European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a a the stars and stripes Friday october 26,1990sooners loss string continue by Rick Warner a football writer saturdays big eight Battle Between Oklahoma and Colorado will feature teams heading in opposite directions. Tenth ranked Colorado has won five in a Row since losing to Illinois while no. 22 Oklahoma has lost two straight after opening with five victories. The sooner soared to no. 4 before losing to Texas and Iowa state which beat Oklahoma for the first time since 1961. Colorado the defending big eight Champi College predictions on fell to no. 20 after starting the season 1-1-1. But the buffaloes have climbed Back into the top 10 with consecutive victories Over Texas Washington Missouri Iowa state and Kansas. Oklahoma needs a Victory at Boulder to stay in Contention for the big eight title while Colorado is trying to keep Pace with Nebraska. The buffaloes and Corn huskers Are 3-0, a game ahead of the 2-1 sooner. Last year Colorado beat Oklahoma 20-3 to snap a 12-game losing Streak against the sooner. Now Olahoma will be the one trying to Stop a losing Streak. The sooner Haven to lost three straight since the end of 1965. Colorado has faced one of the toughest schedules in the country. The buffaloes tied no. 11 Tennessee lost to no. 5 Illinois and beat no. 7 Washington and no. 13 Texas. They also Defeated Stanford. Oklahoma a wins were against weaker opponents Kucla Pittsburgh Tulsa Kansas and Oklahoma state. The sooner allow Only 156 Yards per game on the ground but Colorado a Eric Bieniemy is averaging almost that Many 149 himself. The buffaloes 5 /2-Point favourites Are peaking at the right time Colorado 24-14.no. 2 Auburn minus 14 at Mississippi St. Dyes Guys suffer a letdown after beating Florida state. Mississippi St. 24-23.no. 3 notre Dame minus 12 /2 at Pittsburgh Ricardo Mcdonald is a linebacker for Pitt twin Devon is a Backer for Irish notre Dame 48-28.no. 4 Nebraska minus 22vi at Iowa St. Leodis Flowers has five straight 100-Yard Rushing games for the Cor huskers. Nebraska 42-28.no. 5 Illinois minus 21 at Wisconsin the Zillini have won five straight since losing their opener to Arizona. Illinois 42-14.arkansas plus 18/2 at no. 6 Houston Houston a 10-game winning Streak is the nations longest. Houston 52-28.california plus 17 at no. 7 Washington Battle for first place in Pac-10 Washington 34-10.no. 8 Miami minus 21 i at Texas tech the hurricanes have two regular season losses for scoreboard basketball Aba preview by Chris Bernucci associated press writer team by team rundown Lor the Eastern conference in the 1990-91 Aba season in predicted order of finish Atlantic division Philadelphia 76ers last season-53-29,1 St place. Coach Jim Lynam 3rd season. New faces a minute to from Golden state for a no. 1g Brian Oliver 32nd pick Rickey Green free agent. Strengths Charles Barkley 25.2 pig 11.5 Reg -600 Fig pet., 148 steals is the Best Forward on the planet. He had of season surgery on his arthritic shoulder. C Mike Gminski 13.7, 8.5 has a Nice touch and f Rick Mahon 10.8, 7.6 is the game s Best bully. Backcourt of Hersey Hawkins 18.5, 42 pet. 3-pointers, 130 steals and Johnny Dawkins 14.3, 7.4 aug 121 steals is solid. Bench scoring from f Ron Anderson 11.9 and g Derek Smith 8.9. Bol 3.17 blocks per game will allow teammates to guard More aggressively. Green is a steady backup Point guard. Outlooks three ringside judges would be needed for a Philadelphia Detroit conference final but first the mixers have to figure out How to beat Chicago. They Are one player away. Don