From: crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Pac Ten Report (12-31-92)
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:18:56 GMT
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		Ken Bowers		kbowers@esrc1.berkeley.edu
		Rajeev Pandey		rpandey@storm.orst.edu
		Valdis Kalejs		valdis@skat.usc.edu
		Cliff Slaughterbeck	crs@u.washington.edu

This week in the Pac Ten (in no particluar order):

Arizona St. 100, Detroit-Mercy 84
Washington St. 72, Princeton 49
Ohio 81, Stanford 76
Oregon St. 93, BYU 79
James Madison 90, Cal 75
Pittsburgh 91, UCLA 79
Arizona 92, Delaware St 52
Oregon 76, BYU 70
Chaminade 71, Stanford 63
Stanford 57, American U. 56
Washington 72, Dartmouth 64
Arizona St 103, Dusquene 81
Ohio St 85, Oregon St 77
Ohio St 79, Oregon 75
Arizona 75, West Virginia 74
Cornell 74, California 54
UCLA 90, Fullerton St. 82
Michigan St. 77, Washington St. 61

In addition, these games were played which I don't know the score:

Nebraska at Southern California (D23)
Southern California at Florida Atlantic (D26)
Southern California at Miami, Fl (D27)
Washington defeated BYU-Hawaii

Conference Standings	(includes games through 12/31)
			(RPI through 12/28)
==========================================================
RPI	RPI			Conference	Overall
Rank	Score			W  L  Pct.	W  L  Pct.
114	.5397	Arizona St.	0  0  .000	5  1  .833
  7	.6937	UCLA		0  0  .000	8  2  .800
 92	.5577	USC		0  0  .000	6  2  .750
 16	.6702	California	0  0  .000	5  2  .714
 15	.6726	Arizona		0  0  .000	4  2  .667
229	.4364	Washington St.	0  0  .000	5  3  .625
163	.4966	Washington	0  0  .000	5  3  .625
190	.4764	Oregon		0  0  .000	6  5  .545
219	.4446	Stanford	0  0  .000	4  6  .400
216	.4508	Oregon St.	0  0  .000	3  5  .375

The out of conference record is:  51-31 (.622)
(I'm not saying how many of those 51 were patsies, but you can bet it was
more than 20!  For that matter, several of the 31 losses were patsies as
well...)

Games scheduled through January 6:

Rhode Island at Arizona (J2)
Alaska-Anchorage at Arizona State (J2)
UC-San Diego at Oregon State (J2)
Southern California at Notre Dame (J2)
Santa Clara at Stanford (J2)
Houston at UCLA (J2)
Texas-Southern at California (J3)
Hartford at Oregon (J4)
Idaho State at Washington (J4)
Washington State at Sacremento State (J4)

Conference play begins January 7, with the Arizona's going to southern
California, the Oregon schools going to northern California, and Washington
traveling to Pullman to play the Cougars.

================================================================

 OREGON DUCKS
 ============

 Oregon vs. Brigham Young University 12/28/93

 Oregon shocked the #25 Cougars 76-70 to move to 6-4 on the year. BYU is
 now 7-3. Until this point, Oregon had not played many quality teams, nor
 had many of their wins come against NCAA Division I opponents. But it is 
 clear that Oregon is a team that may be tough down the stretch in the Pac-10. 

 Antoine Stoudmire lead the Ducks with 22 points, with Reece, Williams and
 Clyde Jordan all chipping in 12. All of this with the Ducks' starting
 guard Andre Collier sitting the bench for a one game suspension for a
 missed practice. Oregon meets Ohio State in the championship tilt, while
 BYU faces Oregon State for the third-place game.


 Oregon vs. The Ohio State Buckeyes 12/29/92

 Oregon almost made it two in a row as they took Ohio State to the wire
 before falling to them 79-75. Oregon was within a bucket with 14 seconds
 remaining, and if not for the play of Lawrence Funderburke, might have 
 had the upset.

 Tourney MVP Stoudmire had 24 points to lead the Ducks, while Skelton had
 21 and Funderburke 13 for the Buckeyes. Skelton and Funderburke both made
 the all-tournament team.

