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… was 100 points and a win over the Yugoslavian national team begin the Wolverines' basketball season. It was a good beginning, to put it mildly, for freshman Gary Grant, and a positive new beginning for…

… eventually we're gonna face much better teams," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder after last night's 100-87 entrance examination. Topping the Wolverine honor role was Roy Tarpley, whose 22 points led Michigan…

… and whose 19 rebounds were a multi-national best. Grant's 17 points gave him the Wolverines' second highest grade, but it was his defense of Yugoslavia's star guard Drazen Petrovic for his first Crisler…

… left him on him (Petrovic)." Grant's defense was also one of the keys to the Wolverine offense. Each of his game-high three steals led to Michigan points, the most notable of which was a ferocious…

… reverse dunk by forward Rich Rellford late in the second half. A few minutes before that dunk, the Wolverines were struggling. Michigan's 51-35 halftime lead had been cut to seven, 73-66 with nine minutes…

…, "not just that we won 9-0, but with the way we competed." EISNER SAID HE had been concer- ned about his team's emotional level during the Texas trip but that playing at home helped raise the Wolverines…

… shortage of emotion in the number-four singlesbmatch either. Wolverine Rodd Schreiber beat Phil Harrington in a hotly-contested, hard- hitting match between two power players. Schreiber and Harrington ex…

…'s tennis, the pressure will be on both teams. The Wolverines are 2-6 and need a win to get their seven-match road trip started on a winning note. Eastern, 4-0 after a rain-soaked Florida trip, will feel…

…," Mactaggart said. "She's a good player." Horton is 3-1 this year and Mactaggart is 8-5. At No. 2 singles, the Wolverines' Paula Reichert (5-8) will meet un- defeated junior, Stacy Lightvoet, sister of former…

… Wolverine, Stephanie Light- voet. Tomorrow's match against Calvin College has been cancelled and is being rescheduled. -PHIL NUSSEL IT'S THE CHOICE OF THE COACHES .f, JERRY ERICKSON'S Personal & Distinctive…

… considered, probably the best 35 teams in the nation reach the NCAA. Even the most ardent Wolverine fan would have to agree that Michigan does not lie safely within that margin. But it was a good season for…

… Michigan, nonetheless. The Wolverines defeated every team in the Big Ten ex- cept Purdue, losing in overtime to the Boilermakers at Ann Arbor and in the final seconds at West Lafayette. They were 4-5 against…

…- conference schedule, 'but there were also victories over good teams like Georgia, Dayton and Toledo. BUT THERE were dark moments, too. At times it looked like the young Wolverines would not mature fast enough…

… to even make the NIT, much less the NCAA tourney. But when the Wolverines were not hitting on all cylinders, junior guard Eric Turner and sophomore center Roy Tarpley gave them the spark they needed…

… game, leading the team in scoring in every battle. Even though the Wolverines won just two of those five games, the knowledge that their two-time leading scorer was back on track gave Wolverine fans…

…-and-12 humility as the Washington Huskies dominated situation and threw a perfect strike over the the Wolverines, 20-11. middle' into the waiting arms of inside Last Saturday, Michigan manhandled super…

… day, the Huskies played that spoiler role. The Jacque Robinson led the drive to the endzone, Wolverines coughed up the pigskin five times in churning up 17 yards on four consecutive the afternoon…

… were a different structure (less automatic bids). " Rellford scored 10 of the Wolverines' first 18 points to give Frieder's club a 10-point lead with 11:46 remaining in the first half. From that point on…

… it was the Tarpley show as the center from Detroit Cooley went into the locker room with an astounding 23 points. The Wolverines shot 60 percent in the first half and built a 49-28 lead. ON DEFENSE…

… psyched Shocker treatment 1-70 up," said Dan Pelekoudas. "We got th people who really wanted to be here." THE WOLVERINE victory means that Michigan will host a second-round contest Monday night at 8:00 p…

….m. The opponent will be the Marquette Warriors who beat Johnny Orr's Iowa State club, 73-53, last night at Ames. Tickets go on sale this morning. The Wolverines will be looking for their 20th win of the…

… ....................... 49 45 94 Wichita State .......................... 28 42 70 Te m cudown Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Antoine Joubert throws up one of several Michigan shots during last night's 94-70 Wolverine victory, as…

…. converted anc The visiting Shockers tried to press the bigger Wolverines TARPLEY but failed from the outset as Michigan scored the first 10 the occasion. points of the game and was never threatened. The lead…

… leaders to was the best I've ever played," said the 6-10 ad a great first half, the last 15 minutes he was nal," said Wolverine coach Bill Frieder, now 3-1 "He had a lot of easy baskets in there, but he d…

… Wichita State coach Gene Smithson was by the Wolverines' strength.. ey're probably more physical than any team this year," said Smithson whose team has played Se BLUE, Page 10 By KAREN TENSA University…

… takes a closer look at the highlights and disappointments of the Wolverines' season, and previews both the NCAA and NIT match- ups. Cover photo by Brian Masck, courtesy of a Maize- 'n Blue Magazine. "NCAA…

…: Kentucky, N. Carolina NCAA CHAMPION: Georgetown NCAA CHAMPION: Kentucky NIT CHAMPION: New Mexico NIT CHAMPION: New Mexico The Wolverines in the NIT 1984 NCAA Basketball Championship Playoffs First Round…

…C 0 Cagers And it was Tarpley who led the charge when things looked bleakest. The Big Ten season was two-thirds over and Michigan's tournament outlook did not look rosey. The Wolverines had just lost…

… budding star put on a one-man decimation act. Tarpley finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Wolverines went on to win, 62-59. The loss effectively knocked Ohio State out of the NCAA and into the…

…. Dayton, which finished with a record identical to Michigan's-18-10-and lost to the Wolverines by 22 points this year, got a bid. Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia,. Villanova and St. John's all got bids…

…. FRANCAVILLA Un-Garde-d moment Michigan guard Garde Thompson drives to the hoop past Sonan Radovic of the Yugoslavian national team. The Wolverines coasted to a 100-87 exhibition victory last night. See story on…