European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 24, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 35 i 1 j r i it a a a Leir 17 in 15 be in to re to �8 id to As and Jet is he of he his the it re 7-foot senior Eric Montross 00 returns with his size and muscle at Center for the Well shod tar heels. Age to Norm Carolina 10 repeal. I the Mcaa championship would the fourth straight year. For Addi final four will be held in Charlotte South by Tom Foreman or. Dean Smith majored in mathematics at Kansas which explains his penchant for statistics. His current interest at North Carolina is chemistry. The tar heels Rode the rebounding and inside Power of George Lynch to a National championship last season. Lynch graduated along with four other seniors but the consensus gives the Edge to North Carolina to repeat. That would mean the. Stay in the state for tonal incentive the final four will be he which for years has been the tar heels Home away from Home. The tar heels loaded up with another Stellar recruiting class. Smith landed Center Rasheed Wallace Forward Jeny Stackhouse and guard Jeff Mclnnis to complement the four starters Back from the 77-71 Victory Over Michigan at new Orleans. That a where Smith faces a dilemma if there is one. How is so much Talent going to get sufficient playing time a Quot somebody s going to be unhappy Quot Smith said. Quot its like alternating quarterbacks in football. We do anticipate three freshmen playing in the first nine but that a after watching one Day of practice. I think wet be better i Hope offensively because each of those Guys is a year older.�?T1 Smith says by january there might be no More than eight or nine players who get the majority of the minutes. Irs an impressive rotation. There a Point guard Derrick Phelps a defensive Whiz and Donald Williams the shooting guard whose touch in the final four and earned him map honors. In the Middle is Center Eric Montross for muscle and Brian Reese returns at one of the Wing positions once he recovers from a sprained ankle. Pat Sullivan a spot starter last year but could take the other Forward spot. Wallace will have to fight with senior Kevin Salvador and Redshirt freshman Serge Zwikker to backup Montross. At 6-foot-ll, Wallace is the shortest of the three. Mclnnis will learn from Phelps before he inherits the Point guard position next season but that does t Rule out a Challenge from Sophomore Dante Calabria. Stackhouse is seen As the successor to Lynch this year but hell have to crack Smiths seniority system if he a going to Start. A you la certainty get Good Competition in practice Quot Smith said. Quot in the Long run that will help you. But its still better to have a Guy know he a in the lineup and not worrying about making a mistake arid coming  Duke will Lead the Challenge to the tar heels for the top spot in the acc. For the Blue devils its the beginning of the Post Bobby Hurley age. During Hurley a four years Duke wept to three final fours and won twice. He left As the no aah Sall time assist Leader. Although Grant Hill could play on the perimeter his value to coach Mike Krzyzewski is on the inside and that College basketball preview could make freshman Jeff Capel the successor to Hurley As offensive catalyst. Quot one of the main things we have to do is not try to make anybody Bobby Hurley Quot Krzyzewski said. Quot but we be had that problem before. Who a going to be the next Danny ferry who a going to be the next Christian laettner a ,. The Blue devils will be building the team around Hill Cherokee Parks and Antonio Lang. Georgia tech won the acc title last year when it upset North Carolina in the tournament title game. James Forrest and Travis Best will have to take on bigger leadership roles for the yellow jackets. The team has escaped the spotlight associated with coach Bobby cremins1 decision to leave for South Carolina and subsequent reversal of that move. Virginia is led by Cory Alexander As it bids to move up the list but Florida state will have to wait until Charlie Ward nits Down the shoulder pads and picks up the Bas Over in the Southeastern conference Kentucky will miss Jamal Mashbum but there a plenty of Talent to take Over. Travis Ford averaged 13 Points per game and was deadly from 3-Point Range. Coach Rick Pitio might consider a three Man rotation at Center. While the wildcats reign Over the secs Eastern division Arkansas looks like the pick of the Western division. Nolan Richardson landed key recruits to fill needs at shooting guard and Center making the Razorbacks the Choice. Louisville lost one third of its scoring Power and one fourth of its rebounding but could still win the metro conference title behind Clifford Rozier Dwayne Morton