 The Ducks are now 6-5. Oregon next plays Hartford on Jan. 4.

 OREGON STATE BEAVERS
 ====================

 OSU vs The Ohio State Buckeyes 12/28/92

 Oregon State is off to its worse start in decades. Anderson has been trying
 all sorts of players, his latest move being to start Hoff. But he needed
 some more perimeter depth. When all else fails, eye the redshirt roster. So 
 he did, and hence a new piece to the Beaver puzzle, frosh J.D. Vetter. 

 If Anderson was hoping for a quick fix, his efforts fell short. Oregon
 State, shooting 41% to Ohio State's 57%, lost the opening game of the
 Thriftway Far West Classic in Portland to the tune of 85-77. Had the
 Beavers not suddenly acquired life with 10 minutes to go, the score may
 have been much worse, as they were down 70-52 at that point. Haskin took
 only 10 shots, far too few for a Wooden All-American nominee, and ended
 up with 17 points. Chad Scott had 15, Hoff, in his first start had 10, 
 Barry had 14. McKinney managed to also place in double figures with 10, but
 on 5 of 16 shooting. Vetter had 4 points in his first collegiate action.
 Ohio State was paced by Skelton with 29 points and Funderburke with 18.

 Oregon State is now 2-5 on the season, and sees action on 12/29/92 against
 the loser of the Oregon-BYU contest. 
	

 OSU vs Brigham Young University 12/29/92

 BYU, playing their fifth game in eight days, was no match for the Beavers
 in this game, where the Beavers finally put together forty minutes of
 effort. The result: 93-79, and the first win for the Beavers in five starts.

 The Beavers were lead by Brent Barry, who played 29 minutes, scored 23 
 points, had 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals, with nary a turnover.
 Barry canned all 12 of his under-handed free throws en route to the all
 tournament team. Haskin was once again not a decisive factor, though he
 added 18 points in his 19 minutes of play before fouling out. Chad Scott
 added 18 points, Hoff had 10 and Kareem Anderson 11. Oregon State won this
 game at the line, going 42 of 49 as BYU turned the last 5 minutes into a
 foul fest.

 Only two of the road-weary Cougars were in double figures, all-tourney
 member Trost with 29 and Sanderson with 13. This victory must be taken
 with a grain of salt, and one cannot yet claim the Beavers have turned 
 the corner, as this BYU team is not the same team that defeated Oklahoma
 and Memphis State. BYU was ranked #25 on the basis of their performance at
 the Maui Invitational this week. 

 Oregon State is now 3-5. OSU next plays host to UC San Diego on Jan. 2.


WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS
========================

The Cougars competed in the Oldsmobile Spartan Classic Tuesday and Wednesday
against Preinceton and Michigan State (who defeated New Hampshire in the
opening round). On Tuesday, the Cougs rolled, sinking just about every shot
that they took in beating Princeton 72-49.  The Cougars shot 61% from the
field, and an astounding 80% from the three point line, hitting 12/15.  As
Coach Kelvin Sampson said, "It's amazing how well your offense looks when
the vall goes in the hole." With the Cougs hitting the bottom of the net
on every shot, they ended up outrebounding the Tigers 23-7. Eddie Hill led
the Cougars with 22, including 6-6 from behing the three point line, while
Bennie Seltzer chipped in 18.  Heilscher had 11 for the Tigers.


Mike Peplowski collected 24 points and 14 boards while Shawn Respert 
poured in 20 points in the championship game, leading the Spartans
to their fourth straight Spartan Classic title.  With his effort,
Peplowski was named tournament MVP.  Peplowski made 11 of 13 attempts
while Respert nailed all 13 of his free throws. Tony Harris and Bennie
Seltzer both chipped in 17 points and Eddie Hill added 10 for the
Cougs in the losing effort.  Joining Peplowski and Respert on the all
tournament team were Hill, Princeton's Chris Pavlic, and Ed Eusebio
of New Hampshire.  The loss snapped a four game winning streak by the
Cougars, who fell to 5-3.

