'A Scoreboard NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Philadelphia 127, BOSTON 125 No. 1 KANSAS 89, Texas A&M 60 SACRAMENTO 97, Detroit 92 No. 3 KENTUCKY 58, Vanderbilt 46 No. 14 IOWA ST. 54, Kansas St. 48 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE FLORIDA ST, 84, No. 19 UNC 71 DETROIT 2, Philadelphia 2 No. 23 TEXAS 76, Oklahoma 66 HARTFORD 2, Florida 1 Home teams in CAPS IDA Thursday January 23, 1997 . Flu-stricken tankers face Purdue, Indiana By John Friedberg Daily Sports Writer There is something in the water at Canham Natatorium. They don't think anybody peed in the pool, but a significant part of the Michigan men's swimming and diving team has been sick - with the flu. That is not the best news as the Wolverines head to Purdue and Indiana tomorrow and Saturday. Many of Michigan's top swimmers, including sophomore star Tom Malchow, will spend their weekends in Ann Arbor recovering from the flu. Sophomores Andy Potts, John Reich and Joe Palmer and senior Toby Booker are also recuperat- ing and will miss the two meets. "We had two houses out with the flu this week, Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "Most of them are back, but we will still be taking a skele- ton crew on the road this weekend." The news is much more serious for Palmer. The reigning Big Ten 1,650-yard freestyle champion is suffering from pericarditis. The ailments have led to a swelling of the pericardium, which is the membranous sac that encloses the heart. Palmer will have to miss the remainder of the season. "Its a tough break for Joe," Urbanchek said. "He was so strong for us last year. We will defi- nitely miss him." Junior Derya Buyukuncu is also suffering from the flu, but he is expected to swim both days. He is one of the Wolverines' only available sprinters. "(Buyukuncu) might have to go dead or alive this weekend," Urbanchek said. "He is the best short-distance swimmer we've got." Malchow and Buyukuncu and senior capta John Piersma both had stellar performances in tW- Dallas Morning News Classic. While Malchow is unable to build on his momentum, Piersma'and Buyukuncu should continue to keep the Wolverines afloat. The Boilermakers should not give the Wolverines much of a problem, despite the recent illness set- backs. The Boilermakers return two swimmers who were named All-Big Ten last year, senior Matthew Brown and sophomore Vilmos Kovacs. Brown won the 400 individual medley andf ished second to Michigan's Jason Lancaster intt 200 IM. He and Lancaster would have a very competitive race, but Lancaster has been out -all year with a shoulder injury. Kovacs was named conference freshman of the year at the championships. He won the 200 brea'5t- stroke and was second in the 100 breast. "Purdue has a couple of real tough swimmers, but Indiana should be,a tougher meet," Michigan senior Tom Almeida said. "Indiana may be-our toughest conference road meet this year." The Indiana meet is expected to be the chig lenge of the weekend. Despite the Hoosiers' See TANKERS, Page -A FILE PHOTC Olympic silver medalist Tom Malchow won't travel with the men's swimming team to Purdue and Indiana this weekend due to a case of the flu. The Wolverines will be shorthanded as they travel to Indiana, the sight of coach Jon Urbanchek's only Big Ten losses. _____________________ _____________________ U Legg up for an ESPY By Mark Snyder Daily Sports Writer His teammates call him "Legger" but it was what he did with his hands that has earned him worldwide recog- nition. Michigan center Mike Legg's lacrosse-style goal in last season's NCAA regional final has earned ]Jim a spot in the coveted ESPY award balloting. The Outrageous Play of the Year award is one of a What: Michigan rc number of awards nominated for the sponsored in the the Year ESPY awe ,Emmy-style tele- style goal in last s+ cast that will air Regional final agai Feb. 10 on ESPN. Voting starts today The balloting for continues until Mo the award begins today.How to vete: Votii egtoday. ESPN's web site SBeginning with (http://espnetsp the 6:30 p.m. edi- h:nets09 tion of ESPN phone call costs# SportsCenter this por ion of the prow evening, fans inter- t m f V Four nationally can begin voting for their choice in the cat- egory both on the Internet or by phone. ESPN's internet site T (http://espnet.sportszone.com) will have all of the different plays in compe- tition available for viewing. Fans can also vote by phone at (900) 976-3779 for the award. Each call costs $. 