European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 23,1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary for once acc is almost common b John Eisenber the Baltimore Sun let s make sure this is clean even in a Yea such As this a year thai in t Worth framing and hang ing on the Wall they arc playing better basketball than inc Swap. Mac and Pac Man. The Caa wac and Al Cio. Amu. Mean and Acle. They arc playing belter basketball than the South West. Northeast and Middle East. Better than inc big West. Big sky and big he. Rcpt or than the atlantic10.1 acidic 10 and Gulf of Mexico 5. Is this Clear .1 the teams in the Atlantic coast con Ference still Are playing Heller basketball this  Nusi of the country. Lint them up  Al Nisi anyone Al nest and Chi m \ \ \ big. Ifs  thai h the Rier . Res Uii . Ini i ii t measure this Seiv n \ t1 top i the . Ihei Aren t Plauny the 1,111 i  a Cimball Onwin. I Cir Lepi and i   10  Hil  a s. Out i d m i see the ii this year i   n to  Are Ivi Tei. There s tin be balance. I in l see an a Cacam in the lop Luor i 5 in the or  i i s .11 is a real Nind you a bn.,-1  Holbein Xirui in. Liuha i a inc league s lop in scorers ate Umili feb semen. I he  players an Sou in. I Here Aren t Nia r intimidating lug men. Almost no senior leaders which Are the keys to Success in the Mcaa tournament. It s a cyclical  Packer said. The Quality of your juniors and seniors Are what lip the Scales Between the top 50 or so learns make some super and others  this class of acc seniors in t  those underclassmen should be Bill or next year of course and they re already Good. Bui we re talking Ghoul this year and with the Tup cams in inc Confer ence moving Back toward inc pack essentially for once the acc is. Well almost common. There is better basketball in the big ten Thebes conference this season top to Bottom and the big eight which May have three final four teams in Kansas. Oklahoma and Missouri. Even the big East which is similarly Down other than Georgetown Syracuse can t shool jumpers is better. The Only acc team with a Chance of make above nationally is Duke and the Blue devils spent wednesday night getting hammered by the worst North Carolina team in years. If they really were capable of emerging As a giant you  they a Liaise he Muff i  this Carolina Tram. Wrong. Ihei were behind by 24 Points at half Lime. Sandlot by i1. La i did t even score for nine minutes at one Stivch s . They looked Young  Mil i. . A i i. .  Ivl. Had been 11 i  i i.-, Ait v. J. Al 1 a  irl Luil the in. As Cleat. In i  Doil Viivi in  in  Ihal car in d Hern to Tui mils in the last or cars. In. No Danny a err s Wise was freshman r  Lii Bov Hurley is terrific bul hell in in her in a Cir 01 t to. Same Ith Sophomore Sci our Hristian i Kellner. Same with Ilie whole team. As Lor the tar heels they d he Hellei in. Reidh adn t turned Pio a year Early. Without  Dean Smith is stuck with Scott Williams. King rici1 and it in Madden High school stars who Haven t quite lived up to Billing. Overall they re slow and can t Han dle the Ball. They la still be Lough at Home and probably make the Mcaa tournament. But they re no threat. Georgia tech also should make the  Cremins has Junior Dennis Scott the lop player in the conference and freshman Point guard Kenny Anderson who is going to be an ail Ameri can. But the team is weak inside dead last in the league in rebounding. In does t belong in inc top 10.where it has been most of the season. Another perimeter icam is North Carolina stale which is on probation for various transactions and just  As they say on  the Wolf pack is easily summed up great backcourt Rodney Monroe and Chris Corchiani could be inc nation s Busl bul no rebounding. Clemson. Which is off to its customary fast Start against its customary puff schedule is the opposite of slate and tech. I he tigers have the conference s top two Echo unders at least statistically in Dak Dai is and Eldon Campbell. Ital they have no Hack court. And those inside men Are inconsistent. The Ibers should sink As the season progresses. They inn l sink below Virginia and Wake Forest Ilious h. Virginia which marts two sophomores and freshman is Cau it in the i ii. Awk card transition of Fern Holland s us palute. Us should finish . Wake  con icle cd a it Nike in preseason but has t Laid Well. 1 lie deacons have a losing icum land last week lost to Kun a Mol on the same court where Richmond lost to Navy. Ouch.  Ili Rijk is Maryland. Picked to finish last the tips could win 20 fames in iary Williams list season. They Aren t a top 20 team yet. But they re remarkably improved from last Icar. In Hel shaling Tony Massenburg one of the conference s few relevant seniors bul sophomores Walt Williams and Jerrod Mustaf foretell a future of real substance. Of course. Duke. Carolina. Slate. Tech and Virginia have similarly big ideas about the ecu few years. Caro Lina had a great reciting year. The others return Al most All their Best players. So when acc teams arc gelling knocked out of the Mcaa tournament i March just remember this May not be a season Worth framing bul those frames will be used soon enough. Vikes traffic woes continue Millard arrested Bloomington. Minn. A Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Keith Millard. The nil s defensive player of inc year was arrested Early