September 03, 1997 (vol. 107, iss. 118) • Page Image 71
…obert Traylor s adership lies at the heart of team s' strength LM ightning nearly struck the Michigan basketball team twice in early May. After weathering a storm of NCAA rules violations and Hurricane NIT, Michigan bas- kjtball coach Steve Fisher found himself standing three feet high in water in the Amazon during rainy season without so much as an umbrella. The Wolverines' NIT title in March was all Fisher could be proud of by the first week...…