" 10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Three icers named to All-Rookie Team By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Writer Michigan's freshmen haven't found success in their first season of college hockey by focusing on individual accolades. The Wolverines don't want to start worrying about that stuff now. Three of the seven CCHA players named to the CCHA All-Rookie team yesterday were Wolverines. Forward Jeff Tambellini, goalie Al Montoya and defenseman Danny Rich- mond were all voted in by opposing coaches. YOUNG GUNS These seven players were named to the 2002- 03 Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team yesterday. There are four forwards named to the team because of a tie in the voting between the league's coaches. Player Position Team VINCE BELLISSIMO FORWARD WMU DAViD BOOTH FORWARD MSU DIRK SOUTHERN FORWARD NMU JEFF TAMBELLINI FORWARD MIcH. ANDY GREENE DEFENSEMAN MIAMI DANNY RICHMOND DEFENSEMAN MICH. AL MONTOYA GOALIE MICH. "It's a great honor," said Tambellini, who led all CCHA rookies and tied for first in the nation with 25 goals in the regular season. "When you look back over the years and see the guys that have come through this program and through the league and have won this award, it's a nice thing to have." Tambellini not only led Michigan in scor- ing with 38 points, but he's been clutch, too - scoring goals such as his overtime winner against then-No. 14 Miami on Jan. 4. On the season, he finished fourth in the nation with six game-winning goals. "At forward, I think Jeff Tambellini was a shoe-in, just because of his numbers," Michi- gan coach Red Berenson said. "It wasn't like he just came on last week . . . It's been all year, Jeff Tambellini has been one of the top rookies in the league." Montoya has also played big from day one. The youngest player in college hockey fin- ished the regular season fourth in the CCHA in goals against average, posting a 2.41 mark. He started all 36 of the Wolverines' games, tallying a 24-9-3 overall record. "For me, I just hope it's a sign of big things to come in the future," Montoya said. "I feel really privileged to receive an award like this." Richmond was an offensive talent before he arrived in Ann Arbor. And he showed that this season, notching three goals and 18 assists to lead Michi- gan's blueliners in points. But his main challenge this year has been learning how to play defense at the college level. "I think Richmond gets in there like a lot of defensemen," Berenson said. "Whether they deserve it or not, they're picked on their points. And I think other coaches will be looking at Richmond's points, and he's probably right up there with the other fresh- man defensemen offensively." While not receiving accolades, Michi- gan's other newcomers also had an out- standing year. Forward Brandon Kaleniecki is in a three-way tie for second on the team in goals (13), and center Andrew Ebbett is sixth on the team in points with 24. "Our other freshmen had really good sea- sons," Berenson said. "Maybe their num- bers weren't as outstanding. But both Ebbett and Kaleniecki have had, I think, great seasons." Yesterday, all of the freshmen named seemed more excited about the start of their first conference tournament this coming weekend then being named to the all-rookie team. "The feeling around playoff time, it's indescribable," Richmond said. "It's not nerves, you just want to get it started. It's just it's a war out there. It's a lot of fun." TONY DING/Daily Freshman Danny Richmond, who posted 21 points in the regular season for Michigan, was named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team yesterday. Two current starters attended 'phony class HEAVEN AND HELL Championship Week is supposed to be one of the most exciting and - for some teams - joyous weeks of the college basketball season. But this year has seen an unusual number of negative stories break, resulting in the elimination of several teams from NCAA Tournament contention. Following are the eight teams that had clinched tournament spots as of midnight last night, and the lonely few who defi- nitely will not be dancing: Unhappy with season, Knight decines salary 0 HARRICK Continued from Page 9 Bonaventure, and claims by a former student that he wrote papers for players for payment at Fresno State. At Georgia, Tony Cole - kicked off the team last year - accused Harrick and his son, an assistant coach, of breaking NCAA rules. Cole said Jim Harrick Jr. paid his bills, did school- work and taught a sham class on coach- ing. Harrick Jr. was fired Wednesday. Cole said he never attended the class, but