Thursday, November 16, 1995 'iEI)t aquinas lS SPORTS

~commentary IJ: College hoops promises madness

could. simply loaded with ~alent and Felipe Lopez will try to live up to By PETE LIEBER. ' . . . ·y~ars. Four or five teams have the Aquinas Sports Editor · So goodbye and good riddance capability to find themselves depth. How loaded? Jared Prickett, all the hype that surrounds him in to , Jerry ranked between nos.10 a:nd 20 this a starter on last year's quality team, the Big Apple, and will Lean your ears to tf!e rafters . Stackhouse, and the rest. We have season. Keep your eyes out for came close to redshirting to make ignite a powerful University of and you just may hear-it. I hear anewcropofsuperstars that stayed Chris Kingsbury, Iowa ·room for the host of. new talent Connecticut team, But for all the rising sound of the band, th~ and are g,uarruiteed to put on a Univer~ity's long range machine, Pitino has brought into camp. those who raise their glasses to spine-tingling sound of a net be­ show.- and Kiwanne . Garris of Illinois Other stars to keep your eyes those clubs, I kindly ask you to ing tickled by the perfect rotation The Big Eight Conference is lJniversity, a true inventorpn the on are at the'Uni­ lower them. of a three- bomb, the annoy­ led by one of college 's. hard court. versity of Massachusetts, DuJuan and ing yet -- admit it -- exciting elite teams this 5eason. The Uni­ The PAC 10 has returning Wheat from Louisville Univer­ , the best all-around sound of Dick Vitale gettin'g .versity of Kansas, led by aU~ world champ UCLA poised for a repeat, sity and from Wake player in the nation, will run away pum·ped for an average, yet in­ guard JacqU:~ Vaughn, promises and with the performances turned Forest University. with the Big East. The .question triguing, conference battle. I hear to reap havoc on the Great Plains. in by their younger players in last The true reason for this article, is: because they choked at tour­ the madness. But can anyone count out Okla­ year's.Final Four, don't be sur­ however, is to discuss the confer­ ney time last year, will they have is back, and homa· University with the versa­ ~prised if they cut down the nets ence that is followed more closely the toughness to get to the Mead­ if it maintains the kind of "edge tile , who can score once again. Also, California Uni­ than any other here in Scranton. owlands the first weekend in of your seat" pandemonium it 23.6 ppgwhile batting .311 on the versity, Stanford University, and The Big East has returned with a April? Unfortunately, being the forged last season, hold 'on to baseball field? This is the last sea­ Arizona University offer the in­ -vengeance with a veritable cornu­ pessimist I'am, I think not. your ·butts. son of Big Eight basketball before gredients for a high degree of par­ copia of talent to tempt your bas­ Here is just an early opinion Many of our favorite collcg~ the conference splits, so look out ity in the West. ketball fancies. on the Final Four menu: Kansas, cagers have moved on to the for teams like Missouri Univer­ Despite all of these fine clubs, from Kentucky, UMassand my sleeper, money. But who can blame them. 'sity who are going to want a piece I don't see how anyone can over-. Georgetown University may be Utah University. With the salary cap being thrown of that last title. look Kentucky University as the the best creator in the nation. Don't get bent out of shape, it's upon rookies next season, many · The Big Ten Conference will premiere.college basketball team DanyaAbrah~s from Boston Col­ merely a stab. But it will be fun felt they· had to get it while they be as balanced as it has been in· this season. Rick Pitino's squad is lege may be their saving grace. finding out if I'm right. Cross Country ends season. with strong showing

By JAIME TIRADO Considering the vast competi­ Sophomore Annamaria men Din is Camara; Chris Warren, his freshman year at the Univer­ Aquinas Staff Writer tion, both teams placed well, with Rigolio,juniors Brooke Stahlberg, Eric Newman, sophomore Keith sity. solid pe.rformances from many in­ Marie Neilan, Marisa Rowan, and Falvey and juniors Bill Burns and "The men suffered a great The Royal Runners concluded dividuals. freshmen Ann Marie Hoyt and Jason Scull. loss this past Saturday when their season this past Saturday at "We faced one of the stiffest Stacie May also ran solid races. This past cross-country season Monahan was declared unable NCAA Mideast Regionals, com­ competitions this past week," "The women made the best ef­ was both a season of triumph and to run," Hopkins said. "They peting against 39 of the top Re­ Hopkins said. "Both teams placed fort of the year to conclude our a season of many injuries. The suffered emotionally as well as gional qualifying cross-country exceptionally well considering the season," Hopkins said. men suffered a great loss this sea­ physically." teams. stiff competition." This was Drower 's first season son when injured senior co-cap­ As the season comes to an Once again, Scranton per­ "It's a nice feeling when you of competition. Throughout the tain Mike Calderone declared that end, both the men 'sand women's formed well as the Lady Royals go into a meet with confidence, season she has proved to be a true he could not run for the remainder cross-country teams have "run a finished in 12th place. The men Hopkins said, "and that is just leader to her teammates. of the season. With the loss of good.race." finished 24th. what they did." Her past week's performance Calderone this season, the men They have overcome their "I thought that we did a good Leading the team once again put her in the spotlight when she hoped for senior co-captain Den­ pre-season tragedy and turned it job in preparing for this meet," for the women was senior new­ was named an All-Regional run­ nis Monahan and the new mem­ into triumph. It took a great deal said Head Coach John Hopkins. comer Kathleen Drower, with a ner. bers of the team to step up. of strength for this team to per~ "We were prepared both mentally 20th place finish and a time of "We were hoping that Katie That is just how the season form as valiantly as it did this and physically." 19:30. Drower would be honored as an went, with Monahan leading the season after a van containing All-Regional runner," Hopkins team for his fourth consecutive most of the women's team slid said, "and that is just what she year in a row. off the road into a lake during a did." Unfortunately, due to an in­ pre-season trip to Canada. The men's team was led by jury, Monahan was unable to run The seniors have proven to freshman John Marx, with an 87th­ in his last college-level cross­ be good leaders, the upperclass~ place finish and a time of 29:15. country meet. It was the first meet men and the freshmen as the Following Marx were fresh- that Monahan had missed since future generation.

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