A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)838-7089 Aug. 6-Sep-12, 1985 Vol. 1, No. 6
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ROCKY MOUNT- Filipino Efren Reyes emerged victorious at The 2nd Annual Coors Tar Heel Open posting a 10-1 record and an .886 TPA. After suffering an early round loss to Mike Cone, 8-11, Reyes won the next nine sessions for the $4,650 first prize. In races to eleven Reyes displayed his prowess by defeating Hopkins (8), Crane (5), Pergerson (2), Root (3), Williams (5), Davenport (4), Mathews (5), Sigel (9), and Strickland twice (9) and (9). fr. -? COORS TAR HEEL OPEN ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA August 20-24, 1985
FINAL STANDINGS
NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME AVG. 1st Efren Reyes (.888) $4,650 17th-24th 2nd Earl Strickland (.885) 2,325 Wade Crane (.859) 3rd Mike Sigel (.888) 1,400 David Howard (.846) 4th Grady Mathews (.866) 885 Howard Vickery (.817) 5th-6th Jimmy Reid (.807) Allen Hopkins (.887) 560 Charlie Brinson (.806) Kim Davenport (.836) 560 Pat Fleming (.801) 7th-8th Tommy Cooke (.789) Dave Bollman (.863) 5X0 Pedro Conklin (.651) Bob Williams (.862) 510 25th-28th 9th-12th Scott Kitto (.868) Buddy Hall (.856) 395 Jack Stenner t.775) Mike Cone (.856) 395 Roy Trivett (.763) Tony Davis (.816) 395 Brian Ezzell (.739) Joe Root (.771) 395 13th-16th Denny Searcy (.870) 255 Bob Johnson ( .804) 255 Johnny Dew ( .789) 255 Clay Pergerson ( .744) 255 Efren Scales Rocky Mount Efren Reyes, the twenty-eight year old Philippine 9-Ball Open with Coors Beer as a major sponsor. phenom, won his second major 9-ball tournament of $6,300 was added to the entrance fees for a total the year as pooldom's finest succumbed to a foreign purse of $14,000. Grady Mathews manned the style. Without question, Reyes' talent is at least microphone throughout the event while Tony Davis equal to America's finest pocket billiard stars and directed and "Mutt" Faulkner played host. may even be better. The race to eleven, double elimination event used After a second round loss to local talent Mike Cone, rules very similar to the PBA with the exception of 8-11, Reyes held his next six opponents to five call shot. Times of the matches were posted well in games or less, winning a total of nine sessions in a advance so players and spectators knew who was row for a 10-1 record. playing when.
His talents were surly tested as he displayed As last year, seating was limited and many sessions extraordinary shot making, position, kick, and were sold out. Standing room only was the rule not safety skills while defeating Hopkins, Crane, Sigel, only in the tournament room but also in the open and Strickland twice. In fact, the only thing that pool area, bar, and snack area. he did not display was emotion. A Spot Shot contest composed of local dignitaries and professional players preceded the main event. It •Hutt" boats 2nd Event
Dot's Cue Club hosted The 2nd Annual Coors Tar Heel (continued on page 13) V JA \ Y Notable Matches w The following "Notable Matches" are from the Coors Tar Heel 9-Ball Open. The number in parentheses is the player's TPA for that sess ion. After taking the lead 10-6, Charlie Brinson (.770) After missing the combination, it didn't take long failed to close the door on Howard Vickery (.811). for reality to set in. Three unsuccessful opportunities later, Brinson Dave Bollman (.889) ran out from the break six fell victim to Vickery 10-11. times en route to his 11-6 win over Bobby Johnson Scott Kitto (.876) continues to play excellent (•815). pool but something always seems to happen. While In response to the 11-3 thrashing he received from leading Wade Crane (.897) 9-7, Kitto missed. Good Efren Reyes (.952), Joe Root (.787) said, "If he's night! Crane ran out that rack, then broke and ran making balls, you know he's out!" Reyes' .952 was out the next three to win 11-9. the highest single TPA of the tournament. Local talent Hike Cone (.855) surprised a few pool Bob Williaas (.942) wasted no time in his 11-1 detectives by upsetting Efren Reyes (.867) 11-8. victory over Tony Davie (.739). The match was the After jumping to a 6-1 lead, Cone fell behind 6-7. fastest of the tournament. Cone continued to play tough and garnered the fruits of his labor. In the best played match by both players, Allen Hopkins (.941) broke and ran out six of the first Buddy Hall (.909) overwhelmed Tony Davis (.738) seven racks! Dave Boll»an (.897) won the next rack 11-2 with an exemplary finish by breaking and and then broke and ran out the next four racks! running out the last three racks. Hopkins finally won 11-7. Joe Root (.793) upset David Howard (.782) 11-9 as Earl Strickland (.899) edged Grady Mathews (.873) both players displayed sub-par talent. 11-10 in a well played match. Strickland came back Bobby Johnson (.885) and Howard Vickery (.848) from a 7-10 deficit to force a photo finish. At were the combatants in the tournament's most 10-10, Strickland failed to pocket a ball on the exciting "wire" match. At 10-10, with only the break and Mathews proceeded to run out - almost. nine ball on the table and apparently no place to After running seven balls, the cue ball stopped go, Johnson shot the cue ball rail firat behind just close enough to the eight bell for Mathews to the nine pocketing it in the opposite side pocket worry about a double kiss. That worry cost him the for the win. shot and match. Strickland won 11-10.
