Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 22, 1987 Miller Time BY SCOTT G. MILLER' Tue Wildcats' woes... ... will they ever end? EVANSTON With Northwestern's basketball team perched in its familiar position in the Big Ten standings - the basement, university officials employed this basketball expert to study why the school cannot attract top players. The results are as follows: -The present squad. Northwestern is 5-12 overall and 0-7 in the conference after last night's loss. Three starters are averaging under five points per game. Even a player such as Michigan State's 'Bad' Barry Fordham averages five ppg. The Wildcats with all their leading scorers returning this season will have trouble matching last year's marks of 2-16, 8-20. How bad a year was 1986? Both conference wins came against a scandal-ridden Minnesota team. The Gophers forfeited the first game and played the second using only five players. Recruiting players by promising they will join such notables as Bo Cucuz just doesn't cut it in the Big Ten. -Scheduling. Any genius can realize that playing a team like Duke in the preseason is a bad idea. Scholars first, athletes second -The Big Ten. Northwestern recruits scholars first, athletes second. In the Big Ten that's the wrong order. Aren't Wildcat alumni sick and tired of their school serving as a doormat to be stepped on by the powers of college basketball? -Tradition. Northwestern has lots. Unfortunately, it's all bad. The Wildcats last won the Big Ten Championship in 1932-33. They possess losing records against the Evanston YMCA (1-6), Naperville (0-2), and Hull House (0-1). Winning marks against Garrett Biblical Institute (1-0), First National Bank (1-0), and Flint Motor Vehicle Co. (1-0) soften some but not all the 943 defeats in the school's history. -Ex-players. The best professional player the school ever produced is Billy McKinney. That's the Billy McKinney who played Ior five NBA teams. Other notable basketball alumni include Don Adams and Mike Weaver. While their NBA careers were brief, they belong on the all- league name team. -Coaching. Northwestern has employed coaching luminaries named Snyder and Winter. Had they been Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder and Jonathan Winters, success would have been guaranteed. Instead, they had a Brad Snyder and a Tex Winter. To its credit, the university hired Bill Foster as head coach this year. Foster (413-268), who took Duke to the Final Four in 1978, must want to end his coaching career with an even won-loss record. The color purple -Team uniforms. The only good team ever to wear purple was the Minnesota Vikings of the 1970's. They were nicknamed the 'Purple People Eaters'. They also lost four Super Bowls. -The arena. Welsh-Ryan Arena is not a cool name like the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Who are Welsh and Ryan? Nobody knows. Smartly, Northwestern spent 6.75 million dollars to build the arena, which seats 8,117. The old stadium held 10,000 fans. Addition by subtraction, at least in Northwestern's case, cuts monetary losses. *The X-factor. Never have the Wildcats had a letterman with a last name beginning with X. Blue tops Northwestern 87-73 By ADAM OCHLIS Special to the Daily EVANSTON - There were to be no last-minute heroics or heart- breaking defeats for the Wolverines on this night. Michigan (12-6 overall, 3-3 Big Ten), after its last three games were decided in the final minute, took control of last night's contest against Northwestern (5-12, 0-7) early -and coasted to an 87-73 victory at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Michigan never trailed in the ballgame. The Wildcats cut an 11- point halftime deficit to eight during the second half, but could get no closer. GARY GRANT led Michigan with 27 points while Antione Joubert chipped in with 22. Elliot Fullen topped all Wildcat scorers with 21 points. Northwestern's strategy of deploying a three-guard offense backfired. Guard Jeff Grose, who was inserted into the starting lineup to add some scoring punch against the run-and-gun Wolverines, scored just six points on 2-10 shooting. "I was hoping (Grose) would get on track and give us more offense," said Northwestern head coach Bill Foster. "If he could have, it would