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Who’s the best in the Midwest? “Take a look at Illinois,” suggests Frieder. Counters Henson, “A lot of peo ple will rank Michigan No. 1 in the country. I would." Perish the thought. “You’re not going to get me to talk about the ratings, said Frieder, not to be outdone. “T hey’re nice for the fans and all that, but I’m not going to get caught up in it. “The nice thing about our sport is that it’s all decided in March (in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four) and then there’s no doubt who's No. 1.” l lie Wolverines — Big Ten cham pions and No. 2-rankeo by season’s end, winners of 26 games against four losses and of 17 straight victo ries before being derailed by even tual NCAA champion Villanova in the tourney — return all five start ers. There’s no weakness to be found in a lineup that boasts 6-foot-11 se nior Roy laiplev, the Big fen’s Most Valuable Player, in the middle, Hanked by a pair of guards, Gary Grant and Antoine joubei t, who are the envy of every coach. Except perhaps Henson and the Fighting Illini. They retain four starters from a 26-9 team, including the backcourt duo of Doug Altehberger and Bruce Douglas that some would argue is the best tandem in the conference and maybe in the nation. But the Big Ten coaching frater nity is being a little more careful this year about those kinds of projec tions. Last season, Illinois was No. 2 in preseason polls, Indiana No. 4 and the conference sent a league-record six teams into the NCAAs. But only the Illini. traveled a significant dis tance down tourney lane, reaching the NCAA East Regional semifinals before getting sidetracked by Georgia Tech. If either Illinois or Michigan fal ter in the league, look for Iowa or Indiana to step forward. The Hawkeyes, 21-11 last season, replace departed twin towers Greg Stokes and Michael Payne with 7-0 redsnirt Brad Lohaus. But Iowa Coach George Raveling will have to solve the Flawkeyes’ baffling late- season slides to go anywhere and In diana will need bright performances from junior college transfer Andre 4 College Basketball Preview Harris and freshman Ricky Calloway to fulfill the dark-horse role. After years as the Midwest’s—and the nation’s — premier indepen dent, DePaul may again be playing second fiddle to Notre Dame. Sophomore point guard David Rivers controlled the flow for the Ir ish last year and one season under his belt should help him curb his oc casional excesses. He’ll need to. Notre Dame could be better than last year, when the Irish were 21-9, but have less to show for it with a sched ule that includes North Carolina, Duke, Louisiana State, Indiana and DePaul home-and-home. Those two contests will give Coach Joey Meyer’s enigmatic DePaul team some say in the matter. Better adjusted to their young coach, stronger with 6-9 forward Dallas Comegys having discovered the weight room, and their outside shooting game bolstered by the addi tion of slick ballhandling freshman Rodney Strickland, the Blue De mons could surprise the Irish and everybody else. “I hope I’ll be a better coach this year,” said Meyer, who succeeded his legendary father, Ray, in the job last season. “I hope to God Tm a bet ter coach every year.” Mid-American Conference coaches will be seeing stars all season long, and the league could get in creased national attention with the likes of Ron Harper, Dan Palombizio and Kenny Battle. Miami of Ohio’s 6-6 Harper will have the best supporting cast, hut Ball State’s Palombizio has the best numbers — he is the nation’s leading returning scorer at 26.3 points per game and No. 2 rebounder at 11. Northern Illinois’ Kenny Battle, meanwhile, may have the best fu ture. Battle was the nation’s highest- scoring freshman at a 20.1 clip. Toledo Coach Bob Nichols needs just two victories to become the MAC’s winningest coach ever, but he could be struggling to keep alive a string of 26 winning seasons. Carl “Go Go” Colston, the 5-9 hal lhandling whiz who ran Loyola of Chicago to the Midwestern Colle giate Conference and into the NCAA tournament, will need con siderable help from 6-9 Andre Moore at center to repeat the con ference championship. Moore led the league in rebounds and blocked shots, but will have to add points to cover the departure of No. 5 all-time NCAA scorer Alfre- drick Hughes and Andre Battle to the pro ranks. Xavier, which returns everyone from a 16-13 dub, will probably be around to pick up the pieces if Loyola comes up short. New Coach Pete Gillen has MCC Newcomer of the Year in guard Byron Larkin and an all-senior front line to ease the transition. Illinois-Chicago will debut Divi sion I s first working female assistant coach in Pat Denning, who has game and practice responsibilities, unlike Georgetown’s Mary Fenton. But even a woman’s touch probably won’t stop Cleveland State from re peating as titlist in the Association of Mid-Continent Universities. The Vikings show 10 returning players, but could end up showcas ing for the rest of the nation the tal ents of freshman Ken “Mouse” Mc- Fadden. Coach Kevin Mackey found the 6-1 McFadden playing AAU ball rather than competing for his high school because he spent after-school hours babysitting for his large fam ily. A rough diamond, he already is being compared with Dwayne “Pearl” Washington, another New York City ballhawker on everybody’s preseason All-America list. NCAA to hear Baylor cage case Associated Press DALLAS — Officials of Baylor University, where NCAA extra-ben efit rules were allegedly violated in the basketball program, will appear before the NCAA Committee on In fractions later this week, the Dallas Morning News reported Wednes day. “The NCAA will he meeting in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend, and I expect to be going to Kansas City very shortly,” said Baylor President Dr . Herbert H. Reynolds. The six-member Committee on Infractions, which determines viola tions and assesses penalties in Na tional Collegiate Athletic Association cases, was scheduled to meet in pri vate Friday through Sunday. The university’s basketball pro gram could be banned from tele vision appearances and post-season play and face other penalties follow ing allegations it violated NCAA ex tra-benefit rules, officials said. Baylor was investigated from last spring until Oct. 11 for alleged viola tions of the NCAA’s extra-benefits rules. The allegations involved pay ment of money and gifts of airplafie tickets to players. “We are following the rules of the NCAA,” Bill Menefee, Baylor ath letic director, said. “We are not going to make any comment on the day-to-day business of the investiga tion.” The NCAA inquiry stemmed from Baylor’s own investigation of its basketball program. Team play ers’ disclosure of possible violations led to the resignation Feb. 22 of BU Coach Jim Haller. NCAA officials said the coach al legedly provided several players free, round-trip airplane tickets home last Christmas. And former player John Wheeler of. Dallas claimed he was given a check for $ 172 for a car payment by Haller. 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