News Scrapbook 1981-1982
DAILY CALIFORNIAN NOV2 71981 Steady the l~ey forUSD
EVENING TRIBUNE NOV2 6 1981
LOS ANGELES TIMES
USIU cagers hit the road Long trail winds for the nomadic Gulls
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FOUNDERS GALLERY (University of San Diego), Masks, figures, and other ntual obiects from the Sepik River area of Papua, New Gumea, and the surrounding islands there; JO a.m. to p.m. Mon- days, Tuesdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Dec.9.
question will be our de- fense." This is Goss' third year at the helm and the Gulls third year in Division I, and it also is a critical third year for the city's other two big- league basketball teams - San Diego State and Univer- sity of San Diego. For the Aztecs, who open play against UC-Santa Bar- bara tomorrow night in Peterson Gym, it is the third year of the Smokey Gaines reign, one in which they could make their pres- ence felt for the first time in the Western Athletic Con- ference. "We've come further than we thought we would at this time," said Gaines, who compiled records of 6-21 and 15-12 in his first two seasons. "We've come a long ways. "We can be a factor (in the WAC) if we stay healthy and get a little luck. We've got a little depth this year. I can go to the bench a little more.'' "This will be the toughest schedule in the history of USD basketball," said Coach Jim Brovelli, who, however, feels that the Toreros could be competi- tive in their third year in the West Coast Athletic Conference. "We were 10-16 last year. Nine losses were between one and five points. We hope that with good coach- ing we could split those. "We have improved our overai team quickness and depth. We re not the kind of team that will blow people ou b t.l anticipate that, 1f we can stay in the game close, with a couple of breaks we might pull it out.'' The Toreros make their debut against UOP tomor- ro night on their home curt. "I hope we play well and get off on the right foot," said Brovelli. The Gulls hope they get off on the right plane.
By Dennis Wynne of The Daily Californian
Singing "On the Road Again," the U.S. Interna- tional University basketball team took off today for Palo Alto, where the Gulls will play Stanford tomor- row night. Before they return for their home opener Dec 19, they will have visited Tulsa, '.l'hibodaux, La., New Or- lean , Hattie burg, l\tiss., Jackson, Miss ., Ba ton Rouge, La., Hammond, La., Bozeman, Mont., Ogden, Utah, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Boise, Idaho Join USIU and see the USA. This b college basket- ball's answer to the Harlem Globetrotters "We don't know anythm else," noted Coach Freddie Go· . "We've adjusted to it. We'll do anything we can to mamtain Division I statu . We can move no place but up." The Gulls were doomed to this nomadic life whe after being granted D1v1S1 I tatus by th NCAA f r the 1979-80 season, they learned that mo t Divi ion I teams already bad theu date books filled for years n advance, and tho e who had openmgs wanted to fill them with home games. "It was virtually impossi- ble to get a schedule," said Goss "Everybody likes to play at home. "We were talking to Louisville, trying to work up a Christmas tournament They make $80,000 for a game at home. To come here, they would want $80,000. That's what it amounts to." That amounts to more gate receipts than the Gulls can envision . for a ea son. They don't even have a gym to call their own. They play their few home games exactly six last eason and the same number this year - at Mira Mesa High, FREDDIE GOSS which has a seating capaci- ty of some 2,000. For years, there has been talk of building an on-cam- pus facility, but it remains merely a topic of conversa- tion. "Costs are so high," said Goss, "but we're constantly exploring. II changes from month to month. "At UCLA, when they re- cruited me as a junior in high school in 1959-60, they said we're going to have a campus gym next year," re- called the former Bruin star. "'Next year' was the year I graduated, 1966." Even without a place of their own in which to play, "we'll be a normal team as far as the schedule goes next year," promised Goss. "We'll have at least 10 at home." He already has six home games booked for 1983-84. It will be interesting to see if the Gulls can adjust to a normal existence. They've grown accustomed to days spent sitting in cold airports and evenings spent per- forming before cold fans. Remarkably, while travel- ing more than 20,000 miles and playing such teams as