Just when you thought it was all over, David In the race to eleven match, Efren Reyes (.903) Howard (.856) leading 10-9, miscued on the seven outpointed Kin Davenport (.775) by the score of ball! Dave Bollman (.868) won 11-10. 9-4! With the score 7-4, Davenport's poor position resulted in a missed bank shot snd a new score, Efren Reyes (.871) defeated Wade Crane (.810) 11-5 8-4. The next rack, Davenport missed a shot badly by making the nine ball on the break to win the and decided he had had enough. He raked in the set. Crane didn't notice what happened, approached balls conceding that rack, then shook Reyes' hand the table and proceeded to shoot the one ball. to concede the rest of the session.
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David Howard .846 22. Tommy Cooke .789 5. Denny Searcy .870 14. Kim Davenport .836 23. Jack Stenner .775 6. Scott Kitto .868 15. Howard Vickery .817 24. Joe Root .771 7. Grady Mathews .866 16. Tony Davis .816 25. Roy Trivett .763 8. Dave Bollman .863 17. Jimmy Reid .807 26. Clay Pergerson .744 9. Bob Williams .862 18. Charlie Brinson .806 27. Brian Ezzell .739 28. Pedro Conklin .651 Scores Dayton Open Postponed Name Score Avg. The Dayton Open traditionally played at the end of the year has been postponed until January, 1986 and promises to be better. 46) E. Reyes 11 (.885) Tournament director Joe Kerr told Accu-Stats, "We're working to get B. Williams 5 (.816) a large corporate beer sponsor. The new event will have $15-25,000 added and would be held at a convention type setting." The Dayton 47j M. Sigel 11 ( 882) Open has always been a very successful tournament from both a K. Davenport 9 ( 856) player and spectator point of view. 48) E. Strickland 11 (.899) G. Mathews 10 (.873) 49) E. Reyes 9 f.903J K. Davenport 4 (.775) 50) E. Reyes 11 (.883) G. Mathews 5 (.708) 51) E. Strickland 11 (.890) M. Sigel 8 (.903 52) E. Reyes 11 (.905; M. Sigel 9 (.854) • 9~ball Tournaments 53) E. Reyes 11 (.898) £. Strickland 9 f.922J 54) E. Reyes 11 (.886) Double Elimination E. Strickland 9 (.913; 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month ACCU-FACT In the eight major tournaments $25 entry fee open handicap played so far in 1985, 322 different players have Cue Time adds $25 with 16 or more players. competed and 128 players have won prize money. Last year 388 players competed and only 123 CUE TIME BILLIARDS 15 Rt. 10, Succasunna, NJ 201-584-1162 won prize money. (5 minutes off exit 30 on Rt. 80) ft 12 Performance Rankings Rocky Mount TOTAL PERFORMANCE KICK PERFORMANCE BALLS (MINIMUM KICKS = 15) NAME # GAMES MADE ERRORS TPA NAME GAMES KICKS GOOD KPA 2. Efren Reyes 186 930 117 .888 1. Howard Vickery 56 20 19 .950 2. Mike Sigel 94 395 50 .888 2. Grady Mathews 95 19 18 .947 3. Allen Hopkins 108 479 61 .887 3. Tommy Cooke 48 15 14 .933 4. Earl Strickland 123 594 77 .885 4. Earl Strickland 123 35 31 .886 5. Denny Searcy 74 347 52 .870 5. Mike Cone 76 23 20 .870 6. Scott Kitto 41 190 29 .868 6. Johnny Dew 66 15 13 .867 7. Grady Mathews 95 408 63 .866 7. Bob Johnson 73 28 24 .857 8. Dave Bollman 96 409 65 .863 8. Brian Ezzell 36 21 18 .857 9. Bob Williams 68 312 50 .862 9. Mike