European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 9, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 23 Douglas controls orangemen s bid for the top. College basketball b we Jam Karfs Syracuse. . Map when Syracuse guard Sherman Douglas tosses up one of his running nit handed shots while falling off balance or attempts on of his 360-spin Mosca he gives the impression of being out of control. Nothing could he further from lit truth. My style May Lota Sirangelo some one who is unfamiliar with my game Buti m always under control said Douglas i push hard but it s a style i be Bee successful with. I m comfortable at that Tempo. 1 go by instinct and go out and move the play. You can t  said Douglas who leads the i2th-ranked orangemen in scoring Ai 16 Points a game and in assists Wuh eight As Syra Cuse prepares for its Isis task conference tournament opener while Douglas control May be i question Early in a game Ashen his frantic defense and creative play making Abili ties arc unchecked when the game is on the Ine. The 6-foot Junior controls the Fate of the orangemen. We Don t think anyone can guard Sherman Syracuse each Jim Hochheim agreed. Sherman knows it s his Job to take control and he does Douglas play to Hie i school Hail i Washington. Do w Here he average nearly 27 Points a game  a senior. H wanted to play for n org Clown. I was disappointed when they did t recruit me Douglas said. So during Fri freshman year Douglas Sal on the Bench watching Waym i Earl Washington Cam laurels As one of the top guards in the nation. Douglas considered transferring. I decided to be patient. 1 know1 Young players think they should just come into a program and Start but thought i d just slay Here and work  he said. Ini led he h is the right decision. Washington passed up his senior year and turned pro. Pearl May have been flashier but Sherman gets Llic Job done said hoc him. They re really diff real  creates More he s the Best Atley on passer in the country while Dwayne was More of a Driver. They Bolh dominated their position. I think Slier Man is the Premier Point guard in the  finished his Sophomore sea son As Syracuse s leading scorer with a 7.j average Ani was 13th in the a lint in assists with 7.6 per game. He led the team in foul shooting percentage min uts played and steals Douglas broke Washington s sin de saw n Schoul assist record with 289 and has added another 233 ibis year. He was the first Sophomore in Syracuse history to score Uver too Points in a season. We have a lot of Confidence in him Kong Sci ass said. We be seen him come through again and again with the big Hui or key pass Sherman is definitely the Guy who makes us  Douglas developed his shooting St Leon As Mihali courts in the nation s capital and admits it s distinctive. In addition to his one handed runner and his spin moves. Douglas throws his jump shot Viii  hands. Then there arc the Hank shots while tailing to the floor after a foul and the Alley top passes that seem to travel an invisible wire to their Destina Tion. Is teammates used to he awed by some of the a stings i did by they Sec me do it in practice All the lire so they re Mil awed anymore laughs Douglas whose style has been described As con trolled  he thinks he s Bob Cousy jolted Derrick coleran. He s got that Little running Hook and a Quick release. It s a playground style but he s groomed  i i coach Call Syracuse s she Nuqui Douglas the Premier Point guard in the country.". But at storied Duquesne tradition wears thin b a Ian Robinson i Jet Burch aj1 11 was t All that Long ago hat Duquesne University s tradition Laden Duke were among College basketball s flu blooded Royalty a Rich Mother Lodi of great coaches and players thai made them one of the lop 10 Svino Gesl teams in  s history while Duquesne was playing in is National invitation tournaments and tour Caas Intra City rival Pitt As struggling to 1111 More than 1,000 seats in its deteriorating . I used to be that Dii quesne was the place to go. When you stayed in Pittsburgh to play basketball you went to Duquesne because of the history. Chick to coast  and most important of All to . When Pisi jilt if dutiuesni1 and the Atlantic 10 con Ference in ivs2 in join the Ihnn flt dosing big Easl. Few could Forsee Host Iii idly it would fuel the acceleration of panthers basketball and the demise of do Rue one for example 1 ill has spent millions to refurbish its now co a fieldhouse where All  seats have been sold out for two seasons the panthers also sell out their two an Nual games at the ,3ix sea civic Arena. Duquesne s average attendance Al the Arena has declined from8,51 a game in 1970 to a Mere 1.30q this season. Since 1982. Put has had five winning teams Duquesne one. Hilt has twice been ranked in the top 10, has made three Mcaa or nit appearances and re  from California to Connecticut. Do tourneys tip off by the Awo Clard press with the end of re eur Ean by by Confer ence learns everywhere except in the big ten Prtrt Easore tournaments most carrying an Auto Matic bid to the Mcaa tournament get under Way in Earnest already started arc Loumey of the Atlantic 10, Ohio Valley metro Atlantic athletic Sun Bell. Wen coast athletic Recac North Atlantic Recac metro mid american East coast Southland and Mit Touri Valley conferences and the colonial Allelic association. The rest of the opening schedule is Ai follow wednesday i Pacific coast Allelic association and big sky and Western athletic conferences. This Day big ill midwestern collegiate. Pnciflc-10, Southeastern and trans americ athletic conferences. Friday Atlantic coast big eight metro ath Letic and Southwell conferences. Quesne has t played in a Post season Murnam enl eight of its 13 players Are from the i Tilsi Burgh area. Seventeen of pin s 27 games this  will be televised locally. 11 Are being shown nationally. Do que inc is on regional to Iwine. Pill basketball will make More than a million Dol Lars this season.  not Only will lose 5500.000, in has sult ered embarrassing Blowout losses of 55 Points to Arizona -10 Points to Temple and 27 Points to fill in a game it railed 17-0. The Dukes arc 11-20going into he Atlantic 10 postseason tournament. It s kind of sad to  said Nehon. An attorney who played on Cunt Cuttit 20-u-in Duquesne teams inthe Early 1970s. I m a Little discouraged. It really hit me last summer when my 10-year-old son told Mere wattled to go a Pill s Camp instead of Duluc pcs but How can you blame him he reads the papers watches the games on to. He  John red Manning who toadies the Las greater of Dukes basketball from i is through lsj74, can l believe when has happened since he stepped Down. In iu70, when we were 21-4, i would nol have thought Duquesne could be in this  Man Ning said. The big East is such a �0