1966-67 WINTER SPORTS SPECIAL I THE COWL, NOVEMBER 30, 1966 Walker, Riordan Lead 66-67 Friars; Team Has More Depth Than Usual By BRIAN MAHER and outstanding visiting player at be labeled a leading candidate. PETE MEADE Madison Square Garden. Pete is an aggressive player Mike Riordan (Co-capt., Sr. with a knack for hitting the Jimmy Walker (Co-capt, Sr. Forward, 6'4", 200 lbs.)—a fine open man with the pass as well Guard, 6'3", 205 lbs.)—an ex• corner man and vital cog in the as being a good shooter with citing all around ball player Friars' attack over the last two good speed. Look for Pete to who has been the key man over seasons, Mike excels in re• see plenty of action in either the last two seasons. He is a bounding and defense. He led a starting or reserve role. pressure ball player in the the Friars in rebounds last sea• Steve Sarantopoulos (Sr. truest sense of the word as his son and was the fourth leading Guard, 6'1", 180 lbs.)—a first performance in the Holiday scorer on the team. This year line reserve last season, the Festival proved. Scoring 50 his offensive talents are being "Greek" is one of the returning points, a total which estab• called upon more and the lettermen fighting for a starting lished a new single game record "Hun" is responding as he has role. He has experience as he at Providence and tied the sin• been hitting the basket with saw action in 22 games during gle game record for the Madi• greater consistency. A strong, 1965-66 and cannot be lightly son Square Garden tourney set determined and very tough play• regarded. The Greek possesses by the great Oscar Robertson, er, Mike is the "hard nose an excellent jump shot and is the "Walk" led the Friars to guy" for the Friars and draws very strong in his drive to the the championship. His excellent the opposing team's top scorer basket. Formerly a standout as his defensive assignment An shooting, ball handling and re• athlete at Brockton, Mass., excellent all around ball player, bounding brought him every where he earned All New Eng• the Hun will combine talents major All American honor and land recognition, Sarantopoulos with the Walk in forming the Key men that makes Friars go—Co-Captain Riordan, Coach the Lester Scott Award for the should contribute greatly to the Mullaney and Co-Captain Walker. nucleus for this year's squad. success of the Friars. Bill Barret (Sr. Guard, 6'2", Jim Schessler (Sr. Center, 185 lbs.)—a member of the var• 6'6", 195 lbs.)—an improved Friars Set For Greyhounds; sity for two years, Bill did not ball player, Jim is a tall, rangy see much action last season due guy with a great deal of desire. to an ankle injury. He is a A veteran of two years, Sches• steady, unspectacular ball play• sler is expected to fill in at the BC,Bonna,Loom Toughest er who gets the job done, and pivot position as a relief man his main forte is his defensive for Tony Koski. He has been By BOB FRIED ability which should be called using isometrics to build up his This Saturday the 1966-1967 edition of the Fabulous Friars opens up at home on during the season. weight and strength and this against Assumption. Who could ever forget the 88-80 upset the Greyhounds pulled Pete McLaughlin (Sr. Guard should help his rebounding over the Friars in 1963? Certainly not Coach Joe Mullaney! Assumption always 6'3", 185 lbs.)—a key reserve greatly. points to this game," commented Mullaney. "A victory over us would put them in for the last two seasons, Pete Pete Coughter (Jr. Forward, the national limelight. They always have great spirit to go along with their fine is now vying for a starting spot 6'5", 200 lbs.)—Pete has good on this year's team and has to shooting." When asked to describe the Greyhounds' style of play Mullaney said, (Continued on Page 4) "They are a sound club with excellent shooters — they are well coached." Indeed, Coach Andy Laska plays a cautious if not deliberate brand of ball. "They commit very few turnovers." They'll throw a variety of defenses at us." Last year Assump• tion used no less than five defenses against the Friars. Coach Mullaney concluded by saying, "It should be an exciting opener for both players and fans." Coach Andy Laska looks for- „^ „ . help. State could be the class ward to one of his finest sea• St. Francis (N. Y.) (108-80)— of the Rockies. sons. Leading the returnees is Dec. 10 (A). The Terriers have eight out of