Sigel 94 26 22 .846 10. Wade Crane 56 183 30 .859 10. Charlie Brinson 60 24 20 .833 (Coors Tournament Average = .842) * (Coors Tournament Average = 820) BREAK PERFORMANCE RUN OUT OPPORTUNITIES (MINIMUM BREAKS=20) BREAK BALL MADE 0PP0R- RUN # NAME GAMES SHOTSW/0 SCR'. BPA NAME TUNITIES OUTS PCT, 2. Scott Kitto 41 20 14 .700 1 Allen Hopkins 83 60 72.3 2. Bob Williams 68 33 21 .636 2. Efren Reyes 161 114 70.8 3. Buddy Hall 71 39 24 .615 3. Mike Sigel 70 49 70.0 4. Mike Cone 76 39 23 .590 4, Earl Strickland 106 72 67 9 5. Bob Johnson 73 34 20 .588 5, Kim Davenport 71 46 64 8 6. Kim Davenport 84 45 26 .578 6, Dave Bollman 75 48 64 0 7. Efren Reyes 186 114 64 .561 7, Grady Mathews 74 47 63 5 8. Joe Root 50 20 11 .550 8, Mike Cone 63 40 63 5 9. Allen Hopkins 108 59 32 .542 9, Wade Crane 38 24 63 2 20. Wade Crane 56 26 14 .538 10, Tony Davis 39 23 59.0 (Coors Tournament Average = .523) (Coors Tournament Average = 58.4) 1MISSE S POSITION ERRORS (PER 100 BALLS POCKETED) (PER 100 BALLS POCKETED) BALLS SHOTS BALLS POSITION # NAME MADE MISSED AVG NAME MADE ERRORS AVG 2. Allen Hopkins 479 19 4.0 1, Allen Hopkins 479 17 3.5 2. Scott Kitto 190 8 4.2 2, Mike Sigel 395 15 3.8 3. Efren Reyes 930 46 4.9 3. Mike Cone 314 12 3.8 4., Grady Mathews 408 22 5.4 4, Efren Reyes 930 36 3.9 5. , Mike Sigel 395 22 5.6 5. Dave Bollman 409 16 3.9 5. Earl Strickland 584 34 5.7 6, Earl Strickland 594 25 4.2 7. Bob Williams 312 20 6.4 7, Denny Searcy 347 15 4 3 8. Buddy Hall 346 24 6.9 8, Wade Crane 183 8 4 4 9. Wade Crane 183 13 7.1 9, Kim Davenport 357 18 5 0 20. Kim Davenport 357 28 7.8 10, Bob Williams 312 16 5.1 (Coors Tournament Average = 8.3) (Coors Tournament Average =5.7) Rocky Mount Averages Bell made on the break: 59% Run out from the break: 18% Nine ball made on the break: 1.6% Run out after making a ball on the break: 34% Scratch on the break: 10.155 Run out with ball in hand: 69% Scratch while going for position: 1,1% \ ^ ACCU-STATS 13 204 Eagle Rock Avenue ten of his eleven matches having TPA's between .855 Roseland, NOM Jersey 07068 and .905. (201)838-7089 What a break! Bob Williams ran out from the break 335. of the time and made a ball on the break 79% of Vol. 1. No. 6 - Coors Tar Heel Open the time ranking #1 in both categories. Publisher-Editor Patrick Fleming Grady Mathews unfortunately scratched on the break Field Coordinstor Julie Hunter an incredible 2255 of the time, yet when he made a Circulation Manager Fran McKee ball on the break without scratching, he ran out Scorekeepers Herb Brett 60%, just ss incredible. Peter Fleming Allen Hopkins (.887) played outstanding, yet was Coors Tar Heel Open Tournament Staff: forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a death in his family. Our heartfelt sympathies go to Host Site Dot't Cue Club Allen and his family. Promoter-Host "Mutt" Faulkner Tournament Director Tony Davis Finals Announcer Grady Mathews Reyes defeated Strickland twice 11-9 in the finals Copyright • 1985, by Accu-Stats. All rights re for the $4,650 first prize and trophy. In both final served. Except as permitted under the United States matches, Strickland lost while posting higher