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From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Subject: Re: Kansas Upset -- More upsetting to Boiler Fans
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:36:12 GMT
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Organization: VMARK Software, Inc.

In article <1993Jan26.160854.7955@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> ehlerswm@hackney.ecn.purdue.edu (William Mark Ehlers) writes:
>With Kansas losing and if all things go to form the rest of this week (ie -
>no upsets).  Next week will be a bad week for Boiler fans everywhere.
>
>That's the Indiana LOOSIERS will be ranked No. 1.
>


Why is this such bad news for the Boilers???  Makes them look even better...
Only losses to Michigan and IU, two top 5 teams (both #1 at some point),
and on the road at Minnesota, a team that broke the top 25 already...
Makes those losses hurt less...

-- 
David T. Meeks            || "New shadows tugging at the corner of his eye
VMark Software, Inc.      ||  Jostling for attention as the sunlight flares
uvmark!davem@merk.com     ||  Through a curtains tear, shuffling its beams
davem%uvmark@merk.com     ||  As if in nervous anticipation of another day"
From: bjglenn@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: NESCAC Div.III, Little 3
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:46:07 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620


	If anyone can post some news as to team records or scores from 
NESCAC Div.III schools, that would be great.  I'm especially looking for
Amherst, Wesleyan and Willaims.

Thanks

B. Glenn
Oxford
From: larry@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: CAL ROOOLLLLLLLLLLLZ BABBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:45:07 GMT
Reply-To: larry@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Organization: Department of Chemistry, UCLA

serdar@fawlty8.eng.monash.edu.au (Serdar Boztas) writes:
>DOOODDDZZ!!!!

  Do not attempt to adjust your set: we are in control here.

>USC GOT US MAD BY BEATING US ON A QUESTIONABLE CALL!!!!!
  We control the horizontal

>BUT THIS IS THE REAL CAL TEAM!!!!!
  We control the vertical

>THEY WILL NOT LOSE ANOTHER GAME THIS SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  We have now transported you to the OUTER LIMITS

>YOU WEENIES FROM WESTWOOD, TAKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!
  where weenies are not even safe from their own kind.

>THE BEARZ MAY BE THE BEST TEAM WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI!!!!
  Our story begins in a nightmarish dreamworld, the twisted
  fantasy land of a small Kidd

>HAW HAW HAW, I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!
  where even teams that have lost to ivy league schools in
  recent memory (other than Princeton) feel inclined 
  to proclaim their banner proudly

>UCLA CAN'T PLAY!!!!!!!!! 
>--BIFF, CAL FAN EXTRAORDINAIRRRREEEEEE
   Is this the fate of all mankind,

>OR SHOULD THAT BE CAL!!! INSTEAD????? 
   or will it grow even more terrible?
   Tune in next week if you can stand the terror!
>
>-- 
>serdar boztas			serdar@fawlty8.eng.monash.edu.au
>	    '
   We now return to you control of your television.

  -Lec Luthor
   Criminal Genius and Cardinal Fan Extraordinaire
   Official Member of the Moses Scurry Rebounding Club
   lec@monty.chem.ucla.edu
From: jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: Wisconsin beats Michigan State!
Date: 26 Jan 93 00:36:54 GMT
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute -- EOL

In article <1993Jan25.231637.15401@leland.Stanford.EDU> hoff@leland.Stanford.EDU (Christopher Eric Hoffman) writes:
>In article <1993Jan25.135521.11043@doug.cae.wisc.edu> saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan25.081753.28381@hemlock.cray.com> jeffy@cray.com (Jeffrey Neau) writes:
>>>It would be good to see Wisconsin make the tourney this year.  When's the
>>>last time (ever?)
>>
>>Wisconsin won the NCAA in 1941.  I don't think they've made it since then,
>>but it is hard to say.  They probably should have gone in 1989, but they
>
>After their title in 1941, Wisconsin made one more trip to the NCAA tourney 
>a few years later, I think it was 1949.

Close - 1947.  The 1993 NCAA Basketball book lists them as going twice,
winning a total of 4 games and losing 1, for an 80% success record.
Not bad, although the statistics are a little sparse (and old).

