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
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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.
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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
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staff FRA of 1 1M
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softball team." Brown said "Were going to
have to play our beat were going to have to
play flawless Were going to have to take it one
game, one inning, one a! hat at a time "
Hie Ducks play UCLA today at 2 p m and
Washington at 1 p in on Saturday at Howe
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