TPA's Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication than Reyes. What caused this the first set was that may be reproduced in any form or by any means, although both players made about the same number of without the written permission of the publisher. errors, Earl pocketed 95 balls while Efren pocketed only 79. Also, both players missed three balls apiece, two of Earl's costing him two racks. None of Rochy Mount Efren's misses cost him a rack, in fact, after Reyes' three misses, Strickland was kicking. (continued from page 2) In the final set, Reyes missed nine shots, the most was tremendous fun producing a winner in both the missed in any of his sets, while Earl only missed celebrity and pro division* four. How could Earl lose? Simply, after five of Efrens' misses, he eventually won the rack anyway Interesting Stats and as we all know, good breaks, bad breaks, and The tournament drew a very strong field supported by stats don't win matches, nine balls do! its statistical results. The average TPA was .842, twenty-five points higher than normal. The highest single TPA of the tournament was .952 What's Next? posted by Efren Reyes in his routing of Joe Root. The next Accu-Stats issue will feature "The First Reyes also rscked up the highest TPA tournament Annual Gibbs Billiards 9-Ball Shootout" from average of .888. He was extremely consistent with Virginia Beach, Virginia. The $10,000 added event is slated for October 1-6, 1985. I 1 Subscription Form YES!! Enter my name as an Accu-Stats subscriber SUBSCRIPTION RATE i One Year For Only $15.00 Card * Exp. Dale. Check - m/o • Signature. Name Master Card Q Address. Cily Slate. Zip. Visa D Please send me free scoresheet instructions Q Accu-Stats 204 Eagle Rock Avenue • Roseland. New Jersey 07068 201-838-7089 v^ 4 14 McCready ^ 9407s Binghamton, NY (8/28-9/2/85for) - field to win th$25,000e $25,000 jackpot McCready bested Larr y Nelson, Ernesto Keith McCready breezed undefeated at the lat Annual B.C. Open Dominguez, Danny Medina, Jeff Carter, through the sixty-seven player 9-Ball Championship. Kim Davenport twice, and finally in a beautifully played match, downed Mike LeBron 9-3. NAME PRIZE NAME In the final match, a LeBron miscue 1st Keith McCready $ 25,000 33rd-48th spelled doom as McCready shot an 2nd Mike LeBron 10 000 Cliff Boardman 9 impressive .940 TPA which included a 3rd-4th Ron Bookin two rail kick-in during the final Wade Crane 4,000 Charlie Brinson rack! Kim Davenport 4f000 George Brunt 5th-6th Ron Dobesenski Runner-up LeBron picked up $10,000 Bill Incardona 2,000 Steve Dobrowolski for his efforts yet had a much Jim Rempe 2,000 Greg Fix tougher draw than McCready. LeBron 7th-8th Jim Fusco defeated Wade Crane, Jim Mataya, Danny DiLiberto 1,500 Rich Geiler Larry Hubbart, Mike Wallace, Danny Mike Massey 1,500 Buddy Hall DiLiberto, Jim Rempe, and Wade Crane 9th-12th Allen Kiehle again. Jeff Carter 1,000 Mike Lane Wade Crane almost did the impossible. David Howard 1,000 Jim Mataya After losing his first match, he Steve Mizerak 1,000 Bob Prendergast nearly won the tournament by winning Mike Wallace 1,000 Rick Soroka ten matches in a row! 13th-16th Mike Xiarhos Paul Brienza 