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From: wlmg3055@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (William L. Myers)
Subject: Re: Pitt makes Winning a Habit ( re: Panthers victimize BC)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:49:52 GMT

pmmst8+@pitt.edu (Paul M Mweene) writes:


>It has come to be that winning is an expectation which we can justly place
>on the Mighty Pitt Panthers (MPP) this season if and when they play who ever.
>The MPP  an hour and half ago just finished dismantling BC Eaggles 81
>70 in their own place at Chestnut Hill, MA.

>Not only did the MPP win, but they dorminated. Sensational Sophomore Guard (SSG)
>Jerry "Ice" McCullough had his 22 points to lead all scorers. The Most Impor
>tant Player (MIP) was senior forward Brian Brush who had 10 crucial rebs and
>12 big points during catch-up time, when BC looked like they might pull it off 

>SSG McCullough is now being touted as one of the best guards in the USA....
>according to the Pittsburgh Press which also says he is not only the best
>point guard in the Big East since Sherman Douglas but also the best guard
>to appear in the city for 21 years.. He is certainly superior  at this 
>position than the forward Jalen Rose who occupies it for Michigan....

>For those of you in the hard to access, remote areas, bide your time, b patient.
>I suspect that you will soon get a taste of the MPP-  as they crush
> the teams you know and support....


>makala


Your last paragraph is unadulterated truth!  Teams which play Pitt
certainly must learn to be patient and bide their time.

In 1986, Illinois defeated favored (and ranked) Pitt on their home
floor.  In each of the following seasons, Illinois expected Paul 
Evans to come to Champaign.  Now, seven years later, the MMP 
have finally mustered the intestinal fortitude to show up.

Those schools wishing to play the MMP had better talk to them now,
in hopes of eventually playing a game sometime in the 21st century.

During the '86 game, IL's gangly 7-0 sophomore center Jens
Kujawa was matched against an even larger Pitt project.  It was 
funny to hear the announcers described Jens as 'The smaller, 
quicker player.'  

.
From: arent@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Silk)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: In Defense of Vitale (Was Re: Opinions on Dick Vitale)
Keywords: Dickie V. ,ESPN bias
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:13:21 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1993Jan25.152738.12864@doug.cae.wisc.edu> saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
>Just to jump on the bandwagon and be one of the many people to post to this
>thread...
[ Mr. Saunders' insightful commentary deleted for brevity ]
>
>What I don't like about Vitale:

>He gets way, way off the topic.  You could be watching IU-Michigan and be

>He is very repetitive.  How many times during the IU-Purdue game did I hear

>He often jumps the gun.  He tends to say things before he sees the replay,
>
>Things I do like about Vitale:
>
>He seems to know a lot about the game of college basketball, i.e. the

>His enthusiasm seems genuine.  Though this is true with most of the color

>He is a very friendly guy.  The two times I have bumped into him at games,

>He responds to his "fans".  I had a friend send him clippings of Dick
>
>In summary, I'd have to say I kind of enjoy having him do games.  Sure, at
>times he gets out of control, sometimes so much that I have to flip off the
>volume or tune in the appropriate radio station, but I still think college
>basketball is a lot more interesting with a "Dicky V.".
>-- 
>
>Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu

I'd have to agree with Mr. Saunders assessment of Dicky V.  He does let his 
enthusiasm sometimes cloud his call of the game;  he does repeat things 
(Bobby Knight, `The General' is a great coach and teacher and doesn't get 
enough repspect, etc.); and he does pick favorites - Duke, Indiana, UNC being 
the most blatant; but Dickie V. doesn't sell out.  He knows the game and the
motivations behind it, and he supports the players first and foremost.  And
Dickie V. brings a little excitement.  (Who can forget when he promised on 
ESPN that if Austin Peay beat Illinois in a Tourney matchup that he WOULD 
STAND ON HIS HEAD?!  I can't picture Billy "I wish I were a coach" Packer
standing on his head.)  A little excitement "on the side" doesn't hurt so 
long as the side-show doesn't become the main show.

