t I 2E I Itg&U U Spikers get tourney invitation
Michigan was among 20 teams that received bids to the National
p Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship in Kansas City. The Wolverines
a (11-9 Big Ten, 17-13 overall), who were left out of the NCAA
Tournament, will take on Butler and Massachusetts Friday in first-round
. action. They will square off Saturday against San Diego and Arkansas,
the other two teams in pool D.
Page l
Tuesday
November 28, 1995
Blue loses
assistant to
Grand
Valey State
By Paul Barger
Daily Sports Writer
Michigan men's basketball assis-
tant coach Jay Smith will leave the
Wolverines after the season to be-
come the head coach at Grand Valley
State.
Smith has been an invaluable aid to
head coach Steve Fisher over the past
seven seasons. His duties have in-
cluded scouting, on-campus recruit-
ing and academic affairs.
"We're going to miss him im-
mensely," Fisher said. "Everyone on
our staff is really happy for him. Hav-
'M' speeds by Red Flash
St. Francis (Pa.) poses little challenge for Wolverines
By Brent McIntosh
Daily Sports Editor
For the Michigan basketball team, last
night boasted three differences from last
week's games:
The Wolverines played smarter.
They played more aggressively.
They played St. Francis (Pa).
Consequently, they won; which of the
three differences was the key factor in
their 84-52 victory over the Red Flash is
up for debate. Last night's effort may or
may not have been enough to top last
week's Wolverine-beaters, Arizona and
Georgia Tech, but it certainly got them by
tiny St. Francis.
Five players scored in double figures
for Michigan, led by sophomore Maceo
Baston and freshman Louis Bullock, each
of whom tossed in a respectable if un-
spectacular 15 points. Sophomore guard
Travis Conlan had a career-high 12, hit-
ting 4-of-4 from behind the arc, along
with five assists and only one turnover.
"We were coming out tonight to prove
a point, that we're for real," Conlan said.
"Everybody on the team stepped up. We
knew they were going to pack it in and we
had to hit our open shots."
St. Francis was outrebounded, outshot
and overmatched by the Wolverines. The
only highlight for the Red Flash - other
than a couple casual dunks and Jason
Roberts' half-court buzzer-beater that
banged in off the glass - was finding
themselves tied at 21 with an out-of-sync
Michigan squad.
"We might have been a little anxious,"
Michigan coach Steve Fisher said, "But I
can live with that. If you play hard, you
can live with mistakes."
The Wolverines' tentative play didn't
last long. As a direct consequence, nei-
ther did any semblance of on-court parity.
With 6:33 left in the first half, a 21-21
score, and the Red Flash on a seven-point
run, Maurice Taylor took over for the
Wolverines. St. Francis' Walt DeVan
drove the lane looking to give the Flash
their first leadsince 6-4, but Taylor stepped
in and drew the charge.
On the next possession, the Wolverine
junior found himself triple-teamed on the
block, only to find Travis Conlan on the
perimeter for one of Conlan's four treys.
Taylor hit identical 16-footjumpers on
the next two Michigan possessions, and
the Wolverine lead was 28-21. Pretty
soon it was 38-27 and the half was over;
the Wolverines never looked back after
their 9-0 run.
Michigan's play in the second half was
its best thus far this season, but that was to
be expected against the heavily outmanned
Red Flash. The Wolverines defended sol-
idly after the break, nonetheless - they
blocked six shots, stole the ball six times,
and forced St. Francis into bad shots as
the shot clock ran down - and they
didn't waste any time putting the game
out of reach.
An Il-point Wolverine halftime lead
became a 55-34 scoreboard in less than
four minutes as the Wolverines canned
about everything they tossed up. Conlan
and Bullock hit 3-pointers; Taylor had a
dunk and then a bucket thrown in while
falling backwards under the hoop.
The Wolverines' defensive improve
ment over last week was in part due to the
caliber of their competition. Some of it.
though, came with Michigan's best sus-
tained effort this year. Mitchell, Taylor
and Traylor each had a pair of blocked
shots; Baston and Fife had one each.
"We had to be more aggressive defen-
sively in the post," Baston said. "We
played timidly in New York. This is a
good rebound for us.
Baston should know about good re-
bounds: He led all players with seven.
The Wolverines won that battle too, 34-
28, despite being outrebounded in the
tirst half.
Jerod Ward had 11 points and three
assists for Michigan. Ward's showing
was exponentially better than he played
last week in New York - although al-
most anything was after the sophomore's
0-for-12 shooting performance in the fi-
nal rounds of the Preseason NIT.