Jim Brovelli held out his arm with his hand open and his palm facing down . He moved his arm m a horizontal motion . "This is what we are looking for." said Brovelli. coach of the University of San Diego basketball team. "We want out team to be steady every game. ·we had a couple of games like this last year... he added. moving his hand up and down. "but for the most part we played ·teady .. In the past. steady play has payed off in a steady stream of victories for Brovelli's teams In seven years as head coach of the Toreros. Brovelli has compiled a 119-91 record. That's a 567 winning percentage. Three times his lJSD teams have won 19 or more games in a season. Last year was a rare down year for USD as it won JUSt JO of 26 games. But in addition to facing tough compet_i- tion in its second year m the West Coast Athletic Conference. the Toreros had to fight an almost constant battle with injuries II lJSD could do as well as 1t did last year with as many inJuries as it suffered. one might Hgu~e the Toreros c_ould do even better this vear. Brovelh 1sn t about to predict a WCAC title for his ieam but it should be able to improve upon its 3-11 conference mark or a year ago "Street and Smith picked us to finish eighth in the conference this vear." said Brovelli ·But I see us in the middle or the pack. The conference this year is going to be 03.lY1:INI 01 ilJ.YW ANY J.Y - •t•!U!no sdoJp sno,:udsns a,ie1 uer,, a115u1s pus 8,\BJ8)4 aJIM &\.1118 wa41 IIeu ue:> ·. SAN DIEGO UNION OV~8 .198._~--~---~~- USD Starts Season Against Pacific By BILL CENTER Staff Writer, The San Diego Union be maJor te. ls for us. They rould give us a better idea as to where we really stand." BobOrtman Arizona State, Portland, Ida o, Te as Tech, Weber State, W shiagton, Miss- ouri, an State, Long Beach tate Denver U., Lomsvtlle and St. Francis, the Gulls posted a 13-12 r ord last season after go ng 7-18 the year before. A for th year, facing the same quality of compe- tition, "1 hope we have a Wlll!lmg eason," aid Goss. "I hk,. to aim high ... I hope w 11 be able to tartle the world and get in the pl:lyoffs 've set two goals," he year ago) and 6-5 forward Gerald Jones (112, 4.8, 56 percent). Tonight's starting hneup will be rounded out by 6-7 Robby Roberts (who led Cali- fornia's Junior colleges in rebounding the last two years at L.A. Valley) and either junior college transfer Rich- ard Davis or sophomore John Prunty at point guard. UOP is led by 6-7 forward Matt Waldron, who avera(a!~d 16.9 points :ind 6.4 rebounds la year By ~CAA standards, the Universi- ty of San Diego Sports Center is a tiny gym. Fully packed, the facility atop Al- cala Park seats 2,500. But 1t seems as cavernous as a bottomless pit to most visiting teams. The Toreros last year won six of seven non--conference games in their Sports Center. And tomght they'll open the 1981- 82 season at home against the Uni- versity of Pacific - a learn that won the only other meetmg between the universities 81-56 two seasons ago. USD has come a ways since then. The Toreros were rookie members of the West Coast Athletic Conference at the time and Just getting their feet on the ground in Division I play. Now they are opening a season with hopes of cracking the tough WCAC's first division for the first time "We have improved our overall quickness and depth over last year's team (10-16 overall, 3-11 in the WCAC), and we're pretty optimistic" USD Coach Jim Brovelli says. _ ''.Our first three home games (Pa- c1f1c, Boise State and UC Irvine) will The Toreros are led by a top all- round floor player in 6-foot-3 guard Rusty Whitmarsh A 57 percent shooter who averaged 11 points a gamt> last year, Whitmarsh is also a top defensive performer. Other returning starters arc 6-8 center Dave Heppell (I0.1 pomts, 5.2 rebounds and 53 percent shooting a NOV ~8 1981 TOREROS TO TACKLE TIGERS -The University of San Diego Toreros do battle