12- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, July 6, 1994
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By Scott Burton
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
AlthoughCrislerArenahasbecome
accustomed the past five years in fea-
turing only one winning basketballteam
- the men's - it might have to find
room for another top-notch program.
Women's basketball coach Trish
RWerts-whose Wolverines are com-
ing off of a winless Big Ten season -
signed seven highly regarded recruits
for the 1994-95 season. This class,
which had been ranked 11th in the
nation before Roberts had even signed
her three spring recruits, clearly ranks
among the best in Division I.
"I think this is abig step. This is the
highest-ranked class in the history of
the program," Michigan coach Trish
Roberts said. "And for us to go out and
get this type of recruiting class says a
lotforthestaff andformyself, inwork-
inghard and trying to do a good job to
sell the program."
Michigan beefed up its often over-
matched frontline with its signing of
fourrecruitsin theearly-signing period
in November. Grand Rapids' Molly
Murray and Detroit's' Tennille
Caruthers, both 6-ft forwards, finished
second and fifth respectively in the
Miss Basketball in Michigan.
Tiffany Willlard, a 6-foot forward
from Plymouth, Minnesota, and
Pollyanna Johns, a 6-foot-3-inch cen-
ter from Evanston, Ill., were both pre-
mier players in their states.
In late April, the Wolverines added
6-foot center Semelda Elverton from
Chicago, and 5-foot-8-inch guards
Maritza Dubois of Brinklow, Md: and
Akisha Franklin from Elmhurst, Ill.
"Some of them could have gone to
any school, but alot of the school's that
were recruiting them were already
loaded,"Roberts said. "They felt like if
they came to Michigan, they could not
only get a great education, but they
could get an opportunity to play and
turn this program around. "
It was with a similar selling card
that Roberts recruited an impressive,
five-deep freshman class a year ago.
However, they were unable to provide
instantsuccess tothe Wolverines,partly
duetocircumstances beyondtheircon-
trol. Injuries and defections depleted
the roster to seven, leaving the fresh-
men weary and overmatched through
40 minutes of play.
And while the influx of this year's
talent will certainly alleviate the depth
problems, Roberts understands that the
cohesiveness that was such a strength a
year ago will be hard to reproduce with
so many new faces.
"My goal is to try to get a group of
kids that work well together and de-
velop the right team chemistry," Rob-
erts said. "If you got a team that can do
that, you can beat teams. We not only
have talent, but my thing is, we need to
be able to work that talent together and
make it work as a unit."
Roberts expects the recruits to im-
mediately become impact players.Even
more, although several of last year's
Wolverines shined in their roles - in
particular, Big Ten All-Freshman
guards Amy Johnson and Jennifer
Kiefer-no starting position is sacred.
"Every kid that we recruit can chal-
lenge for a starting position," Roberts
said. "I don't have any qualmsonplay-
ing freshmen or seniors. Some schools
feels like a freshman has to earn that
position. My philosophy is that if that
freshman outplays that senior or that
junior, that freshman is going to play."
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Jalen Rose joined fellow Fab Fiver
Chris Webber as first round picks.
Howard went to the rebuilding Wash-
ington Bullets as the fifth pick, while
ex-teammate Rose was picked 13th by
the improving Denver Nuggets.
While Howard was somewhat ex-
pected to go to Washington, no o
was quite sure where Rose might en
up. Rose, however, didn't mind how
things worked out.
"I'm more than happy," Rose said.
"Denver is a young team and an up-
and-coming team. I think I can be that
fixture that they need to put them over
the top."
Only after most of the big names
were gone did some mild surprise-
occur. The Indiana Pacers received
mixed reaction from the 19,833 fans in
attendanceforselectingEricPiatkowski
with their first round pick.
Piatkowski,a6-foot-7-inchforwd
out of Nebraska, was perhaps the first
largely unknown player chosen. Indi-
ana may have been all too aware of the
Pacer faithful's disapproval, as they
later dealsPiatkowskito the Los Ange-
les Clippers.
ThePacers' secondroundchoiceor
Damon Bailey went over much better,
indicatedhy thehome rowdroaringin
approval when the selection of the ex-
Hoosier was announced. Bailey,
Indiana's all-time top high school
scorer, grew up and has played his
entire career in the state of Indiana.
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