DUNCAN, JAYHAWKS ARE ALONE AT SUMMIT : NAISMITH AWARD PICKINGS SEEM SLIM.Byline: SCOTT WOLF Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. Dick Vitale Richard J. "Dick" Vitale, also known as "Dickie V" and "Mr. College Basketball" (born June 9 1939 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American sports broadcaster who is well known for his spirited style of broadcasting, primarily on ESPN and its family of cable television channels. is screaming at me. His head is bobbing back and forth as he yells into the microphone. There are hundreds of frenzied students jumping in the background. I'm supposed to be excited. It's another Big Monday Big Monday is a presentation of Division I college basketball on ESPN. The official name is Big Monday presented by Bud Light. It now shows three games every Monday at 7pm ET and 9pm ET on ESPN and at 10pm ET on ESPN2 from the beginning of January till early March. or Tuesday or Wednesday. . . But as this college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
There is only one team that plays with style, savvy and grace and shows few weaknesses: Kansas. Once you get past the 22-1 Jayhawks, what other team offers the potential to be remembered even three years from now? Wake Forest has limited depth, Kentucky's decimated by injury and Cincinnati chooses to play only on certain nights. What about Minnesota? Michigan? Utah? No thanks. Talk about undistinguished un·dis·tin·guished adj. 1. a. Marked by no peculiar quality; not distinguished; ordinary: an undistinguished appearance. b. . The NCAA Tournament could have teams like Louisville, Duke, Clemson and Villanova garnering No. 1 or No. 2 seeds next month. The number of marquee players is just as short: One. Wake Forest center Tim Duncan is a gem, but consider the recently released list of candidates for the Naismith Award. Other than Duncan, those eligible for the honor are Virginia Tech's Ace Custis, Michigan's Maurice Taylor, Utah's Keith Van Horn For the American football player, see . Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23 1975, in Fullerton, California) is an American basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn graduated from Diamond Bar High School and played for the University of Utah. , Kansas' Jacque Vaughn, Cincinnati's Danny Fortson, Tulsa's Shea Seals, Kentucky's Ron Mercer, Stanford's Brevin Knight and UCLA's Charles O'Bannon. Nice players, to be sure, but how many drew the national interest that Joe Smith, Jerry Stackhouse or Ed O'Bannon generated two years ago? Even scoring is down nearly four points per game from last season, and field-goal percentage has also dipped slightly. There is one silver lining to all of this mediocrity. With so many average teams, the NCAA Tournament just might produce its greatest number of upsets this year. With that in mind, let's just fast-forward to March. Until then, go back to sleep. Stay in school: It should be painfully apparent by now, but here's one more plea for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX underclassmen J.R. Henderson, Toby Bailey and Jelani McCoy to return to school for another year. None of the trio is even close to being as dominating as ex-Bruin Ed O'Bannon was his senior season, and check out what he's doing today. The Nets forward is not lighting up the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , averaging 4.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and shooting 29 percent on 3-pointers. Still, expect at least one Bruin to enter the draft. McCoy is the most marketable. ``Usually, a high pick is for a featured go-to guy and (McCoy's) an unknown quantity,'' said an NBA scout. ``He's still got to get a lot of experience, but he really has a big upside because he's so athletic.'' Translation: McCoy could be a top-10 pick with some nice pre-draft workouts. Bailey and Henderson are viewed as borderline first-round picks. The General speaks: Indiana coach Bobby Knight has seen enough of his Hoosiers losing with upperclassmen. ``We need leadership and I'm going to get it with freshmen, it's just that simple,'' Knight said after 17-7 Indiana was upset by Illinois last Saturday. ``I've done everything I can to get leadership out of those juniors, and the hell with it.'' Knight kept his word Tuesday night, benching leading scorers Andrae Patterson and Neil Reed. It didn't work, however. The Hoosiers lost to Iowa 75-67. But Knight was partially vindicated, as freshman Jason Collier had 16 points and nine rebounds, and freshman Michael Lewis had 11 assists. Class act: Last weekend in Pullman, Wash., Lynn Archibald watched his