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The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, November 13, 19905 poke Bulls will Editor's note: This is the first in a r'o-part series. By DOUG McCURRY Start Writer Can the Pistons three-peat? Will this finally be the year for Michael and the Bulls? Can the Lakers and Celtics relive their past glory? These questions dominate talk of the 1990-91 NBA season. Because there are at least six other teams Cleveland, Utah, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Phoenix and Portland with a legitimate shot at the NBA title, there are no easy answers. Despite death threats from other staff writers, I have come to a pretty solid solution to these questions: Michael Jordan. Chicago has finally assembled a talented enough sup porting cast to give the game's domi nant force an excellent chance to capture his first title. With the emer gence of Scottie Pippen, the im provement of second-year players Stacey King and B.J. Armstrong, and the acquisition of Dennis Hopson, Jordan has enough talent with him to bring a title back to the Windy City. The Bulls certainly will not have an easy path to the title. Many teams, notably the Jazz by trading for Jeff Malone and the Lakers by signing Sam Perkins and Terry Teagle, have greatly increased their talent pools. Here's a team-by-team look at the Eastern Conference. ATLANTIC DIVISION 1. Philadelphia 76t rs. The Sixers have four solid starters Hersey Hawkins, Johnny Dawkins, Rick Mahorn, and Mike Gminski to complement superstar Charles Barkley. Barkley will once again be called on to take care of the majority of the scoring and rebounding. They are lacking in depth at the post. Manute Bol, although a shot-blocking menace at 7-7, is not a reliable backup center. Ron Anderson and Derek Smith pro vide excellent scoring and defense in their backcourt reserve roles. 2. Boston Celtics. They still have the best frontcourt in basketball Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and Larry Bird All three are legitimate NBA all-stars. However, the team needs this trio to stay healthy for the entire season to have a chance at the title. Good Luck. Brian Shaw and Reggie Lewis provide a quality backcourt, although both are incon sistent perimeter shooters. The draft ing of super-quick Dee Brown may revive a missing fast break. 3. New York Knicks. They have rebounding machines in Charles Oakley and Patrick Ewing. Add Ewing's excellent low-post scoring and tenacious defense, and the Knicks are rock solid in the middle. The only position in which New York is lack ing is small forward. Johnny Newman took the free-agent i xite to Charlotte, leaving New York with only Kelly Tripucka clone Kiki Vande weghe and Gerald Wilkins (he of the 12-foot shooting range). If Maurice Cheeks has an excellent year and they do SOMETHING with Mark Jackson, the Knicks have a chance. Tourney pairings released for Women's soccer hosts Final Four; men travel to Virginia It's NCAA Tournament time, and UNC's calendar this weekend is booked solid. The women's soccer and field hockey teams are looking to defend their national titles in Final Four action, while the mens soccer squad competes in an NCAA second-round match. The volleyball team will also be taking part in the postseason hoopla; it competes in the ACC Tournament. UNC's Fetzer Field to host women's soccer Final Four Fetzer Field will be host to the women's soccer Final Four, and the top-seeded Tar Heels (18-1-1) will face Colorado Saturday at 1 1 a.m. in the first semifinal contest. Top-ranked Santa Clara meets Conneticut at 2 p.m. in the other semifinal, and the national championship will be decided Sunday at 1 p.m. North Carolina has to be considered the odds-on favorite after its 4-3 over time win over N.C. State Sunday in the second round. 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Grant and Hammonds will always be role players. The overweight Wil liams will never be the "next Michael Jordan" as some have said and King's knee problems are a huge question mark. The unsung hero is guard Darrell Walker, who racked up nine triple doubles last year. 5. Miami Heat. Although the Heat have a young starter at every position, Rony Seikaly, Glen Rice, and maybe Sherman Douglas are the only ones who will be quality players in the future. Kevin Edwards just can't shoot well enough to be a shooting guard. Alec Kessler should be a competent power forward, and top pick Willie Burton will provide some scoring and athletic play. It might take a while for the Heat's young talent to jel, so they might fare better later in the season. 