A final note, Brian: You wouldn't be related to Mr. John Saunders of ESPN, 
would you?  (Perhaps John "Brian E." Saunders" ?)  Just a thought ..

~~~~
Will


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From: as232@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Lerner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: UNLV destroys Hoyas
Date: 24 Jan 1993 01:07:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Bigtime college basketball is what they play at Vegas.  I assume this was
UNLV's best performance of the year;this team will be a factor in the NCAA's.

I was a bit surprised to see Rollie Runnin', but I assume he will switch this
team over to 'Nova crap-ball within the coming years, once he gets those kinds
of players; I'll miss the playing style.  How many alley-oops did UNLV get
anyway?  The first 5 minutes were some of the most exciting I've seen this
year (When I looked at the score it was 4-2 UNLV, I was worn out already!) ;)

I am not looking forward to the UofL/UNLV matchup next month at Vegas.  These
Reb's will be ready for us, I'm sure.

The announcers said 6 teams have won at Vegas.  They said Georgetown did it
twice, who won the other 4 games?

Mike
-- 
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Subject: Good refs?
From: bdwiles@acs.harding.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:54:31 -0600
Reply-To: bdwiles@acs.harding.edu
Organization: Harding University

     I am a part-time, unpaid basketball referee (I do intramural and club games on campus).  I enjoy officiating and would like to get better before I start reffing for pay at the high school level.  Does anyone know of some good refs I can watch so I can improve?  Thanks in advance.
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From: matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
Subject: Re: Cal whips UCLA's Butt
Keywords: 104-82 !
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:23:58 GMT

gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:


>The bigmen are piss-poor Zidek and Petruska are stiffs of a magnitude the
>Pac-10 has never seen before and although Zimmerman looked stellar at times,
>he is certainly not a quality bigman. O Bannon must wish he had never gone
>to la la land at this point. I realize that Edney is a fairly solid guard but
>who the hell told him he was good? 

Gary has a fairly cogent analysis here, although he misses the point about
Zidek, I think.  Zidek is young and didn't grow up in the US.  Based on his
progress from last year to this year, I think he can be a solid (pretty
much the word that describes his physique) contributer by next year.

Petruska seems lost.  During the year off, it looks like he shuttled between
the weight room and the training table.  He's got *no* speed whatsoever, 
and kind of watches everything go by.

Edney needs to dish the ball more, especially when driving.  Before the 
season, Harrick asked him to shoot more, but it's clearly gotten 
out-of-hand.  Can you say "Corey Gaines"?  During the short span I watched
yesterday, he had O'Bannon open underneath on a drive twice and shot (and
was fouled) both times.  It's much better to guarantee the two than to
have to shoot free-throws, unless you're trying to foul someone out.

> I don't know what the UCLA fans think but I'd say that the lack of depth 
> at guard (and lack of real talent at the position) is the root of the 
> problem. 

I said it before the season, and I'll say it now - UCLA needs guard help
desperately.  It's kind of ironic that they lost the two big-scoring forwards 
from last year, but the loss that seems to have really hurt was Madkins 
(and Martin).

>Exactly what do the Bruins try to do on offense? They often seem to have
>the attitude of "give it to Ed and he'll manage something" and if he
>doesn't then they just try to do it individually. I can only hope they 
>continue to slide.....

The UCLA offense is based on working it around the perimiter, which is
fine, but there's no cutting, screening, picks or crashing the boards.
When they get fired up, they all start to work hard, and the offense
looks really good.  If they're flat, though, they have no position and
can easily get out-hustled by a weaker team, or out-positioned by a
stronger team.
--

Matthew Merzbacher	ARPA:	matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
Moo - Moo Moo  		UUCP:	...!{uunet|rutgers|ucbvax}!cs.ucla.edu!matthew
               		This time, *with* the oys
From: temoche@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (LRC MR. ABELARDO MITCH TEMOCHE)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Lottery
Keywords: Lottery
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:54:16 GMT
Reply-To: temoche@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil
Organization: USUHS - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences


In article <C1Hoy7.67M@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil>, temoche@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (LRC MR. ABELARDO MITCH TEMOCHE) writes...
