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1.1 Senior S Kevin Joyce will play a Gamecocks this season as he in scoring and experience. J year and will make a strong bi Utah this year will put him at the thousand mark for his career. Take Barnes and DeGregorio away from the Friars and they are a bunch of no-names. Only three players averaged in double figures last season, and besides the two standouts the Rhode Islanders don't have a double-figure scorer back. Fran Costello and Charles Craw ford will probably be the starting forwards. They averaged 14 points together in junior years. DeGregorio will be joined in the backcourt by either Nehru King, who gan play forward also, or 5-11 sophomore Gary Bello, a 16 ppg freshman last season. If Barnes needs a rest or gets in foul trouble, guess who replaces him? His old friend Larry Ketvirtis, of course. Hopefully the Gamecocks will play Santa Clara Dec. 16 in the championship game. The Broncos rate as the choice over the host school, Utah, in their preliminary contest. The Broncos will not be a total stranger to Frank McGuire and Company. The Gamecocks went all the way to San Francisco to beat them in the first game of the Cable Car Classic, 77-66, in 1971. As Carolina found out last year the Broncs play a bruising-type of game. They'd rather go through you to get a lay-up than be satisfied with a five-foot jumper. And they'd rather put you on the floor than give you an uncontested lay-up. There are plenty of fouls in any Santa Clara game. The Broncs, 17-9 last season, are led by 6-10-Mike Stewart. He aver aged 21.2 points and 9.7 rebounds last year and welcomed USC to the West Coast by riddling them with 25 points. Should Danny Traylor have to play Barnes one night and Stewart the next it would make an awfully difficult tournament for the seven footer. And if Carolina is to win the tournament Traylor will certainly have to contain those two men. Utah has four players under 6-5 who carry the scoring load. Eddie Trail, Scot Jones and Tyrone Med ley all averaged around 10 points for the varsity last year. Bernard Tomlin, 6-2, averaged 30 points for the Utah freshmen. Providence is the big roadblock between USC and the Utah Classic crown. If the Gamecocks get past the Friars they should have the tal ent and momentum to overpower either Santa Clara or Utah. But they U Bob Beon uper-star major role in guiding the returns as the team's leader Ioyce averaged 18.3 ppg last d for All-America recognition. From Page 5 had better be prepared physically for Santa Clara. Even if the Broncos don't beat you on the scoreboard they beat you physically. WHERE We're Except for a look is ' as easily a One "authentic swea.ter, with ox plaid s portscoat( Holida tourney by putting the Gamecocks into the loss column for the first time last year in the finals of the tourney. USC got revenge by win ing the consolation game of the NCAA Eastern Regionals over the Cats. Two of last season's Villanova stars have graduated-Hank Siemiontkowski and Chris Ford-but Tom Ingelsby, who almost single handedly beat the Gamecocks in the Quaker City Classic, is back for his senior year. Larry Moody, a for ward, and guard Ed Hastings are starters back from last season. This tourney is a real tough one, not only because of the scheduling. The teams are excellent, not unusual for the Festival. Any one of the six teams could win the title. Tennessee, St. John's, Michigan and Niagara, in addition to Carolina and Villanova, have to be consi dered serious contenders for the championship. The Vols have the big man, Len Kosmalski, the sharpshooting, hard rebounding forwards, Lloyd Richardson and Larry Robinson, and one guard who can hit from any where, Mike Edwards. If they come to the tourney with any type of early season confidence they could be dangerous. A pair of remarkable athletes at the forwards make Michigan a Big Ten contender. Henry Wilmore was plagued by injuries last season and still averaged 24 points. Opponents don't really want to find out how good he is when he's healthy. Michigan can hardly wait to get Campy Russell into the line-up. At 6-7 he's Cazzie's little brother and SANTA I chock-full of exciting gifts th genuine antique clothing, no fc REVIVED." Today's versions of s the new crop of Political labels look is the Crewneck Ford cloth shirt and bold by R G Dennis) 919 FRON B. DENNIS PreFinetC From ] if he does half as well as his brother did at Ann Arbor he'll be unbeliev able. As a freshman a year ago he averaged over 30 points and 12 rebounds. Can you blame Wolverine coach Johnny Orr for being optomistic? Russell's emergence will send 6-5 John Lockard, 13 point average, to the bench. No doubt he'll make a capable reserve. The other big man for the Wolves is their center, 6-8 Ernie Johnson. He averaged 12.8 points. Few teams can match the Wolves Wilmore-Russell-Johnson front line. Maybe St. John's can't match the Michigan frontcourt. But they come mighty close. Mel Davis, 6-7, can score, 21 point average. His real strength is off the backboards where he cleans everything that doesn't go in the basket. Last year he was fourth in the nation with 17 rebounds every game. Davis is not alone at St. John's. Billy Schaeffer scores about 17 points a game to take the pressure off the big man. The trouble with the Redmen is in their backcourt. It may not be a problem if Frankie Alagia is as good as they say. He's a freshman who was recruited by every school in the United States, and probably some outside it. The other contender, Niagara, is another of the teams that Carolina met on their schedule last season. IANGS H at you'll love slipping under th ishions come back exactly the sar yesterdays looks will mix into a w a. A second "revival" is the slesv in a diamond design, backs ribbed knit skirt (again by R G llahUrhairr SUMTER ST. ACROSS I U. S. C. HORSESHOE. l1othiers Since 1971 ?age S The Purple Eagles got to the NIT final game before losing to Mary land in '72. They lost exciting Marshall Wingate but little Al Wi liams is back from the backcourt that had fun causing havoc to enemy guards. Cleve Royster, 6-6, 10.4 scoring average, is the big man in the frontcourt. A sophomore, 6-2 George Rautins, will take Wingate's place at guard. He averaged 26.3 for the frosh. The othe, teams in the tourney Boston Ci Ilege, North Carolina A&T, Grambling and Manhattan should be satisfied with just getting on the Garden floor. They are no match for any of the contenders and on N. C. A&T or Manhattan should win a game. And that's only because they play each other in the first round. If the dogs don't get priorities on Dec. 30 two of the previously men tioned favorites should play for the championship. It will probably be a hectic end to a week long of chaos. And a lot of good basketball. 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