t be surprised if they sign free agent Adrian Dantley. Boston celtics last season-52-30,2nd. Coach Chris Ford 1st season. New faces a Dee Brown 19thg Brian Shaw returning from italian league Rookie f Eric Mcarthur free agent. Strengths the league s Best front three. F _. N a i Jjo pm pm of _ gory to soar a a. .549 Fig pet., 157 blocks is the league s Best Low Post player. C Robert Parish 15.7, 10.1, .580 Fig pet Quot Quot the court Well. G Reggie Lewis 17.0 Colorado halfback Eric Bieniemy left has buffaloes on a 5-game Victory Stampede. A the first time since 1984 Miami 42-24.new Mexico plus 3v/2 at no. 9 Brigham Young to Detmer has thrown for 300-plus Yards in his last 18 games. Brigham Young 48-21.lsu plus 16�/2 at no. 12 Florida St. Bobby Bowden gets career Victory no. 200 on his third try. Florida St. 32-24.southern methodist plus 32 at no. 13 Texas longhorns to the Cotton bowl. Texas 52-21. Northwestern plus 23/2 at no. 15 Iowa Northwestern Hasni to beaten the Hawk eyes since 1973. Iowa 44-10. Other games will have no. 16 Georgia tech winning 35-17 at Home Oyer Duke plus 17 no. 17 Mississipp minus 14 being stunned at Vanderbilt 28-27 no. U Wyoming minus 15 winning big on the Road at Texa Elpaso 38-10 no. 19 Clemson minus 21 i bombing the deacons at Wake Forest 44-14 and no. 20 Michi Gan minus Ivi beating Indiana in Bloomington 24-17. Also no. 21 Southern Cal minus 15 will lose a Arizona St. 24-23 Washington St. Plus Ivi loses at no 23 Arizona 27-21 Baylor plus 2 edges no. 24 Texa Christian 24-21 and Stanford plus Ivy drops one a no. 25 Oregon 35-21. Last week 11-7 straight 5-12 spread. Season 103-33 straight 55-66 spread. New Point guard tandem will further dim the celtics Aura. They could win the division they could finish third. But they Don t scare anyone anymore. New York Kunicka last season-45-37,3rd. Coach Stu Jackson 2nd season. New faces of Jerrod Mustaf 18thpc Earl Cureton free agent from Italy Greg Grant free agent. Strengths a Patrick Ewing 28.6 pig 10.9 Reg .551 Fig pet., 4.0 blocks is the games Best Center. They re a lottery team without him. F Charles Oakley 14.6, 11.9 can Board with anyone and is Good offensively inside 12-15 feet. G Gerald Wilkins 14.5, 4.5, 4.0 aug is Best in the open court. No discernible drop off in Point guard tandem of Maurice Cheeks 9.1, 5.6 aug and Mark Jackson 9.9, 7.4. F Kiki Vandeweghe 11.7 in 22 games is a proven offensive Force. Outlooks for a team that changed coaches offensive philosophies and Point guards last season the kicks accomplished a lot. A healthy Vandeweghe a return to form by Jackson and continued dominance by Ewing could get the kicks Back into the 50-win neighbourhood and a possible division title. Miami heal last season-1664,5th. Knee surgery. F Chris Morris 14.8, 5.3 had a Good Camp and should improve. Theus 18.9, 5.4 aug and g Purvis Short 13.1 can still score and g Derrick Gervin 12.0 was a late season find. G cookie Blaylock 10.1, 4.2 aug was playing Well when a broken Finger ended his season. Outlooks nowhere. They la have plenty of Ping Pong balls in the lottery bin again. Washington bullets last season-31 -51, 4th. Coach Wes Unseld 4th season. New faces a Greg Foster 35thg . Enish 37thc Fetui a a a a Quot a Jeff Malone. Strengths of w ploy a usu7i oui 13 . In Slish 37thc Pervis Ellison from Sacramento for g eff Malone. Strengths of Bernard King 22.4 pig 4.9 Reg 4.6 aug is no longer just a scorer. He will have to do coach Ron Rothstein 2nd season. New faces a Willie Burton 9thf or 12thg Bimbo Coles 40thf Jeff Sanders from ale Kessl chicag Forano. 