Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 28, 1993 TAG: 9310280026
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
"I really don't think it will affect us in Chapel Hill," said North Carolina's Mack Brown, whose team consistently drew crowds of 40,000 during back-to-back 1-10 seasons in 1988-89.
"The thing it will have an affect on is the amount of print we get and that will have an affect on recruiting. The real devastating part is the amount of coverage we will get, particularly in the Charlotte area."
Brown, otherwise pleased for the Carolinas, said he proposed a deal that would have suited all parties.
"The real thing I had hoped was that they would move Florida State's team to Charlotte," he said. "I think they could have won their NFL division, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen."
One ACC program certain to be affected is Clemson, whose Memorial Stadium will serve as home field for the Carolina Panthers in 1995 while their stadium is being completed.
"I can remember what that was like, to get a chance to see players I had seen on baseball cards," said Clemson vice president Nick Lomax, referring to baseball exhibitions he saw as a child. "That's a memory you can't replace. And now that's the kind of memory people in Clemson will soon have."
\ ACC FOOTBALL: Starting defensive tackle Sharrod Mack and starting cornerback Gene Green have been suspended by Maryland, already threatening NCAA records for most points and yardage allowed in a season. Mack may return after one game, but Green has been dismissed over an issue of attitude.
Florida State can tie an ACC record this week with its 15th victory in a row. The Seminoles, who are 13-0 in two years as an ACC member, still have some distance to cover before they break the record of 21 consecutive wins against ACC opposition, set by Maryland between 1973-77.
\ IN THE BIG EAST: Rutgers offensive coordinator Stan Parrish said that against Virginia Tech Saturday, quarterback Brian Fortay played the third and fourth quarters - when he led Rutgers to five touchdowns - with a slight separation of his right (throwing) shoulder. "That last touchdown, he really didn't know if he could go any more," Parrish said. With starting quarterback Ray Lucas also injured, wide receiver Chris Brantley was next in line.
\ NEW-LOOK DEAC: A buzz went through the Wake Forest athletic department this week when head basketball coach Dave Odom, who previously had been graying gracefully, showed up for work with his hair dyed black.
Lou Campanelli's hair suddenly turned purple when he went from James Madison to California in the mid-1980s, but Odom said he more closely resembles Purdue coach Gene Keady, who would not normally be considered a trend-setter when it comes to grooming.
"I'm having trouble seeing that comparison," said Terry Holland, for whom Odom was an assistant at Virginia. "You're talking about what hair he has left, right? I'm going to tell him it's better to turn gray than turn loose [go bald]."
\ ACC HOOPS: Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams announced that 6-10 Nemanja Petrovic, the tallest player in the program, will transfer to another school. Petrovic, originally from Yugoslavia, averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 rebounds before suffering a season-ending stress fracture after 10 games.
Florida State received a commitment from 6-9 Corey Louis from Miami, who is rated among the top 25 prospects in the country. Louis, who picked the Seminoles over Georgia Tech, has not met NCAA academic standards.
Georgia Tech is the latest ACC team to go international in its recruiting. Yann Barbitch, a 6-5 guard from Limoges, France, is enrolled in campus, but the Yellow Jackets are trying to square his eligibility with the NCAA and he may be redshirted this season.
\ INJURIES: Louisville star Dwayne Morton, a first-team All-Metro Conference selection, broke a wrist last week during conditioning drills and is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. . . . Florida State has lost projected point guard Scott Shepherd for six to eight weeks. Shepherd tore ligaments in his ankle.
\ RECRUITING: Old Dominion, where point guard Kevin Swann is a senior, has received an oral commitment from 5-foot-11 Brion Dunlap, an all-region guard from Woodbridge. Dunlap averaged 11 points and 10.2 assists as a junior.
The Dunlap announcement was followed by word that 5-11 Carlos Cueto from Jersey City, N.J., and 6-5 Jerrod Stephenson from Fayetteville, N.C., had committed to Richmond. Cueto helped St. Anthony's Prep, alma mater of former Duke standout Bobby Hurley, to a 28-1 record last year.
Roanoker Curtis Staples, orally committed to Virginia, was 9-for-9 on 3-pointers for Oak Hill Academy in a scrimmage with Hargrave Military Academy. This weekend the Cavaliers will entertain Rob Hodgson from Mastic Beach, N.Y., who has been described as a 6-foot-7 Rick Carlisle. Hodgson's other finalists are Indiana, Ohio State and Stanford.
\ WOMEN'S HOOPS: Dena Blank, the only 6-footer on Roanoke College's women's basketball team and a starter last year as a freshman, has transferred to Virginia Wesleyan, which is closer to her home in Virginia Beach.
\ SOCCER: Sue Williams shares the Division I scoring lead with 54 points (18 goals and 18 assists) for Radford, which enters the first Big South Women's Soccer Tournament with a 15-1-2 record, including a 2-1 upset victory over 16th-ranked George Mason on Sunday.
The Lady Highlanders, whose 15 victories have set a school record, have averaged 12 victories a year over the last seven seasons.
Junior Missy Gaitka has 34 points and senior Jennifer Capece has 28 for Radford, which has received outstanding goalkeeping by freshman Amy Pseja of River Vale, N.J., who ranks eighth in Division I with a 0.50 goals-against average.
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