>Is there going to be a draft lottery this year or was last year the last year
>of the lottery? If there is going to be lottery what is the structure going
>to be?
> 
>Being a Washinton Bullets fan that's about the only thing to look forward to,
>and hope they might be able to make some decent trades. 

I got the answer to my question this morning if the lottery were today the 
Bullets would have 9 ping pong balls.
From: ttsai@crhc.uiuc.edu (Timothy Tsai)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Pacific division dominates
Date: 26 Jan 1993 10:00:02 -0600
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NNTP-Posting-Host: haydn.crhc.uiuc.edu

pkeenan@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Patricia Keenan) writes:

      bunky@milton.u.washington.edu (Mike) writes:
  	I noticed in todays paper that the Pacific division now holds the
  	top 3 winning percentages in the NBA.  I'm not very familiar with 
  	the history of the NBA but this seems like quite an impressive
  	accomplishment.  Does anyone know when the last time this happened
  	was?

      Playing Dallas and Minnesot 4 or 5 times a year will do that...

I believe I heard on CNN that the last time this happened in the NBA was in
1970, when there were only two divisions.

Could someone post interdivisional records, showing the performance of each
division against each of the other three divisions?
-- 
Timothy Tsai              Celtics Rule!!!
ttsai@uiuc.edu            Let's go Mets!!!
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From: parks@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: BOXSCORE: cle35njn34.13jan93
Reply-To: parks@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:39:09 GMT

cle 98, njn 104   13jan93

cle (20-15)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
nance,larry       38   2   6   0  0   5  7   1  7   2  5  2  1  2  0  0  0    9
sanders,mike      26   5   8   0  0   0  0   3  6   1  4  0  6  0  0  0  0   10
daugherty,brad    41   9  18   0  0   4  7   2  8   3  3  1  2  2  0  0  0   22
ehlo,craig        37   4  15   2  6   2  4   2  7   2  4  1  0  1  0  0  0   12
price,mark        33   6  17   3  4   3  4   0  4  10  2  0  6  0  0  0  0   18
ferry,danny       23   3   6   0  0   0  0   4  8   1  2  0  1  0  0  0  0    6
wilkins,gerald    25   4   7   0  0   3  3   3  4   1  2  3  3  1  0  0  0   11
brandon,terrell   15   5   9   0  0   0  0   0  0   1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0   10
guidinger,jay      2   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cle totals       240  38  86   5 10  17 25  15 44  21 24  9 19  6  0  0  0   98
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .442   .500   .680       team rebs 13, team TO's 1
bench technicals: LWilkens

njn (19-15)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
morris,chris      41   7  15   0  0   5  6   7 12   3  1  5  7  1  0  0  0   19
coleman,derrick   38   6  14   0  0  13 15   3 11   3  3  0  1  2  0  0  0   25
bowie,sam         29   1   5   0  0   0  0   1  4   0  6  1  1  0  0  0  0    2
petrovic,drazen   30   6  11   0  1   3  4   0  1   1  3  0  2  0  0  0  0   15
anderson,kenny    36  10  20   0  1   3  4   1  7  10  2  1  0  1  0  0  0   23
brown,chucky       7   1   2   0  0   0  0   1  4   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    2
addison,rafael    18   5   9   0  0   0  0   2  3   1  1  0  2  1  0  0  0   10
robinson,rumeal    7   2   5   0  1   0  0   2  2   1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0    4
dudley,chris      23   1   5   0  0   2  4   1  5   1  3  0  1  2  0  0  0    4
mahorn,rick        6   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0    0
cheeks,maurice     5   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0    0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
njn totals       240  39  87   0  3  26 33  18 49  20 21  9 16  7  0  0  0  104
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .448   .000   .788       team rebs  5

cle   26  15  24  33  -   98
njn   19  23  27  35  -  104

attendance 10202, time 2:09, officials: MMathis,BReichelt,TWashington
From: 00bjgood@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Pacers-Pooh Richardson
Date: 27 Jan 93 00:11:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-ucs.1993Jan26.191159.14083
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

What does everyone think of Pooh Richardson? I personally think he is a far
less player than Michael Williams. At least Williams made things happen, Pooh
seems to just stand around at times. And Mitchell totally sucks. I am curious
as to why people think the Pacers are a better team with Pooh and why NBA
insiders praised the Pacers for making this trade. Any comments would be
appreciated
						Brian
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From: sbanerj@eos.ncsu.edu (SANJEEV  BANERJIA)
Subject: Re: Manning/Laettner Trade Rumours
Originator: sbanerj@c00381-346dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: Sanjeev Banerjia