their top 11 men Capt. "Steady Teddy" Paulau- Santa Clara—Dec. 19 (A). back from last year. Gil Radday skas (10.7), called on by Laska The Broncos should improve (6' 7") hit the twine at 16 ppg. for his play in pressure situa• last year's 16-11 season. Mike He played extremely well tions. George Ridick 6' 4", (16.7) Gervasoni (5' 10") has been the against P. C. and should be holds most Greyhounds' scoring leading scorer for the last two helped up front by John Mc- seasons. Mike Dooling returns Mahon (6' 6"). Al Fisher (14 at guard along with soph sensa• ppg.) returns at the other for• tion Dave Pauliot (6'3"), a for• The Combination Defense ward slot. The backcourt will mer high school Ail-American. be improved by sophs George Larry Dunlap (6' 5") and Bob By Joe Mullaney Cullen (5' 10") and (6' 3") Bob Haney (6' 6") are double-figure Christie. The Terriers are bound Although at all times trying to create the impres• men. The center spot is weak, to improve; but they will not sion of a zone defense, the combination is actually a man with either Kevin Donahue keep pace with their accelerated (6'5") or Terry Porter (6'4") to man defense with zone principles. In appearance it schedule. getting the starting nod. Santa takes the shape of the offense presented to it. If at• tacked by a 1-2-2 offense, we would appear to be in a University of Rhode Island 1-2-2 zone defense. If by a 3-2 offense, we would appear (86-79, 61-84)—Dec. 13 (A), Feb. 23 (H). The Rams have lost to be in a 3-2 defense, etc. The success of this defense six of their top eight players depends in large measure on the other team recogniz• from last year's NCAA tourney ing and attacking it as a zone. team. All-time scorer Steve The standard method for attacking zones had been Chubin has finally departed. Big Art Stephenson (6' 5") returns to get the zone out of position by moving the ball rapid• to give the Friars fits. Larry ly with very little player movement or penetration. Thus, Johnson (6') returns at the once the zone impression had been created and the op• guard position and sophs Tom ponents attacked in the accepted way, the combination George Ridick—leading Hoyle and Dick Coleman (6' 7") Greyhound scorer had the advantage of playing man to man vs. a practical• should help Coach Calvery's ly stationary offense. In the beginning this defense was records. Also returning is John forces. The Rams, always a extremely effective and easy to play, due to this limited Driscoll, a 6-4 forward who holds tough intra-state rival, will ac• movement against it. However, as time went on, teams the school rebounding record, company the Friars to the Holi• increased their player movement vs. the combination and averaging 13.1 a game. Tom day Festival tournament in New O'Connor 6' 3", Bobby Boul York City. it became both more difficult to play, and slightly less 6' 3" and Eric Inaven will vie effective. for starting berths. Utah State—Dec. 17 (A). The Over the years our regular opponents have created Aggies are one of the Friars more and more problems for us with their imaginative Now take a look at the rest of toughest opponents. They are attacks and occasionally have forced us out of this de• the Friar schedule: certain to improve last year's 12- fense. However, most teams we meet for the first time, Brown University (66-48, 51- George Carter—Leading 14 record. Six of States' top particularly those from the South and West, continue 47)—Dec. 7 (H), Mar. 4 (A). Bonnie Scorer and Rebounder scorers return out of nine letter- The Bruins are hapless once to attack with a controlled offense and limited move• men. Alan Parrish (14.0), Les Clara will be tough to beat on again this season, but they are ment. This has been a factor, we believe, in whatever Powell (10.1), Dennis O'Brien their home court. always capable of surprises. Last success we have enjoyed versus major teams on our (14.0) and Hal Hale (10.0) are season, though only 3-11 in the University of San Francisco— western trips. For example, in both the Creighton and all double-figure scorers for the Ivy League, the Cubs upset Dec. 21 (A). The Dons are not Utes. Soph to watch is Paul Iowa games in December, 1964, we enjoyed early 15 NCAA bound U.R.I, and gave as impressive as last year's 22- Hoffman (6' 5") who shattered point leads due to the standing offenses used by both the Friars a fright in their sec• 6 team.