... . . . _ _ . . . . The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 17, 1986 - Page 9 IsU (Continued from Page eliminates 'M' 9 1) wosome--ball handling and outside shooting-let Iowa State get ahead for good. A 19-18 lead with 9:07 remaining would be Michigan's last of the season. Two and a half minutes later a Robert Henderson rebound bucket tied the game at 21, but Iowa State went on a 9-2 run over the following two and a half minutes. The Cyclones eventually turned Michigan's mistakes into a nine-point lead, which is where the 40-31 halftime margin remained. Orrible! IOWA STATE MinFG/A FT/A HIH .............F26 3/6 5/ Tompkins ...... 29 4/5 0/0 Grayer .......... 37 5/12 6/7 Virgil ........... 34 7/8 0/0 Moss ............ 15 2/2 2/2 Hornacek ....... 35 3/6 1/2 Schafer ......... 9 0/1 1/2 Robinson ........ 15 2/3 5/7 Team Rebounds . R 4 0 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 A 9 3 0 4 0 6 0 0 PF 4 3 0 2 3 4 1 2 TP 8 16 14 6 7 1 9 72 MICHIGAN MinFG/A FT/A R A PF TP Grant......... Joubert....... Tarpley ......... Reliford ......... Wade............ Henderson ...... Rice............. Thompson ....... Team Rebounds. 36 31 38 30 18 26 7 14 1/9 5/8 9/18 5/8 2/3 3/4 1/3 0/4 2/3 1/2 7/ 3/4 0/® 2/3 0/0 2/2 2 1 14 4 1 5 4 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 5 2 4 2 3 0 4 11 25 13 4 8 2 2 "(IT WAS) just few silly passes and and mental breakdowns," Henderson said. "We throw three or four passes away; they score six to eight points. You take away the six or so points we would have scored and it's about a 12- point swing." Tarpley took over the game again for the middle seven minutes of the second half, scoring nine points in helping Michigan cut an 11-point Iowa State lead to three, 56-53 on a free throw with 8:36 left in the game. The second team All-America cen- ter then blocked a shot as Richard Rellford took charge. Rellford hit two free throws to trim Iowa State's lead to one, and the two teams traded baskets three times. Tarpley's spin- ning pull-up jumper in the lane closed that series. BUT WHEN Tarpley picked up his fourth foul on a charge at 5:54, the magic was wearing off. Iowa State pulled ahead by six and fought off 'Michigan's last blast with the Robin- son inbounds. "We played a good second half," said Freider, "but we just couldn't get it over the hymp." Said Tarpley: "When it got down to the wire, we couldn't make the big plays." TOTALS ...... 200 26/43 26/28 21 14 19 TOTALS.........200 26/57 17/23 37 8 26 69 aI time Score: ISU 40, Michigan 31 JF4tteadnace: 25,543 By Adam Martin NCAA tournament . . survival is the key MINNEAPOLIS Jim Valvano, North Carolina State's vocal and eccentric head coach, tur- ned prophet yesterday after the Wolfpack downed upstarted Arkansas- Little Rock. "This tournament," Valvano said, "is about survival. You hope you can survive and then advance to the next round." Valvano spoke from experience. A few years back (remember?) the Wolfpack survived a four-game streak before heroically upending Phi Slamma Jamma and the Houston Cougars in the final minute of the National Championship. Yesterday, when Valvano's club escaped the Metrodome after two over- times and advanced to Kansas City for one of the Midwest region's semi- final games, he spoke for all of college basketball when he talked survival. The Wolfpack survived. The Wolverines didn't. This of course was the. message last year when Michigan failed to overcome the never-say-die Villinova Wildcats, the 1985 National Champions. To everyone's surprise, history repeated itself, even after the players and Coach Bill Frieder said it wouldn't happen. The message today stems not from Michigan's inability to win, but from the NCAA tournament itself. Undoubtedly, many people's tourney picks and pools are in shambles because of the wave of upsets in 1986's tournament. If you're surprised by the upsets, rethink those pre-tourney assumptions. Needless to say (but a good reminder), the NCAA postseason champion- ship is a sudden death tournament. Pro wrestling has its "battles to the death," but the fights are phony. In the NCAA's , the battles are real. Teams simply refuse to yield. When ESPN's always blunt and often ob- noxious commentator Dick Vitale and the rest of the sports-media complex write off the lesser-knowns, the lesser-knowns appear on the next round's card. So it goes with Michigan's final game of the '85 season. The Wolverines were expected to win almost every game they play this season. Against Georgia-Tech- probably the only club on Michigan's schedule to top the Wolverines in the expectation department- Michigan survived. That was the beginning. Twenty-eight wins and five losses later, Michigan could not survive- the underdog Iowa State Cyclones. For the Wolverines, the end looked frighteningly similar to their other low points of the season. Twice they faultered against Michigan State, and moreh than anything else the