Men's Basketball vs. Wisconsin Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Ice Hockey vs. Kent State Friday, 7:30 p.m Yost Ice Arena Wednesday, February 20, 1991 PageB OSU faces Illini without Baker ME.. by Phil Green Daily Basketball Writer An anniversary of sorts could be marked tonight when Ohio State faces Illinois at Assembly Hall. When the teams met in Cham- paign last season, Buckeye point guard Mark Baker was given his first starting assignment. This season, his presence in the starting lineup has helped spark Ohio State to its No. 2 national ranking. "We assumed Mark was ready to assume the responsibility of starting," Ohio State coach Randy Ayers said. "I think we were more aggressive on the offensive end of the court with him in there." However, the Buckeyes may not be able to celebrate Baker's anniversary this evening. He sprained his right ankle during SMaking Crisler Loud In Sports Monday, we asked for students to mailin suggestions on how to make Crisler Arena louder and more exciting. First-year LSA student Shahid Murtuza had a few ideas on how to wake Crisler up: ...The only sure-fire way to wake Crisler up...is to have the student section all around the bottom of the Blue section and seat the students by way of general admission... At the least, the students could be seated at each end of the Blue section instead of half the students way up in the Gold section... s..No matter how financially "big-time" college athletics become, no matter how important alumni donations become, the...team belongs to- and represents the Michigan students. While you're at it, Coach Fisher, a stronger preseason schedule wouldn't hurt, either. - Shahid Murtuza Mail your comments or suggestions to: Making Crisler loud, o The Michigan Daily 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Sunday's double overtime victory over Indiana, and probably will not play; his status remains day-to-day. The Illini aren't expected to be at full strength, either. After missing practice the last two days, it is unlikely that rookie Deon Thomas will see action. With only seven players practicing, either Tom Michael or Scott Pierce would get the nod in Thomas' absence. MR. OLYMPIA: With Chuck Daly's recent appointment as coach of the United States Olym- pic team, the colleges will play a more restricted role in the Games. Yet, most of the Big Ten coaches are satisfied with the move. "The door's still open. for some college players," Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote said. "Maybe we're just behind the other teams. We'll adjust to their rules, and go over there and beat them to death." "We coaches want to win the gold medal again," Purdue coach Gene Keady said, "and think it's great the pros are in it because we have an advantage. But we're a little disappointed about the loss of the amateur status." Not everyone agreed with the move, wishing the old standards were still applied. "I sort of hoped we would stick to the amateur concept," North- western coach Bill Foster said. "I don't think this guarantees that we'll win it." Illinois coach Lou Henson disagreed with Foster's philosophy: "If we select five or six of our top pros, it won't even be a ball game," he said. TOURNAMENT WATCH: The Big Ten's postseason possibilities change as often as the Florida weather. Each week a new team looks ready to break away from the pack of mediocrity to earn an NCAA bid. "I think anything is possible with any of the teams in this league," Keady said. "Teams now in seventh or eighth place could make the tournament." As Purdue and Iowa have faded a little in recent weeks, Wisconsin (6-6 in the Big Ten, 12-12 overall) has reemerged as a strong con- tender for its first tournament berth since 1947. FILE PHOTC Mark Baker, Ohio State's premier point guard, will not be on the court against the Illini tonight due to an ankle injury during the Indiana game. Baker, averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 assists per game last season. CCHA Scorecard Standings TEAM (OVERALL) Rec. Pts. GF GA i -1 li-AT. !!?-9=Z -,. - .. h Vjimih . 'rW' V-h- -Aa 1. aLake -uperior ZJ-3-4j 2z #Michi an (27-6-3) 3. W. Mici an 19-14-3) 4. Ferris St.120-1-5). 5. Michigan State 16-5-5} 6. Bowlin Gren 0-2 7. Ohio Slate (10- 22-4~ 8. Ill-Chic go(1 -20-2) 9. Miami 28-3) #-Clinched Home Ice @ Friday's Results Michig an 6, Michigan St 5 Lake Superior 8, Kent St. 3 W. Michigan 5, Ferris St. 3 Bowling Green 6, Miami 2 UIC 9, Ohio St. 6 Saturday's Results Michigan St. 6, Michigan 2 Lake Superior 5, Kent St. 2 W. Michigan 4, Ferris St. 2 Bowling 6ree n7, Miami 3 Ohio St. 6, UIC 6 (OT) All games begin at 7:30 24-5-3 51 178 107 16-12-2 34 118 109 14-11-5 33 114 106 13-12-5 31 118 93 12-16-2 26 116 138 8-18-4 20 93 151 8-20-2 18 104 138 2-25-3 7 73 173 -Clinched Regular Season Title Upcoming Games Kent t. at Schichi Lake Superior at UC. Michigan UCat Michia St. Ohio St. at Bowling Green Ferris St. at Miami Saturay. ~ brar.2 AL-Huntsville at higan Lake Su erior