From: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu (R.CLOUGH)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Vitale's Basketball Rag
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:44:34 GMT
Reply-To: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC


 I just picked up Vitale's rag on the advice of net.consensus, and I was not
disappointed.  For those who hate Vitale, he only wrote 12 of the mag's 160
pages.  Half of it is devoted to the pros.  Even the stuff Dickie V. wrote is
well-thought out, and better written than any other mag I've seen so far.
The layout is excellent, the lists are informative and there are plenty of 
stats.  He includes such lists as all the new coaching changes, the five
best players in each class, and all of this year's conference shifts.
Here are some highlights:
  The top 50:
1. Kansas	16. Iowa State		31. Georgia	   46. Evansville
2. Indiana	17. Georgetown		32. Wake Forest    47. West Virginia
3. Duke		18. Illinois  		33. Florida        48. Minnesota
4. Michigan	19. UMASS!!!*		34. Michigan State 49. Arkansas
5. Kentucky	20. Syracuse		35. Temple         50. Alabama 
6. Seton Hall	21. Tulane		36. Auburn
7. UNC		22. New Mexico State	37. Missouri
8. Memphis St.	23. Purdue		38. Utah	
9. Florida St.	24. UNLV		39. Boston College
10. Iowa	25. Virginia		40. California
11. Arizona	26. Nebraska		41. UCLA
12. Oklahoma	27. BYU			42. Ohio State
13. UConn	28. Texas		43. Tennessee
14. Louisville	29. Marquette		44. Vanderbilt
15. Ga. Tech	30. Cincinnati		45. UNC-Charlotte

   This is the best list I've yet seen from a preseason rag.  I would switch
Wake and Georgia Tech, though.  Even though Dickie V is somewhat biased 
towards the Big 10.5, this is one year where the bias is accurate.  Purdue-
watchers, note your ranking.  The breakdown is as follows:
  Big 8: 8 teams; SEC: 8 (but only one in the top 25); ACC: 5; Big 8: 5;
Big East: 5;  PAC-10: 3; Metro: 3; Great Midwest: 3; Atlantic 8: 3; WAC: 2;
Big West: 2; SWC: 1; Midwest Collegiate: 1

All-Americans: (with nice analysis charts)
1st Team		     2nd Team		        3rd Team
PF Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky  PF Rodney Rogers, Wake     PF Doug Edwards, FSU
SF Grant Hill, Duke          SF Calbert Cheaney, IU	SF Chris Mills, Ariz.
C  Chris Webber, Michigan    C Eric Montross, UNC	C Vin Baker, Hartford
PG Bobby Hurley, Duke	     PG Anfernee Hardaway,MS    PG Adonis Jordan, KU
SG Allan Houston, Tenn	     SG Terry Dehere, Seton H.  SG Jalen Rose, Mich.

Finally, the ACC: (section written by Mike Douchant)
1. Duke         5. Virginia    9. Clemson
2. UNC          6. Wake Forest
3. FSU          7. NCSU
4. Georgia Tech 8. Maryland
 All-ACC: Doug Edwards, FSU; Grant Hill, Duke; Rodney Rogers, Wake;
          Sam Cassell, FSU; Bobby Hurley, Duke;
POY: Grant Hill, Duke; Top Offensive Player: Rodney Rogers, Wake;
Top Defensive Player: Thomas Hill, Duke; Top rebounder: George Lynch, UNC;
Game of the year: Michigan @Duke, Dec. 5; Upset of the Year: Wake over Duke;
Ugly game of the year: Cornell @UNC, Jan 4; Top newcomer: Chris Collins, Duke;
Surprise Team: NC State

	Robert Clough, DUMC (though still not speaking for them)
"Well, he's not the most intelligent guy in the world."
			--MTV VJ Duff, on dinner partner Christian Laettner
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