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1-- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, June 1, 1994
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Continued from page 11
Before Monday night, the perfor-
mances put on by Miller this series had
been less than exemplary: His charac-
teristic enthusiasmwasn't showing, his
shots weren't falling. Monday, though,
Miller served notice to the Knicks that
he was ready for anything.
He scored 31 points, 13 in the last
7:17. He trash-talked. He drew 19 free
throwsworthoffouls. Heevengrabbed
seven rebounds. The Reggie Miller of
old was back, this time with a team that
ht the drive, the confidence and the
potential to stop the Knicks.
"I just hadn't been myself up to
now," Miller said. "Maybe I was just
trying to show something, trying not
to make headlines in New York. But
I need to talk. I need to be me. Maybe
I just realized that you can't be a nice
guy and expect to beat the Knicks.
You have to be like they are. You've
got to be rude."
So Miller's being rude. He's be-
ing brash. He's doing it "his way."
His test will come tonight, when
he has to play away from home, in
front of Madison Square Garden's
hostile crowd. He will have to thrive
on the booing, to feed on its energy.
Millerknowsthat--hehassaidthat
he wants to be the NBA's next Bill
Laimbeer. Laimbeer, the former Pis-
tons center,was the epitome ofvillainy.
He loved being feared and hated. Like
him or not, one can't deny that
Laimbeer's ability to make his oppo-
nents concentrate on him, not the game,
was intregal in the Pistons' dominance.
Whether Miller can do that will
determine whether the Pacers can beat
the Knicks. In a broader sense, though,
Miller's ability to follow Laimbeer's
example will ultimately decide
whether he is just another good player
or one of the great players in the
league.
He hasn't proven yet that he be-
longs in that category. Tonight, he
can make it clear where he stands. He
just has to do it his way.
NCAAs begin for 'M' track
Idaho meet signals end for Michigan star Molly McClimon
By Brent McIntosh
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
The first day
of June-thelast
d of an era.
Today, com-
petition begins at
the 1994 NCAA
Track and Field
OutdoorNational
Championships
in Boise, Idaho.
When it ends Sat-
urday, the four McClimon
years Molly McClimon has competed
for Michigan's track team will be com-
plete.
Hercareerendsnotwithouthonors.
Before this week's meet even begins,
McClimon has titles galore. She is a
four-time track All-American, a three-
time Cross Country All-American, a
Distance Medley National Champion,
a five-time Big Ten track titleist and
Big Ten cross country champ. She has
fought back from knee surgery her
sophomore season, and she has hauled
in a plethora of Academic-Athletic
awards.
The daughter of former Wiscon-
sin track coach Daniel McClimon,
Molly is in Idaho to add one more title
to that list. Seeded eighth in the 5000-
meter run, her last race is a chance to
go out with a bang, to end the
McClimon era with one more classic
performance.
She is joined in Idaho by eight of
her teammates, four of whom are also
looking to repeat as All-Americans.
It is the Wolverine distance corps
that is best represented. Along with ASSOCIATED PRES
McClimon in the 5000, Courtney Game Five in New York may be the biggest test of Reggie Miller's career.
Babcock (3000-meter run), Karen
Harvey (1500) and Chris Szabo Howard, Peoples sign for AAU
(10,000) are all looking to add an-
other All-America title to their per- By Ryan White "I played AAUs and I know how
sonal files. DAILY SPORTS WRITER is as far as programs that don't ha
Richelle Webb, Michigan's sprint With the NBA Draft on the hori- funding," Howard said. "This meal
stalwart, will face her toughest com- zon one would expect that Juwan a lot to me, and if it didn't I wouldn
petition of the season. She will run the Howard is pretty busy these days. be here."
100-meter dash, where she is seeded Nonetheless Howard, along with According to Ann Arbor/Ypsilar
14th, and the 200, where she is sixth. friend and former Michigan foot- AAU Director Edward Phillip
The busiest Wolverine will be ball player Shonte Peoples, gave a Howard's appearence meant moret
Laura Jerman, who will compete in couple of hours of their time Satur- the kids than just money.
the 100-meter hurdles, the 400-meter day to help raise money for the Ann "It shows that a guy like Juwa
hurdles and the heptathlon, where she Arbor/Ypsilanti Amateur Athletic Howard, who has a high profile, has
is seeded 13th. Union (AAU) basketball program. commitment to youth," he sai
Jessica Kluge will represent the The two signed autographs at a "That's something that a lot of kit
Wolverines in the 800, and Ronda sports cards and collectables show at don't have today: commitment.
Meyers and Carrie Stewart will com- Ann Arbor Huron High School. "For them to see a guy like Juwa
pete for Michigan in the discus and Howard's signature was going for $8 come in here and do this is treme
javelin, respectively. and Peoples' for $4. dous."
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"We have a very good senior class,
so we could have our best NCAA
finish ever if the freshmen perform."
Bunting, along with high-school
teammate Devereux, will be asked to
make a contribution in the distance
freestyle events,an areainwhich Michi-
gan has never been particularly strong.
The Lansdale, Pa., native was a Prep
All-American in the 500 freestyle in
addition to the 400 freestyle relay and
200 individual medley (IM).
Michigan's depth in the butterfly
events will be complemented by the
addition ofHale,whowon the state title
in the 100 fly. The Ann Arbor native
also won state titles in the 500 freestyle
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and 200 IM while at Pioneer High.
"We've never been strong in the
100 or 200 butterfly, and our distance
freestyle has fallen off over the years,'
Richardson said. "With the recruit
we're going to be strong across t
board."
"We didn't pick up an)
breaststrokers, though, so we're no
going to be asdominant in those event,
as we have been in the past."
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