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SlCtlll NBA Scoreboard 0 have dunk it USC center Jim Slaughter never had thought to slam dunk the ball in the late 1940s 7C Equal work equal pay The women's basketball coach at the University of Virginia now is paid the same as the men's coach 3C Down and out Dick MacPherson was fired by the New England Patriots after just two seasons 8C Cattlce 102 Net 88 STODIHiDBAY Razorbacks meet USC back Tigers Wayne Buckingham hopes his final two years at Clemson will be more to his liking Arkansas at USC By MARK McCALLUM gpom Wrtff Center Wayne Buckingham averages 111 minutes playing time per game for the 9-1 Clemson Thnet 4:05 pm Placet Frank McGuire Arena (12401) Reeerdsi USC 6-5 1-0 in SEC Arkansaa 10-1 1-0 Starting Uneupsi USC Emmett Hall forward 8-7 (124 ppg 71 rpg) Jamie Watson forward B-6 (143 ppg 54 rpg) Chris Leao canter 6-8 (52 ppg 42rpgJ Carey Rich guard 6-1 (76 ppg 20 rpg 58 pg) Terry Bynum guard 6-2 (71 ppg 30 rpg) Arkansas Darrell Hawkins forward 6-6 (147 ppg 48 rpg) Scotty Thurman forward 6-S (206 ppg 42 rpg) Dwight Stewart center 6-8 (60 ppg 40 rpg) Corey Beck guard 6-2 (64 ppg 36 rpg) Robert Shepherd guard 6-1 (115 ppg 36 rpg) Tteketsi Available TV RadleiTV WIS-TV -Jefferson-Pilot Network Radio South Carolina Network In the past two seasons he pUyed a total of eight minutes He mined 1990-91 when the NCAA declared him ineligible as a partial qualifier He missed all but one game a 1991-92 when an injured knee sidelined him Through 10 games Buckingham has scored 39 points and grabbed 19 rebounds After a red-hot start Arkansas quieting doubters College basketball report 2C By DAVID NEWTON Spom Wrtff Todd Day Lee Mayberry and Oliver Miller were first-round NBA draft selections Isaiah Morris a second-rounder They won three Southwestern Conference titles and one SEC title with a 115-24 record the past four years They made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances reaching the Final Four in 1990 and Elite Eight in 1991 Naturally Arkansas basketball is suffering "I think freshman forward Scotty Thurman said earlier this week He has a point judging by the numbers heading into today's 4:05 pm game against South Carolina 5-5 and 1-0 in the SEC at Frank McGuire Arena The 13th-ranked Razorbacks unranked before the season and picked to finish as low as fourth in the SECs Western Division are 10-1 and 1-0 in the league beaten national powers Memphis State Arizona and Missouri the latter two on the road The Minutes of defense that is synonymous with coach Nolan Richardson missed a beat In fact the Razorbacks are forcing 241 turnovers a game this season compared to 189 a year ago "There were a lot of egos on the other Thurman said knew they were going to be millionaires some day We have any egos Scotty Thurman have an ego of that we think overall we can equalize their have to according to Richardson "This may be the least talented team had he said Nothing spectacular but feel like an Buckingham said a a real good feeling something I had a chance to do a a long For a long time he felt helpless targeted As the NCAA probed his high school transcripts and career Buckingham looked more like a than a 6-foot-8 honorable mention high school All-American After a three-year probe the NCAA dismissed allegations that Buckingham provided false and misleading information about high school courses he had taken but only because of a technicality no representative of Clemson was present when he was questioned year something new came up and I thought they were out to get said Buckingham felt the NCAA was the Jury and the Judge and they were running my life There was nothing you could say to change how they feel about you My life was in their hands It was all about me but I have any say-so I could do overachievers and hard workers They go out and scratch and claw They all speak to me too been Thurman epitomizes this team He highly recruited out of Ruston La despite averaging 27 points and 92 rebounds his senior season In the preseason media guide Richardson more highly