1981_12 The Daily Collegian December 1981

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'Dogs seeking fourth straight win
When the CSUF men's basketball
team travels to Colorado Springs for its
fourth contest of the season Saturday,
the Bulldogs will have to confront a
couple opponents: the Air Force Aca¬
demy and the game' s location.
And the latter may just be Coach Boyd
Crant's biggest worry when the teams
lace off in the Cadet Field House at
7 35 p.m.
"Air Force Academy is always an
extremely difficult place to play. It's
like going to Utah State or the Pit in
Stockton,' said Crant earlier this week.
"It may be one of the most difficult
place that I have ever experienced since I
I have been in coaching. Why, I don't
know.'
Grant said that while he coached at
Colorado State, his team regularly
seemed to have terrible results at the
Field House. 'I know it will be a very
difficult assignment for us this week¬
end,' he remarked. 'If we are going to
win, we will have to play extremely
well. We will have to play smart and
defensively, we'll have to be as tough as
we have been at Selland Arena.'
It has been defense that has carried
the Bulldogs to their three straight
season-opening victories over Oklahoma
City, Nevada-Reno and St. Martin's,
according to Crant. "I feel we have
played good defense in all three games
so far this season," he said. "Probably
the factor in us winning those three
games was that we were able to shutoff
the other team and keep their shooting
percentage where we wanted to keep it.
Offensively, we have been unorganized
at times and have had problems with
missed assignments. We've been
dribbling too much and we've lacked
patience. If we don't start improving
in those areas, we're going to get beat
by somebody.
'Basically the problem we are having
offensively is that we just don't have our
people where they should be and know¬
ing when they have the shot and don't.
One phase of the offense that does
have Grant pleased is the fast break. 'I
thought our fast break was pretty decent
in the first three games," he said. 'We
got out and probably executed open floor
offense better than we have the past
couple of years "
But defense is still the magic word for
the Bulldogs. CSUF is taking off once
again where it ended last year as the
team with the best defensive stats in
the country. Last season, while com¬
piling a 25-4 overall record, CSUF led
the nation by giving up only 50.7 points
per game. So far this year, the Bulldogs
have only allowed a miniscule 43.7
points a game.
The Bulldog effort against St. Mar¬
tin's last Monday contributed a great
deal to that statistic. CSUF held St.
Martin's to just 31 points, 10 of those
coming in the first half. The Bulldogs are
scoring at a 64.0 clip, giving them an
impressive 20.3 scoring victory margin.
Last year,  CSUF ranked third in  the
BULLDOGS continued on page 13
CSUF senior forward Bobby Davis grimaces as he works his
way past a St. Martin's defender for a shot. Davis and the
Photo by Gary KazanJIsn
Bulldogs will tangle with Air Force Saturday night.
Speaking of sportsy    Grant's crew in print
■
By Chuck Barney
Sports Editor
BASKETBALL HOOPLA: Last season, when Coach Boyd Crant's Bulldogs
pulled off the finest feats in CSUF basketball history, the team's rabid fans
clamored for recognition from the nation's sports media.
Much overlooked Fresno cried out for attention: 'Put us in the top 20! Place us
in your headlines or just get us in print!' were the frequent demands.
Finally, by the end of the season, there was a glimmer of hope. One magazine—
a biggie at that. Sports Illustrated—entered CSUF into its prestigious Top 20
rankings. There the Bulldogs were. No. 20. Recognition at last.
Well, as the new season gets under way, many college basketball analysts are
taking last year's Bulldog exploits to heart and have mentioned CSUF in their
writings. They are still not convinced that the Bulldogs belong in the elite Top 20,
but at least they have become aware of the Department of Defense.
Here are some of the things the magazines are saying-about the Bulldogs in
their preseason evaluations: s
Sports Illustrated: Doesn t feel CSUF belongs in the Top 20, but places the
'Dogs among its next 20. SI writer Alexander Wolff says The enthusiasm of the
Red Wave, as the Bul'dog backers are known, combined with Crant's deliberate
style—he calls (t *te*r.,» programming*—should serve Fresno State well as it
defends the PCAA title.' SI's No. 1 pick is North Carolina.
Inside Sports: Al McCufre, former Marquette head coach, did the picking for
this magazine and he has CSUF in his list of teams that will make the 1982 NCAA
Tournament. He also places CSUF's conference foe, UC Irvine, right up there. Al
feels Kentucky will be this year's top team.
Sport: This magazine didn't predict any league races, choosing instead to
evaluate teams by geographical location Writer Peter Vecsey does not include
CSUF in his list of the West's top five teams but has the Bulldogs in his honorable
mention list along with Brigham Young, USC, Pepperdine, Wyoming and Cat
State-Fullerton. Sport tabs Witchita State as the nation's No. 1 team.