6. New Jersey Nets. Believe it or not, the Nets actually have (dare I say it) talent. Sam Bowie never lived up to the promise of being taken before Michael Jordan in the draft, but he is now a solid center. Top overall pick Derrick Coleman will provide scoring and re bounding in bunches. The back court is a bit shaky, but Reggie Theus, Chris Morris and Mookie Blaylock all are decent, unusual for Nets' starters. The Nets still have more CBA-caliber players in reserve roles than any other NBA team. CENTRAL DIVISION: 1. Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan finally has good enough teammates. Small forward Scottie Pippen looks more Jordanesque every day. Power forward Horace Grant provides excel lent scoring and rebounding. Second year star Stacey King continues to im prove his McHale-like low-post moves. Guards John Paxson, B J. Armstrong, Craig Hodges, and the newly acquired Dennis Hopson should all complement Jordan well. The big question mark is at center. Can Bill Cartwright solidify the paint so that Jordan can dominate? 2. Detroit Pistons. This is a team without a true weakness. They have a great back court that has patented the three guard Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson offense. Johnson's scoring is unstoppable when he's in the groove, Dumars is a master at defending scoring guards (i.e. Jordan) and Thomas runs the show. The Pistons are strong up front as well. Bill Laimbeer and James Edwards can both score and rebound. Don't leave out defensive MVP Dennis Rodman or supersubs Mark Aguirre and John Salley. The Pistons main problem is that they are trying to win their third straight title, a neatly impossible task. 3. Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs' starting lineup is incredible. All-Stars Brad Daugherty and Mark Price so lidify the center and point guard posi tions. Danny Ferry, a Renaissance player he does everything well should have never lost a game at home. But UNC can't take an unprecedented eighth national championship for granted. The Wolf pack very nearly upset the Tar Heels Sunday, and UNC has to be weary of Conneticut, the team that ended UNC's 103-game unbeaten streak ear lier this season with a 3-2 upset. Field hockey opens title defense against Penn State The field hockey squad will be going after its second straight national cham pionship this weekend. Coming off a 3 1 quarterfinal win against Northeastern Sunday, the Tar Heels ( 1 9-3) now travel to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., to square off against some familiar Final Four competition. UNC, Old Dom inion, and Iowa return from last year's Final Four, and they are joined by Penn State. The Tar Heels will meet the Nittany Lions Saturday at noon for a spot in the finals, while Iowa and ODU battle in the other semifinal at 2:30 p.m. The NCAA Championship game is set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. FW M"?i 1 ?JF J i?......- beasts of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls start at small forward. Cleveland has to choose between the oft-injured Larry Nance and $28-million man John "Hot Rod" Williams, both excellent players, at the power forward slot. If Craig Ehlo can play solid at the shooting guard and the team can avoid the injuries that decimated them last year, watch out. 4. Indiana Pacers. The Pacers boast a young and talented front court and bunches of scoring from the perimeter. Shooting guard Reggie Miller and small forward Chuck Person combined for 45 ppg last year. Center Rik Smits is qui etly moving up toward becoming one of the league's top ' big " men. However, beyond Smits" and reserve forward LaSalle Thompson, the Pacers have no real defensive stoppers. The Pacers also ranked 23rd in turnover ratio. 