January 08, 1974 (vol. 84, iss. 81) • Page Image 7
…'S WRESTLERS surprised no one with their strong performances during semester break. The Wolverines placed second at the Midlands Invitational last month behind powerful Oklahoma State, and were deprived of the…
…, with a 36-5 mauling of Ohio State. Wolverine pins were tallied by a recuperated Brown, unorthodox 177- pounder Rob Huizenga, and Ernst, who had to overcome a recurrence of his ankle injury to crush…
… Wolverines faced Southern Illinois in a non-conference meet. The Wolverines won handily-perhaps, as swimmer Stu Issac kidded, "because the Salukis had just returned from Hawaii and didn't seem to be in much…
… Ohio State squad. The Wolverines defeated the Buckeyes by a score of 157.95 to 152. Michigan opens its home season this weekend Jan. 11-12 with the annual Big Ten Invitational. (For full details see…
… Wolverines won the ball game de- spite a seemingly hopeless 15-point halftime deficit, some serious foul trouble, and . a trio of referees whose black-and-white jerseys con- stantly displayed a yellow streak…
… the likes of Hoosieri Coach Bobby Knight and "The Wizard of Westwood" him3elf, lJohnny Wooden. The Wolverines' 1973-74 campaign was once written off as a mediocrej afterthought. Now, talk of a Big Ten…
… baskebtball. What the Wolverines do is give 40 min- utes of basketball, 40 minutes of, hustling, clawing scrappy basket- ball. Orr was asked after the game Saturday if he thought this year's team was more…
… aggressive than his 1972-73 cage model. "You've got to be kidding," laughed Michigan's hardcourt director. "We're 250 thousand percent more aggressive this year!" And aggressive the Wolverines were against…
…, while center C.J. Kupec gen- erally stood around as freshman guard Steve Grote coughed up the ball an incredible eight times. But post-intermission play wrote another story for the Wolverines. "We just…
… entangle with Bill Musselman's Golden Gophers. And as Orr says, "That won't be any prize." The Wolverines did capture one prize as the AP decided to award an 18th ranking to Orr's charges. It's still early…