95 with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Jimmy V Foundation. Repercussions from the goal have continued almost over the entire year since Legg scored from behind the net. He traveled to Sweden in August to receive the Goal of the Year award from a Swedish hockey magazine. And a Canadian television station, The Sports Network, proclaimed the shot as its Play of the Year. The stick used to score the historic goal resides in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto where it is part of a "Hockey in 1996" ter Mike Legg is display. utrageous Play of As for Legg, all d for his lacrosse- the attention sur- ason's NCAA rounding the goal ;t Minnesota. has put the normal- at 6:30 p.m. and ly reserved college day. senior in the nation- al spotlight. ,can be done on "(The attention) rtszonecom) or doesn't really both- 3779). Each er me that much,; ) .ents with a he said. "I won't get weds beneftting too high from it. dtion f (But) it was sort of weird how they took it in the newspaper as one of the greatest goals ever." Legg's goal, in addition to its unique- ness, was vital to Michigan's national championship run. The score tied the game with Minnesota at two and soon after, the Wolverines advanced to the NCAA national semifinals in Cincinnati where they captured their eighth national title. 'M' tries to put brawl in past. By Chad Kujala Daily Sports Writer Royal Rumble II? The Michigan men's track team will travel to the Michigan Intercollegiate meet tomorrow in Ypsilanti less than one week after the brawl between the Wolverines and Eastern Michigan at the Track and Tennis Building last Saturday.''' The brawl occurred after the 4x400 relay race in which'the Eagles were ultimately disqualified. This week, there may be a question as to whether or n6Y incident of this magnitude will happen for the second strai t time. According to senior Damon Devasher, the Wolverines will not participate in a second brawl. "We're not going to take it personally," Devasher sard. "We're not even worried about it. They're.going to be mad at us, they may want to fight us, but who cares? We'll show more class than them." Michigan coach Jack Harvey, who spoke with the team immediately after last week's meet, told his team not tOi"gt involved in any scuffles during or after races. ." "We have officials that will disqualify people if they'i* illegally, and it's not up to us to be the enforcer," Harvey sAid. The Michigan intercollegiate meet will also showiase Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Michigan Stafe This meet should provide some healthy competition. for the Wolverines. They are traveling for the first time this season. Even though the journey is not far, the bigger field and-the teams that the Wolverines haven't faced this year might be intimidating. "I think that it will be a good, competitive meet," Hail'ey said. "We haven't seen Central or Western. I'm not sure what they've got, but with Michigan State, Eastern and u : should be a good meet." For the Wolverines to be successful, they will need some repeat performances from last week's winners. Sophomore John Mortimer has improved in the past two weeks and picked up two victories last weekend. Mortiner See EAGLES, Page1.A JONATHAN SUMMER/Daily Jeff Beuche (left), Scott MacDonald and the Michigan track team will try to beat Eastern Michigan with speed rather than fists tomorrow at the Michigan intercollegiate. 1 Women's track hopes to keep momentum Michigan's Premier Multi-Tap presents: "jjazz in Janair" Thursday evenfinS, 7 - 9 Y Tonight: Kneset By Chris Farah Daily Sports Writer This is a test. No, this is not the Emergency Broadcast System interrupting another peaceful afternoon with an annoying buzzing sound and hollow warnings of impending Armageddon Instead, this is a test for the Michigan women's track team at Saturday's Michigan Intercollegiate meet, its first multi-team invitational of the indoor season. What's more, it's also the Wolverines' first compe- tition away from home, in the not-so- friendly atmosphere of East Lansing. This is a test to see if the Wolverines can capitalize on their impressive opening-meet success - a victory which Michigan coach James Henry called the Wolverines' most dominant season-opener in four years - or whether they will become complacent and over-confident in the wake of such a powerful start. This is also a test to see whether or not the Wolverines have the talent to wrestle away statewide bragging rights from a field that will include Michigan State, Eastern Michigan and other colleges from across Michigan. Sound intimidating? Henry isn't worried. "The easy part (of keeping the team focused) is that we'll be away from home," Henry said. "And so just being in a different environment will make it much easier to motivate the athletes. Going down to Michigan State, which is our school rival, will make it easy for us to get unified. "It's going to be more impott Mt that we're close and we're suppor4tirig each other, because we won't have the home base and the home famly." Henry said he is impressed by the immediate impact freshmen, like mid-distance runner Lisa Ouelle- and sprinters Maria Brown and Kenje Bocage, have had on the team. The Wolverines rely on a few freshmen-: contribute to the team effort. He , doesn't feel this will be a probleni-at the Intercollegiate, which will be the See TEST, Page iiA ADVERT S EM E NT V=VARSITY C=CLUB I=INTRAMURAL UNI ERSTY O MIC IGA ~, ~ -~ 5 U# i