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By Sara Ladenheim
Special to The Gamecock
WASHINGTON - When the soldout
roar died down Wednesday night
at the MCI center in Washington,
D.C., No. 1 Pick, Elton Brand of Duke
University donned the cap of the
Chicago Bulls with a grin as wide as
his wingspan.
"Those are Maryland fans out
there," Brand said, referring to the
mixture of cheering and booing from a
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Francis of Maiyland to go No. 1.
"I couldn't believe it was my name
they called out first. I didn't have the
slightest idea [that I would be picked
first], I feel blessed," Brand said.
Surprises were universal on the
night dubbed by one prominent
sportscaster as, "the day the dropout
survived."
Several times in the hype proceeding
the 1999 NBA draft, underclassmen
and high schoolers' eligibility was
questioned; not on the basis of merit,
but under a much-speculated proposal
to introduce an age requirement for
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One man who lost much of his past ^
four years of recruiting in the historymaking
selection of four players from ^
the same team was Duke coach Mike ^
Krzyzewski.
Trajan Langdon (11th overall),
Wilham Avery (14th overall) and
Corey Maggette (13th overall) joined
Brand as quick picks in the first 01
round.
South Carolina nearly lost all of the t*
hopes and dreams of a first round pick ui
when the dismal 14th and 15th rank- be
ings out of all point guard prospects sp
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Major League Soccer
Eastern Conference iC
W L SO Pts GF GA ^
D.C. 11 5 2 29 34 24 111
Columbus 10 5 5 20 17 16 L(
New England 7 8 315 20 21
Tampa Bay 6 9 3 12 18 24 ,,
NY-NJ 5 10 3 9 15 29
Miami 4 12 2 8 19 32 Gi
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Western Conference
W L SO Pts GF GA _r
Colorado 10 3 2 26 26 14 _
Dallas 9 8 1 25 28 13 "
Chicago 8 7 1 22 23 17 Tl
Los Angeles 9 6 3 21 16 11 Jej
San Jose 9 7 7 13 22 29 j
Kansas City 3 11 0 9 15 23 "
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NOTE: Three points for victory, one
point for shootout win and zero
noints for loss Shootout fSOl is a
subset of wins. at
Friday's Game pC
Chicago 2, Dallas 1, SO er]
Saturday's Game i
Kansas City at Tampa, 7 p.m.
Sunday's Games to
NY-NJ at N.England, 4:30 p.m.
DC at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. fjj
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ^
Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Miami at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. ^
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First round 1
1. Chicago - Elton Brand, f, Duke
2. Vancouver - Steve Francis, g, Maryland
3. Charlotte - Baton Davis, g, UCLA
4. LA Clippers - Lamar Odom, f, Rhode *
Island J'
5. Toronto (from Denver) - Jonathan Bender, 1
f-c, Picayune HS (Miss.) f,
6. Minnesota (from New Jersey) - Willy 2
Szczeibiak, f, Miami (Ohio) (
7. Washington - Richard Hamilton, g, 2
Connecticut f
8. Cleveland (from Boston) - Andre Miller, g, 2
Utah 2
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10. Atlanta (from Golden State) - Jason Terry, ~
g, Arizona
2
11. Cleveland - Trajan Langdon, g, Duke
12. Toronto - Aleksandar Radojevic, c, Barton "
County CC (Kansas) ^
13. Seattle - Coney Maggette, g-f, Duke 2
14. Minnesota - William Avery, g, Duke Ji
15. New York - Frederic Weis, c, Limoges 2
(France) 2
ere handed to Clemson senior Tferrell u
'clntyre and USC senior BJ McKie.
Though speculation was high, nei- tl
ter athlete proved to fit this year's s<
BA mold. Neither McKie nor s1
'clntyre was drafted. ?
McKie said before the draft he "was t]
ad he had an education to fall back e:
i."
Mclntyre, however, has already
:en reported to have signed a six-fig- F
e deal with a French team and has n
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om Staff Reports
Rob Smith graduated from USC in
94. Two years later, he became the
st Gamecock to sign with a Major
;ague Soccer franchise.
Two years after Smith signed with
e Columbus Crew, two more
amecocks followed his lead into the
S.-based league.
