European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 17, 1986 stars and stripes Page 23 commentary was if an upset or poor predicting they had never met until they Shook hands before the game in Syracuse on Friday afternoon but Kevin Mackey knew who Bobby Knight was and vice versa. I said hey take it easy on me big Guy " Mackey recalled. But hey he s no fool. I la paraphrase his answer for you. He said to not Gonna give you any Breaks out there " Nice try Mackey self professed fat Little Street Corner kid from St. Polycarp s Parish in Somerville trying to slip one past the american olympic coach. The Only thing was Knight had been saying that Mackey s Cleveland state basketball team was capable of beating Knight s Indiana team which Cleveland state then preceded to do 83-79. Not Only did Cleveland state s collection of tween ers beat Indiana but Mackey of St. Polycarp s out coached Knight of America. Jim Boeheim the Syracuse coach began a news conference saturday by admonishing the prophets of the written word there Aren t Many upsets these Days. There s Only bad predicting. Who would you pick if Cleveland state was playing Indiana today Cleveland state came to the East regional in Syra Cuse n.y., with a 27-3 record in something called the association of mid continent universities otherwise known As Amcu-8. The Success of Cleveland state is a reminder of How one charismatic coach in the right College on the make can reach National Contention in a few years. The for mat of a 64-team National tournament brings in a few teams like Cleveland state and Arkansas Little Rock who can not Only scare but actually beat programs like Indiana and notre Dame. The 64-team format brings together All kinds of apples and bananas. Brown on the same court with Syracuse How did the naval Academy find players like David Robinson and a Vernon Butler and humiliate a Tulsa there Are All kinds of questions one could ask if one were not too punchy after four games of basketball on Friday questions about Entrance requirements and graduation rates at Cleveland state questions Mackey will have to handle if he stays much longer. He handled it this Way Friday night i be never met a coach who did t want kids to graduate. I be been a High school teacher and i can Tell you that american education is failing the kids from grades one through six. If we cared More we would take Money out of this tournament and put it in the Grade Mackey who portrays himself As something of an outsider As a White Irish Street kid reinforces the image of the outsider for his team 12 Black recruits and two White walk on. In the Eastern ghetto the kids who used to be boxers Are now basketball players Mackey said. The midwestern player takes shots from the perimeter but the Eastern kid has some attack in him. There s a difference in a kid from the he says he wants his players to be like Sharks after he uses 10 of them shuttling them in and out in three minute shifts with two players going after the Ball at All times. They Are encouraged to take them selves out of a game so a fresh Man can come in like hockey players swarming on and off the Bench. In his thick Boston accent Mackey praises the slow traditional game of the big ten and salutes the gurus of the past Hank Iba i believe his name was Pete Newell i be read his stuff but there s other ways to play. It s not just Black Guys who can play like this. At Boston College we had Tough slow smart White kids like Rich Shrigley and Martin Clark and Jay Murphy who could play this Way. I m hoping to find some caucasian kids who can play for us the general Public is just now learning who Kevin Mackey is but the big East coaches knew him As the nervy assistant coach who kept finding All those funny looking stars for Boston College. When i was at Boston College i could t compete against Boeheim against John Thompson against Looie Carnesecca Mackey says in his Standard poor boy speech. I told Dwayne Washington Pearl the team is yours Well give you the Ball but when he said the Carrier dome the Pearl does his thing in front of 30,000 people i knew we were if that was so Why was Boston College often slip Ping into the regional tournament Boeheim admitted saturday i used to get nightmares playing at Boston College the Way they played. We were supposed to have better material