monday and charged with Drunken driving and speeding police said. The 27-year-old Millard was booked at police Headquarters in the Minneapolis suburb of blooms ton and released after his arrest at 12 51  sgt. Frank Chino said. It was inc second time in the past year Millard has been arrested for Drunken driving. On March 22. Millard was arrested by police in Redmond wash., on four mis Demeanour counts including Drunken driving and threatening police officers. In july he was placed on probation or dered to Complete two years of counsel ing and do Community service work. Monday s arrest marked the 11th Drunken driving incident involving Vikings players in the past three years. The last player to be arrested on a Drunken driving charge was nose tackle Tim new Ion for the third Lime in october. Chino said Millard was stopped by police in a residential neighbourhood marked As a 40 Mph Speed zone. He said the arrest report did not say How fast Millard was driving. He also said he could not disclose whether Millard took a breath alcohol test. A formal complaint is expected to be written by the City attorney s office Chino said. Millard s initial court appearance on the charges is set for March the arrest did not involve a traffic Accident and Millard did not resist arrest the sergeant said. When the All pro defensive tackle was arrested last year in Washington police said Millard threat ened them and kicked at a patrol car door so hard he nearly knocked it off its hinges. In december 1987, Millard was involved in an altercation Ata night club in Chanhassen which resulted in Mise Meanor charges for allegedly hitting and then head bulling a Man at the bar. In May 1988. A Carver county District jury cleared Millard of one count of fifth degree assault and one count of disorderly conduct but he faced identical charges involving a woman in the nightclub the same night. Those charges were to be dropped after a year on the condition Millard stay out of the nightclub and not have similar charges brought against him. In 1986, Millard was arrested for allegedly threatening a Bloomington police officer. Vikings spokesman Merrill Swanson said the team did not have any immedi ate comment on today s arrest. Vikings general manager Mike Lynn was out of town and could not be reached for com ment his Secretary said. Vlkinus4 Keith Millard. No stranger to Legal problems Maclean fires Urcla Over Cal 106-97 by he associated press Berkeley Calif. Don Mac can scored 27points and Tracy Murray added 23, combining for 20 pf-26 shooting to Lead no. 16 Urcla to a 106-97 Pacific to conference Victory Over California on sunday. The Bruins 12-3. 6-1 shot 65 percent with Murray going 9-for-Io and Mac can hitting 11-of-16. Fresh Man Center Brian Hendrick paced the bears 13-5, 4-3 with a season High 31 Points on 11 -of-18 shooting. Cal shot is percent. The Bruins opened a 15-Point Lead Early in the Sec Ond half on a Short jumper by Trevor Wilson. Hen Drick then sparked the bears with a series of inside shots and when Roy Fisher Sank two free throws with 6 45 remaining. Urcla s Lead was Down to 83-80. Mac can and Murray however continued to score at will. Murray s two free throws with 2 21 remaining put Urcla up 98-89. The Bruins started the game by scoring on their first six possessions and never cooled off. Led by Mac lean s 14 first half Points. Urcla shot 68 percent Inich first half. Mcaa basketball remarkably Cal shot 59 percent and still trailed by 10 at halftime. The bears closed to 50-44 on Hen Drick s two free throws with 1 53 left in the half. The Bruins however scored the final four Points and led 54-44 at  other games sunday no. 25 Alabama 70, no. 13 suss Tuscaloosa Ala. James Sanders scored 21 Points and helped hold Southeastern conference Lead ing scorer Chris Jackson far below his average As no. 25 Alabama Defeated no. 13 leu. The outcome left Alabama leu and Tennessee in Athree Way tic atop the conference with 4-2 records Sanders and Keith Askins combined to hold Chris Jackson who was averaging 28.3 Points to Only 11 before he fouled out with just Over a minute left. Melvin Cheatum scored. 20 Points for Alabama 13 4. Maurice Williamson with 12 Points led leu 11-3which seemed less than fresh after defeating notre Dame 87-64 in new Orleans a Day earlier. Leu closed to four Points Early in the second half. Then Wilh Alabama leading 44-39. Sanders Hii a 3-Pointer and a 2-Pointcr, David a Noil added a Basket and Alabama was up 51-41 with 11 20  tigers trailed 59-51 with five minutes left Afler two baskets by Shaquille o Neal but Sanders an Cheatum scored for Alabama. Virginia 81, no. 11 Georgia tech 79, of Charlottesville a. Kenny Turner who had not scored since the first half hit a 10-foot jump shot with six seconds to play in overtime to give Vir Ginia a Victory Over no. 11 Georgia tech. Sophomore Forward Bryant Stith scored a career High 30 Points As the Cavaliers recorded their first Atlantic coast conference Victory after four league losses. Virginia which led by As Many As 13 Points in the first half sent the game into overtime at 67-All on Anthony Oliver s jump shot Wilh one second remain ing. It was his Only Basket of the second half. Georgia tech s Karl Brown made one foul shot bul missed the second Wilh 14 seconds left giving the Cav Aliers their final Chance