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… answered in analysing tonight's NCAA tournament first-round matchup between Michigan (19-11) and Navy (26-5) at Charlotte, N.C. (7 p.m., Channel 2). -Can Wolverine Gary Grant break his NCAA tournament jinx…

…, and that he has emerged as a capable leader of the Wolverines. "I look for Gary Grant to have a big game against Navy and I think Michigan needs that," said Heathcote. ON ROBINSON - Heathcote pointed…

… of the Michigan locker room listed one of the Wolverines main goals as receiving an NCAA bid. THE COACHING staff and the media gathered in the locker room Sunday night to watch the announcement of the…

…'ll probably be picked number one in the NBA draft. "What can I say? He's the best 4 Daily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY Wolverine coach Bill Frieder (left) will call on Loy Vaught to help shoot down Navy's aircraft…

… first nine games. The rest of the season, though, has been marked by streaks. THE WOLVERINES lost four of six around the holidays. Then, after a rousing comeback in a 85- 84 loss to Big Ten leader Indiana…

… right time, allowing the Wolverines to reel off three more wins. The season ended with three games against Top 20 competition: Iowa, Illinois, and Purdue. With an 18-9 record entering that stretch, the…

… Wolverines appeared bound for the NCAA tournament, iless they lost all three.j Iowa downed Michigan, 95-85, ' on a nationally-televised game at Iowa City. Despite trailing by large margins the entire game, the…

… Wolverines showed flashes of effective play, and did not embarrass themselves. They saved that indignity until the Illinois game, an 89-75 Illini victory that left handwriting on the wall: the letters N…

… Carolina. Wolverine lefty Dave Karasinski picked up his second win of the year, pitching five innings of seven-hit relief. It was the second time this season that Karasinski relieved freshman Jim Abbott, who…

… second, Michiga came right back with seven runs of it own. Thirteen Wolverines batted in the inning, with the key hit being an Eddie Woolwine two-run double with the bases loaded. Four runs in the fifth…

… and three in the seventh sandwiched in between by Carolina's five in the sixth put the score at 15-8 Michigan. Gust and Close combined for seven of the Wolverines 12 hits, and nine RBIs. Gust raised his…

… team leadin batting average to .632 with 12 hits in 19 at-bats. Michigan leads the Rollins Baseball Week Tournament in Winter Park, home of Rollins College, as the Wolverines are the only'teamwithout a…

… the Wolverines have an excellent chance to place. "If everybody (Craig Camp, Bob Boynton, Mike Shea and Diemer) runs what they're capable of running, we should place in the top three," said Diemer, who…

… but he certainly has the poten- tial." Keikkinen and Meyer are former Michigan track All-Americans. Harvey likens Diemer to another pair of Wolverine greats. "He'll follow in the footsteps of (Mike) Mc…

… their talents this weekend. Qualifying for the second year in a ow is the Wolverine mile relay team of Robert Grainger, Mike Shea, Andrew Bruce and Shelby Johnson as well as the distance medley runners…

… for the Wolverine thinclads include Vince Bean and Derek Harper, long jump, Don Chevillet, pole vaulter, and Johnson, 60- A yard high hurdles. WOLVERINE head coach Ja vey seemed content with the nu…

…SPORTS Page 8 Thursday, March 12, 1981 'M' FACES DUQUESNE IN NIT OPENER Wolverines set to 'Duke'it out The Michigan Daily Michigan 27-game statistics 0 By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE In case you're one of…

… Pittsburgh and play in the Eastern Eight conference. And third, they are a very good basketball team. "YEP, THEY'RE good," assessed Wolverine coach Bill Frieder. "They're the champs of their conference and…

… before, they did have two common foes in Detroit and Dayton. Detroit succum- bed to the Wolverines at Joe Louis Arena, 85-68, while Duquesne beat the Titans 72-70 in Pittsburgh. But while Michigan beat…

