European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january a 1988 the stars and stripes College basketball Kentucky retakes a poll top spot Lexington by. A the Kentucky wildcats returned to the top or the associated press College basketball poll monday but coach Eddie sullen Wasas wary As he was about heir first no. Ranking four weeks ago. Or feeling about being no. L Ham changed sullen said. It s a Nice feeling but ii does t mean a whole lol not. Ai i be said Berb there Are about 10or 15 teams that could seriously be considered Tor no. 1, we re one of them i just Hope we re there inc firs week of Kentucky 9-0, replaced Arizona at the lop by re reviving 40 first place Voles arid 1,104 Point from the nationwide panel of Spon writers. Pittsburgh 9-0, also moved up one place from list week to no. 2, with nine tint place Voles and 1.147points. Arizona 12-1, which had been no. I Tor the Pas two weeks dropped to third after its first loss of Chr season a 61-59 defeat to new Mexico saturday night. Arizona had nine first place votes and 1,061 Points. Kentucky won three game Tan week 100-58 Over division if Alaska Anchorage 81-74 Over Vanderbilt and 84-77 Over Georgia the last two against Southeast Ern conference opponents. North Carolina 9-1, remained in fourth place. The next three team Wyoming Temple and Syracuse also occupied the same spots As last week. Pittsburgh woo the Citrus bowl classic with Victo Ries Over Florida stale and Alabama then beat then no g Florida 80-6. Arizona s toss to new Mexico came after the wild cats won the fiesta bowl with victories Over Michigan slate and no. 9 Duke. Arizona was the fourth team to hold the no. 1 Posi Tion this season following Syracuse North Carolin and Kentucky. North Carolina which had 1.034 Points beat Nevada Reno and Urcla last week. Wyoming. 11 of. Heal Eastern Kentucky Cincinnati and Stephen f. Austin and received i to first place votes and 949 Points. Temple with 818 Points and Syracuse wild 827. Each won twice us week. The owls. 7-0.beat Mississipp i and Southern University while the orangemen. 10. Downed Morehead stale and Siena. Oklahoma jumped from Lois in eighth with one first place Vole and 795 Points after victories Over Oral Roberta and Illinois state. The Soons 12-0, broke the do Point Mark in each game the eighth and ninth limes ibis season they have done that. Duke 6-1, remained ninth with the other first place vote and 708 Points two More than no. 10 Purdue. 10 i. Duke beat Florida in the fiesta bowl before losing to Arizona in inc championship game Purdue won the Palm Beach Clastic with victories Over Wake Forest and Miami Fla in improving one place from last week poll. Michigan led the second 10, followed by Indiana Nevada Lai vegas Georgetown Florida Iowa Iowa state Kansas Illinois and St. John s. Terms climbing out of do Drums byte Liotta College Park my. A the University of Maryland basketball team has taken yet another step out from be Neath the Cloud left behind by the co Caine related death of Len Bias. It took More than a season but the terrapins finally won their first Atlantic coast conference game defeating Wake Forest 93-76 saturday. Bias i Erff co Caine intoxication in Jure of 1986, three Days after being drafted by the Boston Maryland went 0-14 in the acc to a year the find year under coach Bob Wade a War thai had Wade and Hii tarps looking Over their shoulders just wailing for the net sign of trouble. Despite All the difficulties Over the past year. Wade s disposition never wavered from even keel when he met wit the press after the game. He called the Victory a big win or the kids and a big win for the University with tul that s Sophomore Teyon Mccoy said the i ?86-s7 season was All downhill be cause we lost every acc game. We lost lost and kept Wade has tried hard to separate this year s team from last year s troubles but some residue has stayed with the terms. There s been a whole lot of hype from last year said guard Rudy Archer who Iran sacred to Maryland this season from a Egiy City College in Baltimore. We wanted to get Oft Oagood in the locker room after the Lone Awai cd Victory nearly every Terrapin spoke of their coach. "11 feels real Good Esperi Fly for coach Wade because he s wanted that first guard Steve Hood said. Everybody on the team is the tarps lost nine acc games last year by nine Points or ins. Which prompted some questioning of Wade coaching abilities. Wade took Over the Maryland Job after lefty Driesell re signed in the Bias Inci Dent. Wade had coached ii Yean a Dun bar High school in Baltimore. I m really enjoying this Victory especially for coach said Forward Tony Massonburg. People said he could t coach. But he s shown he can coach very Well if lie s got the Talent Massonburg along with Archer an freshman Brian Williams have joined inc terms since Tut season and have be come starters. All three played 29 min utes or More against Wake Forest. When asked to describe the difference Between this year s Maryland squad Andich team last year. Wake foist guard payed carry la said their Maryland s inside game is really improved they be got bigger Guys. They re stronger More physical. They an much tougher inside. They be got Williams and Masson Burg and they