Page 12-The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 24, 1992 M' cagers return to Crisler Sophomore co-captain Webster leads Wisconsin by Albert Lin Daily Basketball Writer Tracy Webster is a co-captain of the Wisconsin men's basketball team. That may not sound so un- usual, except that Webster is a sophomore. And because he was a Proposition 48 casualty last year, he did not play a game prior to this sea- son. But as a result of of his skills on the court and as a leader, his teammates selected him, along with senior Billy Douglass, to captain the squad. The 5-foot-11 guard from the Chicago suburb of Harvey has certainly delivered, topping the team in minutes played while starting every game. He leads the Badgers in scoring with 17.2 points per game, good for fifth in the Big Ten. He also ranks among conference leaders in assists - with over five a game - and steals. "Tracy is just doing a great job for us," Badger coach Steve Yoder said. "I can't express to you, or I think to anybody else, how fortu- nate I think we are to have him in our program and have him playing the way he is, without having played last year." Webster is perhaps the best case for proponents of the no practice part of Prop 48. The current guide- lines say that a player who has not met Prop 48 academic requirements cannot practice with the team and loses one year of eligibility. Some feel that athletes should be able to workout with their team and the loss of one year of eligibility is enough penalty; while others argue that an athlete in this case should have to spend the entire first year being solely a student. Webster obviously has proven that sitting out a year is not neces- sarily as bad as it may seem. "He's doing a lot of things for us," Yoder said. "Obviously, he's a great ballhandler and he runs our offense. He's going to develop into a fine perimeter shooter. He pene- trates, he can give the ball up, and I think he's learning defensively with each game, so we just hope that he continues to improve." As Yoder said, Webster's biggest weakness has been his shooting. Even though he shoots 45 percent, he still is a dangerous three- point threat. He is knocking down treys at a 47 percent clip, including 5-11, Jan. 11 against Indiana. Wisconsin (1-3 in the Big Ten, 10-7 overall) comes to Ann Arbor tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the middle of a three-game losing streak. The Badgers opened the Big Ten schedule with a 69-67 victory over Northwestern, but have since lost to Indiana, Minnesota and Illinois. Unlike the -e Wolverines, who have played four of their five con- ference games away from Cri- sler, Wisconsin began the year with three con- secutive home Webster games. Now the Badgers are in the midst of a four of five stretch on the road. Wisconsin should have a tough time matching up inside with Michigan (2-3, 10-4). Last year's Big Ten rebounding leader, Patrick Tompkins, graduated, and the top re- turning rebounder is 6-foot-7 junior Louis Ely, Webster's high school teammate. Ely averaged a scant 1.8 boards per game last season. "Rebounding has been a problem for us, and we want to do a better job in that area," Yoder said. "We now have some guys who can get off the floor, so we should be able to get more second and third chances than we have in the past." Carlton McGee, a 6-foot-seven forward paces the Badgers with five rebounds a game. He is also the Tracy is just doing a great job for us.' - Steve Yoder Wisconsin coach team's second-leading scorer with 11.8 points per contest. Another Chicago-area product, Maywood Proviso East's Michael Finley, a 6- foot-6 frosh leaper and shooter, is Wisconsin's No. 3 point producer at 10.7 per game. "We're going home," Wolverine frosh Chris Webber said. "We've just got to regroup and play like the Michigan team that did on Dec. 14 (against Duke). "Good teams have to rise, and win when your backs are against the wall. You don't let up." Chris Webber stuffs one down last week against Purdue. Ai Women gymnasts to face Buckeyes Interfrater nity Council Winter Rush 1992 Sunday, January 26 12:00pm - 6-00pm Monday, January 27- Thursday, January 30 by Andy Stabile Daily Sports Writer How bad are the injury problems for the Michigan women's gymnas- tics team? Bad. Injuries are expected to keep seven of the team's 15 gymnasts out of action tomorrow when the team travels to Columbus to face Ohio State (0-0). With the dynamics of a gymnastics meet, substitutes are a luxury coach Bev Fry will not have. "We might only have five people perform on the vault Saturday," Fry said. Normally, six gymnasts compete on each apparatus, and the top five scores are counted toward the team total. If only five compete, there is no room for error. Last weekend, Michigan (2-0) took its injury-riddled squad to Pittsburgh, where it was victorious in the Pitt Blue-Gold Classic. However, last season's Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Wendy Wilkinson, injured her knee, which will require surgery. But Fry says, an analysis of Michigan's young season would not highlight the injuries, but the teamwork to overcome them. "Don't count us out of any- thing," Fry said. "The kids are ready. They are mentally and physically tougher than I have ever seen them in the last two years that I have been here." Fry feels this mental and physical toughness is enough to produce suc- cessful results. With all the injuries, the outlook for tomorrow's meet with the Buckeyes, and the rest of the season, remains positive. "Obviously we want to go in and Men tumblers by Mike Hill "It should be great. I'm really looking forward to it," Michigan men's gymnastics coach Bob Darden commented. You'd think anyone this excited about a seven hour bus trip should seek psychiatric help, but actually, the men's gymnastics team isn't used to the kind of comforts a bus offers. The Wolverines usually travel in vans driven by the coaches. "Taking a bus will give me a chance to talk to the guys and maybe show some films," Darden said. "It'll definitely be a lot more relaxing." The team will leave today after classes in search of its first victory of the young season. The long trip will take the gymnasts to Champaign, where tomorrow night they will face two of the Big Ten's tougher teams - Michigan State get a win," Fry said. "We'll go in and have each individual on the team just perform to the best of their in- dividual ability. If they can go out there and do that, and if they are sat- isfied with their own performance, everything else will fall into place. We can still break a school record with the kids that we have." roll to Illinois and Illinois. Both the Spartans and the Illini participated in the Windy City Invitational last weekend with Michigan. And both teams placed above the Wolverines with impres- sive scores of 271.95 and 272.4, re- spectively. Michigan finished in eighth place with a paltry 261.65. "Those teams are about where we should be right now," Darden said. "We hope to score somewhere in the mid-270s." The Wolverines have been work- ing on balancing their focus in prac- tice. "We've been trying to stress the mental part of our routines along with getting our reps in," Darden remarked . Darden expects his troupe to re- bound from its slow start, "It should be a really competitive meet." Ii" 7:00pm - 10:00pm The members of the Interfraternity Council cordially invite you to visit any of the 38 fine fraternity chapters on this campus, to see first-hand how joining a frater- nity at Michigan can change your life. 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