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22 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wednesday, March 29, 1989 tJittgimrcil? Joat-(Ba2cttc DDajpipcBii0 U.S. EAST Qi.S. WEST I i. i) i EDfiaini 25th ANNIVERSARY .5 I 1 'A "I i roUndballL ..1 2 FEATURE GAME Alan Watklns, Philadelphia 6-5 forward has signed with Ouquesne. Averaged 19 nine rebounds, tour assists, lour blocks game this year.

Had 1,247 career points. Lenear Burns, Bogaluea, La. An LSU recruit. All-state two straight years. 6-7 forward averaged 23 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks this season.

Averaged 19 points for his career. Darryl Barnes, Brooklyn 6-7 forward Is headed to Georgia Tech. Averaged 22 points, 10 rebounds a game. Averaged 20 a game last year. Had 17 blocks in one game last year.

Randy Reid, Utah 6-2 guard averaged 30 points and eight assists a game. Also outstanding baseball player. His father was recently named Brigham Young's coach. Roundball Classic facts and figures 7 A I 1 I 4 I 1 f- I CSV 1 Where and when The United States East All-Stars meet the United States West All-Stars at 8:45 p.m. Friday, April 7 at the Civic Arena.

In the preliminary game at 6:30, the Clty-Quad-A All-Stars meet the West Penn All-Stars. Silver anniversary This is the 25th anniversary ot the Round-ball Classic, the first all- star game of Its kind in the country. Road to the Final Four Some players in this weekend's NCAA Final Four played In the Roundball. They are Terry Mills and Sean Higglns of Michigan, Lowell Hamilton, Nick Anderson and Marcus Liberty of Illinois and Frantz Volcy of Seton Hall. At Deon Thomas, Chicago First-team Parade.

6-9 forward was Chicago Player of Year. Averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks a game. Unsure of college choice yet. Doug Edwards, Miami, Fla. No.

2 player in country. 6-9 forward led team to 100 wins in 3 years. Averaged 25 points this year. 2,000 career points. Unsure of college choice yet.

Shaquille O'Neal, Texas 7-foot LSU recruit was 1st-team Parade. Averaged 31 points, 22 rebounds, 7 blocks. Had 35 rebounds in one Team was 68-1 in two years. Bob Hurley, Jersey City, N.J. 6-1 Duke recruit is one of top point guards In country.

Helped team to 32-0 record and country's No. 1 ranking. Averaged 20 points, 8 assists this year. 4 1 1 i. Alonzo Mourning Blocked five shots In last year's game for U.S.

East. mm i nuiiMj n'kiii iwm'f if i 1 nli sm-i mi.m 'V Jerry Walker, Jrsy. City, N.J. A 6-7 forward who started four years at St. Anthony's High and helped team to 115-5 record.

Averaged 17 ppg, 10 rpg this year. Committed to Seton Hall. Ed Stokes, California A 6-11 Arizona recruit. Averaged 25 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks a game. Had 12 blocks in one game.

Shot close to 75 percent from field. David Cain, Bronx, N.Y. All-city two straight years. Won two straight City titles. 5-10 guard averaged 17 points, 10 assists this year.

Will play next season at St. John's. James Robinson, Miss. A great scorer. The 6-2 guard averaged 40 ppg this year.

Had 66 in one game. Shot 56 percent from field. 3,022 career points. Will play at Alabama. 1 vr 1 Road to the NBA championahip There has been at least one Roundball alumnus in every NBA championship series but one since 1972.

Other Roundball alumni who are In the NBA are: Dominique. Wilklns, Moses Malone, Patrick Ewing, Adrian Dantley, Byron Scott, Mark Jackson, Benolt Benjamin, A.C. Green, Rodney McCray and Thurl Bailey. 1988 was a memorable year The 1988 Roundball may go down as one of the best. The five players on this year's Associated Press all-freshman college team all played in last year's game.

They are Chris Jackson (LSU), Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown), Billy Owens (Syracuse), Don MacLean (UCLA) and LaPhonso Ellis (Notre Dame). Last year's games The U.S. East beat the U.S. West, 121-100, in the feature game before.14,042 fans at the Civic Arena. Orlando Vega of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, the final player chosen to the game, scored 24 points and was named the U.S.

