8Basketball 92-'93The Daily Tar HeelFriday, November 20, 1992
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Baby blues: Freshmen prepare for college, bench
By Adam Davis
Staff Writer
Almost everyone attending this Uni
versity, or any university for that mat
ter, knows how difficult it can be the
instant transition from high school ado
lescence to college adulthood.
At UNC, four men are making that
transition in a unique way. Each has left
the comforts of high school or prep
school basketball stardom and is facing
the uncertainty of playing in the ACC,
with and against some of the best play
ers in college basketball.
"Immediately, I don't think (this re
cruiting class) will have the impact that
others have had," said Barry Jacobs,
free-lance writer and author of Fan's
Guide to ACC Basketball magazine.
"For instance, I don't see that there's
anyone there who's going to be a starter
this year. There's a question whether
anyone there will be even a 20-minute
per game player this year."
If anyone gets that kind of playing
time, it is likely to be guard Dante
Calabria.
"Calabria's been a pleasant surprise,"
said UNC head coach Dean Smith. "It's
like he's been there a long time.
"He picks up things very well first
freshman guard we've ever had that
isn't fazed by our double-team. I'm
talking about Phil Fords, Kenny Smiths;
they were all scared to be double-teamed.
Dante has a chance to play some this
year."
Last season, the 6-foot-4 Calabria
averaged 28 points, 10 rebounds, five
steals and four assists per game for
Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls,
Pa. His team won the state champion
ship with a 32-1 record.
"He's a very smart player," said John
Miller, Calabria's high school coach.
"He's a good passer and sees the floor,
he knows how to deli ver to the post guy.
Position: Guard
Height: 6-4
Weight: 175
Hometown Beaver Falls, Pa.
High School: Blackhawk High
As a Senior: 28 ppg, 10 rpg
Position: Guard
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185
Hometown: Denmark, S.C.
High School: Denmark-Olar
High
As a Senior: 45 ppg
Last Year: Fork Union (Va.)
Military Academy
Position: Center
Height: 7-1
Weight: 245
Hometown: Maassluis, Neth.
High School: Harker Prep
(Potomac, Md.)
As a Senior: 18 ppg, 12 rpg
Position: Forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 230
Hometown: Norfolk, Va.
High School: Granby High
As a Senior: 17 ppg, 18 rpg
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UNC's freshman class, from left: Dante Calabria, Serge Zwikker, Ed Ceth, Larry Davis
and he's an extremely gutty player
doesn't back down.
"He's fearless. He never thinks he's
going to lose. He's right on that little
edge of being too cocky he really has
great confidence in himself."
Joining Calabria in UNC's backcourt
is Larry Davis (6-1 ), who averaged 45
ppg his senior year at Denmark-Olar
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After failing to make a 700 on his
SAT, Davis spent last year at Fork Union
Military Academy in Virginia.
"Larry's a great athlete," said UNC
forward Pat Sullivan. "He's very quick,
he's a real good jumper he's a great
scorer.
"If he can adjust and learn quickly, I
think he'll be a great player."
While Davis does have great offen
sive talent, UNC guard Henrik Rod!
cautioned against expecting Davis to
come right in and put up big numbers.
"It's hard for players to come in from
high school and score 40 at Carolina,"
he said. "Not many people do that. He is
a very good shooter, a very talented
scorer, and I think he'll do very well
here. But you won't be able to see him
score 20 to 30 points this year."
Another freshman with star potential
is 7-1 center Serge Zwikker, originally
from The Netherlands and now in his
fifth year in America.
Zwikker averaged 22 points, 12 re
bounds and six blocks per game last
year for Harker Prep School in Potomac,
Md.
"Serge is a very hard-working
player," said Stu Vetter, who coached
Zwikker at Harker. "Serge is the type of
player that's going to get better. He's
going to continue to improve at any
level, because he's not going to be sat
isfied until he's as good as he can be."
UNC center Eric Montross said
Zwikker had adjustedhis game quickly.
"I think Serge is another one of the
big men who came in from high school,
and they haven't gone up against any
other really big players," Montross said.
"And I think that he' s had to change his
game a little bit change his shots,
because they're not as easy to get off as
they were in high school.
"He' s done a very good job of chang
ing that, and I think he's coming along
quite well."
Zwikker still has a lot of hard work
ahead of him, but Vetter said the fresh
man had the skill and determination to
improve.
"I think Serge's coordination is out
standing," he said. "He has a nice shoot
ing touch, and he's a good person a
good kid who's going to work very hard
to contribute any way he can. He's the
type of player that coaches like to coach."
Rounding out this year's "diaper dan
dies" is forward Ed Geth, listed at 6-8,
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