2. Strengths excellent Young Talent base spearheaded by Syracuse connection of c Rony Seikaly 16.6 pig. 10.4 Reg 124 blocks and g Sherman Douglas 14.3, 7.6 aug 145 steals. Of a Glen Rice 13.6 overcame a slow Start and a position change to come on at season s end. Bill still runs 0 figures to play a bigger offensive Rote. Shaw 66. 5.8 aug in 98869 is Back to run the Point f Michael Smith 5.0 showed flashes last season As a Rookie. Of used Pinckney 4.7 and Joe Kleine 5.4 Are capable backups and g Kevin Gamble 5.1 can score Given minutes. Outlooks a new coach an old front court and a 8.5, 5.0 can improve and develop roles with this dub. Outlooks the heat is not much better than new Jersey or Washington. Its just going in a different direction. A 25-win season would of outstanding. New Jersey nets last season-1765,6th coach Bill Fitch 2nd season. New faces of Derrick Coleman 1stg Tate George 22ndf Jud Buechler 38thg Reggie even More this season. G Darrell Walker 9.5 pig 8.8 Reg 8.0 aug had nine triple doubles and is a defensive terror. The Only thing he can to do is shoot .454 Fig pet. Big things Are expected of Ellison 8.0,5.8 Reg in 34 game the Overall no. 1 pick last year. Mark Alarie 10.5 and Harvey Grant 8.2 Are promising Young forwards. Outlooks a mess. Without Wiliams and jackies the bullets might not win 20 games. With them they re still Light years from the playoffs. Central division Detroit pistons last season-59-23,1st coach Chuck Daly 8th season. New faces Rookie g Lance Blanks 26thc tree Rollins free agent. Strengths�?1ne Best three guard rotation in the league with finals map Isiah Thomas 18.4 pig 9.4 a Gall defensive team selection Joe Dumars 17.8,4.9 and sixth Man Vinnie Johnson 9.8,3 1. C Bill Laimbeer 12.1, 9.6 Reg rebounds shoots 3-pointers and makes enemies. Defensive player of the year Dennis Rodman 8.8,9.8 and Low Post fixture James Edwards 14.5 Are perfect complements at Forward. Outlooks no team has a three heated a in 25 years but you get the feeling that this team in t tired of winning. If they finish with the league s Best record and retain the Home court advantage throughout the playoffs look for another address change Chicago bulls last season-55-27,2nd. Coach Phil Jackson 2nd season. Hopson from new  High 69 in an overtime Victory at Cleveland. F Scottie Pippen 16.5,6.7,5.4 was a first time All Star and gave bulls opponents someone else to guard. F Harvey Grant 13.4, 7.9 and g John Paxson 10.0 know their roles. Outlooks every year the bulls fall Short and every year people say Quot if Only Jordan had some help. Last year they reached game 7 of the conference finals. This year they have help. It May not make a bit of difference. Cleveland Cavaliers last season�?42-40,4th. Coach Lenny Wilkens 5th season. New faces of Danny ferry from la clip for Ron Harper and two no. 1 picks Milos 50th. Ibid strengths the cars matched Miami s seven year $27.5 million offer to pc John Quot hot Rod Quot Williams 168 pig 8.1 Reg 167 blocks. He is Active runs the floor and finishes. His numbers won t show it but he s Stih a bargain. Wiliams joins Strong front court of talented and court smart ferry f Larrv 06 16.3,8.1,122 blocks and c Brad Daugherty 6-6 9.1. Three guard rotation of Mark Price 19.6,9.1 aug 114 steal Craig Ehlo 13.6,4.6,126 steals and Steve Kerr 6.7 combined to make 329 of 766 3-pointers .430. Outlooks the cars should win 50 games and Advance to the second round of the playoffs where Theja 9f a.9o-to player like Ron Harper will spell elimination. Maybe ferry can be that  Hawks last season-41-41,6th. Coach Bob Weiss 1 St season. New faces Rookie g Rumeal Robinson 10throokie f Trevor Wilson 36thc Tim Mccormick from Houston for g Kenny Smith. Strengths the projected starting lineup of f. 2_. _ Dominique Wlkins 26.7.kevin Vii Hisil 2.46.0c Moses Malone i 86�?