against the University of Pacific Tigers tonight at the USD Sports Center at 7:30. Charlie Smith scored 18 but he could not get enough help from teammates as his U.S. International University Gulls took it on the chin last night 80-70 from the Stanford Cardinals at Maples Pavilion. LOS ANGELES TIMES NOV 28 1981 USDvs. UOP From a'nmes Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-The University of San Diego basketball team opens Its season tonight against the Univer- sity of the Pacific at 7,35 In the USD Sports Center. This will be the Toreros' third season at the NCAA Division I level and In the West Coast Athletic As n Head coach Jim Brovelli said USD would face the toughest schedule this season In the school s h!4tory The Toreros will face Boise State Dec. • and UC Irvine Dec. 5 at the Sports Center. DAILY CALIFORNIAN NOV2 8 I dV)IGNVH Dec. 11, 12 Festival of Lessons and Carols - The University of San Diego choir and vocal ensemble performs Ben- jamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" at 8 p.m. in USD's Founders Chapel. Phone: 291-6480. D-2 _______ Area college basketball teams swinging into '81-82 season THE TRIBUNE (?) ......,;..:,_ San Diego, Friday, November 27, 1981 ______ Highly touted San Diego State plays opener tonight at Peterson Gym By T.R. Reinman TribU11e Sportswriter San Diego State University NCAA Division I, Western Athletic Conference (8-8, fifth place laal year). "We've still got to get some kinks out," said Gaines, "but we're ready to go, alter six weeks of playing ourselves, We should know where we stand when we come back from Arkansas and Georgetown." That won't be for another week. In the meantime, 6-0 point guard Keith Smith, a transfer from Michigan who redshirted last year, will be joined by 6-5 guard Zack Jones who averaged 17.1 points per game last year in the backcourt. who as a 6-10 freshman last year averaged 10.9 points and was third ,n the nation wilh 13.1 rebounds per game - and probably three-year starter Eddy Gordon (8.2, 6.2) will be the forwards, with four-year man Chris Holden (3.4", 2.4) at center. Gordon and Holden have the experience, but JC transfer Don Plummer, a forward, and freshman center Leonard Allen have too much Michael Cage - NCAA Division I, Independent. "We open with 12 games in 17 nights on the road," pointed out Goss. "After a while it becomes passe to talk about how tough ,t is to play on the road. Our kids don't want to hear that. They just go out and play." Playing for USIU, which finished last season with a remarkable 13-12 record including 19 away games, will be 6-9 center Don Robinson, 6-6 Bob Hicks and 6-4 Thaxter Aterberry at forward and 6-1 Nigel Lloyd and 6-2 Charles Smith at guard. Smith averaged 12 points per game for the Gulls, Robinson (10.9, 6.7), Hicks (1.8, 2.7) and Lloyd redshirted last year. (;,reg Carroll, a 6-7 center- forward and guards Vince Small, Chuck Weaver and Rodney McDaniel will also contribute. This is a rebuilding year for the Gulls, as it seems to be every two years in light of their junior college recruiting policy, but with good team quick- ness and a solid nucleus of veterans and tested JC players, Goss is optimistic. Even if they have one less home game than they did a year ago. Univerait~ of San Diego NCAA Division I, West Coast Athletic Conference (3-11, seventh place last year). "Last year we became competitive on this level," said Broveill. " Now our opponents know they have to take us seriously and have to play to beat us." That's the good news. The bad news is this is the toughest schedule USO has ever faced. The Toreros are coming off a 10-16 record with seven returning players including three senior starters. talent to sit for long. U.S. International University Six-toot-three guard Rusty Whitmarsh (11 points per game, 2.5 re- bounds per game), 6-6 forward Gerald Jones (11.2, 4.8) and 6-8 center Dave Heppell (10.1, 5.2) are being touted as possible all-conference players. A pair of junior college transiers, 6-0 Rich Davis (14.2) at guard and 6-7 Robby Roberts (13.1, 13.1) figure lo round out the starting lineup. "We've improved our quickness and that will enable us to be more aggressive," said Brovelli, who is faced