The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 5, 1990 - Page 3 Delany The commisioner of the Big Ten talks on league's expansion, future Jim Delany, Commissioner of the Big Ten, has heard lots of criticism from Michigan fans over the now .zmous blown call against Michigan State. Delany, who resembles Dick Vitale (but with more hair), is excited about the future of the Big Ten, as he knows the coming decade will be one of change and growth. In his interview with Daily Sports Writer David Schechter, Delany discusses not only the Michigan State call, but Big Ten athletics in eneral, from women's athletics to e evolution of the league. Daily: As you know we had a big stir at our school on the two- point conversion of the Michigan State game. Do you think that in the aftermath there have been any changes in the way the games are called? Delany: I'm not gonna talks much about officiating, it's been tlayed out ad nausea for two weeks. 'ome calls you make and some calls you miss. Read the Sports Illustrated article, they did a pretty good job I think. Q: What are some of the benefits that the Big Ten will hopefully reap from the addition of Penn State to the league? A: Well, I think Penn State is a 0uperior institution. I think their cademic mission is very similar to ours. They are a great research institution and a great teaching institution. Athletically they have as byroad a base program as anyone in our conference. They've had nation- al excellence in many, many programs. The basketball has not Been on the level of most Big Ten' programs but thoroughly the foot- all over the last 25 years has been ,.awfully good. And in the women's athletics they have been at the national level with field hockey, volleyball, wom- on's basketball. The breadth of their ,men's and women's programs, the. quality of their program, anid the integrity of their program is really fine. In addition to that they are in one the most populated states in the country, and have access to market- in~g and television throughout the Eastacoast. So, I think the decision itself will stand the test of time. I guess you might say the tradition- alist probably objected, and there probably were some objections raised on process. But you know we GRIDDES! 1.: Ohio State at Iowa 2. Michigan St. at Minnesota 3. Wisconsin at Indiana 4. Purdue at Northwestern 5.: Maryland at Penn State 6.; Ball St. at EMU 7. Virginia at North Carolina 8.; Notre' Dame. at Tennessee .'Nebraska at Kansas 0. UCLA at Washington It. So. Miss. at Auburn 12. BYU at Wyoming 13. Okla. St. at Colorado 14. Houston at Texas 15. Boston C. at Louisville 16. Va. Tech at Georgia Tech 17. Stanford at Arizona 18. Oregon at California 9. Texas Tech at TCU 0. LSU at Alabama hadn't done expansion in 40 years since Michigan State. There wasn't a textbook written on exactly how to do it. Q: What do you mean by process? A: Process is the consultation process between the presidents, the directors and the faculty. But if you look around the country any time expansion occurs, whether it's in the ACC or the SEC, or the Big Ten, it's a very difficult process. Tradition runs deep, and people don't like to see change a lot of times. But I think the '90s are going to be a time of change, not only in terms of conference membership, but their to see Phyllis go. Not only has she been the women's administrator, but she's a great person. So, we'll miss her. There has been a real expansion in women's opportunities over the last 15 years, particularly in the last five to ten years. Athletics are great for men and they're great for women, and the Big Ten has provided the greatest number of broad-based opportunities for men and women of any conference in the country. My hope is that as things will unfold in the '90s we'll be able to continue to do that. The reality is that we've been fortunate in the last eight years to have a good economy. My hope is that we stay out of a That means a better balance between academics and athletics. We probably have the best balance in that regard in the country. But at the same time, it's fairly obvious from public opin- ion polls and examples that have come through the NCAA infractions process, that there are some weak performances in some very high profile cases in the academic area. We do need to make some adjust- ments, we are in the '90s going toward the 21st century, and I think by and large we're living with a model that was constructed to the fifties. And probably not unlike what happened in the Olympic movement over the last 20 years. If you look at the earlier two thirds of the century you see an Olympic movement that was predicated on gentlemanly sport. Q: Are you saying that the Big Ten has evolved from that sort of beginning? A : Yeah. I just think that systems tend to lag behind. The presidents' involvement, the facult- ies involvement, the public's de- mand for change has really brought about inquiries by the Knight Commission, inquiries by the Presi- dent's Commission, inquiries by the media and I think we have to be responsive to those. Q: Are there a lot of changes to look forward to? A: I think there will be change. You know, it's hard to predict. But, I think in general areas you see concerns about the demand for student athlete time. You're talking about the cost of these programs. If you're gonna take pressure off the revenue producing sports that costs money. That means fewer games, less television, and so forth and you need the dollars to provide the broad based opportunities. One suggestion is that if these universities are interested in main- taining the breadth of program for men and women and taking the pressure of football and basketball, is to look perhaps internally and not always externally for dollars to operate with. Q: