MMM=9 Pi The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 17, 2000 - 11 VS. THE LANTERN WEEK 11 SELECTIONS ALL PICKS MADE AGAINST THE SPREAD. HOME TEAMS IN CAPS. OHIO STATE (-2.5) vs. Michigan PURDUE (-16.5) vs. Indiana MINNESOTA (-14) vs. Iowa PENN STATE (-1) vs. Michigan State Miami(Fla.) (-12.5) vs. SYRACUSE Notre Dame (-21.5) vs. RUTGERS OKLAHOMA (-24) vs. Texas Tech FLORIDA STATE (-12.5) vs. Florida CLEMSON (-7.5) vs. South Carolina SAuburn (-1) vs. ALABAMA CALIFORNIA (-1) vs. Stanford REGON STATE (-4.5) vs. Oregon UCLA (-3) vs. Southern Cal Washington (-8) vs. WASHINGTON STATE WESTERN MICHIGAN (-25.5) vs. Eastern Michigan Best bet Record last week (Best bets) Record to date (Best bets) David Den Herder Ohio State Indiana Minnesota Penn State Miami (Fla.) Notre Dame Oklahoma Florida South Carolina Alabama California Oregon State UCLA Washington State Western Michigan Florida 6-8-1 (0-1) 68-79-3 (4-6) or Chris Duprey Michigan Indiana lowa Penn State Miami (Fla.) 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Auburn California Oregon State UCLA Washington Western Michigan South Carolina PROJECTS Continued from Page 10 Further down South State Street, the new 3.2 million dollar women's gymnas- tic practice facility will be built to replace the inadequate Coliseum that currently hosts the women's practices. Construction starts in April antd is' expected to be finished by spring 2002.. "The Coliseum Builing was last ren1- ovated 10 years ago and falls significant- ly short of meeting requirements for training"Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin said. "It is outmoded and lacks sufficient space for needed equipment." Kasdin said that the new practice facility is needed to attract and keep higher caliber gymnasts while at the same time, maintaining the winning tra- dition of the prog rame - which has won~ eight Big Ten titles in the past 10 years. Funded by a pledged donation of S3.5 million over the next six years, the -aci- ity includes open space for trainig as well as locker and exercise rooms. "Women's gymnastics is one of our premier sports," Martin said. "Our first women's national championship ini any sport will hopefully come from womens gvmnastics." Dailv Stall RtporterAnna Cl/ht conftril)utetd to this report. - Find out which paper picks better n SportsMonday. p bue? Or 19 more? Nanooks take on icers By Ryan C. Moloney IDailv Sports \Nritcr f-19-0. 0-10. Alaska-Fairbanks' all-time iecord versus Mich igan. twO coals or fewer, and their lone win came against an Ohio State team that, pending a Western Michigan swoon, could be the surprise team of the CCH A this year. A glance at Alaska-Fairbanks' special teams reper- toire is telling -- these are not the percentages of a punching bag. The Nanooks are a sturdy fifth in the league on the powerplay at .217, and rank fourth on the Alaska-Fairbanks' all-time record against ost Ice Arena. That is as one-sided dominant as it CCHA, where by most accounts, the ground between the best and worst teams closes \\with each new season. It took the Nanooks 20 games before they finally bested Michigan on Oct. 22 last year, 4- Michigan at cets in the ToN Who: Michig 7-2-2 overal Fairbanks (1 There are two schools of logic - when: 7:35 ether the Nanooks are due for a few 7:05 p.m. to more wins, or they are 19 more losses Latest: Mich ay from the next nated this se There's little doubt as to second-year Nanooks'on roach Guy Gadowsky's mode of think- in Fairbanks ing -- his .500 showing after two career games with the Wolverines is reason enough for opti- nism. "Playing Micnigan is an: awesome measuring stick," adoowsky said. "i'm lust really excited about playing n Yost. From what my players say, there isn't a more xciting place to play in college hockey" Gadowsky remains upbeat, although the Nanooks ve stumbled out of the CCH A gate, posting a 1-3 ord so far. When compared to last year's CCIIA 'ecord of 4-22.2. however, their current mark is a sic- 1ifcant improv ement in niuttbers. Four of Alaska-Fairhanks' five losses have come by N IGHT CE ARENA gan (5-2 CCHA, dl vs. Alaska' 1-3-2, 1-5-2) p.m. tonight, omorrow igan has domi- eries. The my victory came last seascn. penalty kill with a .820 percentace - an eyelash ahead of Michigan's .81 8. "I wouldn't call them a weak team by any means," M ichian center M ike Cammallei said. "We look for them to come hard. We don't look at them as a team with a weak record right now" At the same time, this past Saturday's ioss to Ferris State was a shot of cold water in the face of Michigan and the prospect of a letdown against Alaska- Fairbanks carries considerably more