son, Washington State forward Beau Archibald, play against Arizona State, where he was an assistant from 1989-94. It would have been easy for Archibald, a longtime and well-respected assistant, to root for the Cougars, but he remained loyal to the Sun Devils. ``I want Beau to do well, but my heart's with ASU ASU Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) ASU Appalachian State University ASU Arkansas State University ASU Angelo State University ASU Alabama State University ASU Australian Services Union ,'' he told the Arizona Republic. Archibald, 52, is one of the great tragedies of this basketball season. He has terminal prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. and has been told by doctors he only has a few months to live. ``The good thing is, I can see the tunnel,'' he said. ``At least I know how to plan my life and what I have to do.'' Quick quiz: Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, which four Pac-10 teams have made the Sweet Sixteen? Answer below. Nice knowing you: The coaches-on-the-hot-seat list continues to grow and nearly every assistant in the country is making phone calls in anticipation of the next opening. Here's the latest roundup of endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. : Randy Ayers (Ohio State), Joey Meyer (DePaul), Rod Baker (UC Irvine), Pat Kennedy (Florida State), John McLeod (Notre Dame) and Joby Wright (Wyoming). What a crowd! If South Carolina's upset of No. 3 Kentucky wasn't enough Monday night, among the fans cheering on the Gamecocks were all four members of Hootie and the Blowfish A secret key cryptography method that uses a variable length key from 32 to 448 bits long. It uses the block cipher method, which breaks the text into 64-bit blocks before encrypting them. and Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers. Well, that just about includes every luminary in the state, doesn't it? Quiz answer: Arizona (1988, '89, '91, '94, '96), UCLA ('90, '92, '95), Cal ('93) and Arizona State ('95). Next: With 6-10 Jermaine Williams committing to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , the Trojans' next target is 6-7 forward Gyasi Cline-Heard of Houston. He's the son of former Phoenix Suns forward Garfield Heard. Williams and Cline-Heard made their visit to USC together three weeks ago. Top 10 1. Kansas (22-1): OK, they lost to Missouri. So what? 2. Wake Forest (18-1): Maryland fans paid for chanting ``overrated'' at Tim Duncan. 3. Minnesota (19-2): Who are these guys? 4. Kentucky (20-3): Losing Anderson and Prickett too much for even Pitino. 5. Utah (15-3): One more WAC WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby. loss and it's goodbye Top 10. 6. Duke (17-5): As Trajan Langdon's knee improves, so do Dukies. 7. Iowa State (15-3): Warning - seven wins against teams ranked below 150 by RPI RPI - Rockwell Protocol Interface . 8. Maryland (17-4): 0-2 record last week means this is Terps' wake-up call. 9. New Mexico (17-3): Let's see it beat Utah in Salt Lake City. 10. South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. (16-5): A 10-0 record in SEC too good to ignore. Five more to watch: Iowa (16-5), Villanova (17-5), Clemson (18-4), Michigan (16-5), Louisville (18-3). Player Watch Dan Buie, Washburn University: He's 25 and playing for a Division II school in Kansas. But in 1991, he was recruited by Duke and Kentucky. Buie ended up going to USC but left less than a semester into school. Buie then returned to his hometown of Harrisburg, Pa., and became a cocaine dealer who would threaten customers with a semiautomatic pistol. Buie is on probation after spending time in jail and must attend college as part of his probation agreement. A junior at Washburn, Buie is averaging 28.6 points, 9.1 rebounds and shooting 56 percent from 3-point range. He is considered good enough to become an NBA draft pick. Say What? ``We've got scumbags that are making a living off our kids in our sport. So I have a personal detestment for the NBA.'' - Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese, on agents. Best Bet Wildcats vs. Wildcats Villanova returns Sunday to Rupp Arena, where it won the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association title in 1985. This time it actually plays the home team, suddenly beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. Kentucky. With Kentucky's Derek Anderson and Jared Prickett injured, watch Villanova freshman center Tim Thomas, who will turn pro after the season, lead his Wildcats to an upset. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box |
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