Spartan's quickness was responsible. Quickness (and several mistakes) killed the Wolverines against Iowa State. It was a tale Bill Frieder had told before. "So many teams today are surviving that don't have exceptional size because of their quick hands and quick jumpers," Frieder said. "What they lose inside on muscle, they make up with the transition game and steals." Michigan, however, was never able to make up enough ground yesterday to score the one or two point victory so characterisitic of the NCAA tour- nament. "In high school tournaments," Frieder reflected, "You always have the one or two point victory along the way that you could have lost, and it's a -thesameat (the college) level. "A lot of things have got to go right and you've got to have some luck. And you certainly have to play well for forty minutes to get there." The message is opaque but clear all the same. Teams that advance osten- sibly win the early round battles, but they literally survive. When it takes two overtimes for N.C. State to eliminate Arkansas-Little Rock and a large dose of speed and poise for Iowa State to withstand the pressure of the Wolverine comeback, the result is a victory, but more aptly labeled a suc- cessful outward-bound adventure. Winning the National Championship then is more a zero-sum game than anything else. No team lives without another daying. And rarely do teams die easily. Jim Valvano learned this lesson a few years back, and lived to tell-and smile- about it. He is now a college backetball prophet. When Bill Frieder watches the survivors tiptoe through the remainder of the tournament, he'll be listening to Valvano and the rest of those who escape. The Iowa State bench erupts in jubilation after their 72-69 win over Michigan. The loss marks the second year the Wolverines have collapsed in the second round. Wolfpack By BARB McQUADE Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS- Arkansas-Little Rock had no intention of serving as anyone's stepping stone in the Midwest Region, taking North Carolina State to two overtimes yesterday before rolling over, 80-66,1 in second round NCAA tournament action. N.C. State's Bennie Bolton led all scorers with 241 points. Sophomore Chris Washburn chipped in 221 and Charles Shackleford nabbed 11 rebounds to send the Wolfpack to the final 16 in Kansas City next' weekend. THE OUTSIZED UALR team stayed with the Wolfpack with a full court press, but eventually ran out of steam. "We finally got to a point where size was the dif- shakes pesky Trojans i ference," said Trojan head coach Mike Newell. "When you're playing six big guys against players' who are 6-10 or 6-11, you finally wear down, especially when you have to keep pressing." N.C. State's twin towers, Shackleford and Wash- burn, kept the paint clear, forcing the Trojans to shoot outside. UALR's guard Myron Jackson tore the Wolfpack's zone apart in the first half by can- ning 8 of 13 from the floor and racking up 16 points. THE SECOND HALF was another story, though. The 6-3 senior was held scoreless as the Wolfpack adjusted its zone. "They were pushing him out farther than he's used to shooting the basketball," Newell said. Jackson regained his shooting touch in the first overtime, scoring 6 of the Trojans' 8 points. He tied the game, 64-64. But even the sharp-shooting playmaker couldn't stick it to N.C. State another time. Still standing strong for the Wolfpack, Bolton kept the ball inside and let the smaller UALR defenders slap at his elbows in the second overtime. N.C. State outscored the Trojans 16-2 in the five minute period. "Bolton carried us in the overtime," said N.C. State's head coach Jim Valvano. "Before we lacked someone who would say, "Give me the rock,' when the game is on the line. Now maybe we've got him." The jubilated Valvano did more than break a sweat during the contest. "I split my pants in the first game, I lost my jacket n the second, I should be naked by the time I'm done." Blue squeaks by Zips, By TOM KEANEY Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS - First round games in the NCAA tournament are intended to be little more than a war- mup for top-ranked teams against unknown teams from unknown con- ferences. Notre Dame found out differently from Arkansas-Little Rock, and Michigan barely escaped falling vic- tim to little-known Akron in Friday's first round game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. THE STORY OF the game was on the boards. Michigan, which had a huge advantage over Akron in height, was outrebounded by the Ohio Valley Conference Champs, 34-28. The Wolverines had to be thinking at least a little about last year's first round battle against Fairleigh Dickinson as they fought the Zips tooth and nail in the first half. Michigan, in fact, went to the inter- mission trailing Akron 32-30. Though the Zips did not shoot especially well (45 percent), their second and third chances on offensive possessions