1995_05 The Daily Collegian May 1995

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8-The Daily CoUegian    Tuesday; May 2,1995
Top pick snubs FSU,
signs intent for Tark
Terrance Roberson, a second
team Parade Magazine All-Ameri-
can who is considered to be one of
the top-10 high school seniors in the
country, signed a letter of intent
Monday toattendFresnoState,Bull-
dog basketball coach Jerry
Tarkanian announced.
Roberson, a 6-foot, 8-inch 230-
pounder from Buena Vista High
School in Saginaw, Mich., also con¬
sidered Massachusetts, Michigan
State, Missouri and Florida State.
Roberson is considered the most
high-profileplayer ever tosign with
Fresno State's basketball program.
"When you waA to compete
against the best teams in the court-
try,t^r^werhouses,youneeda Tarkan|an
couple of players like Terrance,
Sports- a little taste of action for
everyone... despite off-seasons
Tarkanian said.
"He is a national-caliber player
who has played against the best
high school in the country. He still
will have to make the regular ad¬
justment to this level, but I think he
has the ability to do just that. And
for Terrance to sign with us right
after he visited University of Mas¬
sachusetts, which has a great facil¬
ity, makes me feel good. I'm telling
people that I came here with the
hopescrfgettmgthisprogram^othe
national level, and when you sign a
kid like Terrance Roberson, thafs
an indication of the direction we're
heading. Terrance'has tremendous
quickness and athletic ability, and
hecanplay theNos. 2,3or4position
for us," Tarkanian said.
This past season, Roberson av¬
eraged 25 points and 14 rebounds
per game in earriing all-state hon¬
ors for the third time in his career.
Entering his senior campaign,
Roberson was rated the seventh-
best high school semor in the coun¬
try by the Sporting News and the
ninth-best big man by Dick Vitale's
College Basketball Magazine He is
rated the third-best wing player in
the country by the recruiting publi¬
cation Hoop Scoop in addition to
earning All-American Dream Team
honors from BlueChip Magazine.
Roberson also was a member of
Team Michigan, which won an
Amateur Athletic Union all-state
regional tournament last month in
Ohio.
Roberson is the third player to
sign with Tarkanian and the Bull¬
dogs during the spring signing pe¬
riod (April 12 to May 15).
Earlier, the Bulldogs signed a
pair of California all-state junior
college players in poin t guard James
Gray (Santa Monica College, Santa
Mojuca,Cali£)and forward Kendric
Brooks (Hartnell College, Salinas,
Calif).
Both Gray and Brooks set school
career-scoring records at their re¬
spective schools
Gray wasanall-statesekctionas
afresrunaninl993-1994,andBrooks
was a two-time first team all-state
pick
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Courtesy of Sports Info.
Hey, didn't you used to
be a top-five pick?
Earth to Rotodweebs.
The Spies say these guys
look primed for major '95
numbers: Jeff Fassero,
Mike Mussina, Jose Rijo,
Gary Sheffield, Deion
Sanders and, just outta
habit, Barry Bonds.
More proof the gap
(rhymes with "cap") be¬
tween the San Fran and
Not-As-Big   D   is   still
growin'   in   this   here
offseason: The Niners,
maneuverin' for now-n-
later, used their first- and
second-rounders to get J.J.
Stokes and free-agent
safety Marquez Pope.
(Pope signs "as a re¬
stricted free agent, the
Rams refuse to match and
get San Fran's No. 2 as
compensation.)
This means John Tay¬
lor anc1. Tim McDonald'll
be outtahere for younger
talent, and salcap cash will
be saved in both cases.
Meantime, the 'Boys brain
trust (their word, not Fly's)
spent its time tradin' down
to save money and
muggin' for the war-room
cam before takin' (tah-dah)
Sherman Williams?
Hey-yo, get Shaq, Penny
&c Co. on the road, and they
aren't even average (18-23,
seven-game losin' streak
enterin' these here play¬
offs). At the O-Rena? Magic
(39-2). '        '
Fly's guessin' that's why
Brian Hill had that look-o-
relief on his face last week
when Orlando clinched
home-court through theplay-
offs. (Cuts down on the
chances of another three-n-
out bellyflop.)
Yo, Bears fans, before ya
O.D. on optimism spouted by
Mike McCaskey (Rashaan Sa¬
laam joins "the great Bear tra-
dition of running backs,
Walter Payton, Gale Sayers,
Red       Grange,       Willie
"I feel like a little wimp. What's
the use of looking good if
you're not getting anyone out:"
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-Sid Fernandez
Twentylossville before
the strike, and 2) His agent
is Scott Boras.
The Palm Beach Post
went P.l a coupla weeks ^
agd'with a pic of Tommy
Lasorda catchin' some Zs
in the Dodger dugout.
The Spies say when
Dan Graziano; a reporter
from the Post, asked to
interview him, Lasorda
shouted, "I'd do anything
for you 'cause you're Ital¬
ian, but when you told
me what paper you work
for . . . not one
word. Tell that to
^your boss."
End-o-conver-
sation.
WACed-out
hoops coaches've
proposed a two-
division format
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league instead of a four-
division/rotatin'-sched-
ule format. "Two
ciivisionsll make for more
long-lastin' rivalries,"^
they tell Fly. "Oh, and did
we mention that if we
crown separate division
champs, we'd petition the
NCAA for two automatic
bids to The Dance?"
Two automatic bids?
Fat chance, bay-bee.
Flyll leave it to you to
sift through conflictin' re¬
ports on Hideo Nome:
Galimore"), remember that
Dave Wannstedt'sNo. 1 track
record is led by Curtis
Conway and John Thierry. In
other words: Maybe yes,
probably no.
Fly's Top 5 (or 'Hey, the
Rook Showed He Can Play,
Didn't He?'): 1. Jason Kidd; 2.
Grant Hill; 3. Glenn Robinson;
4. Eddie Jones; 5. Juwan
Howard.      Jm
Speaking of rooks (and
note that the Clips' Lamond
Murray ain't in the Top 5),
Fly heard Bill "Fitch rate-'
Murray one of the five best in   Wade Boggs, who faced
this here league. him as part of an All-Star
Then Fly heard Murray rip tour of. Japan, says that
Fitch the next day, earnin' a even though Nome's still - "
one-game sit in his season of r^ringin'itat90-plus,he's
bein' on the outside (bombin' lost a coupla mph off the
3s) hot lookin' in. The qdes* /gas; Don Martingly says,
tjon isn't can he play, but will "Obviously, he knows
he? how to pitch."
Yo, Philbert fans, better Finally, Fly barely rec-
knowyervteam's gonna miss ognused El Sid sans 40 L-
the Krukster's lumber be- ^s (irtostly. in his previ-
causeth|ngs'resobadFregosi 'ously considerable ca-*^
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Jeep Eagle Collegiate Health and Fitness tour at the Plymouth Bungee Run
participants, Dan Musso and Les Hankinson, they struggle to reach the goal.
had to trot out Tyler (Not
Tommy) Green to pitch in
front of a full brotherly. The
good news is that it was
against the state's other team;
the bad news is that Green
lost 16 games at Triple A last
season with an ERA over a
nickel. _/
Speaking of the pitchin'-
poor PruTberts, Fly hears they
passed on free agent Tim
Belcher for a coupla reasons:
1) He was on the road to
boose).'But Here's a hint
at how long he'll remem¬
ber how much better his .
knees feel now: After two
bad spring outings, he
told the Spies, This is no
weighty matter, the OV
tell Fly; it's mechanics
that've hurt Fernandez's
velocity. r.
Courtesy of the LA.
Times/Washington Post
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