atW. Michigan UIC at M~ichi gan St. Bowling Green at Ohio St. Ferris St. at Miami local time, unless noted. *FULL COURTe PRZESS__ By David Schechter Daily Sports Writer Does LBA stand for the Liberty Basketball Association or for Lycra Basketball Attire? Monday, the latest attempt at a professional women's basketball league made its premier at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The league's inaugural game featured the Detroit Dazzlers and the LBA All-Stars, clad in skin-tight unitards. The outfits grabbed almost as much attention as the game did. If not more. Why fuss about Spandex when you can finally watch women slam dunk on the league's lower rims of 9 feet 2 inches? They ran the break, they filled the hoop, and they committed the hard fouls. If it takes a tight uniform to get some attention-well, that's a small price to pay for large-scale local and national recognition. Traditionally a man's world, the basketball community takes note of women on the court because it seems so novel. I can guarantee that any CBA team can have sell-out crowds and gain national exposure if they do one simple thing-hire a woman. It's not like the best of the women, like Cheryl Miller who played at USC, can't compete with the players in the CBA. The commotion would be heard around the world. Remember the stir Ann Myers created in 1981 when she tried out for the Indiana Pacers? Women in basketball spell headlines. Headlines sell tickets. The LBA needs to sell tickets. Thus they go for the headlines. Following? There have been other attempts at women's hoop leagues. In the mid- eighties, Nancy Lieberman, one of the greatest women players ever, anchored the Long Island Knights of the USBL. At the time, the NBA was in a big-time slump, and if the male players can't bring in the Lycra virgin, the LBA plays for the very first time money, than neither can the women. The time is ripe for the LBA. Men's basketball is at an all-time high as far as crowd attendance, television contracts and marketing rights are concerned. The advent of cable television insures the LBA more success than its predecessors simply because people can watch it at home. ESPN broadcasted Monday's game and plans to show more when the season officially begins in December. The network owns the television rights for the league because it's good programming, and it's good basketball. Speaking of uniforms. The women's team was visited by Purdue last weekend, and it seems that the Boilermakers have their own fetise for uniforms. Of course, theirs' are made of the standard mesh material-no Spandex. But, unlike most schools with hard pressed budgets, Purdue has three different uniforms. Black, Gold, and White. Boilermaker coach Lin Dunn thinks its important to look good. "It's a real luxury for us," said Dunn. "We have three school colors so we have three uniforms." Not only did Purdue look good, they played great basketball. Ranked sixth nationally, the Boilermakers exhibited strengh, finesse, and shear ability. Purdue revealed, for those who had not seen it before, that Michigan is truly a young and inexperienced team. It's not that the Wolverines didn't play well. They did all they coulo to hold off a more dominant team, losing by the respectable margin of 69-54. Some of the Wolverines even played with the stomach flu. In the end, however, it was obvious why the Boilermakers are sixth in the country and the Wolverines are not. Players like Joy Holmes and MaChelle Joseph ran the court like they were born on it. These two Boilermakers don't just play basketball, they think basketball. A very important distinction. Other than team captain Carol Szczechowski, the Wolverines don't really have players who play and see the court the way Holmes and Joseph do. But the most important factor in Michigan's defeat was not the offense that Holmes and Joseph supplied, but the defense the Boilermakers implemented. The Wolverines have a habit of suffocating under the siege of a solid defense. In all of their losses this season, Michigan compiled an average score of 62.3, and in all of their victories, it averages 76.8 points - a difference of almost 15 points. It appears that in low-scoring defensive battles, Michigan comes out on the wrong side of the win column. When another team buckles down into their own defensive set against the Wolverines, they dictate the tempo of a game. Michigan is neither a defensively nor offensively oriented team. Many times the Wolverines end up playing the style of game the other team wants. Scoring Leaders Name e~am. Felsner, Denny Michi Harkins, Brett BGSU Weight, Daug LSSU Roberts, David Michig (Leag~ie Games) PTS i ;161 kk §Gk - } ian igan 31 30 29 32 19 18 18 26 31 32 31 50 49 Get out here!1 What are you doing just sitting around? Ac- cording to our market survey, you students have $21,700,000 to spend on travel this year. Where should you go? Who offers the best deals? Read t PCitigOU a ItS . 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