1995_02 The Daily Collegian February 1995

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McCulloch
From Page 8
leading rebounder with,7.9 per
game*
, "I've just had some good
looks at the basket and the ball's
been bouncingmyway/'he said.
"And, I've really felt that my
post game has been improving."
Colson agrees. V
"He's continued to get better
\^as the year has progressefd,"
Colson said. "Not only in games,
but more importantly in prac¬
tice. You have to look at this kid
as a freshman since he's never
played major college basketball
.and think, lie's.haying a phe¬
nomenal year.'"
- "Darnell's got the complete
deal," teammate DeAndre Aus¬
tin said ."He kind of reminds me
of [Atlanta Hawks guard] Stacy
From the Dougout
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By Doug Stolhand *     ^
Augmon. He's a lefty, with good
hops, plays great TT and has a
good court awareness."
But, McCulloch bies not to
get caught up inhisown achieve¬
ments and likes to focus on the
results of the team as a whole. In
his mind he feels that the second
half of tine season is up for grabs
in the WAC, especially with the
way that the team put togethei
three straight wins over the last
two weeks.
"I rated us as being the num
ber three team (in the WAC)       A few observabonsand lrrel-    conference's worst teams gather
coming into this season [behind   evant ideasfrom the world of   together with the conference's
BYU and Utah]," he said. sPortK
McCulloch has overcome       -I '*ink mat eyerY Ftesn<>
Softball, basketball and
: everything in between
itionsai
many obstacles so far in his life.   State m?n's basketball (an
best teams and hold a tourna-
"meht in which any team is still
eligible to get on a lucky hot
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the road.
• While attending media day
for the Softball team, I overheard
somebody saying that what seat
options that remain for the
Regardless of the team's results   should personally thank Jerry    streak and qualify for the NCAA    Crown Jewel will be sold quickly
this year, McCulloch can view
this season, and his life, as noth¬
ing less than a success.
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Wrestling
From Page 8
turned out to be the difference.
anion's ^in provided an early meets. Saturday they wrestie at   ^'"j^'nCAA clreated" thU
cu^oX^andGeris' decision meCahfonuaCoUegiateCham-   t^ c^ the WAC tourna-
n a It ed a Mustang rally. , p lonships at San Francisco State.
Next for the Bulldogs is.a very
busy weekend. Friday' they
travel to U.C. Davis, San Fran-,
cisco State and Stanford f o r dual
Tarkanian. After lark's talk with
Anthony Pelle following the
Fresno State-SDSU basketball
game, Pelle has been a new man
playing with authority inside for
the TDogs^ We're finally starting
to see the Pelle advertised at the
beginning of the season.
•All you people that- think
the men's basketball team's sea¬
son is over, think again.'Thafs
once softball season starts. "Once
people remember how hard
those bleachers are and they look ,
across the street and see how it
could be, ifs just a matter of
time.-Al hope she is right   ,'
•Ifs good to see that KFSR
has a hearty hand in the base¬
ball/softball radio broadcast pie.
Ifs always made sense to me
that the college station should
cover tiie college sports. Hope¬
fully, the generosity will con¬
tinue when football season
comes around. . •
•If ever there Was a time to
start being a fan of Fresno State
cisco, if they lost to theBuccaf^ men's tennis, the time is now.
neers in the first round for some With a no. 21 national ranking,
reason, would not automatically three players ranked in the top
qualify for the playoffs. Sounds    60 nationally, (no. 9 Frederik
tournament What a country!
•If I seem sarcastic about this
WACky tournament it's because
I am. Why should the team that
works its butt off all year to win
the regular season title in the
conference be denied the auto¬
matic entry to the big dance just
because they got upset in one.
game in the tournament? If this
is such a good idea, then why
not apply it to professional
sports? Instead of the NFL end¬
ing cm week 18, well hold an
AFC and NFC conference tour¬
nament that.-. ill decide the play¬
off teamsSThis way, San Fran-
great, .huh?
•The supposed weakness (as
if there is tone) of the^Diamond
• /Dogs this year is goirtg^Obe the/
pitching. However, accordk^to
the season opener against I
Bergh, no. 15 Ivan Keskinov and
no. 60 Bryan Juinio), the 'Dogs
are a legitimate national power.
Regionally, we are the team to
beat The 'Dogs are no. 1 in the
region, Bergh and Keskinov #1
University of Pacific, the bats \ and #2 in the region and five
were theproblen^All three 'Dog    other Bulldogs in the top 26; this
runs were scored with the aid of
walks and errors, not a solid hit
in the bunch. Coach Bennett says
the bats will come around in
mid-seasOn/and hopefully he's
right
•If time heals all wounds, not
enough time has passed since
Utah came to town and swept
our softball team last year.
Maureen Brady, all-world
. pitcher for the T>ogs, still gets a
fire in her eye when she talks of
the games and has said that-the
:   T>ogs will not lose a conference
. game this season.
■ _   • Speaking of the softball
team, there will.be no love lost
\ between the'Dogs and the Bru-
ins of UCLA when the two meet
in a couple of weeks. Both teams
are ranked in the top three pre¬
season rankings and neitherlikes
to play the other. It should be
one of the best softball games of
the season. Too bad it'll be on
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will definitely be the team to
watch. .       '
•Not to be overlooked is the
women's tennis team. They have
received a no. 46 national rank¬
ing and a no. 63 national rank¬
ing for singles player Marta.
Pilarch. Regionally the 'Dogs
look strong as well. A no. 3 re¬
gional ranking goes with* a no. 6
ranking for doubles team Pilarch
and Ann PapL Pilarch is ha 16
in the region and Papi is #29.
Apparently, the Dogs are much
better than their early 0-4 redord.
•Ifs high time that wrestling
head coach Dennis DeLiddo got
the publiciti/.that he deserves.
DeLiddo took over a program
that, when he came here ix\ 1982,
had suffered over a decade of
losing seasons. While it used to
be a rare occurrence.to have a
state champion onihe team, it is
now a regular occurrence and
some have even sat on the bench.
DeLiddo has brought 13 All-
American's through Fresno State
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to go with 29 conference cham¬
pions. The TDogs have won the
WAC title two years in a row,
and DeLiddo has been WAC
coach-of-the-year two years in a
row. The team is currently
ranked no. 9 in the country after
being as high as no. 6 just a couple
of weeks ago. DeLiddo cel¬
ebrated his 200th victory at
Fresno State last weekend, here's
to the next 200.