Men's Basketball vs. Central Michigan Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's basketball vs. Utah Saturday, 2 p.m. Crisler Arena i The Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 28, 1990 r , _ -_ r . Page 8 Welborne named team MVP at bust Blue sets for tipoff vs. CMU by Jeff Sheran Daily Basketball Writer by Eric Lemont Daily Football Writer All an injured Tripp Welborne wanted was a win over Ohio State. Yesterday, he received something more - the Michigan football team's Most Valuable Player Award. Welborne, a senior, was one of four players to win awards at the team's annual football bust held in Detroit's Westin Hotel. "That's an award that's very sacred to many players," Welborne said when learning of the award at University Hospital. "I'm definitely happy, but by no means do I think that I am the most valuable player because each player is an MVP in their own way. Without each one working as a team, as a link in a chain, there wouldn't be an MVP." Welborne, a two-time Kodak All- American free safety, suffered a season-ending knee injury on a 31- yard punt return against Minnesota November 17. Welborne set a school record single-season punt return yardage (455) and ranks second in Michigan career punt return yardage with 773 yards. Co-Captain John Milligan was named the winner of the Bob Ufer Award for.Spirit and Enthusiasm. The senior linebacker broke his foot in the first quarter of Michigan's game against UCLA yet returned af- ter just five games to start against Purdue. Senior offensive guard Dean Dingman, a 1990 Kodak All-Amer- ican, won the Radar award as the team's top offensive lineman. The Robinson Award (highest GPA on team) went to defensive back David Ritter (3.45). Ritter, who majors in graphic design, is best known for his two blocked punts that led to touchdowns against Iowa and Purdue. y M. Q. ]arne th.. bakne possble? h sur wl bhe. till omp te G L... w his fther hile h~ r st 0 e e When the Central Michigan bas- ketball team enters Crisler Arena tonight, it will bring along the memories of its past three outcomes against Michigan. The Chippewas have lost the past three contests, culminating in last year's 100-51 smearing. So why are they excited for their return to Ann Arbor? It might have something to do with the fact that perennial nemeses Terry, Rumeal and Loy are gone. More importantly, it's because Central Michigan, which finished seventh in the Mid-American Conference last season, and which is projected to finish third this year, is a much-improved team. "I think we played badly the past few years," Chippewas coach Charles Coles said. "And if we can't play well tonight we'll get badly beaten. But we're playing well right now.- Michigan has its own motivation for its season opener. "A lot of these guys will be get- ting their first serious minutes of their careers," Wolverine assistant Brian Dutcher said. Sophomore guard Rob Pelinka is one of those guys. "You definitely feel more excited when you know the way you play will affect the out- come of the game," Pelinka said. "But our goal is to win, not to play for ourselves." Coles recognizes this motivation as well. "The guys now are really waiting to identify themselves, and that's a little scary." Dutcher believes the key element the Wolverines must improve upon to achieve that goal is defense. Pelinka said of the exhibition out- ings. "With the new three-guard of- fense, we're gonna press them defen- sively up and down the court, and they're probably not used to that." Seniors Jeff Majerle (brother D former CMU star and Phoenix Suns' forward Dan), Dennis Kann and David Carter form the Chippewas' frontcourt. University of Detroit transfer Darian McKinney and Sean Waters fill the guard positions. Big Losses: Michigan's lineup suffered two casualties to its front- court yesterday. It was announced that forward James Voskuil will u dergo foot surgery Friday for a joi injury on the fourth toe of his left foot. Voskuil will not return until at least January. In addition, junior transfer Chip Armer was declared ineligible yester- day for NCAA competition this semester. Armer's academic credits did not transfer from West Point, so the 6-foot-I1 backup must sit out until conference play begins i. January. Junior walk-on Freddie Hunter's academic eligibility is also under scrutiny by the NCAA. Hunter was enrolled at Michigan as a part-time student for several semesters, and his class standing must be determined. An announcement allowing him to play is expected today. "Armer's loss won't change the rotation, and it hasn't hurt our prep* ration for the season, because neither him nor Hunter played in the exhibi- tion games," Dutcher said. "But they've both been positive influ- ences this season." In the unlikely event that