Street & Smith's: This annual yearbook picks the Bulldogs to win the PCAA
title ahead of fast-breaking UC Irvine. Writer Jim McCormack says that if Grant
can find good defensive replacements for lost starters, center Pete Verboeven
and guard Bobby Anderson, the 'Bulldogs could be better than ever.' He also has
Crant saying, 'If we are as strong defensively as we were last year, by year's
end we'll be a better team' because we'll be a better shooting team." Street and
Smith has UCLA as the country' s finest team.
Popular Sports: Writer Len Albin may have more faith in the Bulldogs than any
other sports scribe outside the local area. In his evaluation of the West Coast, he
actually has Fresno as the third-best team, behind Pac-10 squads UCLA and USC.
He dso adds that 'thanks to their tenacious defense, the Bulldogs ought to re-
SPEAKING continued on page 13
Lady cagers to play in
Hayward tourney today
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The CSUF women's basketball team
will take part in the first annual Cal
State Hayward Tournament today,
Saturday and Sunday in the 6,000-seat
Pioneer Gymnasium.
K The first round games have Idaho
State and St. Mary's opening the
tournament at 1:30 p.m., followed by
CSUF taking on a Bay Area alumni team
at 3i45. Pacific will meet Colorado Wom¬
en's College at 6 p.m. and host Cal
State Hayward will entertain Southern
Oregon College at 8 o 'clock.
If the 0-3 Bulldogs manage to win
S their first game, they will meet the win¬
ner of the Idaho State-St. Mary's game
at 6 p.m. on Saturday. If they lose, they
will  play in a   1:30 p.m.  consolation
i game.
Coach Bob Spencer's squad is still
hunting for its first 1981 victory after
failing in three tries. The Bulldogs
opened the season by losing, 90-70,
I to Division II power Cal Poly Pomona
and then went on to drop four-point de¬
cisions to Irvine and San Luis Obispo.
'We need to play with more consis¬
tency and take advantage of the momen¬
tum when it shifts our way,* Spencer
said. 'We are having problems with
rushing the offense rather than being
.patient. We are looking forward to the
tournament situation since it gives us
the chance of playing three games back
to back and seeing other types of play.
We are somewhat disappointed that we
are not playing a college team in the
opening round (one team dropped out)
but we're just glad to be playing in the
tournament. *
The Bay Area Alumni team is com¬
posed of former Bay Area College play¬
ers including 5-foot-11 center Sue
O'Mear, the 1972 most valuable player
at the University of San Francisco and
5-11 forward Deidre Dolan, a member of
the University of California, Davis'
1975-76 AIAW Division II Champion¬
ship team.
Thus far, CSUF's scorer has been
balanced. Junior center Patty DeLotto
leads the list, having scored 44 points
over the first three games. Carena
Clay and Sandi Piearcy both have 34
points while Chris Thorn and Joan Lopes
have 33 and 32 respectively. "Piearcy
leads the team in rebounds with an 8.3-
per game average.
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nation with a 15.4 scoring margin.
The Bulldogs are also ahead of many
other stats of last year. They shot .525
from the field a year ago, compared to
this year's .527 and averaged 13.6
assists a game last year while averaging
15.7 thus far this year. They wound up
forcing 18.4 turnovers per contest last
year and have raised that total to 20.3
a game.
If you base things strictly on paper,
the edge in Saturday's nonleague
contest would go to CSUF. The Air
Force Falcons completed their first
season in the Western Athletic Con-.
\ference last year with a 3-13 league
record and an overall mark of 9-19.
The Bulldogs beat Air Force last year,
55-40, at Selland.
Coach Hank Ean will be forced to get
along this season without the services of
graduates Tim Harris and Reggie Jones,
the school's all-time scoring and re¬
bounding leaders, respectively. Harris
averaged 18.1 points per contest while
Jones hit the boards for a 9.6 rebound-
per-game average.
Egan's most notable returnees are
forward Rick Simmons (13.1 ppg, 5 rpg)
and Erwin Washington (9.1 ppg, 2.4
rpg). Altogether, nine lettermen return.
Saturday's game will be televised live
on KSEE-TV, channel 24, starting at
6:30 p.m. PST. The contest can also be
heard on KM J Radio (580).
Bulldogs garner
post season honors
By Jeff Domlngues
Staff Writer
As it turns out, the up-and-down
Bulldog football season has not been
a total loss. Not, at least, as far as
several individual CSUF players
are concerned.
Five Bulldogs were named to the
all-Pacific Coast Athletic Asso¬
ciation team while one CSUF player
will go to a post-season all-star
game.
Tim Washington became the
second Fresno defensive back to
earn an all-star game invitation and
will spend Christmas in Mobile,
Ala., playing in the annual Blue-
Grey North-South game.
Washington, whose brother
Anthony, now a Pittsburgh Steeler,
played in the East-West Shrine
game last year, is the first CSUF
player to get a Blue-Grey nod.
