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ECAC BY MARK LEARY Of the Gamecock staff The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Holiday Tournament will be held Dec. 26-30 in the Providence Civic Center, and the eight-team field will provide more than enough excitement for any basketball fan. The class of the field will be Carolina and Providence, and the fact that the. tournament will be held in the Civic Center, Providence's home court, could be a d4finite factor. The Friars have not lost a game in the Civic Center since it opened two seasons ago. Carolina will be going north right after the end of its own tournament, t.e Carolina Classic, which ends Dec. 21. The field is a solid one, and previews of each team are listed below: Providence College: You can't out recruit Providence in the east and Coach Dave Gavitt (110-33 in six seasons) should be i glad of this. It is hard to replace a I Marvin Barnes 22.1 points per game and also 18.7 rebounds per I contest, who was the second pick in I the NBA draft. If this alone was i not enough, Gavitt has another I problem - to replace graduated I Wmeuc'. educalie P.O. Sx 4618 Women's Educoti non-profit agency e FIee Pregpancy Te SFree Abortion Refe * Referrals to Social 1 * Problem Pregnancy *Family planning In If you're a woman and have Educational Services to talk The number to call is 77s40 after five o'clock 25 STUDENT NiGHT TUESDAY ottei U s'N OICE SIRLOIl WITH POSITIVE U.I fries and bread. se u msst a USC, Pr4 guard Kevin Stacom who scored at a 18.5 points per game clip. So, this year Providence ia not the post-season number one team in theEast but they are 'awful close. Most people feel all they have to do is prove themselves. Forwards Mark McAndrew and Eastern Regional standout 6-7 Bob Cooper can easily hold their own. Also Gary Bello is an established point guard. Replacements hold the key to the team's success. Sharpshooter Joe Hassett is the man that has to step into the shoes of Kevin Stacom. Gavitt this year went after the big man when he recruited and that' what he brought back. Six. nine fresh (out of famed Power Memorial) Bob Misevicius and 6-9' Bruce Campbell will be fighting it 1)ut for the all-important center position. This year is supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Friars but some said Providence was in a rebuilding year last year (28-4). St. Johns The Redmen of Lou Carnesecca ire one of the top teams in the east his year. Last year's 20-7 squad vent to a post-season tourney for he 29th time in the school's iistory. Wt Sewice. 9Ke. Cb&mia. S.C. 29204 onal Services is a that offers: werice Ancies formation a problem eal Womn'9s with nm e who cams. Es. FOR EM0ERGENCIS N STEAK -C ..CARD ed with baked petste er fremeh ***EggisA~mg c)vidence I Five double figure scorers return from last season's club, but one of their major players, Ed Searcy, does not return. Carnesecca hasn't had muich height in the Piapt but junior coll e transfer Tom Weadlock 6-11 could fill the bill for the Redmen and at the same time replace Searcy. The scorer to watch for St. Johns is "Marvelous" Mel Utley who averaged 17.6 a game last season. Carnesecca has one problem this year though. He has eight players that could start most anywhere. Most coaches would welcome a problem like that. Rhode Island: A young Rhode Island team could surprise many people this year. Jack Kraft of Villanova fame is the head coach at Rhode Island now. Kraft , who used to recruit so well for Villanova, had the best recruiting year in the Yankee Conference this year. Kraft has three returning let termen from last year's 11-14 team. Standouts are guard Randy Hughes, 13.3 scoring average, and big man Bill Bird, 6-11. The fresh men are the important factor and only time will tell how. they'll play. WE HAVE REMODEl EXPANDED OUR'P1 FACILITY TO SETTE HAVE A HOT FROM CHITLINS MAURI BUFFETE CHOICE Rli BAR-BE-QU COUK REAL - PRIVATE 011 NEXT D00 Ma ourney b Brown: Brown, the number two team behind Penn in the Ivy League, is an up-and-coming team -in the East this year. In a five-year time span, Gerry Alaimo has taken the Bruins from a 6-20 record in 1970 to a 17-9 record last year. This could be Browns' year for an Ivy League title and a 20-win season. Browns' top five scorers are back from last year. Standout 6-5 forward Phil Brown (16 points and 11 rebounds) will need help this year under the boards. Alaimo feels he has it in sophomores Ed Bernard, 6-9, and Gary Druitt, Rob Crichton and Tom Conboy, all 6-7 who are ready and waiting. The Bruins could be the surprise team in the ECAC tourney. Assumption: Assumption is in the top two in small coUeges in New England. The question is: can Assumption play with the big boys? With a 22-7 record last year the Greyhounds will be trying for their third straight visit to the final four in the- College Division and of course they will be contending for their fifth straight New England Divisional title. Leading the Greyhounds will be D AND BENT k SERVE YOU. PIG 14 THE PIT TOO! CES R1Ai RIA .. A -EYE STEAK E PLATE TRY KCE TEA uumsor FRESH LEMONADE (mmo WI6 R00MS-F0m RESmATv0oS (Atl IR To PIGGIE PARK I SO'l CUl US$A. ET CI ivontes two of New England's best, 6-7John Grochowalski (23.9 points a game on 63 per cent shooting and a 15.7 rebounding average) along with the rookie of the year in the college division, guard Jim Boylan. Drake: Drake, out of the Missouri Valley Conference, is a team returning four starters. New coach Bob Ortegal will be taking over a team that finished 13-13 last year. Larry Haralson, a 6-9 forward, led the team in scoring last year with a 15.6 clip. Three centersare also returning including 6-9 Andy Graham who played most of the way last year for the Bulldogs. Freshman seven footer Rod Littlepage and 6-7 Raymond Watson should help Drake con siderably. Holy Cross: Holy Cross is described by most experts as a team that should get better as the season wears on, but accomplish little overall. Coming off an 8-18 season last year, the Crusaders did sign an excellent prospect in 6-6 Chris Potter. They also have signed.6-9 Marty Halsey and 6-7 Jimmy Dee, who each averaged 12.5 last year. Still, the Crusaders should be a break-even team, largely because of their brutal schedule. CE SAS* 'U COMI" $195 $1 95 m-at ERlVE-I N A