er ankle.She told my coaches she didnt want to take any risks, Kocian said. She knows its not really worth it right now. Its not really going change my position on the team.K

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Technically, there are five spots available on the U.S. Olympic womens gymnastics team that will be unveiled on Sunday night at the end of Olympic Trials. But not really. And Ashton Locklear knows it.We all do the math in our heads, Locklear said. I think you kind of have to. You need to know whats going on around you.Barring injury or a catastrophic drop in form, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez are heading to Brazil next month.That leaves one position open -- maybe -- the one Locklear and good friend Madison Kocian will try to convince national team coordinator Martha Karolyi theyre worthy of during what may be the most important 48 hours of their athletic lives.No pressure or anything.I definitely need to prove myself, Locklear said. I definitely need to show consistency.Its a testament to the depth of the powerhouse program Karolyi has built that the only real lingering drama with less than a month to go before the games centers around who will serve as the anchor on uneven bars. The top choices are the fluidly elegant Locklear -- who helped the U.S. to team gold in the 2014 world championships -- and the precise Kocian -- who won gold on her favorite event at the 2015 world championships.Both provide compelling arguments. Locklears cumulative uneven bars score during the two preliminary meets leading up to Olympic Trials was 0.3 better than Kocians total. Yet Kocian provides Karolyi with flexibility in the all-around, heady territory considering she broke the tibia in her left leg just above the ankle at the end of February.I didnt really think it was going to be fractured or anything, Kocian said. I went to doctor, he told me it was fractured. I melted down. I broke into tears. I didnt know what that meant for me.What it meant for the 18-year-old Texan was two weeks in a cast, another two on crutches while wearing a protective boot and six-plus weeks of limited training while most of the crowded elite field -- really, if the U.S. were allowed to field two five-woman teams it would turn the race for gold into an intramural -- kept pressing forward.I drove myself crazy in the beginning, Kocian said. It was really hard. I had to stay off bars 3-4 weeks, Id never stayed off that long.In a way, it may have been a blessing. Sure, sitting for the better part of two months was difficult. It also gave her a chance to recharge mentally, no small thing in a world where the relentless grind of training can wear occasionally wear down bodies and motivation in equal measure.Kocian believes shes more focused than ever, buoyed by her strong performance at the U.S. championships two weeks ago, where she finished fifth in the all-around thanks in part to a floor routine she and her coaches basically threw together on the fly.It was important for her to prove besides being a bars specialist she is a steady competitor on floor and beam, Karolyi said.Kocian was planning on vaulting at Olympic Trials but was told by Karolyi not to bother out of fear it may affect her still tender ankle.She told my coaches she didnt want to take any risks, Kocian said. She knows its not really worth it right now. Its not really going change my position on the team.Kocian isnt sounding presumptuous, but she knows her best shot at making an impact on a team heavily favored to defend the gold it won so easily in London four years ago is on bars, beam and floor. The vault will be there in case the U.S. should need it.Thats not the case for the 18-year-old Locklear, whose career path was altered when she fractured her L4 vertebra in 2013. She spent months in a brace and when she was finally cleared soon realized floor exercise and vault werent exactly ideal ways for someone with lower-back issues to spend their free time.So she focused on bars and beam, figuring the extra practice time would give her an advantage. It was a risky strategy, the gymnastics equivalent of a high school senior applying to just one college in hopes of getting accepted.Locklear is well aware that Karolyi has five women in mind and can name four of them pretty easily. Its that last one, though, that will be tricky. Maybe its Locklear. Its more likely its Kocian. At least, at the moment. And thats where things can get stressful.Its hard because were really good friends and we both want each other to do their best, Locklear said. Im pretty sure she watches me too. Were competitive with each other but were best friends too.The friendship will be tested this weekend, though in the big picture the decision will hardly impact the Americans chances of standing atop the podium after team finals on Aug. 9.The difference between Locklear and Kocian can be measured in small fractions. The U.S. won the 2012 Olympics and 2014 and 2015 world championships by at least five points. Whoever makes the team will likely come home with a gold medal -- possibly more than one -- in their suitcase. Cheap Wholesale Nike Sb Shoes . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. "Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said. 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Wisconsin coach Greg Gard remains optimistic despite a subpar performance by No. 16 Wisconsin in its 71-56 loss to No. 4 North Carolina.The Badgers won two of three games in the Maui Invitational last week in Lahaina, Hawaii, but the Tar Heels setback on Nov. 24 had an impact. Wisconsin beat Tennessee and Georgetown but lost to North Carolina in the tournament title game.I think were better defensively, said Gard to the Wisconsin State Journal. I think were starting to figure out some things and starting to callous a little bit. Teams always have to go through some adversity a little bit and have some negative things happen. And I think that toughens us.A long week begins on Sunday for the Badgers (4-2), who host Prairie View A&M (2-4) at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. The game is the first of three games in six days for Wisconsin.The Badgers let North Carolina to shoot 60.7 percent in the second half, including 20 points in the paint, and likely need to rip a page from the Tar Heels playbook by attacking the rim more often. Wisconsin scored a season-low 56 points against North Carolina and its top three players -- senior forward Nigel Hayes, senior guard Bronson Koenig and sophomore F Ethan Happ -- shot 10-of-36 from the field.Hayes was 1-of-11 from 3-point range in the last two games of the invitational and 1-of-7 against the Tar Heels. Hes averaging 10.7 points and a team-leadding 2.dddddddddddd7 assists per game.Koenig is the teams scoring leader at 15 points while Happ contributes11.9 points and 8.8 rebounds.The game at Wisconsin is the first of a seven-game road trip for the Prairie View (Texas) A&M, which will also travel to Houston, Kansas State and Utah.Byron Smith took over as interim head coach when Byron Rimm II stepped down as head coach last season. The Panthers finished 6-6 under the direction of Smith, who had the interim tag stripped from his title in March. The team finished sixth in the 10-team Southwest Athletic Conference during the 2015-16 season.Junior F Zachary Hamilton scored a career-high 29 points, including 7-of-13 shooting from 3-point range in Prairie View A&Ms eight-point loss to Lamar two days ago. Hamilton leads the team in scoring at 13.8 points.Senior G Daquan Cook, a transfer from UNLV, averages 12.8 points.Smith said he likes the Panthers enthusiasm and effort so far this season. He brought in six junior college and transfer players who add length and are solid athletes.We recruited very, very hard and brought in bodies; guys that we could move around more and assume some of the responsibilities offensively that we lacked last year, said Smith, who was a Panthers assistant for three seasons. ' ' '