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Hand brings 3 years of experience to Virginia’s lineup By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle
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back to the top. The feisty senior point guard from
DONALD HAND blows by Ed Cota in University Hall last season. Hand will have a more experienced supporting cast to take some of the weight off his shoulders this season.
with three years of experience who contributes to his team with intangibles. Although he probably will not make the NBA, he will do whatever coach Pete Gillen wants. Because of his status coming out of high school, every game has been a new battle for him. “I’d like to coach Donald Hand,” Mike Krzyzewski said after the Blue Devils’ game against Virginia last year. “He has courage and he goes right at you.” Hand came to the Cavaliers right after their last NCAA appearance in 1997. Since then, he has been the only Virginia player of much mention and has seen his Cavs go nowhere, save the first round of the NIT the three previous seasons, two of which he served as captain. This year he is captain again, but he has far more people to help as far as the scoring roles go. All five of last year’s top scorers return for the Cavs, and they are joined by a very well-rounded freshman class. This depth is something UVa has been trying to achieve for a few years. As far as Hand is concerned, however, the loss of McDonald’s All-America sophomore Majestic Mapp might overshadow the significance of his returning teammates. Having Mapp to back him up at point guard would have allowed Hand to play his naturally quick style of basketball, but Mapp tore his ACL and is out for the season. Without Mapp, Hand will have to play a lot of minutes if Gillen expects his team to be capable of running with the rest of the country. “The older I get, the faster I want ter play,” Gillen said. “I can’t figure out all those different plays some guys run. Some guys got more plays than
I can’t even spell Shakespeare, so I’m not gonna have all those plays. We’ve got quickness and we recruit quickness, that’s the way the game is meant to be played.” If quickness is what it take for Virginia to make the NCAAs, then quickness is what Hand and the Wahoos will play. Actually, that mold will probably suit Hand, who has always been more of a raw scorer than a pure shooter. As captain, though, his problem right now is getting his team to focus on its goal. To do that, the Cavaliers must work day in and day out. “I’m gonna make sure everybody, Shakespeare.
everyday when they come into practice, is giving 110 percent,” Hand said. “We just Can’t settle for 80 somedays. You have to give it all.” Also, Hand would like to see the Cavs be more consistent, especially in the ACC. Last year, they were 3-3 against Duke, Maryland and North Carolina—the ACC’s three tournament teams—but only 6-4 against the rest ofthe conference. “We have to be more consistent and come out and play hard every night,” Hand said. “Last year, we had some great wins and then we’d come back with a great loss. Hopefully, we’ll get it together and work hard everyday.” Gillen knows Hand, who has four years ACC experience under his belt, will be part—a large part—of the key to UVa’s success this season. “Right now, a lot of guys are using college as sort of a train station for the
pros,” Gillen said. Hand did not do that, and this year he is the big man in Charlottesville.
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N.C. State faces disheartened fans after 20-win season By CRAIG SAPERSTEIN The Chronicle
After four straight NIT seasons, one could say that it is put-up or shut-up time in Raleigh. N.C. State, which began last season 15-3 and seemed a shoo-in for the NCAA tournament, once again fell into mediocrity by season’s end, finishing a respectable, but clearly disappointing, 20-14. Despite the letdown, the Wolfpack ended on a relatively high note, as it rallied in the NIT before losing to Wake Forest in the semifinals in Madison Square Garden. This season, however, even an NIT semifinal run would be disheartening, as the Wolfpack returns four starters and has recruited arguably the top three high school seniors in North Carolina. The only true question will be at point guard, where coach Herb Sendek must fill the spot vacated by four-year starter Justin Gainey. Junior Archie Miller and sophomore Clifford Crawford appear to be the leading candidates, but accomplished shooting guard Anthony Grundy is also waiting in the wings. “I think [Miller and Crawfordl will have to have almost a tag-team approach at the point guard where their strengths play off each other,” Sendek said. “[Crawford] may have a gear that no one else on this team has, in terms of just pure speed, and obviously Archie is a great outside shooter.” Another complicating factor will be the status of senior center and leading rebounder Damon Thornton, who was recently arrested on drunken driving charges. Thornton was suspended indefinitely from the team after the mishap, but he has since begun workouts with the N.C. State coaching staff in preparation for his eventual reinstatement.
