new players and had a new coach. Also, our big guns weren't producing as well as we had hoped. We now have Greg Stefan back and some of our scorers seem to be doing better so I think that we're turning it around now. DAILY: It's unbelievable. (His ef- fect) is much greater than I thought. He's our leader out there. He's a fighter, he's aggressive, and we're a different team when he's in the nets. We're lucky to have such a good, young (24-years-old) goaltender. Daily: How do you feel about Petr Klima's transition to the NHL, and what do you expect from him down the road? DEVELLANO: Well, Petr had a rough start. He doesn't speak the language, and defecting here - leaving his home and family - really took a lot of guts. He had some trouble understan- ding the style of the game here, but he's coming around now. He has un- believable skill and talent, and I think that he is capable of being a 30-goal scorer here, which will certainly help our hockey club. Holtz won't Gopher bowl MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lou Holtz, who guided Minnesota to a 6-5 record and an Independence Bowl bid before taking the football coaching position at Notre Dame last week, will not coach Minnesota in its Dec. 21 bowl game, Minnesota Athletic Director Paul Giel said yesterday. 'Uau Holtz and I have met several times and have reached the mutual conclusion that Lou be relieved of his duties as head football coach at Min- nesota immediately." Michigan Alumni work here. 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