Sports
April 17, 1992
Page 9
Ted
Toomer
Top Five Active
’’Auteur” Coaches
During the fall semester, I
wrote about my top five "Auteur"
football coaches. This time
thought it fitting to do a list of
my top five basketball coaches.
Auteur is a French word
usually associated with film
directors. The word "Auteur"
means or implies that directors
are the reason for a film's success
and not the actors.
This is the same idea with
some coaches, they are the reason
for their teams' success.
5. Denny Crum- Crum is a
John Wooden disciple that has
shown he can win the big game.
Crum has won two National
Titles. He is going through rough
times now, but look for him to be
back in the winner's circle soon.
4. John Thompson- "Big
John" has proven that he knows
how to recruit and coach.
Thompson single handily put
Georgetown basketball on the map
with a young Patrick Ewing back
in 1982. Thompson continues to
win and sec that his players
graduate.
3. Bobby Knight- A
controversial and even hated
person by some, but the man
wins. His iron fist style has
caused many talented players not
to play at Indiana, and caused
many to leave college early
(i.e.lsiah Thomas). However, he
has managed to win 3 National
Titles and keep good players
coming to Indiana.
2. Mike K rzyzewski-
Coach K came to the Atlantic
Coast Conference in 1980. After
a rocky start, his teams have been
in five of the last six Final Fours
and just won back to back titles.
Need 1 say more? He docs an
excellent job recruiting and dealing
with his players to gel the best
out of them.
I. Dean Smith- This may
not be a popular decision, however
the proof is in the pudding.
Smith has been at UNC for 31
years and consistently has 20-win-
seasons, makes the sweet 16 in
the tournament and finish either
one or two in the conference. He
has broken almost every win
record you can think of.
Auteur coach.’-
Bats carry team during streak
Rogers Harrison
The Pendulum
The Elon College baseball
team improved their rccord to 22
and 13 on Wednesday by beating
Limestone College 6 to 4. The
win caps a sueak during which the
team won six out of their last
seven games.
This past weekend, the
Christians improved their
conference record to 10 and 8 when
they won two out of three from
the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.
In game one of Saturday's
doubleheader, Elon won 5 to 4
with great pitching. Chris
Murphy started the game ,
pitching 4.1 innings and giving
up three runs. He struck out six
batters. Rob Hahne the came in
for 2.1 innings and gave up three
hits and up one run. Clo.ser Todd
Bechtold then came in to preserve
the win for the Fightin'
Christians.
"It was a close game,"
Bechtold said." I'm just glad I was
able to come in and get the job
done. If I couldn't get them out, 1
knew there were eight guys behind
me who could."
In Game two, Elon lost 4 to
2. The pitching was there, but
Elon's bats just went cold. The
team only had four hits. Randy
Chase pitched the entire game for
Elon and gave up four runs.
On Sunday, Elon's bats came
alive again as they defeated
Rob Whiteslde/The Pendulotff
Third baseman Josh Alrich is congtsluladed after hitting the homemn lha( pulled Elon to within one run.
On Wednesday, Limestone
College came to town to challenge
Elon s team. Limestone scored
two runs in the first inning off
starter Derek Leviner. Elon,
however, answered with one of
their own. Limestone managed to
scrape some runs together and
Elon also responded to the
visitor's pitchers and when the
dust clear^ it was tied at four after
six. In the seventh inning, Elon
scored two runs to seal the
victory. Third baseman Josh
Alridge hit his fifth homerun to be
one of the leaders on Elon's
homerun total for the season.
"Pitching is not where wc
want it", said head coach Mike
Harden. "These guys believe in
themsclve.s and that's why wc
won."
With that game complete,
Bechtold started looking ahead to
next weekend to the Mars Hill
College Lions.
"We're gonna destroy Mars
Hill said Bechtold. "We're gonna
win the whole ihing(conference
title), (top-ranked) Catawba is a
good team, but we have the ability
to beat them."
Friday's game against Mars
Hill begins at 3p.m. and
Saturday's doublehcader begins at
1p.m. At the start of the week, the
team travels to play games at
Ferrum College and North
Carolina Wesleyan.
Hughes keeps awards in perspective
Lynn Malkus
Special to the Pendulum
Rob Hughes, a member of the
Fightin' Christians basketball
team is a prime example of the
newly coined phrase "student
athlete". This six-foot-four inch
basketball player out of Oviedo,
Fla. has been the receipent of
more awards and honors than most
students who don't participate in a
college sports.
Hughes tried to explained why
he felt he achieved academically in
college.
"In high school you're a All-
Star, but in college you're just one
of many All-Stars," Hughes said.
"I wasn't achieving athletically so
I was motivated to achieve
academically. I also liked the
classes I took," Hughes said.
Since'ihfe' start or"Vr^
freshman year, Hughes has been
inducted into Alpha Chi (Elon's
highest academic honor society).
Kappa Mu Epsilon (math honor
society). Sigma Tau Delta
(English honor society), Omicron
Delta Kappa (leadership honor
society), and this spring he will be
inducted into Theta Alpha Kappa
(religious honor society). Hughes
was also the recipient of the
English’ •ifH6i'aV award,*-*ifh*c
Haywood- Simpson Award, given
to the player for his/her hard work
and improvements, and the A.L.
Hook Award, given to the athlete
with the highest grade point
average. Hughes' cumulative GPA
is 3.88.
Even though Hughes is happy
about his awards, he put them into
perspective.
"1 feel I was lucky to win.
I'm happy I have them but they
are just awards," Hughes said.
"They don't standout to me as of
any importance."
In 1989, Hughes was selected
to join U.S.-U.S.S.R. Bridges for
Peace, a group who attended
a three-week long program in the
Soviet Union. While there, he
trdvcled to Moscow, Georgia and
St. Petersburg. In addition, he got
.to meet with the Soviet Peace
Committee*.
"My trips abroad where like a
totally separate education in itself.
I've learned there arc a lot of
things you can learn on your own.
I've found that I've learned a lot
more outside of school than in,"
Hughes explained.
They (the Russians) wanted
us to live with the families and to
experience exactly how they
lived," Hughes said."The people
over there arc just incredible."
After Hughes graduates this
May, he hopes to get accepted into
The Peace Corps and be stationc^
in Eastern Europe. ^
"I'd like to teach in the Peace
Corps. And if I am not accepted as
a teacher I'd like to do some other
kind of work," Hughes said.
After the Peace Corps, he
plans on coming back to the
United States to teach English.