14Basketball '89The Daily Tar HeelFriday, November 17, 1989
Random notes from a basketball wasteland
BETHANY LITTON
Staff Writer
Everyone's an authority when
basketball season rolls around.
Seen a magazine stand lately? Dick
Vitale, Barry Jacobs, Street, Smith,
and other various bastions of basket
ball knowledge have all compiled
weighty chronicles which enlighten
fans in such areas as the lineup of
college basketball's "All-Glass Eat
ers Team" and the NBA player with
the biggest SAPP (Shots' Average
Point Production) for three-point
shots.
Knowing that only those with the
heartiest of constitutions can stom
ach all of those stats and cutesy cate
gories, I've put together a series of
trivial ramblings to prepare you for
the upcoming months of pro and col
lege basketball:
The unlucky team that faced Michi
gan in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament this year, the Xavier
Musketeers, get my vote for the little
guys who'll go a long way. Xavier
has won the Midwestern Collegiate
Conference Tournament four years
in a row, and between head coach
Pete Gillen and a powerful front line,
they should continue that streak and
hopefully end up with better luck in
tournament matchups. It's all for one
and one for all
Searching for a Christmas present
for the basketball enthusiast that has
everything? Well, friends and neigh
bors, it has arrived. The gift to get
this holiday...a Dick Vitale figurine!
That's right, you've heard him babble
incessantly during broadcasts for
years, but now you can have your
own six-inch "Dickie Doll" on your
mantle. It's a steal only $19.95
plus shipping and handling and
it's hand molded in Italy from ala
baster. You think I'm kidding?...
Here's a fun fact to know and tell
N.C. State's first-team All-ACC
guard Rodney Monroe and Georgia
Tech standout Dennis Scott are cous
ins. This could give new meaning to
pick-up games at family cookouts...
Around the NBA, one of the most
annoying topics in the preseason press
was the fate of Rick Mahorn, the for
mer Detroit Piston who went to the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the ex
pansion draft. But alas, Mahorn didn't
want to play in Minnesota, so he
threatened to join Danny Ferry as a
star in Italy while the Timberwolves'
management threatened a lawsuit.
Mahorn was pacified when a trade
was negotiated sending him to Phila
delphia, but it looks like Minnesota
got the better end of the deal. Is a
. player who has a history of back in
juries and who was tossed out of his
third game as a 76er for throwing an
elbow worth one first-round and two
second-round draft picks? By the way,
the Sixers should shudder at the new
NBA rule mandating automatic ejec
tion for any player who throws an
elbow above the neck...
The Charlotte Hornets may or may
not be helped by their acquisition of
a player we all know named Reid,
but their recent trade of their other
Reid seems like a questionable move
for such a young organization.
Granted, Robert Reid's age and his
shooting percentage have been stead
ily moving away from each other,
but the emotional leadership and
community involvement he showed
in Houston are rare in professional
sports. Charlotte's loss is Portland's
gain...
The biggest challenge to basket
ball announcers this season will be in
pronouncing the names of the five
Eastern European players in the NBA.
Without pronunciation charts, they
Wake
are: 1) Vlade Divac from Yugosla
via, a center for the Lakers playing
behind Mychal Thompson, 2) Sarunas
Marciulionis (whew!) a USSR sharp
shooter for the Warriors, 3) Hailed
as the "most quotable foreigner" is
Yugoslavian Zarko Paspalj. I can't
resist this one. His last name is pro
nounced POSS-pie. Look for him at
one of the Spurs' forward positions.
4) Trail Blazer guard Drazen Pet
rovic, another Yugoslavian who
missed the preseason because of back
surgery, and 5) Alexander Volkov, a
forward who could make a signifi
cant contribution to the Hawks. If
nothing else, these guys will make
for fun postgame interviews...
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dropped from 6.3 to 2.6. Phil Med
lin, a 6-9 sophomore, took over the
center spot during last season and
averaged 4.4 points but only 3.3 re
bounds, not surprising for a fresh
man. Tom Wise, a 6-9 junior, will
also see action.
What Odom will probably do is
go with a three-forward lineup, util
izing Ivy, King and 6-8 transfer An
thony Tucker, who came to Wake
from Georgetown and is ready to play
after sitting out the required season.
Tucker is expected to give the Dea
cons some of the drive that has eluded
them over the past few years.
"Anthony can do it all," Kitley
said. "He's hard-nosed, he hates to
lose and he doesn't back down. We
need someone like him to kick our
tail."
Depth problems have plagued
Wake Forest for the last four years,
but that shouldn't be a factor this
year. Nobody is deeper than Wake,
and nobody has more youth, strength
and experience coming off the bench.
Nobody.
Wake Forest Roster
No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Year
25 "David Carlyle G-F 6-8 215 Sr.
55 Mark Forester F 6-6 210 Fr.
40 Samlvy F 6-7 225 Sr.
23 "'Antonio Johnson G-F 6-4 200 Sr.
5 DaricKeys F 6-6 200 So.
44 'Chris King F 6-8 220 So.
33 '"Ralph Kitiey C 6-10 255 Sr.
4 'Derrick McQueen G 5-11 180 So.
45 'PhilMedlin F-C 6-9 230 So.
13 "Steve Ray G 6-0 175 Jr.
34 "Todd Sanders F 6-6 215 Jr.
21 "Robert Siler G 6-3 200 Jr.
31 Anthony Tucker F 6-8 225 So.
30 "Tom Wise C 6-9 240 Jr.
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Head Coach
Dave Odom (Guilford College, 1965)
Assistants
Jerry Wainwright (Colorado College, 1968)
Ricky Stokes (Virginia, 1984)
Larry Davis (Asbury, 1978)
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At forward, King and Ivy will be
greatly helped by senior Antonio
Johnson, the team's number one three
point threat, and junior Todd Sand
ers. Sophomore Daric Keys returns
from a knee injury and should also
see a lot of PT.
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depth thin out. Sophomore Robert
Siler spent most of last season on the
bench with a knee injury, but he's
back and healthy and might start over
Carlyle. The only problem is that he's
the only reserve guard with any ex
perience. Junior Steve Ray, who also
sat out most of last season with a
knee injury, will back up McQueen
at the point.
With all this depth, expect Odom
to change lineups regularly to shake
up opposing defenses.
"We have the talent," Kitley said,
"but we certainly haven't done any
thing in the last three years to prove
anything."
This could be the season the Dea
cons prove to themselves and the rest
of the ACC that they can beat the big
boys with talent and ability, not just
dumb luck.
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