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GLACT < til M l Fourteen Read * the winner of the title. Warren Reynolds used the help of C V T W T II A lormer u?N*^ati-Amertean ana pro player Bill Chamberlain and two-a-day i practices during the Christmas break to surprise Virginia Union and WSSU. early in January. But lately other teams have caught up with the Bears. Still, in Andre Sheppard, Dave Lacy and Inoch 1 Arnette, the Bears have fine players at the guard spots. . They also have size up front, but quickness and scoring are a problem. Still, if the up-and-down Bears are up, they could spell trouble. Virginia State lost big scorers "Doc" Norman and Darryl Stith from last , year's team but pint-sized guards Dwayne Wood and Kevin Bush have taken up the scoring slack. Although ( only 6-6, Cliff Straughn was leading | the league in rebounding at this writing. But the Trojans lack depth , and help for Straughn on the front line. Don't count them out, however. ( Didn't N.C. State prove last year that a , talented backcourt can still lead a team ] to great heights? Bob Moore is the coach with * possibly the most to prove this time J around. His Johnson C. Smith squad ; was picked to finish third in the South Kir. r- - l-.-. 1 - ? - mis acasun, uui currenuy stanas titth. ' Before the start of the season, Moore 1 predicted that his team would be a con- ' tender come February, and after so 1 many bitter disappointments in : tourney play, the Bulls' coach would like nothing better than to pull an upset ' after losing almost every time he was 1 favored in the past. ' ^0/f- '^K^jBfc^W WPw sT ; * Page IS-February, 19S4 BSSS55S E SPORT/ PEVIE h For A Title ? As for the tourney hero, pull a name from the roster of almost any team that mighrreactrthe finals and you have as ffnoH H chrtt at tktt mm ?iKa ???ll v m ?iawt mv |yivnuig lliV 5U J TIIV W 111 make the dramatic shot as anyone else. One of the more likely heroes was Norfolk State's Gene Cunningham, who in both '75 and '76 helped the Spartans beat Winston-Salem State with buzzer and overtime baskets. Recently, though, the heroes have been more unlikely candidates. 1981 saw Elizabeth City's Donnie Carter sink a 30-footer to set up his team's tourney title. 1982 saw Hampton's Hank Hankerson drop in a running 35-foot, three-pointer to give his team a one-point win over St. Augustine's in the championship game. And few can forget Tim Allen's dunk as time expired last year that put Norfolk in the finals. The winner of this year's title? The natural pick would be Virginia Union. The Panthers are tall, talented and deep. And they have the league's most aominant player in Oakley. But I'11 have to take St. Augustine's. Harvey Heartley is due to get a break, and it's Dnly fitting that he be able to quote the adage, "What goes around comes around." As for this year's tourney being as exciting, fast-paced and unpredictable as in the past, 1 can't guarantee it. But if I were you, I wouldn't leave my nerve medication at home, or my AlkaSeltzer. After all, those items are a bit easier to find at the corner store than what the league's coaches and players have Jii uit'if topping lists. ML l <M K|^ jfl H * ->v 1 v J|^ ***'' ^tBP* dp S v?a&^ m 3B *<* v2*3EBgl W V SI I ^ "% gjBj&j|jBHti& S fc'J ? ;%A/ om page 16 ^il I LiVj 8 Ss^l j^V^B v ' Mm m^^m ^V ir#iB K ^^ AH ^1 Kb ^fllfl I f' ^4 Kf Wl VCHk Charles Oakley will have to rise t< tourney skid <photo by Marcus Will ^ .r$s^H. ^^ifl^n<'W'^^IPiv ("H <f|K9JJp yyy |^9|E^*^!S3Wgg^^EJ < ,*^ X- " - . ' * " - " x- 'v^*. has " rnfldc believers ^ CiA A Ijm mm|H haHBHi < .3 > the occasion for Union to snap its ion). ' BP Ml Bi Bp BP BB PB- PB I ami No I who scored more than 2,000 cafeer ? , ~ * -MgZ -mW. The Troians finished the 1982-83 QMPAYI with A JQ.1A rrrnrH o?/4 I Wood played hi? part in that sue-|w
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