with replacing his two top gradu- ates on a team that has only one player, Whitmarsh, with more than one year's experience at USD. NAIA District Ill, Southern Division (7-t!, second place last year). "This will be a different kind of year for us," said Foster. "We don't have as much size as we've had at times In the past, but we have several 6-3, 6-4 types and excellent athletes who do a /ot of things right." The Crusaders were 16-15 last year and have just two starters return- Jim Freeman, a 6-3 senior guard (12 points per game), was an all- conference and all-district selection, and an NAIA All-American. Gary Trousdale at 6-4 (11, 4) is the other top veteran and will move inside to a forward position this year. Starting center Chuck Marty, a 6-9 junior, broke his hand in the Crusaders' first game of the season last week and will be lost tor at least six weeks. Glenn Peters at 6-4 and 6-6 transfer Don Bickett will join Trousdale on the front line while Marty recovers. Paul Walker, who came from Glendale Junior College with Bickett starts at guard with Freeman. Adjusting to a more ball-control lype offense with so many new players and injuries to contend with will be the key early for Point Loma. UC-San Diego NAIA District Ill, Southern Division (S-B, third in the division). "The challenge here is to get the team to play well together since everyone's new," said Block. "We've got smart, aggressive players and they're adjusting. I'm pleased." He's also not kidding when he says everyone's new. There are 16 players listed on the Tritons' roster, and only 6-4 forward Mike Barney returns from last year's 9-17 team. The starters should be Tom Wight, a 6-4 transfer from Fullerton State and Bob Goodman, a 6-0 lransfer from Loyola Marymount at the guard positi6ns; 6-6 Mike Maross from Santa Monica City College and either 6- 4 Kevin Flaig, who played for the Tritons two years ago, or 6-7 freshman Mark Barreca at forward, and 6-8½ freshman Chuck Dabasinskas at center. UCSD plays three tournaments on the road before conference play starts in January, a schedule which Block Is hoping will give this team time to jell. Keys will be how well Wight can carry the team early and how quickly the frontcourt, which is young and big but not quick, can develop. Point Loma Thanksgiving is past us now, which can mean just one thing: college basketball is right in front of us. Tonight San Diego State University opens its 1981-82 season at 7:35 in Peterson Gym against UC-Santa Barbara, and U.S. Inter- national University opens at 8 against Stanford in Palo Alto. Tomorrow at 7:35 p.m. the University of San Diego be- gins its season by hosting the University of the Pacific, and Point Loma College tries to improve its record to 3-0 against Claremont College in an 8 p.m. game. Monday the UC-San Diego Tritons begin play at Saa Diego State in another 7:35 p.m. game. SDSU, picked by several national publications to finish ( College basketball ) in the Top Twenty, is heading into Smokey Gaines' third season as head coach. "We practiced today," he said on Thanksgiving, "so we won't be turkeys tomorrow. They tell me Santa Barbara has the best team in the school's history. They've got three guys they didn't have a year ago when we beat them by 10, so we've got to be ready." Coach Freddie Goss takes his USIU Gulls on the road for the first of 12 games they'll play before heading home for a Dec. 19 game against the University of New Orleans. USO, under Coach Jim Brovelli, enters its third season in NCAA Division I in the competitive West Coast Athletic Conference, which features the likes of the University of San Francisco and Pepperdine. Point Loma, which is in the same NAIA division as UCSD, is coached by Ben Foster, now in his eighth year, while the Tritons look forward to their second season with former San Diego Rocket John Block as coach. Briefly, the outlooks: This could be a 20-win team. If the young talent meshes quickly with , ing among their six lettermen. the experience, notice could be served on the rest of the WAC, at least. MICHAEL CAGE Stale forward R. WHITMARSH USD guard • DON ROBINSON USIU center TOM WIGHT UCSD guard
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