2B,- The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 5, 2001 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY - Eitedh 1 SethKlempner an Naweed ..ik.rA" Jiu-JitSu will make you submit DAILY TRIVIA aJte St¢dgan i1aiU ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By Jim Weber Daily Spns Wnter Helio Gracie's five-foot-three, 135 pound frame didn't stop him from once offering S100,000 to anyone that could defeat him in a battle to the death. It also did not trick anyone into challenging Gracie, the creator of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Although nothing came of' Gracie's challenge, Manuel R. Santos ended up with a broken arm, a few broken ribs, and a battered ego after Santos ques- tioned the fighting style of Gracie and his brothers. "I Ie's beaten me up personally,"' adds Jason Clarke, a grappler who was help- ing out the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club team last Thursday night in the Intramural Building. Jiu-Jitsu, meaning "gentle way," bas many forms and followers. Over the years, the Brazilian form has developed into the most popular and widely used. "A lot of people who have never seen Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu feel it is very similar to collegiate wrestling," explained instructor Robert Ward. "The difference between Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and colle- giate wrestling is that in collegiate wrestling the objective is to pin your opponent's shoulders to the mat and in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the objective is to get your opponent to submit." In other words, a grappler must quit in order for the match to end. The grapplers submit by tapping their opponent as soon as they realize they are about to suffer the loss of too much oxygen or a broken bone. Jessie Nelson, the only female on the Jiu-Jitsu team, also finds that the sport has common ground with chess. "I like the philosophy of using people's strengths against them." In contrast to sports that require tremendous physical build and ability, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu requires grapplers to use their intelligence, leverage and endurance to gain an advantage. Instructor Ricardo Nunes says that 75 percent of the sport is skill. Nunes also stressed that the remaining 25 percent of' the sport is about conditioning, not strength. This mentality also explains the motto "Leave your ego at the door," created by club sport president Frances Garcia. Nunes explains that when big grapplers start the sport, they sometimes overlook undersized competition. They soon real- ize their mistake as they discover the undersized grapplers can be the toughest to take down. Cooper Holoweski also finds that it is better to leave his ego at the door. "It's just for any kind of'learning environment you need to get rid ofany kind ofego that anyone comes in with. A lot of martial arts studios emphasize that." Holoweski is also one of nine mem- bers that make up the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition team, including president Francis Garcia and instructor Nunes. The competition team travels to vari- ous Jiu-Jitsu touraments and grappling tournaments, where the rules and regula- tions might vary dramatically. In order to prepare, Nunes explains that they begin specific workouts two months before these tournaments. The tournaments draw a lot of fierce competition. Nelson says there are hun- dreds of people at a given tournament, many of whom have high credentials such as black belts. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a superior form of fighting. While it is used in the Ultimate Fighting Championships on pay-per-view. Nelson also finds that she now has an advantage over her friends. "If' I catch their foot or get them off balance, they are going down," She also added that if she got into a scufle with one of her friends, "If I get her in a choke, I don't care how hard she hits me. She is going down." 7 V A Ay .' Daily Sports is offering two pairs of tickets to the Feb. 17 Michigan-Mic igan tate hockey game at Joe Louis Arena. Every day until Feb. 9. a new trivia question will appear in the sports section. Answers should be c-mailednto sports.contest@umich.edu. The tickets will go to the two respondents that answer the most questions correctly. Today's question: Which member of the Michigan hockey program is celebrating his birthday today? Fridays answer: 21 goals Who: Elise Ray Hometown: Columbia, Md. Height: 4-11 Sport: gymnastics Year freshman After one week, there are seven people that have answered all five questions correctly. Why: Ray won her first collegiate all-around title Saturday night in Florida with a score of 39.375. Ray also finished first in both the balance beam (9.900) and the uneven bars (9.925). In their win over Kentucky last weekend, Ray won her first two collegiate titles in the uneven bars and the floor exercise. Sp T BRIEFS 0 They are: Anne Deptula Garr Levenbach Christina Chopra Jeanna Cooper.: Sara Rickson Katie McLaughlin Alan Hibino Keep checking Daily Sports for the final four questions. Devil without a clue AP PHOTO Mark Looney shows off his XFL spirit in Sunday's game between the the Los Angeles Xtreme and Looney's San Francisco Demons. The wild and cra XFL football league kicked off its inaugural season is weekend with four out of control games. Las Vegas Outlaws 19 S. F. Demons 15 NY/NI Hitmen 0 L. A. Xtreme 13 - A wrecking ball crashed through --A 33-yd field goal with no time a NY City subway prior to the game left on the clock won the game for as the Las Vegas fans cheered. the Demons. Orlando Rage ' 33 Chicago Enforcers 29 - Orlando scored on their first play of the game and never looked back. Memphis Maniax 22 Birmingham Bolts 20 - Rashan Salaam ran for two touchdowns to help the Maniax win the game. DAILY SOREBOARD Members of the Jiu-Jitsu club are taught to use their opponents' strengths against them. NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Arizona's Loren Woods suspended for one game CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Arizona center Loren Woods was suspended for Saturday night's game at Oregon State as a disciplinary action by coach Lute Olson. Olson ordered the 7-foot- senior out of Friday's practice at Gill Coliseum. team spokesman Richard Paige said. "It's just a personal situation. We've got it straightened out," said Olson. "le handled it very well, and will be back with us on Monday." Michael Wright. who took Woods' place in the starting lineup against the Beavers, had 20 points and I rebounds as the Wildcats recovered from another poor first half to rout Oregon State 68-41. Luke Walton started at forward and added five points. Woods is averaging 13.3 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Wildcats, but he scored just 1I on 4-of-14 shooting in the Wildcats' 79-67 loss at Oregon on Thursday night. Duke's Williams will stay until graduation DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Star point guard Jason Williams intends to stay four years at Duke and not leave early for the NBA. The 6-foot-2 sophomore said Sunday his decision is final and he wants to get his degree from Duke. "Everybody kept talking about it or writing that This kid could be a top-three pick,"' Williams said foI- lowing a 100-58 victory over Florida State. "People kept coming up to me asking about it. I can see how that can break teams apart in a way" Williams entered Sunday's game second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring at 21.8 points and third in assists with 5.95 a game. lie also leads the ACC in 3-point shooting at 473 percent. Williams is regarded as a strong candidate for ACC and national play- er of the year honors. "I didn't want it coming down to NCAA tournament time and people would ask 'Well, you played great tonight and you know there are scouts here. flow do you feel about the NBA?"' Williams said. "I don't want questions like that. It's not an issue at all for me. I want to stop people now and get it over with." Hat trick by Guerin leads America over World All-Stars DENVER, Col. (AP) - Bill Guerin, Tony Amonte and Doug Weight submitted their on-ice resumes for the U.S Olympic team during the NIL All-Star game. Sergei Samsonov gets this