European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes sunday september 8, 1991 Valvano does t Pine for Bench by Walt Morrissette staff writer. Munich Germany a Jim Valvano was a coach again for the Nike All stars in their exhibition against Bayer Leve Kusen wednesday night. But in the years following his painful scandal laced departure from the North Carolina state coaching Job where he won the 1983 National championship he is quite Happy away from the sidelines and in front of the camera. A i love my Job because i get to do the two things that i love the most a he said a talk about College basketball and watch College  last season he had his own College highlights show a the lighter Side a on esp. But for each week for the 1991-92 season hell leave his wife at their Raleigh n.c., Home on monday and return the following sunday to As she says Quot pick up some clean  a on mondays tuesdays and wednesdays i m in the esp studios in Bristol conn., to do pregame halftime and Post game shows and highlights for our conference telecasts a Valvano said. A we Call mondays our a big mondays because that a when we have our big East big eight and big West games. On tuesdays we have the Sec acc and big ten games. On wednesdays we do the acc and big East. A on thursdays i Call a game for esp then i do a weekend game for Abc before i head Back to  Valvano said these Are the teams to watch on the Road to the 1992 final four at the metronome in Minneapolis a Duke a  National champions. A closing Billy Mccaffery the shooting guard who transferred to Vanderbilt will Hurt them a lot but  bring Back every one else a  also bring in b-11 Cherokee Parks one of the nation s top prep recruits from Southern California. A Indiana a a Bob Knight has Calbert  Kucla a a they have what 1 Call the 3 m s a Gerald Madkins Darrick Martin Don Maclean. A Michigan a a they had by far the Best recruiting class in the country. They brought in five great ones a All Magazine  a North Carolina a a they had the monster recruiting class last year. But they be lost Clifford Rozier from that class he a transferred to  a Kentucky fresh off probation a Quot this is their coming out year i m exit 5&s 2 Walt  Power to commentator and former coach Jim Valvano above made a Brief return to the coaches Box wednesday guiding the Nike All stars in an exhibition in Munich. Easing Valvanos return was the presence on his temporary team of Aba stars Scottie Pippen 2robin son and Charles Barkley. De for Rick  his sleepers a Seton Hall a a the Hall is going to be Tough this year plus they be got Terry  a Georgetown a Quot. Will always be a threat especially with Alonzo mourning. But they re struggling with their Back court this year. They re always in the tournament. Once they get there All bets Are off. You win six in a Row and you be got it. A no one believed Duke could beat vegas with the team they had either but it  Valvano says the univ rebels Are in dire Straits from coach Jerry Tarkanian a departure after this season and Mcaa probation. A i think the program is Goin g to be severely Hurt. You be got a lame Duck season in Tarkus last year so he can to recruit. Then you la have a new coach next year. You lose two Good recruiting years in transition and you just can to do that and compete in College basketball.  be Down for a Long time before they come  the biggest Story in College Ball this season will he in Florida a where two hot conferences have expanded. A the state of Florida has always produced great basketball players a Valvano said. Quot but they did no to stay at Home. Now you have two of the Best known and most highly visible conferences in the nation in Florida a Florida state in the acc and Miami in the big East. Plus you have Florida in the Sec. Quot i recruited Chris Corchiani out of Miami. If Miami were in the big East then he might have stayed Home. The Florida teams Are going to get much better because of the presence of these basketball oriented conferences. They Are going to keep More of the Best players at  Valvanos Best player Shaquille of Neal leu. His top five of Neal burning Jimmy Jackson of Ohio state Dukes Christian laettner and Cheaney. Valvano is against pros playing in the olympics. A what do you prove by winning the olympics with Aba players that they Are the Best in the world a Charles Barkley said he is looking Forward to playing on the �?T92 . Olympic team because it will be the Best team of All time and that a a in a tired of old teams with Aba players beating up on our College  �?o1 still believe you could take the Best College players in America give them enough time to train with a coach and they would win the olympics a Valvano said Quot will the pros represent us in All the major world competitions in Between olympics no Quot Valvano was asked about the Impact proposition 48, which requires recruits to have at least a 2.0 average in Core High school subjects and a 700 score on the sat to be eligible to play. Quot what you re trying to do is give athletes a better Chance to graduate a Valvano said. Quot yes in a for higher standards but we have to give it enough time and not pick a method that a not  Valvano is making the most of his pos coaching life. A the Quality of your life is determined by what you do when you have adversity a Valvano said. Quot if you let that tear you apart then you will have a very negative rest of your life. A i was determined to take the negative learn from it turn it into a positive and move on. And i have. I had my dream come True. I Cut Down the nets the �?T83 National title a Aba pair scores big with Munich children by Walt Morrissette staff writer Munich. Germany a Aba superstars c Harles Barkley and Scottie Pippen took their Road show to the youngsters packing the Community theater who screamed As if the pair were Rock stars then mobbed them for autographs afterwards. Quot Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers and Pippen of the world Champion Chicago bulls were seated on stage and Barkley ran the question and answer session with the kids with his Brand of Brash humor. One girl asked if they were single. A a in a single a they both said. Quot arc there any eligible ladies in Here Quot Barkley asked. They scream a you be got to have something now. We meet enough Chicken Heads during the  everyone in the audience was Given White Painter s hats but he found one Young Man with an outrageous razor Job under his hat. A they excuse me anybody got any crazy glue in Here i want to glue that hat to your head. I done to want anyone to see that  Barkley was asked about his Golf game. A i play pretty Good a lie said �?o1 shoot in the Low 80s.�?� a after nine holes a Pippen quipped. On a More serious note Barkley said being in the Aba is overrated then he gave proof that even a Man who makes s3 million a year does t have everything. A there arc Only two Good things about this Job. You can make a lot of Money my family can have anything they want. And you get a lot of time off. I have four or five months a year when i Don t have to do anything. A but your body is always hurting. I Haven to played in three months and my Back still hurts. You can t go anywhere like to a restaurant or to see a movie because people Are always coming up to you a Money can to buy warm weather either and he would Welcome a Trade to it. �?o1  mind getting out of Philadelphia. Just Trade me to some place warm like Orlando or Miami. But there two places i done to want to go Cleveland and  but Sacramento has a new Arena and its in California Quot Sacramento is not in California Quot Barkley said referring to its remoteness from the Southern California and Bay area fast lanes. Quot take it from my Good Friend Regeic the us who used to play there. He said Sacramento is not in  Quot he also disagrees with the theory that professional athletes have an added responsibility of being role models for american youth. It s the parents Job to be role models not ours Barkley said. A there Are too Many kids who play Ball thinking they Are going to make it in the Aba when 99 percent of them Arentt going to make it. It s the parents Job to make their kids get an education so they can go out and get a real Job because there Isnit going to be one for them in the  afterwards they raffled off Nike to shirts then the kids mobbed the stage to get autographs from their heroes. Unlike Michael Jordan who refused to give autographs during his visit last summer Barkley and Pippen spent about 15 minutes signing everything shoved at them. Barkley and Pippen later thrilled a crowd in the Olympia Hall with their slam dunking wizardry during an exhibition game Between the Nike All stars and German Champion Bayer Leve Kusen