created enough oppor- tunities to not only outshoot the Wolverines, but also control the tem- po of the game. "(AT THE HALF) we knew we had to come back out and do the right things," said Gary Grant. "We knew what we had to do." "Most disturbing to me was the rebounding," said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder. "But with our big lineup, sometimes the quickness of other teams can beat us on the boar- ds." "It was obvious to us we weren't using our height advantage," said forward Robert Henderson. "They took advantage of our -inconsisten- cies. FOR THE MOST part, however, the Wolverines did what they wanted in the second half. Hot-shooting Zip forward Marcel Boyce picked up his fourth foul with 12:12 remaining and had to sit out most the half. With Boyce out of the lineup, Michigan was more able to control the tempo and get its front line into the game. Moreover, when the Wolverines got the rebound, they were unstoppable. They had an array of baskets on the transition opportunities, taking ad- vantage of a Zip defense which was of- ten sluggish in setting up. FRESHMAN GLEN Rice, playing in his first tournament game, was especially impressive in reponding to the pressure. He went 6-9 from the floor in only twenty minutes played. "I didn't even expect to play this much," said Rice, "but the more con- fidence I get, the better my shots are going to be." Henderson gained his first start of the season as regular starting center Roy Tarpley was benched for the first 5:45 for disciplinary reasons. Frieder declined discussion on any specifics of the infraction, stating, "It was a very very minor problem period, you can compare it to not paying attention at the team meeting or showing up late." oyrvce 524 LSA Building 764-9216 EAST REGIONAL: Navy sinks Syracuse, 9-7=85 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)-David Robinson scored 26 of his 35 points in the second half yesterday as 17th- ranked Navy embarrassed No. 9 Syracuse 97-85 on its home court and advanced to the NCAA East Regional semifinals. Navy's opponent next Friday at East Rutherford, N.J. will be Cleveland State. The other East Regional semifinal pairing will be Saturday's survivors, No. 1 Duke and DePaul. THE STUNNED Carrier Dome crowd saw the Middies register their 15th straight victory and make it 22 wins in 23 games. Robinson, a 6-11 junior and a poor 61 percent free-throw shooter entering the game, made 21 of 27 free throws-16-of 19 in the second half- as Syrcase's 6-10 Rony Seikaly and his backup, Rodney Walker, fouled out. Navy, which led 32-31 at halftime, snapped a 39-39 tie and broke the game open with an 18-7 run with 10:21 to go. Robinson scored 14 points during the spree as Seikaly picked up his third and fourth personal fouls. NAVY, champions of the Colonial Athletic Association, kept pouring it on and Seikaly fouled out with 7:11 left. Navy's Vernon Butler, who finished with 23 points, converted a three-point play to put the Middies up 70-53 with 6:25 remaining. Navy made only 28 field goals, but converted 41 of 52 from the free-throw line. Cleveland St. 75, St. Joseph's 69 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)-Guard Ken "Mouse" McFadden scored 23 points and had a 70-foot assist late in the game Sunday to help upstart Cleveland State to a 75-69 victory over St. Joseph's in the second round of the NCAA East Regional basketball tour- nament. INSTANT: Passport - Visa- 1pp ticaes Photos while U wait Hrs. 1:00 - 4:30 Mon.- Fri. 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT Unzipped AKRON MinFG/A FT/A MICHIGAN MImFG/AFT/A R A PF Pts Relltord ......... ade............ Henderson ...... Joubert ......... Grant ........... Tarpley ......... Rice............. Thwmpsou....... Team Rebounds 25 26 19 33 31 29 2 15 2/3 2/4 2/4 5/12 3/5 4/11 6/9 3/3 3/4 8/3 2/3 2/2 ®/s 5/5 2/2 2/2 R 3 3 4 2 1 9 2 4 A 1 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 PF Pts 4 7 3 4 0 6 0 12 2 6 3 13 2 14 0 8 Holmes.......... Roberts ......... Boyce ........... Dowdel ....... Loyer......... Schutz........... Taylor .......... McLaughUn ..... McLendon....... Team Rebounds 27 23 31 30 25 26 6 30 2 1/8 1/6 8/16 4/8 2/2 2/6 0/0 8/12 1/2 2/2 0/0 1/3 3/4 1/2 2/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 6 3 8 2 3 4 0 0 0 8 1 0 2 0 I 0 0 6 4 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 17 11 5 6 1 16 2 A what's Happening THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE HOLOCAUST "FAITH IN GOD, FAITH IN EACH OTHER" (All of the programs scheduled are free and open to the public) Monday, March 17 "ETHICAL CHOICES WITHIN THE DEATH CAMPS: TESTIMONIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVIORS" 7:00 p.m., Pendleton Room in the Michigan Union Professor Lawrence Langer, Simmons College Thesday, March 18 "'THE COURAGE TO CARE': TOTALS ........ 200 27/51 16/21 28 11 14 70 TOTALS.........200 27/6010/15 34 6 19 64 Recreational Sports