Fresno placed four men on the.
alf-PCAA offensive unit and had
one defensive player. Record-
setting fullback and wide receiver
Ted Torosian and Henry Ellard
topped the list of Bulldogs on the
conference team. They will join
offensive guard Steve Houston,
placekicker Scott Darrow and safety
Steve Cordle on the team.
Houston comes to CSUF from
Tempe, Ariz. The senior, who
looms 6-foot-3 on the offensive
line, has lived in relative obscurity
that comes with playing on the line.
Houston and fellow guard Steve
Johnson have been regarded, by
PCAA coaches as the big push
behind Fresno's once powerful
running game. Sweeney said the
two were among the best in the con¬
ference in the early season.
Houston played for two years at
Golden West JC in Huntington
Beach.
The all-PCAA squad was dom¬
inated by San Jose State per¬
formers. SJS won the conference
title quite handiliy.
CSUF also gained some second
team spots, including quarterback
Jeff Tedford, offensive tackle Ed
Carter and defensive end Chris
Shipp.
Some CSUF players also made the
United Press International all-West
Coast team that was announced on
Wednesday. Cordle made the frist
team in the UPI listings, while El¬
lard, Houston, Tedford 'and Darrow
received honorable mention.
' This was not the end to post¬
season honors for the Bulldogs this
week. Cordle, who was earlier
named to the Shrine game and the
Kodak all-American team, and
Darrow also were listed among
honorable mention players on the
Associated Press all-American
team. The AP team is loaded with
the likes of Southern California's
Marcus Allen, Ohio State's Art
Schlitchter and Notre Dame's
BobCrable.
Washington said he really did not
expect the bowl bid, but added he
was hoping one would come. The
word first went to CSUF head coach
Jim Sweeney who passed it on to
Washington.
*l was just hoping I 'd be selected
for a bowl,* Washington said.
Washington played most of the
season — one in which he picked off
three passes and returned one for a
touchdown — slowed somewhat by
an ankle injury. He was also bo¬
thered the whole year by a broken
hand.
*When you 're hurt you try not to
HONORS continued on page 14
Speaking
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peat as PCAA champs. All told, Fresno has the players to compensate for' its
graduation losses, and unless the new faces at Cal State Long Beach shine, it'll
be smooth sailing to another title.' Popular Sports has picked North Carolina as
its No. 1 team.
What does all this prove? Welt for one thing, it shows that sportswriters can't
r agree and that games are won on the court—not on paper.
"S   WHILE GRANT'S BULLDOGS WILL BE looking to do their best and earn even
•'more recognition this year, former Bulldog center Pete Verboeven is making quite
a name for himself so far as a member of the NBA' s Portland Trailblazers.
After being picked in the fourth round of the draft last year, it appeared that
the quiet blond from Hanford wouldn't have much of a shot at making it in the
highly competitive, fast-paced and hectic world of pro basketball.
But Pete surprised even himself, first by surviving rookie camp and then by
being awarded a partly guaranteed contract and getting a shot at making the
team. -^
Well, not only did he make the team, but he has played in just about every game
in the young season and has even started on occasion. He has managed to score
in double figures several times as a forward for the Blazers and in the past week
he's gone on a rampage, scoring a season-high 24 points in one game and 13 in
another and 18 Wednesday night. If he can stay healthy and avoid the many
pitfalls of the NBA, Verboeven may have quite a future ahead of him.
EULOGY FOR A SPORTS MAGAZINE: I 've been in mourning the past few
weeks. No, my girlfriend hasn't left me or I haven't lost my job (not yet at least).
But I' ve received the news that due to financial woes my favorite sports magazine
is probably going out of business.
Inside Sports, a periodical just under two years old, is biting the dust and it
really is a shame to see it go. Ever Since It hit the market some 20 months ago,
I' ve looked forward each month to receiving a copy of Inside Sports (I have every
issue published).
I guess the reason IS struck my fancy so much was because it seemed to be so
new and so refreshing. It took slants on subjects never taken before^>y other tra¬
ditional sports mags. It was highly literary with some of the finest sportswriters
contributing to it and rather than dwelling on time-worn jock talk, IS explored with
intelligence, the personal aspect of athletics. It could never compete with the
timeliness of Sports Illustrated, which comes out weekly, but it contained loads of
good stuff not found anywhere else.
However, IS's lifeline appears to be a very short one in today's highly-competi¬
tive quest for the public dollar. It lost $12 million in its first year of existence and
is on its way to losing $10 million more this year. Its parent corporation Post-
Newsweek isn 't about to put up with those kinds of statistics and is prepared to
put the periodical on wai vers.
So it will never be granted the same chance at survival that Sports Illustrated
was given by the Time corporation. SI, now the king of the sports market, floun¬
dered financially for its first few years before it finally caught on. But Inside
Sports is headed for an early grave.
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
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