CSUN NOTES\Abraham confident in program's future.Byline: Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer He was a first-year coach with a reputation for being a winner. He is at a school where apathy apathy /ap·a·thy/ (ap´ah-the) lack of feeling or emotion; indifference.apathet´ic ap·a·thy n. Lack of interest, concern, or emotion; indifference. does not even begin to describe the attitude toward the women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. program. He had players everyone knew could not win. It was quite a gig Slang for "gigabyte" or "gigabit." See GB. gig - gigabyte . And now the Cal State Northridge season is over. The expectations for the future are high, which means Michael Abraham could fall a long way if he does not deliver. He does not shy from the challenge. "I think that's exactly the way I approached this season, that this would be a year for me to evaluate talent, get to know the program, kind of feel the commitment from the administration," said Abraham, whose team finished 5-22, a four-win improvement over the 1994-'95 season. "I know that this is put up or shut up time." Abraham has already signed one player - forward Jamila Jones - and gotten commitments from two others - guard Bambi Bowling, who has transferred from New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , and forward Issia Lincoln from Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately . He has three more scholarships to give. "I'm evaluating everybody," Abraham said. "I'm going to give players an honest evaluation of what I think their skills are and what level I think they're best suited for. . . . It wouldn't surprise me if some people decided their opportunities were greater elsewhere. "I think (we'll be) respectable in two years," Abraham said. "I'm going to need at least one year's recruiting class." Burton qualifies: Junior Beth Burton became the first Northridge track-and-field athlete to qualify automatically for the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I indoor championships, with a throw of 58 feet, 1/4 inch in the 20-pound weight throw at the Wyoming Last Chance Meet on Friday. The NCAA finals are this weekend in Indianapolis. |
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