Head Coach Herb Sendek (73-28)
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Projected Starters G C. Crawford 6-3
So.
(2.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg)
6-3
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Jr.
(12.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
� F D. Thornton
6-8 Sr.
(9.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg)
6-6
� F D. Wilkins
So.
(11.4 ppg. 5.8 rpg)
6-8
� F K. Inge
Sr.
(10.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
Season Outlook It has been a long time since N.C. State was a contender. The team finished in a tailspin, and has to find away to return to its early-season ways.
Otherwise, with the return of Grundy, former prep player of the year Damien Wilkins and a host of big men, including 1000-point scorer Kenny Inge, things are looking good for the Wolfpack. ‘This is the first year that we’ve had a [solid] rotation which I think is really healthy,” Inge said. “Our young guys are eager to learn and the older guys know that they have certain roles to take.”
Important Non-ACC Matchups ROGER WINSTEAD/N.C. STATE SPORTS INFORMATION
DAMIEN WILKINS pulls down the rim after a slam as teammate Damon Thornton looks on. Thornton’s imminent return is crucial for the Wolfpack.
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Clemson coach relishes team’s underdog reputation By EVAN DAVIS The Chronicle
The beginning of basketball season typically poses one very important question for Clemson fans—to What bowl game will their football team be invited? But if you ask coach Larry Shyatt, he is just fine with the way his team is perceived. “Americans love underdogs,” he said. “It’s great to be the Duke football coach or the Clemson basketball coach. I like the underdog role.” Clemson’s schedule will certainly allow it to assume that role early in the season. The Tigers will face two top-20 teams, as Tommy Amaker’s Seton Hall Pirates come to town Nov. 21, and the Puerto Rico shootout in December will likely present a meeting with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Ranked seventh among the nine ACC teams by the media, the Tigers will look to junior guard Will Solomon in their quest to dethrone the conference powerhouses. A first-team All-ACC selection last season and a second-team preseason All-ACC choice this year, the East Hartford, Conn, native is listed as the nation’s eighth-best shooting guard by ESPN analyst Dick Vitale. After leading the ACC in scoring last season with 20.9 points per game, Solomon has made all of college basketball take notice. “He is a courageous player,” Mike Krzyzewski said. “To put up the numbers with that type of attention and play not just on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, and be the target of every coach’s defensive game play, it says a lot for him. He had two really good games against us last year. I knew he was very good. Now he seems even better.” Solomon will have a lot of weight on his shoulders, as his supporting cast remains somewhat weak. Junior forward Chucky Gilmore will miss the entire season with a torn ACL, leaving CLEMSON SPORTS INFORMATION Solomon, center Adam Alienspach and guard from Edward Scott as the returning starters last ADAM ALLENSPACH lays in a basket last season. The 7-foot-1, 265year’s 10-20 squad. pound center needs to live up to his massive frame for Clemson to thrive.