and Greg minor. North Carolina Charlotte May be Back for a Challenge after struggling last year. Three returning starters will help new Orleans Over come the loss of Ervin Johnson Ana make another run at the Sun Belt championship. Western Kentucky lost three starters but a Strong recruiting class might keep the Hill toppers in Contention. East Tennessee state might keep the Southern conference title trophy in that state in 1994, but Tennessee Chattanooga has 6-10 Transfer Roger Smith and the moccasins could repeat. Tennessee state comes Back with the Ohio Valley conference player of the year in till Center Carlos Rogers. A big front line and an experienced backcourt gives old Dominion the nod in the colonial athletic association although East Carolina sneaked up on everyone last year and won the tournament title. Coastal Carolina lost Star performer Tony Dunkin but four starters from last season can Lead the chanticleers to the front of the big South conference. Florida International is the top pick in the trans America and Coppin state has the same team in 1994 that went through the mid Eastern athletic conference unbeaten. Go by Adam Rapoport Washington up even at 7-foot-1, its hard to impress when your coach has planted you at the end of the Bench. Last March 25 at the Seattle King dome George Washington a Yinka dare  la l a la Llu expected big things from himself. He had helped guide the colonials to to Quot a Mcaa tournament in 32 years. On this particular afternoon Michigan and its fab five loomed. As did a National television audience. But when the clock wound Down against the wolverines in this Sweet 16 matchup the freshman could t be found on the court. A dejected dare with his Large Frame folded into a court Side chair sat and watched As his teammates were slowed under by Michigan. If the nigerian represented the future of George Washington basketball his stat line five rebounds 0 Points one Block in the 72-64 loss argued otherwise. Dare pronounced Dah Ray looked every bit the player who had spent Only one year in an organized program before enrolling at the downtown Washington school. Yet when the colonials open their season Friday the College basketball experts expect dare to emerge As one of nations most dominant big men. One National Magazine tabbed the Sophomore a third team All american. Hoops guru Dick Vitale speculated in his preseason publication that dare not Jason Kidd of California or Othella Harrington of Georgetown will dare develop into the Best Sophomore Prospect in the country. You need not look at dares statistics to understand Why. Just look at him. A a he a huge. He a massive Quot said Mas Sachus settes coach John Calipari. A people want to see him play. Hell fill  at 21, the 265rpounder already owns a set of shoulders that could Send Alonzo mourning or Hakeem Olajuwan hurrying Back to the Bench press. His Sta titles May not be As impressive As his physique but they Tell the Story of a solid inside player. The Novice ran away with the Atlantic 10 freshman of the year award last season averaging conference bests in rebounds 10.3 per game and blocked shots a school record 84while shooting 55.1 percent from the Field to fuel a 12.2 Points per game average. While dare soared so did the colonials. George Washington finished the season at 21-9 and earned their first two Mcaa tournament victories Ever. Colonials coach Mike Jarvis Felt the Michigan debacle was an important lesson for dare. A the Best thing that Ever happened to this program and to Yinka Quot he said. A there were people trying to Tell him that he was ready for the next level. That game brought him Back Down to Earth. It showed him he still has a lot to  before dare arrived at go last fall he spent a year at a 120-student private school in Connecticut learning the game he had taken up Only a few years earlier. Assistant coached Meyers stumbled upon dare while on a recruiting visit to Nigeria in 1991. Shortly after spotting the raw 7-footer at tryouts for the Digenan Junior National team Meyers initiated the process that would Send dare to Millford Academy and eventually George Washington. Quot people Don t want to believe it Quot said. Meyers Quot but i had no idea he existed before i went there. Quot when i told Jarvis about him he did t believe the kid had that much potential. He was like a Well i la have to wait and Sec the optimistic Guy that he is. Dare Only took us to the Sweet 16. He s a believer . Jarvis beginning his fourth season with the colonials knows a thing about promising Young centers. Over a decade ago while coaching of Rindge amp latin High in Cambridge mass., Jarvis nurtured a Broad shouldered teenager by the name of Patrick Ewing into National prominence