Saturday niht after giving up five goals. True to his nature, Blackburn shook off any suggestions of linger- ing psychological trauma from the Bulldogs' barrage this week. "It's a bad game, it happens and I put it behind me," Wlackbur, said. "I approached that game the same as other games, things just weren't hitting me that day." Located in the nether-regions of the country, much less in the CCI IA, Alaska-Fairbanks makes numerous trips out to the (Great Lakes region each season. Berenson squelched any speculation on the possible side effects of cross-country travel on the Nanooks, say- ing "they are used to it - for them it's no big deal." "When they step on the ice (tonight), it doesn't mat- ter if they travelled 50 miles or 4000 miles - the way they can express themselves is by the way they play," Berenson said. CCHA RUtING; The CCHA ruled yesterday to add two additional games to goaltender Kevin O'Malley's suspension - one game for leaving the bench to get involved with an altercation, the second came for par- takin, in a second altercation. "The game was over. It's not like he left the bench any more than any other player," Berenson said. "When O'Malley left the bench," Ferris State's "whole bench was empty. Obviously, they want to send a message to the players and they are sending it." Michigan's Dave Wyzgowski and Mike Komisarek were assessed disqualifications on Saturday and will sit out tonight's game. In addition to O'Malley, Ferris State's Chad McIver and Vince Owen were assigned additional game suspensions for their roles in the Friday and Saturday night melees. mw sway than LISUal. "We can't play down to Alaska's level or anybody's level. and we need to make sure we keep the discipline to do what ve need to do:' defenseman Bob Gassotf said. The goaltender matchup carries a hint more intrigue than a normal CCH A weekend series - partly because of Nanooks goalie Lance Mayes' ability to "stand on his head" acainst Michigan last year, Berenson said. Maves "must play very well and he's played very well this season," Gadowsky said. Michigan's Josh Blackburn will set up betwxeen the pipes for the fiirst time since an uncharacteristic yank- ing in the second period against Ferris State on -1 Blue starts season on Lhe verge of top 25 Fall 2001 ry Benjamin Singer )alit Sporis 1-WritC Michigan is just outside the Al' Top 25 looking in. 'after ending last seasoni at NO. 25, the women's basketbali team received 35 points, 36th in the poll. But a win today over No. 9 Louisiana Tech could put the women's basketball m right where they left off last ear. The season opener against the Teclisters provides Michigan an imitfediate chance to put itself back on the national map. I think our opener with Louisiana Tec'h is where e'll make our state- ment," guard Alayne Ingram said. "I no we can Wiin. By scheduling Louisiana Tech so n, Michigan plays a good team still in the infancy of its season. "If you want to try to get a team, you want to get them carly," Michigan coach Sue Guevara said. Though the Techsters haven't seen much action yet, they've seen more than Michigan, whose only competi- tion so far has been in exhibitions. Louisiana Tech has already wvon two games in the preseason WNIT. s game with Michigan comes cfore the finals of the tournament. "They've won two games, Guevara said. "I imagine they feel pretty good. But you could say I feel pretty good with what I've seen from my team." Last season, then-No. 3 Louisiana Tech routed Michigan in Ruston, La. Battling the bullies Michigan begins its year with the ninth-ranked Lady Techsters. Last year, the Wolverines were 3-4 against teams in the Top 25. Here's a look at how they fared in those battles. - Date Dec. 4 Dec. 13 Jan. 8 Jan. 17 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Mar. 4 Opponent No. 15 LSU No. 3 La. Tech No. 12 Purdue No. 12 Illinois No. 7 Penn St. No. 23 Illinois No. 18 Purdue Result L, 56-67 L, 64-84 W, 74-67 W, 86-69 L. 71-85 W, 70-59 L, 59-74 TONIGHT CRISLER ARENA Who: Michigan(0}0) vs. Louisiana Tech (2-0), washirgton (00) When: 7 p.m. tomorrow, 2 p.m. Sunday Latest Michigan won its two exhibitions. The real season starts with No. 9 Louisiana Tech. 84-64. The Wolverines, however, did hold an eight point lead at one point in the second half before the Techsters took over. There are always positives that come from wins. But after two victo- rious exhibitions, the Wolverines still found their defense left something to be desired. "That's one thing we miss with the three seniors we lost," (uevara said. "You don't want to just keep outscor- ing people. 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