4 Basketball vs. North Carolina Tonight, 8 p.m. Seattle Kingdome, Ch. 2 SPORTS Men's Lacrosse vs. Albion Sunday, 2 p.m. Tartan Turf The Michigan Daily Friday, March 25, 1988 Page 16 Basketball Michigan must stop Reid in regional semifinal Continued from Page 1 Michigan coach Bill Frieder took notice. "I DON'T think there's a better place to play North Carolina than in Seattle," Frieder said. "It's about as far away as you can get. The closer to (North) Carolina they are, the more support they have." . The eighth-year coach speaks from experience. Last year the Wolverines played the Tar Heels in Charlotte, N.C., in the second round of the NCAA tournament. North Carolina won convincingly, 109-97, behind the 27-point effort of Smith's most recent catch, J.R. Reid. , "I'm sure it's going to be an added incentive for them because we teat them last year in the NCAAs," Tar Heel guard Jeff Lebo said. , "(Glen) Rice is a great player, and k.think (Gary) Grant is probably the best guard in the country," Lebo continued. BESIDES moral inspiration, 10th-ranked Michigan (26-7) appears better equipped this year at stopping seventh-ranked North Carolina and the 6-9, 256-pound Reid. "We're much bigger," Frieder said. "We're much more physical. We match up better because of the addition of Terry Mills and the improvement of Loy Vaught." Mills, who squared off against Reid last summer at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Chapel Hill, N.C., has drawn the assignment of guarding the talented sophomore. "I'm glad (the coaches) have that confidence in me," the 6-10 Mills said. "I think the key is we got to stop J.R. Reid inside, and we can't let him hurt us and get away from us Grant said. Reid leads the team in scoring (18.3 point per game) and rebounding (8.9 rebounds per game). REID ALSO has a strong sup- porting cast of role players that in- cludes 6-10 center Scott Williams, guard Ranzino Smith, and Lebo. Lebo, the team's floor leader, has been bothered by an ankle injury this week, but is expected to play. The 6- 3 junior shoots 47 percent from the three-point stripe. Smith has scored 42 points com- ing off the bench in the Tar Heels' first two tourney wins, including 27 against Loyola Marymount. Williams is the team's top shot blocker. "We aren't quite as skilled at ev- ery position as they are, and we don't have the depth that they do,"j Frieder said. "But we got guys that are shooting the basketball really well, and our defense is getting bet- ter. So you never know what's go- ing to happen." - Regents still discussing AD can didates By STEVE BLONDER Reports claiming that the University's Board of Regents has chosen a successor for Athletic Director Don Canham continue to swirl, al- though at least two regents say no choice has been made. The Ann Arbor News reports that Jack Weidenbach, the University's director of business operations, has been offered the athletic director job and has ten days to accept it. These stories are based on unnamed Uni- versity officials who have no involvement with the athletic department and who are not regents. Asked last Friday after a special regents meeting to discuss the situation, whether Weidenbach is the man, Interim University President Robben Fleming said, "That's not exactly it." Regent James Waters (D-Muskegon) said yesterday that no official motion on who should succeed Canham has been made, nor have the regents taken a vote on any candidate. He added that "no formal offer has been made." "As far as I know, the Board hasn't made a final decision. (Weidenbach) certainly hasn't been offered the job," Waters said. REGENT Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) concurred Tuesday, saying "I don't think any decision has been made." "I don't know that the search is completed as of yet," he added. Fleming, who is the official spokesperson for the regents, and Wei- denbach are both out of town this week, and unavailable for comment. Waters said the regents would need to meet again before offering the job to anyone. He expected that meeting would be held early next week, but no date has been set. Weidenbach's name first surfaced last week after a month of specula- tion that followed football coach Bo Schembechler's decision to turn down the job. Schembechler wouldn't accept the regents' condition that he give up coaching after one year of holding both jobs. Weidenbach is seen as a compromise candidate acceptable to both administrators and members of the athletic department. He is now 63, and rumors stemming from both alumni and the athletic department suggest that he would serve as a "caretaker athletic director," who would retire when Schembechler was ready to give up coaching. At that point, Schembechler would take over from Weidenbach. WATERS DISAGREED with this type of situation, saying "we're not looking for anyone older, who's going to retire. We're look- ing for a long term solution, preferably someone who will be there 15- 20 years." Two regents who requested anonymity added they didn't believe Weidenbach was a "leading candidate," but declined to comment further. Three prominent alumni, who spoke on the condition that they not be identified, said Weidenbach had been offered the job after last Friday's meeting. Weidenbach was a member of the search committee, chaired by Fleming, that worked through much of 1987 to find a replacement for Canham. A member of the search committee expressed his surprise last FridIay that Weidenbach was even being considered for the job. He added that Weidenbach's name was never discussed by the search committee. Canham is retiring July 1, in accordance with state law which re- quires employees to retire at age 70. 4 I Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Michigan's J.P. Oosterbaan guards North Carolina's Scott Williams in last year's second-round loss to the Tar Heels. Michigan will attempt to avenge the loss tonight in third-round action. 'M' gymnasts BY STEVEN GINNS season for th With momentum on their side, they hope to n Michigan's men's gymnastic team weekend dur w'ill head into the Big Ten Champi- Champagne, I nships tomorrow and Saturday. Fresh off their first victory of the season, the men (1-12) will be com- peting. in Columbus, Ohio. Last Sunday the Wolverines notched their first win, and recorded the highest score Michigan has got- ten irr;the past two years. They beat Western Michigan 271.5- 270.35. "If there is such a word as peak- ing," said head coach Bob Darden, "we're doing it now." DESPITE the improvement, Iharden is not satisfied. "The team is ioking for bigger and better things i: the Big Ten's. "If we can get a 272 or 273 score, we hope to finish fifth, which would be an improvement from last year Angela Willia vWhen we finished sixth." last year, wil k In contrast, this has been a fine pionship. readj e women's team and make it even finer this ing the Big Ten's in l. fr Big I Although the women have a los- ing record (5-9 overall, 1-1 in the Big Ten), the team has been ranked as high as 16th nationally. Also, as ren finals of the last ranking, Michigan occu- pied the seventh position in the Midwest region. THE TEAM will be looking to improve on last year's fifth place finish. Michigan will be led by Angela Williams and Janne Klepek, both of whom performed well in the confer- ence championships last year, earn- ing spots on the All-Big Ten team. Klepek placed fourth in the un- even bars and the balance beam. Williams finished third in the vault and sixth in the all-around. They both qualified for the regional cham- pionships. Williams went on as an alternate in the nationals. This year Williams and Klepek have again performed well, placing first or second in most meets. Klepek set a new individual team record in the all-around with a 37.65, breaking the old record which she established last year. 4 94 I ams and Janne Klepek, who were All-Big Ten performers 1 again lead the Wolverines in this year's conference cham- ; I I Complete Travel GO ON A SEARCH Announcing the University Library's Spring Seminars on Online Searching Resource Center . }* U~ Basic Rln-ql- Raminar a. 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