Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gamec By MITCH SHERWOOD Asst. Sports Editor Going into the basketball season, USC head coach Frank McGuire said UCLA would have a tough time playing against our schedule. The Gamecocks play several teams ranked in the nation's top twenty such as Marquette, Michigan, Kentucky and Notre Dame. After defeating Cal Polv Pomona 86-64 in its opener, the Gamecocks played Alabama last night and play Texas Tech Saturday. DEC. 4 AT TEXAS TECH Although the loss of four time all Southwest Conference center Ricfc Bullard will hurt the Raiders somewhat, 6-7 junior Mike Russell should add rebounding strength "At the end (of last season) ht was about as strong a rebounder aj there was in the conference, with Bullock and (SMU's) Terrell,' said Texas Tech head coacl Gerald Myers. The Raiders are coming of their best season ever, 25-6 and < trip to the NCAA tournament Grant Dukes, 6-6 senior, will pla; one corner while seniors Stevi Dunn, 6-3, and Keith Kitchwards, 6 3, will play the backcourt. DEC. 13 KENTUCKY. Kentucky ranked in the nation's top ten b; wt ontr rvnl 1 c to olcn fV?n fotrnrifn f, Illdllj puno, io aiou iiiv.. lavvi ut i win the Southeastern Conference Four starters return from las year's National Invitationa Tournament championship team Rick Robey, 6-11 forward-center I sidelined last year due to a kne injury, returns along with 6-1 center Mike Phillips and 6-5 foi ward Jackie Givens. The other tw starters for the Wildcats are 6forward James Lee and 6-3 guar Larry Johnson. iu Ik'IIUMAM AHhmift ULiV/t TO A L'lllVlilll . 2 UUlUUg i SpfQi i pppnil Br # :ocks pli JHk 5 Jack Givena 1 " ? i Furman finished 9-18 last season they should be much stronger witl f the addition of 6-8 freshmai a Jonathan Moore from Charleston Moore, the most recruited playe v in South Carolina last vear b averaged 32 points and 27 rebound a game his last two years at Burk< High. Additional rebounding strengtl will come from 6-10 sophomor y center Jim Strickland. Stricklam o averaged 15.3 points and 11. !. rebounds per game last vear. it il JAN. 2 MICHIGAN. Michiga i. returns four starters from las year's team that finished second i e the NCAA Tournament. On 1 MAAonn tirViir IMinliirton rltrl o r\ tit/\ l icaouii wuy ivii^iii^aii uiu ou wc last season was 6-7 sophomore Ph o Hubbard. He averaged 15.1 point 5 and 11 rebounds per game last yea d as a freshman. Michigan's strongest position will be the guards. Returning are < h 2 senior Rickey Green, 6-2 senic ! ) t r ' mm W y ' fig ay impr< ^Lt fiPl ^ --^? ^py||pjfe 'Y'^UW-^^B^B^^M^B|MBB' I m ""WW Bo Ellis , Steve Grote and 6-2 junior Dave i Baxter. Together last season, they i combined for 306 assists. "Green was the key to our r team," said Michigan head coach , John Orr. "No question about that, s He might do things I don't like, but a t hn Hull rtnnc in onrl T nin'J phi ^ It IV/ Mllll gwo 1AA U11U A V.U1I I OH J much." Green averaged 19.9 points h per game last year. e d JAN. 3 NEBRASKA. Last year I Nebraska defeated USC 69-68, but return only two starters this year. However, Nebraska recruited the n nation's top junior college scorer, it 6-3 Jim Caldwell, who averaged n 36.1 points per game last year. Two e other junior college transfers are 6II 8 Herman Jackson and 6-7 Stanley il Jackson. ;s M V A KT o A rrs ni * n Al HP! II j/im. o ai lvi/im/uiM ir. nit Warriors, picked as the number is one team in the country in many 3- preseason polls, return eight let>r termen, including 6-9 All-American i\|| 1 r f jhjj ved scl :fejjwt x jBB Don Williams Bo Ellis. Other returning starters are 6-1 Butch Lee and 6-10 Jerome Whitehead. Lee averaged 13.7 points per game and Whitehead averaged 8.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last year. JAN. 12 MANHATTAN Although Manhatten finished 14-14, they defeated USC 87-73 last year in the Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden. The Jaspers have nine lettermen returning including 6-7 Steve Grant and 6-8 Mike Bruno. Grant averaged 14 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last year. Other returning starters are 6-3 Ricky Marsh and 6-4 Dick Pope. JAN. 19 AT TOLEDO. Toledo could be in for a rebuilding year after having three starters off last year's 18-7 team graduate. Speicher led Toledo in field goal percentage with a .578 percentage. He also had 135 assists on the WASohhUHI MiAkJhI^B9B6^US&^ j^a|BB|y Wt'IHH IwBr jBMHl A set of Pioneer Monitor 1( weighs just 1 lb., i oz. without tli< monitoring Jiours-long taping hark and nodding over your fav< takes a load off your head. Other impressive sjkh^s inc free-edged polyester film oonedi of lOOdB/mW (for a clearly ati< jmiKKt-u iiiu> |u<-? !*. pei* channel input rapacity (so a receiver won't overload it); and 1 a perfect fit over your ears when a demonstration. ledule per game. The other returning starter is 6-5 Ted Williams. Williams averaged 12.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game last year. JAN. 22 DAVIDSON. Under first year head coach Dave Pritchett, Davidson will have one of their youngest teams ever. Of six returning lettermen, four are sophomores. The four sophomores started last year and 6-5 John Gerdy led the team in scoring with 17.9 points per game last year. Gerdy was named to the Southern Conference all-rookie team. JAN. 29, ST. JOSEPH'S IN PHILADELPHIA PALESTRA. St. Joseph's has nine returning let termen, including four starters. The team will be inexperienced with only two seniors returning. Top returnee is 6-5 sophomore Norman Black. Black averaged 16.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game last year. JAN. 31, RHODE ISLAND. Rhode Island returns its tallest team ever with three Rams listed at 6-9, one at 6-8 and two at 6-7. However, the top players returning include 6-5 Stan Wright and 6-0 Jim \A7illi nmcnn Wrioht loH Iho toQm in scoring and rebounding last year 15.2 points and six rebounds per game. Williamson was the assist leader with 88 and top free-throw shooter with a .852 average. FEB. 2 RICHMOND. Richmond had seven lettermen returning including 6-8 Jeff Butler. Butler averaged 14.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game last year. Three junior college transfers are expected to see plenty of action this season. Of the three, 6-9 Ken Gehrig is expected to start at center. Gehrig averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds per game last year at Cumberland Junior College. "^PPPPP: 3 YJKAK3 ) stem) heiidphones ROW ? I6'5"rx?ixl. For vsionsor just sitting )i ite stereo music, it WE lude two 2 '/?" LI8TENrivers: high sensitivity WE liKl<k cirrnul xl4iaii QIiVVW iimiv ?(icck): a TOO mW power amp or 0 click-stops for 1 you conic in for P80MEER01 p jl\ years 1 torn* location 2714 D?vtno St. I