Page 12-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 2, 1988 It's time to change, M' to rearrange By SCOTT SHAFFER Bill Frieder has made up his mind. It's time for a change. Michigan's head coach will place a wake-up call to his team in the form of major lineup changes against Northwestern (7-17, 2-12 in' the Big Ten) tonight in Crisler Arena at 8 p.m. He is hoping the tenth-ranked Wolverines will arouse from their recent slumber in time for the NCAA playoffs, which are just four games away. "We're going to change the lineup. I don't know yet what my lineup's going to be but it won't just be Loy Vaught coming back for Mark Hughes. It's going to be something different because we need to get our bench involved and prac- ticing harder," said Frieder. BUT THE seventh-year head coach is expecting more than intense practices to come from his shake up. "Personally, I'm a little disappointed in my team. We've been playing good basketball but we haven't nec- essarily been playing great basket- ball. I'd give them a B+, but B+ isn't good enough to win the NCAA". B+ also wasn't good enough to beat Iowa last Saturday, although it was sufficient for a lackluster victory over Michigan State last week. Those two performances plus a relatively weak foe like Northwest- ern equal a perfect opportunity to give rarely-seen reserves some qual- ity minutes. Frieder has said he won't make up his mind on the changes until Wednesday evening. One move that would meet with fan approval would be starting Steve Stoyko. With only one more home game remaining after tonight, the senior forward's first home start ap- pears to be a now-or-never proposi- tion. HOWEVER, Frieder remained non-committal. "Stoyko's a possi- bility, but I wouldn't do it just cause he's a senior. I'd do it cause he was out there earning it". Whoever winds up starting for "Personally, I'm a little disappointed in my team. I'd give them a B+, but B+ isn't good enough to win the NCAA." -Bill Frieder Michigan will have to watch out for Northwestern's Shon Morris. An Academic All-American, the 6-9 se- nior leads the Wildcats with 14.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game despite being routinely double- teamed. "We won't specifically double- team Shon, but we have to be aware of where he is and give whoever's guarding him some help," said Frieder. WILDCAT COACH Bill Foster thinks that his team may benefit from the Wolverines concen- trating too much on the upcoming NCAA tournament, now little more than two weeks away. "I hope they overlook us. I think everybody's going to be playing to end up as high on the ladder as they possibly can," said Foster. "But at the same time you have to prepare for the post season tournament by getting down your substitution pat- terns and your strongest defense." But Frieder discounts the possi- bilty of his team taking the Wildcats too lightly. "We take a lot of pride in beating the second division clubs. We've done that on a regular basis and if we win tonight, it will give us an 8-0 record over the bottom four clubs this year," he said. Northwestern's lineup will be sporting a new look as well. Bo Cucuz will be added to the starting five, and Foster will use his reserves more freely than usual. "We're going to have to substitute more. We run out of gas and our bench has been depleted but we're going to have to use them. We need to get Morris more rest in the first and second halfs," Foster said. If both coaches play musical chairs with their benches as promised, tonight's contest should be intriguing. Frieder summed up his restless mood best when he said, "Everytime someone doesn't get a rebound that they should've gotten, '11 change the lineup". 11 Forwards Steve Stoyko and J.P. Oosterbaan as well as Kirk Taylor will see more playing time and may even start tonight against Northwestern. Substitutions VanDe Wege reserves right to change line ups more Qften 4 "'V full court S. AP TOP TWENTY Record Pts. 1. Temple 25-1 1234 2. Purdue 24-2 1185 3. Arizona 26-2 1126 4. Oklahoma 26-2 1114 5. UNLV 25-3 908 6. N.Carolina 21-4 890 7. Pittsburgh 20-4 802 8. Kentucky 20-5 786 9. Duke 20-5 679 10. MICHIGAN 22-5 668 11. Iowa 20-7 581 12. Syracuse 21-7 572 13. Ga. Tech 21-6 442 14. Bradley 22-4 434 15. BYU 23-3 425 16. N.C. St. 20-6 394 17. Wyoming 22-5 314 18. Loyola, Ca 24-3 250 19. Vanderbilt 18-7 171 20. Xavier,Oh. 22-3 45 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: SMU 38; Florida 30; Indiana 30; Kansas Stat 26; Seton Hall 24; Louisville 23; Georgetow 22; Kansas 17; Missouri 17; DePaul 10; Ark. Little Rock 9; UTEP 6; Rhode Island 5 Auburn 4; Arkansas 3; North Carolina A&T 3; Virginia Tech 3; Boise State 2; Illinois 2; Marshall 2; North Carolina-Charlotte 2; Cal- Santa Barbara 1. BIG TEN STANDINGS W.Wanwib Purdue MICHIGAN Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin Minnesota Northwestern Conference W L Pct. 13 1 .929 11 3 .786 10 4 .714 8 6 .571 8 6 .571 7 7 .500 4 10 .286 4 10 .286 3 11 .214 2 12 .143 Overall W L 24 2 22 5 20 7 18 9 16 8 14 10 9 15 10 14 9 15 7 17 GET IT! The Personal Column MICHIGAN DAILY CLASSIFIED ADS MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF POLITIC AL SCIENCE A University of Michigan Student Journal of Political Studies call for more information: 763-1691 or 764-7829 By MICHAEL SALINSKY "Now entering the game for Michigan..." These are the words that every player on the floor fears and every player on the bench hopes for. These are the words that mean a substitu- tion is about