of newcomers Tyson and Cor lisa Williamson calling Tyson a potential pro prospect and Williamson potentially one of the best players to wear a Rasorback uniform Williamson suffered an injury in the opener and played since Tyson played a minute due to injuries And Thurman? He's averaged a team-leading 205 points a game scoring a freshman record 34 points twice this season Day ca- 0 Bee USC SC Tbs OomisickThs State feel like an athlete It Is a real good feeling something I haven't had a chance to do In a long time' Clemson's Wayne Buckingham on rejoining the Tiger basketball program 4 See Clemson 3C SATURDAY 0 Beat the rush: NFC Clippers wait patiently as Roberts loses weight will beat AFC again BbBMb i-12s30pni NSO Charm 10- In Columbia lr VSpw K- eanJ Gew WitfirajMi fis wi iTiBPtti Charm It mM 5 Columbia f' COMMENTARY SUNDAY Fay auiyw 290 Roberts added within a few Minutes later Clipper! coach Larry Brown agreed dose to Weight looms important in the Stanley Roberts Story because kept him from reaching his full potentiaL compiled his stats in 180 minutes a game about half the time of the average NBA starter working hard and getting in Roberts said Indeed in the 115-101 loss to the Hornets Friday night he recorded a season high in minutes played (30) while scoring 18 points grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking two shots Roberts who has a 0 See Roberts 2C After 8 straight losses AFC still ready NFL playoff report 6C By GREG COTE This will be a Big Annual Story during Super Bowl Week so beat the rush The issue is every bit as glaring today as we consider the NFC and AFC Final Four matchups talking about domination of A Big brutish fixing to kick turf in the face of cowering lil A Wait stay with me! I sense the topic frightens or perhaps bores you To many of us why the NFC is superior is either moot or who-gives-a-hoot But the topic is legit too Pro basketball report 2C By ERNIE TRUBIANO Spoil Wrtnr CHARLOTTE Stanley Roberts has been averaging more than eight points and four rebounds a game But with the seven-foot Columbia native the key numbers show up on a scale not in a box score weighed me Roberts said Friday night when the Los Angeles Clippers came to Charlotte for an NBA game against the Hornets And it was well what do they list me asked the former Lower Richland standout Told the Charlotte program had him at legit to quit examining Babies born during the last AFC Super Bowl victory now are eligible for senior discounts at OK we exaggerate But it has been eight straight for the NFC soon to be nine Trend? Cyclical? Those crutches worked back around three or four straight Eight or nine straight years of anything is a full-grown Phenomenon This disparity like the popularity of white rap singer Marky Mark defies explanation American and National leagues 0 See NFL 8C IN Bags MM 4 pm Chaim IQ ki Columbia mmm awsBOKesiwATe Leaders Quotes Briefs Sports lists Dome Thompeon-Boting Center Tennessee -Vr -1 -J Charlotte Coflseum Chariptte 7TvT'v Somohow they playad 96 holas In this stuff Paul Azinger needed the help of his caddy and especially his umbrella to grab a share of the lead in the rain-plagued Tournament of Championa golf tournament in Carlsbad Calif on Friday Azinger and Davis Love III had 10-under-par 134 totals to share first place going into third round The first two rounds were played Friday after rain postponed Thursday's scheduled first round The final two rounds are also threatened however as another storm is expected late today Pag SC horriejj court to cottage basketball' arenas with fcortegeand capacity Sporttf VII would like someplace warm but I'll play for the Alaska Snowcrabs If I get the chance I go out there with the Intent to punish" Florida State linebacker Marvin Jones after applying for the NFL draft "Cameron Is a special place It is a little bit like Wiigley Field and one of the more well-known athletic facilities In the country" Duke AD Tom Butters on Cameron Indoor Stadium Knighl-Riddar Tribune yrnwynT TT7T'T wjjiimi -ui'ji-'ii'ww 'ISPORTS EXTRA7I fy1 i i 4uii.