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� ’99- ’OO Finish 10-20, 4-12/9th No postseason
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(11.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg)
Season Outlook The Tigers were the doormat of the ACC last season, but Will Solomon is the real deal. No defense in the league can really shut him down
Important Non-ACC Matchups Nov. 21, Seton Hall Dec. 9, @ South Carolina Dec. 20-22, Puerto Rico Shootout
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Hewitt replaces Cremins following 19-year tenure By ANDREW GREENFIELD The Chronicle
The feeling around the Georgia Tech campus can best be described by one of the most over-used cliches in sports writing. Out with the old, in with the new. Gone is 19-year coach Bobby Cremins and his 60 percent career winning percentage; in is 36-year old Paul Hewitt and his new fast-paced offense. In his three years at Siena College, Hewitt developed one of the nation’s highest-scoring teams, guided the Saints to two postseason appearances and oversaw a program that won an average of 22 games. After successfully rebuilding Siena into a scoring machine and a fixture in the NCAA tournament, Hewitt is now faced with an even greater challenge: rebuild a Georgia Tech team that has not finished higher than fifth in the ACC or reached the NCAA tournament since it did both in 1996. “I am looking forward to it,” Hewitt said. “What I inherited at Georgia Tech is a program that people know can be a national power. Coach Cremins showed that and I think that if our coaching staff and I work hard enough, we can do the same.” Unfortunately for Hewitt, he inherited a Georgia Tech team that just lost its leading scorer and rebounder to the NBA. The departure of Jason Collier, however, leaves more offensive opportunities for senior Alvin Jones, a key player who Hewitt plans to make one of tljie focal points of the offense. “I see a guy in Alvin Jones who can be a major factor at both ends of the court,” Hewitt said. “He runs the court very well and gets good post position. We want to see him be less tentative with the ball on the offensive end and become more decisive.” In addition to Jones, Hewitt will look to junior Tony Akins and seniors Shaun Fein and T.J. Vines to share the rest of the offensive load. “Things are going really well,” Fein said. GEORGIA TECH SPORTS INFORMATION “Everyone is working real hard to achieve the goals makes with his back the we want to achieve and giving 100 percent every ALVIN JONES a move to basket. Without Jason Collier, Georgia Tech will rely on Jones as its offense’s centerpiece. time they come to practice.”
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Sr.
6-11 Sr.
(9.7 ppg. 8.0 rpg)
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Florida State licks wounds after losing 2 top scorers By ANDREW GREENFIELD The Chronicle
Some might think that after losing his two top
scorers to graduation, coach Steve Robinson might be concerned about his team’s chances of winning in one
ofthe most challenging conferences in the country. This, however, is not the case. Even with the losses of Ron Hale and Damous Anderson, the Seminoles return six veterans and welcome the 13th-ranked recruiting class in the nation, complete with three outstanding freshmen and a superb junior college transfer. This combination gives Florida State one of its deepest and most balanced teams in Robinson’s short tenure. “All of the newcomers have really pushed the returning guys a good deal,” Robinson said. “Michael Joiner has really stepped up his play a great deal and looks very impressive. [Junior college] All-American Monte Cummings has done some explosive things and has a chance to be a tremendous player.” While the newcomers will be asked to make an immediate impact on the floor, Robinson will rely on his solid core of three players—junior Antwuan Dixon and seniors Adrian Crawford and Delvon Arrington—to carry a majority of the load. Arrington, one ofthe most prominent point guards in the country, knows that with the departure of the team’s two biggest scorers, he will be called on to do more then distribute the ball this year. “I need to step up and score,” the senior tri-captain said. “I need to score to be able to put more pressure on teams because now they know what I can do and that’s pass. Now I need to show them a new dimension of my game and that is shooting. That is what I have been working on all summer.” So far this preseason, Robinson likes what he sees from both the newcomers and the veterans. “We have depth, we have youth and we have a number of good players,” Robinson said. “If we can FLORIDA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION teach all of the players what it takes and if we can learn from each other, we can improve tremendousPOINT GUARD DELVON ARRINGTON pushes the ball up the court. Arly as a team and have a good season.” rington will be called on to carry more of the scoring load this season.
� Head Coach Steve Robinson (43-48)
� *99- ’OO Finish
12-17, 6-10/T6th No postseason
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� G A. Crawford 6-5 � F A. Dixon
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R. Tucker 6-8 1.9 (2.1 ppg, rpg)
So.
7-0 (2.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg)
Jr.
� C D. Anderson
Season Outlook A pair of experienced guards in the backcourt is a start for the Seminoles, but they are really weak up front. This should be a long season for FSU.
Important Non-ACC Matchups Nov. 17, Florida Nov. 22-25, Great Alaska Shootout Nov. 29, Minnesota
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Parent, young players replace Browne, Rice in post WOMEN’S PREVIEW from page 4 who at 5-4 is the team’s smallest player, is also its most natural point guard. Goestenkors is not concerned that moving Schweitzer to point guard will reduce the senior’s offensive output. Her 15.6 points per game last season led the team. “No matter what position Georgia is at, she finds a way to score,” Goestenkors said. “We hope that if we play her at the point position, it will be harder to defend her because she will have smaller players on her. Georgia’s our best push guard. She moves the ball very quickly.”