have helped an awful lot." Michigan head coach Bill Frieder was pleased with his team's performance, considering the three tough games Michigan played last week. "I THINK our guys did a great job," said Frieder. "We're playing tired right now. Four games in nine days is difficult, especially against teams like Syracuse and Indiana, but our bench did a great job and. played very well." Michigan was able to capitalize on Northwestern's smaller lineup by getting numerous fast-break baskets off missed Wildcat shots. The Wolverines also controlled the backboards, out-rebounding Northwestern by a 38-34 margin. The Wildcats' only real second- half threat came when Fullen hit two free throws to close the lead to 66-58 with 11 minutes left. Then Michigan center Mark Hughes rebounded a Fullen three-point shot and outletted the ball to Grant, who raced down the floor for an uncontested layup. The game was technically over at that point. "WE HAD to struggle the whole game," said Foster. "We didn't get the shot we wanted when we cut the lead to eight." Michigan darted to a 44-33 lead at the break. Grant played a superb 20 minutes and led the Wolverines in scoring with 15 points and Joubert added 11. Glen Rice got the Wolverines off to a quick 3-0 start on the first possession of the game, taking a feed from Grant for a layup. Rice also got fouled on the play by Northwestern's Shon Morris. Rice made the free throw, but more importantly for the Wildcats, was the Morris foul. Morris, who came into last night's game with a 16.1 scoring average, would pick up his third personal with 14 minutes left in the half and watched the next five minutes from the bench. During that span, Michigan increased a seven-point lead to as high as 15. Grant did most of the damage, as he continues to play exceptional basketball. The Canton, Ohio native added six assists and four rebounds to his 15 points. Despite some poor shot selection, Michigan still shot 61 percent for the half, as opposed to 38 percent for Northwestern. Many Wolverine baskets came on easy layups, as Grant and company were able to handle Northwestern's presa with relative ease. Morris kept the Wildcats in the game when he returned from the bench, notching 10 points and 2 rebounds. Guards Fullen and Shawn Watts both added six points, but i' wasn't enough. "They're running game got to( many easy baskets," said Foster "Our defense did not hold up. We had to play catch-up the entir( game." Grant ... another good game The Wolverines shot 56.' percent for the game, their bes shooting effort of the Big Teri season. "I'll be disappointed if we don' continue to play well, and get int( the NCAA Tournament," said Frieder. "The Big Ten has proved tc be a great conference this year, with wins over a lot of great teams Teams like us and Ohio Stat deserve strong consideration." Nortlzwastern MICHIGAN Min. FGIA Fr/A R Rke 36 Joubert 36 Hughes 23 Th'psn 26 Grant 37 Vaught 14 Griffin 16 Kramer 6 Oost. 2 Stoyko 3 Glbas 1 TEAM 5/8 9/16 2/3 2/6 2/6 2/2 1/1 0/1 1/1 0/0 4/6 2/12 0/0 2/2 2/2 0/I 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 9 3 5 1 6 6 4 0 0 2 0 2 A 5 5 3 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 PF 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 TP 14. 22 4 6 27 6 2 2 2 0 NORTHWESTERN FG/A 'FT/A R A Min. Morris 36 Fullen 35 Cucuz 16 Grose 23 Watts 38 Ross 28 Buford 6 Wys iS TEAM 8/15 9/18 1/5 2/10 5/10 0/3 0/2 3/4 2/3 2/2 0/0 2/2 4/6 2/3 0/0 1/2 15 3 2 0 2 6 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 PF TP 4 19 3 21 5 2 2 6 V~ 16 3 2 0 0 0 7 - TOTALS 28/67 13/18 34 9 18 73 TOTALS 34/60 17/20 38 28 17 87 Three-point goals: team 4/10; Morris 1/l; Fullen 1/3; Grose 0/3; Watts 2/3. Associated Press Michigan guard Garde Thompson covers Northwestern forward Shon Morris during the Wolverines' 87-73 victory over the Wildcats last night in Evanston. Three-point goals: team 2/7; Joubert 2/4; Thpsn 0/2; Grant 0/1. Technical: none Attendance: 5765 Scoring Nu MICH 1 33 44 2 40 43 Tot. 73 97 COME JOIN OUR STAFF The University of Michigan Housing Division RESIDENCE HALL POSITIONS 1987-88 The Housing Division is looking for well-qualified candidates to serve as resident staff members in Residence Halls. 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