European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 27, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 col i eee Basket Bat Impact players lift wildcats owls mini-magic9 Elliot has the credentials to keep Arizona no. I by Arthur h. Holstein Tucson Ariz. A if Arizona Forward scan Elli Oll were 10 put together a basketball resume the recommendation Seel Ion would be pretty i marcs tic. All 1 can say 1 Hope inc Bull draft him when lie is ready to leave school because in my opinion he s a first class Aba player right now said Chicago s Michael Jordan the Aba s Ica Jing score last season and the proprietor of a summer basketball Camp in North Caro Lina which Elliott attended. "1 played against him. He drives with great intensity can score from inside or outside and has determination Haven a Scucci in a Young player in a Long Lime Jordan said of the 6-foot-b Junior who was an All Pac 1d selection last season. Elliott has continued to receive rave reviews during his Junior season As the wildcats have jumped la no. I in the associated press poll. Listen to Dick a talc or. Elliott Dick Vilalte will sing your praises nil Over the nation " the to color commentator gushed to a National Audi ence As Elli Oll look map honors in the great Alasca shootout in which inc wildcats beat two ranked teams. Michi Gan and Syracuse on the Way to the title. Elliott was the key Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said after the championship game. We could t cover him with one Man and when we did help with him he s such a Good passer that he Al ways found the open  Elli Oll was inc conference s co fresh Man of the year when the wildcats won the lilt and he was the first Pacio player to score More than 1,000 Points in two seasons As Arizona finished second in his Sophomore season. He played on inc Gold medal United slain entry in the world Champi  in 1986 and on inc Silver medal team in inc world univer Siviy games last summer Vilalte who last year labelled him a mini magic said Elliot is unselfish. Guaranteed to be a first round Choice. If this kid Gol More exposure nation ally he d be on All inc All America lists with the top 10 players in the  Elliott is a key ingredient in the Rise of Arizona to National prominence under coach Lute Olson. When we go recruiting anywhere in inc country the one kid thai they All know is scan Olson s assistant Ricky Byrd some. Said. He said gelling Elli Oll was the Luckiest and the biggest break so far in our five years because As Good As he was had he not grown up in Tucson in might have been a Cal to  Elliott said he decided to attend Arizona after Olson arrived for inc 1983-84 season and dramatically improved the wildcats fortunes from a 4-24 finish the previous season. I saw a program changing around and it looked like a Good Deal it was Junior scan Elliot Michael Jordan is is � first class Aba player re Fth  Oluic to Home and we had a big name coach Here so Why not Slayer Elli Oll said. Elli Oll got a Lasic of the Aba level of Competition this summer Wilh Jordan. You can t put a Price on thai kind of experience Elliott said playing against him every night gave me a lot or Confidence and in showed me thai i could play Wilh somebody thai 1 look up to like  Jordan lauded Elliott s enthusiasm and aggressiveness saying he has Excel Lent shot selection great court awareness and Seldom makes a critical mistake. I have been telling everybody to wait i him on to because Juicy ii see an Omat ing  vibes put Macon in Temple s backcourt Fly David a. Raskin Philadelphia not after the hordes of Cpl ice recruiters have offered All they can Otter a High school basketball Star chooses the school that has Dis played something special for him. The temptation is not always wholesome Bill for Mark Macon it was. He wanted a Good education and a Chance to see the country Bui the Hook would be a straight coach some one he could Trust. And he sensed thai John Chancy of Temple univer Siviy was that kind of coach. Macau was a Junior averaging More than 30 Points and 20 rebounds it game at Buena Visla High school in Saginaw Mich when Chancy lectured there. And after listening far id minutes. Macon knew where he was going id College. In took Chancy 10 minutes to do what a Hundred other coaches had spent three or four years trying to do. Macon had t even visited Temple s Campus Twork off  Macon said. I can feel a real person when he s  Macon is a freshman at the school and Temple is ranked among the top 10 in the nation with a 14-1 record the school s Best snarl Ever and the 6-Fopl-s Inch guard has gone beyond people s expectations even though he was one of the Best High school players in inc country last Yea r. Macon is scoring 18.9 Points a game and has drawn More attention Nan any other freshman in inc nation. Every fiber in my body wanted Mark to come Here said Chancy. He resides in a very Strong value system. Me has inc capacity la become great As a basketball player or businessman or teacher. As what Ever he  with the 18-year-old Macon quietly emerging As a Leader the owls Hope they have a key to winning Lough games. Chancy in his sixth season at Temple has a 136-36 record but has been faulted for having an easy schedule and for his Early rails from the National collegiate athletic association tournament. The Atlantic 10 conference which Temple plays in is not Tough and inc owls Haven t faced Many top-20 teams in non conference games. When Temple lost in the second round of the Mcaa last Spring some blamed k on inc team s unfamiliarity with Lough Competition. This season. Temple has beefed up its schedule adding Nevada Las vegas which edged the owls in the closing seconds sunday 39-58, and North Carolina on feb. 21. Coach Bill speedy Morris of Usalla. Who has watched his team lose close Garnet to Temple North Carolina notre Dame and Brigham Young with Temple s loss sunday the Only undefeated learn in division i said Temple s defense in the Middle is the Best i be seen this year offensively the front line does t have to be that  and that s because Macon has been making his shots including a tout one 10 beat Lasalle in the closing seconds of a game v earlier this month. Macon s Confidence the court combined with the same icel  that he used when he mum act picked Temple has made it easy for the older experienced players to accept the freshman Star. His role As the shooting guard in Temple s offence is to score. Last year Nate Blackwell played inc role and led inc Cam to a 32-4 record with n 19.8 scoring average. He graduated with Hie school s third i Gietl career scoring total. The icam j made up of role players said Howard Evans a senior Point guard whose 8.4 assists a game put him among the Nulion s leaders. My role is Lopel the Ball to  Bui a freshman on Center singe is not acc plod or respected just because he was placed there. Macon has earned his teammates respect by staying quiet. He does t think he knows in All said Evans who has a in surprised at the Impact Macon has made. The owls Ihrck hour practices Start Between 5 to . And 7 . On Days when games arc not scheduled. Since most other Temple Slu dams do not take 5 . Wake up Calls or say 9 . Good nights the 12 basketball players end up spending a lot of time with one another. Chancy is hard on his players very hard hut Only on inc court. He is a gentle looking Man Wilh soft eyes bul his voice circulates nicely throughout Temple s 4,500-scat Mcconigly Hall when the owls commit a turnover or two ill hear the hollering Neil  Macon said. Right now he Sjuls idling me  the same was True for Evans when he was a fresh Man. And for Tim Perry the senior Forward and team rebound Leader. And far Mike Vreeswyk a Junior for Ward second on the team in scoring. And fur Ramon Rivas the fr-10.250-Pound senior Center who is some limes Little too heavy footed. When the puerto Rico native was n freshman and in his first year in the United Stales he was Given trucial attention by Chan by. Bui now like the other upperclassmen he take the heat after practice he s just a regular person looking to help you out Macon said. Bul be sensed that As a Junior in High school. Macon was attracted to the teaching. When he spoke when he taught recalled Macon who is a secondary education major i knew i was going to  Chancy Laid Macon brought with him to Temple a Reservoir of Talent that needs to be nurtured and de  Macon knows that too