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superstar and sometimes some players
hive to step down and say, 'Listen, all
five of us cannot be superstars."'
Ndiaye feels that some players
think they are better basketball players
than they are because Fisher lets them
believe it.
"If you tell him that he's the great-
est player on earth - 'you can do this
and you can do that' - then he won't
ask himself if he can do it or not.
That's a problem," says Ndiaye.
"That's why I love Maceo. He's one of
those players that thinks he's nobody.
He always learns and Maceo's going to
be great."
Ndiaye also acknowledges that the
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The Tarheels practice together every night.
The Wolverines practice two days a week.
players have to take some responsibil-
ity and begin to respect each other. By
respect, Ndiaye means calling each
other to see how things are going. He
explains that it does not have to be a
half-hour phone call and a player does
not have to be a junior or senior to do
it. In addition, the Wolverines have to
put this past year and all their differ-
ences behind them.
On a trip to North Carolina, Ndiaye
witnessed what a successful team is
like. At the University of North Caro-
lina, all the players remained at school
after the year ended. Michigan had a
lot of players leave. The Tarheels prac-
tice together every night. The Wolver-
ines practice two days a week. In
Chapel Hill, the players go out together
to clubs at night. The Wolverines don't
even know each other's phone num-
bers, Ndiaye says.
"I don't see my teammates except
for Jimmy (King) and Ray (Jackson),"
says Ndiaye. "Willie (Mitchell), has a
good excuse. He's in Japan or some-
where. The rest, I don't see them.
"If you ask me where Travis
(Conlan) is, I couldn't tell you. I don't
know where he lives, I don't know his
phone number, I don't know anything
about him. I think that's kind of sad."
So right now, the Wolverines have
a big problem. Like a broken car, they
may look good on the outside, with an
abundance of talent, but if they don't
fix the inside they will have trouble
winning. Ndiaye says the perfect ex-
ample is the San Antonio Spurs.
"They probably had the best talent
in the league. What happened to them?
They were home playing golf when
Houston was playing the champion-
ship game," says Ndiaye. "We can al-
ways say we're better than Western
Kentucky. But who won? Western
Kentucky. So it doesn't matter. If you
lose, you lose."
Ndiaye is not only frustrated about
losing in the first round of the NCAA
tournament but he feels that every year
Michigan comes close to winning the
Big Ten Championship but never does.
His solution is giving players an accu-
rate assessment of their strengths and
weaknesses so that they don't think
they are better than they are.
"Maurice has three more years.
If you asked me
where Travis (Conlan)
is, I couldn't tell you. I
don't know where he
lives, I don't know his
phone number. I don't
know anything about
him. I think that's
kind of sad."
-Mahktar Ndiaye
Michigan baseketball player
Willie has three more years. Dugan
(Fife) is the only senior. So if those
people don't fix the problem right now
and try to be tight - because they're
going to have to live with each other
for three more years -they won't win
any games," says Ndiaye. "It doesn't
matter if they are Michael Jordan, they
won't win."
No matter how they look on the
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