… Dayton 85-84, the Dukes suffered a triple-overtime loss to the Flyers, 109-100. According to Michigan's Sports In- formation Department, if the Wolverines win tonight they will host the winner of tonight…

… the second roudof the tournament against the winner of tonight's Michigan- Duquesne .game. The game is ten- tatively set for Michigan on Sunday if the Wolverines defeat the Dukes. Gem*gi 74s Oki…

… accepted his decision and stood by it like a man, without excuses. But the contrast between the Wolverines' situation this season and that of the Pistons must dishearten Hubbard. Monday night's win brought…

… to play like he did as a freshman and sophomore." There's no questioning the fact that Hubbard's departure was a tough blow for the Wolverines. But, in an indirect way, the Blue cagers started to…

… and thus automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships to be held in Corvallis, -Ore., March 13-15. Three other Wolverine wrestlers also earned a trip to Oregon. All-American senior Steve Fraser…

… the fourth position with 41.25 points, and Ohio State nosed out the Wolverines for fifth plce by getting 33 points while the Wolverines notched 31. The wrestlers finished the season at a 11-6-1 clip…

… could call him ... Wilbur. Wilbur the Wonderful Wolverine. Oh heavenly lucious peaches, that's COC it!Wilbur the Wonderful theg Wolverine! And he can wear a pretty baby-blue suit with a maize belly. And…

… birthday!" and he hugged me (lucky shamrocks, he hugged me!) and oh you can't imagine how wonderful it was to be hugged by warm and furry Wilbur the Wonderful Wolverine. ' My birthday is coming soon, Mr…

…Tourament basketball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson starting time is 7:07 p.m. SPORTS Men's swimming Wolverine Invitational Saturday, March 16 Matt Mann Pool .1 a:_L ___ n .a1 Iri ine ivucigan LDily…

… seventh overall in the 1500 meter run. Only six runners qualified for the final. Senior Dawn McGinnis was the only other Wolverine to qualify for the meet. She failed to reach the opening height of 5'10" in…

…. One other disappointment was senior David Meyer's preliminary 3000-meter run time of 8:31.3, which did not qualify him for the finals. Next Wednesday the Wolverines will be participating in the Domino…

… make sure I wasn't supposed to cover a Neil Diamond concert instead of the Michigan basketball game. Nope, Irwas right on time for the Wolverine cagers. "Song, sung blue..." Hold on a second. Is this…

… sluggishly in the first half. The reason: Ty Cool. Let the elder Tur- ner explain. "When I came out to shoot, the music sounded like we were playing our last game - ever," said the Wolverine co-captain, who…

…? And why? stadium, 66-60. The reason, you guessed it, Ty Cool and his gang had left the arena. Once the teen idol of the '80s had departed Crisler, the Wolverines seemed to snap into high gear. They…

… the last time that Wolverine seniors Isaac Person and Leo Brown don their Maize and Blue shorts to represent Michigan on the ba'sketball court. While both players would like to go out with a bang, it is…

… Wolverine guard possesses a great feel for the game, he cannot explain why his shooting touch has disappeared mysteriously at tournament time. "I can't think of any reasons, but it must be something because I…

… Wolverines' floor leader. "Grant has had a much better year this year in terms of consistency," Said Michigan State head coach Jud Heathcote. "He still has some lapses, ut this year they are only for three or…

… championships. Junior Mary Fischbach will be representing the Wolverines in the one and three- meter springboard. If the regular season is any indication of how it will do (15-0; 6-0, Big Ten Champions), then…

… the Wolverine diver. "In this past meet I missed a couple of dives and hit the board once-things just didn't work out that day. But in diving anyone can win a particular meet, so I'm not overly con…

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… and a poker contest in the Terrace Rooms. The final event, a champagne brunch in the Union, will begin at midnight. Films Wolverine Films - Up In Smoke, 7,8:40, & 10:20 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Alternative…