� my6.5 Reg 127 steals Tulsi rofl Gie sey for a no. 1f Cliff Levingston free agent Rookie a Fate pc Scott Williams free agent.13 ooqthb9 am p018 i14-7 1al to strengths Michael Jordan 33.6 pig 6 9rpa played 68 games his Best since 198465. F Roy 6.3 aug .526 Fig pet league High 2.77 site also won Hinson 15.0, 6.9 Reg is a Force but is coming off his fourth straight scoring title and shred a Nuur. W vow we Villi Ruiling Alloy oui of strengths Michael Jordan 33.6 pig 6.9 rpm 6.3 aug .526 Fig pet league High 2.77 steals won his fourth straight scoring title and scored a career a lip. Quot wot maim re  g Glenn Doc Rivers 12.5, 5.5 aug 116 steals in amp a Landro a non is explosive. John Battle 10.9 and mighty mite Spud Webb 9.2, 5.8 to s5 steals provide backcourt Bench spark i z iss p�03 to install a motion pass ing offence with a lineup of Rookie Point guard Robinson and a front court that can to pass which spells a slow Start Don t be surprised if the disinterested Mathis it they Sho Elci Quot we the playoffs but Milwaukee Bucks last season-4468,3rd. Del Harris 4th season. Re d s7.rook e g Steve Henson 44thf Frank Byckowski from Milwaukee Tor g Paul Presse pc Danny Schayes from Denver for Rookie f Terry Mills. Strengths balance. An underrated three guard rotation of Alvin Robertson 14.2 pig 6.9 Reg 5.5 aug 207 steals Jay Humphner 15.3, 5.8 aug 156 steals and sixth Man award Winner Ricky Pierce 23.0. Lots of swing Man clones up front with Jack Sikma 13.9,6.9 Reg 68 3-Pointersfred Roberts 10.5brad Lohaus 9.2greg Anderson 8.8schayes 10.4 and Brickowski 6.6. Outlooks the Bucks Are a typical Middle of the Road team. Their drafting position and the salary Cap limits what they can do to improve. They have too much Talent and smarts to miss the playoffs but not enough to get past the first round. Indiana pacers last season�?42-40,5th. Coach Dick Versace 3rd season. New faces of Ken Williams 46thg Micheal Wiliams free agent. Strengths Strong backcourt of first time Allstar Reggie Miller 24.6 pig 150 3-pointers, 110 steals and Mem Fleming 14.3, 7.4 aug who has added 20 pounds and improved his jumper. Forwards Chuck person 19.7, 5.8 Reg 97 3-pointers and Settef Schrempf 16.2, 7.9 Are both inside outside players. C Rik Smits 15.5, 6.2, 169 blocks also put on 20 pounds and worked with Bill Walton in Camp. Pc Lasalle Thompson 6.8, 7.7 provides bulk and f Mike Sanders 6.2 and g Randy Wittman can still score on occasion. Outlooks the pacers Are a Young improving team stuck in the league s toughest division. Unless Smits Learned something from Walton they could win 45 games and miss the playoffs. Charlotte Cometa last season-19-63,7th Midwest. Coach Gene Littles 2nd season 1st full. New faces Rookie g Kendall Gill 5throokie f Steve Scheffler 39thf Johnny Newman free agent. Strengths there is a modest Talent base Here. The versatile Gill joins a backcourt of Dell Curry 16.0 pig 92.3 it petrel Chapman 17.5 and 54 Muggsy Bogues 9.4, 10.7 aug who proved he belongs. Newman 12.9 and Kelly Tripucka 15.6 should split time at Small Forward. Armon Gilliam ia7.7.9 Reg and . Reid 11.1,8.4 Are a Strong Power Forward tandem. Outlook still a Loi Long Way to go. Management acted hastily in firing Dick Harter last season. They improved under Littles but even 25 wins might be unrealistic until they fill the Middle. Western conference tomorrow