to be made. The words are said by the public address announcer but the decision to say them is made by the coach. In Michigan women's basketball, the decision falls on the shoulders of head coach Bud VanDeWege. Some of VanDeWege's decisions this sea- son on this matter have been ques- tionable. SUNDAY, in the Wolverines' 70-63 loss to Northwestern, Van- DeWege removed the team's leading scorer for the half, Tempie Brown, after Brown committed her second foul only six minutes into the game. With eight minutes left in the half, Carol Szczechowski drew her second foul and found herself on the bench. Tanya Powell, the team's leading rebounder, suffered the same fate with 3:31 remaining. VanDeWege, in choosing not to reinsert Brown, Powell, o r Szczechowski, benched three of Michigan's best players. Northwest- ern's lead at the time of the last substitution was four. By the end of the half, Michigan trailed by 1 . It's easy to second-guess a coach, but a very serious question must be why Michigan's bench dropped 11 points so quickly. Here again, one might question VanDeWege's use of substitutions - but in a broader and more important sense. Has Van- DeWege's use (or misuse) of his bench contributed to the team's problems? "The deeper you can go, the better you are," says VanDeWege. DESPITE this sentiment, Van- DeWege's squad is essentially a team of seven. Before this past weekend - after 22 games - the four players with the fewest minutes (Sarah Bas- ford, Mary Rosowski, Jill VanStee and Barb Loeher) were averaging 16 minutes combined each contest. Considering Abortion? Free Pregnancy Test Completely Confidential Pregnancy Counseling Center 529 N. Hewitt, Ypsilanti Call: 434-3088 (any time) Earlier this season, with only 11 games transpired, the foursome had been averaging 22 minutes com- bined. Instead of getting more play- ing time as the season has pro- gressed, the opposite has happened. The lack of playing time is even more dramatic when you consider that four Michigan players are aver- aging over three personal fouls per game. What little playing time the end of the bench has received is often due to necessity, because of starters in foul trouble. Such was the case Sunday afternoon against Northwestern when Basford and Rosowski were called on to protect three players in foul trouble. "They (substitutions) are a hard thing," says VanDeWege, "I do what seems right at the time." But there are definitely reasons why the coach should consider making more and better use of all his players. 1. The Fatigue Factor - Even if you drop a few points, a well-timed substitution can cut down on fatigue late in the game and season. "I don't go into the game with substitution plans," says Van- DeWege. In something as important as substitutions, some kind of pre- conceived plan may have some merit. 2. Future Considerations - Loe- her,-Rosowski and VanS tee all have at least two years of eligibility re- maining. There is no substitute for game experience and limited playing, time does not give players a true chance to show their skills. "I'm playing this season right to the end," says VanDeWege. "I'll think of next season as soon as this one's over." The fact is, though, that a basketball program is just that - a program. One recruit years in ad- vance in order to prepare for the fu- ture. 3. No Slouches - OK, Loeher is ad walk-on but Basford and Rosowski were both all-staters and led Our Lady of Mercy high school to the Class A State Championship, and VanStee earned an honorable men- tion all-state selection. ROSOWSKI HAS been plagued by injuries since day one at Michigan and has never really gotten a chance to show her talent. This past Friday against Wisconsin, she got to play 22 minutes and re- sponded with 12 points and seven rebounds. "Mary's a different player now then she was a few weeks ago," said VanDeWege. Maybe some more game experience would have accom- plished this change for Rosowski and the others sooner. Keeping players on the bench is a vicious cycle as VanDeWege ac- knowledges. The talent that could get a player into the lineup is hard to show if she doesn't get into the lineup. "I know how it is," says Van- DeWege. "As a player, I was a starter and the last person on the bench." VanDeWege at least got a chance. He owes his players and his team the same. CALL FOR PAPERS The Editors accept papers from all disciplines: theory, sociology, methodology, psychology, American politics, political economy, international relations, and more... All submitted works must be double-spaced typed, preferably on an Apple Macintosh disk, and between 10-50 pages long. Send or deliver all submissions to: MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 6619 HAVEN HALL ANN ARBOR, MI 48109-1045 "They (substitutions) are a hard thing. I do what seems right at the time." -Bud VanDeWege ON f - , , f> r - 5 ,. 5 !. , ,, , t -0 I I 11 i f M& ;vv"V, ,,w O' With the lack of actual playing time they have received, it's no wonder their skills were a little rusty. THE QUESTION has added significance if you believe Van- DeWege's appraisal of the team after the loss to Northwestern. "I think fatigue set in a little bit," said the coach. With Michigan depending so heavily on its starters, it's no sur- prise that the team should get tired, both late in the game and now, late in the season. The team has dropped five of its last six games. THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION NATIONAAf RK R, CRFSTC -40 PASS IT AROUND! '~.1 'IF .4 I