East Most Valuable Player. Anthony Peeler of Kansas City, was the U.S. West MVP. Alonzo Mourning, who led the NCAA In blocked shots this year at Georgetown, had five blocks in the game. In the preliminary game, the City-West Penn All-Stars beat the WPIAL Quad-A All-Stars, 108-92.

Roger Mahaffey of Langley was the City-West Penn MVP. Jim Cook of Indiana was the WPIAL Quad-A MVP. All-time seriea This Is the third year that the feature game will match the U.S. West and the U.S. East.

They split the first two games. The U.S. All-Stars beat the Pennsylvania All-Stars 18 times in 23 previousgames. (Pennsylvania played U.S. all-star teams two games in 1979).

A Parade of All-Americans Five of the 10 first-team Parade Ail-Americans will play In this year's game. They are Doug Edwards, Jim Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, Bob Hurley and Deon Thomas. Television For the third year In a row, ESPN will show the game on tape. Times of the games will be announced at a later date. Tickets Only $8 and $6 tickets remain.

They can be purchased at the Civic Arena Box Office (Gate 1 between noon and 7:45 p.m. and at Choice Seat locations. For credit card orders, phone 333-SEAT. Practices All practices this year will be held at Community College of Allegheny County on the North Side campus. Most players will arrive Tuesday, April 4, and practice that night.

Practice for teams In the preliminary game will begin at 7 p.m. and the U.S. teams will practice at 8. On Wednesday, April 5, the U.S. East and West Penn stars will scrimmage at 5:30 p.m.

and the U.S. West and Clty-Quad-A stars at 7 p.m. On Thursday, April 6, the U.S. East and City-Quad-A stars scrimmage at 1 p.m. and the U.S.

West and West Penn stars at 2 p.m. Roundball Banquet A banquet to commemmorate the 25th anniversary of the Roundball will be held Thursday, April 6, at the Pittsburgh-Green Tree. All of the players in this year's games and many former Roundball players will attend, Including Billy Knight, Kevin Grevey, Gene Banks, Dick DeVenzio, Kenny Durrett and CBS sports commentator James Brown, who played for the U.S. All-Stars in 1969. Bill Hillgrove will be the master of ceremnoies and basketball analyst Dick Vitale the main speaker.

Roundball talent coordinator Sonny Vaccaro, who started the game, will be honored. Tickets to the banquet are $40 (tables of 10 cost $400) and may be obtained by sending a check and self-addressed, stamped, legal-size envelope to Roundball Classic Banquet, P.O. Box 957, Pittsburgh, 15230. Makes checks payable to Roundball Classic Banquet. tfiinii ii- iimli.ii.iiim.mMi.

i.nii Chris Lawson, Ind. 6-10 center shot 64 percent from field this year. Averaged 26 points, 1 1 rebounds. Had 40 points, 21 rebounds In one Shawn Griggs, Ferriday, La. Led team to two state titles.

6-7 forward averaged 28 points and 14 rebounds this year. Had 46 points and 18 rebounds In one game. Will play at LSU. Eric Mobley, New N.Y. A 6-10 center headed for Pitt.

Averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots a game this season. Fourth-team Parade Ail-American. Conrad McRae, Brooklyn The 6-10 center averaged 25 points a game the last two years. Was third-team Parade Ail-American selection this year. Will play at Syracuse.

game. Headed for Indiana. lit 5 EWWWWPP uuiuii J'ywAM iJijinv jyjuii i i i 1 Harold Miner, Cat. The 6-5 swingman averaged 28 points this year and 27 as a Sam Mitchell, Michigan 6-8 forward-center was Michigan Player of the Year. Averaged 23 points, 14 rebounds this season.

Had 1,245 career points. A Michigan recruit. Bill McCaffrey, Allentown Considered top player in state. The 6-4 guard averages 23 points a game. Averaged 25 last year.