Josh Wolff joined the Chicago Fire,
i expansion team, after signing a
oject 40 contract in Januaiy of 1998.
le next former Gamecock to join the
ague was Clint Mathis. Mathis was
afted by the Los Angeles Galaxy with
e sixth pick in the first round of the
98 MLS draft.
Mathis was the more frequent scorer
USC, but he and Wolff have similar
?int totals as professionals. The differipp
is that. Wnlff srnrps mnrp crnals
tiile Mathis gets more assists credited
him.
Mathis (1994-97) was a consensus
st-team Ail-American in 1995 after
tting USC records for points (53), goals
5) and game-winning goals (10).
nith (1991-94) was a member of the
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uilding
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6. Chicago (from Phoenix) - Ron Aitest, f,
t. John's
7. Atlanta (from Sacramento)- Cal Bowdler,
c, Old Dominion
8. Denver (from Milwaukee via Phoenix) ames
Posev. f. Xavier
9. Utah (from Philadelphia) - Quiney Lewis,
, Minnesota
:0. Atlanta (from Detroit) - Dion Glover, g,
ieorgia Tech
1. Golden State (from Atlanta) - Jeff Foster,
c, Southwest Texas St
2. Houston - Kenny Thomas, f, New Mexico
3. LA Lakers - Devean Geoige, f, Augsbuig
Minnesota)
4. Utah (from Orlando) - Andrei Kirilenko,
CSKA (Russia)
5. Miami - Urn James, f, Miami (Florida)
6. Indiana -- Vonteego Cummings, g,
ittsburgh
7. Atlanta (from Portland via Detroit) -
imaine Jones, f, Geoigia
8. Utah - Scott Padgett, f, Kentucky
9. San Antonio - Leon Smith, f, King HS
led with Orlando later this month.
One surprise pick of the top 10 was
le No. 5 selection, Mississippi high
:hooler Jonathan Bender. Bender's
tatus as a Raptor didn't last long,
iefore the night was over, he was
aded to the Indiana Pacers in
scchange for veteran Antonio Davis.
Draft Notes. Maryland's Steve
rands wore the saddest prospective
lulti-millionaire face at the draft after
jcond overall selection by the Vancouver
rizzlies. His pained expression matched
ds, Smith ?
1996 Olympic team and was a thir
team All-American in 1994.
He is the USC all-time assist lead
(40). His 19 career goals, combined wi
his assists, tie him for eighth on tl
Gamecocks all-time scoring list with '
points. While at USC, Smith's tear
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went a uuinuuieu.
Wolff (1995-97) is 20th on the a
time scoring list with 21 goals and eig
assists, totaling 50 points.
Wolff's and Mathis' three tear
went 40-16-3 during their years playi]
together.
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1996 Columbus 9 9 765
1997 Columbus 25 8 110(:
1998 Columbus 24 15 1502
1999 Columbus 2 0 3"
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Elton Brand's decision to leave Duke after t
the Chicago Bulls drafted him first overall.
his comments to the press later on. Charlc
"The Bulls took a big gamble by not believe
picking me," led many to whisper "sore he mis
loser" as he continued. "All I know about selecte
[Vancouver] is that ifs rainy and cold, far Clippe
away from here, and they take all your Roc
money" tYancis said, referring to Canada who Y.
and its tax laws. State Y
Baron Davis of UCLA was selected by the dri
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Height; 5-10 Weight: 17(
Born: 11/25/76 in Conyer
How Acquired: Drc
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of the 1998 MLS Draft.
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YEAR TEAM GP GS MEM G
as 1998 L.A. 30 15 1550 5 1
lg 1999 L.A. 15 12 1066 5
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lis sophomore year paid off as
itte, and Lamar Odom, who was
d to have first-Dick DOtential until
sed several pre-draft workouts was
id fourth overall by'the LA
rs.
inding out the top five was Bender,
Lad committed with Mississippi
lefore making himself eligible for
aft.
s in MLS
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? USC Records
Season
)PokM Points-53 (1995)
s Qq Goals - 25 (1995)
Game Winners-12
ifted by (1995)
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Career
No 3 AO-Time Scorer
* 1994-97
A PTS 53 goals
0 20 15 assists
1 11 121 points
Josh Wolff File
it: 5-8 Weight: 160 Pos: F
: 2/15/77 in Stone Mountain,
Acquired: Assigned to the
is a Project-40 player, 1/26/98.
GS MIN G A PTS
4 651 8 3 19
9 984 6 2 14