WASHINGTON HUSKIES
==================

Washington blew out Division II BYU-Hawaii in a game that I have no
information on, since I was on vacation.  On the 28th, the Huskies took on
Dartmouth's Big Green basket ball team in Hec-Ed.  Only 1,503 fans attended
the game which was scheduled for Monday afternoon at 1PM of all times.
The Big Green is led by former Duke transfer Crawford Palmer, who tallied
17 points and 11 boards.  The Big Green started to pull away in the second
half and led by 13 at 49-36 with 13:54 left to play.  The Huskies looked
to be uninspired at both ends of the floor, but then managed to pull it 
together pouring on a 20-5 run started by a Mo Woods 13-footer off the glass.
Rich Manning really started laying it on during this period with a nice
16 foot jump shot and a couple of layins.  For once in their lives, the
Huskies managed to hit free throws down the stretch, with Brett Pagett
hitting 6-6 in the crunch.  The final score was 72-64 for the Huskies,
with Mannning leading the way with 22 points and 9 boards.  Mark Pope tallied
16 points and 8 boars as well.  John Connelly led the Big Green with 19,
including four treys.  Unfortunately for the Huskies, Manning was hurt with
49 seconds left to play when he hyperextended his left knee after being
fouled by Dartmouth in an attempt to stop the clock.  MRI tests showed no
serious damage, and he is expected back after 10-14 days, possibly in time
for conference play against WSU on the 9th.


ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS
========================

 A year ago the Sun Devils appeared to be easy favorites to win this year's
Tribune Classic tournament. The field of Duquense, Detroit Mercy, and 
Richmond were not expected to be able to compete against the expected top-20
Freider-led team. But with the various troubles and injuries suffered by
the Sun Devils they looked to be perhaps the least prepared team to make
the finals of the classic.

 Well, Wild-Bills bunch looked sloppy in game #1 but managed to beat Duquense
in a game which was classic 1992-93 Sun Devils. ASU continues to play the all
out wide open style throwing up 3's at every opportunity and playing 
aggressive defense. Duquense had beaten Florida State earlier in the year
after erasing an 18 point second half deficit. Both teams play a style that
is best described as "organized chaos" (quote from Duquense coach John
Carroll). 

 In the final of the classic, ASU took on Ricky Birdsong's Detroit Mercy
(Birdsong is an ex asst. coach at Uof A). ASU took the game and the title
with an 100-84 victory to take their 4th straight holiday tournament
win. 

 In reference to ASU's style, Birdsong said "That is feast or famine". ASU
again won ugly. Detroit Mercy was up 46-39 at the half but ASU came
out on fire to start the second half and scored on 17 of its first 18
possesions. The Sun Devils scored 61 second half points and had a 31-9 
run. Detroit Mercy was effective against the ASU defensive pressure in
the first half with only 5 turnovers but were pressured into 13 turnovers in the
second half as ASU seemed to turn it up a notch. 

 Anyone who has read anything about ASU has to be impressed by their solid
start this season. The Devils are 5-1 and near the top for the best record in 
the Pac-10 (non-conference of course). They are causing 30.4 turnovers a game
and appear to be adjusting to their new run and gun style after hitting on
44% of their 3-point attempts.

 Stevin Smith was the tourney MVP with consecutive 25 point games. Frieder
got his 250th NCAA victory in his 100th game at ASU (he had 191 wins at
Michigan). Fontana seems to be slowly getting back into things. 


ARIZONA WILDCATS
================

 The Wildcats made it a sweep for Arizona schools in holiday tournaments by
taking the Fiesta Bowl classic this week. Arizona won their first tourney game
rather handily with a 40 point win over Delaware St. Mills had a 25 point game
and played well as did Khalid Reeves. Damon Stoudamire who was late for
practice earlier in the week was benched in favor of Tony Geary who once`
again looked much more mature than his freshman status would lead one to
expect. Joseph Blair started in place of Ray Owes who had yet to play
a consitent game all season and who had angered the coaches with somewhat
sloppy lackluster play this season. The bench got a pretty good workout
with every Wildcat player scoring at least 2 points (including walk-on
Johns). 