shot past North American goalie Martin Brodeur. They stole y the spotlight from their , North America captain Mario W Lemieux on yesterday in a 14-12 victory over the World team in the highest-scoring All- Star game ever. Guerin, one of three Boston line- mates in the game, had three goals and two assists to win the MVP award. Alexei Kovalev's goal got the World. to 12-11 with 5:32 left and snapped the combined record of' 22 goals in 1993. The game was the third penalty- free All-Star game. Last year's 9-4 contest won by the World team had one. Lemieux returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team he owns, in late December after a 3 1/2-year retire- ment. The 35-year-old center, a three- time All-Star MVP, gave North America a 5-4 lead in the second peri- od with his 12th career All-Star goal and earned an assist in the third period on a goal by Simon Gagne, making his All-Star debut. Larry Coker hired to lead Miami next year CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Larry Coker cupped the green Miami Hurricanes hat between his hands, bending it ever so slightly and getting the bill to curve just right. Then he slipped it atop his bald head and asked. "Does it fit?" Perfectly. At least as far as the Iurricanes are concerned. Larry Coker signed a three-year con- tract to coach Miami on Saturday Miami stayed home to find its newW coach, hiring Coker on a permanent basis Saturday to run one of the coun- try's top programs. And despite being spurned by Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez, the Hurricanes are convinced Coker is the right person for the job. The 52-year-old Coker signed a three-year contract to replace Butch Davis, who resigned last Monday to take the head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns. A university source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Coker's deal is worth about 5650,000 annually. Mark Chmura found not guilty of assault WAUKESHA. Wis. (AP) - Former Green Bay Packers tight end Mark Chmura was acquitted Saturda of sexually assaulting a former babysitter at a drunken party. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for two hours. 15 minutes before finding Chmura inno- cent on charges of third-degree sexual assault and child enticement. The charges carried a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and S20000 in fines. Chmura cried as Chmura Waukesha County Circuit Judge Mark Gempeler read the verdicts. A group of about 50 people waiting outside the courtroom broke into cheers when Chmura left the court- room. Chmura made a brief statement, hiO wife Lynda at his side, thanking the jurors. District Attorney Paul Bucher left without talking to reporters. Chmura's accuser, who used to baby-sit for Chmura's two sons, was not in the courtroom. The teen-ager accused Chmura of pulling her into a bathroom during an April 9 post-prom party at his friend Robert Gessert's home, pulling down her pants and having sex with he without her consent. The defense contended Chmura's accuser was lying and made the story up because she disliked Chmura. Chmura did not testify. Gannon earns MVP for AFC in Pro Bowl HONOLULU (AP) Ric Gannon got a lot accomplished in a short amount of time at Sunday's Pro Bowl. Still recovering from a separated left shoulder that limited him to the game's first two series. Gannon passed for 160 yards and two touch- downs to get the AFC off to a superb start in a 38-17 victory over the NFC. It was enough to earn player of'the game honors for the 35-year-old veb eran playing in his second straigl Pro Bovl after languishing as a backup for most of his first 11I NFL seasons. Afterward, the man who led the Oakland Raiders to their best season in 10 years credited his AFC team- mates. By winning f'or the fourth time in the last five Pro Bowls, the AF ' trimmed the NFC's lead to 16- since the game went to its present format in 1971. The AFC scored the first three times it had the ball on Gannon's two scoring passes and a 29-yard field goal by Ravens kicker Matt Stover, Men's basketball Through Saturday Player Blanchard Robinson Asselin Young Groninger Queen Moore Searight Jones Dill Gibson Gotfredson Adebiyi Garber Gonzales G 20 20 20 20 19 20 19 19 20 6 9 10 8 5 2 Min 32.9 29.0 24.8 25.9 18.5 27.2 12.8 13.2 14.1 1.5 1.4 3.