16B - Th*ichigan Daily - TIPOF*000 - Thursday, November 9 2000 - - -- v w w v w V The Michigan Daily - TIPOFF 2000 Good Knight! Indiana hires new general I NCAA hopes to thwart j 'rough play' By Dan Williams Daily Sports Writer By Dan Williams "Daily Sports Writer The experience of replacing leg- endary floor general Bob Knight is likely to be so entirely unique, that no person will truly empathize with new Indiana coach Mike Davis. Knight's legacy seems to extend to both poles of the fame/infamy meterstick, and consequently, no one, is sure exactly what expecta- tions of Davis need most immediate addressing. "Can you take Indiana to national championships while maintaining a standard in student/athlete excel= lence, Mr. Davis?" "Do you have the ability to con- trol fits of rage, violence and gener- al temper-tantrums, Mr. Davis?" The soft-spoken Davis remains humble when people barrage him with Knight-comparison questions. "There's no way you can compare me, a first year head coach, to a man who's won three national champi- onships," Davis said. "It would be like comparing a rookie in the NBA to Michael Jordan." But he doesn't like to acknowl- edge the other - Knight's propensi- tv to toe the line between vigilante and villain. The headache for Davis is finding a wav to honor Knight while main- taining that he won't mimic Knight's outlandish habits. Further adding to this still poten- tially explosive situation, Indiana players are trying to support both Knight and Davis simultaneously. "The team felt like Coach Knight was being treated unfairly," Fife said. "No one on the outside knew what we know. "Losing Coach Knight hurts, that's who I came to play for, but life goes on. It's a new era, Coach Davis has just picked up right where Coach Knight left off." While Davis is mostly mellow with the media, junior Dane Fife says the coach gets after his squad in practice when the players deserve it. Prior to being thrust into the lime- light, Davis worked for three years as an assistant on Knight's bench. He originally hails from SEC country - playing for Alabama from 1976-79 and returning to the Crimson Tide as an assistant coach from 1995-97. Now the relatively green coach is on the eve of trying to find a medi- um between expectations he can't possibly reach, or expectations he realistically could not fall below. Needless to say, this unusual pres- sure has Davis anticipating the start of the season, and a return to chalk talk rather than Knight queries. Concerned that college basketball has evolved into too much of a brutish game, the NCAA men's bas- ketball rules committee has decided to crack down on rough play this sea- son. The committee stated in a press release that "its highest priority for the 2000-01 season is to eliminate rough play." Post play is expected to be espe- cially targeted in the effort to clean up the game. "Unless people change the way that they played last year, it's going to be noticed right away," Marty Benson, liaison to the committee, said. "It's likely early in the season there's going to be a lot more foul calls." Benson also said that this item was not a rules change, rather a plan to strictly enforce existing rules. The notice has inspired a variety of reactions from coaches. Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe is not overly con- cerned with the prospect of stricter rule enforcement. "Not to sound cynical, but we've kind of heard this for the last 20 years in terms of getting a handle on rough play," Ellerbe said. But he did say he brought officials into practice three times during the preseason to help his players adjust to- potential changes. . "It's good to do that," Ellerbe said. "But different officials will still offi- ciate differently." Some of the other coaches in the Big Ten are more concerned the game will be hurt by over-officiating. Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien also brought officials to practice for a trial. "They're whistle-happy," O'Brien said. "If they're going to call it like they say they)-e going to, I don't know how you can guard the post. They're going to make it a zone game." Purdue's Gene Keadv said he thinks there will be positive changes. "I like it because I think finesse will return to basketball," Keady said. Keadv also said that 'bruisers' like former Purdue center Brian Cardinal will have to adapt. "I think they are going to have to learn to move their feet better," Keady said. "You've got to adjust to rule changes. "If the referees are calling fouls closely, then quit fouling. If they are letting you play rough, then get rough." The Rules Committee said that they will pay special attention to how officials regulate physicality during the season when determining which referees will advance in covering the NCAA tournament. 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