Hunter is declared ineligible, Michigan would be left with only three for- wards and one center until January. Michigan swingman Tony Tolbert drives the lane last season against Illinois. Tolbert hopes to do the same thing tonight against CMU. M' left guessing about Michigan's outside shooting proved effective in exhibition play, as did center Eric Riley's inside game. However, the Wolverines surrendered more than 100 points in each of their victories. "I think we wanted to prove we could put some points on the board," Gator Bowl opponent CCHA Scorecard by Eric Lemont Daily Football Writer There were rumors that yesterday the Mazda Gator Bowl would name Mississippi as Michigan's opponent in the New Year's Day Bowl. Selec- tion committee member Dick Strat- ton promptly quashed the rumor yes- terday afternoon. "We have made no decision," Stratton said. The Rebels, however are the most likely of four Southeastern Conference teams to play Michigan. The SEC is in an arrangement where four teams will play in four different bowls. The Sugar will take the SEC winner before the Fiesta, Gator and Peach bowls choose their teams, respectively. If. Tennessee, a current 24-point favorite, beats Vanderbilt this Satur- day, it will go to the Sugar Bowl. Auburn can go to the Sugar with a win over Alabama and a Tennessee loss. Alabama can go to the Sugar if it beats Auburn and Tennessee loses. Anticipating a Tennessee win, the entrant in the Fiesta Bowl would be the winner of the Auburn-Al- abama game. However, there are rumors that Alabama is one of sev- eral SEC schools that do not want to play in the Fiesta because of the controversy surrounding Arizona voters' decision not to honor a statewide Martin Luther King holi- day. In any case, the Gator will take the highest ranked of the four teams once the Sugar and Fiesta matchups are set. Mississippi is ranked 15th, Auburn 20th and Alabama is un- ranked. Standings Rec. Pts. TEAM (OVERALL) G F GA v f v/-1 rw (A 1. Michigan (9-3-2) 2. Lake Superior (9-3-2) Bowling Green (8-4-2) 4. Ferris State (6-3-5) Michigan St. (6-5-3) 6. Ohio State (6-6-2) Western Mich. (5-7-2) 8. II-Chicago (5-9-0) 9. Miami (3-9-2) Friday's Results Michigan 5, Ohio State 5 (OT) BGSU 5, Western Michigan 1 Lake Superior 4, FSU 4 (OT) UIC 4, Air Force 1 Saturday's Results Michigan 9, Ohio State 1 BGSU 3, Western Michigan 0 FSU 4, Lake Superior 1 UIC 7, Air Force 2 Michigan State 4, Miami 0 Sunday's Results Michigan State 8, Miami 0 9-3-2 8-2-2 8-4-2 4-3-5 5-4-3 4-6-2 4-6-2 3-9-0 1-9-2 20 18 18 13 13 10 10 6 4 80 68 61 49 54 36 32 30 27 52 33 52 42 36 52 49 58 63 College News Top Fifteen The Cornell Sun compiles a weekly college hockey poll, voted on by the sports staffs of 12 different college newspapers nationwide, including The Michigan Daily. Team (First-place votes) Record Points Last Week 1. Minnesota (11) 11-0-2 174 1 2. Maine 8-1-1 144 5 3. Lake Superior* (1) 9-3-2 133 2 4. Boston College 6-2-0 123 4 5. Clarkson 6-0-1 120 9 6. Michigan* 9-3-2 110 7 7. Cornell 4-0-1 95 10 8. Boston University 5-2-1 94 8 8. Northern Michigan 8-3-2 94 3 10. North Dakota 10-4-1 89 6 11. Wisconsin 7-3-1 68 13 12. Providence 7-0-2 58 14 13. Bowling Green* 8-4-2 33 15j 14. Harvard 3-3-0 28 12 14. Michigan State* 6-5-3 28 11 Upcoming Games Friday. November 30 Mich. at Boston U., 7 p.m. Lake Superior at Ohio State UIC at Bowling Green, (PASS - Live - 7:40 p.m.) WMU at Miami Mich. State at FSU Saturday. December 1 Lake Superior at OSU UIC at Bowling Green WMU at Miami FSU at Mich. State ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL TOP 25 Team Rec Pts. Pvs. 1. UNLV (45) 0-0 1,600 1 2. Arizona(19) 4-0 1,576 3 3. Arkansas 3-1 1,378 2 4. North Carolina 1-0 1,344 5 5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,325 4 6. Alabama 1-0 1,218 7 7. Syracuse 3-0 1,133 13 8. Duke (1) 3-1 1,077 6 9. Georgetown 2-0 1,061 9 10. Indiana 2-1 948 8 11. Ohio St. 1-0 937 10 12. UCLA 2-0 927 11 13. Pittsburgh 1-0 873 12 14. Georgia Tech 1-0 689 16 15. Connecticut 1-0 615 17 16. Virginia 2-0 595 18 17. Georgia 2-0 524 21 18. Oklahoma 1-1 441 15 19. Southern Miss. 0-0 294 24 20. LSU 0-1 292 14 21. St. John's 2-0 291 25 22. Texas 0-0 284 22 23. Missouri 0-0 279 20 24. Villanova 1-0 239 - 25. Louisville 0-0 236 23 39. Michigan 0-0 23 - S S Sunday. December 2 Mich. at Boston C., 2 p.m. All games begin at 7:30 local time, unless noted. Scoring Leaders Name Team GP G A PTS i Felsner, Denny Harkins, Brett Roberts, David Jiranek, Martin Michigan BGSU Michigan BGSU 14 14 13 14 18 9 8 13 11 16 17 11 _____ ~.=, 5~ Russ ianLanug " start Winter term, speak it in Moscow next summer e also, Russian Literature in English, Hu. Distr. " for information, call Slavic Dept. 764-5355 or check CRISP ! .. ....... r ill l I 'I FREE Seminar on the New MCAT I AMMW 'x