Is there any progress on the investigation into Illinois basket- ball? A: You know, you'd have to keep your eyes open in the papers. It's a NCAA investigation, the Big Ten is really not a party to it. I would expect that there will be a decision some time in the next few weeks, though I'm not privy to what it might be. Q: If you were a few years younger and could be involved in any Big Ten sport which one would it be? A: Well, I was a college basket- ball player. And so I have a lot of affection for that sport. So that's what I would probably do if I had the opportunity. said assistant coach Jim Smoot. There was "nothing positive at all" that came from this match, he said. "Purdue plays fairly close to error free," Bradley-Doppes said. "They play like people...that have played for years and years." The Boilermakers' Jill Whiteman had a monstrous game, notching 12 kills in 18 attempts - with no errors - and also serving six aces. Michigan forward Kristin Shaiper streaks past an Ohio State defender in the Wolverines final home game on Saturday. Shaiper eventually lost the-"_ ball out of bounds while Michigan lost the match, 1-0. STICKERS Continued from page 1 faltered in the final minutes of the contest. Coach Patti Smith thought the team executed their game plan beautifully, but she was disappointed at the lack of results. "We dominated the play today. We controlled the ball for most of the game, but we could not convert any of our chances," Smith said. Smith was discouraged the team could not take advantage of their dominance. "We attacked most of the time out there. We had a lot more shots and penalty corners, but again we just could not put the ball in the net," Smith said. The contest remained scoreless until only six minutes remained in the game. At this time, a Buckeyes' rush up the right side of the field resulted in a penalty corner. Ohio State converted the penalty by blasting a shot by Michigan goalie Tasha Bach into the right corner Qf the net. The final six minutes of the game presented no scoring opportunities for the Wolverines as- they were stalled in the middle of the field continually by the Ohio State} defense. Michigan's first-year defender Lalli Hose was pleased with the season despite the disappointing finish. She credited the Wolverines' three seniors, defenders Patricia Maran and Katie Thomas, and midfielder Josee Charvet, as being. instrumental in the Wolverines' success this season. "They (the seniors) are definitely going to be missed," Hose said. "They are the core of the team both on and off the field. I am really sorry. we could not win the last game fora them. They have been a great influence on us as a team." Charvet finished the season as Michigan's leading scorer with nine goals on the season. JOSE JUAREZIaly Big Ten Commissioner James Delany relaxed at a recent Indiana- Michigan volleyball match in Bloomington . mission and what they are trying to recession and there are enough dol- achieve. lars to continue to provide compet- Q: At Michigan, Phyllis Ocker, itive teams on the national level who was the women's athletic Q: Where do you see Big Ten director, is just now retiring, as she athletics in the year 2000? seems to have brought women's A : That's a good question. I athletics from its infancy to where it think the Big Ten has a tremendous is now. What are you feelings on the stake, and probably a responsibility progress of women's athletics? to bring about an adjustment in the A: Well, I think we're real sorry model of intercollegiate athletics. UPSET Continued from page 1 "played intensely the whole match, instead of in spurts like usual, and we kept to the gameplan and, outhustled them," first-year hitter Fiona Davidson said.' That gameplan was to keep the ball in play, especially against the sloppy Illini. "Our offense wasn't working at all," Illinois hitter Petra Laverman said. "They did more things good and less things wrong than we did," said Laverman, who paced Illinois with 16 digs and 15 kills, while hitting only a .139 hitting percentage. The Illini started the game with five first-year players. The Wolverines looked on the Illini's lineup as a source of motivation, not aware that the new players had started the previous three games. "I was upset that they thought that they could stick in freshmen and beat us," Sturm said. "The kids looked over (at Illinois' starters) and they said, 'We'll kill them.' And that's a good sign," Bradley-Doppes added. The first two games played out remarkably similar. After Michigan trailed 9-7 in each game, the teams finished out the scoring with the exact same point sequence. The previous night versus Purdue, the Wolverines were on the other end of a humiliating defeat. They were steamrolled by the Boilermakers, 15-5, 15-4, 15-7. Nothing went right for Michigan, while nothing seemed to go wrong for Purdue. "The best part of our play lately has been our serve receive, and that just went completely out the door, so they just served us off the court," IM Fraternity Top 20 Standings are compiled through golf Fraternity (Letters) Points 1. Delta Tau Delta (ATA) 480.33 2 Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) 457.58 3. Sigma Phi Epsilon (E0E) 450.5 4. Alpha Delta Phi (AAD) 427.33 5. Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEI) 426 6. Sigma Nu (EN) 400.33 7. Triangle 397.5 8. Sigma Alpha Mu (EAM) 383.83 9. Theta Chi (@X) 381 10. Evans Scholars 378 11. Beta Theta Pi (BEM) 345 11. Phi Kappa Psi (4K'P) 345 13. Chi Phi (X(D) 342 14. Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) 341 15. Phi Delta Theta (PA®) 338.58 16. Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) 319.5 17. Delta Sigma Phi (ADD) 309 18. Tau Gamma Nu (TEN) 286.25 19. 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