be got Guys coming off the Bench who help against the Demon deacons Derrick Lewis the terms Lone scoring threat East year scored 21 Points to Lead seven Maryland players in double figures. Massenburg added 15 Points Wil Liams and Hood each contributed 12 with Dave Dickerson scoring 11 a Darcher and Mccoy each posting 10. This year people Don t know who to guard Lewis said. They can t key on one Peison. It s Nice to know i Don t Havel worry about getting the Ball we can distribute the Boll and no lose s a lot of flexibility on this team and that said that inc tarps winning eight of heir first 10 games including therr conference opener hag made be Lievers out of we know thai it s possible to do whatever we want to do he said. The attitude is great on this team. We know if you work hard and believe in yourself you can do anything the players in the Maryland program have Learned a lot since last year Wade said. They made n lol of mistakes last year and they Learned from those mistakes there is More learning to be done Wade warned. There arc a few More Steps to ukr a few More shadows to cast aside. I m real Happy for he said. But i told them they be got 24 noun to enjoy this and Hen its Back to business injury sidelines Auburn s Moore Auburn Ala. A Auburn senior Center Jeff Moore will be out for six to eight weeks after breaking a Finger on his shooting hand the Simond starter lost this season for the tigers team officials said monday. Moore was averaging 20,2 Points and 8,9 rebounds per game for Auburn 7-2, and had been named most valuable player in the Holiday Cotton Stales Clas sic tournament in Atlanta. He was the leading scorer and rebound Der on the team following the lots of Forward Mike Jones to academic ineligibility last week. He had played so Well said John Lewandowski assistant sports information director at Auburn. He really was taking up where Mike left off. It really Burn Moore a 6-foot-t, 240-Nounder, was injured in the keys to Georgia tech on wednesday in be championship game of the Cotton Stales classic a game in which he scored 25 Points. Lewandowski said Moore broke the Index Finger on his left hand in three places and got a cast thursday. Obviously with him being a left handed shooter he can t play. Moon said. Women Haw eyes Lead in listing by the ass Adilard Pren unbeaten Iowa a voted no. I Mon Day in the associated press women s col lege basketball poll for inc first time in the Hawk cacs history. A nationwide panel of 63 women s coaches gave Iowa 53 first place Voles and 1,247 Points after the 9.0 Hawk eyes beat three top 10 teams Al the Orange bowl classic including Texas Tail week s no. 1 least. Auburn though beaten by Iowa. 72-�9, in he finst round in Miami was still no. 2, but had to share the spot with Idle Louisiana tech which tied inc Tiger with 1,140 Points. The tech stars 10-0, received six first place Voles while Auburn got two. Ten Nessee by dropped one spot to fourth but stayed close with the remaining two first place Volet and 1,103 Points. Teus which has lost two straight games As a result of a knee injury to All american Clarissa Davis in the Orange bowl semifinals last week fell from the no. 1 to no. 5, the Lowell position forthe longhorns since being ranked no. 6 in january 1984. Rounding out the lop 10, Mississippi and Virginia exchanged places for Lixin and seventh. The rebels moved up on after Wini King the St. Peter s tournament Virginia which finished third in the Orange bowl classic dropped spot. Ohio state moved up one to no. 8, but was held Back from further advancement because of a loss to then no. 17 georgian inc North Carolina state tournament earlier last week. Unbeaten Duke 114, moved up to no 9, while Rutgers fell from no. 8 Tono. 10. The second 10 Are Stanford Long Bench stale Georgia Wesley Ken Tucky Maryland Nevada Las Vagai Washington. Vanderbill Houston and Penn stale. College from Paga 21 Vious Mark of nine during the 1984-8 season. Grace had 11 assists to go with his 20 Points As the sooner pressed the governor into 40 turnover including 24 steals. Guard cookie Blaylock who leads the Nalion with an average of seven steals per game had sit monday and scored is Points. Barry Sumpter Ted Austin Peay with 14 Points. Vega 71, Long Beach St. 69 Long Beach Calif Jarvus a might made two free brows with 31 seconds remaining to snap a 68-All lie As i Jib ranked Nevada la vegas 11-0, prevailed behind Gerald Paddio i 25 Points Purdue 81, ill Muj 68 Champaign 111. Senior guard Troy Lewis scared 25 Points to Lead loth ranked Purdue Ever no. 19 Illinois in the big ten opener for both teams. Purdue 11-1, held a one Point halftime Lead bul Lewis sparked a 9-4 spun at the Start of the second half with a 3-Poinler and the boilermakers took lie Lead for Good. Glynn Blackwell a Illinois 9-j, with 18 Points. Florida 77, to Mons 55 Gainesville. Feb. Pal Lawrence scored All 12 of his Points in the first half including three straight j Powitt shot. To help Norm Sloan Cam Bis 200ib Victory As Florida s coach. Lawrence s outside shooting broke open the game Midway through the first half despite 18 Points Tramine tigers Marty Johnson. The Victory improved Sloan s record to 200-172 Andice gators Mark id 9-3. Towson state ii 6-5