"It was nice to see Jerod relax and make
a couple baskets," Fisher said. "Hope-
fully that will help him."
St. Francis was led by Ron Wooster's
16 points, but25 turnovers and Michigan's;
balanced scoring made coach Tom
McConnell's team nothing but a Red
Flash in the pan.
"I give their young kids credit for step-
ping up and making shots and making
plays," McConnell said. "If they don't
make some of those and we get some
rebounds, we're in it at the end."
Notebook
ing good success
with good people is
going to provide
some opportunities
for our coaches."
Smith's coach-
ing responsibilities
have centered on
the frontcourt play-
ers. During. his
seven years he was
influential in the
progress of several top players, in-
ch ding Chris Webber and Juwan
Hovvard. A
Smith has served as director of both
the Steve Fisher Summer Basketball
Camp as well as the Jay Smith Sum-
mer Basketball School for boys and
girls.
For Smith, the decision to leave
Anh Arbor was a difficult one.
"-am very excited but I am sad to
leave Michigan," Smith said. "It is an
opportunity you have to take. It is
going to be very hard to leave this
place."
The Mio native was an outstanding
high school player himself. He scored
2,841 points, the most in Michigan
high school history.
A replacement has not yet be named.
FAMILIAR FACES: Michigan's next
two games will be against former Wol-
verine coaches. Tomorrow night
Michigan will travel to face Ball State,
coached by Ray McCallum.
McCallum, the Cardinals' all-time
leading scorer, was an assistant under
Steve Fisher for six months.
McCallum left for Ball State before
coaching the Wolverines in a game.
Saturday, Michigan will battle De-
troit and former assistant Perry
Watson.
See HOOPS, Page 8
B. DAMIAN CAP/ Daily
After a poor showing at the NIT last week, Michigan played better defense last night.
The Wolverines held St. Francis (Pa.) to 38.9 percent shooting and 52 total points on
the evening.
Cars feeings mixed on bowl bids
By Darren Everson
Daily Sports Editor
Though Lloyd Carr's wife was at
yesterday's Michigan football press
conference, the family member that had
the biggest impact on his comments
may have been his mom.
Mothers often tell their children that
if they don't have anything nice to say,
don't say anything at all. When asked
about the Outback Bowl situation, which
worked out in Penn State's favor, the
Michigan football coach took that ad-
vice ... sort of.
"I ought to be careful because I might
say something nasty," Carr said, "and I
don't want to do that.
"Penn State has been treated awfully,
awfully well since they came into this
conference. I think it was awful nice of
the schedule makers to give them four
consecutive games with Michigan when
they have an extra week to prepare.
They should be awfully happy, and
they should feel awfully welcome."
The Nittany Lions put that off week
to good use, as they beat the Wolver-
ines, 27-17, in State College Nov. 18.
At the time, the win appeared to give
Penn State the inside track to the all-of-
a-sudden coveted Outback Bowl, which
is a Jan. 1 game in Tampa, Fla.
But then the Wolverines went off and
did something they weren't supposed
to - they beat No. 2 Ohio State. The
Nittany Lions couldn't do that, and nei-
ther could any of the Buckeyes' other
10 opponents.
Because of the victory, Michigan
became a very attractive option to the
Outback. Still, the bid went to the
Nittany Lions.
"Don't get me wrong," Carr said.
"Penn State has tremendous tradition,
and I think Joe Paterno is a great foot-
ball coach. He stands for the right things,
in terms of the student-athlete and what
college football should be about."
So, Florida's not in Michigan's future,
but Carr and the Wolverines are enthused
about San Antonio and the Alamo Bowl,
which is where they're headed.
"We have a number of players from
Texas," Carr said. "They're really ex-
cited about going back to play in their
home state."
Among those native Texans are team
co-captain Jarrett Irons, who hails from
The Woodlands and defensive tackle Will
Carr, who's from Dallas. Also, flanker
Mercury Hayes is from Houston.
Hayes and the Wolverines will meet
the loser of Saturday's Texas-Texas
A&M game. Regardless of who that is,
the matchup will compare favorably
with all of the previous Alamo contests
- all two of 'em.
In those games, none of the partici-
pants were ranked higher than 21st. The
Wolverines are currently No. 14, while
the Longhorns (9-1-1) and Aggies (8-2)
are ninth and 16th, respectively.
See WOLVERINES, Page 8
Even though
Michigan dropped
then-No. 2 Ohio
State Saturday,
the Wolverines
are headed to the
Alamo Bowl
instead of the
Outback.
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