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:14:44 GMT


tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:
>
>     Watch the Clips play, and you'll see what I mean.  Danny is THE
>MAN on a decent ball club.  Laettner may deserve to be the main man on 
>his but he isn't.  He shares the spotlight with Person (yes I know
>Person is no All-star, he only thinks he is, but he is still a major
>player on that club).  For that matter, Laettner isn't even the
>leading scorer on his club, as of last week at least (West led the
>club in scoring).
>     
>   *** deleted ***

Having watched both Laettner & Manning play several times this year, I gotta
agree with Mike's sentiment if not his exact wording. Manning's overall
presence on the court is just in a different league that Laettner's. He is
definitely THE money player and carries himself as such (though not with as much
confidence as I expected, perhaps it's the knee thing). Laettner, although
having an excellent campaign, is not the straw that stirs the T-wolves drink
and, right now FROM THE GAMES I'VE SEEN is not in par with Manning. Period.

For me, the differece is court presence & savvy. The numbers aren't very far
apart and don't tell the story very well.

BTW, I followed Laettner's collegiate career closely and was a fan of his so
this is not coming from an anti-Laettner vendetta.

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From: lynn@eros.cc.columbia.edu (Lynn Jacobsen)
Subject: Re: left handed teams
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:18:20 GMT

> 	. . .  and if you consider Kenny Anderson to be any good, he's a  
lefty also. . .  							 
--Alan

what's this supposed to mean???  sounds like the words of someone who  
hasn't seen him play this year.

lynn
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From: roper@halcyon.com (Michael Roper)
Subject: Re: Jackson and Christie
Organization: Amaze Inc., Kirkland WA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:11:54 GMT

brian harper writes:

> There has been a lot of talk in this forum about the two 1st-round draft
> picks that are hold-ouuts: Dough Christie and Jimmy Jackson. So far, it
> looks as if neither will end up signing with the teams that drafted them,
> and trade rumors have all proved to be simply rumors, and even they have
> died down. What I'd like to know from some afficiando, is if there are
> recent examples of holdouts this late in the season, and what became of
> them. Plus, how long will Dallas and Seattle have tot rade them before they
> reenter the draft (as they both plan on doing). Someone told me that they
> could be traded right up to draft day. Is that true? I'm interested to see
> what happens, as Jimmy is on my fantasy team, and Seattle is my home town.
> Seattle has done a lot of draft-day dealing, and I'm excited about the
> prospect of another one.

Yes, the Sonics own the rights to Christie until draft day.  And 
according to a local writer, no player has ever held out an entire 
year in order to re-enter the draft (playing elsewhere doesn't count).  
This year it may happen twice.

Michael Roper

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From: rstewart@megatek.com (Rich Stewart)
Subject: Re: Free Agents
Reply-To: rstewart@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:26:47 GMT

In article <43964@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> cs161fir@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff) writes:
>In article <C19Gt2.IBF@hpchase.rose.hp.com>,
>bruceh@mothra.rose.hp.com (Bruce Hendler) writes:
>>Anyone know a list of the free agents, both restricted and unrestricted at
>>the end of this season.  I'm curious who is going to be involved in the 
>>bidding wars.
>
>I don't have a complete list, but here are two notables:
>
>Danny Manning.  RFA at the end of this season.  Has the option to
>sign with the Clippers and become an UFA at the end of next season.
>
>Ron Harper.  Unless the Clippers raise his salary to $4 million, he
>becomes an UFA at the end of this season.  Speculation in the LA
>media is that the Clippers will *not* give him the $4 mil.
>
>
>Just a thought:  wouldn't it be amusing to see these two guys skip
>across town and put on Laker Purple?  (Well, not amusing to the
>other teams in the West.  A starting five of Threatt, Harper, Worthy,
>Manning, and Perkins, with a bench of Peeler, Scott, Green,
>Campbell, and Divac would be an outstanding team.)  Unfortunately
>for Laker fans, Vlade's $3.6-million salary makes it all but
>impossible.
>
>
>Tony
>-- 
>Tony Minkoff                            aminkoff@sdcc13.ucsd.edu
>cs161fir@sdcc10.ucsd.edu                cs163wav@sdcc8.ucsd.edu
>"This quote is in this .sig for no particular reason."

Didn't the Lakers "resign" Magic at 7mill for this year? I think that gives
the Lakers 3.5 to spend on a free agent next year, if Magic does not draw a 
salary in that year. 
-Rich
-- 
  rstewart@megatek.com
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