European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 10,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Safe men s basketball Fellers goes with Best 7 Hawks by Walt Morrissett staff writer Torrejon a Spain the Micro phone was still warm from the awards presentations crowning Hahn the 1989usafe champions when Safe team coach Don Fellers assembled the players to begin Safe s quest for its first air Force championship. Following Hahn s 105-95 Victory Over Wei Brincken for the 1989 Safe championship 21 players were selected to compete for 10 slots on the Safe team. Fourteen Safe tournament players and seven players who Are to come to Torrejon from across Europe were selected for the Camp. Those making the team will compete against seven air Force major com mands in a seven game round Robin a Travis fab Calif. Feb. 19-24. Fellers chose seven Hahn Hawks forthe tryouts including Mike Owens a 6 5 Center out of Atlanta who won mos valuable player honors in the tournament and was leading scorer and re Bounder. He averaged 24.2 Points and 10 rebounds per game. Other Hawk chosen were 6-1 Dobie Strong of Roch Ester . 5-8 Point guard Glen Hixenbaugh of South Bend ind 6-8 Vern Bradshaw of san Jose Calif. 6-5 Rick Walton of Covington by. 6-1 Ter Rance Johnson of Philadelphia a 6-6todd Childs of Chicago and 6-7 Derek major of los Angeles. Chicksands Daniel Terwilliger a 6-8center from Albany n. Y. Will also be at the trial Camp As will Darryl Ferguson of Aviano 5-11 guard out of Houston. Dexter Walker a 6-3 Sharpshooter out of Ramstein Bonnie Daye of Bent Waters Richard Simmons of Sembach Tony Jackson of Iraklion Ryan Gates of Buchel Sammy Gibson of Rhein main and Earl Jordan of Torrejon will also come Here for the  and Simmons made the All air Force team in 88."people have complained about me picking so Many Hahn players Feller said. I m just after the Best players that can bring Home Safe s first air Force championship. They could have played for Wei Brincken or  la be playing a grueling seven game round Robin in five Days. The Aliber of play is intense similar to see Fellers on Page 26 Power Index gives Edge to acc by John Nelso Nap sports writer Al Mcguire likes the big 10, and so Doe Dick Vitale. Depaul coach Joey Meyer leans toward the big 10 but admits he get san awful big dose of  Dick Mcguire Al s big brother says pick pm Buthe really likes the big East and super scout Marty Blake thinks the Atlantic coast con Ference is slightly  which is the strongest basketball con Ference in the country there is no consensus or Lack of opinion. Ill Tell you one thing said Al Mcguire former Marquette coach Abc commentator and master of verbal hieroglyphics. These Powers come in and their eighth and ninth men Are doing disco moves above the rim. I had a dynasty and i had Ballplay ers but i had maybe three like that. This was Only 12 or 13 years ago. If i had three like that i could guarantee you top ten from the Giddy up to the final prime time on monday night with  the most recent conference Power Index  together by Las vegas Book makers Keith Glantz and Russell Culver for the associated press favors the acc. Based on results and on strength of schedule the acc is rated at 90.8, Fol Lowed by the big East at 90.2, big ten at89.9 and big eight at 88.1. The Southeastern conference which normally would rank among the Powers was seventh behind the metro 7 and Pac-10. Conferences tend to Rise and fall in month or two said Blake the former Atlanta Hawks general manager who runs a private scouting Combine for the Aba. I saw the big 10 last week an they re fairly competitive. A month ago they might have been the top conference but now Illinois won t make it to the final 16 without Kendall Gill broke foot. Ohio state does t have a Center College ratings Depaul s Joey Meyer. Leans toward big 10 and Purdue can t get the Ball inbound. I would have to say right now the acc is slightly stronger. Outside of Mary land you really Don t have a weak  of the top 20 schools in the Glantz Cul ver Power Index of individual teams How Ever five Are from the big ten. Four each come from the acc and big East and the big eight and Pac-10 have two each. It s the old Mickey Mantle Willie Mays argument with the big 10 and big East said Vitale another former coach who shouts into a microphone for Abc and esp. They re the  out from top to Bottom there Are no easy  Vitale gives just the slightest Edge to the big 10 because the big East does thave that Home court  so Many of the big East teams play in pub Lic auditoriums that it takes away some of the intimidation Factor that the big 10has," Vitale said. The big East has the Best non Confer ence record among the four top leagues 88-16 for a winning percentage of .846.the big 10 is next 97-22, .815followed by the acc 74-23, .763 and the big eight 84-29, .743. I hate to sound like a Homer but the big East is As Good As anybody said Dick Mcguire a former Aba coach who scouts College prospects for the new York kicks. Syracuse Georgetown Seton Hall. They re All top teams. Villa Nova is having a bad year and i Don know Why they re not winning. Connect Cut s not bad and Pitt. I know it s hard to go against the bitten. Michigan s got kids on the Bench that Are