Beyond the backcourt, Duke experienced its greatest losses to graduation. The absence of Lauren Rice and Peppi Browne will be felt not only in terms of points,
ROMETRA CRAIG is one of five freshmen expected to contribute
rebounds and defense, but also in terms of the intangible leadership and enthusiasm they brought. Lacking a dominant post player for the second year in a row, Goestenkors again plans to employ a five-out motion offense. The Blue Devils, however, have as much depth down low as they do on the perimeter. Parent, wTho assumed a larger role last season after Browne tore her ACL, will stay in the post. “Ro has great defense, hustle plays and actually a little more scoring range than Peppi,” Goestenkors said. “But she is really our only known entity in the post.” Duke’s other post players are largely untested freshmen, and sophomore Olga Gvozdenovic, who sat out much of last season recuperating from an ACL tear. Goestenkors lists Gvozdenovic, freshmen Iciss Tillis and Crystal White, and sophomores Lello Gebisa and LaNedra Brown as a group with great potential as post players. The coach also plans to use sophomore Michele Matyasovsky, a natural small forward and occasional starter last season, underneath the basket. The Blue Devils will incorporate a trap-heavy defense this season, which reflects their new athleticism and quickness. The highly regarded freshman class, of which three members are All-Americans, is both talented and versatile. Beard is skilled and athletic, Rometra Craig is the team’s strongest player and Tillis is a post player with shooting range. Their classmates, Krapohl and White, are two of the best players out of Michigan. ‘We’re going to try to put very little pressure on them and give them time to learn and to grow,” Goestenkors said. “But realistically speaking, our freshmen and sophomores are going to have to perform for us to achieve our goals.” The underclassmen make up two-thirds of the team, and a lot of the responsibilities for their performance will fall on the shoulders of sophomores Mosch, Matyasovsky and Gvozdenovic, who last year celebrated streaks of brilliance and suffered bouts of inconsistency. The team’s goals are taped up in the locker room as a reminder of what Duke wants to accomplish. If Schweitzer, Parent and the rest have their way, there may be a debate about where to hang a new banner.
� Head Coach Gail Goestenkors (176-74)
� ’99- ’OO Finish 28-6, 12-4/2nd Lost to LSD in Sweet 16
—
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5-10 So.
� G S. Moscli
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5-11 Fr.
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6-4
� F I. Tillls
Fr.
High School
� F R.
6-0
Parent
Sr. (6.8 rpg, 57.9 percent FG)
Season Outlook The most talentedfreshman class in the nation joins ACC player of the year GeorgiaSchweitzer in trying to bring the program its first national title.
Important Non-ACC Matchups Nov. 10-11, Women’s Sports Foundation Classic Nov. 20, @ Penn State Dec. 30, lowa State
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MATT CHRISTENSEN thunders home a two-handed slam in front of White team defenders Nick Horvath and Carlos Boozer. Christensen, like Nate James, says he is healthy and ready for the season. � POOL TRAINING from page 14 The workout was designed by Engelhardt, a 20-year trainer at Duke who has now spent nine years as the head of a medical staff in charge of 26
intercollegiate sports. Engelhardt refused to comment about his conditioning sessions with the basketball team. Although basketball players have used pool workouts as part of their training in the past, it was not until this fall that the new pool was functional and available for players, like James and Christensen, who need to use it regularly. Both players worked out in the pool every day during the preseason. Before the new pool was available, Christensen sought out Duke swimming coach Bob Thompson to design a lap workout for him. Christensen also used a special treadmill for shockabsorbency in the team’s training room and when his knees were especially painful, he used a weightless treadmill—made famous when it assisted the speedy comeback of Elton Brand after a broken foot suffered his freshman season. James, on the other hand, endured the running workouts before the pool routine was available. “I think people would tend to say that swimming is not as tough,” Christensen said. “I haven’t done both, so I don’t know. I think Nate would say they’re comparable.”
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son, after averaging 11 points and 4.5 rebounds, James won the Duke Coaches’ Award, given to the player who best exemplifies the commitment and values of Duke basketball.
