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precariously thin at only 200 pounds,
and contributions from a recruiting
class that includes North Caolina products
Ken Flemming, (6-3, all-4-A,
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McNeil (6-3,from Durham Hillside, a
couple hundred feet down the street ~
from conference rival North Carolina
Central).
A third?-3 guard, Clodious Hughes,
who scored 16.5 points per game at
West Philadelphia High, also is expected
to contribute, as is 6-9 center
Rowan Gomes of Antigua.
In other words, Hampton's potential
is as abundant as its question marks. i
They probably won't repeat last \
year's 23-7 record and conference
championship, but the Pirates could
make the North race a bit more interesting
than Virginia Union fans ex
pen 11 IU DC.
"This year's team will have to play
smart basketball," says Ford. 44We '
don't have the physical strength that
we had before. We are going to have to
scrap and claw and take advantage of
our opponents' mistakes."
And, considering all the newcomers,
minimize their own*
If Hampton falters, and that is a
distinct possibility, Norfolk State will |
move into second place. The Spartans,
who have the advantage of playing the
C1AA tourney in their hometown, also
have the advantage of suiting up ailAmerican
David Pope.
Pope is a three-year starter who?
averaged 20.9 points and 11.3 rebounds
last season to lead Norfolk to a
second-place finish in the tournament
and a 20.9 record.
Other returning starters include 5-11
senior guard Billy Walker (12.9 points
and 5.6 assists per game) and 6-1 guard |
Lawrence Hayes.
Bringing up the rear in the Northern
Division will be Saint Paul's (which
lost most of its inside power in 6-6
center Lawrence Carr and 6-7 forward
Walt Buckhanan), Virginia State
(which lost its one-two punch of Julius
Norman and Darrell Stith), Elizabeth
City State (which should be better than
last session's 8-20 record, but not that
much better) and Bowie State (which
should improve from terrible to bad).
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champion here is to put all the teams' 1
names into a hat and draw blindfolded.
Though uncertainty is routine in <
CIAA ball, it becomes even more con- i
spicuous in the CIAA South this year, |
where the balance of power is likely to
shift to Lord knows where. i
The coaches picked defending 1
Southern champ St. Augustine's in a 1
pre-season poll, but the Falcons, who j
were 22-6 last year and made the i
NCAA tournament, lost .the heart of ]
their attack in all-CIAA forwards
Donald Carroll and Mark Davis. I
North Carolina Central returns a i
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Union's Charles Oakley (34) gives UD
strong cast, but lost top scorer David
Binion, the all-league forward who
averaged 16 rebounds a game to lead
the nation.
Winston-Salem State looks solid,
hnt remains a team of ffiiards and for
wards with no true big man.
Fayetteville State has started well
this year....But enough beating around
the bush; her* arc my picks: _
Vastly improved North Carolina
Central should rule the South - with
about as firm a hand as a South
American dictator rules his country
between coups.
Even with David Binion (the brother
of North Carolina A&Ts Joe Binion),
the Eagles could only manage a disappointing
11-14 record last year.
But four starters return, and NCCU
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team, with 6-8 senior ccnter Charles
Murphy (11.9 points, 7.9 rebounds) 6-8
junior reservc-center Ronnie Winston
smd and 6-8 freshman centers Rodney
Davis and Rodney Berry.
Six-three senior guard Darnell Evans
[16.1 points, 4. T rebounds) and 5-11 '
senior point guard Mike Wright (12.8
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Up the road a piece in Raleigh, St.
Augustine's lost two key starters from
last year's team, which, in the opinion
of many, was the most talented in the
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With forwards Donald Carroll and
Mark Davis have gone nearly 40 points ,
and 21 rebounds atgame,
But forward Anthony Rogers (a pre- .
season all-CIAA pick) does return but
point guard Emanuel Chapman, who .
averaged 9.3 assists in *82-83, is gone
and that puts added pressure on 6-4
senior guard Randy Franks.
Coach Harvey Heartley must fit the
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and, knowing him, he probably will.
Winston-Salem State calls its athletic
facility the Gaines Complex, which
sounds sufficiently impressive to honor
WSSU's legendary coach, but a more
succinct name might have been simply
The Big House.
In any event, Bighouse has Bigplans
for his not-so-Bigteam this year.
Six lettermen and three starters
return from last year's 15-12 team that
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had its share of ups and downs, but added
considerable drama to the CIAA
tournament by beating Bowie State
and Virginia State before barely losing
to eventual champion Hampton Institute
in the semifinals, 66-63.
When they're on, the Rams can run
and gun with the best of 'em. led bv 6-3
junior guard Troy Russell (18.1-point
average). But he who 4ivetb by the
jump shot dieth by the brick, which the
Rams sometimes throw when the
jumper deserts them.
The Rams still have neither the bulk
or the height to mix it up in the middle
when their perimeter shooting falters.
But they'll still be tough.
Elsewhere in the South, they'll finish
like this: Johnson C. Smith. ("I can be
satisfied with a losing record if each
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says Coach Robert Moore), Fayetteville
State (among Coach Jake Ford's
recruits are Darryl Banks, brother of
Gene, and a 6-10, 280-pound center
named Willie Robinson), Shaw (Coach
Warren Reynolds returns three
starters) and Livingstone (Coach Jerry
Fitch is back, but so is last year's
mediocrity).
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