better than kids starting at smaller conferences. And it s hard to go against the acc. Even the West coast allow a sudden is getting a few kids into our league but it s still fairly Light out there.1 Don t know Why. The weather s  if you break Down the records of the big East big 10, acc and big eight conferences against one another the big East still comes out on top with an 8-2 record .800. The big East is 2-0 against the acc this season 2-2 against the big 10 and 4-0 against the big eight. The big 10 is 12-8 .600 against theother three 3-3 is. The acc 2-2 is. The big East and 7-3 against the big eight. The acc is 4-7 .364 3-3 is. Big ten 0-2 is. Big East and 1 -2 is. Big eight. The big eight is 5-12 .294 2-1 is. Acc,0-4 is. Big East and 3-7 is. Big ten. Being an Independent we Don t really have any allegiance Meyer said but i do get a Little More saturated with the big 10. I guess i have to lean to the big 10, but i sure Don t think it s the Knock out decision like some people Are talking about. We be played the Best out of the acc and big East and we  if Depaul can be used As a Benchmark the Blue devils lost their Only game against a big 10 team Ohio state. The lost twice to big East teams Georgetown and Seton Hall and split a pair with the acc beating North Carolina state and losing to North  big disappointment of the 1988 89 season has been the Sec which is 67-34 for a winning percentage of just .663 against non conference foes. Against the big four the Sec is 5-15 3-3 is. Acc 1 3 is. Big East 0-8 is. Big ten and 1-1vs. Big eight. Kentucky lost Rex Champman a year Early to the Aba and Point guard Sean Sutton broke his jaw. Then there we recharges of Mcaa violations that at some Point Promise probation or worse. Flor Ida s big freshman Cesar Portillo was out until Christmas with a broken hand an Louisiana state lost five players most in the nation to the proposition 48 Aca Demic eligibility requirements. One thing s for sure Al Mcguire  Little conferences Aren t going to get any  s no Chance for the Atlantic 10s and the Sun belts and the metro cities an the North South Nova Scotia conferences even burping Mcguire said. The Atlan tic 10 pushed its head above the Wall last year and they shot it  the big conferences Aren t going to get any weaker  at these big boys with so much Talent. Whether they la be Able to Contro Lall this Talent and spread the . Play ing time around i Don t know Mcguire said. But when i see teams like Oklahoma Louisville Syracuse Nevada Las vegas North Carolina any one of those five on a Good night could beat the expansion teams and you can throw in the clippers Sacramento and  leu s Jackson faces Down freshman jitters by  Mcmanamon Cox news service people simply can t say enough Nice things about 6-foot-1 guard Chris Jack son of Louisiana state who ranks seconding the nation in scoring with 27.9 Points per game. If he keeps going the Way he is said Georgia coach Hugh Durham hell be a lottery pick in the Aba this season. I m certainly going to recommend that he  Kendall Gill of Illinois limited Jack son to 27 Points then said he s the Best guard i be played against in my col lege  and from leu coach Dale Brown he s the Best player i be Ever  can teams defend against Jackson who sinks three pointers As if they were layups Florida coach Norm Sloan said he d need a 6-5 guard who is As Quick As Jackson. Does that player exist Ole miss coach de Murphy said. Probably in the  Jackson a freshman from Gulf port,miss., started playing basketball when he was 9. Since he practice literally every spare minute of his Day. Before school at Dawn he shot. After school he shot. In off hours at night he shot. He shot for three or four hours 365 Days year. Every Day Holiday rain Thunder and lightning i d be out there play ing Jackson said earlier this . I did t like to  Jackson worked out a grueling routine at the end of practice where he would go take several different shots and if he missed the last one he would Start Over. This season while leu was playing Auburn in football at Tiger stadium Jackson went to the gymnasium to  just wanted to so bad you know Jackson  does All this despite suffering from Turrett s syndrome the same Ner Vous disorder that bothered baseball s Jim Eisenreich. Like Eisenreich Jackson takes medication to control the illness. If Jackson the player has impressed Jackson the person has overwhelmed Brown. Jackson Brown said is Humble quiet and sincere. According to Brown when the two Are in a car and they pass Achurch Jackson wants Brown to be  this has earned Jackson a place of respect in Baton Rouge not seen since the Days of pistol Pete Maravich Many leu fans want to Call Jackson re Pete. Earlier this season an eight year old girl who had been abused by her father called a runaway hotline and said shews going to run away from Home and live with her idol Jackson. The social worker coaxed the girl name and address from her and contacted the authorities then delivered Aletter from the girl to Jackson. Jackson told the social worker to Tell the girl hews dedicating a game to her. He told his teammates about her the Day before the Vanderbilt game. And with one second left Jackson s jump shot gave leu a one Point Victory Over the commodores