More than 1,500 career points. Will attend Duke. Chris Pipkin, New Brighton 6-5 forward was considered WPIAL's top player. Averaged 30 ppg, 1 1 rpg. Had 55 points in one game.

1,942 career points. Will play at E. Michigan. junior. Had 48 points and 17 rebounds in one game.

Will play aoumern oamornia. V38SE KM VIMWf IflWH- i'WW MBw Roundball Classic MVPs Roundball Cjasslc coaches As' V'i i I riK5 niiiriNiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiMliMittiiiiii ail Edwards, considered one of the top five players in the country. Edwards will play for the U.S. East. U.S.

WEST Bart Schroeder, Toledo Schroeder has been coaching for 2 1 years, the last 1 1 as head coach at Macomber-Whitney High. He guided the team to the Ohio Division I championship this year. Macomber-Whitney had never been In the playoffs before. In Schroeder's 1 1 years at Macomber-Whitney, Schroeder has had only one losing season and has close to 160 wins. Schroeder's star player this year was Jimmy Jackson, a 6-6 guard headed to Ohio State.

Jackson will play for the U.S. West In the Roundball. Bob Hambric, Chicago Hambric led Simeon High to the Chicago City League championship game this season. His star player was Deon Thomas, considered the top player in Illinois and a first-team Parade Ail-American. Thomas will play for the U.S.

West in the Roundball. U.S. EAST Bob Hurley, Jersey City, N.J. Hurley guided St. Anthony's, a private high school, to a 32-0 record this year and the No.

1 ranking in USA Today. His team was ranked second last season. In 1 6 years at St. Anthony's, he has won 429 games and lost only 53. He has produced a number of Division I players.

His son, Bob. is considered one of the top point guards in the country this year and will play for the U.S. East In the Roundball. Jerry Walker of St. Anthony's also will play for the U.S.

East. Marcos Rodriguez, Miami Rodriguez coached Miami High to the Florida 4A state championship two of the last three years and five straight district championships. His team this year went 35-1 and is ranked No. 2 in the country by USA Today. The only loss was to St.

Anthony's. In eight years at Miami, Rodriguez has a 229-42 record. This year, Rodriguez coached 6-9 Doug 1977 Eugene Banks and Sam Clancy. U.S.: Wes Matthews. 1976 Sonny Lewis; U.S.: Jay Shidler.

1975 Rodney Lee; U.S.: Phil Hubbard. 1974 Brad Davis; U.S.: Moses Malone. 1973 Jeep Kelley; U.S.: Adrian Dantley. 1972 Joe Bryant; U.S.: Phil Sellers. 1971 Jimmy Baker; U.S.: Campy Russell.

1970 Tom McMillen; U.S.: Dwight Jones. 1969 Mark Gianfrancesco. U.S.: Nick Weatherspoon. 1968 Dennis Wuycik; U.S.: Tom Riker. 1967 Dick DeVenzio; U.S.: Jim McDaniels.

1966 Sam lacino; U.S.: Calvin Murphy. 1965 Simmie Hill; U.S. Bernie Williams. 1988 U.S. East: Orlando Vega; U.S.

West: Anthony Peeler. 1987 U.S. East: Brian Shorter; U.S. West: Marcus Liberty. 1986 Rod Brookin; U.S.

East: Elander Lewis; U.S. South: Ed Cumbo; U.S. North: Anthony Pendleton. 1985 Doug West; U.S.: Rod Strickland. 1984 Pa: Junie Lewis; U.S.: Cedric Henderson.

1983 Pa: Rico Washington; U.S.: Pearl Washington. 1982 ChipGreenberg; U.S.: Rich Rellford. 1981 Vic Alexander; U.S.: Patrick Ewing. 1980 Tony Costner; U.S.: Vern Fleming. 1979 Bill Varner; U.S.

East: Sidney Green; Midwest: Leon Wood; Southwest: Dominique Wilkins. 1978 Bruce Atkins; U.S.: Walker Russell. Jim Jackson, Toledo, Ohio 6-6 Ohio St. recruit. Considered one of country's top, guards.

Averaged 31 points. Had 2,400 for career. Ohio's Mr. Basketball past two years..