received an A. Two other players - starters Chris Daniels and Rashad Wright - were also in the class. Dooley said Daniels and Wright were declared ineligible. Dooley said he and school President Michael Adams decid- ed to drop out of the postseason because of the academic fraud. Even if the team played, it would have been difficult to win any games without Wright and Daniels, since the team usually uses only seven players. Harrick Sr. has three seasons left on a $700,000 per year contract at Georgia. His career has been one of success on the court and trouble off it. He is one of only three coaches - Eddie Sutton and Lefty Driesell are the others - to take four schools to the NCAA tournament. Harrick has a 470- 235 record in 23 seasons as a college head coach, and led UCLA to the 1995 national championship. But this is the second time Harrick has been disciplined because of ethical lapses. He was fired by UCLA in 1996 for lying about an expense report. Harrick then went to Rhode Island and took that school to the regional finals of the 1998 NCAA tournament. And he also has been accused of impro- prieties during his two years there. A former secretary there says Harrick had grades changed for players, had stu- dent managers write papers for players and arranged for players to receive lodging, cars and money from boosters. In addition, Harrick Jr. was accused of falsifying hotel and meal reports for recruits when he worked for his father at Rhode Island. Last week, Harrick defiantly defend- ed himself against those who would portray him as a rule-breaker. "I've never had a violation," Harrick said then. "Go ask the NCAA." GOIN' DANCING: Conference Atlantic Sun Big South Colonial Athletic Ivy Metro Atlantic Missouri Valley Ohio Valley Southern Champion Troy State UNC-Ashville UNC-Wilmington Pennsylvania Manhattan No. 19 Creighton Austin Peay East Tennessee State Record 26-5 14-16 24-6 21-5 23-6 29-4 23-7 20-10 STAYIN' HOME: Team Record Fresno State 20-8 - After academic fraud charges, the Bulldogs, who were virtual locks for the NCAA Tournament, won't even play in the conference tournament. Georgia 19-8 - These Bulldogs won't play again either, and coach Jim Harrick is most likely out after allegations about money lending and academic fraud. Michigan 1742 - The Wolverines received self-imposed sanctions from the University in response to the scandal centering around booster Ed Martin. St. Bonaventure 7-22 - In an ever-growing scandal that has now claimed the school president, the Bonnies were stripped of six wins and then boycotted their final games. LUBBOCK, Tex. (AP) - Bob Knight won't accept his $250,000 salary for coaching Texas Tech this year because neither he nor his team met his expectations. "He has standards,"' Texas Tech men's basketball spokesman Randy Far- ley said Monday. "He just didn't meet his standards, and so he said, 'I don't think I should be paid for that."' Tech (6-10 Big 12, 16-10) is the No. 7 seed in the Big 12 conference tourna- ment in Dallas and plays Baylor on Thursday night. Knight was not available for com- HORN Continued from Page 9 NCAA sanctions. You can run, but you can't hide. I've said it before, and I'm saying it now: Maintaining academic standards and ethics while trying to also achieve on the basketball court is nearly impos- sible. At St. Bonaventure, regrettably, they seem to have not been at all con- cerned with the former, but most schools very much want to have their cake and eat it, too. ment late yesterday, but he told the Dal- las Morning News that he was taking the blame. "I'm just not at all satisfied with what transpired with our team in terms of our fundamental execution. I don't think it's anybody's fault but mine," Knight told the newspaper for its online edition. Last season, Knight led Tech to a 23- 9 record and to the NCAA Tournament. His five-year contract is worth $4.5 million. He makes $250,000 in base pay, $150,000 in deferred annual income and $500,000 in guaranteed outside income through May 2006. It is likely that nearly every school is in violation of some NCAA regulation or another. But when you get caught, have the cajones to face the music, fully own up to your wrongs, and at least pretend that there is still honor in competing. Georgia and St. Bonaventure are crooked, calculating, cowardly and, worst of all, quitters. David Horn can be reached at hornd@umich.edu I THE EFFECT OF 6 6 I :1 ABED A-BASAT UDA'S !A MARCH 27TH SUICIDE ATTACK I. tbb ON HIS PALESTINIAN FAMILY: $25,000 IN CASH . FURNISHED APARTMENT PENSION FOR LIFE CELEBRITY STATUS c 0 a C 0 0 I (TIME, APRIL 15, 2002 AND FOX NEWS APRIL 4, 2002)