5. Atlanta Hawks. Dominique Wilkins continues to be one of the most overrated players in the league. The Hawks will always have trouble until he accepts his role as a team player and leader. Atlanta is loaded at the guard position. Spud Webb, Rumeal Robinson, Doc Rivers, and John Battle will all contribute heavily. The Hawks have no power forward, unless you are counting Jon Koncak, the NBA's most overpaid player. Unless Moses Malone and Wilkins start passing the ball, the UNC downed both ODU and Iowa earlier this season, and the Tar Heels topped Penn State in the teams' last meeting, a 1 986 Final Four consolation matchup. The Tar Heels have faced at least one of the three Final Four oppo nents in postseason play in each of the past four years" Men to face nemesis Virginia in NCAA second round The men's soccer team will be look ing to break its jinx against Virgina when the two square off Sunday at 2 p.m. for a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals. The game will played at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. The Tar Heels (13-6) have come away with a win only once in their last 13 meetings with the Cavs, and they fell to U Va. twice this season, including a 3-0 loss in the first round of the ACC Tournament. North Carolina rebounded from that loss with a surprising 2-1 win over Wake Forest Saturday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. A win Sunday would send the injury-plagued It's A Two-Way Street Be a plasma donor and earn up to $1 00 a month. Help us so that we may help others! Earn a SS bonus on your first donation with this ad. Expires 11390 Ml H Call Today 942-0251 t Hours: T & Th 1 0-6, W & F 1 0-4, Sat 9-3 SERA-TEC BIOLCGICALS 109 V2 E. FRANKLIN ST. the East 1 jy DTH file photo are hungry to dethrone the Pistons Hawks will disappoint again. 6. Charlotte Hornets. Although they are bad, the Hornets are realisti cally only two players a center and a point guard away from being good. They have incredible depth at power forward, with the ambidextrous scoring monster Armon Gilliam and second-year banger J.R. Reid. The problem is that the 6-9 Reid must play center. Charlotte has two young, ath letic scorers in Rex Chapman and Kendall Gill at shooting guard. Add Dell Curry - a consistent scorer with the league's prettiest jump shot - and 5-3 Muggsy Bogues, and the back court is solid. Former Knick Johnny Newman will add defense and scoring at small forward. 7. Milwaukee Bucks. Their best player, Ricky Pierce, doesn't even start. The NBA's top sixth-man knows how to score. Alvin Robertson, a pe rennial AlI-DefensiveTeam selection, provides excellent ball-handling and passing. The Bucks have big problems up front. Jack Sikma is no longer a quality center, preferring to launch three-pointers instead of battling for rebounds. Forward Greg "Cadillac" Anderson had only 24 assists in 1 ,29 1 minutes, a strong indication of poor team play. weekend for second round UNC squad to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second time in team history. The only other time UNC advanced past the second round was in 1 987, when the Tar Heels advanced to the Final Four. Volleyball opens ACC tourney against Clemson The Tar Heel volleyball team will travel to Hilton Head, S.C. this week end to meet some old conference foes in the ACCTournament. The third-seeded squad faces sixth-seeded Clemson Fri day at 7 p.m. UNC (12-17, 4-2) downed the Tigers in three games when they met earlier this year, but theTar Heels have slumped since that meeting. Heading into this weekend, UNC has lost nine of its last 1 0 matches. A win Friday would put theTar Heels into Saturday's semifinals and pit UNC against the winner of Friday's Duke Georgia Tech matchup. The championship will be decided Sunday at 3 p.m. Compiled by Robert B rown (above RiteAid) 942-0251 UNC's Homer eam ACC weekly honors From staff and wire reports North Carolina linebacker Dwight HoIIier was named ACC defensive lineman of the week Monday for his performance in the Tar Heels' 24-10 loss to Virginia. Hollier, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound junior from Hampton, Va., had 1 1 total tack les, including nine primary hits. Saturday's performance marked the fourth straight double-figure tackling game for Hollier, who was in on 15 hits the previous week in a 20-3 loss to Clemson. A preseason All-ACC selection, Hollier led the conference in total tackles entering Saturday's game with 1 18. He also led the league in total hits in 1989 with 159 for the year. UNC still in postseason bowl picture, Swofford