"" e to Ian, aiv- -s-' Lurs av: ovm br 1 -97 l .M A A. . : -.- - ....t. ...t- - ..n P.4..1 ..'ArIn,£ £E I~ l * 1 kur. *1£rrI t~ ii("1' 1 - .. ,_ _..,.., .,,. . . I I IMI VMIriJ} f wr4111v\!1 1 6ld - ---- - 1 EAM -rIPIHLE a- p r *I EAM ROFILF" lw lw I I IUI JUQy}' 1'1V YGI1 IVCI ' Se!} '1:/C! i servo l mwr w111r Okey's suspension steals arena's spotlight Everything's not Okey-dokey at Wisconsin. kOke r The Badgers thought that the only sig- Ty C..o Point uarnificant news, other than this year mark- P a . , ..De.. 1a Wing the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin ie>: : ouse, 8 pm ' men's basketball, would be the unveiling Feb. 28 rMarCh at Cris er.of their new, $75 million, 16,500-seat Arena, TBA .. Kohl Center. The move from the small, but loud Sgr kyField House will happen after Michigan's game in Madison on New Year's Eve. The Kohl Center is set to open for Wisconsin's game against Penn State on Jan. 14. Junior forward Sam Okey will most likely take the court for both of those games. But he has to sit out the first four of the season - two exhibition and two regular-season - after he was suspended by coach Dick Bennett on Oct. 21. Bennett wouldn't reveal the reason for the suspension, but a local newspaper report claimed Okey had been smoking marijuana. Okey was also asked not to attend two weeks of practice, which may put the team's leading scorer and rebounder behind schedule. No matter what, Wisconsin will need Okey to increase his scoring (11.2 points per game) from last year. The Badgers also need more point production from forward Sean Daugherty and guards Sean Mason and Ty Calderwood. But with the slow style that Bennett's Badgers play, Wisconsin may have enough scoring if it employs the same aggressive man-to-man defense for which Bennett is known (see Michigan, Jan. 4, 1996 - when the Wolverines lost the conference opener in Madison, 51- 46). "I don't anticipate (my philosophy) being a whole lot different than I have been for the past 30 years," Bennett said. "First of all, I'm not that bright and sec- ondly, I'd like to keep my job." - James Goldstein Fla. Int'l to run at Blue When Florida International basketball coach Shakey Rodriguez sees his players on the floor every day, he wants his name to be their game. Always shaking, always moving, and he hopes, always winning. The constant pressure tactics Rodriguez intends to employ have enjoyed success in the college game before - but only temporarily. So when the Golden Panthers bring their high-octane attack to Ann Arbor on Dec. 3, Michigan will see a team that rotates 10 players on a nightly basis. Rodriguez is well-known in the Miami area for the run-and-gun style he employed while a local high school coach. Now, in his third season as the coach at Florida International, his recruits are the core of the program. Two players in particular, Raja Bell and Darius Cook, will carry the load this season, both after sitting out last season. UNLV will start the season with two of its best players serving suspensions for accepting gifts from an agent in the off-season. Surprise, surprise. Coach Bill Bayno has tried to clean up the program, but both Kevin Simmons (14 games) and Naismith Award nomi- nee Keon Clark (11 games) will miss the start of the season for illegal activities. Bayno said Clark's suspension was unfair and that if he played "in the Big East it never would have been so harsh." Bayno suggested the NCAA unfairly discriminated against his team because its past record has not been squeaky clean. In other news, the Rebels lost out on top recruit Lamar Odom after he was accused of cheating on the ACT exam. u co La Co Plt' Ar Nc Li sui I woL con nati UNLV remai Titans all Earl's return boosts guard tandem One of the few things Penn State can look forward to this season is the return of its backcourt duo. Point guard Dan Earl and shooting guard Pete Lisicky are one of the top guard tandems in the Big Ten. Earl returns to the Lions after sitting out all of last season due to a back injury. An All-Big Ten selection in 1995-96, Earl averaged 12.1 points per game while guiding Penn State to the NCAA tournament and a 21-7 overall record. But that was two years ago. Last sea- son, the Lions were a measly 3-15 in the conference, which left them just one game out of the Big Ten cellar. Lisicky (16.3 ppg) was the Lions' lone bright spot. There is little doubt the ball will be in the hands of the two senior guards in pressure situations. The question is: Will the rest of the team contribute? None of the other returning players averaged in double digits last season. One member of the five-player freshman class will have to step up to fill the scoring void. And center Calvin Booth will have to complement his defensive presence with increased offensive production. Booth led the conference with 3.4 blocks per game last year. - James Goldstein Lec ure Noees available for these classes: Explore the pasta-bilities We've got it all for vegitarians Vegimax * Greek Salad Pasta-bilities Vegi-Salad 8-s-tate St. > 769-5w AULSTATE l |ART about ads Detroit returns all five starters from last year's second-place Midwestern Collegiate Conference team, but far more interesting is the fact that the Titans have players on their roster by the names of Michael Jordan and Jermaine Jackson. On top of that, the team's listing on the school's Web page advertises what could very well be the best deal in col- lege basketball: four tickets, four hot dogs or pizza slices, 4 soft drinks and two game programs, all for only $25. Jackson, a junior, has been the start- ing point guard since he was a freshman, and Jordan is one of three incoming freshmen who will compete for minutes on a largely veteran team. Derrick Hayes, a 6-foot-5 senior guard, returns after an all-conference junior season in which he was the league's second-most prolific scorer, averaging 15.9 points per game. The other key returnee is MCC-sized (6-9) center Brian Alexander, who has made the conference's all-defensive squad two straight seasons and ledthe Titans in rebounding last season with just fewer than seven boards per contest. The obvious connection between the Titans and the Wolverines is in Detroit coach Perry Watson, who served as a Michigan assistant for two seasons under Steve Fisher before leaving to take the reins at Detroit. Prior to his tenure at Michigan, Watson also spent 13 years coaching Detroit's Southwestern High School, where he sent no fewer than 46 players to the collegiate ranks. -Jim Rose Home of the U.S. National & Jr. Olympic Champions PROFESSIONAL MASTER INSTRUCTOR Improve JaeYoungKim Your: * Respect, Self-Defense, Leadership, Self- Esteem, Coordination, Confidence, Flexibility, Weight-loss, Health Tae Kwon Do .judo Hapkido"Kick Boxing'"Cardio Tae Kwondo " Women's Self -Defense (313) 994-0400 Bell, a swingman who transferred from Boston University, brings two posi- tions instant offense. Cook should complement Bell, filling the paint in the fast-break offense. This will be Cook's first season in Division I after transferring into the program. 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