This season, though, the pool will hopefully keep James’ injuries from keeping him off the floor. “I feel great,” James said. “I think I feel the best I’ve felt in a long time. I worked hard this summer to get my body to where it needs to be, to go for the long run and have an injury-free season. I think I’ve achieved that and I’m ready to go.”
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Krzyzewski’s emphasis turns from offense to defense � MEN’S PREVIEW from page 3 Poll after poll has picked the Blue Devils no lower than No. 2 in the nation, but many, including the recently released ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, argued that Arizona is more deserving of the top spot because of one
we have much more competitive practices and that translates into a better team as well.” The imminent emergence of Mike Dunleavy as a star should give opposing defenses one more weapon to worry about. Even though Duhon, who has already flashed his defensive play-making ability, has the
supposed question mark in Duke’s lineup. A few weeks ago, ESPN.com reported that its main purest jump shot behind perhaps only Battier, he will in reason for ranking Duke behind Arizona was Boozer, the all likelihood take over Dunleavy’s role as sixth man. Granted, it was just the Blue-White game, but a 6-foot-9, 270-pound center who had the unenviable task bulked-up Dunleavy showed Duke fans he may even of the Elton year last season of replacing NBA rookie Brand. Mild criticism emerged shortly after Boozer was have All-America potential this season. The sophobypassed this summer by the USA select team, on which more dominated much of the game, dishing out seven both Williams and Shane Battier competed. Boozer was assists, leading all scorers with 23 points and hauling subsequently rapped as overweight, rumors that fed into in twice as many boards as anyone else. “I mean, [starting is] really important to me, because the belief that the 18-year-old Alaska native has yet to prove himself a dominating inside force despite steady I really didn’t give much thought to coming off the bench again this year,” Dunleavy said. “If that happens, you contributions as a starter last season. know, we that’s ihe role I’m put in, I’m going to do my best. I bit but have been [overweight], “I was a little conditioning, and we’ve got me back down to my feel I’ve put myself in a position when I should be on the weight around last year,” Boozer said. “I trimmed floor at the beginning of the game and at the end too.” Swingman Dunleavy will have to help plug the gap down but I also gained a lot ofmuscle. That’s going to by the departure of one of Duke’s most dependable left year.” a lot this help If Boozer can even shadow the intimidating and players. Without renowned stopper Carrawell, the overpowering presence of Brand two seasons ago, ACC’s all-time winningest player, Krzyzewski may there doesn’t seem to be much other than a few stray encounter some difficulty in his attempt to make Wildcats to stand in the way of Duke’s third title run. defense the strength of this year’s squad. Offense has been no problem for his Blue Devils, as The team’s new philosophy this year perhaps have led the nation in scoring each of the past two they stemmed from a valuable lesson it learned from Billy is seasons. But come tournament time last March, Duke’s Gators season: better. deeper Donovan’s last Last season, three freshmen played integral roles in offensive machine was slowed to only 69 and 78 points the Blue Devils’ success, but Casey Sanders and Nick in its final two tournament games. Rather than employ Horvath rarely moved from their spots on the bench, a half-court set that relies on jump shots—which, as Williams and Battier found late in the Florida game, especially if a game’s outcome was in doubt. Both playcan draw iron instead of net on any given evening—the ers are expected to play significant minutes this season, as are a steadily improving Matt Christensen and Blue Devils will this time turn to a more athletic and versatile defense to ignite the scoring attack. freshmen Chris Duhon and Andre Sweet. “Last year, so much of what I wanted to do started Even Rutgers transfer Dahntay Jones, who will not play this season, has found away to help his teammates. with offense, which was unusual, but I felt that we needed to start on a base that they could all relate to,” “I thought last year the top six really controlled practice,” Battier said.“We really weren’t pushed as we were Krzyzewski said. “I think overall it worked out great my first two years.... This year with Dahntay Jones [and] for us. Hopefully, the plan we have for bringing this the improvement of Casey Sanders [and] Nick Horvath, team around will work out nearly as well.”
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Important Non-ACC Matchups Nov. 28, Illinois (Greensboro, N.C.) Dec. 2, @ Temple Dec. 21, Stanford (Oakland, Calif.)
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