says North Carolina remains in the run ning for a spot in at least four postseason bowl games, UNC Athletic Director John Swofford said Monday. The Peach, Liberty, Aloha and Fiesta bowls have all contacted Swofford and are all still considering theTar Heels, he said. But with UNC on "the fringe" of the bowl picture, the 5-4-1 Tar Heels must win against Duke Saturday and may also have to depend on results from other games across the nation to land them in postseason play. "Much of it is kind of murky right now, and there's nothing very definitive at all in terms of our own situation," Swofford said. "Obviously, to have any chance we need to win Saturday. If we can do that, we'll just have to wait and see what the circumstances are. "Any time you have to go to the last week of the season to get your sixth win, it's not an easy call from a bowl stand point. You have to have some good fortune, but maybe we can." AP Football Top 25 Record Pvs 1. Notre Dame (55) 8-1-0 1 2. Colorado (5) 9-1-1 4 3. Miami, Fla. 6-2-0 5 4. Georgia Tech 8-0-1 7 5. Brigham Young 8-1-0 8 6. Florida 8-1-0 10 7. Texas 7-1-0 14 8. Virginia 8-1-0 11 9. Florida St 7-2-0 12 10. Washington 8-2-0 2 11. Nebraska 9-1-0 13 12. Houston 8-1-0 3 13. Iowa 7-2-0 6 14. Tennessee 5-2-2 9 15. Mississippi 8-1-0 16 16. Michigan 6-3-0 19 17. Clemson 8-2-0 18 18. Penn St 7-2-0 21 19. Southern Cal 7-2-1 23 20. Louisville 9-1-1 22 21. Ohio St. 6-2-1 22. Illinois 6-3-0 17 23. Michigan St 5-3-1 24 24. Auburn 6-2-1 15 25. Southern Miss. 8-3-0 Others receiving votes: California 82. Okla homa 69, Texas A&M 58, Oregon 21, San Jose St. 16, Colorado St. 15, Wyoming 6, Alabama 5, Baylor 2, Central Michigan 2, UCLA 1. "IU ' " 1 "" ,I,I""J "" of Wanrni FoumB! Every Mon., Tues., & Wed. a ifccdihi n delivered FREE to UNC dorms, frats, sororities and UNC Hospitals , CPiinrn nirinir ni-sn1 u larno Ar-j! r .- Large r-J U E? U nn RV fw rm z 1 .13 11 ri Topping Offer exoires in 2 weeks Not valid with anw othpr ntfcr uneiexpite5 m 1 weens. WOI vana Wlin any Oiner Olier. 3 E3 B E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 FOR THE "SP PRICE OF eLL Super Pickup Special u Buy 1 vuza Any size, Get 2 Of Equal Value U Buy 1 Pizza Any Size, Get 1 Of Equal Value fj Q Absolutely FREE! 0 Absolutely FREE! n -Offer expires in 2 weeks. Not valid with any other offer, jm Offer expires in 2 weeks. Not valid with any other offer ' Z. LaaciaDDaQaaDUDEiaDaDaDDp c0 Swofford said that a bowl represen tative on hand in Durham Saturday could conceivably extend UNC a bid on the spot following a Tar Heel victory. : "The last bid we accepted was to the Aloha Bowl (in 1986), and that was after a win at Duke," Swofford said. "But we didn't really accept that until late that evening. "This year it's such that if we have an opportunity, it may come later in the evening Saturday or even the next day or so." Sports daily experiencing .. personnel shakeups . - NEW YORK The president and publisher of The National has been re lieved of day-to-day duties at the sports daily and three other top executives have been dismissed, a company spokesman confirmed Monday. -r An executive associated with the Mexican media and entertainment concern that is the paper's biggest shareholder has been brought in to take greater control of operations at the 9-month-old newspaper. The moves come as the paper con tinues to absorb heavy losses in its bid to become the United States' first na tional sports daily. Backers of the newspaper have run into a depressed advertising climate and skepticism about the potential audience for a daily sports publication. AP Basketball Top 25$ Record Pvs 1. UNLV(50) 35-5 2 2. Arkansas (5) 30-5 7 3. Arizona (5) 25-7 14 4. Michigan St. (1) 28-6 4 5. North Carolina 21-13 6. Duke (2) 29-9 15 7. Alabama 26-9 23 8. Indiana 18-11 9. Georgetown (2) 24-7 8 10. Ohio St. 17-13 11. UCLA 22-11 12. Pittsburgh 12-17 13. Syracuse 26-7 6 14. LSU 23-9 19 15. Oklahoma 27-5 1 16. Georgia Tech 28-7 9 17. Connecticut 31-6 3 18. Virginia 20-12 19. Temple 20-11 20. Missouri 26-6 ' 21. Georgia 20-9 11 22. Texas 24-9 23. Louisville 27-8 ' 16 24. Southern Miss. 20-12 " ' 25. St. John's 24-10" - Others receiving votes: Kansas 137, New Mexico 129, North Carolina St. 66, ; Houston 63, East Tennessee St. 62. 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