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Maryland star expected to enter draft BALTIMORE (AIM Maryland All American }oe Smith will announce at a nows conference Friday that he is making himself available for the NBA draft, a team source said today The source, confirming earlier reports in The Washington Post and The l>iamondbn< k. the Maryland stu dent paper. told The Associated l*n*ss that tne Iff-year-old center would pass up his final two seasons of eligibility Mis mother. Let ha Smith, told the student newspaper that her son would hold the news conference Friday in Norfolk, Va , his hometown Smith, who attended the team's awards banquet Wednesday night, would no! comment. The 8-foot-10 sophomore center averaged 20.8 points. 10 4 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots while helping Maryland to a 2f>-8 record Me vs as the A!’ Player of the Year and Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year "Mo's in a no-loMi situation.” Ter rnpins coach Gary Williams said "Me either returns to a team with four oth er starters, or he goes to tin* NBA and makes n lot of money It's a good situ ation to la* in.” Williams said he has talked to Smith frequently during the past sev oral weeks and that Smith has careful ly considered all of his options "I think he's done a good job of looking at every side of the issue,” Williams said. ”My role is to answer any questions he may have and make sure that he looks at everything on every side If Smith turns pro. Maryland still will have a strong program. Williams said. "You'll miss a player like Joe,” he said. "But if he goes, you won’t fold up your lent and go home Smith has until May IS to declare himself eligible for the draft. If he goes pro, he likely would lie among the first five players chosen, depending on which team is selecting first and which other non seniors leave school. .,»#•*! .mi r /» Maryland’s Joe Smith wilt likely forgo his final two years of eligibility to take his talents to the NBA MEN Continued from Page 11 sprinting idol. "It was so mental for me." O' Brian, the Klamath Falls native best known for his Reeltok commercial cam paign along with Dave Johnson during the Summer Olympic Games, holds the current world record in the decathlon at 8,891 points, though he has never com peted in the Olympic s O' Brum, who has a personal liest 100 meter dash time of 10.41 seconds, will give Oregon freshman Bat Johnson his first real competition in the event. John son's personal liest is 10.37 sec onds as a senior at Redlands High School last year, though he is not a usual Oregon entry in the event this year. Oregon will round out the sprinting events with its usual contingent, with Johnson, senior Dino Pbilyaw and junior I-aMunt Woods computing in the 1 DO- and 200-meter dash. Daniel Das Neves, who sat out last weekend's meet at Stanford with a slight leg strain, is pent iled in at the HtH). where former Oregon star Gordon Johnson will compete fhe l)u< ks will lw 1ml in the distance rui.es by junior Scott Nicholas, who is scheduled to run in the KVOO nieter nice, and junior Karl Kesko, who is penciled in for the 5000-meter race In addition, former Boise State runner Richard l.ee will compete in the steeple i hose along with I .ope/. who was third at the 1992 Olympic Trials and has the sixth best performance by on American (8.16.88). Dan Zorich, still affected by a p re sea son knee injury, will get to compete against Deal, the American r«w ord holder in the hammer Deal will most likely com pete m his third straight Olympics in 1990 Jim Driscoll, the Eugene native cur rently ranked No. 2 in the hammer, and ninth-ranked Steve Dering will also com pete in the hammer throw While tile meet will give the Ducks a strong practice, it also provides the team with a bit of break (adore hosting the Pep si Invitational next weekend. SOFTBALL Continued from Page 11 Contests “it would In* an incredible feat if we won." Brown ud If you bc.it (UCl.AI you're the to I k. of the town " To i*mt their foes the Din ks will have to be flawless defensively as and at the plate t it if.A is hatting .350 ns a team with third baseman lennifer Brundago. a first team All-America selection last year, loading the league with a 494 (kitting average On the mound the Bruins are even hotter possessing a league leading staff FRA of 1 1M “it's going to fie tough they 're a very good softball team." 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