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 A 1.9 2.4 0.6 0.3 1.4 4.0 0.2 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 Reb 7.8 5.3 6.3 4.9 1.2 2.6 3.2 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 Avg. 18.5 14.5 9.9 8.1 5.5 5.0 4.8 2.6 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 Hockey Through Saturday Player GP Hilbert 28 Cammalleri 2$ Shouneyia 31 Jillson 29 Kosick 28 Matzka 31 Langfeld 31 Ortmeyer 27 Koch 26 Mink 31 Komisarek 27 Murray 28 Trainor 29 Vancik 25 Roemensky 31 Burnes 30 Blackburn 31 Kautz 22 Wyzgowski 11 Swistak 22 G A 20 31 20 26 9 16 8 17 1012 7 15 1110 1011 8 13 7 12 4 9 6 6 2 6 1 6 2 4 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 PTS 51 46 25 25 22 22 21 21 21 19 13 12 8 7 6 4 4 3 3 1 +/- +20 +21 +3 +12 +5 +13 +5 +7 +18 +3 +11 +4 +3 +6 +23 +14 0 +2 +2 -2 Philadelphia New York Miami Orlando Boston New Jersey Washington Central Division Milwaukee Charlotte Toronto Indiana Cleveland Detroit Atlanta chicago WESTERN CONFEREf Midwest Division 35 27 29 23 20 14 12 12 17 19 23 26 34 36 Utah San Antonio Minnesota Dallas De nve r Houston Vancouver Pacific Division Sacramento Portland LA akers Phoenix Seattle Golden State LA clippers W L 28 17. 25 23 24 23 21 26 20 25 18 30. 16 30. 6 40. 4CE W L 31 15. 29 15 31 18. 30 18 27 21 22 25. 13 34 W L 31 12 34 15 29 16 26 19. 27 23 15 33 14 32 .745 - .614 6.5 .604 6.5 .500 11.5 .435 14.5 .292 21.5 .250 23.5 Pct GB .622 - .521 4.5 .511 5 .447 8 .444 8 .375 11.5 .348 12.5 .130 22.5 Pct GB .674 - .659 1 .633 1.5 .625 2 .562 5 .468 9.5 .277 18.5 Pct GB 721 - .694 - .644 3 .578 6 .540 7.5 .312 18.5 .304 1.5 New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh NY Rangers NY Islanders Northeast Division Ottawa Toronto Buffalo Boston Montreal Southeast Division Washington Carolina Atlanta Florida Tampa Bay W 27 27 25 21 14 W 29 25 25 22 18 W 24 23 16 12 15 L T RTF 14 7 1 187 4 20 5 1 206 5 235 3 L T RTf 199 1 206 2 269 2 27 8 7 305 3 L T 13 9 16 9 19 6 28 3 31 5 RT 2 1 2 1 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis Detroit Nashville Chicago columbus Northwest Division colorado Vancouver Edmonton Cal gary Minnesota Pacific Division San Jose Dallas Phoenix Los Angeles Anahiem w 34 30 23 21 17 W 35 28 25 18 18 w 29 29 23 23 16 L T 11 5 16 4 24 7 25 4 26 5 Pts GF GA 65 177 124 64 156 141 58 156 159 46 165 188 35 118 164 Pts GF GA 66 167 127 61 159 133 56 129 119 55 133 153 44 135 151 Pt s GF GA 58 143 1S5 54 135 140 43 145 180 39 119 163 38 131 184 Pts GF GA 75 174 113 68 155 139 55 135 145 48 142 149 43 116 154 RT 2 4 2 2 4 Field-goal percentage leader Young 61-98 .622 Free-throw percentage leader Robinson 81-97 .835 Three-point percentage leader Bianchard 37-90 .411 L T RT Pts GF GA 9 8 1 79 173 117 184 4 64 175 159 218 1 59 146 149 219 4 49 129 151 2 28 3 47 112123 L T RT PtsGF GA 158 0 66 148 120 184 1 63 142 125 16 12 1 59 133 125 21 7 1 54175160 296 4 42 127 170 NBA SCOREBOARD Yesterday's games New York 103. MIAt 100 LA LAKISs 100. Sacramento 94 Boston 103. Cleveland 82 Ni w iA r 96. Philadelphia 89 tioiix 85. charlotte 82 Today's games Denver at Philadelphia. 7 p.m. Boston at Toronto. 7 p.m. Dallas at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. NY lKnicks at Houston. 8:30 p.m. Golden State it San Antonio. 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle. 10 p.m. MEMBERS Financial Services Available to U of M Credit Union Members Investment Asset Management Retirement Planning Financial Estate Planning College Funding LonnvrTerm Care NHL SCOREBOARD Yesterday's game Nowii A flA A-SiANs 14. WoID AutSw~ 12 Wednesday. Feb. 7 M Basketball at Penn State, 8 p.m. Thursday Feb. 8 Women's basketball at Holy Cross, 7 p.m. Friday. Feb. 9 Women's Tennis at Kentucky, 4 p.m. Men's Gymnastics at Winter Cup Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.), 3 p.m. Wrestling at Indiana, 7 p.m. Ice Hockey vs. Northern Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Water Polo at Villanova in Princeton Invitational. 8:15 p.m.