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… was we had a hard time getting going," said Wolverine swim coach G u s Stager about Michigan's third place finish in the Big Ten championships which were held March 4-6. "We had only one good day of…

… swimming-the last day," he added.J Before the meet, which was held in Champaign, Illinois, there was an outside chance of a Wolverine upset over Indiana. After the first day, however, it was obvious that…

… Michigan was demoted to battling for second place. THE WOLVERINES lost outj there too. Wisconsin edged out the local swimmers by a 479-450 margin. Indiana, winner for the 16th consecutive year, was in a…

… -132, Iowa-87, and Minnesota -52. Another factor in Michigan's third place finish was the times of the Wolverine NCAA quali- fiers. "I thought since we got to go to the nationals with fiveI or six…

… said. good time drop. He swam two The Wolverines needed strong exceptionally good races." performances on the final day Luce was a good example of to pull ahead of Wisconsin. They how keyed up the…

…Thursday, March 17, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven , '- w W ' iy ~, r ,y ORR, VIT ALE TRADE BARBS Wolverines face By HENRY ENGLEHARDT Special to the Daily LEXINGTON - . . .Springtime for…

… Wolverine Phil Hubbard and Detroit's Terry Tyler. "Tyler's a great jumper, a power player," described Vitale. The 6-7 junior overages 17.4 points and 11.4 rebounds a game. He scored 29 against Middle…

…," said Vitale. The Wolverines will probably see 1-3-1 and 2-3 zones. "They don't play anything we haven't seen," blew Michigan's assistant coach Bill Freider. strugge "Both Purdue and Minnesota zoned us…

… their last four regu- lar season games. THE TITAN'S ARE finally getting to play; "the goliaths of Ann Arbor," as Vitale refers to the Wolverines, and they'll be fired 'up higher than Stroh's beer. But the…

… Wolverines promise to be ready. They. know that the loser leaves Rupp Arena after the game in his street shoes, not to return. * * * Dave Baxter, Michigan's fabled 'third guard' was injured Wednesday when he…

… blanked the Wolverines 4-0 in the first half of the total goal series. Baretta also h'ad the only shutout in the WCHA regular season this year. He blanked Michigan State 8-0 at East Lansing. Last night he…

… turned back 31 Wolverine shots - snapping their 12-game winning streak. This was the third time Michigan has been shut out under coach Dan Farrell. MICHIGAN lost 6-0 to Michigan Tech in the 1974-75 season…

… WLN EWADK Page 12-Friday, March 17, 1978-The Michigan Daily Debol: Wolverine. All-American yesterday, Stinger rookie tonight , 8TAjY, STA RY NI HT Stanley Kubrich 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY AT -9M-1…

… quite nervous about his pro debut. "I planned to come to town tomorrow, but my agent called me last night and said to get ready. I couldn't sleep last night,''said Debol. DEBOL, WHO JOINED the Wolverines…

… as a freshman walk-on, }von national acclaim last year when he finished second in the nation in scoring with 99 points and led the Wolverines into the NCAA finals. He was called by many going into this…

…, Destiny teased the Wolverines, ranking them Numero 1Jno in the land and blessing them with a 9-3 record after the first few weeks. But, while at the peak of their game, Destiny kicked the dirt out from…

… under the Wolverine skates, causing a landslide and sending Michigan tumbling steadily downhill, like so many Jacks and Jills. For the remainder of the season the Wolverines went 3-17, and even though…

… their play improved measurably in the last four weeks, they had lost too much ground in the WCHA race. Even when they were playing well, the Wolverines just couldn't get the puck in the net. It seemedlike…

… fan who rationally considered the matter thought that the Wolverines were going to march through the basketball tough Big Ten gauntlet like Sherman marched through the South, basketball expectations…

… around here were definitely sunnyside up. But the 6-8 conference log the Wolverines brought home were not the sort of waves everyone expected the squad to make. The collapse of the highly touted Maize and…

… turnovers, poor play selection, and the lack of team de- fense in the second half of the season marked the Wolverine demise. Surfacely it was the inabjilty to play as a coordinated unit that marred the season…

… correct that the Wolverines lacked a floor leader a la Danny Fife. Joe Johnson and Wayman Britt, al- though showing flashes of brilliance, lacked the experience to direct the high power offense. The shots…

… second half statistics bear this out. In the last 11 games, in which the Wolverines could manage but a 3-8 mark, they allowed the opposition a 83.5 points per game, as compared with a 72.3 average in their…

… to one before finally succumbing. Maybe they tried too hard. Even harder to evaluate is the effect the pressure the fans and press exerted on the Wolverines. To believe that fans are not front runners…

… our running game established." Marquette went to work on Mich- igan after the kWolverines had jumped to a 3-0 lead, by hitting the Blue with a- full court press. Before the Wolverines could figure out…

… what was going on, the War- riors had stolen the ball four times and were leading 10-3. But Steve Grote led the Wolverines back to a 31-29 lead. DURING THIS surge, McGuire spent most of his time off the…

… advantage as Homan made his shots, Russell missed his and Marquette won the ensuing tip, sparking a surge that cut the Wolverine lead to 39-37 at the half. The second half saw the Mich- * igan lead vary…

… hoping for the best," and for the the uck s son a pssibe." Wolverines to end up on top. Most of this past season Gams- by was teamed with Brian Slack, and Bernie Gagnon or Mickey REPORTS LATE: Shaw on his…

… came out As hlcneac s andc hardn.- a Major league ball players report late because of salary holdouts. Fife, newly named Wolverine basketball captain, could not even think about baseball until the end…

… Wolverine Gary sudcumbed, 9-5.i 'nsc a t dcwn at heveight "Ernst didn't do what he had tol Eranss ma tc hat heavyeigh do," gloated Oklahoma coach Stan against Jim Woods of Western Illi- ,d, lae kaoacahSa nois…