 The title game was against West Virginia (favored by some to win the 
Atlantic 10 title). Arizona started quickly but wasn't able to get more
than a 5 point lead for much of the first half. The officiating was
unfortunately pretty poor in the openning half but tended to be
consistently poor against both teams. Arizona closed the half up by
8 at 38-30 due in great part to the Mountaineers inability to handle
the Arizona zone defense. 

 WV started the second half on a tear and managed to erase the 8 point
Arizona lead and build their own 5 point bulge. The Cats hung in and
with about 13 minutes left in the game made their comeback. In just
2-3 short minutes, Arizona was back on top by 1 and they later
stretched the lead back to 8 points. But things got exciting near the end. 
WV forced some big turnovers and found themselves 3 points down. 
It was with about 7 seconds left that something
amazing happened. Chris Mills finds himself with the ball near
half-court and is double teamed by WV, he tries to force a pass over half
court rather than call the obvious timeout but the pass is intercepted by 
Mike Boyd, Boyd races down the court and with about 2 seconds left he 
scores the meaningless layup. Had Boyd pulled up for the 3 pointer and hit
it then we had OT but with only 2 seconds left, Arizona simply let the clock 
run out and took the 1 point victory. 

 Chris Mills had 17 points and was named the tourney MVP, Khalid Reeves
was the only other Wildcat to make the all-tourney team. The key players
were Geary, Blair and Owes in this one. These three players combined for 
32 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks in their combined 80
minutes of play . Geary in particuilar continued to shine with exceptional
quickness and great leaping ability. Blair continues his incredible
shooting, he entered the game shooting about 81% from the floor and
actually improved on that mark by going 5-6 against the mountaineers.
Ed Stokes had an off game with no points and only 5 rebounds, he fouled
out midway through the second half. Owes had key rebounds on 4 straight
WV misses in the second half which helped Arizona retake the lead that
they never gave up.

 The cats next face Rhode Island and then it is on to Pac-10 action
in California....
 
STANFORD CARDINAL
=================

Ken is on vacation this week, so I (Cliff) will step in with the eight lines
that the Seattle Times saw fit to print about the boys from Palo Alto and
Berkeley.  On Monday, Stanford won a real close game against American 
University on a layup from Jim Morgan with no time on the clock to advance
to the title game in the Fry's Invitational Tournament.  On Tuesday, they
proceeded to lose the championship match 81-76 against Ohio University as
Gary Trent scored 26 and Chad Estis 16 for the Bobcats.  Ohio hit 11/12 from
the line in the final 1:42 to seal the victory.  Peter Dukes led Stanford
with 19.  (Ed. note--see why I wanted other people to help out with this?
This really is everything they had in the Times and P-I!)


CALIFORNIA BEARS
================

Bryan Edwards scored 26 points and keyed a game-breaking 23-5 run in the
second half as the Dukes (God--now other schools are using the Blue Devils
as mascot!!! ARGGHH!!!) to an upset of the California Kidd's (err, I mean
Bears).  The Dukes were hot, hitting 31/51 from the field.  Cal was led
by freshman Jason Kidd, who scored 17 and dished out five assists.  The
bad news is that he bruised his ribs late in the game after falling.  He
didn't play the following night against Cornell in the consolation game
of the Seton Hall-Meadowlands Tournament.

In the finals, Jeff Gaca led Cornell with 34 points to destroy the Kidd-less
Bears 74-54.  Lamond Murray tried to step in and take over, scoring 27, but
the rest of the team didn't do diddly.  Zeke Marshall added 15 points and
Justin Treadwell chipped in for 14 plus 8 boards for the team from Ithaca.
The story of this game was the second half shooting of the Bears--they made
only 8/29 second half shots (27.6% for you non-math majors) to tank this
game.



USC TROJANS
===========

No report from Valdis this week.


UCLA BRUINS
===========

No report from Valdis this week.


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Cliff Slaughterbeck           * 
Dept. of Physics, FM-15       *   There is no such thing as "rock bottom".
University of Washington      *   
Seattle, WA 98195             *
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