in those years but four of their Guys played in the Aba and none of our Guys Mackey recruited Michael Adams John Garris Jay Murphy and John Bagley All of dubious physiques but now with Aba credentials. Yet when or. Tom Davis left for Stanford Boston College hired Gary Williams instead of Mackey. Williams will be leaving for Ohio state after this season but shooting Down Bobby Knight May not get Mackey Back to Chestnut Hill. His image As a Hotshot Recruiter might actually work against him. Mackey recalled persuading Clinton Smith from John Adams High in Cleveland to come Home to the Concrete Campus after Brief stints at Ohio state and Arizona Central Junior College. I told him not to look for the lights and the glitter Mackey recalled. I said i really believe you should play the entire 94 feet of the court and not just 17 feet. You can play Funk v Dunk in the summer but you la play the entire game for us " the Man from Somerville also reminded Smith and the other Cleveland players about the stereotype of their City the mistake by the Lake All the bad jokes. I like being an underdog Smith said saturday but he was about a Day too late. The underdog act was old when Mackey tried to poor Mouth Knight and then ran his team straight out of the gym. New York times orioles top braves lose to Kansas City by the associated press the Baltimore orioles split their squad and their record saturday As heavy Rains washed out almost All of the exhibition baseball games in Florida. George Brett s three run Homer powered the Kansas City royals Over one group of orioles 8-3, while Jim Dwyer had a three run Homer As the other orioles beat the Atlanta braves 3-0. Washed out by rain were the new York mets is. Cincinnati at Tampa Minnesota is. Boston at Winter Haven Detroit is. St. Louis at St. Petersburg Toronto is. Pitts Burgh at Bradenton Philadelphia is. The Chicago White sox at Sarasota Texas is. Montreal at West Palm Beach and los Angeles is. Houston at Kissimmee. In Arizona California edged Cleveland 6-5 Milwaukee stopped Seattle 7-4 Oak land Defeated san Francisco 6-4, and san Diego downed the Chicago cubs 15-8. Royals 8, orioles 3 in fort Myers fla., Brett homered in the first inning off losing Pitcher Dennis Marti Nez following singles by Lonnie Smith and Willie Wilson. Baltimore s John Shelby hit a two run Homer off Winner Bret Saberhagen before the right hander settled Down to retire the last eight batters he faced. Cal Ripkin or. And his younger brother Billy played in the orioles infield together for the first time. Cal Ripkin had two hits but his brother went witless. Orioles 3, braves 0 in Miami Dwyer accounted for All of the scoring with his first Homer of the Spring As the orioles blanked Atlanta. Dwyer s Homer came in the fourth inning baseball Roundup after Fred Lynn singled and Eddie Murray Drew a walk. Storm Davis Rich Bordi and Tippy Martinez combined to hurl a four hitter for Baltimore. Angels 6, indians 5 Rick Burleson had three hits including a two run single to Lead California Over Cleveland in Tucson Ariz. Cory Snyder had a Solo Home run his second of the Spring for the indians in the eighth inning. Brewers 7, mariners 4 right hander Tim Leary hurled a five inning one hitter striking out four and re tiring 10 consecutive batters in one stretch to Lead Milwaukee to Victory in Chandler Ariz. Five Seattle errors in the first inning helped the Brewers jump out to a 5-0 Lead. A s 6, giants 4 in Phoenix Ariz., Rookie Jose Canseco hit two Solo Home runs to Power Oakland Over san Francisco. Last year s minor league player of the year Canseco hit his first Homer in the third inning and his Sec Ond in the sixth. Chris Codiroli retired 13 giants in a Row during his five inning stint to get the Victory. Padres 15, cubs 8 Rookie Benito Santiago hit a grand slam Homer in the fifth to Cap an eight run in Ning As san Diego routed the Chicago cubs in a split squad game in Mesa Ariz. Leon Durham had a Solo Homer and Rookie Tony Woods hit a three run shot for the cubs while carmelo Martinez and Sandy Alomar homered for san Diego. Here s looking at you a photo Bobby Grich of the California Angels Grich was clowning around during the glares at photographers with a pair of team s annual picture Day at its Spring plastic film cassette Caps Over his eyes training Camp in Mesa Ariz
