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By EARL TURNER
Gamecock Staff Writer
Adjusting from one level of coi
no one knows this better than US<
"When you're 6-9 in high scho<
every game because they're just
"But in college there is a big guy
NEVERTHELESS, GRAZIAN
adjustment. "In the informal p
seemed to like it a lot because 1
started going into patterns and 1
now I'm sort of doing stuff on my
to the offensive boards when soi
most important thing I've learr
Graziano was named to severa
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points and 15 rebounds a game
ALTHOUGH THE GAMECC
rebounding and scoring strength
pressure on him. "Well, I don't
said. "Alex English's and Bob M
will be scoring pressure."
Learning the Gamecock systen
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said. "If you don't know what yoi
you can look pretty funny."
Graziano compares his style of
York Knicks. "He's constantly ;
good, but he's consistently ave
which is what I want to achieve tl
Graziano said he wants to be c
have good and bad games, but h<
His main concern is to "try not to
I always give out 100 per cent
ALTHOUGH CAROLINA will 1
thinks they can be successful. 441
he said. "1 think a very importan
three games."
Chicks placed
use s women's volleyball te
concluded the season with a th
place win in the state tournam
last weekend, losing to Winth:
and College of Charleston.
Coach Kathy Graham v
satisfied with her team's p
formance in the tournament. "
were glad to take third plac
Graham said, "although we w
we could have done even bette
The third place win represe
improvement over last year, wl
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Ts freshman center Jim Graziano.
dI you don't play against a big man in
not that many around," Graziano said,
on every single team."
lO thinks he will be able to make the
ractices in September and October I
[ could move on my own, but then we
[ felt sort of stagnated," he said. "But
own off the patterns, like maybe going
neone takes a shot. I think that is the
led so far."
il All-America teams his senior year at
ig Island, N.Y., where he averaged 22
>CKS will depend on Graziano for
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know if you can call it pressure," he
athias' shoes will be hard to fill. There
n and being comfortable on the court is
comfortable I can apply my desire," he
u're doing and try to apply your desire,
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average. I don't think he's really that
rage and sometimes above average,
lis year," he said.
:onsistent like Gianelli. He said he will
; hopes to always be average or above.
be outplayed. I don't think I ever will if
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lave a young team this year, Graziano
We need to mature as fast as we can,"
t trend to set is winning the first two or
3rd in volleyball
am the team took fifth place. "We've
iird come a long way, learned a lot, and
ent with this rate of improvement we
rop hope to take first place next year,"
Graham said.
/as The young team will be losing
>er- only two seniors, Lee Branch anc
We Robin Drain. "Hopefully everyont
e," will return and we'll have a win
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USC freshman center Jim Graziano (31) attempts to pass the
ball against Cal Poly in Monday night's game. Graziano will be
counted on to provide USC's rebounding strength this season.
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win state
tennis
tourney
By MITCH SHERWOOD
Asst. Sports Editor
USC's mens tennis team completed
its fall schedule Nov. 12-14
by winning the S.C. Collegiate
Championship at the Citadel.
USC finished the tournament
with 21 points. Clemson was
runnerup with 19 points and
Wurman nnisnea tnira wiin 11
points. Citadel, College of %
Charleston, Presbyterian and USC- *
Sumter finished third through
sixth, respectively.
"OVERALL, WE definitely
played better than in previous
tournaments," USC head coach
Ron Smarr said. "It (the tournament)
was played on clay
(courts) and we only practiced on
clay four times."
USC's Chris Mayotte won the )
number one singles flight over
Citadel's Edwnrdn Gavnn fi-3 fi-1
Gayon is Philippines' National
Men's Champion. USC's Rip
Trammell won the number two
singles over Clemson's Steve
Vaughn 6-4, 6-0.
In number three singles, USC's
Peter MacDonald lost in the semifinals
to Furman's James Wynn 62,
2-6 and 7-5. Wynn won the *
number three singles. In the
number four singles finals, USC's
Phil Dukes lost to Clemson's Mark
Buechler 7-5, 5-7 and 7-6. The other
singles flight USC did not win was
number five. Clemson's Dick
Milford defeated USC's Arthur
Anastopoulo in two sets 6-4, 6-4.
USC's Bob Kaplan won the number
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Furman's Robert Cleary 6-4, 6-4. ^
Anastopoulo and Dukes won the
number two doubles. MacDonald
and Trammell, and Mayotte and
Kaplan were runnerups in their
flights.
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