750 49th-64th Mike Massey put on an exhibition and Ron Casanzio 750 John Borba proved once again that he is the best Ernesto Dominguez 750 Gene Catron stroke shot artist in the business. Mike Sigel 750 Bob Conway Gene "The Mighty Glove" Catron also 17th-24th Mike Gulyassy entertained capacity crowds with his Dave Bollman 600 Rich LaRussa fsmous "domino" trick shot. Lou Butera 600 Lenny Loder A Pro-Am event featuring pro pool Bob Hunter 600 Rick Marcos players and pro golfers raised $7,500 Luther Lassiter 600 Larry Nelson for the Broome County Community Ray Martin 600 Bob Opsahl Charities, Inc. Danny Medina 600 Darrell Osborne Earl Strickland 600 Marino Panaro The race to nine, double elimination Jay Swanson 600 Efren Reyes event charged a $600.00 entrance fee 25th-32nd Gary Robinson and was held at the beautiful Holiday Ken Cross 200 Joe Stilloe Inn Arena in downtown Binghamton. Larry Hubbart 200 Edgar White Gary Pinkowski produced the event and Tom Karabotsos 200 Mike Zuglan enlisted Charles Ursitti as tourna Joseph Kozlowski 200 65th-67th ment director. The $63,400 purse Grady Mathews 200 Irving Crane which included $25,000 in added money Jimmy Reid 200 David Daya paid thirty-two places. Another event Joe Root 200 Allen Hopkins is planned for next year. Lester Smulowitz 200 V; JA r? *\ Barry Behrman Presents THE 1985 U.S. OPEN 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Mens And Womens Divisions November 1-10. 1985 ,*'??, At Q-MASTER BILLIARDS 6210-18 Seu-ells Point Road Norfolk, VA 23513 Jean Balukas $37,700 — PRIZE FUND Earl Strickland $29,200 - MENS DIVISION (Based on 64 Players) $8,500 - WOMENS DIVISION (Based on 32 Players) $12,100 — Added By Barry S. Behrman AU Matches Played on 3 Brunswick 4'AX9 Gold Crown III Tables. Womens Division 10th Annual Mens Division November 1-3, 1985 November 5-10, 1985 $200.00 Entrance Fee — Race to 9 — Double Elimination $300.00 Entrance Fee — Race to 10 — Double Elimination $2,100 Added — Defending Champion — Jean Balukas $10,000 Added — Defending Champion — Earl Strickland PRIZE FUND BREAKDOWN PRIZE FUND BREAKDOWN 1. -$10,000.00 5./ 6.-$ 1.000.00 Each 1.-$2,500.00 5.-$ 550.00 9.-$ 200.00 2. -$ 5,000.00 7./ 8. - $ 700.00 Each 2.-$1,500.00 6.-$ 550.00 10.-$ 200.00 3. -$ 2,500.00 9./12.-$ 600.00 Each 3.-$1,000.00 7.-$ 400.00 11.-$ 200.00 4. -$ 1,500.00 4.-$ 800.00 8.-$ 400.00 12.-$ 200.00 13./16.-$ 500.00 Each 17./24. - $ 300.00 Each Players Meeting and Draw November 1. at Noon - Play Begins 1 pm. Players Meeting and Draw November 5. at 4 p.m. • Play Begins 7 pm. — APPROPRIATE ATTIRE REQUIRED — • MATCH TIMES * * MATCH TIMES * FRIDAY MATINEE - 1-2:30-4 P.M. TUESDAY — NOV. 5 - 7-8:30 - 10 P.M. FRIDAY EVENING — 7-8:30- 10-11:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY: SATURDAY MATINEE - Noon-l:30-3-4:30 P.M. MATINEE - Noon-l:30-3-4:30 P.M. SATURDAY EVENING - 7-8:30-10-11:30 P.M. EVENING - 7-8:30- 10 P.M. SUNDAY — Noon-2-4-FINALS — 8 P.M. SUNDAY — NOV. 10 - Noon-2 - 4 FINALS SUNDAY - NOV. 10 -8 P.M. Ct <> Bleacher Seating For 200 People Reduced Hotel Rates For Players And Spectators • MATCH PRICES * • MATCH PRICES * At Lake Wright Quality Inn ALL AFTERNOON - $5.00 AU AFTERNOON - $5.00 ALL EVENING - $5.00 (804)461-6251 ALL EVENING - $5.00 FINALS - $5.00 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FINALS — $7.00 ALL SESSIONS PASS - $25.00 ALL SESSIONS PASS - $40.00 Q-Master Billiards (804) 853-8900 or 853-9880 PASS FOR BOTH DIVISIONS - $60.00 Ask For Barry Behrman - Tournament Promoter Dave Palmer or Dale Cliborne - Q-Master Managers & O OPEN 24 HOURS - RESTAURANT - LOUNGE - 19 TABLES Play two in a row - precedes North Carolina Fall 9-Ball Classic LV ^ ACCU-STATS Bulk Rate 204 EAGLE ROCK AVENUE U.S. Postage ROSELAND, NJ 07068 PAID Roseland, NJ Address Correction Requested Permit #42 YEAR TO BATE Sessions Won-Lost J # NAME WON .05(MINIMUM7 PCT SESSIONSt =NAME 11) WON LOST PCT 2. Strickland, Earl 47 - 13 .783 26. DiLiberto, Danny 22 - 14 .611 2. Crane, Wade 52 - 15 .776 27. Massey, Mike 22 - 14 .611 3. Reyes, Efren 30 - 9 .769 28. Davenport, Kim 24 - 16 .600 4. Frady, Joe 10 - 3 .769 29. Howard, David 24 - 16 .600 5. Vanover, Bob 9 - 3 .750 30. Carter, Jeff 13 - 9 .591 6. Hall, Buddy 46 - 17 .730 31. Swanson, Jay 23 - 16 .590 7. McCready, Keith 20 - 8 .714 32. Gulyassy, Mike 16 - 12 .571 8. Luat, Rudolfo 14 - 6 .700 33. Mataya, Jim 16 - 12 .571 9. Sigel, Mike 34 - 15 .694 34. Johnson, Bob 8 - 6 .571 10. LeBron, Mike 9 - 4 .692 35. Bollman, Dave 20 - 16 .556 11. Varner, Nick 9 - 4 .692 36. Mathews, Grady 20 - 16 .556 12. Dobrowolski, S. 13 - 6 .684 37. Nordquist,Darrell 7 - 6 .538 13. Mizerak, Steve 13 - 6 .684 38. Incardona, Bill 7 - 6 .538 14. Hopkins, Allen 16 - 8 .667 39. Hunter, Bob 18 - 16 .529 15. Hubbart, Larry 15 - 8 .652 40. Vickery, Howard 15 - 15 .500 16. Sweet, Toby 15 - 8 .652 41. Martin, Ray 11 - 12 .478 17. Dominguez, Ernest 11 - 6 .647 42. Fleming, Pat 7 - 8 .467 18. Lane, Dick 9 - 5 .643 43. Nelson, Larry 7 - 8 .467 19. Maryo, Mark 9 - 5 .643 44. Brienza, Paul 10 - 12 .455 20. Harris, Jr. 7 - 4 .636 45. Brinson, Charlie 5 - 6 .455 21. Weaver, Dick 7 - 4 .636 46. Geiler, Rich 8 - 10 .444 22. Rempe, Jim 22 - 13 .629 47. Medina, Danny 7 - 10 .412 23. Williams, Bob 20 - 12 .625 48. Pasqual, Rudy 4 - 7 .364 24. Reid, Jimmy 13 - 8 .619 49. Opsahl, Bob 3 - 8 .273 25. West, Dallas 8 - 5 .615 Session. si >e cidi *d by One Cto wm9 (MINIMUM SE SSIONS = 4) * NAME WON 1LOST PCT t NAME WON LOST PCT 1. Massey, Mike 4 - 0 1.000 16. Bollman, Dave 5 - 2 .714 2. Rhodes, David 4 - 0 1.000 17. Strickland, Earl 6 - 3 .667 3. Williams, Bob 4 - 0 1.000 18. Hubbart, Larry 3 - 2 .600 4. Crane, Wade 9 - 2 .818 19. Rempe, Jim 4 - 4 .500 5. DiLiberto, Danny 4 - 1 .800 20. Sigel, Mike 4 - 4 .500 6. Hall, Buddy 7 - 2 .778 21. Mataya, Jim 3 - J .500 7. McCready, Keith 6 - 2 .750 22. Opsahl, Bob 2 - 2 .500 8. Carter, Jeff 3 - .750 23. Weaver, Dick 2 - 2 .500 9. Dobrowolski, Steve 3 - .750 24. Howard, David 2 - 3 .400 10. Hopkins, Allen 3 - .750 25. Reyes, Efren 3 - 5 .375 11. Hunter, Bob 3 - .750 26. Vickery, Howard 2 - 5 .400 12. LeBron, Mike 3 - .750 27. Swanson, Jay 1 - 3 .250 13. Luat, Rudolfo 3 - .750 28. Davenport, Kim 2 - 7 .222 14. Nordquist, Darrell 3 - .750 29. Mathews, Grady 1 - 4 .200 15. Reid, Jimmy 3 - .750 30. Martin, Ray 0 - 4 .000 31. Brienza, Paul 0 - 5 .000